Patent ID: 11958175
Assignee: HILTI AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
Field: Machine tools (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC B | IPC B

Claim 16:
17. A handheld power tool comprising:
a tool holder for holding a tool;
a percussion mechanism;
an electric motor for driving the percussion mechanism;
a monostable operating button having a stable switching position and a pressed switching position;
a device controller switching off the electric motor in response to the stable switching position and activating the electric motor in response to the pressed switching position;
a catch pivotable between a releasing position and a locking position in a pivoting direction, the catch, in the locking position, stopping the monostable operating button in the pressed switching position;
an operating knob movable by the user in a shifting direction perpendicular to the pivoting direction;
a joint, the catch attachable to the operating knob via the joint; and
a link converting a movement of the catch along the shifting direction into a pivoting movement in the pivoting direction;
wherein the joint has a lower rigidity than the catch in the pivoting direction.