Hand-Held Power Tool
AssigneeAndreas Stihl AG & Co. KG
InventorAndreas Guip
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Abstract
A hand-held power tool has a motor housing with drive motor and a grip housing with a longitudinal support and a forward grip. The motor housing and the grip housing are connected to one another by antivibration elements. The forward grip has a connecting end that is connected by a screw connection to the longitudinal support. The screw connection has at least one fastening screw that is positioned in the operating position of the power tool in a vertical direction of the power tool. The screw connection has a metal insertion part that is positioned entirely within the contour of the longitudinal support that is a plastic part. The metal insertion part has a screw receptacle for the at least one fastening screw. The at least one fastening screw is fixedly screwed into the metal insertion part.
Claims9
A hand-held power tool comprising:
- a motor housing in which a drive motor is arranged;
- a grip housing comprising a longitudinal support, wherein the motor housing and the grip housing are connected to one another by antivibration elements;
- a forward grip pipe that, in a normal operating position of the power tool, is remote from an operator;
- wherein the forward grip pipe has a connecting end and the connecting end is connected by a screw connection to the longitudinal support;
- wherein the screw connection comprises at least one fastening screw that is positioned in the normal operating position of the power tool substantially in a vertical direction of the power tool;
- wherein the screw connection comprises a metal insertion part that is positioned entirely within a contour of the longitudinal support, wherein the longitudinal support is a plastic part;
- wherein the metal insertion part has a screw receptacle and the at least one fastening screw is fixedly screwed into the screw receptacle that is a threaded bore matched to an outer thread of the at least one fastening screw;
- wherein the insertion part is a spring bracket having a first spring leg and a second spring leg, wherein the longitudinal support has an inner mounting rib and wherein the first and second spring legs engage by a clamping action on opposite sides of the inner mounting rib;
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- wherein the grip housing and the forward grip pipe form a rigid unit in that the forward grip pipe is fixedly screwed onto the grip housing without an antivibration element being interposed therebetween.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.