Patent 7225546 was granted and assigned to Hilti on June, 2007 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A reciprocating power saw, in particular a saber saw, with a housing (1), a motor-driven reciprocating stroke bar (2) that has a tool receptacle (3) at its free end, and a bearing means (4), which axially displaceably and pivotably bears the stroke bar (2) in the tool-side end zone of the housing (1). The bearing means (4) has a guide part (5) with a bearing passage (6) for receiving the stroke bar (2), wherein the bearing means (4) is mounted by an elastic secondary bearing element (8) in a receiving passage (7) in the housing (1).