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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Applicant:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 6/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02P 7/00 (2006.01); H02M 3/156 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H02P 6/002 (2013.01); H02J 7/0065 (2013.01); H02P 7/0066 (2013.01); H02M 3/156 (2013.01); H02P 2201/09 (2013.01);
Abstract
An electric power tool includes a power supply, a motor capable of being driven in a forward rotation mode or a reverse rotation mode, and a voltage step-up unit capable of performing a voltage step-up operation to raise a voltage supplied from the power supply and supply a raised voltage to the motor. The voltage step-up unit is configured to change the voltage step-up operation in accordance with whether a rotation mode of the motor is the forward rotation mode or the reverse rotation mode.