公开(公告)号：US12109084B2

公开(公告)日：2024-10-08

申请号：US17422412

申请日：2020-01-14

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Jeffrey Groves ,  Aaldert Geert Zijlstra ,  Nathan Farrell ,  Klass Kooijker ,  Joldert Maria Boersma ,  Desalegn Gebresilassie ,  Egbert Van De Veen

IPC: A61C17/028 ,  A61C15/00 ,  A61C17/02

CPC classification number: A61C17/028 ,  A61C15/00 ,  A61C17/0202 ,  A61C17/0217

Abstract: An oral irrigator having an irrigator tip, the tip including a handle portion, a tip portion, a channel in fluid communication with the tether and arranged within the handle portion and the tip portion, and an actuator located on or within the handle portion, the actuator arranged to at least partially altar a flow of a fluid through the channel. The oral irrigator further includes a housing, the housing having a reservoir in fluid communication with a pump sub-assembly, a sensor arranged to measure a first pressure or first electrical load within the pump sub-assembly, and a control unit arranged to control an operational current provided to the pump sub-assembly where operation of the actuator produces a second pressure or electrical load measured by the sensor and the control unit is arranged to alter the operational current of the motor in response to the change.

公开(公告)号：US11843294B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17046817

申请日：2019-04-12

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Stijn Willem Boere ,  Jan Willem Bruggers ,  Nathan Farrell ,  Wolter F. Benning ,  Paul Leonard

IPC: H02K21/02 ,  H02K7/08 ,  H02K7/14 ,  A46B9/04 ,  A46B13/02 ,  A61C17/22

CPC classification number: H02K21/026 ,  A46B9/04 ,  A46B13/02 ,  A61C17/22 ,  H02K7/08 ,  H02K7/145 ,  H02K2201/03

Abstract: According to an aspect there is provided a motor (1) for a personal care device (10). The motor (1) comprises: a stator (2) comprising a stator surface; a rotor (3) comprising a rotor surface disposed opposite the stator surface; and a spacer (4) projecting between the stator surface and the rotor surface so as to define a minimum airgap between the stator (2) and the rotor (3). The spacer (4) is disposed on or at one of the rotor surface and the stator surface, and has a contact surface configured to engage with the other one of the rotor surface and the stator surface.

公开(公告)号：US10932556B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-02

申请号：US16493502

申请日：2018-03-07

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Nathan Farrell ,  Jessica Lee Schroeder ,  Adriaan Van Den Brand ,  Vincent Jeanne

IPC: A46B15/00 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G08B7/06

Abstract: A method and system for identifying an attachment of a personal care device (10). The method includes attaching an attachment (14) containing a memory (16) to a body portion (12) of a personal care device. The personal care device is powered up. Data is retrieved from the memory of the attachment. Information about the attachment attached to the personal care device is extracted from the retrieved data, the information including at least an association of the attachment to a specific user. An output characteristic of a status indicator (30) of the personal care device is associated with the ID (22) of the attachment. The status indicator is operated in accordance with the output characteristic when the attachment is coupled to the body portion of the personal device.

公开(公告)号：US12266989B2

公开(公告)日：2025-04-01

申请号：US18521040

申请日：2023-11-28

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Stijn Willem Boere ,  Jan Willem Bruggers ,  Nathan Farrell ,  Wolter F. Benning ,  Paul Leonard

IPC: H02K21/02 ,  A46B9/04 ,  A46B13/02 ,  A61C17/22 ,  H02K7/08 ,  H02K7/14

Abstract: According to an aspect there is provided a motor (1) for a personal care device (10). The motor (1) comprises: a stator (2) comprising a stator surface; a rotor (3) comprising a rotor surface disposed opposite the stator surface; and a spacer (4) projecting between the stator surface and the rotor surface so as to define a minimum airgap between the stator (2) and the rotor (3). The spacer (4) is disposed on or at one of the rotor surface and the stator surface, and has a contact surface configured to engage with the other one of the rotor surface and the stator surface.

公开(公告)号：US11723453B2

公开(公告)日：2023-08-15

申请号：US16771284

申请日：2018-12-04

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Nathan Farrell

IPC: A46D3/04 ,  A46D3/00 ,  A46B9/04

CPC classification number: A46D3/045 ,  A46D3/005 ,  A46B9/04 ,  A46B2200/1066

Abstract: A method (200) for manufacturing a brush head (10) includes: (i) positioning (210) a first end (23) of each of a plurality of bristle tufts (21) into a tuft plate (110) comprising a plurality of cavities (120) each configured to receive at least one of the plurality of bristle tufts; (ii) applying (220) a force, via a profile plate (300), to a second end (25) of the plurality of bristle tufts, wherein the profile plate comprises a predetermined shape complementary to a desired profile configuration of the bristle tufts; and (iii) applying (230) heat to each of the first ends of the plurality of bristle tufts, via a die plate (400) comprising at least one cavity (410) configured to receive at least one of the plurality of the first ends, at a temperature sufficient to at least partially melt each of the first ends into the cavity.

公开(公告)号：US10675129B2

公开(公告)日：2020-06-09

申请号：US16339070

申请日：2018-07-12

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Nathan Farrell

IPC: A61C9/00 ,  A61C1/08 ,  A61C19/06

Abstract: A dispensing system (10) configured to dispense a dental composition, the dispensing system including: (i) a dental tray (14) comprising a tray reservoir (18) configured to receive a dental composition (26), and further comprising a guide rail (22); (ii) a dental composition reservoir (12) for containing at least one dental composition; and (iii) a dispensing mechanism (16) in communication with the guide rail and configured to expel the dental composition from the dental composition reservoir in response to the dispensing mechanism moving along the guide rail, the dispensing mechanism comprising a nozzle (24) configured to direct the dispensed dental composition into the tray reservoir.

公开(公告)号：US11684148B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16754484

申请日：2018-10-10

Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.

Inventor： Nathan Farrell ,  Vincent Jeanne

IPC: A46B15/00 ,  A46B5/00 ,  A46B13/02 ,  A61C17/34

CPC classification number: A46B15/004 ,  A46B5/0033 ,  A46B13/02 ,  A46B15/0044 ,  A46B15/0046 ,  A61C17/34 ,  A46B2200/1066

Abstract: A personal care device (10) configured to generate a feedback signal in response to excessive pressure applied by a user includes: a body portion (12) comprising a first interacting portion (40); a shaft (24) comprising a second interacting portion (42), wherein the shaft and the second interacting portion are moveable, in response to a force applied by the user, from a first position in which the first interacting portion does not physically interact with the second interacting portion, to a second position in which the first interacting portion physically interacts with the second interacting portion; and a sensor (70) configured to detect the physical interaction between the first interacting portion and the second interacting portion, and further configured to activate a feedback signal, in response to the detection of the physical interaction, to the user that excessive pressure is being applied.