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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 15, 2012
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2008
Applicants:
Yutaka Matsunaga, Anjo, JP;
Hirokatsu Yamamoto, Anjo, JP;
Takuya Kusakawa, Anjo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Makita Corporation, Anjo-shi, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 7/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An electric power tool includes a direct current motor, at least one switching device, a trigger switch, a control unit, and a drive unit. The control unit sets a driving duty ratio for PWM controlling the direct current motor so as to increase the driving duty ratio in a stepwise manner in accordance with an operation continuation time of the trigger switch during a period from when an operation of the trigger switch is started until when a predetermined start-up time has elapsed.