IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,691,262
Granted Patent B2
US 11,691,262 · App. 17/022,207 · Granted Jul 4, 2023

Electric power tool

Inventor: Fumitoshi Numata (Anjo, JP)
Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
B25F5/026B25F5/008
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Patent No.
US 11,691,262
App. No.
17/022,207
Granted
Jul 4, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric power tool includes a housing, a fan, a tubular portion, and a rectifier. The housing houses a motor. The fan rotates in association with driving of the motor to generate a cooling air for the motor within the housing. The tubular portion is formed in the housing to house the fan. The rectifier is disposed to be opposed to the fan in an upstream side of the cooling air. The rectifier is divided into an inside and an outside in a radial direction of the tubular portion, the outside in the radial direction is formed of the tubular portion, and the inside in the radial direction is formed of a baffle plate assembled to the housing.

Claims (51)

1. An electric power tool comprising:

a housing that houses a motor;

a fan that is configured to rotate in association with driving of the motor to generate a cooling air for the motor within the housing;

a ring-shaped baffle plate attached to the housing inside of the housing; and

an air funnel (i) on an upstream side of the fan with regard to a flow of the cooling air and (ii) that has an interior continuously sloping surface that continuously widens in diameter in a direction of the flow of the cooling air, wherein

the housing includes a tubular portion that houses the fan,

the ring-shaped baffle plate includes a first part of the interior continuously sloping surface,

the tubular portion includes a second part of the interior continuously sloping surface,

the first part and the second part abut to form a continuous surface, and

the second part is downstream of the first part in the direction of the flow of the cooling air.

2. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein

the baffle plate has an abutting portion that abuts on a stator of the motor in an axial direction of the stator.

3. The electric power tool according to claim 2 , wherein

the baffle plate is screwed to the housing so that the stator is secured by the abutting portion.

4. The electric power tool according to claim 3 , wherein

the air funnel includes a screw passing portion through which a screw that attaches the baffle plate to the housing passes.

5. The electric power tool according to claim 4 , wherein

the screw passing portion is a through hole through the tubular portion and the baffle plate.

6. The electric power tool according to claim 4 , further comprising:

a spacer that (1) is attachable to and detachable from the housing and (2) covers the screw passing portion after the baffle plate is attached to the housing to form a continuous surface with the tubular portion and the baffle plate.

7. The electric power tool according to claim 6 , further comprising:

an outer housing coupled to an outside of the housing via an elastic body,

wherein the spacer is a part of the elastic body.

8. The electric power tool according to claim 7 , wherein

the spacer positions the housing with respect to the elastic body.

9. The electric power tool according to claim 4 , wherein

the screw passes through the screw passing portion in parallel to an axis line of the housing, and passes through the baffle plate to be screwed into the housing.

10. The electric power tool according to claim 9 , wherein

a pair of the screw and the screw passing portion are provided at point symmetry positions with respect to the axis line as a center.

11. The electric power tool according to claim 7 , wherein

the elastic body has a ring shape.

12. The electric power tool according to claim 7 , wherein

the outer housing is divided into a pair of half housings.

13. The electric power tool according to claim 12 , wherein

the housing is coupled to the outer housing in a relatively rotatable manner via a coupling shaft extending in a predetermined direction.

14. The electric power tool according to claim 13 , wherein

the coupling shaft passes through the housing and has both ends held by the outer housing via a second elastic body.

15. An electric power tool comprising:

a housing that houses a motor;

a fan that is configured to rotate in association with driving of the motor to generate a cooling air for the motor within the housing;

a ring-shaped baffle plate attached to the housing inside of the housing; and

an air funnel (i) on an upstream side of the fan with regard to a flow of the cooling air and (ii) that has an interior continuously sloping surface that continuously widens in diameter in a direction of the flow of the cooling air, wherein

the housing includes a tubular portion that houses the fan,

the ring-shaped baffle plate includes a first part of the interior continuously sloping surface,

the tubular portion includes a second part of the interior continuously sloping surface,

the first part and the second part abut to form a continuous surface, and

the second part is downstream of the first part in the direction of the flow of the cooling air.

16. The electric power tool according to claim 15 , wherein the ring-shaped portion is a tapered portion that tapers radially outwards away from the motor.

17. The electric power tool according to claim 16 , wherein the ring-shaped baffle plate tapers radially outwards away from the motor.

18. The electric power tool according to claim 17 , wherein an inner circumference of the ring-shaped portion abuts an outer circumference of the ring-shaped baffle plate.

19. The electric power tool according to claim 18 , wherein the ring-shaped portion and the ring-shaped baffle plate comprise a continuous tapered surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2020
From: NUMATA, FUMITOSHI
To: MAKITA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 053783/0648 →
Priority Claims (3)
JP 2019-175932 · Sep 26, 2019 · national
JP 2019-175933 · Sep 26, 2019 · national
JP 2019-175934 · Sep 26, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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