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US 8,091,651 · App. 12/298,414 · Granted Jan 10, 2012

Hand-held power tool

Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
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Patent No.
US 8,091,651
App. No.
12/298,414
Granted
Jan 10, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hand-held power tool includes a main element with a normal axis which extends perpendicularly to a tool axis and through a center of gravity. A handle is supported in the plane of motion defined by the tool axis and the normal axis such that it is movable relative to the main element. A spring unit connects the handle with the main element, and has a spring element to define a trajectory of at least one portion of the handle in the plane of motion under the influence of a load force triggered when the handle is moved out of a neutral position and approaches the stationary main element. A rotary element defines a joint-free rotation axis, about which the handle rotates in the plane of motion when a motion takes place relative to the main element.

Claims (8)

1. A hand-held power tool which includes a main element ( 12 )—which has a tool axis ( 30 ), a center of gravity ( 32 ), and a normal axis ( 34 ), which extends perpendicularly to the tool axis ( 30 ) and through the center of gravity ( 32 ), the tool axis ( 30 ) and the normal axis ( 34 ) defining a plane of motion—and a handle ( 14 ), which is supported in the plane of motion such that it is movable relative to the main element ( 12 ), and including a spring unit ( 46 ), which connects the handle ( 14 ) with the main element ( 12 ), wherein the spring unit ( 46 ) comprises a spring element ( 48 ) and is provided to at least substantially define a trajectory ( 110 ) of at least one portion of the handle ( 14 ) in the plane of motion under the influence of a load force ( 102 ), which is triggered when the handle ( 14 ) is moved out of a neutral position and approaches the stationary main element ( 12 ), a handle body ( 36 ) of the handle ( 14 ), and a rotary element ( 52 ), which connects the handle body ( 36 ) and the main element ( 12 ); in interaction with the spring unit ( 46 ), wherein the rotary element ( 52 ) defines a joint-free rotation axis ( 124 ), about which the handle ( 14 ) rotates in the plane of motion when a motion takes place relative to the main element ( 12 ), and wherein the spring element ( 48 ) is designed as a leaf spring.

2. The hand-held power tool as recited in claim 1 , wherein the spring unit ( 46 ) includes support means ( 50 ) for supporting the spring element ( 48 ), which—in interaction with the spring element ( 48 )—define the trajectory ( 110 ).

3. The handle as recited in claim 1 , wherein the handle ( 14 ) is held in the neutral position by the spring element ( 48 ).

4. The hand-held power tool as recited in claim 1 , wherein the spring unit ( 46 ) includes support means ( 50 ) for supporting the spring element ( 48 ), and the spring element ( 48 ) rolls across the support means ( 50 ) when the handle ( 14 ) moves relative to the main element ( 12 ).

5. The hand-held power tool as recited in claim 1 , characterized by a first and a second housing element ( 16 , 18 ), a fastening element ( 20 ) for fastening the first housing element ( 16 ) to the second housing element ( 18 ), and support means ( 50 ) for supporting the spring element ( 48 ), which is fixed in position on the fastening element ( 20 ).

6. The hand-held power tool as recited in claim 5 , wherein the spring element ( 48 ) includes a subregion ( 58 ), which at least substantially encloses the fastening element ( 20 ).

7. The hand-held power too as recited in claim 1 , characterized by a clamping means ( 70 ) for clamping the spring element ( 48 ).

8. The hand-held power tool as recited in claim 1 , characterized by a handle body ( 36 ) of the handle ( 14 ), a housing element ( 38 ), a bellows unit ( 42 ), which connects the main element ( 12 ) with the handle body ( 36 ), and a fixing element ( 68 ), which is provided to fix, at the least, the bellows unit ( 42 ) and the spring element ( 48 ) on the housing element ( 38 ).

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2008
From: KUHNLE, AXEL; FRAUHAMMER, KARL; BRAUN, WILLY
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 021733/0546 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2006 029 630 · Jun 28, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20090120658A1 · May 14, 2009