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Granted Patent B2
US 12,365,080 · App. 18/219,442 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Electric work machine

Inventors: Makoto Chikaraishi (Anjo, JP); Akihiro Hozumi (Anjo, JP)
Assignee: MAKITA CORPORATION
B25F5/02F21V11/16B25B21/02B25B23/18F21Y2115/10
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Patent No.
US 12,365,080
App. No.
18/219,442
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric work machine avoids lowering the visibility of a workpiece by an operator. An electric work machine includes a motor, an output unit operable with a rotational force from the motor, a light emitter at least partially surrounding the output unit, an optical member including an outer cylinder located radially outward from the light emitter, and a light transmitter located frontward from the light emitter to allow light emitted from the light emitter to pass through, and a light shield located radially outward from the outer cylinder.

Claims (56)

1. An electric work machine, comprising:

a motor;

an output unit operable with a rotational force from the motor;

a light emitter at least partially surrounding the output unit;

an optical member including

an outer cylinder located radially outward from the light emitter, and

a light transmitter located frontward from the light emitter, the light transmitter being configured to allow light emitted from the light emitter to pass through;

a light shield located radially outward from the outer cylinder; and

a first adhesive between an outer circumferential surface of the outer cylinder and an inner circumferential surface of the light shield.

2. The electric work machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the light shield has a lower light transmittance than the optical member.

3. The electric work machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the light shield comprises a synthetic resin.

4. The electric work machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the light shield comprises a polycarbonate resin containing a colored pigment.

5. The electric work machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the light shield is black.

6. The electric work machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the optical member has a groove recessed radially inward from an outer circumferential surface of the optical member, and the groove receives the first adhesive.

7. The electric work machine according to claim 6 , wherein

the light shield includes a protrusion located frontward from the groove, and the protrusion protrudes radially inward from an inner circumferential surface of the light shield.

8. The electric work machine according to claim 7 , wherein

the protrusion has an inner end in contact with the optical member.

9. The electric work machine according to claim 8 , wherein

the protrusion surrounds the optical member, and

the optical member is fitted to the protrusion.

10. The electric work machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the light shield has a front end surrounding an emission surface of the light transmitter.

11. The electric work machine according to claim 1 , wherein

the light shield has a front end aligned with or located frontward from a front end of the light transmitter in a front-rear direction.

12. The electric work machine according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a substrate surrounding the output unit and including a ring portion,

wherein the light emitter includes a light-emitting diode chip on a front surface of the ring portion.

13. The electric work machine according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a second adhesive fixing the substrate and the optical member together.

14. The electric work machine according to claim 13 , wherein

the second adhesive fixes a rear surface of the substrate and an inner circumferential surface of the outer cylinder together.

15. The electric work machine according to claim 13 , wherein

the second adhesive is light-shielding.

16. The electric work machine according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a phosphor covering the light-emitting diode chip.

17. The electric work machine according to claim 12 , wherein

the optical member includes an inner cylinder located radially inward from the ring portion, and

the light transmitter connects a front end of the outer cylinder and a front end of the inner cylinder.

18. The electric work machine according to claim 1 , wherein the output unit includes an anvil strikable by a hammer in a rotation direction.

19. An electric work machine, comprising:

a motor;

an output unit operable with a rotational force from the motor;

a light emitter at least partially surrounding the output unit;

an optical member including

an outer cylinder located radially outward from the light emitter, and

a light transmitter located frontward from the light emitter, the light transmitter being configured to allow light emitted from the light emitter to pass through;

a light shield located radially outward from the outer cylinder;

a substrate surrounding the output unit and including a ring portion; and

an adhesive fixing the substrate and the optical member together,

wherein the light emitter includes a light-emitting diode chip on a front surface of the ring portion.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 7, 2023
From: CHIKARAISHI, MAKOTO; HOZUMI, AKIHIRO
To: MAKITA CORPORATION
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-130714 · Aug 18, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240058937A1 · Feb 22, 2024
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