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US 12,330,285 · App. 18/492,907 · Granted Jun 17, 2025

Method for indicating whether a hand-held power tool has reached a target

Inventors: Florian Hoelscher (Stuttgart, DE); Heiko Roehm (Stuttgart, DE); Simon Erbele (Nufringen, DE); Tobias Herr (Stuttgart, DE)
Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
B25F5/02H02P3/02
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Patent No.
US 12,330,285
App. No.
18/492,907
Granted
Jun 17, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for indicating whether a hand-held power tool has reached a target is disclosed. The hand-held power tool includes a drive motor and the method includes (i) activating a target reached indication mode by way of a control unit, (ii) ascertaining a shutdown reason for the drive motor, and (iii) displaying the reaching of the target by way of a display unit as a function of the shutdown reason.

Claims (13)

1. A method for indicating whether a hand-held power tool has reached a target, wherein the hand-held power tool includes a drive motor, the method comprising:

activating a target reached indication mode by way of a control unit;

ascertaining a shutdown reason for the drive motor when the drive motor switches off or stops; and

displaying the reaching of the target by way of a display unit as a function of the shutdown reason.

2. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising activating an operating mode of the hand-held power tool.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein reaching a target value is ascertained as the shutdown reason.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a deviation of a target value is ascertained as the shutdown reason.

5. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising acquiring a position of a manual switch for controlling the drive motor.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising acquiring a parameter correlated with the drive motor by way of at least one sensor unit to ascertain the shutdown reason.

7. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising carrying out evaluation of an event register to ascertain the shutdown reason.

8. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising displaying reaching the target during an adjustable display duration.

9. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising displaying a deviation signal by way of the display unit when a deviation from reaching the target is ascertained.

10. A hand-held power tool comprising a control unit configured to carrying out the method according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2024
From: HOELSCHER, FLORIAN; ROEHM, HEIKO; ERBELE, SIMON; HERR, TOBIAS
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 066005/0088 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2022 211 593.7 · Nov 2, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240139931A1 · May 2, 2024
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