Power tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10868462-B2
Application number	US-201515509123-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 2, 2015
Priority date	Sep 4, 2014
Publication date	Dec 15, 2020
Grant date	Dec 15, 2020

Abstract

An electric tool includes: a housing; a motor accommodated in the housing and providing power to a working component, the motor includes a stator including an excitation winding and a rotor including an armature winding, and the excitation winding is connected in series to the armature winding; a first power input unit, capable of connecting to an external AC power source so as to provide an alternating current to the motor; a second power input unit, capable of connecting to a battery component so as to provide a direct current to the motor; and a power source control unit, controlling the motor to obtain power input by using one of the first power input unit and the second power input unit. The electric tool can adapt to an AC power source and a DC power source, and the motor has a simple structure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric tool, comprising:
a housing;
a motor, accommodated in the housing and configured to provide power to a working component, wherein
the motor comprises a stator comprising an excitation winding and a rotor comprising an armature winding, and the excitation winding is connected in series to the armature winding;
a first power input unit configured to connect the motor directly to an external AC power source so as to provide an alternating current originating at the external AC power source directly to the motor;
a second power input unit, configured to connect to a battery component so as to provide a direct current to the motor; and
a power source control unit, configured to control the motor to obtain power input by using one of the first power input unit and the second power input unit.

2. The electric tool according to claim 1 , wherein the electric tool further comprises the battery component, and the battery component is connected to the second power input unit.

3. The electric tool according to claim 2 , wherein the battery component comprises a battery pack, and a rated voltage of the battery pack is 110V.

4. The electric tool according to claim 3 , wherein the battery component is a lithium battery pack.

5. The electric tool according to claim 1 , wherein power input voltages provided by the first power input unit and the second power input unit are within a same predetermined voltage range.

6. The electric tool according to claim 5 , wherein the predetermined voltage range is from 80 V to 120 V.

7. The electric tool according to claim 1 , wherein the power source control unit comprises a mode selection switch, the mode selection switch configured to operably connect one of the first power input unit and the second power input unit to the motor and disconnect the other one of the first power input unit and the second power input unit from the motor.

8. An electric tool, comprising:
a housing having a first groove and a second groove formed thereon;
a first electrode disposed in the first groove;
a second electrode disposed in the second groove;
a series excited motor, accommodated in the housing and configured to provide power to a working component, the series excited motor electrically connected to one or more battery components via the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein
the series excited motor comprises a stator, a rotor, and an electric brush, the stator comprises a stator iron core and an excitation winding, the rotor comprises a rotor iron core, an armature winding winded on the rotor iron core, a pivot configured to support the rotor iron core to rotate, and a commutator fixed on the pivot, the commutator is connected to the electric brush, and the excitation winding is connected to the armature winding in series; and
a power source control unit, comprising a mode selection switch configured to operate in different working modes, wherein when the mode selection switch is in an AC working mode, the series excited motor obtains an alternating current, and when the mode selection switch is in a DC working mode, the series excited motor obtains a direct current via the first electrode and the second electrode.

9. An electric tool, comprising:
a housing having a first groove and a second groove formed thereon;
a series excited motor, accommodated in the housing and configured to provide power to a working component, wherein
the series excited motor comprises a stator, a rotor, and an electric brush, the stator comprises a stator iron core and an excitation winding, the rotor comprises a rotor iron core, an armature winding winded on the rotor iron core, a pivot supporting the rotor iron core to rotate, and a commutator fixed on the pivot, the electric brush is connected to the commutator, and the excitation winding is connected to the armature winding in series;
a first power input unit configured to connect the series excited motor directly to an external AC power source, the first power input unit further configured to provide an alternating current originating at the external AC power source directly to the series excited motor when connected to the external AC power source; and
a second power input unit comprising a first electrode disposed in the first groove and a second electrode disposed in the second groove, the first electrode and the second electrode configured to electrically connect the series excited motor to one or more battery components so as to provide a direct current to the series excited motor, wherein
power input voltages provided to the series excited motor by the first power input unit and the second power input unit are both within a predetermined voltage range of 80 V to 120 V.

10. An electric tool, comprising:
housing;
a series excited motor, accommodated in the housing and providing power to a working component, wherein
the series excited motor is selectively connected to one of an AC power source and a battery component, the series excited motor is connected to an external AC power source and is configured to run after receiving an alternating current, the series excited motor is connected to one or more battery components and is configured to run after receiving a direct current, and power input voltages provided by the external AC power source and the one or more battery components are within a predetermined range from 80 V to 120 V.

11. The electric tool of claim 10 , wherein the housing has a first groove and a second groove formed thereon, and the electric tool further comprises:
a first electrode disposed in the first groove; and
a second electrode disposed in the second groove;
wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to connect the series excited motor to the battery component.

12. The electric tool of claim 11 , wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to electrically connect the one or more battery components to the series excited motor in series.

13. The electric tool of claim 10 , further comprising a power input unit configured to connect the series excited motor directly to the external AC power source to directly provide the alternating current to the series excited motor from the external AC power source.

14. The electric tool of claim 8 , further comprising a power input unit configured to connect the series excited motor directly to an external AC power source from which the alternating current originates to directly provide the alternating current to the series excited motor.

15. The electric tool of claim 8 , wherein a number of the one or more battery components is two battery components corresponding to a first battery electrically connected to the first electrode and a second battery electrically connected to the second electrode.

16. The electric tool of claim 8 , wherein the first electrode is configured to provide a different voltage or current to the motor from the one or more battery components.

17. The electric tool of claim 8 , wherein a first size of the first groove and a second size of the second groove are matched with sizes of the one or more battery components.

18. The electric tool of claim 8 , wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to electrically connect the one or more battery components in series to the motor.

19. The electric tool of claim 8 , wherein the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to electrically connect the one or more battery components in parallel to the motor.

Assignees

• Positec Power Tools Suzhou Co Ltd

Inventors

• Mou Guoliang

Classifications

• H02K23/08

  having series connection of excitation windings · CPC title

• H02K23/66

  Structural association with auxiliary electric devices influencing the characteristic of, or controlling, the machine, e.g. with impedances or switches · CPC title

• H02K23/64 Primary

  Motors specially adapted for running on DC or AC by choice · CPC title

• A01D34/78

  electric · CPC title

• H02K3/28

  Layout of windings or of connections between windings (windings for pole-changing H02K17/06, H02K17/14, H02K19/12, H02K19/32) · CPC title