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Granted Patent B2
US 11,759,942 · App. 17/248,178 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Block for receiving tool elements in a tool arrangement

Inventors: Wolfgang Hohl (Amrichshausen, DE); Johannes Starke (Flein, DE); Marcel Hopf (Crailsheim, DE); Olaf Ritter (Öhringen, DE)
Assignee: Würth International AG
B25H3/003
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Patent No.
US 11,759,942
App. No.
17/248,178
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A block for receiving tool elements is provided. The block has an elongated base body and at least one tool element recess which is formed at the base body for user-definedly receiving at least one tool element. The base body further includes coupling structures for detachably coupling the block with a tool management device.

Claims (7)

1. A method of managing tool elements, comprising:

user-definedly receiving at least one tool element at at least one tool element recess which is formed in an elongated base body of a block; and

coupling the block with a tool management device by forming a detachable operative connection between an outer and tapering insertion slant formed at the base body and leading to a locally expanded opening formed at the base body and a bearing bolt formed at the tool management device;

wherein the bearing bolt of the tool management device is guidingly inserted in the outer and tapering insertion slant of the base body,

wherein the bearing bolt of the tool management device is lockingly received in the locally expanded opening of the base body;

the base body of the block further comprises an expansion slit adjoining the locally expanded opening at an inner side and being arranged at a side of the locally expanded opening opposite to the outer and tapering insertion slant, wherein the expansion slit facilitates resiliently receiving and attaching of the block to the tool management device, such that the block is protected against a damage during operation.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the method comprises equipping and/or re-equipping the block by a user with a set of user defined tool elements which is selected from a larger reservoir of tool elements by a user.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2021
From: ADOLF WÜRTH GMBH & CO. KG
To: WÜRTH INTERNATIONAL AG
Reel/Frame 055573/0548 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 17, 2021
From: HOHL, WOLFGANG; STARKE, JOHANNES; HOPF, MARCEL; RITTER, OLAF
To: ADOLF WÜRTH GMBH & CO. KG
Reel/Frame 055301/0418 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102020103316.8 · Feb 10, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210245358A1 · Aug 12, 2021
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