Patents Assigned to Andreas Stihl
  • Patent number: 11806464
    Abstract: A hand-held suction system includes: a hand-held suction device, a tube unit and a bag unit, wherein the tube unit has a suction tube and a tube connecting part, and wherein the bag unit has a collecting bag and a bag connecting part. The tube connecting part and the bag connecting part are designed to form a mechanical connection to one another in order to hold the bag unit by way of the tube unit. The tube connecting part is arranged in such a way on a circumference of the suction tube, in an upper half of the circumference in a circumferential direction, in a correct operating position of the suction system, and the suction system is designed in such a way that the bag unit held by the tube unit extends downwards in the circumferential direction along the suction tube, on the upper half of the circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Pfeifer, Jonathan Seiz, Alexander Fuchs, Markus Oesterle
  • Patent number: 11795961
    Abstract: The disclosure concerns a fan wheel, including a base body with a rotational axis, and a swing part. The base body is made of a first material and the swing part is made of a second material. The density of the second material and the density of the first material are different. The swing part has a surface. The swing part is at least partially surrounded by the base body, so that the base body covers at least 80%, in particular at least 90%, preferably at least 95% of the surface of the swing part. The first material has a first thermal expansion coefficient, and the second material has a second thermal expansion coefficient. The second thermal expansion coefficient amounts to 70% to 110%, in particular 80% to 100%, preferably 85% to 95% of the first thermal expansion coefficient, and/or the swing part is substantially annular and runs fully closed around the rotational axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jan Pawlowski, Benjamin Barth
  • Patent number: 11785887
    Abstract: A trimmer has a guide tube and a tool unit connected to an end of the guide tube. A handlebar is secured to the guide tube and has handles connected to a respective end of the bar of the handlebar. Each handle has a shaft with a fastening end and a free end. The fastening end is provided to secure the handle on the power tool. The handles each have a front side facing the tool unit of the guide tube end and an oppositely positioned rear side. The handles each have an inner side and an outer side, wherein the inner sides face each other and wherein the outer sides face away from each other. At least one of the handles is provided with a heel of hand support designed as an elevation extending at the inner side and at the rear side of the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Liv Bicheier, Roland Mandel, Simon Haug
  • Patent number: 11787035
    Abstract: A housing for a work implement has a first housing shell with first outer wall and a second housing shell with second outer wall. The first and second outer walls contact each other along a separation plane. The first housing shell has a first rib extending transversely to the separation plane and projecting past the separation plane into the second housing shell. First measuring points are located in the separation plane. The first rib has a first rib height measured in transverse direction from a first measuring point to a first end of the first rib facing the second housing shell. The second housing shell has a second shell height measured in transverse direction from the same first measuring point to an inner side of the second housing shell. The first measuring points include measuring points where the first rib height is at least 15% of the second shell height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Jonathan Seiz, Markus Oesterle, Thomas Haag
  • Patent number: 11773767
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Robert Koehli, Tilman Seidel, Jan Pawlowski, Tobias Deigendesch
  • Patent number: 11772221
    Abstract: A first actuating element acts on a blocking device for an operator-controlled element for controlling the drive motor. In an enabled position of the blocking device, the operator-controlled element is enabled to control the drive motor. In a blocking position the blocking device mechanically blocks any actuation of the operator-controlled element. The first element acts on the blocking device via a transfer unit. In an actuated position of a second actuating element, the transfer unit establishes an operative connection between the first element and the blocking device, such that the blocking device is in the enabled position in the actuated position of the first element and is in the blocking position in the non-actuated position of the first element. In the non-actuated position of the second actuating element, the transfer unit is ineffective so that the blocking device is in the blocking position regardless of the first element's position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Joachim Kolb, Martin Failenschmid, Benedikt Posner, Sebastian Friedrich
  • Patent number: 11772295
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a chain saw having a housing and a drive motor. The guide bar is held on the housing by way of a releasable fastening arrangement and, when the fastening arrangement is released, by way of a tensioning device is displaceable in relation to the housing in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the guide bar. The chain saw includes a chain lifting device which is configured separately from the tensioning device. The chain lifting device in a deflected position of the chain lifting device is configured for deflecting the saw chain when the tensioning device tensions the saw chain, and in an operating position of the chain lifting device is configured for relaxing the saw chain when the guide bar is fixed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Lars Bathke
  • Patent number: 11758839
    Abstract: A method teaches at least one section of a delimiting border of a land area for a green area maintenance system. The green area maintenance system has: an autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot, and a robot position determining system. The robot position determining system is designed to detect robot position coordinates of the green area maintenance robot. The robot position coordinates are based on a first position determining technology. The method (a) defines a sequence of teach-in position coordinates of the section, the teach-in position coordinates being based on a second position determining technology different from the first position determining technology, and (b) transforms the defined sequence of teach-in position coordinates into a sequence of transformation robot position coordinates, the transformation robot position coordinates being based on the first position determining technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Matthias Gruhler, Goetz Wintergerst, Stephan Meyer, Petrus Van Zutven, Sebastian Kraemer, Samuel Zoettl
  • Publication number: 20230264335
    Abstract: A portable work apparatus comprises a housing (2) and a tool (9). A drive motor (5) is arranged in the housing (2) between the first end (3) and the second end (4) and has a drive shaft (7) for driving the tool (9). The drive motor (5) has a first bearing (12) and a second bearing (13). The drive shaft (7) is rotatably (11) supported relative to the housing (2) by means of the first bearing (12) and the second bearing (13). A drive transmission unit (8) is functionally arranged between the drive motor (5) and the tool (9). The work apparatus (1) has additional bearing (14) for supporting the drive shaft (7) relative to the housing (2) of the work apparatus (1) arranged on the drive shaft (7).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: David Klett, Heiko Diehl, Sebastian Junker
  • Patent number: 11731305
    Abstract: A hand-portable garden, forestry and/or construction processing device has a cutting tool, an electric drive motor, a motor operating element, and a control device. The cutting tool is designed for cutting through work. The drive motor is designed for driving the cutting tool. The motor operating element is user-adjustable over an adjustment range from a minimum setting to a maximum setting. The control device is designed for controlling a target speed of the drive motor in accordance with a setting of the motor operating element in at least one first operating mode and one second operating mode. In the first operating mode, the target speed increases over at least one segment from a minimum of 0.5 times the adjustment range as the setting increases, wherein the increase changes over the segment by a maximum of 60%. In the second operating mode, the target speed is a minimum of 0.9 times a maximum target speed of the second operating mode as the setting increases from a maximum of 50% of the adjustment range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Georg Heinzelmann, Pirmin Sontheim, Alexander Haas, Peter Seibold
  • Patent number: 11730093
    Abstract: A system assists during execution of a sequence of cuttings in a tree, wherein, during a cutting sequence, a first cut in the tree is followed by a second cut in the tree At least a part of an ideal course of the second cut depends on at least a part of a course of the first cut. An identification device identifies at least the part of the course of the first cut in the tree. A precalculation device precalculates at least the part of the ideal course of the second cut in the tree based on the identified part of the course of the first cut. An output device outputs cutting information for executing the second cut based on the precalculated part of the ideal course of the second cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Andreas Eppinger, Florian Eppinger, Benjamin Frey, Friedrich Hollmeier, Dirk Jaeger, Antonio Kraemer Fernandez, Steffen Kugel, Harald Mang, Bettina Maier, Michael Reinert, Steffen Suepple, Martin Tippelt
  • Patent number: 11723321
    Abstract: A system assists during felling of a tree. A provision device provides a property of the tree and/or a property of an environment of the tree, identifies at least part of a course of a cut in the tree for felling the tree and/or identifies a position and/or an orientation of a cutting apparatus executing the cut. A determination device obtains felling information related to an ideal felling direction of the tree, compares the identified part of the course to an obtained part of an ideal course of a cut to be executed in the tree for felling the tree in the ideal felling direction, compares the identified position and/or the identified orientation of the cutting apparatus to an obtained ideal position and/or an obtained ideal orientation of the cutting apparatus, and obtains cutting information based on the comparison. An output device outputs the obtained felling information and cutting information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Dirk Jaeger, Harald Mang, Bettina Maier, Martin Tippelt
  • Publication number: 20230241755
    Abstract: A handheld work apparatus comprises an actuating element (8) for actuating a drive motor (3), and a blocking element (9) arranged on a top side (6) of a handle portion (5). The blocking element (9) is operatively connected to the actuating element (8). A control circuit (17) for controlling the drive motor (3) is provided. A switch (15) can be actuated via the blocking element (9) and has a switching element (16). The switch (15) sends a signal to the control circuit (17) in an activated state. The switch (15) is arranged in the handle portion (5) between the blocking element (9) and a bottom side (7) of the handle portion (5) and is oriented such that the switching element (16) of the switch (15) faces the bottom side (7) of the handle portion (5).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Simon Wacker, Georg Heinzelmann
  • Publication number: 20230241756
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-carried work apparatus with a housing (2), with a drive motor (3) arranged in the housing (2), wherein the drive motor (3) drives a tool (5) arranged at the front end (30) of the housing (2), wherein a first electrical functional element (13) is arranged in the housing (2), and wherein at least one second electrical functional element (14) is arranged on the outside (12) of the front handle (6), wherein the first electrical functional element (13) is connected to the second functional element (14) via at least one connecting cable (15), and wherein the at least one connecting cable (15) is arranged at least partially in the interior space (10) of the front handle (6) in the area of the side section (33) of the front handle (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Markus Nefzger
  • Patent number: 11713738
    Abstract: A fuel feed unit has a base body with an intake channel section, into which a fuel opening opens. A partition wall section divides the intake channel section into a mixture channel and an air channel. The wall section has a recess in which the throttle flap at least partially lies in an end position. The wall section has, upstream of the recess, a continuous surface facing the mixture channel and which has lateral sections adjacent to the channel wall and a middle section running between the lateral sections. The lateral sections have, upstream of the throttle flap, a separation edge for the flow. In the end position, the side of the throttle flap facing the mixture channel defines a reference plane which divides the unit into a first region and a second region. The lateral sections extend, at least directly upstream of the recess, into the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Michael Grether, Johannes Alber, Michael Raffenberg, Hannes Frank
  • Patent number: 11708235
    Abstract: A hose reel unit for a high-pressure washer has a hose reel and a reel hose arranged in its receptacle. The hose reel is rotatable about an axis of rotation for winding and unwinding the reel hose. The first end of the reel hose is connectable to a supply line and the second end to a washer wand of the high-pressure washer. The hose reel has sidewalls delimiting the receptacle in a direction of the axis of rotation. The first end of the reel hose extends to the first sidewall and is coaxial to the axis of rotation. A guide device arranged between the sidewalls guides the reel hose such that the axis of rotation extends through the reel hose. The guide device is spaced apart form the first end of the reel hose at a support distance measured in a direction of the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Christopher Tost, Philipp Werner, Yannik Baumhackl
  • Patent number: 11685034
    Abstract: A handheld work apparatus includes a work tool, a belt drive, a drive motor configured to drive the work tool via the belt drive, a brake unit configured to act on the belt drive, and a holding arrangement. The brake unit has a braking position and a released position and the holding arrangement is configured to hold the brake unit in the released position. The holding arrangement includes an electromagnet to which current is supplied during operation of the work apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sebastian Hanussek, Jan Rieger
  • Patent number: 11672200
    Abstract: A method for determining a robot position of an autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot on an area to be maintained includes the steps of: determining at least one robot position of the autonomous mobile green area maintenance robot by virtue of the green area maintenance robot receiving at least one global positioning signal from a global positioning system; determining a station position for at least one local positioning station on the basis of the at least one determined robot position and by interchanging at least one local positioning signal between the green area maintenance robot and the at least one positioning station; and determining a robot position of the green area maintenance robot on the area to be maintained on the basis of the at least one determined station position and by interchanging at least one local positioning signal between the green area maintenance robot and the at least one positioning station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Ulrich Mittmann, Patrick Henkel, Andreas Strohmaier, Sebastian Kraemer, Petrus Van Zutven
  • Patent number: 11651911
    Abstract: A method operates an electrical treatment device having a user-operable operating switch, and a motor electronics system with a motor control and an electric drive motor. The switch electrically connects to a drive voltage source and the motor electronics system. The motor electronics system electrically connects to the drive motor on an output side via the motor control. The method monitors whether an input voltage at the motor electronics system meets a closed criterion or an open criterion, wherein the closed criterion is characteristic of a closed switching state of the operating switch, and wherein the open criterion is characteristic of an open switching state of the operating switch, and when the open criterion is met, operates the motor control in a state from an open state set that includes a voltage control state for limiting an increase in the input voltage caused by the running-down electric drive motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Tobias Schmidt, Kay-Steffen Gurr, Marc Saemann, Rudolf Saemann
  • Patent number: D997997
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Markus Schönecker