US 11,787,035 B2
Housing
Jonathan Seiz, Stuttgart (DE); Markus Oesterle, Althütte (DE); and Thomas Haag, Erdmannhausen (DE)
Assigned to Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG, Waiblingen (DE)
Filed by Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG, Waiblingen (DE)
Filed on May 5, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/308,326.
Claims priority of application No. 20178898 (EP), filed on Jun. 9, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0379752 A1, Dec. 9, 2021
Int. Cl. B25F 5/02 (2006.01); E01H 1/08 (2006.01)
CPC B25F 5/02 (2013.01) [E01H 1/0809 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing for a hand-guided work implement, the housing comprising:
a first housing shell comprising a first outer wall;
a second housing shell comprising a second outer wall;
wherein the first outer wall and the second outer wall at least partially contact each other along a separation plane;
wherein the first housing shell comprises a first rib extending in a transverse direction transversely to the separation plane;
wherein the first rib projects past the separation plane into the second housing shell;
wherein first measuring points are located in the separation plane;
wherein the first rib comprises a first rib height measured in the transverse direction, beginning at one of the first measuring points located in the separation plane, to a first end of the first rib, wherein the first end of the first rib faces the second housing shell;
wherein the second housing shell comprises a second shell height measured in the transverse direction, beginning at the same first measuring point located in the separation plane where the first rib height is measured, to a second inner side of the second housing shell, wherein the second inner side faces the first housing shell;
wherein the first measuring points located in the separation plane include at least one first measuring point at which the first rib height amounts to at least 15% of the second shell height;
wherein the second housing shell comprises a second rib, wherein the second rib, beginning at the second outer wall of the second housing shell, extends in the transverse direction toward the first housing shell, wherein the second rib projects past the separation plane, and wherein the second rib projects into the first housing shell.