Power tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9434062-B2
Application number	US-201013378469-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 16, 2010
Priority date	Jun 19, 2009
Publication date	Sep 6, 2016
Grant date	Sep 6, 2016

Abstract

A power tool for performing a predetermined operation by using a tool driven by a motor including a first housing to which the tool is attached at an end of the first housing and which has a cylindrical portion of the first housing, a second housing which has a cylindrical portion of the second housing covering the cylindrical portion of the first housing, and a vibration reduction member which is provided between the cylindrical portion of the first housing and the cylindrical portion of the second housing and which reduces transmission of vibration between the first housing and the second housing via elastic shearing deformation of the vibration reduction member. A direction of the shearing deformation of the vibration reduction member corresponds to a direction of a rotation axis of the motor.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A power tool comprising:
a motor configured to rotate an output member about a rotation axis and linearly drive a tool in a direction of a longitudinal axis of the tool to perform a hammering operation, the rotation axis extending in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the tool;
a first housing to which the tool is attached at a first end of the first housing and which has a first cylindrical portion at a second end, the first cylindrical portion having a longitudinal axis extending in the direction of the rotation axis;
a second cylindrical portion covering the first cylindrical portion and a grip portion extending from the second cylindrical portion in a direction crossing the direction of the longitudinal axis of the tool, the second cylindrical portion being movable relative to the first cylindrical portion, the first housing comprising a slide guide that guides the second housing to be slid in contact with the slide guide in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the tool; and
a vibration reduction member which is provided between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion such that the vibration reduction member reduces the transmission of vibration between the first housing and the second housing via elastic shearing deformation of the vibration reduction member to a greater effect than by axial deformation of the vibration reduction member,
wherein a direction of the shearing deformation of the vibration reduction member corresponds to the direction of the rotation axis, and
wherein the motor is entirely or partially housed in the first housing wherein a cooling air passage is formed by means of a gap between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion,
wherein the vibration reduction member is located at the cooling air passage and cooled by an air flowing through the cooling air passage, which flowed by means of a cooling motor fan to cool the motor,
wherein the cooling motor fan is housed in the first housing together with the motor, and
wherein the second housing has a grip portion held by a user of the power tool, wherein the grip portion extends in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the second housing from one end of the second cylindrical portion opposite to the first end where the tool is attached and wherein a distal end of the grip portion is defined as a free end, wherein the cooling motor fan is provided closer to the tool than the motor,
wherein the vibration reduction member is provided between the motor and the cooling motor fan.

2. The power tool according to claim 1 ,
wherein a cooling air passage is formed by means of a gap between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion,
wherein the vibration reduction member is located at the cooling air passage and cooled by an air flowing through the cooling air passage, which flowed by means of a cooling motor fan to cool the motor,
wherein the cooling motor fan is housed in the first housing together with the motor.

3. The power tool according to claim 1 ,
wherein the second housing has a grip portion held by a user of the power tool,
wherein the grip portion extends in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the second housing from one end of the second cylindrical portion opposite to the first end where the tool is attached and wherein a distal end of the grip portion is defined as a free end,
wherein the cooling motor fan is provided closer to the tool than the motor,
wherein the vibration reduction member is provided between the motor and the cooling motor fan.

4. The power tool according to claim 2 , further comprising:
an air inlet which leads an air from outside to the cooling air passage; and
an air outlet which exhausts the air to outside wherein the motor is cooled by the air,
wherein the air outlet is provided closer to the tool than the air inlet.

5. The power tool according to claim 4 ,
wherein the air outlet and the air inlet are arranged in conformity with each other with respect to a circumference direction of the first housing.

6. The power tool according to claim 4 ,
wherein the air inlet has a dust prevention portion to prevent dust from entering into the air inlet.

7. A power tool comprising:
a motor which drives a tool to perform a predetermined operation;
a first housing to which the tool is attached at a first end of the first housing and which has a first cylindrical portion at a second end;
a second housing which has a second cylindrical portion covering the first cylindrical portion, the second cylindrical portion being relatively movable to the first cylindrical portion; and
a vibration reduction member which is provided between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion and which reduces the transmission of vibration between the first housing and the second housing via elastic shearing deformation of the vibration reduction member, wherein
a direction of the shearing deformation of the vibration reduction member corresponds to a direction of a rotation axis of the motor,
the motor is entirely or partially housed in the first housing,
a cooling air passage is formed by means of a gap between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion,
the vibration reduction member is located at the gap between the first cylindrical portion and the second cylindrical portion and cooled by an air flowing from an air inlet through the gap to a cooling motor fan, the air flowing by means of the cooling motor fan to cool the motor, and
the cooling motor fan is housed in the first housing together with the motor.

8. The power tool according to claim 7 ,
wherein the second housing has a grip portion held by a user of the power tool,
wherein the grip portion extends in a direction crossing a longitudinal direction of the second housing from one end of the second cylindrical portion opposite to the first end where the tool is attached and wherein a distal end of the grip portion is defined as a free end,
wherein the cooling motor fan is provided closer to the tool than the motor,
wherein the vibration reduction member is provided between the motor and the cooling motor fan.

9. The power tool according to claim 7 , further comprising:
the air inlet which leads an air from outside to the cooling air passage; and
an air outlet which exhausts the air to outside wherein the motor is cooled by the air,
wherein the air outlet is provided closer to the tool than the air inlet.

10. The power tool according to claim 9 ,
wherein the air outlet and the air inlet are arranged in conformity with each other with respect to a circumference direction of the first housing.

11. The power tool according to claim 9 ,
wherein the air inlet has a dust prevention portion to prevent dust from entering into the air inlet.

Assignees

• Kamegai Hikaru
• Makita Corp

Inventors

• Kamegai Hikaru

Classifications

• B25D2217/0061

  related to cooling · CPC title

• B25D2250/121

  Housing details · CPC title

• B25D2222/57

  Elastomers, e.g. rubber · CPC title

• B25D2211/061

  Swash-plate actuated impulse-driving mechanisms · CPC title

• B25F5/006 Primary

  Vibration damping means · CPC title