Patents Assigned to Andreas Stihl
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Patent number: 12059793Abstract: A hand-held working apparatus has an apparatus housing, a working tool capable of being motor-driven, a drive motor for the working tool, and an operating data communication component connected to the apparatus housing and having a communication interface configured for wireless transmission of operating data. The operating data communication component has a mounting region by which it is mounted on an attachment region of the apparatus housing. The attachment region is located on an inside of an outer wall of the apparatus housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Johannes Luecke, David Hampe
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Patent number: 12040735Abstract: A method for ascertaining, without an encoder, a rotational angle position of the rotor of a brushless DC motor, includes the steps of: detecting a voltage induced in a stator of the brushless DC motor; checking whether the voltage induced in the stator is lower than a threshold value; and if the induced voltage is lower than the threshold value, then ascertaining an initial rotational angle position of the rotor based on an Indirect Flux detection by Online Reactance Measurement, and subsequently updating the rotational angle position proceeding from the calculated initial rotational angle position using at least one continuous test signal.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2022Date of Patent: July 16, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Jan Lukas Braun, Simon Dietrich, Maximilian Robrecht
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Patent number: 12029159Abstract: A cutter head for a brush cutter has a base body with top base body part and bottom base body part. A screw element is arranged at the bottom base body part for attachment to an output shaft of the brush cutter. A receptacle for fastening a cutting tool is provided between top and bottom base body parts. The base body is rotatably driven in operation of the brush cutter about an axis of rotation of the base body. The top and bottom base body parts are held together by a detachable snap-on connection. The snap-on connection is positioned at a distance, measured in a radial direction, from the axis of rotation of the base body. The distance amounts to at most 40% of the cutter head diameter. For releasing the snap-on connection, the top and bottom base body parts are pulled apart from each other by a pulling force.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2021Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventor: Achim Rethaber
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Patent number: 12017337Abstract: A handheld apparatus includes a handle at least partially engaging around a housing. The housing extends along a longitudinal axis from the back to the front end. The apparatus possesses a longitudinal plane which in a storage position runs perpendicular to the horizontal plane and contains the longitudinal axis. An operator-control region has a handle opening penetrating fully through the housing in the direction transverse to the longitudinal plane. The handle opening has in the direction of the longitudinal axis a distance point with the largest distance to the back end. The operator-control region extends in the direction of the longitudinal axis from the back end up to the distance point. The housing possesses an imaginary tangential plane which is only tangent to the housing, runs perpendicular to the longitudinal plane and is tangent to the handle. The imaginary plane is tangent to the housing in the operator-control region.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2022Date of Patent: June 25, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Heiko Diehl, Daniel Boepple, Alexander Haertel
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Patent number: 12010943Abstract: A construction for a battery pack has: a temperature sensor with a sensor head, wherein the sensor head measures a temperature of at least one battery cell via a sensor element and a number of sensor cables contiguous to the sensor head; an assembly body, defining a head disposal region for disposing the sensor head and a cable disposal region contiguous to the head disposal region for disposing a cable portion of the number of sensor cables. The assembly body has a head securing element with a cable conduit. A conduit width of the cable conduit is larger than or equal to a cable width of the disposed cable portion and smaller than a head width of the disposed sensor head such that the head securing element is configured for securing in a form-fitting manner the sensor head disposed in the head disposal region in relation to a movement in the direction of the cable disposal region. The assembly body has a cable securing element.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2019Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Denis Ehrler, Malte Von Hofen, Alexander Nordmann, Joachim Kolb
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Patent number: 11997960Abstract: A hand-guided gardening, forestry and/or construction processing device includes a processing tool, an electric motor drive system, wherein the electric motor drive system is designed to drive the processing tool, a user-adjustable operating element, and a control device. The control device is designed to control a target slope rate of a rotational speed of the electric motor drive system in dependence on a position of the operating element according to at least one allocation in such a way that maximum target slope rates of the rotational speed differ for different positions.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Heinrich Leufen, Philippe Buerckel, Simon Klaiber, Alexander Haas
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Publication number: 20240170757Abstract: A battery pack has a closed housing with an inner receiving space for several battery cells. The housing has a general basic shape with first and second side walls. The side walls of the housing are made of a heat-conducting material. The inner surfaces of the side walls limit the receiving space. In order to create a thermally balanced battery pack, a cell assembly including several battery cells is accommodated in the receiving space. A battery cell has flat sides and edge sides. The battery cells lie with their flat sides stacked next to each other such that there are outer battery cells and inner battery cells. The outer battery cells rest with their flat sides in a flat and heat-transferring manner against the inner surfaces of the first side walls of the housing, and the inner battery cells are heat-transferring to the outer battery cells of the cell assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Maria Pöhler, Andreas Wolf, Alexander Härtel, Jürgen Glaser, Andreas Henzler
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Patent number: 11980138Abstract: A hand-held treatment system includes: a hand-held treatment device and at least one attachment, wherein the treatment device has a movable treatment part and an electric drive motor system for moving the treatment part. The electric drive motor system has at least one electrical path with at least one interruption. The at least one attachment has a contact bridge. The treatment device and the at least one attachment are configured for the spatial arrangement of the at least one attachment from a hazard position into a safety position, which is different from the hazard position, on the treatment device such that by the at least one attachment being in the hazard position, the at least one contact bridge does not electrically bridge the at least one interruption, and by the arrangement of the at least one attachment in the safety position, the at least one contact bridge electrically bridges the at least one interruption.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2021Date of Patent: May 14, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Markus Oesterle, Jonathan Seiz, Mario Kuschewski
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Publication number: 20240151698Abstract: A generator provides a supply voltage for an electrical consumer. It includes an internal combustion engine driving the generator. An electrical control unit has an incoming electrical line for supplying an operating voltage thereto. The control unit further has at least one outgoing electrical line. The outgoing electrical line is connected to at least one operating unit that is necessary for operating the internal combustion engine. In order to switch off the internal combustion engine in the event of an increased CO concentration in the vicinity of the generator, a breaker is arranged in an electrical line of the control unit. The breaker is controlled by a CO sensor, which is designed to open the breaker and interrupt the electrical line when a predeterminable CO limit value is exceeded.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Felix Mayer, Manuel Dangelmaier
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Patent number: 11976587Abstract: A two-stroke engine includes a cylinder having a combustion chamber. The combustion chamber is delimited by a piston guided in a reciprocating manner in the cylinder and drives a crankshaft. A first intake channel opens into the crankcase interior. A transfer channel opens into the crankcase interior via a transfer window on a cylinder bore of the cylinder and via a passage opening. A second intake channel is provided for supplying scavenging air to the transfer channel. The first intake channel and the second intake channel are configured for supplying air. An injection valve configured for injecting the entire quantity of fuel to be supplied to the engine directly into the crankcase interior is disposed on the crankcase. A method for operating a two-stroke engine provides that the entire quantity of fuel to be supplied to the engine via a metering installation is supplied directly to the crankcase interior.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Robert Koehli, Tilman Seidel, Jan Pawlowski, Tobias Deigendesch
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Patent number: 11968932Abstract: A garden and/or forestry system has a hand-held gardening and/or forestry processing apparatus, and an assistance device, which is formed separately from the gardening and/or forestry processing apparatus and which is designed to support a user in operation of the gardening and/or forestry processing apparatus. The assistance device has a user interface, by which the assistance device is controllable by user inputs. The hand-held gardening and/or forestry processing apparatus has a user-actuable operator control element for user inputs to the user interface.Type: GrantFiled: July 4, 2018Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Oliver Gerstenberger, Maximilian Eberhardt, Jan Kurzenberger, Benjamin Frey
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Patent number: 11967844Abstract: A charger housing has an operating side, at least one battery charging port, which is accessible from the operating side, and a first fastening region, on the outer side of the housing, on a first fastening side which is different from the operating side. The first fastening region is designed for detachably fastening the charger housing to a fastening support and has one or more first fastening elements. The charger housing also has a second fastening region, on the outer side of the housing, on a second fastening side which is different from the operating side and the first fastening side. The second fastening region is designed for detachably fastening the charger housing to a fastening support and has one or more second fastening elements. Use may be as a housing of a charger for recharging battery packs for electric gardening and forestry working apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Michael Fuchs, Charis Hellmann
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Patent number: 11958155Abstract: The invention is directed to a handheld work apparatus having a work tool. The work apparatus defines a longitudinal plane and includes a handle having a longitudinal axis. The blocking lever is mounted so as to be pivotable about a rotational axis. The blocking lever blocks the actuating lever in a blocking or disable position and enables the actuating lever for actuation in at least one operating enable position. In the direction of view perpendicular to the longitudinal plane, the longitudinal axis of the handle and the rotational axis of the blocking lever conjointly define an angle (?). The angle (?) lies in a range of from 10° to 60°.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Felix Oberhofer, Marcus Jenke, Franziska Kern, Thomas Maier, Verena Mann, Lars Bathke, Roland Mandel, Benedikt Posner
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Patent number: 11960265Abstract: A method adapts an apparatus to a motor-driven tool from a set of different types of motor-driven tools. The apparatus is arranged on the tool. The method has the steps of: capturing an identifier of the tool by way of the apparatus, and transmitting an item of type-specific configuration information from a database to the apparatus on the basis of the captured identifier in such a manner that the apparatus is designed to process operating data of the tool in a type-specific manner.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Michael Kaiser, Andre Vaas, Kay-Steffen Gurr
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Publication number: 20240120764Abstract: A device for charging a battery pack includes a first battery compartment for a first battery pack and at least one second battery compartment for a further battery pack. The device is connected to a service voltage via a power supply unit. A voltage regulator is connected to the power supply and has a power output connected to the battery compartment. To charge battery packs with different performance data in a battery compartment, a first voltage regulator with a first power output for a first maximum charging current and at least one second voltage regulator having a second power output a second maximum charging current are provided. A switch arrangement is provided, which is designed to selectively connect the power output of a voltage regulator to only one battery compartment or the power outputs of at least two voltage regulators can be connected to just one battery compartment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Thomas Heinrich, Daniel Sauerteig, Leonard Mattheis
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Patent number: 11952937Abstract: A two-stroke engine possesses a cylinder, in the cylinder bore of which a combustion chamber is formed. The combustion chamber is bounded by a reciprocating piston, which drives a crankshaft rotatably mounted in a crankcase. A crankcase interior is fluidically connected to the combustion chamber across at least one transfer channel in at least one position of the piston. The at least one transfer channel emerges with a discharge opening in the crankcase interior and with at least one transfer window on the cylinder bore. It is proposed that all transfer channels have an average length as measured from the discharge opening to the transfer window, the average length being at least 1.5 in relation to the stroke, and that the volume of the crankcase interior including all transfer channels is at most 3.1 in relation to the piston displacement.Type: GrantFiled: June 13, 2023Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Michael Grether, Robert Koehli, Richard Wirt, Bernd Engel
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Patent number: 11940316Abstract: An optical operating fluid detector for optical detection of operating fluid for a hand-guided garden, forestry and/or construction machining appliance includes a light source, an operating fluid line and a light receiver. The light source is designed for radiation of rays of light. The operating fluid line is designed for optical interaction of rays of light from the light source with operating fluid in line for the optical detection of operating fluid. The light receiver is designed for differing reception of rays of light from the line in dependence on the presence or the absence of operating fluid in the line. The operating fluid detector has an optical deflecting device. The deflecting device is designed for deflection of rays of light from the light source to the operating fluid line and/or for deflection of rays of light from the line to the light receiver.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Alexander Haas, Michael Pulfer
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Patent number: 11937036Abstract: A headset has earmuffs connected by a connection element. The earmuffs have inner sides facing each other and outer sides facing away from each other in a first transverse direction. The earmuffs extend from a bottom side to a top side in a vertical direction. The earmuffs extend from a first to a second longitudinal side in a second transverse direction. At least one of the earmuffs has a positioning pocket at the outer side with a button arranged therein. The positioning pocket extends across a width in second transverse direction that corresponds to at least 50% of a width of the at least one of the earmuffs. The positioning pocket has a bottom end and a top end and extends in vertical direction from the bottom end to the top end. The top end of the positioning pocket forms a stop edge for fingertips of an operator's hand.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2021Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventors: Harald Mang, Maren Langhammer, Julian Danner, Nils Conrad
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Patent number: 11925140Abstract: A trimmer line cutting head has a trimmer line spool rotatably supported about an axis of rotation and disposed slidably between housing and housing cover along the axis of rotation. A spring element pretensions the trimmer line spool in an operating position of the trimmer line cutting head. An indexing device has a terminal stop connecting the trimmer line spool in the operating position to the housing in fixed connection for common rotation of trimmer line spool and housing. By applying an actuating force to the indexing device, the trimmer line spool is adjustable from the operating position axially into an inoperative state of the trimmer line cutting head for paying out trimmer line. The indexing device has a rotational stop formed in a slot in a wall of the trimmer line spool and limiting rotation of the trimmer line spool relative to the housing in the inoperative state.Type: GrantFiled: August 25, 2020Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventor: Achim Rethaber
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Patent number: 11907908Abstract: A method and system ascertain information relating to a collection, a start and/or an end of a period spent in a workshop and/or in storage and/or a delivery of a green space and/or cultivated area treatment device. The method involves the steps of: providing a growth characteristic variable, wherein the growth characteristic variable is characteristic for plant growth on and/or in a space/area treated and/or to be treated by way of the green space and/or cultivated area treatment device; and ascertaining the information on the basis of the provided growth characteristic variable.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KGInventor: Robert Boeker