Electric rotary tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12162080-B2
Application number	US-202117521493-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 8, 2021
Priority date	Dec 17, 2020
Publication date	Dec 10, 2024
Grant date	Dec 10, 2024

Abstract

A housing holding a stator has increased rigidity. A vibration driver drill includes a motor including a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, a gear case in front of the motor, a gear in the gear case to receive rotation of the rotor, an output shaft protruding frontward from the gear case to receive rotation from the gear, an integral cylindrical housing accommodating the motor and including a front portion with an opening and a rear portion closed, a gear case housing connected to the front portion of the integral cylindrical housing and including a right part and a left part and holding the gear case, and a grip housing extending downward from the gear case housing.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electric rotary tool, comprising:
a motor including a stator and a rotor, the rotor being rotatable relative to the stator;
a gear case in front of the motor;
a gear in the gear case, the gear being configured to receive rotation of the rotor;
an output shaft protruding frontward from the gear case, the output shaft being configured to receive rotation from the gear;
a motor housing that is cylindrical and accommodates the motor, the motor housing including a front portion with an opening and a rear portion that is closed and integral with a remainder of the motor housing;
a dividable housing connected to the front portion of the motor housing, the dividable housing including a right half housing and a left half housing and holding the gear case; and
a grip housing extending downward from the dividable housing, wherein
the motor housing includes a support on an inner circumferential surface of the motor housing, and the support supports the stator to align the stator to be coaxial with the motor housing.

2. The electric rotary tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the dividable housing includes a cylindrical portion internally fitted in the opening in the motor housing.

3. The electric rotary tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the motor housing and the dividable housing are fastened together with a screw extending in a front-rear direction.

4. The electric rotary tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the support includes one or more support ribs protruding parallel to an axis of the motor housing and arranged at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the motor housing.

5. The electric rotary tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the motor housing includes a positioner on a rear inner circumferential surface of the motor housing, and the positioner is in contact with the stator to position the stator in a rearward direction.

6. The electric rotary tool according to claim 5 , wherein
the positioner includes one or more positioning ribs extending parallel to an axis of the motor housing and arranged at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the motor housing.

7. The electric rotary tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the stator is held by the dividable housing in a nonrotatable manner.

8. The electric rotary tool according to claim 7 , wherein
the stator includes an insulator held by the dividable housing.

9. The electric rotary tool according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotor includes a rotational shaft extending in a front-rear direction,
the electric rotary tool further comprises a fan fixed to a rear portion of the rotational shaft, and
the motor housing includes an inlet and an outlet.

10. The electric rotary tool according to claim 9 , further comprising:
a bearing attached to a rear end of the rotational shaft behind the fan; and
a bearing holder on an inner bottom surface of the motor housing, the bearing holder holding the bearing.

11. The electric rotary tool according to claim 10 , wherein
the bearing and the bearing holder overlap the fan in a radial direction of the motor housing.

12. The electric rotary tool according to claim 10 , wherein
the motor housing includes a guide on an inner circumferential surface of the motor housing, and
the guide comes in contact with an outer circumference of the fan when the bearing is placed in the bearing holder to guide the fan to a position at which the fan is coaxial with the motor housing.

13. The electric rotary tool according to claim 12 , wherein
the guide includes a plurality of guide protrusions arranged at predetermined intervals in a circumferential direction of the motor housing,
each of the plurality of guide protrusions includes a front slope sloping toward an axis of the motor housing from a front to a rear and causing a tip of each of the plurality of guide protrusions to be on a concentric circle slightly larger than the outer circumference of the fan.

14. The electric rotary tool according to claim 13 , wherein
each of the plurality of guide protrusions includes a rear slope sloping more outward in a radial direction of the motor housing from the tip toward the rear.

15. An electric rotary tool, comprising:
a motor including a stator and a rotor, the rotor being rotatable relative to the stator;
a gear case in front of the motor;
a gear in the gear case, the gear being configured to receive rotation of the rotor;
an output shaft protruding frontward from the gear case, the output shaft being configured to receive rotation from the gear;
a motor housing that is cylindrical and accommodates the motor, the motor housing including a front portion with an opening and a rear portion that is closed and integral with a remainder of the motor housing;
a dividable housing connected to the front portion of the motor housing, the dividable housing including a right half housing and a left half housing and holding the gear case; and
a grip housing extending downward from the dividable housing, wherein
the dividable housing includes a fitting portion,
the motor housing includes a receiving portion on an outer circumferential surface, and
the receiving portion receives the fitting portion from a front.

16. The electric rotary tool according to claim 15 , wherein
the fitting portion includes a right part included in the right half housing of the dividable housing and a left part included in the left half housing of the dividable housing.

17. An electric rotary tool, comprising:
a housing defining an outer wall, the housing including
a first integral cylindrical housing,
a right-left dividable housing in front of the first integral cylindrical housing, and
a second integral cylindrical housing in front of the right-left dividable housing;
a motor accommodated in the first integral cylindrical housing, the motor including
a rotor shaft,
a stator having an outer circumference directly held by the first integral cylindrical housing, and
a rotor located circumferentially inward from the stator with a rear portion of the rotor shaft directly held by the first integral cylindrical housing with a bearing;
a switch and a controller accommodated in the right-left dividable housing;
a power transmitter accommodated in the second integral cylindrical housing, the power transmitter being drivable by the motor;
a tip tool holder in front of the second integral cylindrical housing, the tip tool holder being rotatable by the power transmitter; and
a plurality of screws extending in a front-rear direction, the plurality of screws fastening the first integral cylindrical housing, the right-left dividable housing, and the second integral cylindrical housing together.

18. The electric rotary tool according to claim 17 , further comprising:
a fan fixed to the rotor,
wherein the first integral cylindrical housing includes, on right and left sides of the first integral cylindrical housing, an inlet to cause air from the fan to flow into the first integral cylindrical housing and an outlet to cause air from the fan to flow out of the first integral cylindrical housing.

19. The electric rotary tool according to claim 17 , wherein
the first integral cylindrical housing includes a front portion fitted in a rear portion of the right-left dividable housing.

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Kamiya Takeshi

Classifications

• B23B45/008

  Gear boxes, clutches, bearings, feeding mechanisms or like equipment · CPC title

• B23B45/001 Primary

  Housing of the drill, e.g. handgrip · CPC title

• B23B45/02 Primary

  driven by electric power · CPC title

• B25F5/02

  Construction of casings, bodies or handles {(B25F5/006, B25F5/008 take precedence)} · CPC title

• B25B21/00 Primary

  Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; (details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed B25F5/00; {for mounting or dismounting wheels B60B29/006}); Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose (machines B23P19/06) · CPC title