Patents by Inventor Xiaoguo Dai

Xiaoguo Dai 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).

  • Patent number: 12642348
    Abstract: A toothbrush including a handle; a head; a connection structure including a first rotating disc and a second rotating disc that coaxially rotate, the first rotating disc being connected to the head/handle and the second rotating disc being connected to the handle/head, and a rotation axis of the first rotating disc and the second rotating disc being perpendicular to an extension direction of the handle; and an elastic structure including a first elastic member and a second elastic member, two ends of each of the first elastic member and the second elastic member being respectively connected to or abutting against the first rotating disc and the second rotating disc, and when the first rotating disc rotates with respect to the second rotating disc under the action of an external force, the first elastic member and/or the second elastic member elastically deforming.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenwu Xu, Xiaoguo Dai, Changjin Zhang, Hongtao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12647010
    Abstract: A cleaning and caring appliance and a transducing apparatus thereof. A transducer includes a transducer frame and magnets attached to the transducer frame, an elastic assembly and a drive shaft, the elastic assembly includes a transmission arm and an elastic piece held by the transmission arm, and the transmission arm is fixedly connected to the drive shaft, the elastic piece has an outer edge and an inner edges, corresponding to a holding portion of the transmission arm, a recess is formed on the transmission arm, and a recess depth D of the recess is greater than a first fixed coupling width B1 from a bottom surface of the recess and a longitudinal axis. The solution avoids the suppression of a harmonic vibration rotation angle by damping during a harmonic motion, allowing a cleaning assembly such as a brush head to have a larger rotation angle and improving the mechanical efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguo Dai, Zhenwu Xu
  • Patent number: 12527393
    Abstract: This application provides an oscillating toothbrush, including a brush head, a brush handle, an oscillating base mounted on the brush handle, and an oscillating rod that connects the brush head to the oscillating base, and the oscillating base includes a first hinge base hinged to the brush handle in a first direction, a second hinge base hinged to the brush handle in a second direction, and a fixing shaft mounted on the first hinge base in the second direction, with the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction. In the present application, the oscillating base is arranged to include the first hinge base hinged to the brush handle in the first direction and the second hinge base hinged to the brush handle in the second direction. When the brush head is subjected to an external force, the oscillating rod may drive the first hinge base to oscillate on the brush handle in the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenwu Xu, Xiaoguo Dai
  • Patent number: 12508111
    Abstract: A support structure for supporting a drive shaft that performs reciprocating motion in an electric cleaning care appliance. The support structure comprises an inner fixing ring of the support structure, at least one elastic member of the support structure, and an outer fixing ring of the support structure; the inner fixing ring is fastened on the drive shaft; the outer fixing ring is fastened on an inner wall of a lower device housing; the elastic member is provided between the outer fixing ring and the inner fixing ring; and on the cross section of the elastic member perpendicular to the radial direction of the drive shaft, the width (b1) in the direction perpendicular to a drive force is three times larger than the thickness (t1) in the direction parallel to the drive force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguo Dai, Zhenwu Xu
  • Patent number: 12402718
    Abstract: A toothbrush includes a brush head linkage (100), a connecting mechanism (200) and a toothbrush handle (300); the connecting mechanism (200) includes a first connector (210), a second connector (220) and an elastic structural element (230) connected to the second connector (220); the first connector (100) is rotatably connected to the second connector (220), and the axis of rotation extends in a front-rear direction; and the elastic structural element (230) includes at least one return torsion spring (231), the return torsion spring (231) includes a helix spring (2311) in the form of a cylinder with an opening of the cylinder oriented in a direction parallel to an extension direction of an oscillating reference line, the helix spring is in stop fit with the second connector (220) in a direction perpendicular to the oscillating reference line, and the return torsion spring further includes a first torsion bar (2311) and a second torsion bar (2312) respectively connected to a front end and a rear end of the hel
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2025
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenwu Xu, Xiaoguo Dai
  • Publication number: 20250025273
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an oral irrigator, including a plunger pump device for pumping a fluid. The plunger pump device includes: a piston cylinder, a piston cavity being enclosed by a side wall of the piston cylinder; a piston arranged in the piston cavity for a reciprocating movement and having a first end and a second end opposite to the first end; and a sealing member connected to the piston cylinder in a sealing manner; and a first cavity is enclosed by the piston, a first portion of the side wall of the piston cylinder, and the sealing member; a second cavity is enclosed by the piston, and a second portion of the side wall of the piston cylinder; and the first cavity and the second cavity are respectively located at the two opposite ends of the piston.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Applicant: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguo DAI, Zhenwu XU
  • Publication number: 20250009489
    Abstract: The present invention provides a switch assembly for a cleaning and caring appliance, and a cleaning and caring appliance. The switch assembly comprises: a switch; and a switch rocker having a distal end and a proximal end, the switch being arranged below the distal end of the switch rocker such that the switch rocker operatively triggers the switch, wherein the rocker comprises a small arm, a large arm, and a pivoting portion located between the small arm and the large arm, the large arm having a length greater than that of the small arm, and the large arm comprising the distal end; and the switch assembly further comprises a first retaining portion for retaining the pivoting portion of the switch rocker and a second retaining portion for retaining the proximal end of the switch rocker, and the second retaining portion retains an end of the small arm away from the pivoting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Applicant: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguo DAI, Zhenwu XU
  • Publication number: 20250000630
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a cleaning and caring appliance, including a housing, a motor, which performs a rotational motion; a drive shaft, which has a second axis and extends out of a chamber; and a connecting rod mechanism, which is connected to both an output shaft of the motor and the drive shaft and is configured to convert the rotational motion of the output shaft around a first axis into reciprocating rotation of the drive shaft around the second axis, the connecting rod mechanism including a driving wheel connected to the output shaft; wherein the cleaning and caring appliance comprises a frame arranged adjacent to the motor in the housing, the frame comprising a frame bottom wall and a first boss and a second boss which protrude from the frame bottom wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguo DAI, Zhenwu XU
  • Publication number: 20240415622
    Abstract: A personal care appliance having a housing and an end cover, the housing forming an opening at one end of the longitudinal axis, and the end cover having an end wall and a side wall; the end wall is substantially perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and the side wall extends out from the end wall and is inserted into the opening along the longitudinal axis direction; the personal care appliance further includes an end cover light-emitting apparatus, the end cover light-emitting apparatus including light sources, the light sources being arranged at positions inside the housing close to the end cover, and a light transmission portion, the light transmission portion including at least a part of a side wall portion and/or at least a part of a peripheral portion, and a light incident portion of the light transmission portion being located at at least a part of the side wall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguo DAI, Zhenwu XU
  • Publication number: 20240413727
    Abstract: A cleaning and caring appliance and a transducing apparatus thereof. A transducer includes a transducer frame and magnets attached to the transducer frame, an elastic assembly and a drive shaft, the elastic assembly includes a transmission arm and an elastic piece held by the transmission arm, and the transmission arm is fixedly connected to the drive shaft, the elastic piece has an outer edge and an inner edges, corresponding to a holding portion of the transmission arm, a recess is formed on the transmission arm, and a recess depth D of the recess is greater than a first fixed coupling width B1 from a bottom surface of the recess and a longitudinal axis (L). The solution avoids the suppression of a harmonic vibration rotation angle by damping during a harmonic motion, allowing a cleaning assembly such as a brush head to have a larger rotation angle and improving the mechanical efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: KOLN&SHIFT (SHANGHAI) TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD
    Inventors: Xiaoguo DAI, Zhenwu XU
  • Publication number: 20240325130
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a clean-and-care appliance, and a transducer device and a pressure alarm mechanism therefor. The transducer device according to the present disclosure comprises a transducer, and an elastic assembly comprises at least one proximal elastic member and at least one distal elastic member; the proximal elastic member and the distal elastic member are respectively provided with a first edge and a second edge; the first edge is fixedly connected to a driving shaft to move along with the driving shaft, and the second edge forms a fixed edge when the proximal elastic member and the distal elastic member are elastically deformed; the plane of the proximal elastic member forms a first angle with respect to a median plane of a rack, and the plane of the distal elastic member forms a second angle with respect to the median plane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguo DAI, Zhenwu XU
  • Patent number: 12090515
    Abstract: Disclosed are an acoustic wave type electric cleaning and care tool and a pressure warning device for same. Upper and lower drive shaft bearings are fixed on a drive shaft. The upper bearing is fixed in left and right brackets by a fixed surface and is stationary. The lower bearing is fixed in the brackets by a upper fixed surface and perform a relative movement such that the lower bearing is separated from or contact with the upper fixed surface. The alarm device comprises a lever, a light-emitting element and a photosensitive element. The lever is provided with a shielding surface and/or a light-shielding protrusion. Light energy is changed by the change of gap between the shielding surface and/or the light-shielding protrusion and the photosensitive element. The change in electrical performance parameters of the photosensitive element is detected to acquire a load pressure on a cleaning element and realize pressure alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguo Dai, Zhenwu Xu
  • Publication number: 20240299147
    Abstract: This application provides an oscillating toothbrush, including a brush head, a brush handle, an oscillating base mounted on the brush handle, and an oscillating rod that connects the brush head to the oscillating base, and the oscillating base includes a first hinge base hinged to the brush handle in a first direction, a second hinge base hinged to the brush handle in a second direction, and a fixing shaft mounted on the first hinge base in the second direction, with the first direction being perpendicular to the second direction. In the present application, the oscillating base is arranged to include the first hinge base hinged to the brush handle in the first direction and the second hinge base hinged to the brush handle in the second direction. When the brush head is subjected to an external force, the oscillating rod may drive the first hinge base to oscillate on the brush handle in the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenwu XU, Xiaoguo DAI
  • Patent number: 11918101
    Abstract: Provided is a connecting structure for connecting a head assembly and a handle portion of a vibration cleaning appliance, the handle portion includes a handle housing with a hollow portion and a vibration shaft, the head assembly includes a brush handle housing with a handle interface, a blind hole is provided in the middle of the interface, the rear end of the shaft is tightly inserted into the hole; a buckle cavity is provided on the interface, the front end surface of the cavity is a buckle locking surface of the interface; a buckle combination part including a cantilever and a protrusion is provided in the housing along its rear end, the cantilever is formed in and separated from the housing, the rear end of the cantilever is provided with the protrusion, a locking surface of the combination part is provided on the protrusion accommodated by the cavity of the interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguo Dai, Zhenwu Xu
  • Publication number: 20240008631
    Abstract: A toothbrush includes a brush head linkage (100), a connecting mechanism (200) and a toothbrush handle (300); the connecting mechanism (200) includes a first connector (210), a second connector (220) and an elastic structural element (230) connected to the second connector (220); the first connector (100) is rotatably connected to the second connector (220), and the axis of rotation extends in a front-rear direction; and the elastic structural element (230) includes at least one return torsion spring (231), the return torsion spring (231) includes a helix spring (2311) in the form of a cylinder with an opening of the cylinder oriented in a direction parallel to an extension direction of an oscillating reference line, the helix spring is in stop fit with the second connector (220) in a direction perpendicular to the oscillating reference line, and the return torsion spring further includes a first torsion bar (2311) and a second torsion bar (2312) respectively connected to a front end and a rear end of the hel
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenwu XU, Xiaoguo DAI
  • Publication number: 20230404727
    Abstract: A toothbrush including a handle; a head; a connection structure including a first rotating disc and a second rotating disc that coaxially rotate, the first rotating disc being connected to the head/handle and the second rotating disc being connected to the handle/head, and a rotation axis of the first rotating disc and the second rotating disc being perpendicular to an extension direction of the handle; and an elastic structure including a first elastic member and a second elastic member, two ends of each of the first elastic member and the second elastic member being respectively connected to or abutting against the first rotating disc and the second rotating disc, and when the first rotating disc rotates with respect to the second rotating disc under the action of an external force, the first elastic member and/or the second elastic member elastically deforming.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenwu XU, Xiaoguo DAI, Changjin ZHANG, Hongtao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230404249
    Abstract: A toothbrush, including a head, a handle, and a first rotating structure, and the head has a rotation axis (C1) extending in a length direction; the first rotating structure includes a rotating member connected to the head and a connecting member connected to the handle, the surface of the connecting member facing the head (20) is provided with an insertion groove extending along the rotation axis (C1), and the end of the rotating member facing away from the head is inserted into the insertion groove and is rotatably connected to the connecting member; the rotating member is provided with a first snap-fit member, and the connecting member is provided with a second snap-fit member; and when there are first snap-fit members and/or second snap-fit members, any one of the first snap-fit members can pass over each second snap-fit member in sequence while rotating along with the rotating member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhenwu XU, Xiaoguo DAI, Changjin ZHANG, Hongtao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230310117
    Abstract: A support structure, which supports a drive shaft performing reciprocating motion. The support structure comprises an inner fixing ring of the support structure, at least one elastic member of the support structure, and an outer fixing ring of the support structure; the inner fixing ring is fastened on the drive shaft; the outer fixing ring is fastened on an inner wall of a lower device housing; the elastic member is provided between the outer fixing ring and the inner fixing ring; and on the cross section of the elastic member perpendicular to the radial direction of the drive shaft, the width (b1) in the direction perpendicular to a drive force is three times larger than the thickness (t1) in the direction parallel to the drive force. The support structure has the advantages of low noise, low energy loss, low cost, simple structure, and being suitable for batch production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaoguo Dai, Zhenwu Xu
  • Patent number: 11641933
    Abstract: A photosensitive pressure alarm device for electric cleaning care appliances comprises at least one light source, at least one photosensitive unit, a light reflecting surface, a detection circuit, and an alarm portion. The light source and the photosensitive unit are provided on a movable component or a movable component on a same side, and the light reflecting surface is provided on a stationary component or the movable component. Under the combined action of an external force (F1) and an elastic force (F2), the light reflecting surface or the light source and the photosensitive unit provided on the movable component can move with the movable component, and the incident angle and the reflection angle of the light on the light reflecting surface change, causing that the light receiving area of the photosensitive unit changes, and in turn resulting in change of the electrical performance of the photosensitive unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: SHANGHAI SHIFT ELECTRICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoguo Dai, Zhenwu Xu
  • Publication number: 20220258206
    Abstract: Disclosed are an acoustic wave type electric cleaning and care tool and a pressure warning device for same. Upper and lower drive shaft bearings are fixed on a drive shaft. The upper bearing is fixed in left and right brackets by a fixed surface and is stationary. The lower bearing is fixed in the brackets by a upper fixed surface and perform a relative movement such that the lower bearing is separated from or contact with the upper fixed surface. The alarm device comprises a lever, a light-emitting element and a photosensitive element. The lever is provided with a shielding surface and/or a light-shielding protrusion. Light energy is changed by the change of gap between the shielding surface and/or the light-shielding protrusion and the photosensitive element. The change in electrical performance parameters of the photosensitive element is detected to acquire a load pressure on a cleaning element and realize pressure alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaoguo DAI, Zhenwu XU