US Patent 7360607 Hand-held power tool with a torque-limiting unit

A hand-held power tool has a motor output shaft, a tool driver, a torque-limiting unit with which a maximum torque transferred from the motor output shaft to the tool driver is adjustable by an operator; an actuating element that adjusts the torque-limiting unit, and a retaining element with a spring element, wherein the retaining element holds the adjusting element in a position set by the operator, and a spring element exerts a retaining force directed in an axial direction of the tool driver.