Patents Assigned to Festool GmbH
  • Patent number: 11485004
    Abstract: A manual machine tool having a drive motor, a gearbox arranged on a gearbox housing and a tool holder, wherein a motor drive of the drive motor with a gearbox drive of the gearbox and a gearbox output of the drive that is rotatable about an axis of rotation are coupled to the tool holder in a manner which permits rotation, wherein the gearbox can be switched between at least two switch positions in which the speed ratios between the gearbox drive and the gearbox output are different from one another, wherein the gearbox comprises a first wheel arrangement and at least a second wheel arrangement, each of which have at least one gear wheel and a switching gear element, wherein in both gear wheel arrangements the at least one gear wheel on the switching gear element and/or the switching gear element on at least one gear wheel can roll and the respective switching gear element is mounted in a locally adjustable manner to adjust the switch settings of the gearbox on the gearbox holding structure between the at lea
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventor: Philipp Huggenberger
  • Patent number: 11458548
    Abstract: Handheld power tool having a housing with a machining axis along which a tool is or can be arranged, and having a lighting device that has at least one activatable lamp, the lighting device generating work light within a beam angle with an increased or maximum light intensity in a main emission direction in order to illuminate a work region, and having at least one light sensor for measuring the light intensity, characterized in that the light sensor detects the light intensity of the work light reflected on the work region during operation and generates control signals representing the light intensity, in that an adjustment unit is provided for setting and/or adjusting the work light generated by the lighting device, and in that a control unit is provided which controls the adjustment unit on the basis of the sensor signals during operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventors: Marc Rusch, Peter Seiler
  • Publication number: 20220305576
    Abstract: A fixture for cutting a workpiece using a powered tool. The present disclosure describes a fixture that may be used to cut molding to match the profile of an adjacent molding piece. The fixture includes a saw blade receiver to guide an end of a saw blade through a longitudinal movement as the saw blade is driven by a powered tool. The saw blade receiver maintains a tension across the saw blade during the longitudinal movement. The fixture allows the saw blade angle to be fixed relative to the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Festool GmbH
    Inventors: Christian Jacob, Julian Schmitt, Felix Kinyanjui Reiser, Charlotte Schleifenbaum
  • Patent number: 11432691
    Abstract: A configuration apparatus for a system having an electric device in the shape of a machine tool or an energy storage module for the electric power supply of the machine tool and a vacuum cleaner to suction dust generated by the machine tool, with the vacuum cleaner being actuatable by the electric device via a wireless control connection, 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 vacuum cleaner having 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, with a suction inlet being present on the vacuum housing to connect a suction hose to establish a current connection for the suction flow with the machine tool, with the vacuum cleaner and the electric device having first communication interfaces according to a first communication standard to communicate via the wireless control connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventor: Moritz Caspar
  • Patent number: 11426807
    Abstract: A mobile machine tool (10), namely a manually-operated machine tool or semi-stationary machine tool, for machining a workpiece (W), wherein the machine tool has a plate-like guide element (30) with a guide surface (32) for guiding the machine tool on the workpiece (W) or the workpiece (W) on the machine tool, wherein the machine tool has a drive unit (11) with a drive motor (13) for driving a tool holder (14) arranged on the drive unit (11), wherein the drive unit (11) is, by means of a bearing arrangement (35), mounted adjustably on the guide element (30) in order to adjust at least two adjustment positions (S0, S1, S2) of the tool holder (14) relative to the guide surface (32), wherein at least one adjustment position (S0, S1, S2) corresponds to a workpiece machining position in which the work tool (15) arranged on the tool holder (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Festool GmbH
    Inventors: Josua Frank, Marc Rusch, Matthias Kübeler, Philipp Sobl
  • Patent number: 11426808
    Abstract: A mobile machine tool, namely a manually-operated machine tool (10) or semi-stationary machine tool (10), for machining a workpiece (W), wherein the machine tool (10) has a plate-like guide element (30) with a guide surface (32) for guiding the machine tool (10) on the workpiece (W) or the workpiece (W) on the machine tool (10), wherein the machine tool (10) has a drive unit (11) with a drive motor (13) for driving a tool holder (14) arranged on the drive unit (11), wherein the machine tool (10) is provided with a tool sensor arrangement (61, 62) for detecting a workpiece contact region in which a work tool (15) arranged on the tool holder (14), is in contact with the workpiece (W). The tool sensor arrangement (61, 62) comprises at least two tool sensors (61, 62), the detection ranges of which (EB1, EB2) are assigned to different partial workpiece contact regions (WK1, WK2) of the workpiece contact region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Festool GmbH
    Inventors: Josua Frank, Matthias Kübeler
  • Patent number: 11420274
    Abstract: A mobile machine tool (10), namely a manually-operated machine tool (10) or semi-stationary machine tool (10), for machining a workpiece (W), wherein the machine tool (10) has a plate-like guide element (30) with a guide surface (32) for guiding the machine tool (10) on the workpiece (W) or the workpiece (W) on the machine tool (10), wherein the machine tool (10) has a drive unit (11) with a drive motor (13) for driving a tool holder (14) arranged on the drive unit (11) in order to hold a work tool (15), wherein the machine tool (10) has a tool sensor (61, 62), the detection range of which (EB1, EB2) is directed at at least a partial region of the machine tool (10), and wherein the machine tool (10) has an evaluation device (80) for evaluating a tool sensor signal generated by the tool sensor (61, 62).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Festool GmbH
    Inventor: Josua Frank
  • Publication number: 20220242002
    Abstract: A tool device, in particular a saw device, having a tool for processing a workpiece located in a working area. The tool device includes a tool braking device for braking a tool rotary movement of the tool, and a multi-joint arrangement by means of which the tool can be pivoted selectively in a feed direction into the working area or in a removal direction out of the working area. The multi-joint arrangement is designed to, while maintaining the pivotability of the tool, absorb and/or redirect forces occurring during braking of the tool rotary movement, so that the tool is not pivoted in the feed direction by the forces occurring during braking of the tool rotary movement or is pivoted in the removal direction by the forces occurring during braking of the tool rotary movement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2020
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventors: Markus WILDERMUTH, Josua FRANK, Harald RUHLAND
  • Patent number: 11404816
    Abstract: A plug connector for connecting an attachment cable to a mating plug connector of an electrical appliance in the form of a vacuum cleaner, wherein the plug connector has a contact carrier having plug contacts which are connected or connectable to the attachment cable and which can be brought into an electrical contact position with mating plug contacts of the mating plug connector by a plugging movement along a plug axis, wherein the contact carrier is received, in an axially movable manner with respect to the plug axis, in a plug housing which is mounted rotatably about the plug axis with respect to the contact carrier, wherein rotary form-fit contours are arranged on the plug housing and can be brought into form-fit engagement with mating rotary form-fit contours of the mating plug connector by a rotation movement of the plug housing about the plug axis with respect to the contact carrier, such that the plug connector is secured on the mating plug connector in a tension-resistant manner with respect to the
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventors: Erik Schüssler, Thomas Mosthaf, Nicolai Knecht
  • Patent number: 11389041
    Abstract: An energy storage module for use with an electric device in the shape of an electric hand-held machine tool or a vacuum cleaner, with the energy storage module having a wireless communication interface for wireless communication with an external communication apparatus arranged remote from the energy storage module and a module housing in which an electric storage device with at least one electrically rechargeable storage cell is arranged and on which a device interface is provided for detachable connection of the energy storage module to the electric device, with the device interface having electric device supply contacts for the electric energy supply of the electric device. The device interface of the energy storage module has a data interface separate from the device supply contacts, for data communication with the electric device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventor: Moritz Caspar
  • Publication number: 20220203489
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Festool GmbH
    Inventors: Markus SCHMID, Christian SCHOCK
  • Publication number: 20220203383
    Abstract: An adapter frame for mounting onto a base, in particular a suction device, a system box and/or a roller board, and for receiving a particle collecting container for a cyclone pre-separator, where the adapter frame includes a rectangular underside and adapter frame peripheral walls extending upwards from the underside, and lower adapter frame couplers, designed to provide a releasable, vertically tension-proof coupling to the base when the adapter frame is positioned on the base. The adapter frame on its upper side has a container receptacle for receiving the particle collecting container, the horizontal inner contour of which tapers towards the underside, so that the container receptacle is able to receive and horizontally stabilise a particle collecting container having an outer contour tapering downwards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventor: Gerhard GREBING
  • Publication number: 20220203382
    Abstract: 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 includes 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: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventor: Gerhard GREBING
  • Patent number: 11344955
    Abstract: A guide template having a tool guide for a working tool, for producing a main-side cut-out on a workpiece main-side surface of a workpiece which workpiece has a workpiece secondary-side surface, which is at an angle to the workpiece main-side surface and proceeding from which a secondary-side cut-out extends into the workpiece next to the workpiece main-side surface at a distance therefrom, wherein the guide template includes a main-side stop having a main-side stop surface for making contact with the workpiece main-side surface and includes a secondary-side stop, which has an engagement protrusion for engaging the secondary-side cut-out, wherein a longitudinal axis of the engagement protrusion extends toward the tool guide to an intersection region, in which the main-side cut-out to be produced and the secondary-side cut-out intersect, and is at an angle to a guide longitudinal axis of the tool guide, wherein the guide template includes a depth stop having a depth stop surface for a counter stop assigned to
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Majer, Jonathan Caputo
  • Patent number: 11331785
    Abstract: A supplementary support assembly for a workpiece support assembly of a semi-stationary machine tool, wherein a workpiece support body of the workpiece support assembly has a base supporting surface, which is substantially horizontal in use, for supporting a workpiece for sawing by a tool of the machine tool, wherein the supplementary support assembly has a supplementary supporting surface and a support body with support body mounting means for detachably mounting on the workpiece support assembly, wherein when the supplementary support assembly is mounted on the workpiece support assembly the supplementary supporting surface is at least substantially aligned with the base supporting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: FESTOOL GmbH
    Inventor: Rüdiger Hölderle
  • Patent number: 11325239
    Abstract: A manual machine tool having a drive motor, a gearbox and a tool holder, wherein a motor output of the drive motor having a gearbox drive of the gearbox and a gearbox output of the gearbox are coupled to the tool holder in a manner which permits rotation, wherein the manual machine tool has an actuating device to adjust the gearbox between its switch positions, wherein the actuating device has an actuating part which is movably mounted between actuating positions relative to a machine housing of the manual machine tool and which can be manually actuated, which actuating part is coupled to the at least one switching gear element to set the switch positions. The actuating device has a locking arrangement with locking indentations arranged on a locking structure to lock the actuating part in the actuating positions, which locking indentations are assigned to actuating positions of the actuating part, and with a locking part to engage in the locking indentations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventor: Philipp Huggenberger
  • Patent number: 11325198
    Abstract: A mobile machine tool (10), namely a manually-operated machine tool or semi-stationary machine tool, for machining a workpiece (W), wherein the machine tool has a plate-like guide element (30) with a guide surface (32) for guiding the machine tool on the workpiece (W) or the workpiece (W) on the machine tool, wherein the machine tool has a drive unit (11) with a drive motor (13) for driving a tool holder (14) arranged on the drive unit (11), wherein the drive unit (11) is, by means of a bearing arrangement (35), mounted adjustably on the guide element (30) in order to adjust at least two adjustment positions (S0, S1, S2) of the tool holder (14) relative to the guide surface (32) in which a work tool (15) arranged on the tool holder (14), penetrates into the workpiece (W), to different penetration depths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Festool GmbH
    Inventors: Josua Frank, Matthias Kübeler
  • Publication number: 20220097249
    Abstract: A bench saw, including a support structure with a lay-on section which provides a lay-on surface, as well as a saw blade which engages through an opening of the lay-on section, so that at least a part of the saw blade is located below the lay-on section lower side, a housing arrangement which is located below the lay-on section lower side and which surrounds the part of the saw blade which is located below the lay-on section lower side, where the saw blade is pivotable together with the housing arrangement relative to the lay-on section, in order to adjust an angle between a cutting plane of the saw blade and the lay-on surface. The bench saw further includes a cover flap which covers a gap between the housing arrangement and the lay-on section lower side, the gap arising on pivoting the housing arrangement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Festool GmbH
    Inventors: Ondrej KOVÁCS, Václav ZVÁNOVEC
  • Patent number: 11285595
    Abstract: A manual machine tool having a drive motor, a gearbox and a tool holder, wherein a motor drive of the drive motor with a gearbox drive of the gearbox and a gearbox of the drive that is rotatable about an axis of rotation are coupled to the tool holder in a manner which permits rotation, wherein the gearbox has a first switching gear element and a second switching gear element, which can be adjusted in a linear manner by means of an actuating device in each case between a first setting position and a second setting position relative to the gearbox housing, wherein the actuating device is coupled to the switching gear elements and has an actuating part which is pivotably mounted relative to a machine housing of the manual machine tool about an actuating pivot axis and can be actuated manually by an operator of the manual machine tool, wherein the first switching gear element can be adjusted in a linear manner along its setting axis by means of a pivot movement of the actuating part about the actuating pivot axi
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: FESTOOL GMBH
    Inventor: Philipp Huggenberger
  • Patent number: D953669
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: FESTOOL GmbH
    Inventor: Timo Kuhls