Patents by Inventor Florian Esenwein

Florian Esenwein has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11979800
    Abstract: A device, particularly a hand-held power tool management device, for monitoring and/or managing a plurality of objects, particularly hand-held power tools, includes a communication unit configured to communicate with the objects and a computing unit configured to process electronic data received by the communication unit. The computing unit is configured to output, as a function of swarm information from a swarm that comprises at least some of the objects, commands to at least one of the objects of the swarm and/or information to at least one operator, particularly at least one of the objects of the swarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein, Joern Stock
  • Patent number: 11938611
    Abstract: A portable power tool includes an electromotive drive with an output shaft defining a first axis and having a first end portion and a second opposite end portion. The first end portion is between a mounted machining tool and the second end portion. The electromotive drive is received in a first power tool housing portion and includes a stator having a first stator end defining a first plane and a second stator end defining a second plane, the first plane is located between the first end portion and the second plane. A second power tool housing portion defines a handle gripping portion with a first surface defining a third plane which intersects the output shaft at a location whereat the first plane is between the third plane and the second plane. A second surface portion opposite the first surface portion defines a fourth plane parallel to the third plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Wolperding, Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20240051086
    Abstract: A material collection device for a hand-held power tool includes a material collection container for collecting material removed during operation of the hand-held power tool. At least one opening of the material collection container is for feeding the material into the material collection container and is arranged in an opening plane. At least one mounting unit is for mounting the material collection container on the hand-held power tool. The at least one mounting unit includes a channel element for connection to an ejection port of the hand-held power tool. A channel longitudinal axis of the channel element is arranged transversely to the opening plane of the material collection container in at least one section plane running perpendicularly to the opening plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Florian Esenwein, Simon Riggenmann, Adamo Sadikovic
  • Publication number: 20240025026
    Abstract: A machine tool apparatus includes at least one housing unit, which has a cooling air inlet section and a cooling air outlet section. The cooling air outlet section is arranged offset from the cooling air inlet section as viewed in the direction of a main extension axis of the housing unit. The machine tool apparatus further includes a connecting unit for fluidly connecting the cooling air inlet section with a fluid unit on the outside of the housing unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Nico Schweer, Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20230398676
    Abstract: A lid apparatus for a material collection container includes at least one lid unit for at least partially closing a material collection opening of the material collection container; at least one container fixation interface arranged on the lid unit (16a; 16b; 16c), by means of which the lid unit can be reversibly detached and fastened on the material collection container, in particular without tools; and at least one hand-held power tool interface arranged on the lid unit for fastening the lid unit on a hand-held power tool, in particular a discharge nozzle of the hand-held power tool. The lid apparatus further includes at least one further fixation interface, by means of which a material disposal unit can be reversibly detached and fastened on the lid unit, in particular without tools.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventor: Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 11673218
    Abstract: A safety brake device for a power tool includes a decoupling device, configured to decouple an output unit from a drive unit during a braking operation thereby reducing at least one of a rotational mass and rotational energy of the output unit, and a brake device with a first brake device part and a second brake device part. The first brake device part is arranged on the output unit so as to allow essentially no relative rotation, and the second brake device part is configured to allow essentially no relative rotation with respect to the power tool. The first brake device part and the second brake device part are configured to interact mechanically with one another during a braking operation to stop rotation of the output unit. The first brake device part of the brake device is embodied in one piece with the decoupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Daniel Dennis, Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20230157601
    Abstract: A machine tool, more particularly a hand-held machine tool, includes a drive unit and an open- or closed-loop control unit that is configured to control the drive unit. The drive unit is configured to drive a tool insert that is configured to be accommodated and operated with the machine tool. The machine tool also includes at least one sensor unit with an image sensor. The sensor unit is configured to sense user-specific data and to process the same via the open- or closed-loop control unit such that the drive unit is controlled subject to the sensed data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock, Alexander Osswald, Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 11597071
    Abstract: An electronic module, in particular for a hand-held power tool, includes at least one electronic unit, at least one contacting unit which is provided to establish contact with an electric energy source and/or to transfer electronic data, and at least one cover unit. The contacting unit is mounted on one side of the electronic unit facing away from the cover unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20230067184
    Abstract: A portable power tool includes an electromotive drive with an output shaft defining a first axis and having a first end portion and a second opposite end portion. The first end portion is between a mounted machining tool and the second end portion. The electromotive drive is received in a first power tool housing portion and includes a stator having a first stator end defining a first plane and a second stator end defining a second plane, the first plane is located between the first end portion and the second plane. A second power tool housing portion defines a handle gripping portion with a first surface defining a third plane which intersects the output shaft at a location whereat the first plane is between the third plane and the second plane. A second surface portion opposite the first surface portion defines a fourth plane parallel to the third plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Johannes Wolperding, Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 11518019
    Abstract: A portable power tool includes an electromotive drive with an output shaft defining a first axis and having a first end portion and a second opposite end portion. The first end portion is between a mounted machining tool and the second end portion. The electromotive drive is received in a first power tool housing portion and includes a stator having a first stator end defining a first plane and a second stator end defining a second plane, the first plane is located between the first end portion and the second plane. A second power tool housing portion defines a handle gripping portion with a first surface defining a third plane which intersects the output shaft at a location whereat the first plane is between the third plane and the second plane. A second surface portion opposite the first surface portion defines a fourth plane parallel to the third plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Johannes Wolperding, Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 11491634
    Abstract: An electronic module, in particular for a hand-held power tool, includes at least one electronic unit, at least one contacting unit, and at least one cover unit. The at least one electronic unit is captively connected to the at least one cover unit. The at least one contacting unit includes at least one contact element that is configured to make contact with an electric energy source and/or to transfer electronic data. The at least one contacting unit also includes at least one fixing element that is configured to mechanically fix the cover unit, in particular to the tool. The at least one contacting element is mounted at least partially on the at least one fixing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 11485006
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a housing, a filter support, a plurality of securing element, and an actuating unit. The filter support has receiving openings, at least one first fixing element, and at least one second fixing element. The receiving openings are configured to receive filter elements configured to seal the hand-held power tool against a penetration of dust into the housing of the hand-held power tool. First and second fixing elements are fixable to corresponding securing elements arranged on the hand-held power tool, and are configured to releasably fix the filter support to the housing. The actuation unit is actuatable to release the filter support from the hand-held power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Esenwein, Peter Stierle, Manfred Lutz, Thomas Schomisch
  • Publication number: 20220330768
    Abstract: A dust detection device, in particular a dust extraction device, for cleaning the air, in particular from wood dust, is configured to be worn around the waist of a user of the dust detection device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20220324075
    Abstract: A machine tool device includes at least one motorized machining tool, at least one, particularly capacitive, sensor unit, configured to detect at least one foreign body in at least one detection area around the machining tool, and at least one closed-loop and/or open-loop control unit configured to trigger at least one action depending on at least one signal from the sensor unit. The sensor unit includes at least one antenna configured to emit at least one electrical and/or magnetic field, which defines the at least one detection area, and/or to detect the at least one foreign body depending on at least one change in the at least one electrical and/or magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Daniel Dennis, Florian Esenwein, Simon Riggenmann
  • Publication number: 20220297252
    Abstract: A machine tool device includes at least one motor-driven machining tool; at least one sensor unit, in particular a capacitive sensor unit, which is configured to detect at least one foreign body in at least one detection area around the machining tool; and at least one open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit configured to trigger at least one action in accordance with at least one signal from the sensor unit. The sensor unit includes at least one antenna configured to emit at least one electric and/or magnetic field defining the at least one detection area and/or to detect the at least one foreign body in accordance with at least one change in at least one electric and/or magnetic field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Simon Riggenmann, Daniel Dennis, Juergen Wiker, Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 11440213
    Abstract: A power tool, in particular a router, includes a motor shaft, at least one output shaft defining an output axis that is coaxial with the output shaft, and at least one electromotive drive acting on the motor shaft. The motor shaft defines a motor axis with the electromotive drive which is coaxial with the motor shaft. The motor axis and the output axis are arranged substantially parallel to and at a distance from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thorsten Kuehn, Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 11407075
    Abstract: A method enables at least one active operating state of a hand-held power tool with at least one infrastructure unit as a function of whether protective equipment is carried and/or worn by an operator of the hand-held power tool. A mobile functional unit is integrated into the hand-held power tool. The mobile functional unit is configured to control the at least one active operating state of the hand-held power tool by (i) transmitting at least one ID of a first protective equipment element of a first piece of protective equipment to a first infrastructure unit, the first infrastructure unit receiving the at least one ID of the first protective equipment element of the first piece of protective equipment, and (ii) transmitting at least a first signal from the first infrastructure unit to the mobile functional unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein, Benjamin Brechter
  • Patent number: 11370102
    Abstract: A method for sensing at least one characteristic value of at least one tool, in particular a hand-held power tool, includes detachably connecting the tool to at least one additional module and detecting with the additional module at least one characteristic value of the tool. The method further includes carrying out at least one training operation. The training operation includes deriving at least one reference value from the at least one characteristic value via the additional module and storing the reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein, Anna Heszler
  • Patent number: 11311071
    Abstract: A work shoe, in particular a safety shoe, includes at least one passive protection unit which is intended to passively protect a shoe wearer at least against mechanical and/or electrical loads, and includes at least one active protection unit which has at least one sensor unit which is intended to detect at least one characteristic variable at least in order to enable a protection function and/or a comfort function. The sensor unit is configured at least for detecting at least one person-related characteristic variable and/or at least one environmental characteristic variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Cornelius Boeck, Daniel Barth, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz
  • Publication number: 20220118580
    Abstract: A hand-held sanding machine includes at least one sanding device for receiving or configuring a sanding apparatus. The sanding device includes at least one fan for conveying away material subtracted in a sanding procedure, at least one drive device for driving the sanding device, and at least one connecting housing unit which at least partially receives the sanding device. An internal wall of the connecting housing unit that delimits a fan receptacle region is configured for guiding an air flow generated by the fan. The internal wall is funnel-shaped about a rotation axis of a driveshaft of the drive device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Adamo Sadikovic, Florian Esenwein, Simon Riggenmann