Patent ID: 7100482

Claim:
Electrically powered hand-held screw driver ( 2 ) comprising a housing ( 4 ) having an axially extending work direction (A) with a leading end and a trailing end for driving screw-type fastening elements in the work direction into a receiving material ( 14 ), said housing ( 4 ) carrying a drive motor ( 20 ), a tool spindle ( 8 ) axially displaceable in the work direction and operatively coupled to a tool holder ( 11 ), and a torque coupling ( 16 ) positioned between said drive motor ( 20 ) and said tool spindle ( 8 ) and having a motor-side coupling part ( 22 ) and a tool-side coupling part ( 24 ) connected to said tool spindle ( 8 ) and fixed with respect to rotation relative to said tool spindle ( 8 ), said coupling parts ( 22 , 24 ) engageable with one another and with said tool spindle ( 8 ) biased away from said motor-side coupling part ( 22 ) by a coupling spring ( 34 ), said tool-side coupling part ( 24 ) has axial movement play (a) relative to said tool spindle ( 8 ) and is mechanically coupled with a movement transmitter separate from said coupling spring ( 34 ).