# US 2014/0190713 A1 · Guide and Control Assembly > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0190713 A1 - Document ID: US20140190713A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/239,327 - Filed: 2011-08-26 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2011-08-26 - Assignees: Husqvarna AB - Inventors: Pär Martinsson; Oskar Bergquist; Mikael Racov; Johan Svennung; Johan Björnlinger - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140190713A1 ## CPC - B25F 5/02: Construction of casings, bodies or handles {(B25F5/006, B25F5/008 take precedence)} - A01G 3/053: motor-driven - A01G 3/06: Hand-held edge trimmers or shears for lawns - A01G 3/086: {Chain saws} - B23Q 17/007: {for managing machine functions not concerning the tool} - 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)} - A01G: HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING (picking of fruits, vegetables, hops or the like A01D46/00; propagating unicellular algae C12N1/12) - B23Q: DETAILS, COMPONENTS, OR ACCESSORIES FOR MACHINE TOOLS, e.g. ARRANGEMENTS FOR COPYING OR CONTROLLING (tools of the kind used in lathes or boring machines B23B27/00); MACHINE TOOLS IN GENERAL CHARACTERISED BY THE CONSTRUCTION OF PARTICULAR DETAILS OR COMPONENTS; COMBINATIONS OR ASSOCIATIONS OF METAL-WORKING MACHINES, NOT DIRECTED TO A PARTICULAR RESULT ## Abstract A guide and control assembly of a battery driven portable handheld power tool (1) is provided, which guide and control assembly (10) comprises a main handle (20) of the tool, arranged to be gripped by a hand of an operator, in an operating position, so as to permit the operator to carry and guide the power tool (1) with the hand during operational use thereof, a recessed user interaction panel (30) comprising a plurality of user input devices (31, 31′, 31″) and a first status indicating device (32), the user interaction panel (30) being formed in a panel receiving portion (41) of a housing (40) of the power tool (1), wherein the user interaction panel is positioned such that the user input devices (31) are reachable by a thumb of the operator when the hand is in the operating position. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A guide and control assembly of a battery driven portable handheld power tool, the guide and control assembly comprising: a main handle of the tool, arranged to be gripped by a hand of an operator, in an operating position, so as to permit the operator to carry and guide the power tool with the hand during operational use thereof, a recessed user interaction panel comprising a plurality of user input devices and a first status indicating device, the user interaction panel being formed in a panel receiving portion of a housing of the power tool, wherein the user interaction panel is positioned such that the user input devices are reachable by a thumb of the operator when the hand is in the operating position. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The guide and control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the user interaction panel is positioned at an upper surface of a body portion of the power tool. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The guide and control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the main handle extends in a longitudinal direction of the power tool, and wherein the user interaction panel is arranged in front of the main handle. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The guide and control assembly according to claim 1, wherein a first one of the user input devices is an activation button, arranged to control activation of a control circuit connected to an electric motor of the power tool. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The guide and control assembly according to claim 1, wherein one of the user input devices is chosen from the group comprising an energy saving mode activation button, a change of rotation direction button and a handle heating activation button. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The guide and control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first at least one status indicating device comprises a light emitting diode. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The guide and control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the first status indicating device is chosen from the group comprising a battery status indicator, an activation status indicator, a rotation direction indicator, an energy saving mode indicator and an error warning indicator. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The guide and control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the user interaction panel comprises a plurality of status indicating devices. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The guide and control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the battery driven portable handheld power tool is a top handle chain saw. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The guide and control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the power tool is a rear handle chain saw. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The guide and control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the power tool is a hedge trimmer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The guide and control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the power tool is a grass trimmer (1). ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The guide and control assembly according to claim 1, wherein the power tool is a blower. ### Claim 14 A battery driven portable handheld power tool comprising a guide and control assembly, the guide and control assembly comprising: a main handle of the tool, arranged to be gripped by a hand of an operator, in an operating position, so as to permit the operator to carry and guide the power tool with the hand during operational use thereof, a recessed user interaction panel comprising a plurality of user input devices and a first status indicating device, the user interaction panel being formed in a panel receiving portion of a housing of the power tool, wherein the user interaction panel is positioned such that the user input devices are reachable by a thumb of the operator when the hand is in the operating position. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The battery driven portable handheld power tool according to claim 14, wherein the user interaction panel is positioned at an upper surface of a body portion of the power tool. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The battery driven portable handheld power tool according to claim 14, wherein the main handle extends in a longitudinal direction of the power tool, and wherein the user interaction panel is arranged in front of the main handle. ### Claim 17 (depends on 14) The battery driven portable handheld power tool according to claim 14, wherein a first one of the user input devices is an activation button, arranged to control activation of a control circuit connected to an electric motor of the power tool. ### Claim 18 (depends on 14) The battery driven portable handheld power tool according to claim 14, wherein one of the user input devices is chosen from the group comprising an energy saving mode activation button, a change of rotation direction button and a handle heating activation button. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The battery driven portable handheld power tool according to claim 14, wherein the first status indicating device comprises a light emitting diode. ### Claim 20 (depends on 14) The battery driven portable handheld power tool according to claim 14, wherein the first status indicating device is chosen from the group comprising a battery status indicator, an activation status indicator, a rotation direction indicator, an energy saving mode indicator and an error warning indicator.