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Granted Patent B2
US 12,611,762 · App. 18/714,734 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

System with a power tool and an energy supply device, and interface, and energy supply device

Inventors: Markus Hartmann (Mauerstetten, DE); Robert Stanger (Kaufbeuren, DE); Markus Holubarsch (Landsberg am Lech, DE); Stefan Schmid (Untermühlhausen, DE); Jens Kondratiuk (Buchs, CH)
Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
B25F5/02B25F5/006
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Patent No.
US 12,611,762
App. No.
18/714,734
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A system including a power tool and an energy supply device, wherein the energy supply device is provided for supplying the power tool with electrical energy. The energy supply device can be releasably connected to the power tool via an interface, wherein the interface includes at least a female contact partner and a male contact partner. The female contact partner and the male contact partner are in contact with each other in at least a first contact region and in a second contact region. The first contact region may be defined by a first contact normal force, while the second contact region may be defined by a second contact normal force, wherein the first contact normal force and the second contact normal force have different orientations. In addition, the interface can include an elastic means for reducing the relative movement between the male contact partner and the female contact partner. An interface for transmitting electrical energy, and to an energy supply device is also provided.

Claims (32)

1 . A system comprising:

a power tool; and

an energy supply device for supplying the power tool with electrical energy, the energy supply device releasably connectable to the power tool via an interface, the interface including a female contact partner and a male contact partner in contact with each other in a first contact region and in a second contact region, the first contact region definable by a first contact normal force and the second contact region is definable by a second contact normal force, the first contact normal force and the second contact normal force have different orientations,

the first contact normal force at the first contact region and the second contact normal force at the second contact region forming an angle with one another, wherein the angle lies in an angular range from 10 to 90 degrees.

2 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first contact normal force and the second contact normal force are oriented substantially perpendicular to one another.

3 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the interface has an insertion direction and when in contact one of the first and second contact normal forces is oriented substantially perpendicular to the insertion direction or the other of the first and second contact normal forces is oriented substantially parallel to the insertion direction.

4 . The system as recited in claim 3 wherein the interface includes at least one elastic means for reducing a relative movement between the contact partners, wherein the elastic means for reducing the relative movement between the contact partners is designed to act on the male contact partner or on the female contact partner, the at least one elastic means for reducing the relative movement being assigned to the receiving device.

5 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the second contact region includes stops and contact surfaces, the stops and contact surfaces being oriented substantially perpendicular to an insertion direction of the interface.

6 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein a front region of the male contact partner is flattened in order to form a contact surface.

7 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first contact normal force and the second contact normal force form an angle with one another, wherein the angle lies in an angular range from 45 to 90 degrees.

8 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first contact normal force and the second contact normal force form an angle with one another, wherein the angle lies in an angular range from 60 to 90 degrees.

9 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the interface includes at least one elastic means for reducing a relative movement between the contact partners, wherein the elastic means for reducing the relative movement between the contact partners is designed to act on the male contact partner or on the female contact partner.

10 . The system as recited in claim 9 wherein the at least one elastic means for reducing a relative movement between the contact partners is configured to generate a bias, wherein the bias is oriented substantially perpendicular to a first contact normal force.

11 . The system as recited in claim 9 wherein the male or female contact partner on which the elastic means for reducing the relative movement acts is movably mounted.

12 . The system as recited in claim 9 wherein the at least one elastic means for reducing the relative movement is assigned to a contact pair of the female contact partner and the male contact partner.

13 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the male contact partner and a female contact partner form a unit decoupled in a connected state from a movement of the energy supply device or the power tool.

14 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the interface includes a receiving device for receiving the female contact partner or the male contact partner.

15 . An energy supply device for use in the system as recited in claim 1 , the energy supply device comprising at least one energy storage cell, wherein the at least one energy storage cell has an internal resistance DCR_I of less than 10 milliohms.

16 . An energy supply device for use in the system as recited in claim 1 , the energy supply device comprising at least one energy storage cell, wherein the at least one energy storage cell has a surface area A and a volume V, wherein the ratio A/V of the surface area to the volume is greater than six times the inverse of the cube root of the volume.

17 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the male contact partner has a blade and two contact surfaces separate from the blade, the female contact partner having two contact arms with stops at ends of the contact arms, the first contact region being defined by contact of the blade with one of the contact arms, the first contact normal force being perpendicular to an insertion direction, the second contact region being defined by contact of one of the stops with one of the two contact surfaces, the second contact normal force being parallel to the insertion direction.

18 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the male contact partner has a blade, the female contact partner having two contact arms connected by a stop, the first contact region being defined by a contact of the blade with one of the contact arms, the first contact normal force being perpendicular to an insertion direction, the second contact region being defined by contact of a tip of the blade with the stop.

19 . The systems as recited in claim 18 wherein the stop is slanted with respect to an insertion direction.

20 . An interface for transmitting electrical energy between a power tool and an energy supply device, the interface comprising:

a male contact partner and a female contact partner, as well as at least one elastic means for reducing a relative movement between the male and female contact partners, wherein the female contact partner and the male contact partner are in contact with each other in at least a first contact region and in a second contact region,

the first contact region definable by a first contact normal force and the second contact region definable by a second contact normal force, the first contact normal force and the second contact normal force having different orientations,

the first contact normal force at the first contact region and the second contact normal force at the second contact region forming an angle with one another, wherein the angle lies in an angular range from 10 to 90 degrees.

21 . A system comprising:

a power tool; and

an energy supply device for supplying the power tool with electrical energy, the energy supply device releasably connectable to the power tool via an interface, the interface including a female contact partner and a male contact partner in contact with each other in a first contact region and in a second contact region, the first contact region definable by a first contact normal force and the second contact region is definable by a second contact normal force, the first contact normal force and the second contact normal force have different orientations,

the energy supply device comprising at least one energy storage cell, wherein the at least one energy storage cell has a surface area A and a volume V, wherein the ratio A/V of the surface area to the volume is greater than six times the inverse of the cube root of the volume.

22 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 21 wherein the ratio A/V is greater than eight times the inverse of the cube root of the volume.

23 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 21 wherein the ratio A/V is greater than ten times the inverse of the cube root of the volume.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2024
From: HARTMANN, MARKUS; STANGER, ROBERT; HOLUBARSCH, MARKUS; SCHMID, STEFAN; KONDRATIUK, JENS
To: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 067575/0179 →
Priority Claims (3)
EP 20211575 · Dec 1, 2021 · regional
EP 21211570 · Dec 1, 2021 · regional
EP 22150915 · Jan 11, 2022 · regional
Continuity (1)
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