Patents by Inventor Peter Held

Peter Held 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: 11401964
    Abstract: A handle fastening coupling, preferably for household and gardening implements comprises a guide piece (12) that is pressed into a handle-tube end and has an elongated guide channel (14) for a handle insert pin (3), which has a first end fastened to the implement and second free end, wherein the second end has a lock opening (6); and a locking element (20) that is preloaded by a latch spring (18) in a first radial direction perpendicular to the handle axis and that is designed to snap into the lock opening of the handle insert pin, wherein the locking element can be moved out of the lock opening in the radial direction by an operating button in order to release the handle insert pin (3) to pull it out of the guide channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: MTD PRODUCTS INC
    Inventor: Peter Held
  • Publication number: 20180112700
    Abstract: A handle fastening coupling, preferably for household and gardening implements comprises a guide piece (12) that is pressed into a handle-tube end and has an elongated guide channel (14) for a handle insert pin (3), which has a first end fastened to the implement and second free end, wherein the second end has a lock opening (6); and a locking element (20) that is preloaded by a latch spring (18) in a first radial direction perpendicular to the handle axis and that is designed to snap into the lock opening of the handle insert pin, wherein the locking element can be moved out of the lock opening in the radial direction by an operating button in order to release the handle insert pin (3) to pull it out of the guide channel, is characterized in that at least one pressure cam (7) that is elastically preloaded toward the inside in the radial direction is arranged adjacent to the lock opening (6) in the guide channel (14) of the guide piece (12), which is designed to exert radial forces at an angle to the first ra
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2017
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Inventor: Peter Held
  • Patent number: 9820444
    Abstract: A lopper a lopping assembly mounted to an upper end of a pole, said lopping assembly includes a movable knife and a counter knife. The movable knife is connected via a first transmission and connection assembly to an operating assembly disposed at a lower end of the pole, which is configured to move the movable knife and/or the counter knife in a direction to one another. The operating assembly includes first and second actuating elements. The first actuating element is coupled to the first transmission and connection assembly and the second actuating element is coupled via a second transmission and connection assembly and releasable latching assembly to the first actuating element. Movement of the second actuating element away from the first actuation element causes, via the second transmission and connection assembly, a movement of the first actuating element in said first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: MTD PRODUCTS INC
    Inventor: Peter Held
  • Publication number: 20160029571
    Abstract: A lopper having a lopping assembly (2) mounted to an upper end of a pole (1), said lopping assembly (2) comprising a movable knife (21) and a counter knife (22). The movable knife (21) is connected via a first transmission and connection means (3) to an operating means (4) disposed at a lower end of the pole, said operating means (4) being adapted to move the movable knife and/or the counter knife in a direction to one another on a movement of said operating means in a first direction (S). Said operating means (4) comprises a first (41) and a second (42) actuating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Inventor: Peter Held
  • Patent number: 6195970
    Abstract: In a tool, the terminal contacts of a battery pack which can be removed from the tool can be connected to the terminal contacts of the drive motor via a bow plug, and for this purpose the terminal contacts of battery pack and motor are arranged parallel to one another in the installed state of the battery pack. The battery pack can only be separated from the tool after the bow plug has been pulled off. Instead of the bridging bow plug, it is possible to attach a charging plug, which connects the terminals of the battery pack to a charging appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1998
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2001
    Assignee: Wolf-Geräte Vertriebsgesellschaft GmbH KG
    Inventors: Peter Held, Ulrich Pfau
  • Patent number: 5447019
    Abstract: In a garden appliance provided with a traveling drive, the tools, for example a mowing tool, are driven by a motor which is also coupled to the drive wheels. Connected between the motor and drive wheels is a gear which reduces the speed of the drive wheels with increasing output requirement or increasing torque, and vice versa. As a result, it is, for example, effected that in the case of a high resistance to mowing the advance of the mower is less than in the case of a low resistance to mowing. A V-belt pulley gear with variable radii can be used as the gear, the axial adjustment of the V-belt pulley halves being effected as a function of the load torque. This setting can be performed against the action of return springs via helical threads which can be constructed, for example, in the form of a ball self-closure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 1993
    Date of Patent: September 5, 1995
    Assignee: Wolf-Gerate GmbH
    Inventors: Peter Held, Bernhard Le Bihan
  • Patent number: 5317806
    Abstract: One arm (30) of the pruning shears is connected via a swivel joint to the end of a guide handle. The swivel joint has a hinge pin (32) the axis of which intersects the axis of the handle at a right angle and is on a line with the guide groove of a cable pulley (24) which is mounted between fork arms (20) which protrude laterally from the end of the handle. By means of a traction cable (48), the arms of the shears can be locked in any angular position of the swivel joint. A locking knob (36) presses the interlocking fork arms (26, 28) of the end of the handle or the arm (30) of the shears together, as a result of which they are fixed in position by friction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1992
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1994
    Assignee: Wolf-Gerate GmbH Vertriebsgesellschaft KG
    Inventors: Peter Held, Helmut Weid
  • Patent number: 5159757
    Abstract: Hand shears (1), particularly those which can be used as branch, hedge and/or garden shears, comprise two shearing blades (2, 3) which can be tilted toward or away from one another by two hand levers (4 and 5) about a common joint (6). The hand levers (4 and 5) are joined to one another directly independently of the shearing blades (2 and 3) by means of a second joint (8) which is offset parallel to the shearing blades joint (6). The shearing blade (2) is rigidly connected with a hand lever (4), while the other shearing blade (3) has a driving arm (9), which protrudes beyond the shearing blade joint (6) and to which one end of a coupler (10) is hinged at the linking axis (11). By way of its other end, the coupler (10) is attached also through a linking axis (12) to the second hand lever (5). The two hand levers (4 and 5) and the two shearing blades (2 and 3) together form a four-joint system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1992
    Assignee: Wolf-Gerate G.m.b.H. Vertriebsgesellschaft KG
    Inventors: Helmut Weid, Peter Held
  • Patent number: 4696107
    Abstract: In pruning shears a rope-and-pulley device is incorporated between the shears legs in such a manner that by pulling the free end of the rope an amplified closing force is obtained. For convenient remote operation one shears leg force lever arm is connected fixedly or detachably to a handle of any desired length, by a handle securing coupling which extends parallel to the shears leg. An opening spring biases the shears in the opening direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1985
    Date of Patent: September 29, 1987
    Assignee: Wolf-Gerate GmbH
    Inventor: Peter Held