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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 21, 2015

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2011
Applicant:

Marc Darrin Bovenkamp, Eindhoven, NL;

Inventor:

Marc Darrin Bovenkamp, Eindhoven, NL;

Assignee:

KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/34 (2006.01); A61C 17/16 (2006.01); F16H 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/16 (2013.01); A61C 17/3481 (2013.01); F16H 23/00 (2013.01); Y10T 74/18344 (2015.01);
Abstract

The appliance includes a DC motor () having a rotating output shaft (). A flexible coupling member () is connected at one end to the output shaft, and at the other end is connected to an eccentric mass (). The end of the coupling member with the eccentric mass is connected to a V-spring assembly () which drives a workpiece assembly () on a distal end of which is mounted a workpiece (). The spring assembly constrains the rotational movement of the coupling member to produce an oscillating, back-and-forth action of the workpiece shaft and the workpiece through a desired angle. The coupling member is elongated, and is elliptical in cross-section in an active region (), having a thin dimension () in the direction in which the active portion bends during operation of the motor and rotation of the motor output shaft.


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