Ahren Karl Johnson,Scott Robert Wills,Tyler G. Kloster
申请号:
US14422201
公开号:
US20150173874A1
申请日:
2013.08.31
申请国别(地区):
US
年份:
2015
代理人:
摘要:
A power toothbrush appliance (10) and a method for tuning a brushhead assembly system (41) thereof. The appliance includes a handle portion (16), a drive assembly and a brushhead assembly system (41). The drive assembly includes a DC motor (34) and an eccentric coupling (46) which drives the brushhead assembly system by means of a yoke mechanism. The brushhead assembly system includes a beam portion (50) which moves laterally about a pivot (47). A brushhead (12) is attachable to and removable from a distal end of the beam. The beam is tunable by changing the stiffness thereof, or the length thereof, or the cross-sectional moment thereof, in order to control the resonant frequency of the brushhead assembly system relative to the drive frequency of the appliance to maintain the amplitude of the brush member within a range of 1.0-2.5 mm, preferably 1.75 mm.