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US 12,583,333 B2Granted
Battery-powered dolly
AssigneeMakita Corporation
InventorKouichi Takeda
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Abstract
A battery-powered dolly in one aspect of the present disclosure includes a handle, a connector, a motor, a wheel, a detector, a rotation information acquirer and a controller. The controller stops supplying an electric power from a battery to the motor based on (i) a battery current value and/or a battery voltage value detected by the detector and (ii) a rotation information acquired by the rotation information acquirer.
Claims13
A battery-powered dolly comprising:
- a handle configured to be gripped by a user of the battery-powered dolly;
- a connector configured to be electrically connected to a battery;
- a motor configured to receive an electric power from the battery connected to the connector and rotate;
- a wheel configured to be driven by the motor;
- a detector configured to detect a battery current value, the battery current value corresponding to a magnitude of an electric current flowing from the battery;
- a rotation information acquirer configured to acquire a rotation information, the rotation information indicating a rotational state of the wheel;
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- a controller configured to control the motor,
- the controller being configured to stop supplying the electric power to the motor based on a first requirement or a second requirement being satisfied,
- the first requirement being satisfied in response to a first value based on the battery current value continuing to be greater than or equal to a first threshold while the wheel continuously rotates by a first angle, and
- the second requirement being satisfied in response to a second value based on the battery current value being greater than or equal to a second threshold, the second threshold being greater than the first threshold.
8 more elements
A battery-powered dolly comprising:
- a handle configured to be gripped by a user of the battery-powered dolly;
- a connector configured to be electrically connected to a battery;
- a motor configured to receive an electric power from the battery connected to the connector and rotate;
- a wheel configured to be driven by the motor;
- a detector configured to detect a battery voltage value, the battery voltage value corresponding to a magnitude of an output voltage of the battery;
- a rotation information acquirer configured to acquire a rotation information, the rotation information indicating a rotational state of the wheel;
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- a controller configured to control the motor,
- the controller being configured to (i) repeatedly acquire the battery voltage value detected by the detector and (ii) stop supplying the electric power to the motor based on each of a series of battery voltage values repeatedly acquired being smaller than or equal to a set threshold while the wheel continuously rotates by a first angle.
6 more elements
A battery-powered dolly comprising:
- a handle configured to be gripped by a user of the battery-powered dolly;
- a connector configured to be electrically connected to a battery;
- a motor configured to receive an electric power from the battery connected to the connector and rotate;
- a wheel configured to be driven by the motor;
- a detector configured to detect a battery voltage value, the battery voltage value corresponding to a magnitude of an output voltage of the battery;
- a rotation information acquirer configured to acquire a rotation information, the rotation information indicating a rotational state of the wheel;
- a controller configured to control the motor;
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- a notifier configured to notify the user of low remaining energy of the battery,
- the controller being configured to (i) repeatedly acquire the battery voltage value detected by the detector and (ii) notify the user of the low remaining energy via the notifier based on each of a series of battery voltage values repeatedly acquired being smaller than or equal to a set threshold while the wheel continuously rotates by a specified angle.
7 more elements
A battery-powered dolly comprising:
- a handle configured to be gripped by a user of the battery-powered dolly;
- a connector configured to be electrically connected to a battery;
- a motor configured to receive an electric power from the battery connected to the connector and rotate;
- a wheel configured to be driven by the motor;
- a detector configured to detect a battery current value and/or a battery voltage value, the battery current value corresponding to a magnitude of an electric current flowing from the battery, the battery voltage value corresponding to a magnitude of an output voltage of the battery;
- a rotation information acquirer configured to acquire a rotation information, the rotation information indicating a rotational state of the wheel;
- a controller configured to control the motor;
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- a shaft coupled to the wheel,
- the controller being configured to stop supplying the electric power from the battery to the motor based on (i) the battery current value and/or the battery voltage value detected by the detector and (ii) the rotation information acquired by the rotation information acquirer,
- the rotation information acquirer including a wheel speed sensor mounted on the shaft, and
- the wheel speed sensor being configured to (i) detect a rotational position of the wheel and (ii) output a position signal to the controller, the position signal (i) corresponding to the detected rotational position of the wheel and (ii) including the rotation information.
9 more elements
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.