# US 10,766,130 B2 · System formed by at least one hand-held power tool, at least one first interface, and at least one electrotechnical product > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,766,130 B2 - Document ID: US10766130B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/777,953 - Filed: 2016-11-24 - Published: 2018-12-06 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-24 - Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH - Applicants: Robert Bosch GmbH - Inventors: Jens Brennenstuhl; Heiko Roehm; Maik Rabe - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10766130B2 ## CPC - B25F 5/02: Construction of casings, bodies or handles {(B25F5/006, B25F5/008 take precedence)} - B25F: COMBINATION OR MULTI-PURPOSE TOOLS NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; DETAILS OR COMPONENTS OF PORTABLE POWER-DRIVEN TOOLS NOT PARTICULARLY RELATED TO THE OPERATIONS PERFORMED AND NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR {(machines or arrangements of machines for performing specified combinations of different metal-working operations not covered by a single other subclass B23P23/00 and subgroups)} ## Abstract A system includes at least one hand-held power tool and at least one electrotechnical product. The power tool includes a housing with a handle, a drive motor arranged in the housing, and a first interface configured to receive information from at least one second external interface and/or to transmit information to the at least one second external interface. The housing of the hand-held power tool and a housing of the electrotechnical product each have a receiving opening. The first interface is removably arranged in a selected one of the receiving openings. The receiving openings are releasably sealed by corresponding covers. The covers close the housings to the outside. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A system comprising: at least one hand-held power tool comprising a housing having a handle, a drive motor arranged in the housing and coupled to a tool receiver, and at least one first interface configured to receive information from at least one second external interface and/or to send information to the at least one second external interface; and at least one electrotechnical product comprising another housing, wherein the housing of the at least one hand-held power tool and the housing of the at least one electrotechnical product each have a receiving opening configured to be releasably closed by a cover, and wherein the cover closes the housing of the at least one hand-held power tool outwardly, and wherein the at least one first interface is configured to be removably arranged in the receiving openings. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: an interface housing configured to receive the at least one first interface and arranged in the receiving opening of the at least one hand-held power tool or arranged in the receiving opening of the at least one electrotechnical product. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein: at least one opening, for a through passage of connection elements, is arranged in the interface housing, and the at least one opening is configured to establish an electrical connection between the at least one first interface and electrical components of the at least one hand-held power tool or electrical components of the at least one electrotechnical product. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the interface housing is configured to constitute a single piece with the housing of the at least one hand-held power tool or the housing of the at least one electrotechnical product. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the interface housing is configured so as to constitute two pieces with the housing of the at least one hand-held power tool or the housing of the at least one electrotechnical product. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the interface housing, the at least one first interface, and the cover are configured to form a module configured to be releasably attached in a region of the receiving opening of the housing of the at least one hand-held power tool or the housing of the at least one electrotechnical product. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) The system as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one first interface has a radio module. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one first interface has at least one damping element. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the damping element is arranged between the cover and the radio module and/or between the at least one first interface and a base surface of the interface housing. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover has a slot-type depression. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the cover is releasably locked on the housing of the at least one hand-held power tool or the housing of the at least one electrotechnical product in a rotatory manner. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one first interface has a second energy storage device and/or is supplied with energy via a first energy storage device of the hand-held power tool or of the electrotechnical product. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The system as claimed in claim 12, wherein the second energy storage device is replaceable and/or rechargeable. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one first interface has at least one contact printed circuit board. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one first interface is connected in a wired manner or wirelessly to a control unit and/or to battery-pack electronics of a battery pack to configure the at least one first interface for data exchange with the at least one second external interface. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one first interface receives and/or sends a radio signal, a Bluetooth signal, a WLAN signal, an optical signal, or an acoustic signal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one electrotechnical product does not include another drive motor. ### Claim 18 A tool system comprising: a system having (i) at least one hand-held power tool including a housing having a handle, a drive motor arranged in the housing and coupled to a tool receiver, and at least one first interface configured to receive information from at least one second external interface and/or to send information to the at least one second external interface, and (ii) at least one electrotechnical product comprising another housing; and an external unit having the at least one second interface configured to receive information from the at least one first interface and/or to send information to the at least one first interface, wherein the housing of the at least one hand-held power tool and the housing of the at least one electrotechnical product each have a receiving opening configured to be releasably closed by a cover, wherein the cover closes the housing of the at least one hand-held power tool outwardly, and wherein the at least one first interface is configured to be removably arranged in the receiving openings. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The tool system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the external unit is a smartphone or an electronic data processing system. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The tool system as claimed in claim 18, wherein the at least one electrotechnical product does not include another drive motor.