Hand-Held Power Tool UI Housing for Low-Height Assembly
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing hand-held power tools lack a compact design with a low base height, making them less suitable for use in constricted workplaces, and they often require complex assembly processes due to separate components for the control unit and user interface.
Innovation Solution
A hand-held power tool design featuring a positioning device that supports the user interface on the control-unit housing, allowing for a compact form factor with a low base height and simplified assembly by integrating the positioning device into the control-unit housing, which locates and holds the user interface relative to the control unit.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If the user interface is separately mounted on the housing, then the assembly process becomes complex, but the positioning and support of the user interface becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates the positioning device directly into the control-unit housing, merging two previously separate components (positioning device and control-unit housing) into a single integrated structure. This reduces the number of separate parts that need to be assembled and simplifies the assembly process while maintaining proper positioning and support of the user interface.
2Manufacturing precision
If the control unit and user interface are separated into different components, then the assembly process becomes complex, but the positioning accuracy improves
Solution Approach 1:
The positioning device is integrated into the control-unit housing as a unified component. This integration maintains precise positioning capabilities through the built-in positioning elements while reducing assembly complexity by eliminating the need to separately assemble the positioning device with the control-unit housing.
3Length of stationary object
If the base height is reduced for compact design, then the tool becomes more suitable for constricted workplaces, but the space for mounting separate components becomes limited
Solution Approach 1:
The integration of the positioning device into the control-unit housing allows for a more compact overall structure. By combining these components, the patent achieves a lower base height suitable for constricted workplaces while maintaining all necessary positioning and support functions within the reduced space.
Data Source
AI summary
A hand-held power tool includes a drive unit actuatable via at least one manual switch, a control unit at least for controlling the drive unit, the control unit having a control-unit housing. The power tool further includes at least one user interface having at least one operating element, and a housing that at least partially accommodates the control unit and the user interface. The hand-held power tool also includes a positioning device, the user interface being supported on the control-unit housing by use of the positioning device.