Patents by Inventor Tobias Herr

Tobias Herr 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: 12330285
    Abstract: A method for indicating whether a hand-held power tool has reached a target is disclosed. The hand-held power tool includes a drive motor and the method includes (i) activating a target reached indication mode by way of a control unit, (ii) ascertaining a shutdown reason for the drive motor, and (iii) displaying the reaching of the target by way of a display unit as a function of the shutdown reason.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Florian Hoelscher, Heiko Roehm, Simon Erbele, Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 12318907
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a drive unit actuatable via at least one manual switch, a control unit at least for controlling the drive unit, the control unit having a control-unit housing. The power tool further includes at least one user interface having at least one operating element, and a housing that at least partially accommodates the control unit and the user interface. The hand-held power tool also includes a positioning device, the user interface being supported on the control-unit housing by use of the positioning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Jens Blum, Simon Erbele
  • Publication number: 20250135623
    Abstract: A method for operating an electric tool includes the following steps: At least one device setting of the electric tool is adjusted by actuating at least one tool-external switching option or a tool-internal switching option. The at least one device setting includes at least one operating mode and/or at least one operating parameter of the electric tool. The electric tool is locked with respect to a modification of the at least one adjusted device setting by actuating a tool-internal or tool-external switching function, wherein the electric tool is locked until one of the switching functions is actuated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Heiko Roehm, Tobias Herr, Jens Blum, Marcus Schuller, Florian Hoelscher
  • Publication number: 20250058435
    Abstract: A mechanical percussion mechanism for a striking drive of an insertion tool of a handheld power tool includes a rotatably supported intermediate shaft, an impact body, and a rotatably supported output shaft. The intermediate shaft and the impact body each include at least one guide groove for guiding at least one guide body. A guide surface of the guide groove of the intermediate shaft and/or a guide surface of the guide groove of the impact body is configured as a kink-free and/or edge-free surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Rainer Britz, Tobias Herr
  • Publication number: 20250018545
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a housing, a tool holder for holding an insert tool, an electrically commutated drive motor that is arranged in the housing and has a drive shaft mounted by at least one bearing, a fan impeller, and a sensor board for sensor-controlled commutation of the electrically commutated drive motor, the sensor board being arranged in the housing between the drive motor and the fan impeller. The power tool further includes at least one mounting element designed to arrange the sensor board in the housing in a manner mechanically decoupled from the electrically commutated drive motor. The sensor board and the fan impeller are arranged at an end of the electrically commutated drive motor facing away from the tool holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventor: Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 12157207
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a handheld power tool having an electric motor, the method comprising: S1 providing at least one model signal waveform that is associated with a work progress of the handheld power tool; S2 determining a signal of an operating variable of the electric motor; S3 comparing the signal of the operating variable with the model signal waveform and determining a conformity evaluation on the basis thereof; S4 identifying the work progress at least partially using the conformity evaluation; S5 executing a first routine of the handheld power tool at least partially on the basis of the work progress identified in method step S4. The disclosure also relates to a handheld power tool, in particular an impact driver, comprising an electric motor and a control unit, wherein the control unit is designed to carry out a method according to the disclosure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Blum, Stefan Mock, Florian Hoelscher, Dietmar Saur, Simon Erbele, Wolfgang Herberger, Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 12059794
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a drive unit actuatable via at least one manual switch, a control unit at least for controlling the drive unit, the control unit having a control-unit housing. The power tool further includes at least one user interface having at least one operating element, and a housing that at least partially accommodates the control unit and the user interface. The hand-held power tool also includes a positioning device, the user interface being supported on the control-unit housing by use of the positioning device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Jens Blum, Simon Erbele
  • Publication number: 20240208031
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a drive unit actuatable via at least one manual switch, a control unit at least for controlling the drive unit, the control unit having a control-unit housing. The power tool further includes at least one user interface having at least one operating element, and a housing that at least partially accommodates the control unit and the user interface. The hand-held power tool also includes a positioning device, the user interface being supported on the control-unit housing by use of the positioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Jens Blum, Simon Erbele
  • Publication number: 20240175496
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hand-held machine tool comprising a tool receptacle and a housing, in which a drive motor having a motor shaft and a transmission are arranged. The transmission is arranged in a transmission housing, and wherein a spacer element is arranged between the transmission and the drive motor, which spacer element comprises a disc-shaped base body on which a tubular mounting portion is formed for mounting on the motor shaft, said spacer element forming a seal, in particular a labyrinth seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Jens Blum
  • Publication number: 20240149411
    Abstract: A method for operating a hand-held power tool, in particular a rotary impact wrench, the hand-held power tool comprising an electric motor, the method including selecting an application class depending on at least one hardness and/or strength property of a substrate in which a screwdriving operation is to be carried out, and selecting an operation mode from an operation mode group comprising a first operation mode and a second operation mode, based at least in part on the application class. The first operation mode has a first maximum torque level of the electric motor per application class and the second operation mode has a second maximum torque level per application class. Furthermore, a hand-held power tool, in particular an impact wrench, having an electric motor and a control unit is disclosed, the control unit being designed for carrying out a method according to the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventors: Marcus Schuller, Tobias Herr, Simon Erbele, Wolfgang Herberger
  • Publication number: 20240139931
    Abstract: A method for indicating whether a hand-held power tool has reached a target is disclosed. The hand-held power tool includes a drive motor and the method includes (i) activating a target reached indication mode by way of a control unit, (ii) ascertaining a shutdown reason for the drive motor, and (iii) displaying the reaching of the target by way of a display unit as a function of the shutdown reason.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Florian Hoelscher, Heiko Roehm, Simon Erbele, Tobias Herr
  • Publication number: 20240033884
    Abstract: A method for operating a hand-held power tool is disclosed, wherein the hand-held power tool includes an electric motor. The method includes carrying out a screw connection of a connecting device in a support, providing at least one signal of an operating variable of the electric motor during the screwing, evaluating the received signal of the operating variable of the electric motor, and deciding whether the screw connection has been properly carried out, the decision being at least partially based on the evaluation of the received signal of the operating variable of the electric motor. A hand-held power tool is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Simon Erbele, Wolfgang Herberger, Tobias Herr
  • Publication number: 20230008797
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a hand-held machine tool with a drive unit for driving a tool holder, wherein the drive unit is paired with a planetary gearbox, which is arranged in a gearbox housing and comprises at least one ring gear, and an intermediate shaft, said intermediate shaft being connected to a planet carrier of the planetary gearbox. According to the disclosure, the at least one ring gear is paired with a fixing element which is designed to fix the at least one ring gear in the gearbox housing in the longitudinal direction of the ring gear rotational axis, said fixing element being arranged on the ring gear and/or the intermediate shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2020
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Inventors: Dietmar Saur, Tobias Herr, Christian Lang, Simon Erbele
  • Publication number: 20220337122
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a tool receptacle, a housing, in which at least one electronically commutated drive motor is arranged for driving an insertion tool that can be arranged in the tool receptacle, and a sensor circuit board arranged in the housing and on which sensor elements are arranged for allowing sensor-controlled commutation of the electronically commutated drive motor. The power tool further includes at least one mounting element for mounting the sensor circuit board in the housing and for arranging the sensor circuit board on the electronically commutated drive motor. The sensor circuit board is mechanically decoupled from the electronically commutated drive motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventor: Tobias Herr
  • Publication number: 20220281082
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a method for operating a handheld power tool having an electric motor, the method comprising: S1 providing at least one model signal waveform that is associated with a work progress of the handheld power tool; S2 determining a signal of an operating variable of the electric motor; S3 comparing the signal of the operating variable with the model signal waveform and determining a conformity evaluation on the basis thereof; S4 identifying the work progress at least partially using the conformity evaluation; S5 executing a first routine of the handheld power tool at least partially on the basis of the work progress identified in method step S4. The disclosure also relates to a handheld power tool, in particular an impact driver, comprising an electric motor and a control unit, wherein the control unit is designed to carry out a method according to the disclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Inventors: Jens Blum, Stefan Mock, Florian Hoelscher, Dietmar Saur, Simon Erbele, Wolfgang Herberger, Tobias Herr
  • Publication number: 20220111506
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool includes a drive unit actuatable via at least one manual switch, a control unit at least for controlling the drive unit, the control unit having a control-unit housing. The power tool further includes at least one user interface having at least one operating element, and a housing that at least partially accommodates the control unit and the user interface. The hand-held power tool also includes a positioning device, the user interface being supported on the control-unit housing by use of the positioning device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Jens Blum, Simon Erbele
  • Publication number: 20210362282
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool including a drive unit. The drive unit is actuatable with the aid of at least one manual switch, The hand-held power tool also includes a housing and at least one user interface, the user interface including at least one operating element. The user interface includes at least one work location illumination unit, the work location illumination unit including at least one illuminant and at least one light guiding element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Dietmar Saur, Heiko Roehm, Jens Blum, Michael Wieler, Simon Erbele
  • Patent number: 11181186
    Abstract: A handheld power tool gearbox unit, including at least one planetary gear stage, which includes at least one planet carrier, at least one planetary wheel, which is rotatably supported in relation to the planet carrier, and at least one bearing unit, which is provided to rotatably support the planetary wheel in relation to the planet carrier. The planetary wheel includes a pin, which rotatably supports the bearing unit in the planet carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 11179840
    Abstract: A hand-held power-tool device is described as including at least one intermediate shaft, which is formed as a planet wheel carrier and includes a plurality of planet wheel receptacles and planet wheel bearing points situated in the circumferential direction. It is provided that the intermediate shaft includes at least one material recess at least in the area of at least one planet wheel bearing point on its outer circumference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Jens Blum
  • Patent number: 11148275
    Abstract: A handheld power-tool device is described as including a drive unit, which includes at least one driveshaft, and at least one rotary striking mechanism, which includes at least one intermediate shaft aligned at least essentially flush with respect to the driveshaft, and at least one bearing for mounting the driveshaft. It is provided that the bearing is situated at least partially in a plane, which intersects the intermediate shaft and extends at least essentially perpendicularly with respect to the intermediate shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Dietmar Saur, Jens Blum