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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 12, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Applicants:
Kousei Yokoyama, Ibaraki, JP;
Kazuhiko Funabashi, Ibaraki, JP;
Katsuhiro Oomori, Ibaraki, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A power tool, having attached thereto a battery device including one or a plurality of cell assemblies, includes a motor which is supplied with a DC current from the battery device, a switching element which controls a drive and a stop of the motor, means which detects a number of cell assemblies, and control means which controls the switching element in such a way as to stop the drive of the motor when the number of cell assemblies is smaller than a prescribed value.