Electric tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10171011-B2
Application number	US-201414786212-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 25, 2014
Priority date	Apr 26, 2013
Publication date	Jan 1, 2019
Grant date	Jan 1, 2019

Abstract

An electric tool includes: a motor configured to be driven by PWM controlling a semiconductor switching element; a trigger configured to adjust startup and rotation of the motor; a changeover switch configured to switch a rotation direction of the motor between a forward rotation and a reverse rotation; a power transmission mechanism configured to rotate a tip tool by the motor, and a controller configured to control rotation of the motor. When the reverse rotation is set by the changeover switch, the controller PWM controls the semiconductor switching element at a high duty ratio after the trigger is pulled to drive the motor, and thereafter drives the motor at a state where the high duty ratio is changed to a low duty ratio.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An electric tool comprising:
a motor configured to be driven by PWM controlling a semiconductor switching element;
a trigger configured to adjust startup and rotation of the motor;
a changeover switch configured to switch a rotation direction of the motor between a forward rotation and a reverse rotation;
a power transmission mechanism configured to rotate a tip tool by the motor; and
a controller configured to control rotation of the motor,
wherein in a state where the reverse rotation is set by the changeover switch,
the controller controls a duty ratio of the PWM control of the semiconductor switching element according to an operating amount of the trigger to drive the motor in a case that the operating amount of the trigger is less than a predetermined amount, and
the controller controls the semiconductor switching element at a high duty ratio to drive the motor in a case that the operating amount of the trigger is the predetermined amount or larger, and thereafter the controller restricts the duty ratio of the PWM control of the semiconductor switching element when the controller detects a predetermined state.

2. The electric tool according to claim 1 , wherein in a case that the operating amount is a maximum amount, the controller restricts the duty ratio after predetermined time elapses from the pulling of the trigger or a predetermined striking is over.

3. The electric tool according to claim 1 , further comprising a current detector configured to detect a current value flowing through the motor or the semiconductor switching element,
wherein when a current value detected by the current detector is below a threshold, the controller switches from a low duty ratio to the high duty ratio.

4. The electric tool according to claim 3 , wherein the high duty ratio is 100% and the low duty ratio is 80% or lower.

5. The electric tool according to claim 3 , wherein the controller alternately switches the motor control by the low duty ratio and the motor control by the high duty ratio.

6. The electric tool according to claim 5 , wherein the controller alternately switches the low duty ratio and the high duty ratio every predetermined time interval.

7. An electric tool comprising:
a motor configured to be driven by PWM controlling a semiconductor switching element;
a trigger configured to adjust startup and rotation of the motor;
a power transmission mechanism configured to rotate a tip tool by the motor;
a controller configured to control rotation of the motor; and
a current detector configured to detect a current value flowing through the motor or the semiconductor switching element,
wherein the controller controls the semiconductor switching element at a first duty ratio to drive the motor after the trigger is pulled, thereafter the controller changes from the first duty ratio to a second duty ratio, which is lower than the first duty ratio, to drive the motor in a case that the current value detected by the current detector exceeds a first threshold, and thereafter the controller changes from the second duty ratio to a third duty ratio, which is lower than the second duty ratio, to drive the motor in a case that the current value exceeds a second threshold which is larger than the first threshold.

8. The electric tool according to claim 7 ,
wherein when the current value detected by the current detector is below a third threshold which is lower than the first threshold, the controller switches a duty ration of the PWM control of the semiconductor switching element from the third duty ratio to the first duty ratio.

9. The electric tool according to claim 1 , wherein in a state where the forward rotation is set by the changeover switch, the controller controls the semiconductor switching element according to an operating amount of the trigger to drive the motor.

10. The electric tool according to claim 7 , further comprising a changeover switch configured to switch a rotation direction of the motor between a forward rotation and a reverse rotation,
wherein the first duty ratio defined in a case that the reverse rotation is set by the changeover switch is higher than the first duty ratio defined in a case that the forward rotation is set by the changeover switch.

11. The electric tool according to claim 1 , wherein the controller lowers the duty ratio of the PWM control of the semiconductor switching element when the controller detects the predetermined state.

Assignees

• Hitachi Koki Kk
• Koki Holdings Co Ltd

Inventors

• Takano Nobuhiro
• Iwata Kazutaka

Classifications

• H02P1/028 Primary

  wherein the motor voltage is increased at low speed, to start or restart high inertia loads · CPC title

• H02P1/22

  in either direction of rotation · CPC title

• B25B21/00 Primary

  Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; (details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed B25F5/00; {for mounting or dismounting wheels B60B29/006}); Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose (machines B23P19/06) · CPC title

• B25B21/02

  with means for imparting impact to screwdriver blade or nut socket · CPC title

• B25F5/008

  Cooling means · CPC title