Patent ID: 8272453

Claim:
A handheld power tool comprising a striking unit mounted within a striker tube that has at least one striking pin and has a guide unit surrounding said at least one striking pin for guiding said at least one striking pin, said striking unit disposed in said power tool for striking said at least one striking pin in at least one direction, said guide unit formed of at least one metal guide element and at least one elastomeric damping element, said at least one metal guide element further includes at least one bracing element having a first section extending between said elastomeric damping element and said at least one striking pin and a second section extending radially outward and along said elastomeric damping element for bracing said damping element in said at least one direction and wherein said elastomeric damping element has one end adjacent said first section in contact with said striker tube and an opposite end in contact with said at least one striking pin.