# US 2013/0153250 A1 · Tool

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- Number: US 2013/0153250 A1
- Document ID: US20130153250A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 13/709,019
- Filed: 2012-12-09
- Published: 2013-06-20
- Earliest claimed: 2011-12-16
- Assignees: Robert Bosch GmbH
- Inventors: Martin Eckert
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20130153250A1

## CPC

- B25B 21/00: Portable power-driven screw or nut setting or loosening tools; (details or components, e.g. casings, bodies, of portable power-driven tools not particularly related to the operation performed B25F5/00; {for mounting or dismounting wheels B60B29/006}); Attachments for drilling apparatus serving the same purpose (machines B23P19/06)
- B25B 23/00: Details of, or accessories for, spanners, wrenches, screwdrivers (bolt tensioners B25B29/02)
- B25B 23/147: specially adapted for electrically operated wrenches or screwdrivers
- B25B: TOOLS OR BENCH DEVICES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR, FOR FASTENING, CONNECTING, DISENGAGING, OR HOLDING

## Abstract

A storage-battery-operated screwing tool is controlled by means of an external USB/Bluetooth keyboard.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A storage-battery-operated screwing tool, comprising:
a housing;
a tool controller integrated with the housing;
a radio module integrated with the housing, wherein the tool controller is configured to communicate with a device arranged remotely from the tool with the radio module; and
a first communication module located in the housing and configured to allow the tool controller to communicate with an external appliance having a compatible second communication module.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The tool according to claim 1, wherein the first communication module includes at least one of a USB module and a Bluetooth module.

### Claim 3

A method for operating a storage-battery-operated screwing tool, having an integrated tool controller and an integrated first communication module, comprising:
using an external appliance having a compatible second communication module to parameterize and configure the tool.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein:
the first communication module used is a USB module and/or a Bluetooth module, and
the first communication module and the second communication module have a communication link set up between them, with the result that the external appliance can communicate with the tool controller by using the first communication module and the second communication module.

### Claim 5 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein:
the tool includes a memory, and
tool parameters stored in the memory are parameterized by means of the external appliance.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein:
the tool includes a memory, and
tool operating programs stored in the memory are selected by means of the external appliance.

### Claim 7 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein:
the tool includes a memory, and
the memory is used to store configuration data that are required for the tool by means of the external appliance.

### Claim 8 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein:
the tool includes a memory, and
tool operating data stored in the memory are requested by means of the external appliance.

### Claim 9 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein:
the tool includes a display, and
at least some of the inputs by a user or advice to a user are/is displayed by means of the external appliance on the display.

### Claim 10 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein the external appliance includes a computer keyboard and/or a computer mouse which at least temporarily undertakes the function of a tool control panel arranged on the tool.

### Claim 11 (depends on 3)

The method according to claim 3, wherein the external appliance includes a computer having a second communication module, on which a configuration program for configuring the tool is executed.