Abstract: A mains-operable power tool having a mains connection, a rectifier connected downstream of the mains connection, and an electric motor with an upstream motor stage, wherein the rectifier and the motor stage are connected via an intermediate circuit having a smoothing capacitor connected in parallel with the rectifier and a switching branch connected in parallel with the rectifier, wherein the switching branch has an additional capacitor which can be discharged if necessary via a discharge circuit included in the intermediate circuit by a switching element included in the switching branch, wherein the intermediate circuit has a precharge circuit which is or can be used to set an offset voltage of the additional capacitor.

Abstract: A power tool having a motor is provided, wherein the motor includes a rotor and a stator, and wherein the stator includes a first winding and a second winding, wherein the windings are designed in such a way that the windings allow operation of the motor of the power tool at substantially full speed, but at substantially half the power compared with the comparison motor. In the comparison motor, the stator coils are substantially completely wrapped with a continuous wire layer. method for operating such a power tool and a method for carrying out charge equalization between two accumulators in a power tool is also provided. The double-wound stator can be used in conjunction with a bridge circuit made up of motor inverters and stator coils to allow charge equalization between two accumulators in a power tool.

Abstract: An electric drive unit for an electric handheld power tool, having an electric motor with a stator winding and a rotor winding, an actuating circuit for actuating the electric motor and a connection unit for coupling an energy source for driving the electric motor, wherein the stator winding is connected via a first node to a stator-side first half-bridge including a first semiconductor component and a second semiconductor component and is connected via a second node to the rotor winding, wherein the rotor winding is connected to a third node which is connected via a conductive component to the connection unit, and wherein the actuating circuit includes a third semiconductor component which is connected via the second node to the rotor winding and the stator winding and which is connected via a fourth node directly to the connection unit.

Abstract: Control method for braking an electric motor (7) of an electric handheld power tool (1), the electric motor (7) including a stator winding (12) and a rotor winding (14), wherein the method includes a) switching (S1) the electric motor (7) from motor operation to braking operation, b) reversing the polarity (S2) of an input voltage applied to the rotor winding (14) compared to motor operation, c) limiting (S3) a rotor current (IR(t)) of the rotor winding (14) as a function of a predetermined threshold value (IL), and d) regulating (S4) a stator current (IS(t)) of the stator winding (12) as a function of a current rotation speed (n(t)) of the electric motor (7).

Abstract: A handheld power tool has a tool socket (2) to hold a tool (4) along a working axis (11), a motor (5) and a slip clutch (21) having a number of blocking elements. A sensor (27) serves to record a measured signal (28) as the measure of vibrations inside the handheld power tool (1). A band-pass filter (29) has a pass range in which a frequency lies that is equal to the product of the rotational speed of the wheel (22) on the drive side and the number N of blocking elements (24). The measured signal (28) filtered by the band-pass filter (29) is fed to an evaluation unit (30). When the filtered measured signal (28) exceeds a limit value, the evaluation unit (30) reduces the rotational speed of the motor (5).

Abstract: A handheld power tool has a tool socket (2) to hold a tool (4) along a working axis (11), a motor (5) and a slip clutch (21) having a number of blocking elements. A sensor (27) serves to record a measured signal (28) as the measure of vibrations inside the handheld power tool (1). A band-pass filter (29) has a pass range in which a frequency lies that is equal to the product of the rotational speed of the wheel (22) on the drive side and the number N of blocking elements (24). The measured signal (28) filtered by the band-pass filter (29) is fed to an evaluation unit (30). When the filtered measured signal (28) exceeds a limit value, the evaluation unit (30) reduces the rotational speed of the motor (5).

Abstract: A handheld power tool has a tool socket (2) to hold a tool (4) along a working axis (11), a motor (5) and a slip clutch (21) having a number of blocking elements. A sensor (27) serves to record a measured signal (28) as the measure of vibrations inside the handheld power tool (1). A band-pass filter (29) has a pass range in which a frequency lies that is equal to the product of the rotational speed of the wheel (22) on the drive side and the number N of blocking elements (24). The measured signal (28) filtered by the band-pass filter (29) is fed to an evaluation unit (30). When the filtered measured signal (28) exceeds a limit value, the evaluation unit (30) reduces the rotational speed of the motor (5).

Abstract: A handheld power tool has a tool socket (2) to hold a tool (4) along a working axis (11), a motor (5) and a slip clutch (21) having a number of blocking elements. A sensor (27) serves to record a measured signal (28) as the measure of vibrations inside the handheld power tool (1). A band-pass filter (29) has a pass range in which a frequency lies that is equal to the product of the rotational speed of the wheel (22) on the drive side and the number N of blocking elements (24). The measured signal (28) filtered by the band-pass filter (29) is fed to an evaluation unit (30). When the filtered measured signal (28) exceeds a limit value, the evaluation unit (30) reduces the rotational speed of the motor (5).

Abstract: An electrical hand-held tool includes an electric motor (2) having a rotor shaft (3) extending transverse to the tool percussion axis (A), a rotor sheet stack (4) supported on the rotor shaft, and a pinion (5) supported on the rotor shaft, a percussion mechanism (6) including an eccentric (7), and a drive gear (8) engageable with the motor pinion (5) for driving the eccentric (7), with the rotor sheet stack (4) being arranged, with respect to the percussion axis A, completely diametrically opposite the drive gear (8).

Abstract: An electrical, rotary-percussion hand-held includes a spindle (4), an electric motor for driving the spindle at different rotational speeds corresponding to different operational modes, a percussion mechanism and a gear mechanism arranged between the electric motor (1) and the spindle (4) for transmitting a drive torque from the electric motor (1) to the spindle (4), and a rotation shifting device (7) operatively connected with signal elements (6, 6?) and electrically connected with the electric motor (1) for driving the spindle (4) with a rotational speed corresponding to a selected operational mode.

Abstract: An electrical tool includes a housing having inlet (7) and outlet (8) openings, a brushless electric motor (2) and an inverted rectifier (3) both arranged in the housing (9) between inlet (7) and outlet (8) openings in an air stream (5) of an air volume (6), and a link condensator (10) located in the housing (9) in the air stream (5), with the inverted rectifier (3) being arranged, in the air flow direction, downstream of the link condensator (10) and upstream of the electric motor (2).

Abstract: An electrical hand-held tool includes an electric motor (2) having a rotor shaft (3) extending transverse to the tool percussion axis (A), a rotor sheet stack (4) supported on the rotor shaft, and a pinion (5) supported on the rotor shaft, a percussion mechanism (6) including an eccentric (7), and a drive gear (8) engageable with the motor pinion (5) for driving the eccentric (7), with the rotor sheet stack (4) being arranged, with respect to the percussion axis A, completely diametrically opposite the drive gear (8).

Abstract: An electrical tool includes a housing having inlet (7) and outlet (8) openings, a brushless electric motor (2) and an inverted rectifier (3) both arranged in the housing (9) between inlet (7) and outlet (8) openings in an air stream (5) of an air volume (6), and a link condensator (10) located in the housing (9) in the air stream (5), with the inverted rectifier (3) being arranged, in the air flow direction, downstream of the link condensator (10) and upstream of the electric motor (2).

Abstract: An electrical, rotary-percussion hand-held including a spindle (4), an electric motor for driving the spindle between alternatingly switchable mode, a percussion mechanism and a gear mechanism arranged between the electric motor (1) and the spindle (4) for transmitting a drive torque from the electric motor (1) to the spindle (4), and a rotation shifting device (7) operatively connected with signal elements (6, 6′) and electrically connected with the electric motor (1) for actively shifting rotation of the spindle (4).

Abstract: A control method and a switching circuit for braking an electronically commutated electrical motor, wherein operation is in a phase period (T) of an inverter relative to at lest one winding, sequentially, both in a motoring mode and a generating operating mode using various cycles (t1-t2, t3-t4) beginning with zero, such that the driving and braking torques associated with the cycles (t1-t2, t3-t4) produce a resultant braking moment averaged over the phase period (T).

Abstract: A control method and a switching circuit for braking an electronically commutated electrical motor, wherein operation is in a phase period (T) of an inverter relative to at lest one winding, sequentially, both in a motoring mode and a generating operating mode using various cycles (t1-t2, t3-t4) beginning with zero, such that the driving and braking torques associated with the cycles (t1-t2, t3-t4) produce a resultant braking moment averaged over the phase period (T).

Abstract: A depth assembly for use with a hand-held power tool (2) and including a motorized control unit for adjusting a position of a depth-setting member (3) and connectable with an energy source (4) which supplies power thereto, and a micro-controller (6) for controlling the operation of the control unit (5) and connected with a length-determining sensor.

Abstract: A self-starting brushless electric motor having a first motor (stator) with poles arranged in a row, said poles constituting ferromagnetic poles or permanent-magnet poles, a second motor part (rotor) with poles arranged in a row, said poles consisting of ferromagnetic poles or permanent-magnet poles and being arranged opposite the row of poles on the first motor part, wherein the motor part with salient ferromagnetic poles or, if both motor parts have salient ferromagnetic poles, at least one of the motor parts has a permanent-magnet pole, and also a magnetizing winding on the first motor part. The system of poles formed by the pole rows is magnetically asymmetrical in the direction in which the motor parts are movable in relation to each other.

Abstract: A self-starting brushless electric motor having a first motor (stator) with poles arranged in a row, said poles constituting ferromagnetic poles or permanent-magnet poles, a second motor part (rotor) with poles arranged in a row, said poles consisting of ferromagnetic poles or permanent-magnet poles and being arranged opposite the row of poles on the first motor part, wherein the motor part with salient ferromagnetic poles or, if both motor parts have salient ferromagnetic poles, at least one of the motor parts has a permanent-magnet pole, and also a magnetizing winding on the first motor part. The system of poles formed by the pole rows is magnetically asymmetrical in the direction in which the motor parts are movable in relation to each other.

Abstract: A controllable planetary gear for transmitting a rotational movement between an input (2) and an output (3), including a ring gear (4) with which a speed range of the transmitted rotational movement is controlled; and a control device (6, 61) having an inner member (5, 51) in which the ring gear (4) is integrated, an outer member (7, 71) supportable in the tool housing (3) without a possibility of rotation relative thereto, and a sensor (8, 81) for measuring a force acting on the outer member (7, 71) and a tension developed in the outer member (7, 71).