US 12,148,942 B2
Power tool having a protective guard-bracket device for rechargeable batteries
Thomas Bader, Landsberg am Lech (DE); Torsten Tussing, Obermeitingen (DE); Christian Laudensack, Adelsried (DE); Sören Schöpke, Igling (DE); Matthias Doberenz, Obermeitingen (DE); and Michael Brandner, Landsberg am Lech / Erpfting (DE)
Assigned to Hilti Aktiengesellschaft
Appl. No. 17/799,690
Filed by Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Schaan (LI)
PCT Filed Feb. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/053594
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Aug. 15, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/175572, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 20160338 (EP), filed on Mar. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0063991 A1, Mar. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/242 (2021.01); B25D 17/04 (2006.01); B25F 5/02 (2006.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/242 (2021.01) [B25D 17/04 (2013.01); B25F 5/02 (2013.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); B25D 2250/095 (2013.01); B25D 2250/121 (2013.01); H01M 50/247 (2021.01); H01M 2220/30 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A power tool comprising:
a first and second side handle, a side-handle axis extending through the first and second side handles;
a tool housing having an interface for releasably receiving and holding a first and second rechargeable battery, the side-handle axis arranged perpendicularly to a working axis extending through the tool housing; and
a protective apparatus for protecting the first and second rechargeable batteries, the protective apparatus having an internal volume for at least partially receiving the first and second rechargeable batteries;
the protective apparatus including a first frame element and a second frame element, wherein both the first and the second frame element each contain a top side and an underside, and wherein the first and second frame elements are connectable releasably to one another at the respective top side and the first and second frame elements are connectable releasably to the tool housing at the respective underside,
wherein the first frame element and second frame element, when connected to the tool housing, form a first opening and a second opening,
wherein the protective apparatus is configured such that the first battery is inserted through the first opening and mounted to the interface in a first direction and the second battery is inserted through the second opening and mounted to the interface in a second direction, opposite to the first direction.