IP Library Granted Patent US 8,640,789
Granted Patent B2
US 8,640,789 · App. 12/991,415 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Oil pulse tool

Inventors: Tetsuhiro Harada (Hitachinaka, JP); Tomomasa Nishikawa (Hitachinaka, JP); Kazutaka Iwata (Hitachinaka, JP); Shiniki Otsu (Naka, JP); Nobuhiro Takano (Hitachinaka, JP)
Assignee: Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,640,789
App. No.
12/991,415
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect of the invention, an oil pulse tool includes: a motor generating a driving force according to a driving voltage; an oil pulse unit driven by the driving force and generating a torque in a pulse-like shape when the motor passes a strike position on a shaft thereof; and an output shaft on which a front end tool is mounted, the output shaft being connected to the shaft, characterized in that the oil pulse tool further comprises driving adjusting means to control the driving voltage, the driving voltage is reduced during a given period including a timing when the torque is transmitted to the output shaft, and the reduced driving voltage is increased when the given period is finished.

Claims (17)

1. An oil pulse tool comprising:

a motor generating a driving force according to a driving voltage;

an oil pulse unit driven by the driving force and generating a torque in a pulse-like shape on a shaft when the motor passes a strike position; and

an output shaft on which a front end tool is mounted, the output shaft being connected to the shaft, characterized in that

the oil pulse tool further comprises:

driving adjusting circuitry that (a) controls the driving voltage, (b) reduces the driving voltage to a voltage more than 0V during a given period including a timing when the torque is transmitted to the output shaft, and (c) increases the driving voltage when the given period is finished.

2. The oil pulse tool according to claim 1 , wherein the motor is rotated in a reverse direction by a reaction of a strike based on the torque, and

wherein the driving adjusting circuitry reduces the driving voltage when the motor is rotated reversely and until the motor is rotated in a regular rotation again and the motor passes the strike position.

3. The oil pulse tool according to claim 2 , wherein the driving adjusting circuitry drives the motor by a first reduced driving voltage when the motor is rotated reversely,

wherein the motor is driven by a second reduced driving voltage lower than the first reduced driving voltage until the motor is rotated in the regular rotation again and the motor passes the strike position.

4. The oil pulse tool according to claim 2 , wherein the driving adjusting circuitry reduces the driving voltage immediately before the torque is generated, and

wherein the driving adjusting circuitry further reduces the driving voltage after transmitting the torque to the output shaft.

5. The oil pulse tool according to claim 4 further comprising a torque detecting sensor configured to detect the torque transmitted to the output shaft,

wherein the driving adjusting circuitry adjusts the driving force of the motor based on an output of the torque detecting sensor.

6. The oil pulse tool according to claim 1 further comprising rotational position detecting circuitry configured to detect a rotational position of the motor,

wherein the driving adjusting circuitry adjusts the driving voltage of the motor based on an output of the rotational position detecting circuitry.

7. The oil pulse tool according to claim 1 , wherein the motor is a brushless direct current motor, and the driving adjusting circuitry adjusts the driving voltage of the brushless direct current motor by changing a duty ratio of a power supplied by a PWM control.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO THE FOURTH INVENTOR'S NAME PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL 026269, FRAME 0051 ON MAY 12,2011 Recorded Jun 13, 2011
From: HARADA, TETSUHIRO; NISHIKAWA, TOMOMASA; IWATA, KAZUTAKA; OHTSU, SHINKI; TAKANO, NOBUHIRO
To: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026430/0084 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 12, 2011
From: HARADA, TETSUHIRO; NISHIKAWA, TOMOMASA; IWATA, KAZUTAKA; OTSU, SHINIKI; TAKANO, NOBUHIRO
To: HITACHI KOKI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026269/0051 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-122398 · May 8, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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