Disc grinders

US9102032B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-9102032-B2
Application numberUS-201113285463-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateOct 31, 2011
Priority dateNov 2, 2010
Publication dateAug 11, 2015
Grant dateAug 11, 2015

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Abstract

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A disc grinder includes a grinding wheel cover rotatably mounted to a gear housing about an axis of a spindle. A stopper device can restrict a position adjustable range of the grinding wheel cover of the spindle and includes a first stopper on the side of the grinding wheel cover and a second stopper on the side of the gear housing. The first stopper and the second stopper have stopper surfaces for contacting with each other. An impact absorbing device can absorb an impact produced when the stopper surfaces contact with each other.

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What is claimed is: 1. A disc grinder comprising: a body section having a drive source for producing a rotational output; a reduction gear section configured to reduce the rotational output of the drive source; a spindle coupled to the reduction gear section and configured to receive the reduced rotational output from the reduction gear section; wherein the spindle has a rotational axis in a direction intersecting with a longitudinal axis of the body section as viewed from a…

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  • B24B23/028Primary

    Operations & Transport · mapped topic

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What does patent US9102032B2 cover?
A disc grinder includes a grinding wheel cover rotatably mounted to a gear housing about an axis of a spindle. A stopper device can restrict a position adjustable range of the grinding wheel cover of the spindle and includes a first stopper on the side of the grinding wheel cover and a second stopper on the side of the gear housing. The first stopper and the second stopper have stopper surfaces…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Nakamura Shin, Mukoyama Kenji, Makita Corp
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification B24B23/028. Mapped technology areas include Operations & Transport.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Aug 11 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).