Impact tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10913141-B2
Application number	US-201815946029-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 5, 2018
Priority date	Apr 18, 2017
Publication date	Feb 9, 2021
Grant date	Feb 9, 2021

Abstract

An impact tool includes a motor, a driving mechanism, and a vibration sensor. The driving mechanism is configured to perform a hammering operation of linearly driving a tool accessory along an impact-axis by power of the motor. The impact-axis extends in a front-rear direction of the impact tool. The vibration sensor is configured to detect vibrations. The vibration sensor is disposed such that the vibration sensor is capable of detecting vibrations of a first frequency among vibrations caused in the impact tool, and such that transmission of vibrations of a second frequency to the vibration sensor is suppressed. The vibrations of the first frequency result from the hammering operation. The second frequency is different from the first frequency.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An impact tool configured to linearly drive a tool accessory, the impact tool comprising:
a motor;
a driving mechanism configured to perform a hammering operation of linearly driving the tool accessory along an impact-axis by power of the motor, the impact-axis extending in a front-rear direction of the impact tool;
a vibration sensor configured to detect vibrations; and
a first housing that houses the motor and the driving mechanism; wherein:
the vibration sensor is disposed such that the vibration sensor is capable of detecting vibrations of a first frequency among vibrations caused in the impact tool, and such that transmission of vibrations of a second frequency to the vibration sensor is suppressed, the vibrations of the first frequency resulting from the hammering operation, and the second frequency being different from the first frequency;
the vibration sensor is held on the first housing via at least one elastic element;
the at least one elastic element includes a first elastic element and a second elastic element; and
the vibration sensor is held on the first housing while being held between the first elastic element and the second elastic element in the front-rear direction.

2. The impact tool as defined in claim 1 , wherein:
the motor is configured as a brushless motor including a stator, a rotor and a motor shaft extending from the rotor,
the vibrations of the second frequency are vibrations resulting from electromagnetic vibrations of the motor, and
the second frequency is a frequency that is defined according to the number of poles formed in the rotor.

3. The impact tool as defined in claim 2 , wherein:
the motor is arranged such that a rotation axis of the motor shaft extends in a direction crossing the impact-axis, and
the vibration sensor is at least partly disposed within a range of a length of the motor shaft in an extending direction of the rotation axis.

4. The impact tool as defined in claim 3 , wherein the vibration sensor is disposed behind the motor in the front-rear direction.

5. The impact tool as defined in claim 1 , wherein the first elastic element and the second elastic element are connected via a connection part.

6. The impact tool as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a grip part configured to be held by a user, wherein the grip part is connected to the first housing via another elastic element such that the grip part is movable relative to the first housing.

7. The impact tool as defined in claim 1 , further comprising:
a second housing connected to the first housing via another elastic element such that the second housing is movable relative to the first housing, and
a controller configured to control driving of the motor based on a detection result of the vibration sensor, wherein:
the controller is housed in the second housing.

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Iida Hitoshi
• Furusawa Masanori
• Yamamoto Hirokatsu
• Umemoto Ryo
• Sasaki Yoshinori
• Naito Akira

Classifications

• B25D2250/145

  Electro-magnetic parts · CPC title

• B25D2216/0015

  Tools having a percussion-only mode · CPC title

• B25D2211/068

  Crank-actuated impulse-driving mechanisms · CPC title

• B25D2250/121

  Housing details · CPC title

• H02J7/751

  concerning the insertion or the connection of the batteries · CPC title