Patents by Inventor Ian Gordon Blanch

Ian Gordon Blanch 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).

  • Oral hygiene appliance with formable substrate
    Patent number: 9358087
    Abstract: The power appliance (10) for cleaning teeth includes a drive system (16) and a substrate (10) for supporting a field of bristles (14) which contact teeth for cleaning. The drive system is connected to the substrate, moving the substrate in operation to produce an action of the bristle field against the teeth. The assembly, which includes internal stiffeners (60, 62, 64) in one embodiment, has two physical states, including a first state in which the substrate is softened so as to be formable to conform to the geometry of the teeth, and a second hardened state following its conformance to the teeth in which the substrate is sufficiently rigid to effectively transmit a driving motion to the bristles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Miller, Patrick A. Headstrom, Bethany Joyce Johnson, Ian Gordon Blanch, Tijn Pieter Lodewijk Huttenhuis
  • ORAL HYGIENE APPLIANCE WITH FORMABLE SUBSTRATE
    Publication number: 20140011159
    Abstract: The power appliance (10) for cleaning teeth includes a drive system (16) and a substrate (10) for supporting a field of bristles (14) which contact teeth for cleaning. The drive system is connected to the substrate, moving the substrate in operation to produce an action of the bristle field against the teeth. The assembly, which includes internal stiffeners (60, 62, 64) in one embodiment, has two physical states, including a first state in which the substrate is softened so as to be formable to conform to the geometry of the teeth, and a second hardened state following its conformance to the teeth in which the substrate is sufficiently rigid to effectively transmit a driving motion to the bristles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2011
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Kevin A. Miller, Patrick A. Headstrom, Bethany Joyce Johnson, Ian Gordon Blanch, Tijn Pieter Lodewijk Huttenhuis