Rotating tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11865668-B2
Application number	US-202218077460-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 8, 2022
Priority date	Sep 19, 2017
Publication date	Jan 9, 2024
Grant date	Jan 9, 2024

Abstract

A grinder including a motor, a switch operated ON and OFF in accordance with an operation of a switch lever to control a rotation of an output shaft of the motor, a spindle that rotates in accordance with the rotation of the output shaft to rotate a disk-shaped grinding wheel and a brake mechanism controllable with respect to a brake plate that integrally rotates with the output shaft, in a housing, the brake plate includes fins.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A rotating tool comprising:
a housing;
a motor (i) in the housing and (ii) having an output shaft and a commutator; and
two controllers (i) configured to control operation of the motor and (ii) in the housing, wherein
a longitudinal axis of the output shaft is in a front-rear direction,
the commutator faces forward in the front-rear direction, and
a first controller of the two controllers is above the commutator and a second controller of the two controllers is below the commutator in an up-down direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction.

2. The rotating tool according to claim 1 , further comprising
brush holders right and left of the commutator in a right-left direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction and the up-down direction.

3. The rotating tool according to claim 1 , further comprising
rubber pins (i) in the housing and (ii) abutting each of the two controllers.

4. The rotating tool according to claim 3 , further comprising
a brake mechanism (i) in the housing, (ii) configured to be controllable with respect to a brake plate that integrally rotates with the output shaft, and
(iii) including a base secured which houses the brake plate and the rubber pins.

5. The rotating tool according to claim 1 , further comprising a bearing portion (i) in the housing and (ii) that
holds a bearing which supports a rear end of the output shaft,
wherein the two controllers overlap the bearing in a radial direction of the output shaft.

6. The rotating tool according to claim 5 , further comprising
a fan (i) is secured to the output shaft and (ii) configured to generate an airflow in the housing by rotating with the rotation of the output shaft in order to cool the motor,
wherein the two controllers and the housing are configured such that the airflow cools each of the two controllers by passing between the each of the two controllers and the bearing portion.

7. The rotating tool according to claim 1 , wherein
each of the two controllers has a substrate in a case.

8. The rotating tool according to claim 7 , wherein
the case of the each of two controllers has the same size and shape.

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Shibata Kenji
• Furusawa Masanori

Classifications

• B24B47/26 Primary

  Accessories, e.g. stops · CPC title

• B24B23/02

  with rotating grinding tools; Accessories therefor · CPC title

• B24B47/12

  by mechanical gearing or electric power (B24B47/16 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B24B23/028 Primary

  Angle tools · CPC title

• B25F5/00

  Details or components of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operations performed and not otherwise provided for · CPC title