IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,738,438
Granted Patent B2
US 11,738,438 · App. 17/052,096 · Granted Aug 29, 2023

Power tool device

Inventors: Jan Hiller (Nuertingen, DE); Andras Vigh (Miskolc, HU); Janos Soltesz (Görbehaza, HU); Ulrich Bohne (Kohlberg, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
B25F5/001B23B45/008B25B21/00
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Patent No.
US 11,738,438
App. No.
17/052,096
Granted
Aug 29, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A machine tool device includes at least one drive train unit including at least one gear shift element and which has at least two different rotational direction modes and at least two different speed modes, and with at least one switching unit arranged at least partially on the drive train unit. The switching unit comprises at least one actuating element, which is configured to select the rotational direction modes and the speed modes, and at least one switching element, which is configured to switch between the modes of rotation depending on a switching position of the actuating element.

Claims (17)

1. A power tool device, comprising:

at least one drive train unit comprising at least one gear shift element, the at least one drive train unit having at least two different direction-of-rotation modes and at least two different speed modes; and

at least one switching unit arranged at least partially on the at least one drive train unit, the at least one switching unit comprising (i) at least one actuation element configured for selection of the at least two different direction-of-rotation modes and the at least two different speed modes, and (ii) at least one switching element configured to switch between the at least two different direction-of-rotation modes in dependence on a switching position of the at least one actuation element.

2. The power tool device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one switching unit comprises at least one activation element assigned to the at least one actuation element and configured to actuate the at least one switching element to sense the switching position of the at least one actuation element.

3. The power tool device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the at least one activation element is configured for mechanical actuation of the at least one switching element.

4. The power tool device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one activation element is configured for contactless actuation of the at least one switching element.

5. The power tool device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the at least one switching element is configured as a Hall sensor.

6. The power tool device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the at least one switching element is configured as a mechanical switch or a signal switch.

7. The power tool device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one switching unit includes at least one displacement element operatively connected to the at least one actuation element and configured to switch between the at least two different speed modes in dependence on the switching position of the at least one actuation element.

8. The power tool device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the at least one displacement element is configured to actuate the at least one gear shift element that is operatively connected to the at least one displacement element along an output axis of the at least one drive train unit for switching between the at least two different speed modes.

9. The power tool device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein, for actuating the at least one displacement element, the at least one actuation element and/or the at least one displacement element are/is configured at least portionally as a ramp.

10. The power tool device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the at least one displacement element is mounted on the at least one drive train unit so as to be movable along the output axis of the at least one drive train unit.

11. The power tool device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the at least one displacement element has at least one shift gate configured to actuate the at least one gear shift element along the output axis of the at least one drive train unit.

12. The power tool device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one actuation element is configured as a ring around the at least one drive train unit.

13. The power tool device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one switching unit has at least one output unit configured for optical, acoustic, and/or haptic output in dependence on an actuation and/or the switching position of the at least one actuation element.

14. The power tool device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one switching unit has a single actuation element of the at least one actuation element configured for selection of the at least two different direction-of-rotation modes and the at least two different speed modes.

15. The power tool device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the power tool device is included in a power tool.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 23, 2021
From: HILLER, JAN; VIGH, ANDRAS; SOLTESZ, JANOS; BOHNE, ULRICH
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 056018/0398 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2018 206 866.6 · May 4, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210229257A1 · Jul 29, 2021
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