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Date of Patent:
Mar. 23, 2021

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2018
Applicant:

Makita Corporation, Anjo, JP;

Inventors:

Masahiko Sako, Anjo, JP;

Takaaki Osada, Anjo, JP;

Hirokatsu Yamamoto, Anjo, JP;

Assignee:

MAKITA CORPORATION, Anjo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 21/02 (2006.01); B25B 23/147 (2006.01); B25B 23/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B25B 21/02 (2013.01); B25B 23/1405 (2013.01); B25B 23/1475 (2013.01);
Abstract

An impact fastening tool may include a motor; a hammer configured to be rotationally driven by the motor; an anvil configured to be hit in a rotational direction by the hammer; a signal obtainer configured to obtain a variable signal which varies in accordance with a hit to the anvil by the hammer; and a seating determiner configured to determine whether or not a fastener has been seated based on the variable signal obtained by the signal obtainer, wherein the seating determiner is configured to determine whether or not the fastener has been seated based on a signal component of the variable signal obtained by the signal obtainer, the signal component corresponding to a predetermined reference frequency.


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