Patents by Inventor Achim Rethaber

Achim Rethaber has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11925140
    Abstract: A trimmer line cutting head has a trimmer line spool rotatably supported about an axis of rotation and disposed slidably between housing and housing cover along the axis of rotation. A spring element pretensions the trimmer line spool in an operating position of the trimmer line cutting head. An indexing device has a terminal stop connecting the trimmer line spool in the operating position to the housing in fixed connection for common rotation of trimmer line spool and housing. By applying an actuating force to the indexing device, the trimmer line spool is adjustable from the operating position axially into an inoperative state of the trimmer line cutting head for paying out trimmer line. The indexing device has a rotational stop formed in a slot in a wall of the trimmer line spool and limiting rotation of the trimmer line spool relative to the housing in the inoperative state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Achim Rethaber
  • Publication number: 20220007573
    Abstract: The disclosure is directed to a cutting blade for a cutter head and includes a base body having a fastening arrangement for fastening the cutting blade to a cutter head as well as a blade edge. The base body and the blade edge are made of a biodegradable natural substance. Alternatively, the base body is made of a non-biodegradable plastic and the blade edge is made at least in part of a biodegradable material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventors: Johannes Kloepfer, Markus Hittmann, Achim Rethaber, Philipp Mueller, Roland Mandel, Antje Kielczyk
  • Publication number: 20210386014
    Abstract: A cutter head for a brush cutter has a base body with top base body part and bottom base body part. A screw element is arranged at the bottom base body part for attachment to an output shaft of the brush cutter. A receptacle for fastening a cutting tool is provided between top and bottom base body parts. The base body is rotatably driven in operation of the brush cutter about an axis of rotation of the base body. The top and bottom base body parts are held together by a detachable snap-on connection. The snap-on connection is positioned at a distance, measured in a radial direction, from the axis of rotation of the base body. The distance amounts to at most 40% of the cutter head diameter. For releasing the snap-on connection, the top and bottom base body parts are pulled apart from each other by a pulling force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Achim Rethaber
  • Publication number: 20210168997
    Abstract: A trimmer line spool has first and second spool chambers for a trimmer line. First and second holder pairs are provided. The first holder pair has first and second trimmer line holders associated with the first spool chamber and the second spool chamber, respectively. The second holder pair has first and second trimmer line holders associated with the first spool chamber and the second spool chamber, respectively. The trimmer line holders of the first holder pair each have a first opening for the trimmer line. The trimmer line holders of the second holder pair each have a second opening for the trimmer line. A diameter of the first openings is larger than a diameter of the second openings. The first openings are positioned at an angle of 150° to 210° to each other. The second openings are positioned at an angle of 150° to 210° to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Sebastian Schmidt, Simon Haug, Sebastian Zappe, Christoph Brenner, Achim Rethaber, Björn Petersen, Stefan Buchner
  • Patent number: 11006575
    Abstract: An arrangement includes an output shaft, a cutting head, at least one cutting tool arranged on the cutting head, and a hood. The cutting head is mounted on the output shaft by a screw element held in a rotationally fixed manner on the cutting head. The hood is held on the output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, and has ribs in the inner region, and a first grip region in the outer region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: ANDREAS STIHL AG & CO. KG
    Inventor: Achim Rethaber
  • Publication number: 20210059115
    Abstract: A trimmer line cutting head has a trimmer line spool rotatably supported about an axis of rotation and disposed slidably between housing and housing cover along the axis of rotation. A spring element pretensions the trimmer line spool in an operating position of the trimmer line cutting head. An indexing device has a terminal stop connecting the trimmer line spool in the operating position to the housing in fixed connection for common rotation of trimmer line spool and housing. By applying an actuating force to the indexing device, the trimmer line spool is adjustable from the operating position axially into an inoperative state of the trimmer line cutting head for paying out trimmer line. The indexing device has a rotational stop formed in a slot in a wall of the trimmer line spool and limiting rotation of the trimmer line spool relative to the housing in the inoperative state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventor: Achim Rethaber
  • Patent number: 10820497
    Abstract: A mowing head for a trimmer is rotated about an axis of rotation when operated and has a housing with a circumferential wall. A fastening device with a trimmer line guide with a trimmer line channel is provided for the trimmer line. The trimmer line channel has a clamping section with a longitudinal direction. The clamping section has a wide longitudinal side and a narrow longitudinal side, both extending in the longitudinal direction. The clamping section has an inner width tapering from the wide longitudinal side toward the narrow longitudinal side. The trimmer line guide has a deflection edge adjoining the clamping section. The deflection edge is slanted relative to the longitudinal direction such that the deflection edge generates a force component acting on the trimmer line directed toward the narrow longitudinal side when a pulling force is acting on the trimmer line guided through the fastening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Achim Rethaber
  • Patent number: 10470362
    Abstract: A device for fastening a tool member on an output shaft of a power tool has a support plate supporting the tool member and a clamping element embodied as a connecting hub. The connecting hub is penetrated by the output shaft and is rotationally fixed on the output shaft. A rider plate is secured on the connecting hub and rotatable relative to the connecting hub. Support plate, tool member, rider plate, and connecting hub are arranged such that the output shaft projects through support plate, tool member, rider plate, and connecting hub. A clamping device is carried on an end of the output shaft. The clamping device acts on a support surface of the connecting hub and fixes through the connecting hub the tool member on the support plate. Connecting hub, rider plate, and pressure plate together form preferably a conjoint, connected component assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventor: Achim Rethaber
  • Publication number: 20190327888
    Abstract: An arrangement includes an output shaft, a cutting head, at least one cutting tool arranged on the cutting head, and a hood. The cutting head is mounted on the output shaft by a screw element held in a rotationally fixed manner on the cutting head. The hood is held on the output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner, and has ribs in the inner region, and a first grip region in the outer region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventor: Achim RETHABER
  • Publication number: 20190230851
    Abstract: A mowing head for a trimmer is rotated about an axis of rotation when operated and has a housing with a circumferential wall. A fastening device with a trimmer line guide with a trimmer line channel is provided for the trimmer line. The trimmer line channel has a clamping section with a longitudinal direction. The clamping section has a wide longitudinal side and a narrow longitudinal side, both extending in the longitudinal direction. The clamping section has an inner width tapering from the wide longitudinal side toward the narrow longitudinal side. The trimmer line guide has a deflection edge adjoining the clamping section. The deflection edge is slanted relative to the longitudinal direction such that the deflection edge generates a force component acting on the trimmer line directed toward the narrow longitudinal side when a pulling force is acting on the trimmer line guided through the fastening device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventor: Achim Rethaber
  • Publication number: 20180035608
    Abstract: A device for fastening a tool member on an output shaft of a power tool has a support plate supporting the tool member and a clamping element embodied as a connecting hub. The connecting hub is penetrated by the output shaft and is rotationally fixed on the output shaft. A rider plate is secured on the connecting hub and rotatable relative to the connecting hub. Support plate, tool member, rider plate, and connecting hub are arranged such that the output shaft projects through support plate, tool member, rider plate, and connecting hub. A clamping device is carried on an end of the output shaft. The clamping device acts on a support surface of the connecting hub and fixes through the connecting hub the tool member on the support plate. Connecting hub, rider plate, and pressure plate together form preferably a conjoint, connected component assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventor: Achim Rethaber
  • Patent number: 9826679
    Abstract: A filament cutterhead is provided for mounting on the drive shaft of a brushcutter. The filament cutterhead includes a housing with a circumferential wall wherein a first wall opening for a cutting filament is formed. A filament spool arranged in the housing is rotatable relative to the housing. A filament channel with a filament inlet segment is provided in a partition wall of the filament spool. The filament channel extends from the filament inlet segment past the hub to a filament outlet segment which is assigned a second wall opening in the circumferential wall. The filament outlet segment is at an offset (v) with respect to the filament inlet segment in the circumferential direction of the hub. The mouth of the filament inlet segment and the mouth of the filament outlet segment lie within an outside diameter (A) of the partition wall and open into a pass-through space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Sven Lang, Achim Rethaber
  • Patent number: 9610700
    Abstract: In a hand-held power tool with a drive motor and a clutch connected to the drive motor and having an output part, the drive pinion is fixedly connected to the output part of the clutch so as to be driven by the drive motor for driving a tool. The drive pinion has a first individual part and a second individual part that are fixedly connected to each other. The first individual part has a toothing and the second individual part is connected to the output part of the clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
    Inventors: Markus Hittmann, Ralf Schenk, Achim Rethaber
  • Publication number: 20170042086
    Abstract: A mowing head for a trimmer is rotated about an axis of rotation when operated and has a housing with a circumferential wall. A fastening device with a trimmer line guide with a trimmer line channel is provided for the trimmer line. The trimmer line channel has a clamping section with a longitudinal direction. The clamping section has a wide longitudinal side and a narrow longitudinal side, both extending in the longitudinal direction. The clamping section has an inner width tapering from the wide longitudinal side toward the narrow longitudinal side. The trimmer line guide has a deflection edge adjoining the clamping section. The deflection edge is slanted relative to the longitudinal direction such that the deflection edge generates a force component acting on the trimmer line directed toward the narrow longitudinal side when a pulling force is acting on the trimmer line guided through the fastening device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2016
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventor: Achim Rethaber
  • Publication number: 20170002861
    Abstract: A bearing assembly for a drive shaft guided in a protective tube is provided with bearing tube segments arranged in the protective tube one after another in a longitudinal direction of the protective tube. The bearing tube segments are penetrated by the drive shaft. The bearing tube segments include bearing sections. The bearing sections are provided with a central bearing sleeve and support elements projecting away from an outer circumference of the bearing sleeve. The bearing sleeve is radially supported by the support elements on an inner circumference of the protective tube. The bearing section with its bearing sleeve and support elements is formed as one piece. The bearing tube segments have a length measured in a longitudinal direction of the protective tube and the sum of the lengths of the bearing tube segments is greater than 60% of a length of the protective tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2016
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Davis, Timo Honold, Thomas Frandsen, Christian Koestler, Achim Rethaber, Björn Petersen, Andreas Garstenauer, Andreas Giesea
  • Publication number: 20170002860
    Abstract: A bearing assembly for a drive shaft guided in a protective tube is provided with bearing tube segments arranged in the protective tube one after another in a longitudinal direction of the protective tube. The bearing tube segments are penetrated by the drive shaft. The bearing tube segments include bearing sections. The bearing sections are provided with a central bearing sleeve and support elements projecting away from an outer circumference of the bearing sleeve. The bearing sleeve is radially supported by the support elements on an inner circumference of the protective tube. The bearing section with its bearing sleeve and support elements is formed as one piece. The bearing tube segments have a length measured in a longitudinal direction of the protective tube and the sum of the lengths of the bearing tube segments is greater than 60% of a length of the protective tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Davis, Timo Honold, Thomas Frandsen, Christian Koestler, Achim Rethaber, Björn Petersen, Andreas Garstenauer, Andreas Giesea
  • Publication number: 20160081268
    Abstract: A filament cutterhead is provided for mounting on the drive shaft of a brushcutter. The filament cutterhead includes a housing with a circumferential wall wherein a first wall opening for a cutting filament is formed. A filament spool arranged in the housing is rotatable relative to the housing. A filament channel with a filament inlet segment is provided in a partition wall of the filament spool. The filament channel extends from the filament inlet segment past the hub to a filament outlet segment which is assigned a second wall opening in the circumferential wall. The filament outlet segment is at an offset (v) with respect to the filament inlet segment in the circumferential direction of the hub. The mouth of the filament inlet segment and the mouth of the filament outlet segment lie within an outside diameter (A) of the partition wall and open into a pass-through space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: Sven Lang, Achim Rethaber
  • Publication number: 20120036722
    Abstract: In a hand-held power tool with a drive motor and a clutch connected to the drive motor and having an output part, the drive pinion is fixedly connected to the output part of the clutch so as to be driven by the drive motor for driving a tool. The drive pinion has a first individual part and a second individual part that are fixedly connected to each other. The first individual part has a toothing and the second individual part is connected to the output part of the clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2011
    Publication date: February 16, 2012
    Applicant: ANDREAS STIHL AG & CO. KG
    Inventors: Markus Hittmann, Ralf Schenk, Achim Rethaber