Hand tool designed to be remotely controlled, and tool designed to be remotely controlled

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12420399-B2
Application number	US-201917251431-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2019
Priority date	Jun 12, 2018
Publication date	Sep 23, 2025
Grant date	Sep 23, 2025

Abstract

A remotely controlled hand tool includes a grip region and an actuating button. A remotely controlled tool includes a holding region and a triggering means. The hand tool or tool enables favorable remote control by a removable application part held in the grip region or holding region. The hand tool or tool is attached to an automatically movable flying vehicle by means of an attachment.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An assembly comprising:
an automatically movable flying device;
a hand tool including a housing defining a grip region around which a hand of a user can be wrapped for operation of the hand tool, a working head at an end of the housing for performing a working operation, and a displaceable actuating button in the grip region, wherein the working head is configured to be activated to perform the working operation by a user displacing the actuating button into an actuating position, the hand tool is further configured to be electronically or mechanically switched over to a remote control operation to perform the working operation and includes a radio receiver and a control unit which are operatively coupled together and which allow for the hand tool to be operated under remote control;
an application part coupled to the flying device and couplable to the hand tool to arrange the hand tool in the application part, the application part surrounds the grip region when coupled to the hand tool, the application part engages and displaces the actuating button into an actuating position for the duration that the hand tool is arranged in the application part, wherein the hand tool operates under remote control when the application part is coupled to the hand tool, and wherein the application part is removable from the grip region; and
a remote control device configured to provide radio signals to the radio receiver of the hand tool, wherein the control unit of the hand tool converts the radio signals into a triggering of a working movement to perform the working operation with the actuating button in the actuating position as a result of being displaced into the actuating position by the application part when the application part is coupled to the hand tool.

2. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the flying device is designed for vertical takeoff and landing.

3. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the flying device has at least one propeller having a rotational axis that runs substantially perpendicular to a subsurface with the flying device in a state standing upright on the subsurface.

4. The assembly according to claim 3 , wherein the flying device has at least one pedestal which rests the flying device on the subsurface.

5. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein the at least one pedestal protrudes downwardly over the hand tool in relation to a state of the flying device parked on the subsurface.

6. The assembly according to claim 4 , wherein two pedestals are provided, and the hand tool is attached between the pedestals.

7. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the remote control device is further configured to control movement of the flying device.

8. The assembly according to one claim 1 , wherein the working head protrudes laterally over the flying device in relation to a standing position of the flying device.

9. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the remote control device comprises an actuating element configured to remotely trigger the working operation of the working head.

10. The assembly according to claim 9 , wherein the remote control device further comprises a radio transmitter operatively connected via the actuating element for operative connection with the radio receiver of the hand tool.

11. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the actuating button is within the grip region and is configured to be depressed.

12. The assembly according to claim 1 , wherein the application part comprises a pair of cuffs which are hingedly coupled together.

13. The assembly according to claim 12 , wherein the actuating button is within the grip region and is configured to be depressed, the actuating button extending through an opening in the cuffs.

14. The assembly according to claim 1 , further comprising attachment means for coupling the application part to the flying device.

15. The assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the attachment means enables a movability of the hand tool relative to the flying device.

16. The assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the attachment means comprise flexible, extendible holding means, with which the hand tool can be released or tightened.

17. The assembly according to claim 16 , wherein the flexible, extendible holding means comprise a rope, wherein the hand tool is lowered from the flying device by extension of the rope or pulled toward the flying device by retraction of the rope.

18. The assembly according to claim 17 , further comprising a winch which can be activated to extend or retract the rope.

19. The assembly according to claim 14 , wherein the attachment means comprise a flexible attachment arm which allows the hand tool to move relative to the flying device without otherwise loosening the attachment means.

Assignees

• Klauke Gmbh Gustav

Inventors

• Frenken Egbert
• Lehr Andreas

Classifications

• B64U2101/30

  for imaging, photography or videography · CPC title

• B64U10/13

  Flying platforms · CPC title

• B64U2101/60

  for transporting passengers; for transporting goods other than weapons · CPC title

• B64U30/20

  Rotors; Rotor supports · CPC title

• H02G1/06

  for laying cables, e.g. laying apparatus on vehicle · CPC title