Patents by Inventor Christian Hilfiker
Christian Hilfiker has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Publication number: 20180228583Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2018Publication date: August 16, 2018Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Franz FISCHER, Armin BAERTSCHI, Christian HILFIKER
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Patent number: 9968427Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2017Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Franz Fischer, Armin Baertschi, Christian Hilfiker
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Patent number: 9894987Abstract: The toothbrush has a handle, a neck and a head. In the handle there is a first hard component which has a metallic covering. At least in regions, the metallic covering has a covering of a second hard component.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Peter Gross, Christian Hilfiker
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Publication number: 20170189151Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2017Publication date: July 6, 2017Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Franz FISCHER, Armin BAERTSCHI, Christian HILFIKER
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Publication number: 20170071330Abstract: The toothbrush has a handle, a neck and a head. In the handle there is a first hard component which has a metallic covering. At least in regions, the metallic covering has a covering of a second hard component.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Peter GROSS, Christian HILFIKER
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Patent number: 9572642Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2015Date of Patent: February 21, 2017Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Franz Fischer, Armin Baertschi, Christian Hilfiker
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Patent number: 9539750Abstract: The toothbrush has a handle, a neck and a head. In the handle there is a first hard component which has a metallic covering. At least in regions, the metallic covering has a covering of a second hard component.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2007Date of Patent: January 10, 2017Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Peter Gross, Christian Hilfiker
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Publication number: 20150289958Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2015Publication date: October 15, 2015Inventors: Franz FISCHER, Armin BAERTSCHI, Christian HILFIKER
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Patent number: 9125714Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Franz Fischer, Armin Baertschi, Christian Hilfiker
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Publication number: 20140237744Abstract: A toothbrush has a removable end cap at its free end area directed away from the bristles, which end cap closes off an inner space of a grip element. The end cap accommodates an electrical control element, in particular a potentiometer, which can be adjusted via an adjustment element arranged rotatably on the end cap. The toothbrush also comprises an electrical power consumption unit, in particular an electric motor, which is designed to set the bristles in vibration. The energy supply from an energy reservoir arranged in the interior to the electrical power consumption unit can be adjusted continuously by means of the control element, as a result of which the vibration intensity of the bristles can be steplessly adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Armin BAERTSCHI, Franz FISCHER, Christian HILFIKER
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Patent number: 8756743Abstract: A toothbrush has a removable end cap at its free end area directed away from the bristles, which end cap closes off an inner space of a grip element. The end cap accommodates an electrical control element, in particular a potentiometer, which can be adjusted via an adjustment element arranged rotatably on the end cap. The toothbrush also comprises an electrical power consumption unit, in particular an electric motor, which is designed to set the bristles in vibration. The energy supply from an energy reservoir arranged in the interior to the electrical power consumption unit can be adjusted continuously by means of the control element, as a result of which the vibration intensity of the bristles can be steplessly adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2011Date of Patent: June 24, 2014Assignee: Trisa Holding AGInventors: Armin Baertschi, Franz Fischer, Christian Hilfiker
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Patent number: 8382208Abstract: The inventive handle for a brush, in particular for a toothbrush or a domestic brush, has an integral handle body with a hollow space which is surrounded by a wall. Recesses which are offset in relation to one another and open into the hollow space are formed in the wall. The handle is produced from a plastic in an injection-molding process using an injection-molding die which has finger elements, with sections of these finger elements touching in a sealing manner when the injection-molding die is in the closed state and, as a result, these finger elements forming the recesses and the hollow space in the hardened handle.Type: GrantFiled: August 28, 2006Date of Patent: February 26, 2013Assignee: Trisa HoldingInventors: Armin Baertschi, Martin Zwimpfer, Christian Hilfiker
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Patent number: 8365335Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2007Date of Patent: February 5, 2013Assignee: Trisa Holding AGInventors: Franz Fischer, Armin Baertschi, Christian Hilfiker
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Publication number: 20120110768Abstract: A toothbrush has a removable end cap at its free end area directed away from the bristles, which end cap closes off an inner space of a grip element. The end cap accommodates an electrical control element, in particular a potentiometer, which can be adjusted via an adjustment element arranged rotatably on the end cap. The toothbrush also comprises an electrical power consumption unit, in particular an electric motor, which is designed to set the bristles in vibration. The energy supply from an energy reservoir arranged in the interior to the electrical power consumption unit can be adjusted continuously by means of the control element, as a result of which the vibration intensity of the bristles can be steplessly adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2011Publication date: May 10, 2012Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Armin BAERTSCHI, Franz FISCHER, Christian HILFIKER
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Patent number: 8089227Abstract: A toothbrush has a removable end cap at its free end area directed away from the bristles, which end cap closes off an inner space of a grip element. The end cap accommodates an electrical control element, in particular a potentiometer, which can be adjusted via an adjustment element arranged rotatably on the end cap. The toothbrush also comprises an electrical power consumption unit, in particular an electric motor, which is designed to set the bristles in vibration. The energy supply from an energy reservoir arranged in the interior to the electrical power consumption unit can be adjusted continuously by means of the control element, as a result of which the vibration intensity of the bristles can be steplessly adjusted.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2007Date of Patent: January 3, 2012Assignee: Trisa Holding AGInventors: Armin Baertschi, Franz Fischer, Christian Hilfiker
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Publication number: 20100101037Abstract: The toothbrush has a handle, a neck and a head. In the handle there is a first hard component which has a metallic covering. At least in regions, the metallic covering has a covering of a second hard component.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2007Publication date: April 29, 2010Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Peter Gross, Christian Hilfiker
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Publication number: 20090183324Abstract: The transmission according to the invention for an electric toothbrush serves for the transmission and reforming of a rotational movement provided by an electric motor into a particularly careful and effective cleaning movement of a cleaning element. The ratio of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of an output shaft and the longitudinal mid-axis of a drive shaft of the transmission and of the distance between the longitudinal mid-axis of a shaft driving a cam of the transmission and the longitudinal mid-axis of the cam amounts to at least 10:1.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2007Publication date: July 23, 2009Inventors: Franz Fischer, Armin Baertschi, Christian Hilfiker
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Publication number: 20090158540Abstract: The inventive handle for a brush, in particular for a toothbrush or a domestic brush, has an integral handle body with a hollow space which is surrounded by a wall. Recesses which are offset in relation to one another and open into the hollow space are formed in the wall. The handle is produced from a plastic in an injection-molding process using an injection-molding die which has finger elements, with sections of these finger elements touching in a sealing manner when the injection-molding die is in the closed state and, as a result, these finger elements forming the recesses and the hollow space in the hardened handle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2006Publication date: June 25, 2009Applicant: Trisa Holding AGInventors: Armin Baertschi, Martin Zwimpfer, Christian Hilfiker
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Publication number: 20090070947Abstract: A toothbrush has a removable end cap at its free end area directed away from the bristles, which end cap closes off an inner space of a grip element. The end cap accommodates an electrical control element, in particular a potentiometer, which can be adjusted via an adjustment element arranged rotatably on the end cap. The toothbrush also comprises an electrical power consumption unit, in particular an electric motor, which is designed to set the bristles in vibration. The energy supply from an energy reservoir arranged in the interior to the electrical power consumption unit can be adjusted continuously by means of the control element, as a result of which the vibration intensity of the bristles can be steplessly adjusted.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2007Publication date: March 19, 2009Applicant: TRISA HOLDING AGInventors: Armin Baertschi, Franz Fischer, Christian Hilfiker