Patents by Inventor Florian Esenwein

Florian Esenwein 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: 10456899
    Abstract: A method for setting at least one parameter of a handheld power tool includes recording at least one first characteristic variable using at least one internal sensor unit or an external sensor unit and transmitting the first characteristic variable to at least one of (i) an internal data processing unit and (ii) an external data processing unit. The method further includes processing the first characteristic variable into at least one of (i) at least one first parameter output and (ii) an output of a combination of parameters and transmitting using a communication unit to at least one of (i) an internal open-loop and (ii) a closed-loop control unit. The method further includes calculating from the first parameter output at least one operating parameter of the handheld power tool and setting it on the handheld power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Anna Heszler, Florian Esenwein, Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock
  • Patent number: 10418828
    Abstract: A particular embodiment of a storage system includes at least one storage device. The storage device can store working clothing. The storage system further includes a wired and/or wireless charging device. The wired and/or wireless charging device can transmit electrical energy to an energy storage unit of the work clothing. The wired and/or wireless charging device can charge different work-clothing items of the work clothing. The work clothing can be disposed in the storage device. The storage system further includes a sensor device that can sense a characteristic variable of the work clothing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Manfred Lutz, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein, Daniel Barth, Cornelius Boeck, Joerg Maute
  • Publication number: 20190210173
    Abstract: A method enables at least one active operating state of a hand-held power tool with at least one infrastructure unit as a function of whether protective equipment is carried and/or worn by an operator of the hand-held power tool. A mobile functional unit is integrated into the hand-held power tool. The mobile functional unit is configured to control the at least one active operating state of the hand-held power tool by (i) transmitting at least one ID of a first protective equipment element of a first piece of protective equipment to a first infrastructure unit, the first infrastructure unit receiving the at least one ID of the first protective equipment element of the first piece of protective equipment, and (ii) transmitting at least a first signal from the first infrastructure unit to the mobile functional unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein, Benjamin Brechter
  • Publication number: 20190200201
    Abstract: A method for the wireless transmission of electronic data between a hand-held machine tool and an external unit includes automatically activating a communication unit for transmitting the electronic data as a function of a characteristic movement variable of the communication unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joachim SCHADOW, Joern STOCK, Florian ESENWEIN, Anna HESZLER
  • Patent number: 10331088
    Abstract: A machine tool device includes at least one open and/or closed-loop control unit and at least one drive unit sensor unit configured to determine at least one drive unit characteristic variable that can be processed at least for the purpose of open and/or closed-loop control of a drive unit of a machine tool and/or for issuing information to an operator of said open and/or closed-loop control unit. The machine tool device further includes at least one environment sensor unit configured to determine at least one environment characteristic variable that can be processed at least for the purpose of open and/or closed-loop control of the drive unit and/or for issuing information to an operator of said open and/or closed-loop control unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Cornelius Boeck, Daniel Barth, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz
  • Publication number: 20190176289
    Abstract: A hand power tool includes at least one electric-motor drive that is configured to act upon at least one motor shaft, and that is accommodated by a first housing part, the motor shaft and the first housing part defining a first common axis. The electric-motor drive is an electronically commutated electric motor. The hand power tool further includes at least one output shaft configured to drive a tool in an oscillating manner, and at least one second housing part that is configured to accommodate a rechargeable battery, the rechargeable battery and the second housing part defining a second common axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: June 13, 2019
    Inventor: Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 10278433
    Abstract: An item of clothing includes an electrical load that consumes more electrical energy in a first operating mode than in a second operating mode, a sensor, and a controller. The sensor is configured to identify whether the item of clothing is being worn. The controller is configured to switch the electrical load to the second operating mode when the item of clothing is not being worn.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Esenwein, Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock, Wolfgang Hirschburger
  • Patent number: 10226850
    Abstract: A hand power tool includes at least one electric-motor drive that is configured to act upon at least one motor shaft, and that is accommodated by a first housing part, the motor shaft and the first housing part defining a first common axis. The electric-motor drive is an electronically commutated electric motor. The hand power tool further includes at least one output shaft configured to drive a tool in an oscillating manner, and at least one second housing part that is configured to accommodate a rechargeable battery, the rechargeable battery and the second housing part defining a second common axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 10195705
    Abstract: An electric power tool includes an output shaft, drivable by an associated drive motor, and a brake apparatus for braking the output shaft rotating in the unpowered state of the associated drive motor. The output shaft is mounted in a rotatable manner in an associated housing and the brake apparatus has a magnetic-field brake unit with at least one first and one second brake element. The first brake element is arranged radially with respect to the output shaft in a rotationally fixed manner in the associated housing and includes at least one first and one second magnetic pole configured to generate a magnetic field that alternates in the circumferential direction of the output shaft. The second brake element is magnetically conductive and rotationally connected to the output shaft via an activatable coupling device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Sebastian Laber, Heiko Bayer, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz
  • Patent number: 10200524
    Abstract: A hand-held tool system includes at least one mobile sensor device. The mobile sensor device has at least one base unit and at least one communication unit. The communication unit is configured to communicate with the hand-held power tool. The hand-held tool system further includes at least one function device configured to be detachably connected to the mobile sensor device such that a functionality of the mobile sensor device is expanded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein, Joachim Schadow
  • Publication number: 20190034679
    Abstract: A passage control device for an access-restricted work area includes at least one detection element and at least one data processing device. The passage control device is configured as a mobile device and checks the passage of a person to the access-restricted work area so as to assign the person a work sub-area and/or a specific activity within the access-restricted work area if the at least one data processing device has identified the person detected based on the at least one detection element and/or the equipment carried by the person as having access authorization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Florian Esenwein
  • Patent number: 10189140
    Abstract: A hand-held machine tool has an electric-motor drive and a machining tool. The electric-motor drive has an electronically commutated electric motor, and the electric-motor drive is provided to drive the machining tool. The electronically commutated electric motor has an outer diameter, and a ratio of the outer diameter of the electronically commutated electric motor to a diameter of the machining tool is a maximum of 0.42.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Cornelius Boeck, Daniel Barth, Florian Esenwein, Manfred Lutz, Joachim Schadow, Joerg Maute, Joern Stock
  • Publication number: 20190027002
    Abstract: An anti-theft module for a battery-operated electric machine tool includes at least a first data interface configured to transmit data to an external device. The anti-theft module also includes a position determination unit configured to determine a geographical position of the anti-theft module. The anti-theft module is configured to be installable as an adapter between a rechargeable battery interface of the electric machine tool and a replaceable battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Esenwein, Wolfgang Hirschburger, Christoph Buehlen, Anna Verena Eireiner
  • Patent number: 10166643
    Abstract: A method for making safe the use of at least one hand-held power tool includes providing at least one item of safety information using at least one evaluation unit of an electronic safety device. The at least one item of safety information is based on at least one application-specific characteristic quantity. The electronic safety device is configured to be fastened to an extremity of a user using a fastening unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein, Joachim Schadow
  • Publication number: 20180326554
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular an angle grinder, includes a gearing housing part and an accessory equipment. The gearing housing part includes at least one machine-side contact element. The accessory equipment includes at least one accessory equipment-side contact element. In the mounted state of the accessory on the hand-held power tool, the at least one machine-side contact element comes into contact with the at least one accessory-side contact element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Joachim SCHADOW, Joern STOCK, Florian ESENWEIN
  • Publication number: 20180326337
    Abstract: A filter support for a handheld power tool includes at least one filter support element, a first fastening element, and a second fastening element. The filter support element includes at least one receiving opening configured to receive a filter element. The filter elements of the filter support are preferably associated with air inlet openings of the handheld power tool and are configured to filter dust particles and/or material particles from a cooling air flow. The filter support can be fastened to a handheld power tool via the first and second fastening elements. The first and the second fastening elements of the filter support can be connected to each other. Advantageously, no fastening elements are provided on the handheld power tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: Florian Esenwein, Peter Stierle, Manfred Lutz, Thomas Schomisch
  • Publication number: 20180319002
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes an electric motor, a housing, and a housing cover. The housing includes an opening located in the vicinity of carbon brushes of the electric motor, such that the carbon brushes can be removed through the opening in the housing. The housing cover includes air inlets through which cooling air can flow into the interior of the housing. The opening in the housing is detachably closed by the housing cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Florian Esenwein, Peter Stierle, Manfred Lutz, Thomas Schomisch
  • Publication number: 20180284731
    Abstract: An apparatus for generating at least one identifier of at least one article, in particular a machine tool, includes at least one sensing unit that senses at least one usage parameter and/or at least one article parameter of the article. The apparatus includes at least one computing unit that takes the at least one sensed usage parameter and/or the at least one sensed article parameter as a basis for issuing a certificate for the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Florian Esenwein, Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock
  • Publication number: 20180285888
    Abstract: A method for generating at least one identifier of at least one article, in particular a power tool, includes sensing at least one usage parameter and/or at least one article parameter of the article with at least one sensing unit. The method further includes creating with at least one computing unit, in dependence on the at least one sensed usage parameter and/or the at least one sensed article parameter, a certificate of the article, and/or assigning the article to at least one person.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2018
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Inventors: Christian Staebler, Christopher Michael Barker, Daniel Vesenmaier, Florian Esenwein, Joachim Schadow, Maja Hofmann, Michael Briesenick, Simon Kutz
  • Publication number: 20180272494
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a gearing housing part and accessory equipment. The gearing housing part has at least one machine-side contact element. The accessory equipment has at least one accessory-equipment-side contact element. The machine-side contact element and the accessory-equipment-side contact element can be releasably connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Joachim Schadow, Joern Stock, Florian Esenwein