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).

  • 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
  • Publication number: 20210252680
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool including a drive unit and including an output shaft, at which a tool holder is formed, which encompasses an internal polygonal holder for connection to a first insertion tool and an external polygonal holder for connection to a second insertion tool, a locking unit for locking the first insertion tool being assigned to the tool holder. It is provided that the locking unit includes at least one locking element, the locking element encompassing at least one contact surface, against which the second insertion tool rests.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Dietmar Saur, Jens Blum
  • Patent number: 11048144
    Abstract: A laser source apparatus (100) for generating temporal dissipative cavity solitons (1) comprises an input source-device (10), being configured for providing an input light field (2), and an optical resonator device (20) with a resonator (21) having a third order optical Kerr non-linearity and being coupled with the input source device (10) for generating the cavity solitons (1) by the driving input light field (2), wherein the input source device (10) is configured for providing the input light field (2) as a pulse train of laser pulses (3). Preferably, the pulse repetition rate of the input laser pulses (2) is adapted to the free spectral range of the resonator (21) and the carrier envelope offset frequency of the input laser pulses (2) is adapted to one of the resonant frequencies of the resonator (21). Furthermore, a method of generating temporal dissipative cavity solitons (1) is described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: CSEM CENTRE SUISSE D'ELECTRONIQUE ET DE MICROTECHNIQUE SA—RECHERCHE ET DÉVELOPPEMENT
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Steve Lecomte, Ewelina Obrzud
  • Patent number: 10960529
    Abstract: A hand-held power-tool device including at least one drive housing, at least one striking mechanism housing, and at least one rotary striking mechanism, which includes at least one planetary gear including at least one annulus gear. It is provided that the annulus gear is clamped between the drive housing and the striking mechanism housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Dietmar Saur, Heiko Roehm, Jens Blum
  • Patent number: 10960526
    Abstract: A handheld tool device includes a hammer mechanism that has at least a striker and a cam guide that drives the striker at least in a hammer-drilling mode. The striker has at least a portion of the cam guide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 10894312
    Abstract: A machine tool system includes at least one portable machine tool and at least one energy storage apparatus. The at least one portable machine tool includes at least one tool receptacle configured to be arrange a machining tool, and at least one receiving interface. The at least one energy storage apparatus is configured to be arranged on the at least one receiving interface of the at least one portable machine tool. At least in a state when the at least one energy storage apparatus is arranged on the at least one receiving interface, the at least one energy storage apparatus is arranged at least for the most part within a boundary region of the at least one tool receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Blum, Heiko Roehm, Joerg Welke, Tobias Herr
  • Publication number: 20200350736
    Abstract: A cartridge for an aerosol provision device comprises a chamber for containing a liquid from which a flow of aerosol for inhalation by a user is generated. The cartridge comprises a first connector arrangement for releasably connecting the cartridge to a body portion of the device, and a second connector arrangement for releasably connecting to a container for a material. In use, aerosol flows through the material in the container before being inhaled by the user. The first connector arrangement is configurable in a locked configuration and in an un-locked configuration, and the first connector arrangement must be configured in the un-locked configuration for the cartridge to be removeable from the body portion. The first connector arrangement is configurable from the locked configuration to the un-locked configuration while the cartridge remains stationary with respect to the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Markus JUNG, Julian VOSSELER, Thomas SCHOEPF, Tobias HERR, Rene HUMMEN, Stephan KERHER, Oliver KLEINEBERG, Thomas NIESSEN, Axel SCHNEIDER
  • Patent number: 10780562
    Abstract: A hand tool device has a tool spindle and a hammer mechanism which includes a hammer and at least one curve guide driving the hammer at least during a hammer drilling operation. The tool spindle has at least one bearing surface on which the hammer is movably supported in at least one operating state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 10723010
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular an electric hand tool, includes an identification module and a housing. The identification module includes a transponder having at least one data store configured to store identification information and a radio module configured to transmit the identification data. The identification module is integrated into the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Heiko Freienstein, Benjamin Visel, Christoph Steurer, Joerg Moennich, Tobias Herr, Anja Koenig
  • Patent number: 10661421
    Abstract: In a tool attachment for a handheld power tool, which includes a tool housing having a fastening interface, having an attachment housing, on which a locking unit, for locking the tool attachment on the fastening interface of the handheld power tool, and a tool receptacle for accommodating an insert tool are situated, a percussion mechanism is situated in the attachment housing, which is configured to apply percussions carried out in the axial direction in relation to the tool receptacle to an insert tool, which is situated in the tool receptacle, during percussion operation of the tool attachment, the tool receptacle being fixed in position in the attachment housing in a non-rotating way at least during percussion operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Blum, Heiko Roehm, Tobias Herr