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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
May. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Gregory Russ Goddard, Kenmore, WA (US);
Kip Shirey, Monroe, WA (US);
Lisa Bethany Schmalhurst, Issaquah, WA (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/34 (2006.01); A46B 9/04 (2006.01); A46B 13/02 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A61C 17/20 (2006.01); A46B 15/00 (2006.01); A61C 17/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/3481 (2013.01); A46B 9/04 (2013.01); A46B 13/023 (2013.01); A46B 15/0028 (2013.01); A61C 17/22 (2013.01); A61C 17/222 (2013.01); A61C 17/16 (2013.01); A61C 17/20 (2013.01);
Abstract
A brushhead assembly () for a power toothbrush (), which includes a bristle plate () and a set of bristles () mounted to the bristle plate (). The set of bristles () is characterized such that some or all of the bristles have a dipole whip motion during operation at a selected drive frequency, including arrangements where the bristles in a first portion () have a different motion than the bristles at a at least a second portion () of the brushhead assembly ().