Lane Kleppen

Title: Lane Kleppen: Inventor of Consumer Product Innovations.

Introduction

Lane Kleppen is an inventor associated with Seattle, Washington. His patent work includes inventions related to smokable-element filters and power toothbrushes. The supplied information lists 7 patents.

Latest Patents

One of Kleppen’s latest patents, “Interface for Smokable Element to Connect to a Smoke and/or Tar Filter and Related Methods,” describes structures for securely connecting a smokable element, such as an herbal joint, to an air filter. One example uses a horn-shaped end with a deformable opening that receives the smokable element and forms at least a partial seal. The interface’s other end can attach to an air filter.

Another patent, “Power Toothbrush with Added Inertia Resonant System,” concerns a system designed to help a power toothbrush produce low-power, high-amplitude motion under user loading. It uses a drive shaft, a drive system that moves the shaft back and forth, and one or more inertial weights. The weights have a shaped planar form balanced along three axes. The patent also describes a method for adding inertia to a resonant system in a power toothbrush.

Career Highlights

The supplied career information associates Kleppen with Koninklijke Philips N.V. and Filter420, LLC. His listed patent subjects span both personal-care technology and filter interfaces.

Collaborations

Scott Robert Wills is identified as a coworker. The supplied note describes Wills as a woman.

Conclusion

Lane Kleppen’s listed inventions address distinct product challenges, from connecting smokable elements to filters to improving the motion of power toothbrushes.