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: 9415497
    Abstract: In a hand-held power tool, in particular an impact drill driver, having a gearbox assemblage, a hammer impact mechanism, and a tool spindle, the gearbox assemblage includes at least one gear stage element which is provided in order to split a power flow so as to make available different rotation speeds for an impact mode and a rotation mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Hecht, Heiko Roehm, Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 9348194
    Abstract: A light pulse source (100), being adapted for generating repetitive optical pulses, comprises a continuous wave (cw) laser (10) being arranged for providing cw laser light, an optical microresonator (20) being made of a resonator material, which has a third order (Kerr) nonlinearity and an anomalous resonator dispersion, wherein the cw laser (10) is arranged for coupling the cw laser light into the optical microresonator (20), which, at a predetermined relative detuning of the cw laser (10) and the optical microresonator (20), is capable of including a light field in a soliton state, wherein soliton shaped pulses can be coupled out of the optical microresonator (20) for providing the repetitive optical pulses, and a tuning device (30) being arranged for creating and maintaining the predetermined relative detuning of the cw laser (10) and the optical microresonator (20) based on a tuning time profile being selected in dependency on a thermal time constant of the optical microresonator (20) such that the solito
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne (EPFL)
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Michael L. Gorodetsky, Tobias Kippenberg
  • Publication number: 20160129577
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular an impact drill driver, has a gearbox assemblage, a hammer impact mechanism, and a tool spindle. The hammer impact mechanism includes a striker that at least partly surrounds the tool spindle in at least one plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Inventors: Joachim HECHT, Heiko ROEHM, Tobias HERR
  • Patent number: 9266228
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, in particular an impact drill driver, has a gearbox assemblage, a hammer impact mechanism, and a tool spindle. The hammer impact mechanism includes a striker that at least partly surrounds the tool spindle in at least one plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2016
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Hecht, Heiko Roehm, Tobias Herr
  • Publication number: 20160011489
    Abstract: A light pulse source (100), being adapted for generating repetitive optical pulses, comprises a continuous wave (cw) laser (10) being arranged for providing cw laser light, an optical microresonator (20) being made of a resonator material, which has a third order (Kerr) nonlinearity and an anomalous resonator dispersion, wherein the cw laser (10) is arranged for coupling the cw laser light into the optical microresonator (20), which, at a predetermined relative detuning of the cw laser (10) and the optical microresonator (20), is capable of including a light field in a soliton state, wherein soliton shaped pulses can be coupled out of the optical microresonator (20) for providing the repetitive optical pulses, and a tuning device (30) being arranged for creating and maintaining the predetermined relative detuning of the cw laser (10) and the optical microresonator (20) based on a tuning time profile being selected in dependency on a thermal time constant of the optical microresonator (20) such that the solito
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2013
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Tobias HERR, Michael L. GORODETSKY, Tobias KIPPENBERG
  • Patent number: 9211639
    Abstract: In a hand-held power tool, in particular an impact drill driver, having a torque setting unit, a gearbox assemblage, a hammer impact mechanism, and a tool spindle, the hammer impact mechanism has a drive rotation element having a rotation axis that is disposed coaxially with at least a part of the tool spindle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Joachim Hecht, Heiko Roehm, Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 9194462
    Abstract: In a handheld power tool having a planetary gear set which is at least switchable between a first and a second gear and which is assigned a switching annulus gear which is at least shiftable between a first and a second switching position and which has the first switching position in the first gear and the second switching position in the second gear, the switching annulus gear is assigned a synchronization unit which is designed to enable a synchronization of the switching annulus gear with a planet carrier or with a blocking element of the planetary gear set when the switching annulus gear is shifted between the first and the second switching position to switch over the planetary gear set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Blum, Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 9133909
    Abstract: A hand-held tool device includes a planetary transmission and a striking mechanism. The striking mechanism has at least one striking mechanism shut-off clutch and a striking mechanism switching spring which opens the striking mechanism shut-off clutch in at least one operating state. The planetary transmission has at least one planetary transmission stage which at least partially encloses the striking mechanism switching spring in at least one plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Jens Blum, Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 9121478
    Abstract: A hand-held tool device includes: a tool spindle; a striking mechanism; and a planetary transmission having at least one first planetary transmission stage which drives the striking mechanism, a second planetary transmission stage which drives the tool spindle, and a striking mechanism shut-off clutch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventor: Tobias Herr
  • Publication number: 20150129268
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool device is described which includes an output unit, a striker, and a rotary percussion receiver which is designed for establishing a transfer of rotary percussions between the striker and the output unit, at least during a rotary percussion operation. It is provided that the hand-held power tool device includes a rotary percussion switch-off device which is designed for interrupting the transfer of rotary percussions from the striker to the rotary percussion receiver, at least during a hammer percussion operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 9030145
    Abstract: A device for regulating an increase in the output torque over time of an electric drive motor, including a monitoring unit for monitoring an operating variable of the electric drive motor, a regulating unit for regulating the operating variable for regulating the increase in output torque over time, a control unit for activating the regulating unit as a function of a time derivation of the monitored operating variable, the regulating unit being designed to be deactivated after a predetermined period of time. A method for regulating an increase in the output torque over time of an electric drive motor is also described. A corresponding tool and a computer program having program code for carrying out the method are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Brennenstuhl, Heiko Roehm, Dietmar Saur, Tobias Herr, Ralf Windsheimer, Stefan Mock
  • Patent number: 9010456
    Abstract: A hand-held power tool, particularly a hammer drill, includes a work spindle, a hand-held power tool housing and an intermediate shaft, which is arranged in parallel to the work spindle and mounted in an axially displaceable manner for changing the operational mode, and a tooth sleeve, which is provided to transfer a torque to the intermediate shaft. The tooth sleeve is fixed in the axial direction by means of the hand-held power tool housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Kurt Sieber, Otto Baumann, Elisabeth Michl, Hardy Schmid, Holger Ruebsaamen, Tobias Herr
  • Publication number: 20150101836
    Abstract: The invention is based on a hand-held power tool device equipped with a locking device. The locking device is provided for locking an output device and has at least one locking element for supporting at least one radial clamping force. According to a proposed embodiment, the locking element is provided to fasten and/or axially secure at least one component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Inventors: Jens BLUM, Heiko ROEHM, Tobias HERR
  • Publication number: 20150075828
    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: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2012
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventor: Tobias Herr
  • Patent number: 8939232
    Abstract: The invention is based on a hand-held power tool device equipped with a locking device. The locking device is provided for locking an output device and has at least one locking element for supporting at least one radial clamping force. According to a proposed embodiment, the locking element is provided to fasten and/or axially secure at least one component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Jens Blum, Heiko Roehm, Tobias Herr
  • Publication number: 20150000947
    Abstract: An impact mechanism device for a hand power tool comprises at least one impact mechanism including at least one driven cylinder and at least one piston driven in an axial direction by the at least one driven cylinder via a cam mechanism, and at least one planetary gearing configured to drive the at least one driven cylinder and the at least one piston. The at least one piston is positioned at least partially inside the at least one driven cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Tobias Herr, Steffen Tiede, Benjamin Nikolas Fischle, Hardy Schmid, Gerd Schlesak, Selim Mustafa
  • Publication number: 20150000950
    Abstract: In a handheld machine tool having a tool housing, in which a drive motor is situated for driving a drive element equipped with at least one clamping surface, to which a spindle-locking device equipped with a blocking element and at least one spindle cylinder is assigned, the at least one spindle cylinder being able to be clamped in a spindle-lock operation of the spindle-locking device between the at least one clamping surface and the blocking element n order to prevent the drive element from rotating relative to the tool housing, the spindle-locking device has an impingement element, which is developed to impinge on the at least one spindle cylinder with a specified force in the direction of the at least one clamping surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
    Inventors: Jens BLUM, Tobias HERR
  • Publication number: 20140346744
    Abstract: A tool system having a hand-held machine tool including a tool holder for receiving an insert tool; and a mounting interface configured for mounting thereon: an angle attachment that includes an angle locking section for locking on the mounting interface and an angle drive unit; and an eccentric attachment that includes an eccentric locking section for locking on the mounting interface and an eccentric drive unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 27, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias HERR, Dietmar SAUR, Gerald FISCHER, Joerg WELKE, Jens BLUM, Andreas NECKER, Torsten TUSSING
  • Patent number: 8893819
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-held power tool with a drive shaft embodied in the form of a spindle shaft, which is connected to a tool-clamping device. The drive shaft, which is coupled to a drive motor, cooperates with a torque clutch. The torque clutch is provided with a clutch-adjusting ring that is coupled to a transmission element that cooperates with at least one clutch-adjusting device in order to adjust a torque. The transmission element is situated in an axially and/or radially movable fashion on the outer circumference of a housing component. According to the invention, in at least one position of the clutch-adjusting ring, the transmission element protrudes axially beyond the housing component in the direction toward the tool-clamping device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventor: Tobias Herr
  • Publication number: 20140338945
    Abstract: A hand tool device has a hammer mechanism including a hammer, at least one curve guide which drives the hammer at least during the hammer drilling operation, and at least one hammer mechanism spring which (i) stores at least a part of an impact energy in at least one operating state, and (ii) holds the hammer in the peripheral direction in at least one operating state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Tobias HERR, Heiko Roehm, Marco Braun