Air compressor
AssigneeMakita Corporation
InventorsNoriyuki Nishido, Yasuhiro Morioka
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Abstract
An air compressor more reliably protects a battery pack without lowering its operability for attachment to and detachment from a battery mount. The air compressor includes an electric motor driven on power from a battery pack having six faces, an operation unit operable to connect or disconnect power to the electric motor, an compression unit driven by the electric motor to produce compressed air, a tank that stores the compressed air, a battery mount that receives an attachment face of the battery pack, and a guard defining a protective area to contain the battery pack and the compression unit. The battery pack is attachable to the battery mount with at least three of the six faces exposed.
Claims11
An air compressor, comprising:
- an electric motor;
- a battery pack (i) having six faces and (ii) configured to drive the electric motor;
- an operation unit (i) having an operation panel and an activation switch and (ii) configured to connect and disconnect power to the electric motor by operation of the activation switch;
- a compression unit (i) having a cylinder and (ii) a piston that is configured to be driven by the electric motor in the cylinder to produce compressed air;
- a tank configured to store the compressed air;
- a battery mount configured to receive an attachment face of the six faces of the battery pack;
- and a guard defining a protective area that contains the battery pack and the compression unit, wherein:
- the battery pack is attachable to the battery mount with at least three of the six faces exposed;
- the battery mount is adjacent to the cylinder and directly above the electric motor;
- and at least a portion of the battery pack is directly above the tank when the battery pack is attached to the battery mount.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.