Electric power tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10630135-B2
Application number	US-201815963564-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 26, 2018
Priority date	May 18, 2017
Publication date	Apr 21, 2020
Grant date	Apr 21, 2020

Abstract

An electric power tool includes a terminal unit and a component. A signal line and a power line are coupled to the terminal unit. The signal line transmits signal. The power line supplies electric power. The terminal unit is mounted to the component. The terminal unit includes a signal terminal coupled to the signal line, and a power supply terminal coupled to the power line. The component includes a component-side signal terminal and a component-side power supply terminal. The component-side signal terminal is electrically conductive to the signal terminal of the mounted terminal unit. The component-side power supply terminal is electrically conductive to the power supply terminal of the mounted terminal unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric power tool, comprising:
a removable terminal unit to which a signal line and a power line are coupled, the signal line transmitting signal, the power line supplying electric power, the terminal unit including a signal terminal coupled to the signal line and a power supply terminal coupled to the power line;
a component to which the terminal unit is mounted, the component including a component-side signal terminal and a component-side power supply terminal, the component-side signal terminal being electrically conductive to the signal terminal of the mounted terminal unit, and the component-side power supply terminal being electrically conductive to the power supply terminal of the mounted terminal unit; and
a housing;
wherein the component and the terminal unit are entirely contained in the housing.

2. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal unit includes a ring portion that surrounds at least one of the signal terminal and the power supply terminal.

3. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of a combination of the signal terminal and the component-side signal terminal and a combination of the power supply terminal and the component-side power supply terminal is configured to become electrically conductive by mutual contact, and at least one of the mutually contacting terminal has an elasticity to be pressed to the contacted terminal.

4. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein:
the terminal unit includes a terminal base that holds at least a part of the signal terminal and the power supply terminal, and
a cover is disposed on an outer side of the terminal base, the cover is more flexible than the terminal base.

5. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein one of the terminal unit and the component includes a projecting body, and the other includes a guide that guides the projecting body.

6. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal unit is mounted to the component with a screw.

7. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the component is at least any of a switch box, a motor, and a controller of the motor.

8. The electric power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal unit is attached to the component by screws, such that the terminal unit can be removed from the electric power tool by removing the screws.

9. The electric power tool according to claim 8 , wherein the screws pass through and connect the power supply terminal to the component-side power supply terminal.

10. An electric power tool, comprising:
a removable terminal unit to which a signal line and a power line are coupled, the signal line transmitting signal, the power line supplying electric power, the terminal unit including a signal terminal coupled to the signal line and a power supply terminal coupled to the power line;
a component to which the terminal unit is mounted, the component including a component-side signal terminal and a component-side power supply terminal, the component-side signal terminal being electrically conductive to the signal terminal of the mounted terminal unit, and the component-side power supply terminal being electrically conductive to the power supply terminal of the mounted terminal unit;
a seal portion included in at least one of the terminal unit and the component, the seal portion sealing at least one of a combination of the signal terminal and the component-side signal terminal and a combination of the power supply terminal and the component-side power supply terminal by mounting the terminal unit to the component, the signal terminal and the component-side signal terminal being mutually electrically conductive, and the power supply terminal and the component-side power supply terminal being mutually electrically conductive; and
a housing;
wherein the component and the terminal unit are entirely contained in the housing.

11. The electric power tool according to claim 10 , wherein the terminal unit is mounted to the component with a screw.

12. The electric power tool according to claim 10 , wherein the component is at least any of a switch box, a motor, and a controller of the motor.

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Sengiku Hitoshi
• Goto Hideyuki
• Yamagishi Takayuki

Classifications

• H02K11/28

  Manual switches · CPC title

• H01R4/34

  Conductive members located under head of screw · CPC title

• H01R13/621

  Bolt, set screw or screw clamp · CPC title

• H01R13/2442

  with a single cantilevered beam · CPC title

• H02K29/08

  using magnetic effect devices, e.g. Hall-plates, magneto-resistors (H02K29/12 takes precedence) · CPC title