IP Library Granted Patent US 11,063,473
Granted Patent B2
US 11,063,473 · App. 14/359,552 · Granted Jul 13, 2021

Handheld tool carrying case

Inventors: Friederike Dietzel (Stuttgart, DE); Juergen Mack (Geoppingen, DE); Guenter Lohr (Leinfelden-Echterdingen, DE); Volker Amann (Augsburg, DE); Marcin Rejman (Waiblingen, DE); Brett Huber (Arlington Height, IL)
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
H02J50/10B25H3/02B25H3/022H02J7/0042
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Patent No.
US 11,063,473
App. No.
14/359,552
Granted
Jul 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A handheld tool carrying case includes at least one interior structuring unit having at least one interior structuring element, which is provided to delimit at least one inductive charge receiving region for at least one handheld tool battery. The interior structuring unit is configured to be combinable in a modular manner.

Claims (44)

1. A handheld tool carrying case, comprising:

at least one interior structuring unit having at least one interior structuring element which is provided to delimit at least one inductive charge receiving region for at least one handheld tool battery, wherein the at least one interior structuring unit is configured to be combinable in a modular manner,

wherein the interior structuring element is configured as a bowl and provided for at least one of a clamping or snap-in connection with at least one base element of the at least one interior structuring unit,

wherein the base element includes at least one depression situated at at least one corner of the base element

wherein the interior structuring element is configured to clamp or snap-in to the at least one base element in the at least one depression,

wherein the at least one base element includes nubs disposed in a right-angled raster pattern and which provide fixation positions for a lateral fixation of the at least one interior structuring element.

2. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one interior structuring element is configured to be installable without tools with regard to the interior structuring unit.

3. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 2 , wherein the at least one interior structuring element is configured to be removable from the at least one interior structuring unit without using tools.

4. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one base element is configured for positioning the interior structuring element.

5. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 4 , wherein the base element includes at least two fixation positions for securing the at least one interior structuring element.

6. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 4 , further comprising:

at least one housing part which is integrally formed with the base element.

7. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 4 , wherein the base element is formed by at least one space divider element.

8. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 4 , wherein the interior structuring element is configured as a space divider element.

9. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 4 , wherein the interior structuring element is configured to be processed by an operator in order to adapt the interior structuring element to an object to be placed in the interior structuring element.

10. A system comprising:

a handheld tool carrying case including at least one interior structuring unit; and

an interior structuring element configured to be modularly combined with the handheld tool carrying case,

wherein the interior structuring element is configured as a bowl and provided for at least one of a clamping or snap-in connection with at least one base element of the at least one interior structuring unit,

wherein the base element includes at least one depression situated at at least one corner of the base element

wherein the interior structuring element is configured to clamp or snap-in to the at least one base element in the at least one depression,

wherein the at least one base element includes nubs disposed in a right-angled raster pattern and which provide fixation positions for a lateral fixation of the at least one interior structuring element.

11. A system comprising:

at least one handheld tool battery configured to be inductively charged;

a handheld tool;

a handheld tool carrying case; and

at least one interior structuring element configured to be modularly combined with the handheld tool carrying case,

wherein the at least one interior structuring element is configured as a bowl and provided for at least one of a clamping or snap-in connection with the handheld tool carrying case,

wherein the base element includes at least one depression situated at at least one corner of the base element

wherein the interior structuring element is configured to clamp or snap-in to the at least one base element in the at least one depression,

wherein the at least one base element includes nubs disposed in a right-angled raster pattern and which provide fixation positions for a lateral fixation of the at least one interior structuring element.

12. The system as recited in claim 11 , wherein at least two different interior structuring elements are provided, and wherein, depending on at least one of the handheld tool and the handheld tool battery to be inserted, one of the at least two interior structuring elements is provided to be placed in the handheld tool carrying case.

13. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one inductive charge receiving region is configured to accommodate the at least one handheld tool battery for inductive recharging.

14. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 1 , wherein the at least one inductive charge receiving region is configured to accommodate the at least one handheld tool battery for inductive recharging through a wall of the handheld tool carrying case.

15. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 1 , wherein the bowl has a side wall having an opening such that the handheld tool battery accommodated in the bowl rests directly against a wall of the handheld tool carrying case.

16. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 1 , wherein the bowl has one bottom wall which is embodied as an open bottom wall such that the handheld tool battery accommodated in the bowl rests directly against a wall of the handheld tool carrying case.

17. A handheld tool carrying case, comprising:

at least one interior structuring unit having at least one interior structuring element which is provided to delimit at least one inductive charge receiving region for at least one handheld tool battery, wherein the at least one interior structuring unit is configured to be combinable in a modular manner,

wherein the interior structuring unit has at least one base element for positioning the interior structuring element,

wherein the interior structuring element is configured as a bowl and the at least one base element includes nubs that provide at least two fixation positions for positioning the bowl in two different positions relative to a wall of the handheld tool carrying case, wherein the nubs are disposed in a right-angled raster pattern.

18. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 17 , wherein the at least one inductive charge receiving region is configured to accommodate the at least one handheld tool battery for inductive recharging.

19. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 17 , wherein the at least one inductive charge receiving region is configured to accommodate the at least one handheld tool battery for inductive recharging through a wall of the handheld tool carrying case.

20. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 17 , wherein the bowl has a side wall having an opening such that the handheld tool battery accommodated in the bowl rests directly against a wall of the handheld tool carrying case.

21. The handheld tool carrying case as recited in claim 17 , wherein the bowl has one bottom wall which is embodied as an open bottom wall such that the handheld tool battery accommodated in the bowl rests directly against a wall of the handheld tool carrying case.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 15, 2014
From: DIETZEL, FRIEDERIKE; MACK, JUERGEN; LOHR, GUENTER; AMANN, VOLKER; REJMAN, MARCIN; HUBER, BRETT
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 033739/0784 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2011 086 884.4 · Nov 22, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140340034A1 · Nov 20, 2014
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