Patents Assigned to Robert Bosch Tool Corporation
  • Patent number: 12202062
    Abstract: An improvement for a power tool having a motor-driven working tool for performing an operation on a workpiece includes a material sensor positioned to sense the workpiece prior to operation by the working tool. The material sensor is configured to determine a material property of the workpiece and to generate a signal in response thereto. A processor coupled between the material sensor and the motor is configured to control the motor in response to the signal generated by the material sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Jan Koegel
  • Patent number: 12194552
    Abstract: An accessory for a power tool includes a mounting interface for detachably mounting the accessory to a clamping device of the power tool. The mounting interface is configured to permit the accessory to be used with a wide variety of clamping devices, regardless of manufacturer. The accessory includes a mounting portion having a spindle slot configured to accommodate a drive spindle of the tool and pin openings that are arranged around the spindle slot. The pin openings are configured to receive pins which are arranged around a spindle of an oscillating power tool. The spindle slot includes first linear portion, a second linear portion and a curved portion that is disposed between, and connects, the first linear portion to the second linear portion. The spindle slot is configured to contact the spindle of an oscillating power tool at a first location of the spindle slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Bernardi, Daniel Schadegg
  • Patent number: 12083610
    Abstract: An accessory for a power tool includes a mounting interface for detachably mounting the accessory to a clamping device of the power tool. The mounting interface is configured to permit the accessory to be used with a wide variety of clamping devices, regardless of manufacturer. The accessory includes a mounting portion having a spindle slot configured to accommodate a drive spindle of the tool and pin openings that are arranged around the spindle slot. The pin openings are configured to receive pins which are arranged around a spindle of an oscillating power tool. When viewed in a cross section that is perpendicular to the first clamping face, at least a portion of opposed surfaces of at least one pin opening are non-parallel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Bernardi, Daniel Schadegg
  • Patent number: 11964352
    Abstract: An accessory includes an attachment member, a fastener, a locking member, and an eccentric member. The attachment member has a central axis, which is perpendicular to a first surface of the attachment member. The fastener is connected to at least the attachment member. The locking member is movable into at least (a) a locked position in which the locking member is engaged with the attachment member such that the attachment member is configured to rotate about the central axis, and (b) an unlocked position in which the locking member is disengaged from the attachment member such that the attachment member is configured to rotate about an eccentric axis. The eccentric axis is offset from the central axis. The eccentric member includes a first slot that receives the locking member, a second slot that receives the driving shaft, and a third slot that receives the fastener. The second slot of the eccentric member is structured to align with the central axis of the attachment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jeremy Rubens, Arvind Gopi
  • Patent number: 11879606
    Abstract: A flexible light assembly includes an elongated light transmissible jacket, the jacket including an internal vacancy. The assembly includes a substrate disposed in the internal vacancy. The substrate supports light emitters on a first surface thereof, and includes a reinforcing layer that is fixed to a surface the substrate opposite the first surface. The jacket may also include reinforcing fibers. The flexible light assembly is sufficiently flexible to permit bending such that the flexible light assembly can assume a radius of curvature in a range of 1.3 centimeters to 10.2 centimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Gregory Herman, Jeremy Rubens, Caitlyn Miklasz, Bradley Padget
  • Patent number: 11705291
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a switch guard that prevents inadvertent pressing by a user of the direction-control switch of a handheld power tool. On each side of the housing of the tool, a pair of protrusions extend from the housing, one just to the front of the switch and one just to the rear. Whether the power tool is being operated right- or left-handed, the protrusions prevent a user's thumb or forefinger from inadvertently pressing the direction-control switch while the tool is in operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: James B. Stevens
  • Patent number: 11686875
    Abstract: An improved detector device for locating studs and other objects behind a substrate (such as a wall) uses one or more light emitting diodes (LEDs) in combination with a photochromic compound to mark the locations on the substrate behind which objects are located.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jeremy Rubens, Christopher Crowell
  • Patent number: 11548183
    Abstract: A fence assembly configured to guide a workpiece with respect to a blade of a saw device includes a fence that is supported by rails for sliding movement relative to a work surface. Opposed ends of the fence are supported on the rails via rail engagement members. The fence assembly includes a fence angle adjustment mechanism associated with a housing of one of the rail engagement members. The fence angle adjustment mechanism includes biasing elements working in conjunction with an adjustment screw to adjust the position of the fence with respect to parallelism to the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: William Shiel, Eric Laliberte
  • Patent number: 11453108
    Abstract: A hand-held rotary tool includes a housing that encloses a motor having an output shaft. The tool includes a quick connect adaptor configured to connect an accessory to the output shaft. The adaptor includes a driver that is connected to the output shaft and rotates in concert with the output shaft. An outer surface of the driver has a first flat. The adaptor includes a receiver that includes a connector configured to detachably connect with the housing, and a torque transfer device configured to receive the driver. An inner surface of the torque transfer device includes a second flat that engages with the first flat in such a way that rotation of the driver results in rotation the torque transfer device relative to the connector. The adaptor includes an output device that supports the accessory and that is driven by the torque transfer device to move relative to the connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jeremy Rubens, Christopher Crowell
  • Patent number: 11393646
    Abstract: A power tool includes a motor and a power supply that are connected by a switch disposed in an electrical circuit. The switch controls the on/off state of the motor and is actuated by a switch actuator that serves as a spring element. The switch actuator includes a guide plate supported on the housing, and a resilient arm that protrudes from the guide plate into an opening in the tool housing. When the switch actuator is in a first actuator position relative to the housing, the resilient arm is biased toward an edge of the opening and engages the edge, thereby preventing inadvertent movement of the switch actuator to the second actuator position. When the switch actuator is actuated by applying a bi-directional manual force to the resilient arm, the resilient arm is displaced from the edge, thereby permitting movement of the switch actuator to the second actuator position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Fernando Porchas Iniguez, Melchor Israel Chairez Lizcano, Jaime Moreno Terrazas, Alejandra Sanchez Hijar
  • Patent number: 11334048
    Abstract: A method for ensuring safety critical functionality for a laser engraver includes obtaining a command from a laser motor controller; obtaining sensor data from a plurality of sensors, the sensor data corresponding to an operating status of various components of the laser engraver; determining a functioning status for each component; and as a result of determining the functioning status for all of the components, enabling supply of power to a laser, where the method is performed by a safety controller that is embodied in hardware completely separate from hardware in which the laser motor controller is embodied. One example required functioning status is that a power button has been selected twice in quick succession.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Rattapong Sangern, Gregory A. Herman, Bradley Padget
  • Patent number: D967154
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH TOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brittany Hopper, Kevin Zirkelbach, Jay Harris
  • Patent number: D970767
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Landt, Gregory Herman
  • Patent number: D971471
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Landt, Gregory Herman
  • Patent number: D986702
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Luis Felipe Gonzalez Jauregui, Jaime Moreno Terrazas, Jocelyn Cronin
  • Patent number: D1007267
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Mark Vignocchi, Balazs Nagy, Agustin Monroy Aripez, Daniel Schadegg, Andreas Bell, Patricia Howes
  • Patent number: D1007990
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Walter Bernardi, Daniel Schadegg, Mike Landt, Balazs Nagy, Arvind Gopi, Fulvio Camarotto, Nicholas Garcia, Ross Brinkman, Andreas Bell
  • Patent number: D1011157
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Thiphachan Mari Trichanh, Bradley Padget
  • Patent number: D1032317
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Melchor Israel Chairez Lizcano, Christopher Thomson, Andreas Bell
  • Patent number: D1035408
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2024
    Assignees: Robert Bosch Tool Corporation, Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jaime Moreno Terrazas, Brian Haman, Nicholas Garcia