Method for operating a hand-held power tool

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12296446-B2
Application number	US-202118256615-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 25, 2021
Priority date	Dec 16, 2020
Publication date	May 13, 2025
Grant date	May 13, 2025

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.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A method for operating a hand-held power tool, the hand-held power tool having an electric motor, the method comprising:
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 screw connection;
evaluating the at least one 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 at least one signal of the operating variable of the electric motor,
wherein the evaluating of the at least one signal of the electric motor comprises:
providing at least one condition-typical model signal form, wherein the condition-typical model signal form is assignable to a work progress of the hand-held power tool;
comparing the signal of the operating variable to the condition-typical model signal form and ascertaining an agreement evaluation from the comparison; and
detecting the work progress at least partly using the ascertained agreement evaluation.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the operating variable is a speed of the electric motor or an operating variable correlating to the speed.

3. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting device is a self-tapping screw.

4. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the support consists at least partially of concrete.

5. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , further comprising visualizing the evaluation of the at least one signal of the electric motor on a human-machine interface of the hand-held power tool.

6. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , further comprising sending a notification regarding the evaluation of the at least one signal of the operating variable of the electric motor to an external device.

7. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 6 , wherein the sending of a notification comprises sending a push notification to a hand-held device.

8. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 6 , wherein the sending of a notification comprises sending a push notification to a smartphone.

9. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , further comprising documenting the evaluation of the at least one signal of the operating variable of the electric motor, which includes documenting an incorrectly processed screw connection in a documentation base.

10. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 9 , wherein the documentation of the evaluation comprises detecting and storing a position of the screw connection.

11. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the model signal form is factory preset and/or can be specified and/or selected by a user.

12. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the ascertaining of the agreement evaluation comprises comparing the agreement between the signal of the operating variable and the model signal form to at least one threshold value of the agreement.

13. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the hand-held power tool is an impact wrench, and a work progress to be detected is an impact without further rotation of a tool holder.

14. A hand-held power tool comprising an electric motor, a measurement transducer of an operating variable of the electric motor, and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured so as to carry out the method according to claim 1 .

15. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting device is a self-tapping concrete screw.

16. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , wherein the support consists at least partially of reinforced concrete.

17. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , further comprising visualizing the evaluation of the at least one signal of the electric motor on a human-machine interface of the hand-held power tool as an incorrect screw connection.

18. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 1 , further comprising sending a notification regarding the evaluation of the at least one signal of the operating variable of the electric motor to an external device regarding an incorrectly processed screw connection.

19. A method for operating a hand-held power tool having an electric motor, the method comprising:
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 screw connection;
evaluating the at least one 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 at least one signal of the operating variable of the electric motor,
wherein the at least one signal of the operating variable is recorded in the providing of the at least one signal as a time curve of measured values of the operating variable, or as measured values of the operating variable via a variable of the electric motor correlated with the time curve.

20. The method for operating a hand-held power tool according to claim 19 , wherein the evaluating of the at least one signal of the electric motor comprises:
providing at least one condition-typical model signal form, wherein the condition-typical model signal form is assignable to a work progress of the hand-held power tool;
comparing the signal of the operating variable to the condition-typical model signal form and ascertaining an agreement evaluation from the comparison; and
detecting the work progress at least partly using the ascertained agreement evaluation.

Assignees

• Bosch Gmbh Robert

Inventors

• Erbele Simon
• Herberger Wolfgang
• Herr Tobias

Classifications

• B25B23/1475 Primary

  for impact wrenches or screwdrivers · CPC title

• B25B23/147 Primary

  specially adapted for electrically operated wrenches or screwdrivers · CPC title