US 12,151,350 B2
Driving tool
Masaya Nagao, Anjo (JP); Norikazu Baba, Anjo (JP); Shun Kuriki, Anjo (JP); and Kazusa Fukuda, Anjo (JP)
Assigned to MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo (JP)
Filed by MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo (JP)
Filed on Apr. 21, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/304,410.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-079286 (JP), filed on May 13, 2022; and application No. 2023-043044 (JP), filed on Mar. 17, 2023.
Prior Publication US 2023/0364763 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. B25C 1/04 (2006.01); B25C 1/06 (2006.01)
CPC B25C 1/047 (2013.01) [B25C 1/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A driving tool, comprising:
a piston configured to move in a driving direction owing to a pressure of a gas;
a driver configured to drive a driving member by moving integrally with the piston in the driving direction;
a wheel configured to move the driver in a direction opposite to the driving direction;
an electric motor configured to rotate the wheel due to rotation of the electric motor, thereby moving the driver in the direction opposite the driving direction;
a planetary gear device configured to reduce a rotation output of the electric motor, thereby outputting a reduced rotation output to the wheel, the planetary gear device including a gear train with a plurality of gear train stages arranged in series;
a gear housing configured to house the planetary gear device; and
an elastic member disposed between an internal gear of a last stage of the gear train stages of the planetary gear device and the gear housing, wherein:
the elastic member is configured to receive a force from the internal gear, the force being generated when the electric motor rotates;
the gear housing includes a first housing made of a resin and a second housing made of a metal, the first housing and the second housing being connected to each other in a direction parallel to a center axis of the internal gear; and
the second housing houses the internal gear of the last stage of the gear train stages.