US 12,127,512 B2
Cutting device
Endre Zador, Ipswich (GB); Janos Nagy, Mezönagymihály (HU); Krisztian Sepsi, Miskolc (HU); Mark Glanville, Ipswich (BG); Robert Soltesz, Miskolc (HU); and Zoltan Zsoldos, Kispiac (HU)
Assigned to Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed by Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart (DE)
Filed on Mar. 24, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/189,440.
Application 16/195,191 is a division of application No. 15/295,201, filed on Oct. 17, 2016, granted, now 10,172,292, issued on Jan. 8, 2019.
Application 18/189,440 is a continuation of application No. 17/075,124, filed on Oct. 20, 2020, granted, now 11,672,208.
Application 17/075,124 is a continuation of application No. 16/195,191, filed on Nov. 19, 2018, granted, now 10,912,259, issued on Feb. 9, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225255 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A01G 3/037 (2006.01); B26B 15/00 (2006.01)
CPC A01G 3/037 (2013.01) [B26B 15/00 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cutting device comprising:
a first cutting element and a second cutting element configured to move relative to each other;
a first gripping element and a second gripping element configured to move relative to each other, the first gripping element extending from the first cutting element, and the second gripping element extending from the second cutting element;
at least one driving element configured to move the first cutting element relative to the second cutting element when the at least one driving element is activated;
a sensor mounted on or in the first gripping element or the second gripping element and configured to detect an object located between the first gripping element and the second gripping element; and
a control unit operably connected to the at least one driving element and the sensor, the control unit configured to deactivate the at least one driving element when the sensor detects the object.