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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2015
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventor:
Lane Evan Kleppen, Seattle, WA (US);
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/34 (2006.01); H02K 33/00 (2006.01); H02K 5/24 (2006.01); H02K 7/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61C 17/34 (2013.01); H02K 5/24 (2013.01); H02K 7/14 (2013.01); H02K 7/145 (2013.01); H02K 33/00 (2013.01);
Abstract
A resilient motor mount () for a power toothbrush () configured to limit the axial and rotational displacement of a shaft () of a motor (). The displacement limits are designed to protect the toothbrush () from physical damage and to prevent rotational slipped poles, i.e. 'cogging' errors, between the permanent magnets and poles of the resonating toothbrush motor ().