Patent ID: 8561714
Filing Date: 2013-10-22
Classification: B25D,F16C

Abstract:
1. A method for assembling a hand-held power tool, the power tool including an output element that is configured to accommodate a tool and that is guided in an annular bearing, the bearing having an inner surface and an outer surface extending axially and being configured to be seated in an annular bearing socket, the bearing socket having a first cut-out sector formed in its circumference that opens the bearing socket, the method comprising: inserting the bearing into the bearing socket, the bearing having two notches formed along one or more of the inner surface and the outer surface, the notches spaced apart on the circumference of the bearing to define a circumference section therebetween, the bearing being inserted into the bearing socket such that the circumference section and the first cut-out sector are congruent; and with the bearing in the bearing socket, fracturing the bearing at the notches to remove the circumference section of the bearing to form a second cut-out sector that opens the bearing and that is congruent with the first cut-out sector of the bearing socket, wherein the bearing is thickened on the outer surface in a region that coincides with at least one of its notches provided on the inner surface and the thickened region is removed before insertion of the bearing into the bearing socket.