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US 7,610,967 · App. 11/881,257 · Granted Nov 3, 2009

Hand-held power tool with a decoupling device

Assignee: Hil Aktiengesellschaft
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Patent No.
US 7,610,967
App. No.
11/881,257
Granted
Nov 3, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

A hand-held power tool includes a spring-mounted decoupling device ( 16 ) for supporting a tool handle ( 14 ) on the tool housing ( 4 ) and having a first spring-mounted support ( 18 ) and a second spring-mounted support ( 20 ) that is spaced from the operational axis (A) in a second direction (y) perpendicular to the first direction (z) further away than the first spring-mounted support ( 18 ) that has a smaller spring stiffness along the second direction (y) than along the first direction (z).

Claims (30)

1. A hand-held power tool, comprising:

a housing ( 4 );

operational means ( 10 ) provided in the housing ( 4 ) and reciprocating, during an operation, along an operational axis (A) extending parallel to a first direction (z);

a handle ( 14 ); and

a spring-mounted decoupling device ( 16 ) for supporting the handle ( 14 ) on the housing ( 4 ) and having:

a first spring-mounted support ( 18 ) with a first spring; and

a second spring-mounted support ( 20 ) with a second spring that is spaced from the operational axis (A) in a second direction (y) perpendicular to the first direction (z) further away than the first support arrangement ( 18 ),

wherein the second spring is shorter in length than the first spring;

wherein the second spring has a greater spring stiffness than the first spring; and

wherein the first spring of the first spring-mounted support ( 18 ) has a smaller spring stiffness along the second direction (y) than along the first direction (z).

2. A hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the first spring-mounted support ( 18 ) has a first housing-side support arrangement ( 22 ) fixedly connected with the housing ( 4 ), a first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) fixedly connected with the handle ( 14 ), and a first spring arrangement ( 32 ) including the first spring located between the first housing-side support arrangement ( 22 ) and the first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) for biasing the first housing-side support arrangement ( 22 ) and the first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) away from each other in the first direction (z), and wherein an intermediate space ( 47 ) is provided between the first housing side support arrangement ( 22 ) and the first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) in the second direction (y).

3. A hand-held power tool according to claim 2 , wherein one of the first housing-side support arrangement ( 22 ) and the first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) has a first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ) extending parallel to a third direction (x) perpendicular to the first direction (z) and the second direction (y), and another of the first housing-side support arrangement ( 22 ) and the first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) has a first tubular support member ( 26 ) radially surrounding the first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ), and wherein the one of the first housing-side support arrangement ( 22 ) and the first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) is supported in the first direction (z) with a first side ( 30 ) of the first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ) lying permanently against the first tubular support member ( 26 ) and with a second opposite side ( 34 ) of the first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ) being placeable against the first tubular support member ( 26 ) and being displaceable therefrom, with interposition of the first spring arrangement ( 32 ) between the first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ) and the first tubular support member ( 26 ).

4. A hand-held power tool according to claim 3 , wherein the first spring arrangement ( 32 ) comprises a first elastomeric arrangement having, with respect to the first side ( 30 ) of the first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ), a preloaded region and, with respect to the second side ( 34 ) of the first bar-shaped support member, a stop region ( 49 ), the preload region having, in the first direction (z), an extension that is several times greater than an extension of the stop region ( 49 ), the elastomeric arrangement being spaced, with respect to the first and second sides ( 30 , 34 ) of the first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ), in the second direction (y) by a permanent distance from the first tubular support member ( 26 ).

5. A hand-held power tool according to claim 4 , wherein the first elastomeric arrangement has a first support region ( 54 ) having, in the first direction (z), a smaller extension than the preloaded region ( 52 ).

6. A hand-held power tool according to claim 4 , wherein the second spring-mounted support ( 20 ) has a greater spring stiffness in the second direction (y) than the first spring-mounted support ( 18 ); and

wherein the second spring-mounted support ( 20 ) has a second bar-shaped support member ( 40 ) radially surrounded by a second tubular support member ( 42 ) with interposition of a second elastomeric arrangement therebetween, the second elastomeric arrangement having a region with a star-shaped cross-section.

7. A hand-held power tool according to claim 6 , wherein the second elastomeric arrangement has, between the second bar shaped support member ( 40 ) and the second tubular support member ( 42 ), a second support region having circumferentially a smaller radial extension than the region with the star-shaped cross-section.

8. A hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the second spring-mounted support ( 20 ) has a greater spring stiffness in the second direction (y) than the spring stiffness in the second direction (y) of the first spring-mounted support ( 18 ).

9. A hand-held power tool, comprising:

a housing ( 4 );

operational means ( 10 ) provided in the housing ( 4 ) and reciprocating, during an operation, along an operational axis (A) extending parallel to a first direction (z);

a handle ( 14 ); and

a spring-mounted decoupling device ( 16 ) for supporting the handle ( 14 ) on the housing ( 4 ) and having a first spring-mounted support ( 18 ) and a second spring-mounted support ( 20 ) that is spaced from the operational axis (A) in a second direction (y) perpendicular to the first direction (z) further away than the first support arrangement ( 18 ), the first spring-mounted support ( 18 ) having a smaller spring stiffness along the second direction (y) than along the first direction (z);

wherein the first spring-mounted support ( 18 ) has a first housing-side support arrangement ( 22 ) fixedly connected with the housing ( 4 ), a first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) fixedly connected with the handle ( 14 ), and a first spring arrangement ( 32 ) located between the first housing-side support arrangement ( 22 ) and the first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) for biasing the first housing-side support arrangement ( 22 ) and the first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) away from each other in the first direction (z), and wherein an intermediate space ( 47 ) is provided between the first housing side support arrangement ( 22 ) and the first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) in the second direction (y);

wherein one of the first housing-side support arrangement ( 22 ) and the first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) has a first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ) extending parallel to a third direction (x) perpendicular to the first direction (z) and the second direction (y), and another of the first housing-side support arrangement ( 22 ) and the first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) has a first tubular support member ( 26 ) radially surrounding the first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ), and wherein the one of the first housing-side support arrangement ( 22 ) and the first handle-side support arrangement ( 28 ) is supported in the first direction (z) with a first side ( 30 ) of the first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ) lying permanently against the first tubular support member ( 26 ) and with a second opposite side ( 34 ) of the first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ) being placeable against the first tubular support member ( 26 ) and being displaceable therefrom, with interposition of the first spring arrangement ( 32 ) between the first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ) and the first tubular support member ( 26 ).

10. A hand-held power tool according to claim 9 , wherein the first spring arrangement ( 32 ) comprises a first elastomeric arrangement having, with respect to the first side ( 30 ) of the first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ), a preloaded region and, with respect to the second side ( 34 ) of the first bar-shaped support member, a stop region ( 49 ), the preload region having, in the first direction (z), an extension that is several times greater than an extension of the stop region ( 49 ), the elastomeric arrangement being spaced, with respect to the first and second sides ( 30 , 34 ) of the first bar-shaped support member ( 24 ), in the second direction (y) by a permanent distance from the first tubular support member ( 26 ).

11. A hand-held power tool according to claim 10 , wherein the first elastomeric arrangement has a first support region ( 54 ) having, in the first direction (z), a smaller extension than the preloaded region ( 52 ).

12. A hand-held power tool according to claim 10 , wherein the second spring-mounted support ( 20 ) has a greater spring stiffness in the second direction (y) than the first spring-mounted support ( 18 ); and

wherein the second spring-mounted support ( 20 ) has a second bar-shaped support member ( 40 ) radially surrounded by a second tubular support member ( 42 ) with interposition of a second elastomeric arrangement therebetween, the second elastomeric arrangement having a region with a star-shaped cross-section.

13. A hand-held power tool according to claim 12 , wherein the second elastomeric arrangement has, between the second bar shaped support member ( 40 ) and the second tubular support member ( 42 ), a second support region having circumferentially a smaller radial extension than the region with the star-shaped cross-section.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2007
From: FISCHER, AXEL; MEUER, ROLAND
To: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Reel/Frame 019987/0471 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2006 000 375 · Jul 27, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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