Grass trimmer

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016088792-A1
Application number	US-201514861754-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Sep 22, 2015
Priority date	Sep 28, 2014
Publication date	Mar 31, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

A grass trimmer has a main body and a trimming device. The main body has an operating device and a power source. The trimming device has a grass cutting assembly having a cutting member and a power head for rotating the cutting member. The power head has a housing, a rotor assembly and a stator assembly. The housing is formed integrally and defines an accommodation chamber. The rotor assembly is received in the accommodation chamber of the housing and has a rotor sleeve which rotates around an axis. The stator assembly is at least partly received in the rotor sleeve. The rotor assembly further has two or more magnetic pieces disposed at an inner wall of the rotor sleeve. The stator assembly has a stator support and a coil assembly. The stator support includes a mounting portion and a supporting portion. The coil assembly is disposed in the rotor sleeve by the supporting portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A grass trimmer, comprising:
a main body and a trimming device; wherein the main body comprises an operating device and a power source; wherein the trimming device comprises a grass cutting assembly having a cutting member and a power head for driving the cutting member to rotate; and wherein the power head comprises an integrally formed housing that defines an accommodation chamber, a rotor assembly accommodated in the accommodation chamber of the housing comprising a rotor sleeve which is rotary around an axis, a stator assembly received in the rotor sleeve, and two or more magnetic pieces disposed at an inner wall of the rotor sleeve, the stator assembly comprises a stator support and a coil assembly, the stator support comprises a mounting portion secured on the housing and a supporting portion for supporting the coil assembly, and the coil assembly is disposed in the rotor sleeve by the supporting portion.

2 . The grass trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein the mounting portion is disposed at one end of the supporting portion, the accommodation chamber in the housing has an open end and a closed end, the mounting portion is disposed at the open end of the accommodation chamber, the housing has a logo region which is recessed at an outer surface of the closed end, and a logo bump is embossed in the logo region wherein the logo bump has a maximum thickness that is less than a vertical distance between the outer surface of the closed end of the housing and the logo region.

3 . The grass trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein the housing further comprises a mounting portion on the housing for securing the stator support, the mounting portion extends outwardly from the housing in a radial direction perpendicular to an axial direction of the axis and has a mounting hole which extends in the axial direction of the axis.

4 . The grass trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein the stator support has a shaft hole penetrating the mounting portion and the supporting portion and the power head further comprises an output shaft which is rotary in the shaft hole and is driven by the rotor sleeve.

5 . The grass trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein an inner wall of the housing is adjacent to an outer wall of the rotor sleeve with a distance there between being greater than 0.5 mm and less than 5 mm.

6 . The grass trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein a ratio of output power of the power head with respect to the weight of the grass trimmer is greater than 500 W/kg.

7 . The grass trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein the housing is made of an alloy having aluminum element.

8 . The grass trimmer according to claim 1 , further comprising a connecting assembly for connecting the operating device and the power head and wherein the housing comprises an accommodation portion for providing the accommodation chamber and a connection portion for being connected to the connecting assembly.

9 . The grass trimmer according to claim 1 , wherein the grass cutting assembly further comprises a grass cutting head which is driven by the power head to rotate and a tangle-free cover between the power head and the grass cutting head, wherein the cutting member is a grass cutting string which is wounded on the grass cutting head, and the tangle-free cover provides a protection wall which extends towards the grass cutting head and a protection rib which extends in a direction perpendicular to the axial direction of the pivotal axis.

10 . A grass trimmer, comprising:
a main body and a trimming device; wherein the main body comprises an operating device and a power source; wherein the trimming device comprises a grass cutting assembly having a cutting member and a power head for rotating the cutting member; wherein the power head comprises a brushless motor and a housing defining an accommodation chamber; wherein the brushless motor comprises a rotor assembly received in the accommodation chamber of the housing and a stator assembly received in the rotor assembly; and wherein the housing is integrally formed and is non-detachablably located adjacent to the rotor assembly.

11 . A grass trimmer, comprising:
a main body and a trimming device; wherein the main body comprises an operating device and a power source; wherein the trimming device comprises a grass cutting assembly having a cutting member, a grass cutting head for mounting the cutting member, and a power head for driving the grass cutting head to rotate; wherein the power head comprises a motor and a housing; wherein the motor comprises an output shaft which is connected to the grass cutting head; and wherein the housing comprises an integrally form accommodation portion for providing at least an accommodation chamber for receiving the motor.

12 . The grass trimmer according to claim 11 , wherein the accommodation chamber is a cylindrical chamber with an axis of the output shaft being a central axis thereof.

13 . The grass trimmer according to claim 12 , wherein the accommodation portion has at least a generally cylindrically shaped outer surface.

14 . The grass trimmer according to claim 11 , wherein the housing further comprises a mounting portion which extends outwardly from the accommodation portion and has a mounting hole extending in a direction parallel to the output shaft and wherein the mounting portion is formed integrally with the accommodation portion.

15 . The grass trimmer according to claim 14 , wherein the housing further comprises a connection portion which extends from the accommodation portion in a direction inclined to the output shaft and the mounting portion is formed integrally with the accommodation portion.

16 . The grass trimmer according to claim 11 , wherein the accommodation chamber has an open end in an axial direction of the output shaft through which the output shaft extends outwardly from the accommodation chamber and the accommodation chamber has a continuous and dense inner wall.

17 . The grass trimmer according to claim 11 , wherein the motor is a brushless motor.

18 . The grass trimmer according to claim 11 , wherein the motor is an outer rotor-type motor.

19 . The grass trimmer according to claim 11 , wherein the accommodation portion has a logo pattern at one end of the accommodation portion that is opposite to the grass cutting head.

20 . The grass trimmer according to claim 11 , wherein the accommodation portion has a maximum size in a radial direction of the output shaft which is less than a maximum size of the grass cutting head in the radial direction of the output shaft.

Assignees

• Chervon Ip Ltd

Inventors

• Yamaoka toshinari
• Nie Fangjie
• Geng Zheng

Classifications

• A01D34/4165 Primary

  Mounting of the cutter head · CPC title

• A01D34/733

  Cutting-blade mounting means · CPC title

• A01D34/81 Primary

  Casings; Housings (A01D34/71 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A01D34/90

  for carrying by the operator · CPC title