Power tool, system, and method

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12090562-B2
Application number	US-202117487749-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 28, 2021
Priority date	Jul 24, 2017
Publication date	Sep 17, 2024
Grant date	Sep 17, 2024

Abstract

A power tool with a rotatable tool designed as a saw blade or a milling cutter, including a sensor device for detecting a mechanical quantity, the mechanical quantity having a force, an acceleration, a velocity, a deflection, a deformation and/or a mechanical stress, and the mechanical quantity being dependent on a force emanating from the tool, and a control device communicatively coupled to the sensor device, which control device is adapted to recognize a kickback event based on the detected mechanical quantity, where the control device is adapted to selectively determine a first recognition function or a second recognition function different from the first recognition function based on a function determination information, and to perform the recognition of the kickback event based on the detected mechanical quantity using the determined recognition function.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A system comprising a mobile device and a power tool with a rotatable tool, wherein the rotatable tool is designed as a saw blade or a milling cutter, wherein the power tool comprises:
a sensor device for detecting a mechanical quantity, the mechanical quantity comprising a force, an acceleration, a velocity, a deflection, a deformation and/or a mechanical stress, and the mechanical quantity being dependent on a force emanating from the tool that is designed as the saw blade or the milling cutter, and
a control device communicatively coupled to the sensor device, wherein the control device is adapted to recognize a kickback event based on the detected mechanical quantity,
wherein the control device is adapted to select, based on a function determination information, a first recognition function or a second recognition function different from the first recognition function, and to perform the recognition of the kickback event based on the detected mechanical quantity using the determined recognition function,
wherein the power tool has a communication interface for communication with the mobile device, wherein the control device is adapted to receive the function determination information via the communication interface from the mobile device,
wherein the mobile device is adapted to transmit the function determination information to the power tool,
wherein the function determination information is different from measurement data, wherein the control device is adapted to use, based on the received function determination information that is input from an operator, one of the first recognition function and the second recognition function.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the two recognition functions differ in their sensitivity.

3. The system according to claim 2 , wherein the second recognition function is more sensitive than the first recognition function, so that when using the second recognition function, a larger value range of the detected mechanical quantity leads to the recognition of a kickback event than with the first recognition function.

4. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the first recognition function comprises a comparison of the detected mechanical quantity with a first threshold and the second recognition function comprises a comparison of the detected mechanical quantity with a second threshold different from the first threshold.

5. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the control device is adapted to perform a calibration of at least one recognition function.

6. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the power tool comprises a drive device for driving the tool and the control device is adapted to control the drive device in response to the detected kickback event in order to change the driving of the tool.

7. The system according to claim 6 , wherein the control device is adapted to control the drive device in response to the detected kickback event in order to brake the tool.

8. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the mechanical quantity is a mechanical vector quantity which lies in a plane perpendicular to an axial direction of an output shaft for driving a saw blade.

9. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the function determination information is based on two different safety profiles, wherein the two different safety profiles include a beginner profile and a professional profile, wherein the beginner profile is more sensitive than the professional profile to recognize the kickback event.

10. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the function determination information indicates the recognition function that is to be used for performing the recognition of the kickback event.

11. A method for recognizing a kickback event of a power tool with a rotatable tool, wherein the rotatable tool is designed as a saw blade or a milling cutter, the method comprising the steps:
receiving, via a communication interface of the power tool, function determination information from a mobile device,
detecting, via a sensor device, a mechanical quantity, wherein the mechanical quantity comprises a force, an acceleration, a velocity, a deflection, a deformation and/or a mechanical stress and the mechanical quantity depends on a force emanating from the tool that is designed as the saw blade or the milling cutter,
selecting, via a control device, based on the function determination information, a recognition function to be used from a first recognition function and a second recognition function different from the first recognition function, and recognizing, via the control device, using the selected recognition function, the kickback event based on the detected mechanical quantity,
wherein the function determination information is different from measurement data, wherein the control device is adapted to use, based on the received function determination information that is input from an operator, one of the first recognition function and the second recognition function.

12. A system comprising a mobile device and a power tool with a rotatable tool, wherein the rotatable tool is designed as a saw blade or a milling cutter, wherein the power tool comprises:
a sensor device for detecting a mechanical quantity, the mechanical quantity comprising a force, an acceleration, a velocity, a deflection, a deformation and/or a mechanical stress, and the mechanical quantity being dependent on a force emanating from the tool that is designed as the saw blade or the milling cutter, and
a control device communicatively coupled to the sensor device, wherein the control device is adapted to recognize a kickback event based on the detected mechanical quantity,
wherein the control device is adapted to select, based on a function determination information, a first recognition function or a second recognition function different from the first recognition function, and to perform the recognition of the kickback event based on the detected mechanical quantity using the determined recognition function, wherein the two recognition functions differ in their sensitivity, wherein the first recognition function comprises a comparison of the detected mechanical quantity with a first threshold and the second recognition function comprises a comparison of the detected mechanical quantity with a second threshold different from the first threshold
wherein the power tool has a communication interface for communication with the mobile device, wherein the control device is adapted to receive the function determination information via the communication interface from the mobile device,
wherein the mobile device is adapted to transmit the function determination information to the power tool,
wherein the function determination information is different from measurement data, wherein the control device is adapted to use, based on the received function determination information that is input from an operator, one of the first recognition function and the second recognition function.

Assignees

• Festool Gmbh

Inventors

• Schmid Markus
• Rusch Marc

Classifications

• B23D59/001 Primary

  Measuring or control devices, e.g. for automatic control of work feed pressure on band saw blade (measuring in general G01; controlling in general G05) · CPC title

• B27G19/02 Primary

  for circular saws · CPC title

• F16P3/12

  with means, e.g. feelers, which in case of the presence of a body part of a person in or near the danger zone influence the control or operation of the machine (F16P3/08 takes precedence) · CPC title

• H04L67/12

  specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks · CPC title

• B27G19/04

  for manually-operated power-driven circular saws · CPC title