IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,478,916
Granted Patent B2
US 11,478,916 · App. 16/617,494 · Granted Oct 25, 2022

Electric power tool

Inventors: Hiroaki Murakami (Kyoto, JP); Akiko Honda (Osaka, JP); Mitsumasa Mizuno (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
B25F5/00H02K7/145
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Patent No.
US 11,478,916
App. No.
16/617,494
Granted
Oct 25, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric power tool includes: a motor unit including a motor; a driving block for transmitting a rotational output of the motor to a front-end tool; and a rotation detector that detects an angle of rotation of the motor. The rotation detector includes a rotating body attached to a motor shaft and a position detector that outputs a rotational position signal corresponding to a rotational position of the rotating body. The rotating body includes an opening, and the motor shaft is press fitted and fixed to the opening of the rotating body.

Claims (19)

1. An electric power tool comprising:

a motor;

a transmission mechanism that transmits a rotational output of the motor to a front-end tool; and

a rotation detector that detects an angle of rotation of the motor, wherein

the rotation detector includes a rotating body attached to a motor shaft of the motor and a position detector that outputs a rotational position signal corresponding to a rotational position of the rotating body,

the rotating body includes an opening, and the motor shaft is press fitted and fixed to the opening of the rotating body, and

a press fitting restriction part that restricts a depth of press fitting of the motor shaft is provided in at least one of the motor shaft and the opening, wherein the press fitting restriction part includes a rear facing end face of the motor shaft that faces the position detector, and the rear facing end face contacts a front facing end face of the rotating body.

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

the rotating body is attached to the motor shaft in such a manner that relative rotation is disabled.

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

the rotation detector is a magnetic encoder, and

the rotating body includes a magnet and a fixing bush for fixing the magnet.

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

the magnet is adhesively fixed to the fixing bush.

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

the fixing bush includes a recess on a fixing surface for fixing the magnet, and

the magnet has a shape fitted in the recess of the fixing bush in such a manner that relative rotation is disabled.

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

the rotating body is attached to the motor shaft at a position in which the rotating body is not in contact with a bearing that supports the motor shaft.

Assignments (2)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Aug 6, 2026
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: NEXRA FIELD WORKS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 076114/0584 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2020
From: MURAKAMI, HIROAKI; HONDA, AKIKO; MIZUNO, MITSUMASA
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052074/0490 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2017-107098 · May 30, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
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