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US 11,044,853 B2Granted
Hedge trimmer
AssigneeMakita Corporation
InventorTakahiro Kamiya
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Abstract
A hedge trimmer may include a housing provided with a handle configured to be gripped by a user, a pair of shear blades extending forward from the housing; a motor housed in the housing and configured to drive at least one of the pair of shear blades; and an electric circuit unit housed in the housing and configured to control power supplied to the motor. The handle may be provided at an upper portion of the housing in rear of the motor, and the electric circuit unit may be located under the handle in the rear of the motor.
Claims13
A hedge trimmer comprising:
- a housing comprising a handle configured to be gripped by a user;
- a pair of shear blades extending forward from the housing in a blade longitudinal direction;
- a motor housed in the housing and configured to drive at least one of the pair of shear blades;
- a power interface disposed on the housing and configured to receive electric power from a power source;
- and
- an electric circuit unit housed in the housing and electrically disposed between the power interface and the motor, the electric circuit unit being configured to control the electric power supplied from the power interface to the motor,
- wherein
- the handle is provided at an upper portion of the housing in rear of the motor, wherein the handle includes a drive switch operable by a user to cause the electric circuit unit to supply power to the motor, and
- the electric circuit unit is located under the handle in the rear of the motor such that a vertical line perpendicular to the blade longitudinal direction penetrates both the drive switch and the electric circuit unit, in order to dispose a weight of the electric circuit unit under the handle, and the electric circuit unit is arranged so as to incline downwardly toward the pair of shear blades.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.