diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ailis/usb4java/libusb/Context.java b/src/main/java/de/ailis/usb4java/libusb/Context.java
index 64d5d92..eac56b0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ailis/usb4java/libusb/Context.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ailis/usb4java/libusb/Context.java
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
 public final class Context
 {
     /** The native pointer to the context structure. */
-    private long pointer;
+    private long contextPointer;
     
     /**
      * Constructs a new libusb context. Must be passed to
@@ -54,13 +54,13 @@ public final class Context
      */
     public long getPointer()
     {
-        return this.pointer;
+        return this.contextPointer;
     }
         
     @Override
     public int hashCode()
     {
-        return new HashCodeBuilder().append(this.pointer).toHashCode();
+        return new HashCodeBuilder().append(this.contextPointer).toHashCode();
     }
     
     @Override
@@ -69,6 +69,6 @@ public final class Context
         if (this == obj) return true;
         if (obj == null || getClass() != obj.getClass()) return false;
         final Context other = (Context) obj;
-        return this.pointer == other.pointer;
+        return this.contextPointer == other.contextPointer;
     }    
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ailis/usb4java/libusb/Device.java b/src/main/java/de/ailis/usb4java/libusb/Device.java
index 540cf85..3c8ec85 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ailis/usb4java/libusb/Device.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ailis/usb4java/libusb/Device.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
 public final class Device
 {
     /** The native pointer to the device structure. */
-    private long pointer;
+    private long devicePointer;
 
     /**
      * Package-private constructor to prevent manual instantiation. Devices are
@@ -55,13 +55,13 @@ public final class Device
      */
     public long getPointer()
     {
-        return this.pointer;
+        return this.devicePointer;
     }
         
     @Override
     public int hashCode()
     {
-        return new HashCodeBuilder().append(this.pointer).toHashCode();
+        return new HashCodeBuilder().append(this.devicePointer).toHashCode();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ public final class Device
         if (this == obj) return true;
         if (obj == null || getClass() != obj.getClass()) return false;
         final Device other = (Device) obj;
-        return this.pointer == other.pointer;
+        return this.devicePointer == other.devicePointer;
     }
 
     @Override
     public String toString()
     {
-        return String.format("libusb device 0x%x", this.pointer);
+        return String.format("libusb device 0x%x", this.devicePointer);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/ailis/usb4java/libusb/DeviceHandle.java b/src/main/java/de/ailis/usb4java/libusb/DeviceHandle.java
index 66245bc..2bfa272 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/ailis/usb4java/libusb/DeviceHandle.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/ailis/usb4java/libusb/DeviceHandle.java
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import org.apache.commons.lang3.builder.HashCodeBuilder;
 public final class DeviceHandle
 {
     /** The native pointer to the device handle structure. */
-    private long pointer;
+    private long handlePointer;
 
     /**
      * Constructs a new device handle. Must be passed to
@@ -46,13 +46,13 @@ public final class DeviceHandle
      */
     public long getPointer()
     {
-        return this.pointer;
+        return this.handlePointer;
     }
 
     @Override
     public int hashCode()
     {
-        return new HashCodeBuilder().append(this.pointer).toHashCode();
+        return new HashCodeBuilder().append(this.handlePointer).toHashCode();
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -61,12 +61,12 @@ public final class DeviceHandle
         if (this == obj) return true;
         if (obj == null || getClass() != obj.getClass()) return false;
         final DeviceHandle other = (DeviceHandle) obj;
-        return this.pointer != other.pointer;
+        return this.handlePointer != other.handlePointer;
     }
 
     @Override
     public String toString()
     {
-        return String.format("libusb handle 0x%x", this.pointer);
+        return String.format("libusb handle 0x%x", this.handlePointer);
     }
 }