Power tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11801594-B2
Application number	US-202217860322-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 8, 2022
Priority date	Aug 26, 2021
Publication date	Oct 31, 2023
Grant date	Oct 31, 2023

Abstract

A power tool includes a side handle that can be toollessly positioned and also attached to or detached from a tool body. The power tool includes a tool body having a side surface, a side handle on the side surface of the tool body, and an operable portion operable to attach or detach the side handle to or from the tool body and to position the side handle being attached to the tool body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A power tool, comprising:
a tool body having a side surface;
a side handle on the side surface of the tool body; and
an operable portion operable to attach or detach the side handle to or from the tool body and to position the side handle being attached to the tool body, wherein
the operable portion includes a mount shaft on the side surface of the tool body, and
the side handle includes
a through-hole portion through which the mount shaft extends, and
a cutout portion allowing the mount shaft to be relatively in and out of the through-hole portion in a radial direction.

2. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the tool body includes the operable portion.

3. The power tool according to claim 2 , wherein
the operable portion includes an operable member having a first end rotatably connected to the tool body, and
the side handle is attached to or detached from the tool body in response to a swing of a second end of the operable member about the first end, and the side handle being attached to the tool body is positioned in response to a swing of the second end of the operable member about the first end.

4. The power tool according to claim 2 , wherein
the side handle is laterally asymmetrical, and
the operable portion is attachable to a left portion or a right portion of the tool body.

5. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the side handle includes the operable portion.

6. The power tool according to claim 5 , wherein
the operable portion includes an operable member having a first end rotatably connected to the tool body, and
the side handle is attached to or detached from the tool body in response to a swing of a second end of the operable member about the first end, and the side handle being attached to the tool body is positioned in response to a swing of the second end of the operable member about the first end.

7. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the operable portion includes an operable member movable relative to the mount shaft in an axial direction, and
the side handle is attached to or detached from the tool body in response to an operation on the operable member in the axial direction, and the side handle being attached to the tool body is positioned in response to an operation on the operable member in the axial direction.

8. The power tool according to claim 7 , wherein
the side handle includes, at a position decentered from the mount shaft, a receiving portion to be engaged with the operable member and positioned in a rotation direction of the side handle about the mount shaft.

9. The power tool according to claim 8 , wherein
the operable portion includes an urging member to urge the operable member to an engagement position at which the operable member is engaged with the side handle,
the side handle is detached and is out of position in response to the operable member moved against the urging member to a disengagement position at which the operable member is disengaged from the side handle, and
the side handle is attached and is positioned in response to the operable member moved by the urging member to the engagement position.

10. The power tool according to claim 9 , wherein
the operable member is movable to the disengagement position with an operation of pulling the operable member away from the tool body.

11. The power tool according to claim 10 , wherein
the operable member is integral with an engaging portion engageable with the side handle.

12. The power tool according to claim 9 , wherein
the operable member is integral with an engaging portion engageable with the side handle.

13. The power tool according to claim 8 , wherein
the operable member is integral with an engaging portion engageable with the side handle.

14. The power tool according to claim 8 , wherein
the operable portion includes an operable member having a first end rotatably connected to the tool body, and
the side handle is attached to or detached from the tool body in response to a swing of a second end of the operable member about the first end, and the side handle being attached to the tool body is positioned in response to a swing of the second end of the operable member about the first end.

15. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the operable portion includes an operable member having a first end rotatably connected to the tool body, and
the side handle is attached to or detached from the tool body in response to a swing of a second end of the operable member about the first end, and the side handle being attached to the tool body is positioned in response to a swing of the second end of the operable member about the first end.

16. The power tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the side handle is laterally asymmetrical, and
the operable portion is attachable to a left portion or a right portion of the tool body.

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Otani Ryosuke
• Ishikawa Junya

Classifications

• B25F5/026 Primary

  in the form of an auxiliary handle (B25F5/024 takes precedence) · CPC title