Patent ID: 7682035

Claim:
A housing device for a hand-held power tool comprising a housing which is provided to receive an electric motor of the power tool; at least one see-through region composed of a transparent plastic, wherein said at least one see-through region is distinct from said housing and fastened to said housing and forms an exterior side face oriented to an exterior of the housing device and an interior side face opposite to the exterior side face and oriented to an interior of the housing device; and an element selected from the group consisting of an information element, a signal element, and both, which is arranged on the interior side face of the see-through region, wherein said element selected from the group consisting of an information element, a signal element, and both, is provided with at least a first and a second symbol and a first and second illuminating element which are distinct from said element selected from the group consisting of an information element, a signal element and both, and which are covered by said see-through region and said element selected from the group consisting of an information element, a signal element, and both, and wherein the first symbol is illuminated by the first illuminating element in a first operating mode of the hand-held power tool and the second symbol is illuminated by the second illuminating element in a second operating mode of the hand-held power tool.