Patents by Inventor Michael Dümig

Michael Dümig 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).

  • Method and device for producing a brush head section for an oral care device and brush head section produced by said method and/or said device
    Patent number: 9144299
    Abstract: A brush head section for an oral care device is provided. The brush section includes an insert being made from a first thermoplastic material by injection-molding, at least one oral cleaning element and a cleaning element carrier consisting of a second thermoplastic material or a second thermoplastic mixture. The insert and the at least one cleaning element are partially embedded into the cleaning element carrier by over-molding and the cleaning element carrier at least partly engages behind the insert. The hardness of the second thermoplastic material is less than the hardness of the first thermoplastic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: BRAUN GMBH
    Inventors: Thomas Fritsch, Christof Miltenberger, Stefan Scheurich, Michael Duemig, Uwe Tretrop, Hermann Frey, Joerg Kotitschke, Ulrich Stoerkel, Andreas Reuschenbach
  • Method for producing a toothbrush head
    Patent number: 8651582
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a brush head for a toothbrush head in which the bristle tufts that are already fixed to a bristle support of the brush head are cut at the free ends thereof such that a desired tuft end contour is generated. According to the invention, at least one bristle tuft is bent away at least in parts and held in a bent-away position while the tuft end contour of this at least one and/or of another bristle tuft is cut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Georges Driesen, Roland Doerr, Thorsten Koch, Michael Schmid, Bernd Nootbaar, Michael Dümig, Wolfgang Schüppert, Christian Stief, Peter Scheurich, Roland Trombelli
  • Method For Producing A Toothbrush Head
    Publication number: 20120019046
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for producing a brush head for a toothbrush head in which the bristle tufts that are already fixed to a bristle support of the brush head are cut at the free ends thereof such that a desired tuft end contour is generated. According to the invention, at least one bristle tuft is bent away at least in parts and held in a bent-away position while the tuft end contour of this at least one and/or of another bristle tuft is cut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: January 26, 2012
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Georges Driesen, Roland Doerr, Thorsen Koch, Michael Schmid, Bernd Nootbaar, Michael Dümig, Wolfgang Schüppert, Christian Stief, Peter Scheurich, Roland Trombelli