Hand-held power tool with an identification element

• US 20080282850A1
• Filed: 05/08/2008
• Published: 11/20/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (Hilti Martin Family Trust)
• Original Assignee: Hilti Aktiengesellschaft (Hilti Martin Family Trust)
• Inventors: Pallmer, Pierre, Appel, Hans, Oeffling, Armin, Luebkert, Ernst-Rudolf
• Granted Patent: US 7,827,718 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 81/177.1
• CPC Class Codes: B25F 5/02 Construction of casings, bodies or handles B25F5/006, B25F5/008 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 40/913 Tool identification
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/7734 With guard for tool

Abstract

A hand-held power tool includes a housing (4), and a tag-shaped identification element (14.1; 14.2) mountable on the housing (4) so that it becomes visible on an outer side of the housing (4), provided with an identification mark (16.1; 16.2), insertable in a receptacle (20.1; 20.2) provided on the housing.

Claims

1. A hand-held power tool, comprising a housing (4);

and an identification element (14.1;

14.2) mountable on the housing (4) so that it becomes visible on an outer side of the housing (4), the identification element (14.1;

14.2) being provided with an identification mark (16.1;

16.2) and formed as a tag, and the housing (4) having a receptacle (20.1;

20.2) into which the tag-shaped identification element (14.1;

14.2) is pushed.

2. A hand-held power tool according to claim 1, further comprising an element (32) for securing the identification element (14.1;

14.2) in the receptacle (20.1;

20.2).

3. A hand-held power tool according to claim 2, wherein the securing element (32) has a locking region (30), and the identification element (14.1;

14.2) has a formlocking element (28) that abuttingly engages the locking region (30) of the securing element (32) in a direction opposite a direction (E) in which the identification element (14.1;

14.2) is pushed into the receptacle (20.1;

20.2).

4. A hand-held power tool according to claim 2, wherein the securing element (32) is formed separately from the housing (4) and forms, in a mounted condition thereof in the housing (4), an inserted air guide.

5. A hand-held power tool, according to claim 1, wherein the identification element (14.1;

14.2) has a recess (18.1;

18.2) in which the identification mark (16.1;

16.2) is received.

6. A hand-held power tool, according to claim 1, wherein the housing (4) has a recess (22.1;

22.2) in which the receptacle (20.1, 20.2) is provided.

7. A hand-held power tool, according to claim 1, wherein both the identification element (14.1;

14.2) and the receptacle (20.1;

20.2) taper in a direction (E) in which the identification element (14.1, 14.2) is pushed into the receptacle (20.1, 20.2).

8. A hand-held power tool, comprising a housing (4);

and two identification elements (14.1;

14.2) provided each with an identification mark (16.1;

16.2) and mountable on the housing (4) so that they are visible on two sides (S1;

S2) of the housing (4), the identification elements (14.1;

14.2) being formed each as a tag, and the housing (4) having two receptacles (20.1;

20.2) into which the tag-shaped identification elements (14.1;

14.2) are pushed, respectively.

9. A method of manufacturing a hand-held power tool, comprising the steps of forming a power tool housing (4) provided on two sides thereof (S1, S2) with two receptacles (20.1, 20.2), respectively;

forming two identification elements (14.1, 14.2) dimensioned in accordance with respective dimensions of the two receptacles (20.1, 20.2), as parts of a single cast element (36);

providing the two identification elements (14.1, 14.2) with respective identification marks (16.1, 16.2) in a single printing process;

separating the two identification elements (14.1, 14.2); and

inserting the two identification elements (14.1, 14.2) in the respective receptacles (20.1, 20.2).