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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2021
Hilti Aktiengesellschaft, Schaan, LI;
Hilti Aktiegesellschaft, Schaan, LI;
Abstract
Electric hand-held power tool, in particular a hammer drill and/or rotary hammer, having a function setting tube, which can be actuated via a manual function selector switch to bring about various operating modes, a guide tube equipped with a tool fitting, and having a ball-type latching clutch for transmitting a rotary movement from the function setting tube to the guide tube, wherein the ball-type latching clutch has a radial aperture formed in the function setting tube, a main latching depression formed in the guide tube, a coupling ball mounted in the radial aperture and intended to engage in the main latching depression, and a spring-loaded cone ring against whose actuating force the coupling ball can deflect in the radial direction, wherein the guide tube has formed therein an auxiliary depression that is different from the main latching depression and whose opening angle is larger than an opening angle of the main latching depression.