Patents by Inventor Peter Lewis Shreve

Peter Lewis Shreve 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).

  • System for amplitude adjustment of an oral care appliance
    Patent number: 10813731
    Abstract: The amplitude control assembly for an oral care appliance includes a capacitance-sensing touch array (26) responsive to the position of a user's touch thereon to change the value of capacitance from the array, as determined by a sensor (30). A control assembly (24), responsive to the change of capacitance, changes an operating characteristic of the drive signal for the appliance, to change the amplitude of motion of a workpiece portion of the oral care appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventor: Peter Lewis Shreve
  • Rinsing glass and charger combination for a power toothbrush
    Patent number: 9356465
    Abstract: The combination of a power toothbrush and a charging system includes a charging base unit (12) having a charging coil (22) wound around the interior surface (20) of a portion of the charging base unit, and connectable to a source of electric power and a rinsing vessel (26) adapted to hold a toothbrush, the rinsing glass having a lower surface (27) configured to fit onto the upper surface (14) of the charging unit. The vessel is configured to hold a toothbrush in such a manner to prevent the toothbrush from tipping over when placed in the vessel, and further configured relative to the base unit that charging of the power toothbrush can occur between a pickup coil (46) in the handle of the toothbrush and the charging coil in the base charging unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Peter George Nazaroff, Peter Lewis Shreve, Ahren Karl Johnson, Chi Hung Li, Wai Hang Raymond Lo
  • RINSING GLASS AND CHARGER COMBINATION FOR A POWER TOOTHBRUSH
    Publication number: 20130257369
    Abstract: The combination of a power toothbrush and a charging system includes a charging base unit (12) having a charging coil (22) wound around the interior surface (20) of a portion of the charging base unit, and connectable to a source of electric power and a rinsing vessel (26) adapted to hold a toothbrush, the rinsing glass having a lower surface (27) configured to fit onto the upper surface (14) of the charging unit. The vessel is configured to hold a tooth-brush in such a manner to prevent the toothbrush from tipping over when placed in the vessel, and further configured relative to the base unit that charging of the power tooth-brush can occur between a pickup coil (46) in the handle of the toothbrush and the charging coil in the base charging unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Peter George Nazaroff, Peter Lewis Shreve, Ahren Karl Johnson, Chi Hung Li, Wai Hang Raymond Lo
  • SYSTEM FOR AMPLITUDE ADJUSTMENT OF AN ORAL CARE APPLIANCE
    Publication number: 20130177863
    Abstract: The amplitude control assembly for an oral care appliance includes a capacitance-sensing touch array (26) responsive to the position of a user's touch thereon to change the value of capacitance from the array, as determined by a sensor (30). A control assembly (24), responsive to the change of capacitance, changes an operating characteristic of the drive signal for the appliance, to change the amplitude of motion of a workpiece portion of the oral care appliance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2011
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventor: Peter Lewis Shreve