Patent 8186689 was granted and assigned to Makita on May, 2012 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
In a gear chamber 10, a sealing member 21 is attached to a rotary shaft 12 of an electric motor 11, and a grease return part 21a is provided on this sealing member 21. Thus, grease raked by a helical gear 12a is blown off diagonally forward with respect to a radial direction as a result of a centrifugal force, and it is possible to prevent the grease from leaking out of a ball bearing 20.