Patents by Inventor Patrick Schnelle

Patrick Schnelle 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: 12521804
    Abstract: A handheld machine saw having a saw assembly, which has a saw toolholder for a saw tool and a saw drive motor for driving the saw toolholder, and having a guide device, which has a guide body having a guide surface extending along a longitudinal axis for guiding the handheld machine saw along a working direction on a workpiece or a guide rail, wherein the handheld machine saw has a scoring assembly, which is arranged in front of the saw assembly on the guide device with respect to the working direction, having a scorer toolholder for a scoring tool and having a scoring drive for driving the scorer toolholder, wherein a score upstream from the saw cut to be introduced in the working direction can be introduced into the workpiece by means of the scoring tool protruding in front of the guide surface in scoring operation of the handheld machine tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2026
    Assignee: Festool GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Höfer, Martin Werbach, Patrick Schnelle, Philipp Sobl
  • Patent number: 12381500
    Abstract: A power tool, in particular a hand-held power tool, for example a polishing device, a grinding device and/or a sawing device, with a tool, an electric motor for driving the tool and a control unit for controlling the electric motor. The power tool is designed for connection to a mains voltage and includes a rectifier arrangement with an intermediate circuit for providing an intermediate circuit voltage based on the mains voltage, the Intermediate circuit voltage having a plurality of successive voltage half-waves, and the control unit being configured to provide, for each voltage half-wave, a respective torque half-wave for driving the electric motor, the waveform of which torque half-wave is flattened with respect to the waveform of the voltage half-wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Assignee: Festool GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Thüringer, Alexander Fürst, Patrick Schnelle, Tobias Hofmann, Michal Calta
  • Publication number: 20230412103
    Abstract: A power tool, in particular a hand-held power tool with a tool, an electric motor for driving the tool and a control unit for controlling the electric motor. The power tool is designed for connection to a mains voltage and includes a rectifier arrangement with an intermediate circuit for providing an intermediate circuit voltage based on the mains voltage, the intermediate circuit voltage having a plurality of successive voltage half-waves, the control unit being configured to provide a torque curve for driving the electric motor, the torque curve including a respective torque half-wave for each voltage half-wave, and the control unit being configured to determine an countervoltage induced in the electric motor and, in response to the countervoltage being greater than or equal to the intermediate circuit voltage, to reduce a current torque value of the torque curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Michael THÜRINGER, Alexander FÜRST, Patrick SCHNELLE, Tobias HOFMANN, Michal CALTA
  • Publication number: 20230412101
    Abstract: A power tool, in particular a hand-held power tool, for example a polishing device, a grinding device and/or a sawing device, with a tool, an electric motor for driving the tool and a control unit for controlling the electric motor. The power tool is designed for connection to a mains voltage and includes a rectifier arrangement with an intermediate circuit for providing an intermediate circuit voltage based on the mains voltage, the Intermediate circuit voltage having a plurality of successive voltage half-waves, and the control unit being configured to provide, for each voltage half-wave, a respective torque half-wave for driving the electric motor, the waveform of which torque half-wave is flattened with respect to the waveform of the voltage half-wave.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Michael THÜRINGER, Alexander FÜRST, Patrick SCHNELLE, Tobias HOFMANN, Michal CALTA
  • Publication number: 20230027610
    Abstract: A handheld machine saw having a saw assembly, which has a saw toolholder for a saw tool and a saw drive motor for driving the saw toolholder, and having a guide device, which has a guide body having a guide surface extending along a longitudinal axis for guiding the handheld machine saw along a working direction on a workpiece or a guide rail, wherein the handheld machine saw has a scoring assembly, which is arranged in front of the saw assembly on the guide device with respect to the working direction, having a scorer toolholder for a scoring tool and having a scoring drive for driving the scorer toolholder, wherein a score upstream from the saw cut to be introduced in the working direction can be introduced into the workpiece by means of the scoring tool protruding in front of the guide surface in scoring operation of the handheld machine tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tobias Höfer, Martin Werbach, Patrick Schnelle, Philipp Sobl