IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,815,185
Granted Patent B2
US 9,815,185 · App. 14/554,890 · Granted Nov 14, 2017

Power tool

Inventor: Yoshitaka Machida (Anjo, JP)
Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
B25D17/043B25D16/00B25D17/24B25F5/006B25D2211/061
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Patent No.
US 9,815,185
App. No.
14/554,890
Granted
Nov 14, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hammer drill ( 101 ) comprises a main body ( 103 ) which houses a driving motor ( 110 ) and a driving mechanism and a handle ( 109 ) which is movable to the main body ( 103 ). Further, a coil spring ( 160 ) which biases the handle ( 109 ) is provided. In a state that the coil spring ( 160 ) biases the handle ( 109 ), the handle ( 109 ) is moved against the main body ( 103 ) in a longitudinal direction of a hammer bit ( 119 ) and vibration transmission from the main body ( 103 ) to the handle ( 109 ) is prevented.

Claims (34)

1. A power tool which drives a tool bit in a longitudinal direction of the tool bit and performs an operation, comprising:

a motor which has an output shaft being parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tool bit,

a driving mechanism which is connected to the output shaft and driven by the motor,

a main body which houses the motor and the driving mechanism,

a main handle which is movable with respect to the main body,

a guide element which guides the main handle such that the main handle moves in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit with respect to the main body, and

a biasing member which is arranged between the main body and the main handle and is preloaded with a biasing force that biases the main body and the main handle away from one another in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit even in an initial state,

wherein the main handle moves against the main body in a state that the main handle is biased by the biasing member, and transmission of vibration generated during the operation from the main body to the main handle is prevented.

2. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein a periphery of the motor is formed cylindrically, and the guide element is arranged outside the motor in a radial direction of the motor.

3. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the guide element comprises a pair of guide element components, and a plurality of guide elements are arranged at respective positions, which are different from one another in a circumference direction around the longitudinal direction of the tool bit.

4. The power tool according to claim 3 , wherein the main handle includes a grip which extends in a direction crossing the longitudinal direction of the tool bit,

and wherein the plurality of the guide elements are symmetrically arranged with respect to a plane which includes both of a longitudinal line of the tool bit and a extending line of the grip.

5. The power tool according to claim 3 , wherein a pair of the guide element components comprises a metallic guide member arranged on one member among the main body and the main handle and a resin guide member arranged on the other member among the main body and the main handle.

6. The power tool according to claim 3 , wherein the pair of the guide element components is formed by a projection which extends in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit and is arranged on one member among the main body and the main handle and a recess which extends in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit and is arranged on the other member among the main body and the main handle,

and wherein the main handle is configured to be moved with respect to the main body in a state that the projection and the recess are engaged and slid to each other, and the main handle is guided against the main body.

7. A power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the guide element includes a movement amount defining part which defines amount of movement of the main handle with respect to the main body in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit.

8. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the biasing member comprises a plurality of biasing elements which are arranged at respective positions being different from one another in a circumference direction around the longitudinal direction of the tool bit.

9. The power tool according to claim 1 , further comprising a sealing member which seals a gap between the main handle and the main body.

10. A power tool which drives a tool bit in a longitudinal direction of the tool bit and performs an operation, comprising:

a motor which has an output shaft being parallel to the longitudinal direction of the tool bit,

a driving mechanism which is connected to the output shaft and driven by the motor,

a main body which houses the motor and the driving mechanism,

a main handle which is movable with respect to the main body,

a guide element which guides the main handle such that the main handle moves in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit with respect to the main body, and

a biasing member which is arranged between the main body and the main handle and biases the main body and the main handle in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit even in an initial state,

wherein the main handle moves against the main body in a state that the main handle is biased by the biasing member, and transmission of vibration generated during the operation from the main body to the main handle is prevented,

wherein the main handle includes a grip portion which is held by a user and an auxiliary handle attachable portion to which an auxiliary handle is attached, and

wherein the grip portion and the auxiliary handle attachable portion are configured to move integrally in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit with respect to the main body.

11. The power tool according to claim 10 , further comprising a guide portion which guides the auxiliary handle attachable portion against the main body.

12. The power tool according to claim 10 , wherein the auxiliary handle attachable portion includes a ring portion which has an outer periphery to which the auxiliary handle is attached, the ring portion being configured to surround a part of the main body.

13. The power tool according to claim 10 , wherein the main handle includes a connecting portion which fixedly connects the grip portion and the auxiliary handle attachable portion,

and wherein the auxiliary handle attachable portion is arranged closer to the tool bit than the main handle in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit, and the grip portion is arranged opposite to the tool bit with respect to the auxiliary handle attachable portion in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit.

14. The power tool according to claim 13 , wherein the main body includes a housing member which houses the motor and the driving mechanism,

and wherein the auxiliary handle attachable portion includes a contact portion which is configured to contact with the housing member and the contact portion defines amount of movement of the main handle far from the tool bit in the longitudinal direction of the tool bit by contacting with the housing member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2015
From: MACHIDA, YOSHITAKA
To: MAKITA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 034888/0354 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-244446 · Nov 26, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150144366A1 · May 28, 2015