Patents Assigned to Festool GmbH
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Publication number: 20230369702Abstract: The invention relates to a holding device for arrangement on a battery pack of a machine tool, in particular a hand-held power tool, having at least one receptacle for holding a tool (14), an accessory or a consumable for the machine tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2021Publication date: November 16, 2023Applicant: Festool GmbHInventor: Benjamin STRAUB
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Patent number: 11751745Abstract: An electric device as a first or system component for a system which includes a first system component including at least one of a machine tool and a vacuum cleaner and, a second system component including an electric energy storage module to provide electric energy for the first system component. The system components have device interfaces compatible with one another for detachable fastening to one another and for the transmission of electric energy from the energy storage module to the machine tool or the vacuum cleaner. The electric device has a communication interface for a wireless control connection to or from a vacuum cleaner to actuate the vacuum cleaner. The device interfaces are electrically or mechanically separated from one another in a separation status and are electrically or mechanically connected to one another in an operating status.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: FESTOOL GmbhInventor: Moritz Caspar
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Patent number: 11745381Abstract: A mobile machine tool including a guide element, having a guide surface, for guiding the machine tool and a workpiece surface of the workpiece to one another along a machining path. The machine tool includes a drive unit having a drive motor for driving a tool receptacle arranged on the drive unit for receiving a work tool and a detection device for detecting at least one workpiece reference which is associated, with respect to a machining path, with a machining start point where the work tool starts the machining of the workpiece or with a machining end point where the work tool ends the machining of the workpiece. The tool receptacle is designed for rotationally driving the work tool about an axis of rotation and for adjusting a penetration depth of the work tool into the workpiece by means of a depth adjustment device between depth adjustment positions.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2019Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Matthias Kübeler, Marc Rusch, Daniel Schäuble
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Patent number: 11707828Abstract: A hand-held machine tool, in particular a sanding machine, including a rod-type handle element for the user to grip and a processing head which is moveably mounted on the handle element by means of a joint assembly. The processing head has an electric drive motor for driving a tool holder provided for holding a processing tool and a speed-reducing gearbox between the drive motor and the tool holder, the gearbox being designed to achieve a reduction in speed of an output of the drive motor relative to a speed of the tool holder. The drive motor is a brushless motor and a power supply system for the drive motor is arranged at a distance from the drive motor on the handle element, the power supply system being connected to the drive motor by means of a cable arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2021Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventor: Nico Walker
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Patent number: 11701723Abstract: 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: July 18, 2023Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventors: Markus Schmid, Marc Rusch
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Publication number: 20230219204Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Applicant: FESTOOL GMBHInventors: Christoph DIETER, Moritz KELLER, Peter SEILER
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Patent number: 11697200Abstract: A power tool, including a support structure, a pivot bearing arranged on the support structure, a shaft mounted on the support structure via the pivot bearing, a rotatable tool coupled to the shaft, in particular a saw blade, milling cutter or grinding wheel, a strain gauge arrangement for detecting a mechanical quantity which depends on a force emanating from the tool, and a control device which is adapted to recognize an event and/or a state of the power tool according to the detected mechanical quantity. The strain gauge arrangement is arranged on a stationary structure section coupled in a force-transmitting manner to the pivot bearing and is not arranged on the pivot bearing.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2018Date of Patent: July 11, 2023Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventors: Marc Rusch, Markus Schmid
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Patent number: 11691234Abstract: An electric device in the shape of a machine tool or an energy storage module for the electric power supply of a machine tool, with the energy storage module having a module housing with a device interface for the detachable connection to the machine tool, with the machine tool having a drive motor to drive a tool holder on which a tool provided to process a workpiece is arranged or is arrangeable, with the drive motor being switchable using a switching element of the machine tool and/or the energy storage module, with the electric device having 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: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventor: Moritz Caspar
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Patent number: 11667032Abstract: A processing device with a processing head including a processing unit designed as a tool and/or applicator unit, in particular a printer unit, and a first positioning device for moving the processing head in order to position the processing unit with a first accuracy at a specified processing position. The processing head has a second positioning device and the processing device is adapted to position the processing unit at the specified processing position with a second accuracy using the second positioning device, the second accuracy being higher than the first accuracy, so that the lower accuracy of the first positioning device is compensated for by the positioning with the second positioning device.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventor: Jonas Dageforde
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Patent number: 11647880Abstract: A vacuum cleaner to suction dust generated by a machine tool, wherein the vacuum cleaner is actuatable by an electric device in the shape of the machine tool or an energy storage module for the electric power supply of the machine tool, which has a drive motor to drive a tool holder on which a tool provided to process a workpiece is arranged or is arrangeable, wherein the vacuum cleaner has a vacuum housing with a dirt collection chamber to receive dirt separated from a suction flow and a suction unit to generate the suction flow, wherein a suction inlet is present on the vacuum housing to connect a suction hose to establish a current connection for the suction flow with the machine tool, wherein the vacuum cleaner has an external communication apparatus for a wireless control connection to a wireless communication interface of the electric device and to receive at least one control command to control, the vacuum cleaner via the control connection.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2018Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: Festool GmbHInventor: Moritz Caspar
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Patent number: 11633826Abstract: A hand-held machine tool having a, in particular rod-shaped, handle element for an operator to grasp and having a machining head, which is movably mounted on the handle element by means of a joint assembly and which has an electric drive motor for driving a tool holder for holding a machining tool, wherein a bottom side of the handle element and a machining side of the machining head face a workpiece in a base position of the machining head, wherein the joint assembly is connected to the machining head in an articulated-connection region of the machining head, wherein a flexible suction hose for conducting a suction flow from the machining head to the handle element extends between the handle element and the machining head, which suction hose is fastened to an end region of the handle element by means of a first hose end and to a suction connection of the machining head by means of a second hose end.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2017Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Volker Barth, Nicolai Knecht
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Patent number: 11612285Abstract: A suction hose for a vacuum cleaner including a hose portion, which has a flexible dust removal hose body and a flexible jacket hose body, in which the dust removal hose body is arranged, wherein a suction flow channel for conducting a suction flow to the vacuum cleaner extends between longitudinal ends of the hose portion, which suction flow channel is bounded by a hose jacket of the dust removal hose body, a connection piece for connecting to the hand-held power tool or to the vacuum cleaner is arranged at at least one longitudinal end of the hose portion, and the jacket hose body and the dust removal hose body extend into an interior of a hose receptacle of the connection piece such that the dust removal hose body is sheathed by the jacket hose body into the hose receptacle.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2018Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Festool GmbHInventor: Steffen Maier
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Publication number: 20230073490Abstract: An assistance apparatus for a hand-held tool apparatus, in particular a screwing and/or drilling apparatus, that includes a fastening unit for detachable fastening of the assistance apparatus to the tool apparatus, and an electrical assistance device, which is designed to provide an assistance function for supporting a machining operation of the tool apparatus. The electrical assistance device includes an assistance apparatus communication unit for communication with the tool apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2020Publication date: March 9, 2023Applicant: FESTOOL GMBHInventors: Christoph DIETER, Moritz KELLER, Peter SEILER
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Patent number: 11577352Abstract: A functional unit, in particular for a tool, a tool accessory and/or a lighting apparatus, that includes a housing, a suction region, which is arranged on the housing and with which the fastening apparatus can be fastened releasably to a substrate, and an electrically operated negative-pressure unit, which is arranged in the housing and to provide a negative pressure in the suction region. The fastening apparatus also includes at least one fastening interface for fastening the functional unit. Alternatively, or additionally, the fastening apparatus includes the functional unit. The functional unit includes a guide device, in particular a guide rail, a router guide, a routing template, a rolling guide rail, a drilling apparatus, a lamp and/or a grazing light.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Wolfgang Spengler, Jonathan Weik
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Patent number: 11534902Abstract: A handheld power tool with a rotatable tool, in which the handheld power tool is a saw blade or milling cutter. The handheld power tool includes a sensor device for detecting a mechanical vector quantity. The mechanical vector quantity includes a force, an acceleration, a velocity, a deflection, a deformation and/or a mechanical stress and the mechanical vector quantity depends on a force emanating from the handheld tool. The handheld power tool also includes a control device which is communicatively coupled to the sensor device and is adapted to recognize an event and/or a state of the power tool according to a direction and/or change of direction of the mechanical vector quantity detected by the sensor device.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventors: Markus Schmid, Marc Rusch, Uwe Werner, Remo Sommer, Tom Staubli, Jorg Evertz, Luca Lortscher, Miriam Nietlispach
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Patent number: 11529637Abstract: A cyclone pre-separator for positioning on a particle collecting container, the cyclone pre-separator including a box-shaped housing and a cyclone unit arranged in the housing, the cyclone unit including an air inlet, an air outlet, and a particle outlet arranged on a underside of the cyclone pre-separator, where the housing has an air inlet hose port connected to the air inlet and an air outlet hose port connected to the air outlet, and has lower housing couplers, adapted to provide a releasable, vertically tension-proof coupling to the particle collecting container, when the cyclone pre-separator is positioned on the particle collecting container.Type: GrantFiled: April 11, 2017Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: Festool GmbHInventor: Gerhard Grebing
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Patent number: 11511391Abstract: A surface processing device, in particular a manual grinding device, includes a processing body which has at least one processing surface for grinding or polishing a workpiece surface, wherein inlet openings are arranged on the at least one processing surface for suctioning off dust-laden dust air and these inlet openings are flow-connected via a duct arrangement to a suction connection to which a suction device can be connected. The surface processing device is provided with an adjustment means for adjustment of effective flow cross-sections, with which inlet openings of a first processing surface section of the at least one processing surface and inlet openings of at least one second processing surface section of the at least one processing surface are flow-connected to the suction connection, so that a suction effect on the first processing surface section and the at least one second processing surface section can be set and/or switched off.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2017Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Festool GmbHInventors: Frank Siebert, Guido Portner
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Patent number: 11491564Abstract: A power tool with a rotatable tool designed as a saw blade or a milling cutter. The power tool includes a sensor device for detecting a mechanical quantity, the mechanical quantity including a force, an acceleration, a velocity, a deflection, a deformation and/or a mechanical stress. The mechanical quantity is dependent on a force emanating from the tool, and a control device communicatively coupled to the sensor device. The control device is adapted to recognize a kickback event based on the detected mechanical quantity, in which 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: July 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 8, 2022Assignee: FESTOOL GMBHInventors: Markus Schmid, Marc Rusch
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Patent number: D997108Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Assignee: FESTOOL GmbHInventors: Björn Hipp, Wladimir Lindt
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Patent number: D997911Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2018Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: Festool GmbHInventor: Timo Kuhls