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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2012
Filed:
Feb. 18, 2009
Akira Onose, Hitachinaka, JP;
Eiji Nakayama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Akira Onose, Hitachinaka, JP;
Eiji Nakayama, Hitachinaka, JP;
Hitachi Koki Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A portable electric power tool including a housing having one end to which an L-shaped battery pack is installable. A motor is accommodated in the housing. A switch assembly includes a switch body installed in the housing. The switch body is overlapped with the L-shaped battery pack in a longitudinal direction of the power tool. The switch assembly further includes a trigger including a pivot portion, a manipulation portion extending frontward from the pivot portion and pivotally movable, and a lever portion extending rearward from the pivot portion to actuate the switch body. The manipulation portion is disposed to overlap with a center of gravity of an entire power tool in the longitudinal direction, and the pivot portion is positioned between the manipulation portion and the switch body.