Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Power tool
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Application No.: US16096449Application Date: 2017-03-31
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Publication No.: US10658957B2Publication Date: 2020-05-19
- Inventor: Shinji Kuragano , Takeru Kumakura
- Applicant: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee: Koki Holdings Co., Ltd.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
- Priority: com.zzzhc.datahub.patent.etl.us.BibliographicData$PriorityClaim@47778572
- International Application: PCT/JP2017/013668 WO 20170331
- International Announcement: WO2017/187890 WO 20171102
- Main IPC: F04D15/00
- IPC: F04D15/00 ; H02P6/28 ; H02P6/06 ; B25F5/00 ; H02K11/33 ; H02K5/20 ; H02K7/14 ; H02K9/04 ; H02K11/00 ; H02K11/04 ; B23D59/00 ; B23D45/16 ; B23D47/12

Abstract:
A power tool includes a brushless motor, a supplying circuit, and a controller. The brushless motor is configured to drive and rotate when a voltage applied to the brushless motor is larger than or equal to an induced voltage. The supplying circuit is configured to apply a driving voltage to the brushless motor. The controller is configured to control the supplying circuit. The supplying circuit includes a rectifying circuit, a capacitor, and a switching circuit. The rectifying circuit is configured to rectify an alternating voltage and output a rectified voltage. The capacitor is configured to smooth the voltage inputted via the rectifying circuit. The switching circuit is configured to perform a switching operation based on a PWM signal to adjust a period during which the driving voltage is applied. The controller is configured to set a duty ratio within a prescribed range, and output the PWM signal of the set duty ratio to the switching circuit to control the switching operation. The controller is configured to perform a constant-number-of-rotation control for controlling the brushless motor to rotate at a target rotation number by changing the duty ratio. The capacitor has a capacitance allowing a smoothed voltage to be always larger than or equal to the induced voltage during the constant-number-of-rotation control.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190131899A1 Power Tool Public/Granted day:2019-05-02
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