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1.发明申请PROCESS AND RESULTING PRODUCT FOR MATCHING A MOUTHPIECE FOR CLEANING TEETH TO A USER'S ORAL GEOMETRY 有权过程和结果产品，用于匹配用于清洁牙齿的用户口腔几何的一个方面公开(公告)号：US20130333133A1
公开(公告)日：2013-12-19
申请号：US13993096
申请日：2011-12-16
Applicant: Kevin A. Miller
Inventor： Kevin A. Miller
CPC classification number: A46B9/04 , A46B9/045 , A46B2200/1066 , A61C17/00 , A61C17/22 , A61C17/228 , Y10T29/49995
Abstract: A method and the resulting product for optimizing the configuration of a mouthpiece for cleaning teeth in which the configuration of the mouthpiece is optimized to the oral geometry of individual users. The method includes a first step (26) of producing a digital scan of the oral geometry of the individual user and then producing a rigid shell (30) for the mouthpiece substantially matching the digital scan. The configuration of the resulting mouthpiece is characterized by the outer surface of the shell not extending from the buccal surface of the individual teeth more than 7 mm (31); further, by the rear edge of the shell not contacting the tissues to the rear of the rearmost teeth (36), and still further by no more than a 2 mm overlap into the gum line (36), when the mouthpiece is operatively positioned in the user's mouth.
Abstract translation: 一种用于优化用于清洁牙齿的接口管的构造的方法和所得到的产品，其中口器的构型被优化为个体使用者的口腔几何形状。 该方法包括：第一步骤（26），用于产生个体用户的口腔几何形状的数字扫描，然后产生用于基本匹配数字扫描的接口管的刚性壳体（30）。 所得到的接口管的结构的特征在于壳体的外表面不从单个牙齿的颊面延伸超过7mm（31）; 此外，通过壳体的后边缘不接触组织到最后牙齿（36）的后部，并且还将进一步不超过2mm的重叠部分插入牙龈线（36）中，当接口管可操作地定位在 用户的嘴。
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2.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20120260441A1
公开(公告)日：2012-10-18
申请号：US13514638
申请日：2010-11-22
Applicant: Kevin A. Miller , Ari Lumbantobing , Patrick A. Headstom , Martinus Bernardus Stapelbroek
CPC classification number: A61C17/221 , A61C17/228 , A61C17/3481
Abstract: The mouthpiece assembly includes a receptacle (12) for receiving teeth therein, with bristles (24) mounted thereon for contacting and cleaning the teeth. The receptacle and the bristles cover at least 4 cm. A drive train (20) drives the receptacle such that the bristles move substantially at right angles toward and away from the surfaces of the teeth, the drive train including a motor (22) which produces sufficient force to produce a minimum bristle tip threshold pressure of 6 Newtons per cm and a maximum of 85 Newtons per cm.
Abstract translation: 接口组件包括用于在其中接纳齿的容器（12），其上安装有用于接触和清洁牙齿的刷毛（24）。 容器和刷毛至少覆盖4厘米。 传动系（20）驱动该容器使得刷毛基本上朝着和远离牙齿的表面成直角移动，传动系包括产生足够的力以产生最小刷毛尖端阈值压力的马达（22） 6牛顿每厘米，最多85牛顿/厘米。
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3.发明申请公开(公告)号：US20100141185A1
公开(公告)日：2010-06-10
申请号：US12513034
申请日：2007-11-02
Applicant: Wolter F. Benning , Ari Lumbantobing , Kevin A. Miller
Inventor： Wolter F. Benning , Ari Lumbantobing , Kevin A. Miller
IPC: H02P5/00
CPC classification number: A61C17/221
Abstract: The system periodically measures the battery voltage of the toothbrush and the current in a stator portion of the motor for the appliance. The amplitude of movement of the toothbrush workpiece is determined from the measured stator current. A circuit/control program changes the duty cycle or pulse width of the drive signal from the motor if the battery voltage drops below a first threshold value and a circuit or control program changes the drive frequency of the appliance if the amplitude of the workpiece movement falls below a first threshold value. A circuit/control program terminates the operation of the toothbrush if the voltage drops below a second threshold value or if the amplitude drops below a second threshold value, both of which are less than the respective first thresholds.
Abstract translation: 系统周期性地测量牙刷的电池电压和用于器具的电动机的定子部分中的电流。 从测量的定子电流确定牙刷工件的运动幅度。 如果电池电压低于第一阈值，则电路/控制程序改变来自电动机的驱动信号的占空比或脉冲宽度，并且如果工件运动的幅度下降，则电路或控制程序改变器具的驱动频率 低于第一阈值。 如果电压下降到第二阈值以下，或者如果振幅低于第二阈值，则电路/控制程序终止牙刷的操作，这两者都小于相应的第一阈值。
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公开(公告)号：US07067945B2
公开(公告)日：2006-06-27
申请号：US10137962
申请日：2002-05-03
Applicant: Joseph W. Grez , Jeffrey R. Gueble , Jerry C. Wood , Devin M. Nelson , Kevin A. Miller , Craig D. Hanela , Bruce E. Taber , Richard K. Taylor , William Bryant , Scott E. Hall , Andreas Loibnegger , Piet C. J. van Rens , Kurt Sadek , Paulus L. W. M. Barten , D. I. Stephan Leitner
Inventor： Joseph W. Grez , Jeffrey R. Gueble , Jerry C. Wood , Devin M. Nelson , Kevin A. Miller , Craig D. Hanela , Bruce E. Taber , Richard K. Taylor , William Bryant , Scott E. Hall , Andreas Loibnegger , Piet C. J. van Rens , Kurt Sadek , Paulus L. W. M. Barten , D. I. Stephan Leitner
CPC classification number: A61C17/3481 , A61C17/3418 , B26B19/282 , F16H25/18 , Y10T29/49718
Abstract: The apparatus for converting side-to-side to rotational motion for a workpiece includes a spring assembly with a movable base mounting element which is driven in a slightly arcuate reciprocal side-to-side motion and a fixed mounting element spaced apart from the base element and mounted in the appliance so that it does not rotate or move in operation of the apparatus. A spring member, such as two planar leaf springs positioned at an angle to each other, is mounted between the movable base element and the fixed mounting element. A drive shaft member extends from the movable base element through the fixed mounting element and beyond. A workpiece such as a brushhead is mounted on the distal end of the drive shaft. The spring member is configured so that it is substantially less resistant to twisting action than bending action, such that the side-to-side motion of the base element results in rotation of the workpiece.A method for tuning resonant spring assembly systems used in appliances such as power toothbrushes, particularly leaf spring systems, includes the step of measuring the frequency-dependent amplitude of the appliance workpiece, and then removing a portion of the spring member so as to decrease its spring rate sufficiently that the resonant frequency of the spring member closely approximates the drive frequency of the appliance.
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5.发明授权公开(公告)号：US08598817B2
公开(公告)日：2013-12-03
申请号：US13625917
申请日：2012-09-25
Applicant: Kevin A. Miller , Ari Lumbantobing , Meindert Lambertus Norg
Inventor： Kevin A. Miller , Ari Lumbantobing , Meindert Lambertus Norg
IPC: H02K33/00
CPC classification number: A61C17/221 , A61C17/34
Abstract: An adaptive system for a personal care appliance, such as a power toothbrush, having a workpiece which is driven through an amplitude of motion by a drive mechanism which includes a stator member includes a circuit (13) for measuring average electrical current through the stator member and stored information (19) in the personal care appliance which relates the average current values through the stator during operation of the device to corresponding amplitude of motion of the workpiece. A processor (17) utilizing a stored program adjusts the operating frequency to produce a stator current value which correlates to the desired amplitude of motion of the workpiece.
Abstract translation: 一种用于个人护理器具的自适应系统，例如动力牙刷，其具有通过包括定子构件的驱动机构驱动的运动幅度的工件，包括用于测量通过定子构件的平均电流的电路（13） 和存储在个人护理装置中的信息（19），其将装置的操作期间的平均电流值通过定子与工件的相应运动幅度相关联。 利用存储的程序的处理器（17）调整工作频率以产生与所要求的工件运动幅度相关的定子电流值。
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公开(公告)号：US20130015788A1
公开(公告)日：2013-01-17
申请号：US13625917
申请日：2012-09-25
Applicant: KEVIN A. MILLER , ARI LUMBANTOBING , MEINDERT LAMBERTUS NORG
Inventor： KEVIN A. MILLER , ARI LUMBANTOBING , MEINDERT LAMBERTUS NORG
IPC: H02P31/00
CPC classification number: A61C17/221 , A61C17/34
Abstract: An adaptive system for a personal care appliance, such as a power toothbrush, having a workpiece which is driven through an amplitude of motion by a drive mechanism which includes a stator member includes a circuit (13) for measuring average electrical current through the stator member and stored information (19) in the personal care appliance which relates the average current values through the stator during operation of the device to corresponding amplitude of motion of the workpiece. A processor (17) utilizing a stored program adjusts the operating frequency to produce a stator current value which correlates to the desired amplitude of motion of the workpiece.
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7.发明授权Apparatus for converting side-to-side driving motion to rotational motion with a spring assembly and system for tuning the spring assembly 有权用于通过弹簧组件和用于调节弹簧组件的系统将侧向驱动运动转换为旋转运动的装置公开(公告)号：US08813330B2
公开(公告)日：2014-08-26
申请号：US13540291
申请日：2012-07-02
Applicant: Joseph W. Grez , Jeffrey R. Gueble , Jerry C. Wood , Devin M. Nelson , Kevin A. Miller , Craig D. Hanela , Bruce E. Taber , Richard K. Taylor , William Bryant , Scott E. Hall , Andreas Lolbneggar , Piet C. J. van Rens , Kurt Sadek , Paul L. W. M. Barten , D. I. Stephan Leitner
Inventor： Joseph W. Grez , Jeffrey R. Gueble , Jerry C. Wood , Devin M. Nelson , Kevin A. Miller , Craig D. Hanela , Bruce E. Taber , Richard K. Taylor , William Bryant , Scott E. Hall , Andreas Lolbneggar , Piet C. J. van Rens , Kurt Sadek , Paul L. W. M. Barten , D. I. Stephan Leitner
CPC classification number: A61C17/3481 , A61C17/3418 , B26B19/282 , F16H25/18 , Y10T29/49718
Abstract: A method for tuning resonant spring assembly systems used in appliances such as power toothbrushes, particularly leaf spring systems, includes the step of measuring the frequency-dependent amplitude of the appliance workpiece, and then removing a portion of the spring member so as to decrease its spring rate sufficiently that the resonant frequency of the spring member closely approximates the drive frequency of the appliance.
Abstract translation: 用于调谐诸如动力牙刷，特别是板簧系统的电器中的谐振弹簧组件系统的方法包括测量器具工件的频率相关幅度的步骤，然后去除弹簧部件的一部分，以便减小其 弹簧刚度足以使得弹簧构件的共振频率接近于器具的驱动频率。
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8.发明授权Reciprocating workpiece device with a drive system seeking the resonance of the driven system portion thereof 有权往复式工件装置与驱动系统寻求其驱动系统部分的共振公开(公告)号：US08418300B2
公开(公告)日：2013-04-16
申请号：US11993744
申请日：2006-06-30
Applicant: Kevin A. Miller , John W. Pace , Wolter F. Benning , Patrick A. Headstrom
Inventor： Kevin A. Miller , John W. Pace , Wolter F. Benning , Patrick A. Headstrom
IPC: A61C17/34
CPC classification number: H02K49/108 , A61C1/07 , A61C17/34 , H02K7/06
Abstract: A workpiece system with a reciprocating motion which includes a motor assembly for producing an output drive signal with a periodic force pulse. The drive signal is coupled to a driven member assembly through a magnetic arrangement, wherein the driven member assembly has a workpiece mounted thereon with a return spring assembly. The driven member assembly has a resonant mechanical frequency. As the RPM of the motor increases from zero following startup, the drive signal frequency increases to the point very near resonance, where the energy from the drive signal is transferred into the reciprocating motion of the driven assembly, producing an effective amplitude of workpiece motion.
Abstract translation: 一种具有往复运动的工件系统，其包括用于产生具有周期性力脉冲的输出驱动信号的马达组件。 驱动信号通过磁性装置联接到从动构件组件，其中从动构件组件具有安装在其上的具有复位弹簧组件的工件。 从动构件组件具有谐振机械频率。 随着起动后马达的RPM从零增加，驱动信号频率增加到非常接近谐振的点，其中来自驱动信号的能量被转移到从动组件的往复运动中，产生工件运动的有效振幅。
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9.发明授权System and method for maintaining performance of battery-operated toothbrushes 有权用于维持电池操作牙刷性能的系统和方法公开(公告)号：US08368327B2
公开(公告)日：2013-02-05
申请号：US12513034
申请日：2007-11-02
Applicant: Wolter F. Benning , Ari Lumbantobing , Kevin A. Miller
Inventor： Wolter F. Benning , Ari Lumbantobing , Kevin A. Miller
IPC: H02P1/00
CPC classification number: A61C17/221
Abstract: The system periodically measures the battery voltage of the toothbrush and the current in a stator portion of the motor for the appliance. The amplitude of movement of the toothbrush workpiece is determined from the measured stator current. A circuit/control program changes the duty cycle or pulse width of the drive signal from the motor if the battery voltage drops below a first threshold value and a circuit or control program changes the drive frequency of the appliance if the amplitude of the workpiece movement falls below a first threshold value. A circuit/control program terminates the operation of the toothbrush if the voltage drops below a second threshold value or if the amplitude drops below a second threshold value, both of which are less than the respective first thresholds.
Abstract translation: 系统周期性地测量牙刷的电池电压和用于器具的电动机的定子部分中的电流。 从测量的定子电流确定牙刷工件的运动幅度。 如果电池电压低于第一阈值，则电路/控制程序改变来自电动机的驱动信号的占空比或脉冲宽度，并且如果工件运动的幅度下降，则电路或控制程序改变器具的驱动频率 低于第一阈值。 如果电压下降到第二阈值以下，或者如果振幅低于第二阈值，则电路/控制程序终止牙刷的操作，两者都小于相应的第一阈值。
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10.发明申请SYSTEM FOR ADAPTING THE RESONANT OPERATION OF A PERSONAL CARE APPLIANCE DURING THE LIFETIME THEREOF 有权适用于其寿命期间个人护理器具的共振操作的系统公开(公告)号：US20100109580A1
公开(公告)日：2010-05-06
申请号：US12446780
申请日：2007-10-31
Applicant: Ari Lumbantobing , Kevin A. Miller , Meindert Lambertus Norg , Pieter Johannes Bax
Inventor： Ari Lumbantobing , Kevin A. Miller , Meindert Lambertus Norg , Pieter Johannes Bax
IPC: H02P7/29
CPC classification number: G06T7/0012 , A61B5/4842 , A61B5/7271 , F23Q3/004 , G06F19/20 , G06F19/24 , G06K9/46 , G06K9/66 , G06T2207/30096
Abstract: The adapting system for a resonant drive appliance includes a circuit for measuring the back EMF induced in the stator coil of the motor following turn-off of the appliance. The frequency of the back EMF signal is determined from the zero crossings of the EMF signal. The determined frequency is then compared with a running average of previous frequency determinations, and the drive frequency of the appliance is adjusted if the difference between the compared frequencies is greater than a threshold value, e.g. 1 Hz.
Abstract translation: 用于谐振驱动装置的适配系统包括用于在器具断开之后测量在电动机的定子线圈中感应的反电动势的电路。 反EMF信号的频率由EMF信号的过零点确定。 然后将所确定的频率与先前频率确定的运行平均值进行比较，并且如果所比较的频率之间的差异大于阈值，则设备的驱动频率被调整。 1 Hz。
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