IP Library Granted Patent US 8,607,892
Granted Patent B2
US 8,607,892 · App. 12/877,251 · Granted Dec 17, 2013

Rotary striking tool

Inventors: Yoshio Iimura (Ibaraki, JP); Kenro Ishimaru (Ibaraki, JP); Kazutaka Iwata (Ibaraki, JP); Nobuhiro Takano (Ibaraki, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,607,892
App. No.
12/877,251
Granted
Dec 17, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a rotary striking tool includes: a motor; an oil pulse unit that is driven by the motor; an output shaft that is coupled to the oil pulse unit so that a tip tool can be attached to the output shaft; a first detection unit that detects a rotation angle of the motor and outputs a first output signal; a second detection unit that detects an impact generated at the oil pulse unit and outputs a second output signal; and a control unit that controls a rotation of the motor, wherein the control unit uses a portion of the second output signal based on the first output signal for control of the rotation of the motor.

Claims (26)

1. A rotary striking tool, comprising:

a motor;

an oil pulse unit that is driven by the motor;

a detection unit that detects an impact generated at the oil pulse unit and outputs an output signal;

a rotation position detection element that detects a rotation angle of the motor and outputs a position signal; and

a control unit that controls a rotation of the motor based on the output signal,

wherein the control unit:

uses the output signal from the detection unit when a time interval of a position signal from the rotation position detection element is equal to or longer than a predetermined time,

measures a time interval from when the output signal is generated to when the position signal is outputted from the rotation position detection element thereafter,

determines the output signal corresponding to the given impact as an output signal due to a main striking when the measured time interval is equal to or longer than a predetermined time, and

determines the output signal corresponding to the given impact as an output signal due to a half pulse when the measured time interval is shorter than the predetermined time.

2. The rotary striking tool of claim 1 ,

wherein the motor further includes a rotor having a permanent magnet and a stator having a winding,

wherein the rotation position detection element comprises a plurality of hall elements disposed to face the permanent magnet, and

wherein the position signal is outputted based on output signals from the hall elements.

3. The rotary striking tool of claim 2 ,

wherein three hall elements are disposed at a predetermined interval, and

wherein the position signal appears each time the rotor rotates by a predetermined rotational angle.

4. The rotary striking tool of claim 1 ,

wherein the motor is stopped when the output signal due to the main striking reaches a predetermined output signal.

5. The rotary striking tool of claim 4 ,

wherein the control unit has a threshold value and adopts the output signal which is equal or higher than the threshold value.

6. The rotary striking tool of claim 4 , further comprising:

a control unit that processes the output signal from the impact detection unit and controls a rotation of the motor based on the detection signal.

7. The rotary striking tool of claim 4 ,

wherein the control unit includes a microprocessor and compares the used second output signal with a target output value to perform a feedback control for controlling the rotation of the motor.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE SECOND INVENTOR NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 024952 FRAME 0217. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE NEED TO CHANGE THE SECOND INVENTOR'S NAME TO READ, KENRO ISHIMARU. Recorded Jan 20, 2011
From: IIMURA, YOSHIO; ISHIMARU, KENRO; IWATA, KAZUTAKA; TAKANO, NOBUHIRO
To: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025666/0533 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 8, 2010
From: IIMURA, YOSHIO; ISHIMURA, KENRO; IWATA, KAZUTAKA; TAKANO, NOBUHIRO
To: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024952/0217 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP P2009-229142 · Sep 30, 2009 · national
JP P2009-229143 · Sep 30, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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