Patents by Inventor Johannes Stempfhuber

Johannes Stempfhuber 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: 11699870
    Abstract: A power tool, which includes a receiving device having at least one receiving element and a power supply unit connectable to the power tool, for example a rechargeable battery, which includes a connecting device, the connecting device having at least one contact element, the receiving device being designed to receive and hold the connecting device, so that the at least one receiving element and the at least one contact element are connectable to each other for establishing an electrical connection. A damping element is provided on at least one contact element, whereby the at least one contact element is movable in a first direction and a second direction as well as relative to the particular receiving element, so that it is possible to counteract a relative movement between the contact element and the particular receiving element when the contact element and the receiving element are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Meixner, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Publication number: 20220181813
    Abstract: A power tool, which includes a receiving device having at least one receiving element and a power supply unit connectable to the power tool, for example a rechargeable battery, which includes a connecting device, the connecting device having at least one contact element, the receiving device being designed to receive and hold the connecting device, so that the at least one receiving element and the at least one contact element are connectable to each other for establishing an electrical connection. A damping element is provided on at least one contact element, whereby the at least one contact element is movable in a first direction and a second direction as well as relative to the particular receiving element, so that it is possible to counteract a relative movement between the contact element and the particular receiving element when the contact element and the receiving element are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Ralf Meixner, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Patent number: 11289842
    Abstract: A power tool, which includes a receiving device having at least one receiving element and a power supply unit connectable to the power tool, for example a rechargeable battery, which includes a connecting device, the connecting device having at least one contact element, the receiving device being designed to receive and hold the connecting device, so that the at least one receiving element and the at least one contact element are connectable to each other for establishing an electrical connection. A damping element is provided on at least one contact element, whereby the at least one contact element is movable in a first direction and a second direction as well as relative to the particular receiving element, so that it is possible to counteract a relative movement between the contact element and the particular receiving element when the contact element and the receiving element are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Meixner, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Patent number: 11173551
    Abstract: A power tool includes a receiving device having at least one first and second power consumption element. A power supply unit connectable to the power tool includes a connecting device having at least one first and second power output element, the receiving device being designed to receive and hold the connecting device, so that the power consumption elements and the power output elements are connectable. Both the first and second power consumption elements have a positive pole as well as a negative pole, and both the first and second power output elements have a positive pole as well as a negative pole. The positive pole of the first power consumption element and the positive pole of the second power consumption element as well as the negative pole of the first power consumption element and the negative pole of the second power consumption element are positioned at a distance from each other in at least one first and second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Meixner, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Patent number: 11177068
    Abstract: An on-load tap changer head includes: a first region for an insulating fluid of the on-load tap changer to flow; a second region separated from the first region by a wall; and a detector for detecting an increased flow speed of the insulating fluid. The detector includes: a flow flap in the first region configured to tilt from a defined flow speed of the insulating fluid from a first position to a second position; a first magnet secured to the flap such that in the second position of the flow flap, the first magnet is in an immediate vicinity of the wall; a second magnet in the second region in the immediate vicinity of the wall; and a switch in the second region that is operationally coupled to the second magnet such that tilting over of the flow flap from the first position to the second position actuates the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: MASCHINENFABRIK REINHAUSEN GMBH
    Inventors: Joerg Atmanspacher, Michael Goss, Johannes Stempfhuber, Klaus Schlepp
  • Publication number: 20210225583
    Abstract: An on-load tap changer head includes: a first region for an insulating fluid of the on-load tap changer to flow; a second region separated from the first region by a wall; and a detector for detecting an increased flow speed of the insulating fluid. The detector includes: a flow flap in the first region configured to tilt from a defined flow speed of the insulating fluid from a first position to a second position; a first magnet secured to the flap such that in the second position of the flow flap, the first magnet is in an immediate vicinity of the wall; a second magnet in the second region in the immediate vicinity of the wall; and a switch in the second region that is operationally coupled to the second magnet such that tilting over of the flow flap from the first position to the second position actuates the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2017
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Inventors: Joerg Atmanspacher, Michael Goss, Johannes Stempfhuber, Klaus Schlepp
  • Patent number: 11005206
    Abstract: A plug-in coupling (100) for making electrical contact with an electric drive (90) which is included in a hand-held power tool (200) and has a battery unit (20) which is to be accommodated by the hand-held power tool (200). The plug-in coupling (100) has at least one electrical contact plate (1) which is to be connected to the hand-held power tool (200), and at least one electrical contact spring pair (3) which corresponds to the contact plate (1), wherein the contact spring pair (3) is to be arranged on the battery unit (20) and is to be slid onto the contact plate (1) in the sliding-on direction (AR) and is to be withdrawn therefrom in the withdrawal direction (AB), wherein in the state in which contact is made (ZK) the contact plate (1) and the contact spring pair (3) form a frictionally locking latching-connection pairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Ralf Meixner, Johannes Stempfhuber, Markus Holubarsch
  • Publication number: 20200373698
    Abstract: A plug-in coupling (100) for making electrical contact with an electric drive (90) which is included in a hand-held power tool (200) and has a battery unit (20) which is to be accommodated by the hand-held power tool (200). The plug-in coupling (100) has at least one electrical contact plate (1) which is to be connected to the hand-held power tool (200), and at least one electrical contact spring pair (3) which corresponds to the contact plate (1), wherein the contact spring pair (3) is to be arranged on the battery unit (20) and is to be slid onto the contact plate (1) in the sliding-on direction (AR) and is to be withdrawn therefrom in the withdrawal direction (AB), wherein in the state in which contact is made (ZK) the contact plate (1) and the contact spring pair (3) form a frictionally locking latching-connection pairing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Ralf MEIXNER, Johannes STEMPFHUBER, Markus HOLUBARSCH
  • Patent number: 10807227
    Abstract: An adapter apparatus for connecting a rechargeable battery to a power tool, containing a latching device for latching the adapter apparatus together with the power tool; and a locking device for locking the latching device is disclosed. The latching device is adjustable reversibly from a first position into a second position, wherein, in the first position, the adapter apparatus is firmly connected to the power tool and, in the second position, the adapter apparatus is detachable from the power tool, and the locking device is adjustable reversibly from a first position into a second position, wherein, in the first position, the locking device locks the latching device in the first position and, in the second position, the locking device does not lock the latching device and so the latching device is movable from the first position into the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Thomas Thanner, Rene Richter, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Publication number: 20200153142
    Abstract: A power tool, which includes a receiving device having at least one receiving element and a power supply unit connectable to the power tool, for example a rechargeable battery, which includes a connecting device, the connecting device having at least one contact element, the receiving device being designed to receive and hold the connecting device, so that the at least one receiving element and the at least one contact element are connectable to each other for establishing an electrical connection. A damping element is provided on at least one contact element, whereby the at least one contact element is movable in a first direction and a second direction as well as relative to the particular receiving element, so that it is possible to counteract a relative movement between the contact element and the particular receiving element when the contact element and the receiving element are connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Ralf Meixner, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Publication number: 20200094329
    Abstract: A power tool includes a receiving device having at least one first and second power consumption element. A power supply unit connectable to the power tool includes a connecting device having at least one first and second power output element, the receiving device being designed to receive and hold the connecting device, so that the power consumption elements and the power output elements are connectable. Both the first and second power consumption elements have a positive pole as well as a negative pole, and both the first and second power output elements have a positive pole as well as a negative pole. The positive pole of the first power consumption element and the positive pole of the second power consumption element as well as the negative pole of the first power consumption element and the negative pole of the second power consumption element are positioned at a distance from each other in at least one first and second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Inventors: Ralf Meixner, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Patent number: 10205262
    Abstract: A connecting device for detachably connecting electrical connections, for example between a rechargeable battery and an electrical power tool or a rechargeable battery and a charging device. The connecting device includes a carrier unit and at least one receptacle connectable to the carrier unit. A receptacle as part of and for connection to a connecting device. A carrier unit as part of a connecting device and for accommodating at least one receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Rene Richter, Thomas Thanner, Juliane Froeschke, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Publication number: 20180006392
    Abstract: A connecting device for detachably connecting electrical connections, for example between a rechargeable battery and an electrical power tool or a rechargeable battery and a charging device. The connecting device includes a carrier unit and at least one receptacle connectable to the carrier unit. A receptacle as part of and for connection to a connecting device. A carrier unit as part of a connecting device and for accommodating at least one receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Rene Richter, Thomas Thanner, Juliane Froeschke, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Publication number: 20170312903
    Abstract: An adapter apparatus for connecting a rechargeable battery to a power tool, containing a latching device for latching the adapter apparatus together with the power tool; and a locking device for locking the latching device is disclosed. The latching device is adjustable reversibly from a first position into a second position, wherein, in the first position, the adapter apparatus is firmly connected to the power tool and, in the second position, the adapter apparatus is detachable from the power tool, and the locking device is adjustable reversibly from a first position into a second position, wherein, in the first position, the locking device locks the latching device in the first position and, in the second position, the locking device does not lock the latching device and so the latching device is movable from the first position into the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 2, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas THANNER, Rene RICHTER, Johannes STEMPFHUBER
  • Patent number: 7791297
    Abstract: A method for controlling a motor (2) which drives a disk-shaped tool (4) of a power tool (1) and to which a motor voltage in the amount of a nominal value is applied in an “on” position of a motor switch (6), includes determination of an actual motor current (IM) applied to the motor (2) and comparing it to a first predetermined threshold (GW1), and automatically triggering of a control process for protecting the motor (2) when an overload condition which is defined in that the first predetermined threshold (GW1) is exceeded beyond a first predetermined limiting time period (grDt1), is met, the control process including reduction of the motor voltage applied to the motor (2) by a magnitude that can be perceived by the user as a choke value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2010
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Mueller, Johannes Stempfhuber, Germar Meiendres, Konstantin Baxivanelis, Markus Looser
  • Patent number: 7750587
    Abstract: The method of controlling a motor which drives a tool of a power tool, includes initializing an electronic device and switching the motor on in a first step (31), continuously monitoring of the motor current (IM) and a battery voltage (UB) in a second step (32) which alternates with a third step (33) in which a continuous comparison of the battery voltage (UB) to a threshold value (GW) stored in a memory of the electronic device is carried out.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2010
    Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Thomas Mueller, Germar Meiendres, Konstantin Baxivanelis, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Publication number: 20100011596
    Abstract: A hand-held band saw includes a motor (13) located in a housing (11) for displacing a circumferentially closed saw band (12) displaceable between a motor-driven driving roller (14) and a deflection roller (15) arranged, respectively, in first and second saw parts (21, 22) which are connected with each other by a bracket element (20), with the saw band (12) having two band sections (121, 122) displaceable parallel to each other and next to each other in an operational region (19) located between the deflection and driving rollers (14, 15). The band sections (121, 122) define together a cut width (S), and the bracket element (20) has, in the operational region (19), a width (B) that corresponds at most to the cut width (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 21, 2010
    Inventors: Viktor Heinrichs, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Publication number: 20100000506
    Abstract: A circular saw blade has a guide plate (11), a plurality of pendulum-like cutter carriers provided at a circumferential outer region (12) of the guide plate (11), and cutters (21, 22) provided at radially outer ends (17) of the cutter carriers (14), respectively, the cutter carriers (14) being secured at their radially inner ends remote from the cutters (21, 22) to the guide plate (11) with a plurality of fastening elements (15) for pivotal movement in a plane defined by the guide plate (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2009
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Viktor Heinrichs, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Publication number: 20090320301
    Abstract: A hand-held circular saw (10) includes a housing (11); a drive (13) located in the housing for driving a circular saw blade (12), a cover element (15) for at least partially covering a working space (14) for the circular saw blade (12) and which defines a working plane (W), first and second main handles (21, 22) located opposite each other, and first and second switches (23, 24) provided on the first and second main handles (21, 22) respectively, for turning the drive (13) on and off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2009
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Viktor Heinrichs, Johannes Stempfhuber
  • Publication number: 20090025520
    Abstract: A circular saw stand (2) for effecting cuts with a hand-held circular saw (4), includes a device (6) for securing the circular saw stand (2) on a work table (10), a locking device (12) for adjustably defining a region (14) for receiving a to-be-cut workpiece (16) and having two clamping elements one of which is connected with the securing device (6) and another one is located opposite the one clamping element and displaceable relative thereto, and a guide device (42) forming a guide plane for a bearing plate (40) of the circular saw (4) and supported on one of the clamping elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2008
    Publication date: January 29, 2009
    Inventors: Viktor Heinrichs, Johannes Stempfhuber