Patents by Inventor Antony Moolenaar

Antony Moolenaar 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: 6789630
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric hand tool, in particular a drill or a screwdriver, comprising a housing, an electric motor accommodated therein and having a motor shaft, a tool shaft which is mounted in the housing and which is driven by the motor shaft via a transmission, and a hand-operated locking mechanism for blocking the rotating movement of the tool shaft, wherein this locking mechanism acts on the motor shaft, so that it is possible to suffice with a lesser locking force in order to block the tool shaft with the same locking effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Skil Europe B.V.
    Inventors: Antonius Jacobus Johannus Quirijnen, Jan Peter Houben, Antony Moolenaar
  • Publication number: 20010052419
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electric hand tool, in particular a drill or a screwdriver, comprising a housing, an electric motor accommodated therein and having a motor shaft, a tool shaft which is mounted in the housing and which is driven by the motor shaft via a transmission, and a hand-operated locking mechanism for blocking the rotating movement of the tool shaft, wherein this locking mechanism acts on the motor shaft, so that it is possible to suffice with a lesser locking force in order to block the tool shaft with the same locking effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2001
    Publication date: December 20, 2001
    Inventors: Antonius Jacobus Johannus Quirijnen, Jan Peter Houben, Antony Moolenaar