Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Gerrit Jan De Jong

Martinus Bernardus Stapelbroek

Tyler G Kloster

Scott E Hall

Michiel Allan Aurelius Schallig

Patrick A Headstrom

Hendrik Richard Jousma

Pieter Johannes Bax

Rogier Enrico De Haas

Frank Theodoor Van De Scheur

Martijn Stapelbroek

Tyler Kloster

Patrick Headstrom

R Jousma

Scott Hall

Michiel Allan Aurelius Shallig

A nodally mounted spring arrangement for a drive train which is used in an electronic toothbrush which includes a housing. A V shaped spring member () is secured at both ends thereof, wherein the spring member has a node point () along a ridge line, approximately halfway along the length of the spring member. A mounting plate () member is fixedly connected to the node point of the spring member and also fixedly connected to the housing of the toothbrush.

Nodal spring assembly for an electronic toothbrush

A bottle warmer and mixing apparatus comprises a mixing unit () arranged to agitate a bottle () to mix contents therein. A heating unit is arranged to heat the contents of the bottle. The heating unit is at least partially decoupled from the agitation generated by the mixing unit ().

Bottle warmer and mixing apparatus

A nodal-mounted spring arrangement for an electronic toothbrush includes a V-shaped spring member secured at both ends so that it can operate in out-of-phase torsion mode along the axial dimension thereof. A mounting plate is connected between a node point along the V-shaped spring member and the housing of the toothbrush. In one embodiment, the V-shaped spring member includes opposing slots on opposite sides of the node point, the slots extending in an axial direction, creating an integrated torsion bar node spring, while reducing stress in the vicinity of the nodal point. In another embodiment, a nodal assembly comprises a diamond shaped or round insert having an upper surface configured generally to fit flush with the lower surface of the V-shaped spring member, a V-block shaped or flat shim member which is configured to mate the upper surface of the V-shaped spring member and the node spring, and an attachment member, such as a screw and nut combination, which tightly connects the mounting plate, the shim, the V-shaped spring member and the insert.

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Irnsum, Netherlands

Gerrit Jan De Jong