System, interface, power tool and energy supply device
A system including a power tool and an energy supply device, wherein the power tool can be detachably connected to the energy supply device via an interface. The interface has a base material with a first density and is designed in such a way that the interface allows a relative movement of the power tool and the energy supply device in an insertion direction and prevents a relative movement between the power tool and the energy supply device in the other spatial directions. The energy supply device has a first contact region with a first contact material and the power tool has a second contact region with a second contact material, wherein the first contact material and/or the second contact material have a second density, wherein the second density is greater than the first density of the base material of the interface. An energy supply device, and to a corresponding interface is also provided.
1 . A system comprising:
a power tool; and
an energy supply for supplying the power tool with electrical energy, the energy supply releasably connectable to the power tool via an interface, the interface including a base material with a first density and designed in such a way that the interface allows a relative movement of the power tool and the energy supply device in an insertion direction,
the energy supply device having a first contact region with a first contact material and the power tool having a second contact region with a second contact material, wherein, in an inserted state, the first contact region is in contact with the second contact region in such a way that a relative movement between the power tool and the energy supply device in the other spatial directions is prevented, wherein the first contact material or the second contact material have a second density greater than the first density,
wherein the second density lies in a region of greater than 3.0 g/cm 3 .
2 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the second density lies in a region of greater than 4 g/cm 3 .
3 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first density lies in a region of less than 3.0 g/cm 3 .
4 . The system as recited in claim 3 wherein the first density lies in a region of less than 2 g/cm 3 .
5 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein a surface hardness of the first or second contact material having the second density lies in a region of greater than 90 HV.
6 . The system as recited in claim 5 wherein the surface hardness lies in a region of greater than 100 HV.
7 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first or second contact material having the second density is a metal, a metal alloy or a metal coating.
8 . The system as recited in claim 1 wherein the first or second contact material having the second density has a PREN value of greater than 10.
9 . The system as recited in claim 8 wherein the PREN value is greater than 13.
10 . The system as recited in claim 9 wherein the PREN value is greater than 15.
11 . The system as recited in claim 1 further comprising a second energy supply device, wherein the power tool is detachably connectable both to the first energy supply device and to the second energy supply device via the interface in order to receive electrical power, wherein the second energy supply device has a third contact region with a third contact material, wherein, in an inserted state, the third contact region is in contact with the second contact region in such a way that a relative movement between the power tool and the energy supply device in the other spatial directions is prevented, wherein the third contact material has the first density.
12 . A power tool for use in the system as recited in claim 1 , the power tool comprising:
the second contact region, wherein the second contact region has the second contact material with the second density, wherein the second contact region is configured to allow relative movement of the power tool and the energy supply device in the insertion direction and to prevent the relative movement between the power tool and the energy supply device in the other spatial directions.
13 . An energy supply device for use in the system as recited in claim 1 , the energy supply device comprising:
the first contact region, wherein the first contact region has the first contact material with the second density, wherein the first contact region is configured to allow relative movement of the power tool and the energy supply device in the insertion direction and to prevent the relative movement between the power tool and the energy supply device in the other spatial directions.
14 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 13 further comprising at least one cell having an internal resistance DCR_I of less than 10 milliohms.
15 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 13 further comprising at least one cell, wherein the at least cell has a surface area A and a volume V, wherein a ratio A/V of the surface area to the volume is greater than six times the inverse of the cube root of the volume.
16 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 15 wherein the ratio A/V is greater than eight times the inverse of the cube root of the volume.
17 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 16 wherein the ratio A/V is greater than ten times the inverse of the cube root of the volume.
18 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 13 further comprising at least one cell, a ratio of a resistance of the at least one cell to a surface area A of the at least one cell being less than 0.2 milliohm/cm 2 .
19 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 18 wherein the ratio of the resistance is less than 0.1 milliohm/cm 2 , most preferably less than 0.05 milliohm/cm 2 .
20 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 19 wherein the ratio of the resistance is less than 0.05 milliohm/cm 2 .
21 . A system comprising:
a power tool; and
an energy supply for supplying the power tool with electrical energy, the energy supply releasably connectable to the power tool via an interface, the interface including a base material with a first density and designed in such a way that the interface allows a relative movement of the power tool and the energy supply device in an insertion direction,
the energy supply device having a first contact region with a first contact material and the power tool having a second contact region with a second contact material, wherein, in an inserted state, the first contact region is in contact with the second contact region in such a way that a relative movement between the power tool and the energy supply device in the other spatial directions is prevented, wherein the first contact material or the second contact material have a second density greater than the first density,
wherein the first or second contact material having the second density accounts for a proportion of greater than 5% of a guide surface between the power tool and the energy supply device.
22 . A system comprising:
a power tool; and
an energy supply for supplying the power tool with electrical energy, the energy supply releasably connectable to the power tool via an interface, the interface including a base material with a first density and designed in such a way that the interface allows a relative movement of the power tool and the energy supply device in an insertion direction,
the energy supply device having a first contact region with a first contact material and the power tool having a second contact region with a second contact material, wherein, in an inserted state, the first contact region is in contact with the second contact region in such a way that a relative movement between the power tool and the energy supply device in the other spatial directions is prevented, wherein the first contact material or the second contact material have a second density greater than the first density,
wherein the energy supply device has a first interface body and the power tool has a second interface body, wherein a proportion of the first or second contact material having the second density in the first interface body or in the second interface body is less than 10%.