US 11,833,640 B2
Electric tool
Junichi Iwakami, Anjo (JP); Hideharu Muto, Anjo (JP); and Ryosuke Otani, Anjo (JP)
Assigned to MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo (JP)
Filed by MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo (JP)
Filed on Sep. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/955,140.
Application 17/955,140 is a continuation of application No. 16/468,508, granted, now 11,484,986, previously published as PCT/JP2017/041658, filed on Nov. 20, 2017.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-004462 (JP), filed on Jan. 13, 2017; and application No. 2017-004463 (JP), filed on Jan. 13, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0021910 A1, Jan. 26, 2023
Int. Cl. B24B 47/00 (2006.01); B24B 47/26 (2006.01); B24B 23/02 (2006.01); B24B 47/12 (2006.01); B25F 5/00 (2006.01)
CPC B24B 47/26 (2013.01) [B24B 23/02 (2013.01); B24B 47/12 (2013.01); B25F 5/008 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric tool comprising:
a housing;
a motor housed in the housing;
a switch (i) housed in the housing and (ii) configured to drive the motor;
a switch lever (i) in an opening of the housing and (ii) configured to be moved by a user of the electric tool around a first pivot axis between an initial position at which the switch lever projects from the housing and a push-in position at which the switch lever is pushed toward the housing; and
a lever member (i) rearward of the switch lever in a front-rear direction, (ii) housed in the housing such that the lever member cannot be directly operated by the user of the power tool and (iii) pivotable around a second pivot axis, wherein
the first pivot axis and the second pivot axis are not co-axial,
the switch is rearward of the switch lever, and
the lever member is configured to interlock with operation of the switch lever such that (i) rotation of the switch lever around the first pivot axis causes rotation of the lever member around the second pivot axis and (ii) the lever member turns the switch ON when the switch lever is in the push-in position and (ii) turns the switch OFF when the switch lever is in the initial position.