Power tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11845170-B2
Application number	US-202217892604-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 22, 2022
Priority date	Sep 22, 2021
Publication date	Dec 19, 2023
Grant date	Dec 19, 2023

Abstract

A power tool has a motor, a rotary shaft and a housing. The rotary shaft has a first end portion on a first direction side and a second end portion on a second direction side in an axial direction of the rotary shaft. The housing is configured to store a lubricant on the first direction side of the first end portion of the rotary shaft. The rotary shaft has a first hole and a second hole. The first hole extends in the axial direction and that has a first opening in the first end portion of the rotary shaft. The second hole extends in a direction crossing an axis of the rotary shaft, that communicates with the first hole. The second hole has a second opening in an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft. A spiral part is provided within the first hole.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power tool, comprising:
a motor;
a rotary shaft that is configured to be rotationally driven by the motor and that has a first end portion on a first direction side and a second end portion on a second direction side opposite to the first direction side in an axial direction of the rotary shaft;
a housing that houses the rotary shaft and is configured to store a lubricant on the first direction side of the first end portion of the rotary shaft; and
a driving mechanism and a final output shaft that is (i) configured to removably hold a tool accessory and (ii) parallel to the rotary shaft;
wherein:
the rotary shaft has:
a first hole that (i) extends in the axial direction of the rotary shaft and (ii) has a first opening in the first end portion of the rotary shaft and a second hole that (i) extends in a direction crossing an axis of the rotary shaft, (ii) communicates with the first hole on the second direction side of the first opening, and (iii) has a second opening in an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft;

a spiral part is in the first hole;
the power tool has a hammer mechanism configured to produce at least hammering motion;
the driving mechanism includes (i) the rotary shaft, (ii) a rotating body that is on the rotary shaft and that is configured to rotate integrally with the rotary shaft, and (iii) an oscillating body configured to oscillate in the axial direction of the rotary shaft in response to rotation of the rotating body;
the driving mechanism is configured to linearly drive the tool accessory along an axis of the final output shaft in response to oscillation of the oscillating body; and
the second opening is inside the rotating body.

2. The power tool as defined in claim 1 , wherein the spiral part is separate from the rotary shaft and fixed to the housing.

3. The power tool as defined in claim 2 , further comprising a holder that is configured to fix the spiral part to the housing.

4. The power tool as defined in claim 1 , wherein the spiral part is configured to rotate integrally with the rotary shaft within the first hole.

5. The power tool as defined in claim 1 , wherein a front end portion of the spiral part protrudes to the first direction side from the first opening of the rotary shaft.

6. The power tool as defined in claim 1 , further comprising a switching member configured to switch a state of the driving mechanism between a first state and a second state,
wherein:
when the driving mechanism is in the first state, the rotating body is rotatable integrally with the rotary shaft to enable the power tool to produce the hammering motion,
when the driving mechanism is in the second state, the rotating body is not rotatable integrally with the rotary shaft to disable the power tool to produce the hammering motion.

7. The power tool as defined in claim 6 , wherein:
the switching member is on the rotary shaft so as to be rotatable integrally with the rotary shaft and movable between an engagement position and a disengagement position in the axial direction of the rotary shaft on the rotary shaft, and
the switching member is configured to engage with the rotating body so as to rotate the rotating body integrally with the rotary shaft in response to being moved to the engagement position, and configured to disengage from the rotating body so as not to rotate the rotating body integrally with the rotary shaft in response to being moved to the disengagement position.

8. The power tool as defined in claim 1 , wherein:
the rotating body has one or more third holes, and
each of the one or more third holes (i) extends in a direction crossing the axis of the rotary shaft and (ii) has two openings in an inner peripheral surface and an outer peripheral surface of the rotating body.

9. The power tool as defined in claim 8 , wherein:
the one or more third holes comprise two third holes that are opposite to each other across the rotary shaft.

10. The power tool as defined in claim 1 , wherein the lubricant comprises grease.

11. The power tool as defined in claim 1 , wherein:
the rotating body is on the rotary shaft with a gap between the rotating body and the rotary shaft; and
the second hole is open to the gap.

12. The power tool as defined in claim 11 , wherein the gap includes a first gap that is between an inner peripheral surface of the rotating body and at least one groove in the outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft.

13. The power tool as defined in claim 12 , wherein:
the gap includes a second gap that is between the outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft and an inner peripheral surface of a portion of the rotating body that has a larger inner diameter than a remaining portion of the rotating body, and
the second gap is larger than the first gap in a radial direction of the rotary shaft.

14. The power tool as defined in claim 3 , wherein a front end portion of the spiral part protrudes to the first direction side from the first opening of the rotary shaft.

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Machida Yoshitaka
• Hisano Taro

Classifications

• B25D17/26 Primary

  Lubricating {(in general F16N)} · CPC title

• B25D16/006

  Mode changers; Mechanisms connected thereto · CPC title

• B25D2216/0084

  Mode-changing mechanisms · CPC title

• B25D2217/0096

  Details of lubrication means · CPC title

• B25D11/062

  comprising a wobbling mechanism, swash plate · CPC title