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Granted Patent B2
US 12,467,491 · App. 17/282,895 · Granted Nov 11, 2025

Actuation unit, locking unit and clamping unit for a power hand tool

Inventor: Willy Braun (Neustetten, DE)
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
F16B2/16B25F5/02
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Patent No.
US 12,467,491
App. No.
17/282,895
Granted
Nov 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An actuating unit for releasing a battery device for a hand-held power tool having a locking element for locking the actuating unit and having an actuating element that is provided to move the locking element from a retaining state into a release state of the actuating unit. It is provided that in the release state, the locking element is held with a positive fit and/or with a frictional fit.

Claims (30)

1 . An actuating unit for releasing a battery device for a hand-held power tool, comprising:

a locking element configured to lock the actuating unit; and

an actuating element configured to move the locking element from a retaining state of the actuating unit into a release state of the actuating unit;

wherein in the release state, the locking element is held with a positive fit and/or with a frictional fit,

wherein in the release state, the actuating element remains at least for a limited time in the release state and independent of an actuation of the actuating unit, such that the battery device can be detached or released from the hand-held power tool without requiring further actuation by an operator, and

wherein the actuating unit, in the release state, forms a bistable state in which the actuating unit remains for at least a limited time in the release state when there is an actuation of the actuating unit, due to the locking element being configured to automatically lock in place within a perforation of the actuating unit after the release state has been reached, and automatically return from the release state to the retaining state as a function of an acceptance process and/or a relative movement of the battery device.

2 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein in at least the release state, the actuating element is pre-tensioned by a first spring element to exert a force on the actuating element and/or on the locking element, and to displace the actuating element from the release state into the retaining state.

3 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 2 , wherein in at least the release state, the locking element is pre-tensioned by a second spring element to exert a force on the locking element to hold the locking element in the release state.

4 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 3 , further comprising:

a control element configured to hold the locking element in the release state or the retaining state, via the first spring element and/or the second spring element.

5 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 4 , wherein the control element has a stop surface that is configured to hold the locking element in the release state with a positive fit and/or with a frictional fit.

6 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 3 , further comprising:

a coupling element configured to contact the locking element in the release state.

7 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 6 , wherein the coupling element is situated on a side of the locking element facing away from the second spring element.

8 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 6 , wherein the coupling element is in a shape of a ball or in a shape of a cone, the coupling element being mounted so as to be movable at least relative to the locking element.

9 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 6 , wherein the coupling element stands out relative to the hand-held power tool at least in some segments.

10 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the locking element is configured to be displaced from the release state into the retaining state as a function of a relative movement of the battery device.

11 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein the coupling element is configured to displace the locking element from the release state into the retaining state.

12 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 1 , wherein a triggering element of the battery device is configured to exert a triggering force on the locking element indirectly or directly, in such a way that the locking element is displaced from the release state into the retaining state.

13 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 1 , further comprising:

a coupling element configured to exert a triggering force on the locking element in such a way that the locking element is displaced from the release state into the retaining state.

14 . The actuating unit as recited in claim 13 , wherein the coupling element is configured to move, via the battery device which is movable relative to the coupling element, in such a way that the coupling element exerts a triggering force on the locking element.

15 . A hand-held power tool, comprising:

an actuating unit for releasing a battery device from the hand-held power tool, the actuating unit including:

a locking element configured to lock the actuating unit, and

an actuating element configured to move the locking element from a retaining state of the actuating unit into a release state of the actuating unit,

wherein in the release state, the locking element is held with a positive fit and/or with a frictional fit; and

a locking unit configured to lock the battery device to the hand-held power tool, wherein the locking unit includes a second locking element configured to lock the battery device relative to the hand-held power tool with a positive fit,

wherein in the release state, the actuating element remains at least for a limited time in the release state and independent of an actuation of the actuating unit, such that the battery device can be detached or released from the hand-held power tool without requiring further actuation by an operator, and

wherein the actuating unit, in the release state, forms a bistable state in which the actuating unit remains for at least a limited time in the release state when there is an actuation of the actuating unit, due to the locking element being configured to automatically lock in place within a perforation of the actuating unit after the release state has been reached, and automatically return from the release state to the retaining state as a function of an acceptance process and/or a relative movement of the battery device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2021
From: BRAUN, WILLY
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 057669/0543 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 102018219390.8 · Nov 14, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210347031A1 · Nov 11, 2021
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