System comprising a power tool and an energy supply device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025030195-A1
Application number	US-202218714660-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Nov 15, 2022
Priority date	Dec 1, 2021
Publication date	Jan 23, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A system including a machine tool and a power supply device, the power supply device being provided for supplying the machine tool with electrical power. The power supply device can be detachably connected to the machine tool by means of an interface, the interface coincluding at least one female contact partner and one male contact partner. The interface has at least one elastic means for reducing a relative movement between the male contact partner and the female contact partner, the at least one elastic device for reducing the relative movement between the contact partners being designed to engage with the at least one male contact partner and/or the at least one female contact partner. The power supply device includes at least one energy storage cell, the at least one energy storage cell having an internal resistance DCR_I of less than 10 milliohm. Methods for connecting a power supply device to a machine tool via an interface, and to an interface itself are also provided. A power supply device for use in the system.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 - 14 . (canceled)

15 . A system comprising:
a power tool; and an energy supply device for supplying the power tool with electrical energy, the energy supply device releasably connectable to the power tool via an interface, the interface including at least a female contact partner and a male contact partner, the interface including at least one elastic means for reducing a relative movement between the contact partners, the elastic means for reducing the relative movement between the contact partners is designed to act on the male contact partner or on the female contact partner, the energy supply device having at least one energy storage cell, wherein the at least one energy storage cell has an internal resistance DCR_I of less than 10 milliohms.

16 . The system as recited in claim 15 wherein the male or female contact partner on which the elastic means for reducing the relative movement acts is movably mounted.

17 . The system as recited in claim 15 wherein the male contact partner is arranged on the power tool or the female contact partner is arranged on the energy supply device.

18 . The system as recited in claim 15 wherein the at least one elastic means for reducing the relative movement includes a spring.

19 . The system as recited in claim 15 wherein the male contact partner and the female contact partner form a unit decoupled in a connected state from a movement of the energy supply device or from a movement of the power tool.

20 . The system as recited in claim 15 wherein the interface has at least one elastic current conductor.

21 . The system as recited in claim 15 wherein the interface includes communication elements for exchanging data between the power tool and the energy supply device.

22 . The system as recited in claim 21 wherein the communication elements form a communication link, wherein the communication link is wire-based.

23 . The system as recited in claim 21 wherein the communication elements form a communication link, wherein the communication link is without wires.

24 . The system as recited in claim 21 wherein the communication elements are arranged in a communication receiving device, wherein the communication elements or the communication receiving device includes the elastic means.

25 . The system as recited in claim 15 wherein the interface includes a receiver for receiving the female contact partner or the male contact partner.

26 . The system as recited in claim 25 wherein the at least one communication element is integrated in the receiver.

27 . The system as recited in claim 25 wherein the at least one elastic means for reducing the relative movement is assigned to the receiver.

28 . The system as recited in claim 15 wherein the at least one elastic means for reducing the relative movement is assigned to a pair of the female contact partner and the male contact partner.

29 . An energy supply device for use in the system as recited in claim 15 , the energy supply device comprising the at least one energy storage cell, wherein a ratio of a resistance of the at least one energy storage cell to a surface area A of the at least one energy storage cell is less than 0.2 milliohms/cm 2 .

30 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 29 wherein the ratio is less than 0.1 milliohms/cm 2 .

31 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 29 wherein the ratio is less than 0.05 milliohms/cm 2 .

32 . An energy supply device for use in the system as recited in claim 15 , the energy supply device comprising the at least one energy storage cell, wherein the at least one energy storage cell has a surface area A and a volume V, wherein the ratio A/V of the surface area to the volume is greater than six times the inverse of the cube root of the volume.

33 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 33 wherein the ratio A/V is greater than eight times the inverse of the cube root of the volume.

34 . The energy supply device as recited in claim 33 wherein the ratio A/V is greater than ten times the inverse of the cube root of the volume.

Assignees

• Hilti Ag

Inventors

• Hartmann Markus
• Meixner Ralf
• Stanger Robert
• Holubarsch Markus

Classifications

• H01M2220/30

  Batteries in portable systems, e.g. mobile phone, laptop · CPC title

• H01M50/213

  adapted for cells having curved cross-section, e.g. round or elliptic (H01M50/209, H01M50/216 take precedence) · CPC title

• H01M50/247

  specially adapted for portable devices, e.g. mobile phones, computers, hand tools or pacemakers · CPC title

• H01R13/6315 Primary

  allowing relative movement between coupling parts, e.g. floating connection (for coupling devices specially adapted for printed circuits, flat or ribbon cables, or like generally planar structures, H01R12/91 takes precedence) · CPC title

• B25F5/006 Primary

  Vibration damping means · CPC title