Battery-powered dolly

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12583333-B2
Application number	US-202318182770-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Mar 13, 2023
Priority date	Mar 18, 2022
Publication date	Mar 24, 2026
Grant date	Mar 24, 2026

Abstract

A battery-powered dolly in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a handle, a connector, a motor, a wheel, a detector, a rotation information acquirer and a controller. The controller stops supplying an electric power from a battery to the motor based on (i) a battery current value and/or a battery voltage value detected by the detector and (ii) a rotation information acquired by the rotation information acquirer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A battery-powered dolly comprising:
a handle configured to be gripped by a user of the battery-powered dolly; a connector configured to be electrically connected to a battery; a motor configured to receive an electric power from the battery connected to the connector and rotate; a wheel configured to be driven by the motor; a detector configured to detect a battery current value, the battery current value corresponding to a magnitude of an electric current flowing from the battery; a rotation information acquirer configured to acquire a rotation information, the rotation information indicating a rotational state of the wheel; and a controller configured to control the motor, the controller being configured to stop supplying the electric power to the motor based on a first requirement or a second requirement being satisfied, the first requirement being satisfied in response to a first value based on the battery current value continuing to be greater than or equal to a first threshold while the wheel continuously rotates by a first angle, and the second requirement being satisfied in response to a second value based on the battery current value being greater than or equal to a second threshold, the second threshold being greater than the first threshold.

2 . The battery-powered dolly according to claim 1 , wherein the first angle is greater than 360 degrees.

3 . The battery-powered dolly according to claim 1 , wherein the controller is further configured to determine whether the wheel continuously rotates by the first angle based on the rotation information acquired by the rotation information acquirer.

4 . The battery-powered dolly according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is further configured to:
repeatedly acquire the battery current value detected by the detector; and
repeatedly calculate a first mean value, the first mean value corresponding to an average of a series of battery current values repeatedly acquired over a first period of time; and
the first value corresponds to each of a series of first mean values repeatedly calculated.

5 . The battery-powered dolly according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is further configured to:
repeatedly acquire the battery current value detected by the detector; and
repeatedly estimate a motor current value based on a series of battery current values repeatedly acquired, the motor current value corresponding to a magnitude of an electric current flowing through the motor; and
the first value corresponds to each of a series of motor current values repeatedly estimated.

6 . The battery-powered dolly according to claim 1 , wherein
the controller is further configured to:
repeatedly acquire the battery current value detected by the detector;
repeatedly estimate a motor current value based on a series of battery current values repeatedly acquired, the motor current value corresponding to a magnitude of an electric current flowing through the motor; and
repeatedly calculate a motor current second mean value, the motor current mean value corresponding to an average of a series of motor current values repeatedly estimated over a first period of time; and
the first value corresponds to each of a series of motor current mean values repeatedly calculated.

7 . The battery-powered dolly according to claim 1 , wherein
the rotation information acquirer includes a position detection sensor, the position detection sensor is configured to (i) detect a rotational position of the motor and (ii) output a first signal to the controller, the first signal (i) corresponding to the detected rotational position of the motor and (ii) including the rotation information.

8 . A battery-powered dolly comprising:
a handle configured to be gripped by a user of the battery-powered dolly; a connector configured to be electrically connected to a battery; a motor configured to receive an electric power from the battery connected to the connector and rotate; a wheel configured to be driven by the motor; a detector configured to detect a battery voltage value, the battery voltage value corresponding to a magnitude of an output voltage of the battery; a rotation information acquirer configured to acquire a rotation information, the rotation information indicating a rotational state of the wheel; and a controller configured to control the motor, the controller being configured to (i) repeatedly acquire the battery voltage value detected by the detector and (ii) stop supplying the electric power to the motor based on each of a series of battery voltage values repeatedly acquired being smaller than or equal to a set threshold while the wheel continuously rotates by a first angle.

9 . The battery-powered dolly according to claim 8 , wherein the first angle is greater than 360 degrees.

10 . A battery-powered dolly comprising:
a handle configured to be gripped by a user of the battery-powered dolly; a connector configured to be electrically connected to a battery; a motor configured to receive an electric power from the battery connected to the connector and rotate; a wheel configured to be driven by the motor; a detector configured to detect a battery voltage value, the battery voltage value corresponding to a magnitude of an output voltage of the battery; a rotation information acquirer configured to acquire a rotation information, the rotation information indicating a rotational state of the wheel; a controller configured to control the motor; and a notifier configured to notify the user of low remaining energy of the battery, the controller being configured to (i) repeatedly acquire the battery voltage value detected by the detector and (ii) notify the user of the low remaining energy via the notifier based on each of a series of battery voltage values repeatedly acquired being smaller than or equal to a set threshold while the wheel continuously rotates by a specified angle.

11 . The battery-powered dolly according to claim 10 , wherein the notifier includes a buzzer.

12 . The battery-powered dolly according to claim 10 , wherein the notifier includes a light emitting diode.

13 . A battery-powered dolly comprising:
a handle configured to be gripped by a user of the battery-powered dolly; a connector configured to be electrically connected to a battery; a motor configured to receive an electric power from the battery connected to the connector and rotate; a wheel configured to be driven by the motor; a detector configured to detect a battery current value and/or a battery voltage value, the battery current value corresponding to a magnitude of an electric current flowing from the battery, the battery voltage value corresponding to a magnitude of an output voltage of the battery; a rotation information acquirer configured to acquire a rotation information, the rotation information indicating a rotational state of the wheel; a controller configured to control the motor; and a shaft coupled to the wheel, the controller being configured to stop supplying the electric power from the battery to the motor based on (i) the battery current value and/or the battery voltage value detected by the detector and (ii) the rotation information acquired by the rotation information acquirer, the rotation information acquirer including a wheel speed sensor mounted on the shaft, and the wheel speed sensor being configured to (i) detect a rotational position of the wheel and (ii) output a position signal to the controller, the position signal (i) corresponding to the detected rotational position of the wheel and (ii) including the rotation in

Assignees

• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Takeda Kouichi

Classifications

• B62B5/0069

  Control · CPC title

• B60L2240/549

  Current · CPC title

• B60L2240/12

  Speed · CPC title

• B60L2250/10

  by alarm · CPC title

• B60L2200/30

  Trolleys · CPC title