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Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2020

Filed:

May. 08, 2017
Applicant:

Water Pik, Inc., Fort Collins, CO (US);

Inventors:

Harold A. Luettgen, Windsor, CO (US);

John Fiers, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Brian R. Williams, Fort Collins, CO (US);

Assignee:

WATER PIK, INC., Fort Collins, CO (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/22 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/221 (2013.01);
Abstract

A toothbrush is disclosed. The toothbrush includes a handle, a brush tip connected to the handle, wherein the brush tip includes a plurality of bristles operably connected thereto, a power source, a direct current motor in selective electrical communication with the power source, wherein the motor includes a drive shaft, a drive assembly connected between the brush tip and the drive shaft, wherein the drive assembly converts rotation of the drive shaft into movement of the plurality of bristles, and a control assembly in electrical communication with the motor and the power source; wherein during operation of the motor, the control assembly monitors a current draw by the motor and adjusts a current applied to the direct current motor based on the current draw.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Luettgen, Harold. (2020). Load sensing for oral devices (U.S. Patent No. 10561480). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/10561480

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