Patents Assigned to Festool GmbH
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Patent number: 12290957Abstract: A power tool, in particular a hand-held power tool, including a support section for setting down the power tool on a substrate, in particular on a workpiece and/or a guide element. The power tool has a support detection device and is designed to detect, by the support detection device, a first support state, in which the power tool is supported on the substrate by way of at least one first region of the support surface, and/or a second support state, in which the power tool is not resting on the substrate by way of at least the first region, and to determine an operating state of the power tool on the basis of the detected support state.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2019Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Marc Rusch, Markus Schmid
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Patent number: 12288654Abstract: A switch (30) for a hand-held power tool (10) or as a component of a hand-held power tool (10), which has an electric drive motor (16) that can be switched by the switch (30). The switch (30) has a switch housing (33) with a switch chamber (35) in which a switch actuator (75) that can be moved between at least two switch positions (ML, MR) is arranged in order to actuate an electric switch element, said switch actuator being kinetically coupled, by means of a transmission element (70), to a switch (30) actuation element (32), which is arranged outside the switch housing (33) and can be moved between at least two actuation positions (R, L), wherein the transmission element (70) passes through a through-opening (54) on a wall of the switch housing (33) such that the switch actuator (75) can be moved by moving the actuation element (32) in order to actuate the switch element (24).Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2020Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Martin Fuchs, Philipp Huggenberger
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Patent number: 12280461Abstract: An electric device in the shape of a machine tool or an energy storage module for the electric power supply of a machine tool. The electric device has a wireless communication interface for wireless communication with an external communication apparatus, which forms part of a vacuum cleaner provided to suction dust generated by the machine tool and with the wireless communication interface being designed to send at least one control command to control the vacuum cleaner as a function of a switching status of the switching element to the external communication apparatus via a wireless control connection.Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2023Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: Festool GmbHInventor: Moritz Caspar
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Patent number: 12275073Abstract: A mobile handheld machine saw having a saw assembly, which has a saw toolholder for a saw tool and a saw drive motor for driving the saw toolholder, and having a guide device, wherein the handheld machine saw has a scoring assembly, which is arranged in front of the saw assembly on the guide device with respect to the working direction, having a scorer toolholder for a scoring tool and having a scoring drive for driving the scorer toolholder, wherein a score upstream from the saw cut to be introduced in the working direction can be introduced into the workpiece by means of the scoring tool protruding in front of the guide surface in scoring operation of the handheld machine tool. It is provided that the scoring assembly has a scorer dust extraction device for extracting particles arising during the introduction of the score by the scoring tool into the workpiece.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Philipp Sobl, Wolfgang Spengler, Marco Haible
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Patent number: 12251726Abstract: An attachment device for attachment to a drive device including a receptacle for a fluid container and a pressing device for pressing the fluid container, to effect the dispensing of fluid contained in the fluid container. The pressing device serves to lock the fluid container in the receptacle so that the fluid container cannot be removed from the receptacle. The attachment device further includes a stabilizing handle and an actuating element operable by the user to release the locking of the fluid container in the receptacle so that the fluid container can be removed from the receptacle, and in which the stabilizing handle is the actuating element or the actuating element is arranged in the region of the stabilizing handle so that the user can actuate the actuating element with his hand while the user grips the stabilizing handle with this hand.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Daniel Schäuble, Christoph Dieter
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Patent number: 12240084Abstract: A power tool device, in particular a screwing and/or drilling device, including a drive unit for a rotational driving of a tool, in particular a drill or a screwdriver blade. The power tool device is adapted to detect at least one drive variable (AG) during the rotational driving of the tool, in which the drive variable (AG) is the torque acting on the tool and/or a drive variable associated with this torque, for example an electrical drive variable of the drive unit. The power tool device is adapted to determine a change criterion during the rotational driving of the tool on the basis of the at least one detected drive variable (AG) and to change the rotational driving of the tool in response to the detected drive variable (AG) satisfying the change criterion.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Christoph Dieter, Moritz Keller, Peter Seiler
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Patent number: 12224697Abstract: A power tool, in particular a handheld power tool, for example a grinding machine, that includes a tool, an electric motor for driving the tool, and a control unit for actuating the electric motor using a motor current (MI). The control unit has a start-up mode in which the control unit actuates the electric motor in such a way that the electric motor during the start-up mode traverses a rotational speed ramp (DR), at which the rotational speed of the electric motor is increased continuously up to operating rotational speed (ADZ) The control unit is designed to adjust the gradient of the rotational speed ramp (DR) on the basis of an acquired temperature for the start-up mode and/or to adjust the intensity of the motor current (MI) on the basis of the acquired temperature for the start-up mode.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Tobias Hofmann, Norbert Morgenstern
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Patent number: 12220803Abstract: An attachment for a hand-held power tool, wherein the attachment has an attachment housing and a drive element on a drive side, which drive element can be coupled to a machine output element of the hand-held power tool in order to drive the attachment and is firmly connected to an output element of the attachment or is motion-coupled via a gear to drive a working tool, wherein the attachment has a fastening device on the drive side for detachable fastening to the hand-held power tool, wherein the fastening device has at least one support surface that is stationary with respect to the attachment housing for providing support on the hand-held power tool in the direction of a support axis and at least one locking body adjustable between a locking position and an unlocking position and loaded into the locking position by a spring assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventors: Benjamin Allgaier, Peter Seiler, Alexander Lautenschläger
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Patent number: 12202167Abstract: A stop unit, in particular to an angle stop, for guiding and/or for the feed of a workpiece to a saw blade of a bench saw, including a stop arm which extends in a longitudinal direction for the contact of the workpiece. The stop arm includes a main section which is manufactured from a first material and which extends over more than half the longitudinal extension of the stop arm, and at least one second end section which is arranged on an end of the main section which is located in the longitudinal direction. The second section is able to come into contact with the saw blade given an advance of the workpiece towards the saw blade, where the at least one end section is manufactured from a second material.Type: GrantFiled: January 9, 2020Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Ondrej Kovács, Václav Zvánovec
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Patent number: 12194551Abstract: A portable handheld machine saw having a saw assembly (11) which has a saw tool receptacle (14) for a saw tool (15) and a saw drive motor (12) for driving the saw tool receptacle (14), and having a guide device (17) which has a guide body (18) having a guide surface (19) extending along a longitudinal axis (L) for guiding the handheld machine saw (10) in a working direction (AR) on a workpiece (W). The handheld machine saw (10) has a pre-scoring assembly (31), arranged in front of the saw assembly (11) on the guide device (17) in relation to the working direction (AR), having a pre-scoring tool receptacle (34) for a pre-scoring tool (35), and having a pre-scoring drive (32A), for driving the pre-scoring tool receptacle (34), wherein, on the basis of the pre-scoring tool (35) protruding in front of the guide surface (19) during pre-scoring operation of the handheld machine tool, a score (RI) can be introduced into the workpiece (W), in the working direction (AR), in front of the saw cut (SAE) to be introduced.Type: GrantFiled: December 13, 2020Date of Patent: January 14, 2025Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Philipp Sobl, Marco Haible, Andreas Randecker
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Patent number: 12167824Abstract: A particle receiving device for attachment to a particle outlet of a vacuum cleaner and/or of a cyclone separator and for receiving separated particles, including: a particle receiving volume for receiving the particles, an access element with an access element opening through which the particles can be transported into the particle receiving volume, and a closure element. The access element is selectively displaceable relative to the closure element into a closure position in which the closure element closes access opening, or into an open position in which the closure element releases the access element opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2019Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignee: Festool GmbHInventor: Gerhard Grebing
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Patent number: 12160195Abstract: A drive motor (10) for a vacuum cleaner or a machine tool, wherein the drive motor (10) includes a stator (20) with a stator coil arrangement (26), and a rotor (30) wherein a sensor arrangement (60) is arranged in a stationary manner with respect to the stator in order to detect a respective angle of rotation position of the rotor (30) with respect to the stator, said sensor arrangement comprising at least two sensors (67A, 67b, 67C). It is provided that the at least two sensors are configured to detect two waves of a magnetic rotating field (FB) of the rotor (30) wherein the sensors generate the switching signals in a manner dependent on a wave of the magnetic rotating field (FB) exceeding or undershooting a switching threshold (SH, SL) of the sensor (67A, 67b, 67C).Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventors: Patrick Schön, Markus With
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Patent number: 12157139Abstract: A fluid container press including a receptacle for a fluid container, a pressing device for pressing the fluid container and for locking the fluid container in the receptacle, a carrying handle, and a stabilizing handle with which the fluid container press can be gripped and stabilized with a second hand of the user while the user grips the carrying handle with his first hand. The fluid container press includes an actuating element operable by the user to release the locking of the fluid container in the receptacle so that the fluid container can be removed from the receptacle, in which the stabilizing handle is the actuating element or the actuating element is arranged in the region of the stabilizing handle so that the user can actuate the actuating element with his second hand while the user grips the stabilizing handle with his second hand.Type: GrantFiled: February 11, 2021Date of Patent: December 3, 2024Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Daniel Schäuble, Christoph Dieter
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Patent number: 12138730Abstract: A device for supporting and/or guiding a machine tool or a workpiece, wherein the device includes a contact body having a contact surface for contact on a work surface of a workpiece or a wall. It is provided that the contact body includes a holding element having an adhesive means for adhesion to the work surface, wherein the adhesive means, when the contact surface of the contact body bears against the work surface, can be brought from a positioning state, in which the adhesive means is not in contact with the work surface and the contact surface can be positioned with respect to the work surface into an adhesive state, in which the adhesive means adheres to the work surface and fixes the contact body on the work surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: Festool GmbHInventor: Wolfgang Spengler
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Patent number: 12128514Abstract: The invention relates to a tool apparatus (10) with a drivable tool (1), comprising a shaft (2) which is coupled to the tool (1), further comprising one or plural braking bodies (3) which in particular are arranged distributed around the shaft (2) in the circumferential direction, wherein the tool apparatus (10) is adapted to bring the one or plural braking bodies (3) from a release state into a braking state in the course of a braking procedure, wherein in the braking state the one or the plural braking bodies (3) are in contact with the shaft and thereby exert a braking force upon the shaft (2), so that the shaft (2) and thereby also the tool (1) are braked and wherein in the release state the one or the plural braking bodies (3) are not in contact with the shaft (2).Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2020Date of Patent: October 29, 2024Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Markus Schmid, Christian Schock
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Patent number: 12119722Abstract: A drive motor for a suction tool (400) or a machine tool in the form of a hand-held power tool (200, 300) or a semi-stationary machine tool. The drive motor (20, 120) has a stator (80) with an excitation coil assembly (86) and a rotor (40, 140) with a motor shaft (30, 130) which is rotatably mounted on the stator or relative to the stator (80) about a rotational axis (D) by means of a bearing assembly (24A), and the drive motor (20, 120) has a connection device (100) for electrically connecting the drive motor to an energizing device (206, 306) for energizing the excitation coil assembly (86). The connection device (100) has a main part (103) for securing to the stator (80) and a receiving arm (108) which protrudes from the main part (103), a conductor receiving area (107) being formed between the main part and the receiving arm for at least one electric coil conductor (88) of an excitation coil (87) of the excitation coil assembly (86).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Bernd Walter, Florian Goos, Volker Barth
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Patent number: 12115641Abstract: A connection assembly for connecting a tool head and a further machine module of a machine tool, in particular a surface finishing machine, wherein the connection assembly (10) includes at least two connection parts following one another along a longitudinal axis and each having a connection section via which the connection parts are connectable to one another.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Stefan Tulodziecki, Hans-Peter Albrecht
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Patent number: 12113424Abstract: A drive motor for a suction device (400) or a machine tool in the form of a handheld power tool (200, 300) or a semi-stationary machine tool, wherein the drive motor (20, 120) includes a stator (80) having an excitation coil assembly (86) and a rotor (40, 140) having a motor shaft (30, 130), which is rotatably mounted around a rotational axis (D) on the stator or with respect to the stator (80) by means of a bearing assembly (24A) and passes through a shaft through-opening (42, 142) of a laminated core (41, 141) which is held on the motor shaft (30, 130) and is electrically insulated from the motor shaft (30, 130). It is provided that an insulation sleeve (60) is arranged between the motor shaft (30, 130) and the laminated core (41, 141), which is inserted into the shaft through-opening (42, 142) and has a socket (64) with an insertion opening (64A) through which the motor shaft (30, 130) is plugged into the socket along an insertion axis (S).Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventors: Volker Barth, Florian Goos
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Patent number: 12090562Abstract: A power tool with a rotatable tool designed as a saw blade or a milling cutter, including a sensor device for detecting a mechanical quantity, the mechanical quantity having a force, an acceleration, a velocity, a deflection, a deformation and/or a mechanical stress, and the mechanical quantity being dependent on a force emanating from the tool, and a control device communicatively coupled to the sensor device, which control device is adapted to recognize a kickback event based on the detected mechanical quantity, where the control device is adapted to selectively determine a first recognition function or a second recognition function different from the first recognition function based on a function determination information, and to perform the recognition of the kickback event based on the detected mechanical quantity using the determined recognition function.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: September 17, 2024Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventors: Markus Schmid, Marc Rusch
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Patent number: D1066444Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventors: Timo Kuhls, Philipp Eisenmann