Patents by Inventor Olivier Zeiter

Olivier Zeiter 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: 20100224382
    Abstract: A rotary power tool of the invention has a motor, a motor shaft driven by the motor, an output shaft coupled to the motor shaft via an automatic spindle locking mechanism, a housing portion surrounding the output shaft, and a braking member that is non-rotatable relative to the housing portion. The braking member exercises a braking torque on the output shaft whenever it rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2008
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Chi Hoe Leong, Yeo Joanne, Eng Hock Tan, Thomas Mathys, Olivier Zeiter, Daniel Brogli, Andreas Schwieger
  • Patent number: 7395874
    Abstract: A slaving and blocking device for transmitting a torque from a driving part to a driven part and for stopping the driven part at a torque engaging the driven part has a slaving unit fixable on the driving part fixed against relative rotation and having slaving claws that are offset from one another in a circumferential direction, a roller star wheel located in the slaving unit and connectable to the driven part fixed against relative rotation, clamping bodies located in freewheeling fashion between the slaving claws and points of a star of the roller star wheel, a stationary clamping ring located concentrically to the slaving means and the roller star wheel and having an inner annular face forming a counterpart clamping face for the clamping bodies, and radially displaceable centrifugal force elements located in the roller star wheel such that above a predetermined rpm the force elements clamp the roller star wheel firmly to the slaving means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2008
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Olivier Zeiter
  • Patent number: 7287602
    Abstract: A slaving and blocking device for transmitting a torque from a driving part to a driven part and for stopping the driven part at a torque engaging the driven part has a slaving element fixable on the driving part and having slaving claws offset from one another in a circumferential direction, a roller star wheel connectable to the driven part and having points of a star offset from one another in the circumferential direction, and a stationary clamping ring located concentrically with the slaving element and the roller star wheel. A contact face on the points of the star is configured so that the clamping rollers, which when the slaving element is driven are pressed by the slaving claws against contact faces of the points of the star, are thrust inwards.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2007
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Olivier Zeiter, Bruno Aeberhard, Beat Salzgeber
  • Publication number: 20060131127
    Abstract: A slaving and blocking device for transmitting a torque from a driving part to a driven part and for stopping the driven part at a torque engaging the driven part a slaving element fixable on the driving part and having slaving claws offset from one another in a circumferential direction, a roller star wheel connectable to the driven part and having points of a star offset from one another in the circumferential direction, a stationary clamping ring located concentrically with the slaving element and the roller star wheel, wherein a contact face on the points of the star is configured so that the clamping rollers, which when the slaving element is driven are pressed by the slaving claws against contact faces of the points of the star, are thrust inwards, and the slaving faces on the slaving claws are configured such that when the slaving element is driven, they load the clamping rollers with a pressure force such that a tangential force component of the pressure force is substantially greater than a radial fo
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventors: Olivier Zeiter, Bruno Aeberhard, Beat Salzgeber
  • Publication number: 20060131043
    Abstract: A slaving and blocking device for transmitting a torque from a driving part to a driven part and for stopping the driven part at a torque engaging the driven part has a slaving unit fixable on the driving part fixed against relative rotation and having slaving claws that are offset from one another in a circumferential direction, a roller star wheel located in the slaving unit and connectable to the driven part fixed against relative rotation, clamping bodies located in freewheeling fashion between the slaving claws and points of a star of the roller star wheel, a stationary clamping ring located concentrically to the slaving means and the roller star wheel and having an inner annular face forming a counterpart clamping face for the clamping bodies, and radially displaceable centrifugal force elements located in the roller star wheel such that above a predetermined rpm the force elements clamp the roller star wheel firmly to the slaving means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Publication date: June 22, 2006
    Inventor: Olivier Zeiter
  • Patent number: 6920695
    Abstract: A reciprocating hand saw (10), having a motor housing (16) and a gearbox (28) that receive a battery-operated direct-current motor (18) with a motor shaft having a shaft end (22) and a gear (28), respectively, which gear—as known per se in reciprocating saws—is connected to the shaft end in a way driven to rotate and whose gear input pinion (26) converts the rotation of the motor shaft end (22) into an up-and-down motion of a push rod (34) that carries a sawblade (38), can be produced economically and is especially sturdy because the gear (28) and its gearbox (14) originate in a reciprocating saw that can be operated by alternating current, and because between the shaft end (22) and the gear input pinion (26), a multi-stage coupling (24), disposed in a manner fixed against relative rotation for transmitting torque, comprises parts that can be easily separated from one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Olivier Zeiter, Daniel Saegesser
  • Publication number: 20040055167
    Abstract: A reciprocating hand saw (10), having a motor housing (16) and a gearbox (28) that receive a battery-operated direct-current motor (18) with a motor shaft having a shaft end (22) and a gear (28), respectively, which gear—as known per se in reciprocating saws—is connected to the shaft end in a way driven to rotate and whose gear input pinion (26) converts the rotation of the motor shaft end (22) into an up-and-down motion of a push rod (34) that carries a sawblade (38), can be produced economically and is especially sturdy because the gear (28) and its gearbox (14) originate in a reciprocating saw that can be operated by alternating current, and because between the shaft end (22) and the gear input pinion (26), a multi-stage coupling (24), disposed in a manner fixed against relative rotation for transmitting torque, comprises parts that can be easily separated from one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Inventors: Olivier Zeiter, Daniel Saegesser
  • Patent number: 6070675
    Abstract: A gear switchable planetary transmission for an electric hand power tool has a transmission housing, a hollow gear which is axially displaceable for a gear shifting and provided with a peripheral groove, a gear shifting member for an axial displacement of the hollow gear and provided with radial fingers engaging in the peripheral groove of the hollow gear, the gear shifting member having a shifting sleeve sliding on the gear transmission and at least one finger which is formed as a loop in at least one wire bracket, so that the at least one wire bracket is axially non displaceably inserted in the shifting sleeve and with its at least one loop engages through radial passages which are arranged over a periphery of the switching sleeve with offset in the transmission housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Scintilla AG
    Inventors: Thomas Mayer, Olivier Zeiter, Stephan Keller