Hammer drill

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12533783-B2
Application number	US-202519169268-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 3, 2025
Priority date	Apr 15, 2024
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

A hammer drill includes a motor, a cylindrical tool holder, an intermediate shaft, a rotation conversion portion, a mode switching member, a restricting member, and an operation member. A first switch state of the restricting member by the operation member causes a first operation mode in which rotation of the tool holder and a striking motion of a striking portion allowed to be performed simultaneously in conjunction with retreat of the tool holder. A second switch state of the restricting member by the operation member causes a second operation mode in which the retreat of the tool holder from the advance position is restricted and the tool holder is allowed to be rotated only. The restricting member is provided with a plurality of restricting portions that contact the mode switching member to restrict the retreat of the mode switching member.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A hammer drill comprising:
a motor; a cylindrical tool holder that is configured to hold a tip tool at a front end thereof, includes a striking portion of the tip tool housed therein, is movable forward and rearward and rotatable coaxially with a strike axis line of the striking portion, and is biased to protrude frontward; an intermediate shaft arranged parallel to the tool holder, rotation of the motor being transmitted to the intermediate shaft, the intermediate shaft transmitting the rotation to the tool holder; a rotation conversion portion that is disposed on the intermediate shaft and converts the rotation of the intermediate shaft into a striking motion of the striking portion; a mode switching member that moves forward and rearward together with the tool holder, causes the rotation conversion portion to be inactive in an advance position of the tool holder, and causes the rotation conversion portion to be active in a retreated position of the tool holder; a restricting member configured to restrict a retreat of the mode switching member in the advance position of the tool holder; and an operation member configured to switch the restricting member between a first switch state in which the restricting member does not restrict the retreat of the mode switching member and a second switch state in which the restricting member restricts the retreat of the mode switching member, wherein the first switch state of the restricting member by the operation member causes the first operation mode in which the rotation of the tool holder and the striking motion of the striking portion are allowed to be performed simultaneously in conjunction with the retreat of the tool holder to the retreated position, and the second switch state of the restricting member by the operation member causes the second operation mode in which the retreat of the tool holder from the advance position is restricted and the tool holder is allowed to be rotated only, and the restricting member is arranged behind the mode switching member in a direction of the strike axis line, the restricting member is provided with a plurality of restricting portions that contact the mode switching member to restrict the retreat of the mode switching member, and the at least one of the plurality of restricting portions is positioned in each of two regions mutually opposed with respect to the strike axis line.

2 . The hammer drill according to claim 1 , wherein
the restricting portions are two restricting portions on left and right of the strike axis line.

3 . The hammer drill according to claim 1 , wherein
the restricting member is configured to move forward and rearward in the direction of the strike axis line, the restricting member retreats in conjunction with the retreat of the mode switching member in the first switch state, and the restricting member moves forward to restrict the retreat of the mode switching member in the second switch state.

4 . The hammer drill according to claim 3 , further comprising
a cam mechanism that allows the retreat of the restricting member in the first switch state and causes the restricting member to move forward in the second switch state.

5 . The hammer drill according to claim 4 , wherein
the cam mechanism includes a biasing member biasing the tool holder forward.

6 . The hammer drill according to claim 5 , wherein
the cam mechanism includes a front cam that is arranged behind the restricting member and configured to move forward and rearward, and a rear cam that is arranged behind the front cam and changes a posture thereof between a first posture that allows the front cam to retreat in response to operation of the operation member and a second posture that restricts the front cam from retreating at a front, and the biasing member is a conical spring provided between the front cam and the rear cam and biases the restricting member and the mode switching member forward together with the front cam.

7 . The hammer drill according to claim 6 , further comprising
an inner housing held inside the body housing that forms an outer housing, wherein the inner housing houses the restricting member, the operation member, and the cam mechanism, wherein a guide recess is formed on an inner surface of the inner housing, and the guide recess fits with the restricting portion to guide a forward and rearward movement of the restricting member.

8 . The hammer drill according to claim 7 , wherein
the front cam engages with the guide recess, and the forward and rearward movement of the front cam is guided by the guide recess.

9 . The hammer drill according to claim 8 , further comprising
a cylinder member fixed to a front surface of the inner housing, the cylinder member including a bearing that holds a rear end of the tool holder, wherein the restricting member passes through the cylinder member in front of the guide recess.

10 . The hammer drill according to claim 7 , wherein
the operation member includes a disc portion and a lever, the disc portion is connected to the rear cam and rotatably fits into a rear portion of the inner housing, and the lever protrudes from the disc portion in a radial direction outward and protrudes from a rear surface of the body housing, and a loop-shaped grip portion disposed across the lever is formed on the rear surface of the body housing.

11 . The hammer drill according to claim 4 , wherein
the restricting member, the cam mechanism, and the operation member are arranged on the strike axis line.

12 . The hammer drill according to claim 1 , wherein
the restricting member is provided with a strike protection member that suppresses the rotation conversion portion from operating in the second operation mode.

13 . The hammer drill according to claim 12 , wherein
the striking portion includes a piston cylinder housed in the tool holder from rear and allowed to move forward and rearward, and a striking member housed in the piston cylinder and linked to the forward and rearward movement of the piston cylinder, the rotation conversion portion includes a conversion member and a rod, the conversion member is externally mount on the intermediate shaft and is rotatable together with the intermediate shaft by switching to active by the mode switching member, and the rod is connected to a rear end of the piston cylinder and oscillates forward and rearward in conjunction with a rotation of the conversion member, and the strike protection member restricts the oscillation of the rod by the rear end of the piston cylinder retreated together with the rod contacting the strike protection member.

14 . The hammer drill according to claim 12 , wherein
the strike protection member is integrally molded with the restricting member.

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Furusawa Masanori
• Iida Hitoshi
• Watanabe Kei

Classifications

• B25D2250/045

  Cams used in percussive tools · CPC title

• B25D2216/0084

  Mode-changing mechanisms · CPC title

• B25D16/003

  Clutches specially adapted therefor · CPC title

• B25D17/084

  Rotating chucks or sockets · CPC title

• B25D16/006 Primary

  Mode changers; Mechanisms connected thereto · CPC title