Manually guided trimmer

US7520061B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Andreas Stihl AG & Co. KG · DE

Inventors

• Markus Herzog · Ergolding, DE
• Markus Husges · Bad Wiessee, DE
• Thomas Sonnenkalb · Welzheim, DE
• Jurgen Steinmaier · Notzingen, DE
• Kai-Ulrich Machens · Stuttgart, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Apr 10, 2006
• Grant date: Apr 21, 2009
• Expiry date: Apr 10, 2026

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F02B63/02
• WIPO field: Engines, pumps, turbines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

A manually guided brushcutter or other trimmer having a guide tube that accommodates a transmission shaft, with a drive motor that drives the transmission shaft and a housing that secures the drive motor to the guide tube. The housing is embodied as a closed engine housing that surrounds the drive motor. The drive motor and the closed engine housing are interconnected at two spaced-apart securement points.