Patents by Inventor Hansjörg Reick
Hansjörg Reick 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: 20100325822Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and a device for cleaning teeth wherein a variety of cleaning tools are coupled to a common handle section for the individual cleaning of teeth. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric dental cleaning device, with a coupling section for coupling various cleaning tools thereto, as well as said cleaning tools. According to the invention the handle section detects a coding provided on the respective cleaning tool attached. In dependence upon the respective coding detected, various functions of the dental cleaning device are controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2010Publication date: December 30, 2010Inventors: Alexander Hilscher, Horst Mannebach, Hansjörg Reick, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann, Peter Trawinski, Martin Stratmann, Wolfgang Vorbeck
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Publication number: 20100316975Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and a device for cleaning teeth wherein a variety of cleaning tools are coupled to a common handle section for the individual cleaning of teeth. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric dental cleaning device, with a coupling section for coupling various cleaning tools thereto, as well as said cleaning tools. According to the invention the handle section detects a coding provided on the respective cleaning tool attached. In dependence upon the respective coding detected, various functions of the dental cleaning device are controlled.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2010Publication date: December 16, 2010Inventors: Alexander Hilscher, Horst Mannebach, Hansjörg Reick, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann, Peter Trawinski, Martin Stratmann, Wolfgang Vorbeck
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Publication number: 20100284728Abstract: The invention relates to a small electrical appliance, for example an electric toothbrush (1), with two elements to be driven and with an electric motor (10). The small electrical appliance has a device (16.1; 16.2; 16.3) that drives the first and/or the second element depending on the direction of rotation of the electric motor (10). The first element to be driven can be a movable brush head (2), and the second element to be driven can be a pump (7, 14) for conveying a care agent to the brush head (2) from a reservoir, wherein the device (16.1, 16.2, 16.3) drives the brush head (2) in both directions of rotation of the electric motor (10), but drives the pump (7, 14) only in one direction of rotation of the electric motor (10).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 26, 2008Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventors: Benedikt Heil, Hansjoerg Reick, Michael Stolper, Andreas Kramp, Norbert Schaefer
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Publication number: 20100281637Abstract: An electric toothbrush with a removable brush section having a transponder communicating with a handle portion of the toothbrush via a non-contacting inductive coupling.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 4, 2010Publication date: November 11, 2010Inventors: ALEXANDER HILSCHER, HANSJöRG REICK, MARTIN STRATMANN, PETER TRAWINSKI, WOLFGANG VORBECK, ARMIN SCHWARZ-HARTMANN, CHRISTIAN NEYER
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Patent number: 7774886Abstract: The invention is directed to a method and a device for cleaning teeth wherein a variety of cleaning tools are coupled to a common handle section for the individual cleaning of teeth. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric-dental cleaning device, with a coupling section for coupling various cleaning tools thereto, as well as said cleaning tools. According to the invention the handle section detects a coding provided on the respective cleaning tool attached. In dependence upon the respective coding detected, various functions of the dental cleaning device are controlled.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2007Date of Patent: August 17, 2010Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Alexander Hilscher, Horst Mannebach, Hansjörg Reick, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann, Peter Trawinski, Martin Stratmann, Wolfgang Vorbeck
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Patent number: 7770251Abstract: A method and a device for cleaning teeth wherein a variety of cleaning tools are coupled to a common handle section for the individual cleaning of teeth. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric dental cleaning device, with a coupling section for coupling various cleaning tools thereto, as well as said cleaning tools. According to the invention the handle section detects a coding provided on the respective cleaning tool attached. In dependence upon the respective coding detected, various functions of the dental cleaning device are controlled.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2004Date of Patent: August 10, 2010Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Alexander Hilscher, Horst Mannebach, Hansjörg Reick, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann, Peter Trawinski, Martin Stratmann, Wolfgang Vorbeck
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Patent number: 7690067Abstract: The invention is directed to a brush attachment adapted to be attached to and detached from a shaft of a handle of an electric toothbrush, including a bristle area, a brush shank and a plug-on part disposed in the brush shank, wherein the plug-on part includes a first spring element and a second spring element which act on the shaft when the brush attachment is plugged onto the shaft. This establishes a connection without play between the brush attachment and the shaft, enabling relatively high vibration frequencies to be transmitted.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2004Date of Patent: April 6, 2010Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Norbert Schaefer, Erik Eisenkolb, Reiner Engelmohr, Hansjörg Reick
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Patent number: 7673360Abstract: An electric toothbrush with a removable brush section having a transponder communicating with a handle portion of the toothbrush via a non-contacting inductive coupling.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2007Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Alexander Hilscher, Hansjörg Reick, Martin Stratmann, Peter Trawinski, Wolfgang Vorbeck, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann
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Patent number: 7675203Abstract: An electric drive unit for generating an oscillating movement, having a stator, a rotor, a torsion element and a tuning element. The tuning element acts upon the torsion element and serves to mechanically tune the resonant frequency of the drive unit.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2004Date of Patent: March 9, 2010Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Gerhard Kressner, Alexander Schroter, Christian Junk, Peter Hilfinger, Hansjörg Reick, Bernhard Kraus, Uwe Schober
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Patent number: 7661172Abstract: An electric toothbrush with a removable brush section having a transponder communicating with a handle portion of the toothbrush via a non-contacting inductive coupling.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2007Date of Patent: February 16, 2010Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Alexander Hilscher, Hansjörg Reick, Martin Stratmann, Peter Trawinski, Wolfgang Vorbeck, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann
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Patent number: 7624467Abstract: A brush attachment of an electric cleaning device, the cleaning device including a coupling section to which the brush attachment can be joined. The brush section can include an open end configured to releasably attach to the coupling section of the cleaning device and an interlock canceling element configured to engage the coupling section and displace a longitudinally displaceable drive mechanism extending from the cleaning device a predetermined distance to control the operation of the cleaning device.Type: GrantFiled: June 18, 2004Date of Patent: December 1, 2009Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Alexander Hilscher, Hansjörg Reick, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann, Peter Trawinski, Martin Stratmann, Wolfgang Vorbeck
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Patent number: 7554225Abstract: An electric motor for a small-scale electrical appliance, such as a toothbrush or shaver. The electric motor includes at least one oscillatory motor component, a magnet arrangement having at least one permanent magnet, and a coil for generating a magnetic field which, in interaction with the magnet arrangement, generates a force for excitation of an oscillatory linear motion. During the interaction between the magnet arrangement and the magnetic field produced by the coil, a torque for excitation of an oscillatory rotational motion is additionally generated.Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2006Date of Patent: June 30, 2009Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Bernhard Kraus, Hansjörg Reick, Uwe Schober, Alexander Schröter
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Patent number: 7207080Abstract: An electric toothbrush with a removable brush section having a transponder communicating with a handle portion of the toothbrush via a non-contacting inductive coupling.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2002Date of Patent: April 24, 2007Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Alexander Hilscher, Hansjörg Reick, Martin Stratmann, Peter Trawinski, Wolfgang Vorbeck, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann
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Patent number: 7120960Abstract: An electric toothbrush has a brush head which is mounted in a movable manner, and a drive for producing an oscillating operating movement in the brush head. The drive includes a cyclically movable drive part and a follower part. The follower part is biased against the drive part so that the follower part follows the drive part's cyclic drive movement. A sensor determines the brush head's contact pressure by sensing the extent of coupling between the follower part and the drive part, and determining the contact pressure of the brush head based on the extent of coupling.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2002Date of Patent: October 17, 2006Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Alexander Hilscher, Hansjörg Reick
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Patent number: 7086111Abstract: The invention is directed to a dental cleaning device. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric toothbrushing device, with a coupling section for coupling various cleaning tools thereto, a drive mechanism for driving the coupled cleaning tool, and a control device for controlling the drive mechanism. The invention further relates to such cleaning tools. According to the invention the handle section includes an electronic interlock device which is deactivated by an encoded interlock canceling element on the cleaning tool only when the cleaning tool is coupled to the handle section (FIG. 4).Type: GrantFiled: March 16, 2001Date of Patent: August 8, 2006Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Alexander Hilscher, Hansjörg Reick, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann, Peter Trawinski, Martin Stratmann, Wolfgang Vorbeck
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Patent number: 7024717Abstract: A method and a device for cleaning teeth wherein a variety of cleaning tools are coupled to a common handle section for the individual cleaning of teeth. It relates in particular to a handle section of an electric dental cleaning device, with a coupling section for coupling various cleaning tools thereto, as well as said cleaning tools. According to the invention the handle section detects a coding provided on the respective cleaning tool attached. In dependence upon the respective coding detected, various functions of the dental cleaning device are controlled.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2003Date of Patent: April 11, 2006Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Alexander Hilscher, Horst Mannebach, Hansjörg Reick, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann, Peter Trawinski, Martin Stratmann, Wolfgang Vorbeck
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Patent number: 6878328Abstract: A method for producing a plastic part having a first component and a second component connected to the first component. The method includes molding a temporary connection between the first component and a preliminary second component, coating at least a surface region of the first component, separating the first and preliminary second component, and then molding the second component to the first component. The plastic part can be an injection molded part and the components of the plastic part can be made using the same or different plastics.Type: GrantFiled: November 27, 2002Date of Patent: April 12, 2005Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Bernhard Boland, Götz Gardlo, Rainer Hans, Hansjörg Reick, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann
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Patent number: D503281Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2003Date of Patent: March 29, 2005Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Duy Phong Vu, Reiner Engelmohr, Hansjörg Reick
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Patent number: D517213Type: GrantFiled: September 9, 2003Date of Patent: March 14, 2006Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Duy Phong Vu, Reiner Engelmohr, Hansjörg Reick
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Patent number: D611712Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2008Date of Patent: March 16, 2010Assignee: Braun GmbHInventors: Ulrich Stoerkel, Georges Driesen, Michael Schmid, Uwe Jungnickel, Norbert Schaefer, Hansjoerg Reick