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).

  • Publication number: 20220118579
    Abstract: A hand-held grinding machine includes at least one grinding device for receiving or forming a grinding means, a drive device for driving the grinding device, at least one actuating element for controlling the drive device, and a drive housing, which receives the drive device and has a longitudinal-axis portion arranged about a longitudinal axis at least substantially perpendicular to an axis of rotation of the drive device. The drive housing further includes a front portion, which surrounds a region of an intersection point of the axis of rotation and the longitudinal axis. The front portion includes a dome-shaped grip surface, within which the actuating element is arranged on a side, facing away from the longitudinal-axis portion, of a plane which is perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and includes the axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20220118581
    Abstract: A hand-held grinding machine includes a grinding device for receiving or forming a grinding means, a drive device, a drive housing, and an interface device operatively connecting the grinding device to the drive device. The interface device includes a connecting housing unit formed separately from the drive housing and the grinding device for at least partially receiving the grinding device, and a docking interface arranged on the drive housing. The connecting housing unit engages around the docking interface in a fixing plane which is perpendicular to an axis of rotation of a drive shaft of the drive device. In the fixing plane, the docking interface includes at least one axial form-fitting element for forming a form fit with the connecting housing unit parallel to the axis of rotation. A projection of the axial form-fitting element along the axis of rotation is at least substantially inside the drive housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventor: Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20220072671
    Abstract: A removable dust collection apparatus, in particular a removable dust collection container, for a hand-held power tool, includes at least one basic structure, which has at least one frame for receiving a form-variable collection bag or itself delimits a collection volume at least in part. The basic structure has at least one connecting piece for connection to a blow-out connector of the hand-held power tool, the connecting piece configuring the basic structure to be removably arranged on the hand-held power tool. The dust collection apparatus further includes at least one communication unit, which is in particular wireless, for exchanging in particular electronic data with at least one external unit, in particular the hand-held power tool or a mobile communication device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Ruggero Indino, Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 11260502
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular an angle grinder, includes a gearing housing part and an accessory equipment. The gearing housing part includes at least one machine-side contact element. The accessory equipment includes at least one accessory equipment-side contact element. In the mounted state of the accessory on the hand-held power tool, the at least one machine-side contact element comes into contact with the at least one accessory-side contact element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20220055167
    Abstract: A safety brake device for braking a machining tool includes at least one brake device configured as an at least two-part claw clutch. The claw clutch includes a first claw-clutch part, and a second claw-clutch part. The first claw-clutch part is arranged on the output shaft so as to allow no relative rotation, the second claw-clutch part is configured to allow no relative rotation with respect to the power tool, each claw-clutch part has a respective plurality of toothing elements, the respective plurality of toothing elements are configured to engage with one another during a braking operation to stop rotation of the output shaft, and a maximum angular spacing ?max of mutually adjacent toothing elements of at least one of the first plurality of toothing elements an the second plurality of toothing elements is determined depending on a maximum rotational speed of the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Daniel Dennis, Florian Esenwein, Dhananjay Raghunath Zinge
  • Publication number: 20220055166
    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: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Dennis, Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20220053307
    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: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein, Joern Stock
  • Publication number: 20220001504
    Abstract: A safety braking device for a machine tool for braking a processing tool driven by means of an electric motor via an output unit, more particularly an output shaft, includes at least one braking device which is provided to halt rotation of the output unit in a braking process. The braking device has at least a first braking stage and a second braking stage. The disclosure further relates to a machine tool having the safety braking device and to a method for operating a safety braking device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2019
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Juergen Wiker, Daniel Dennis, Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20210283761
    Abstract: A method enables at least one active operating state of a hand-held power tool with at least one mobile functional unit according to whether an item of protective equipment is carried and/or worn by an operator of the hand-held power tool. The mobile functional unit is integrated on or in the hand-held power tool and is configured to control the active operating state of the hand-held power tool. The method includes sending at least one first ID of a first protective equipment element of a first item of protective equipment to the mobile functional unit, and the mobile functional unit receives the first ID of the first protective equipment element of the item of protective equipment. The method also includes enabling the active operating state of the hand-held power tool with the mobile functional unit by switching on at least one electric power supply for the hand-held power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein, Benjamin Brechter
  • Publication number: 20210268971
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a data and/or command device, in particular for vehicles, having at least one communication unit for receiving at least item of non-charging-related object information from at least one electrical unit, in particular a hand-held power tool, and/or at least one item of vehicle information from at least one vehicle in which the electrical unit is situated. According to the disclosure, the data and/or command device comprises at least one open-loop and/or closed-loop control unit which is designed to output at least one signal and/or to control the electrical unit in an open-loop and/or closed-loop manner depending on an evaluation of the non-charging-related item of object information and/or the item of vehicle information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein, Joern Stock
  • Publication number: 20210197357
    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: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20210201705
    Abstract: A sealing device for sealing at least one storage and/or packaging device for durable goods, particularly machine tools, and/or for sealing at least one piece of information includes at least one information carrier unit for receiving the at least one piece of information and/or a security key, particularly durable-goods-specific information and/or a durable-goods-specific security key. The sealing device also includes at least one fastening unit, particularly an adhesive unit for fastening at least the information carrier unit to the storage and/or packaging device or to the durable goods, particularly machine tools. The sealing device further includes at least one sealing unit for an at least substantially irreversible visualisation, for the first time, of the information carrier unit and/or a first-time opening of the storage and/or packaging unit. The sealing unit covers at least the information carrier unit in the at least one sealing state such that it cannot be seen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Benjamin Schmitt, Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20210138964
    Abstract: A storage system includes at least one storage unit that is configured to store at least one working material and at least one sensor unit configured to sense at least one state characteristic of the working material stored in the storage unit. The storage system also includes an allocation unit that is configured at least to allocate the at least one detected state characteristic to at least one target state characteristic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Weller, Joern Stock, Felix Lange, Florian Esenwein, Anna Heszler, Christopher Michael Barker
  • Patent number: 11000934
    Abstract: A hand power tool includes at least one electric-motor drive that is configured to act upon at least one motor shaft, and that is accommodated by a first housing part, the motor shaft and the first housing part defining a first common axis. The electric-motor drive is an electronically commutated electric motor. The hand power tool further includes at least one output shaft configured to drive a tool in an oscillating manner, and at least one second housing part that is configured to accommodate a rechargeable battery, the rechargeable battery and the second housing part defining a second common axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 10994402
    Abstract: A machine-tool operating device includes at least one operating unit and at least one electronics unit. The at least one operating unit has at least one operating element that is configured to be actuated by an operator and at least one further operating element that is configured to be actuated by an operator. The at least one electronics unit is configured at least for switching at least one energy supply of a drive unit in accordance with actuation of the operating element and of the further operating element. One or more of the operating element and the further operating element are configured as a touch-sensitive electronic operating element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Cornelius Boeck, Daniel Barth, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Joern Stock
  • Patent number: 10974381
    Abstract: A system includes a first hand-held power tool, a second hand-held power tool, and a rechargeable battery of a voltage class. The first hand-held power tool includes a first interface for the rechargeable battery, an electronically commutated electric motor of a defined construction size, a first electronic unit configured to supply the electronically commutated electric motor with power, and a first switch element configured to activate the electronically commutated electric motor. The second hand-held power tool includes a second interface for the rechargeable battery, an electronically commutated electric motor of a defined construction size, a second electronic unit configured to supply the electronically commutated electric motor with power, and a second switch element configured to activate the electronically commutated electric motor. The rechargeable battery is configured for contact with both the first interface and the second interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein
  • Publication number: 20210053176
    Abstract: A quick clamping device for a machine tool, in particular for a hand-held machine tool, includes at least one clamping device that is moveably mounted in particular on an output spindle of the machine tool that can be rotationally driven about an output shaft of the machine tool, at least for axially securing a tool device, in particular an insert tool, on the output spindle of the machine tool. The quick clamping device includes at least one movement securing unit having at least one movement securing element arranged in particular on the clamping device, which is provided for a movement of the tool device, in particular in a rotary drive position, and/or for securing the tool device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Aldo Di Nicolantonio, Stefano Delfini, Bruno Sinzig, Massimo Tolazzi, Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 10932113
    Abstract: A method for the wireless transmission of electronic data between a hand-held machine tool and an external unit includes automatically activating a communication unit for transmitting the electronic data as a function of a characteristic movement variable of the communication unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein, Anna Heszler
  • Publication number: 20210031326
    Abstract: A positioning device for a machine tool, in particular for a hand-held machine tool having a rotationally driveable output spindle, includes at least one positioning unit which is provided to stop and/or retain at least one output spindle of the machine tool and/or an insert tool arranged on the output spindle of the machine tool in at least one defined position. The positioning unit is provided for stopping and/or retaining the output spindle and/or the insert tool arranged on the output spindle in at least one defined position in an automatic manner, in particular without a user intervention, in particular starting from a working movement of the output spindle and/or of the insert tool arranged on the output spindle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Inventors: Aldo Di Nicolantonio, Stefano Delfini, Bruno Sinzig, Massimo Tolazzi, Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 10888808
    Abstract: A filter support for a handheld power tool includes at least one filter support element, a first fastening element, and a second fastening element. The filter support element includes at least one receiving opening configured to receive a filter element. The filter elements of the filter support are preferably associated with air inlet openings of the handheld power tool and are configured to filter dust particles and/or material particles from a cooling air flow. The filter support can be fastened to a handheld power tool via the first and second fastening elements. The first and the second fastening elements of the filter support can be connected to each other. Advantageously, no fastening elements are provided on the handheld power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Esenwein, Peter Stierle, Manfred Lutz, Thomas Schomisch