Granted Patent B1

US 12,208,052 · App. 18/760,773 · Granted Jan 28, 2025

Inventors: Philip C. Danby (Key Biscayne, FL); John Charles Danby (Witham, GB)

Assignee: HYPERICE IP SUBCO, LLC

A61H23/0254A61H2201/0107A61H2201/0153A61H2201/0157A61H2201/1215A61H2201/1418A61H2201/149A61H2201/1664A61H2201/5005A61H2201/501A61H2201/5015A61H2201/5035A61H2201/5038A61H2201/5097

Abstract

Claims (24)

1. A percussive massager comprising:

a housing;

a handle portion on the housing;

a piston having a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the piston having a bore;

a motor operatively connected to the proximal end of the piston, wherein the motor is configured to cause the piston to reciprocate at a first speed;

a drive mechanism that determines a predetermined stroke length of the piston;

a quick-connect system comprising the distal end of the piston and a first massaging head, wherein the quick-connect system allows a proximal end of the first massaging head to be inserted into or removed from the bore while the piston reciprocates the predetermined stroke length at the first speed; and

a flywheel operatively connected between the motor and the piston,

wherein the handle portion and the motor are on a same side of a plane along which the flywheel rotates.

2. The percussive massager of claim 1 , wherein the motor is configured to cause the piston to reciprocate at a second speed.

3. The percussive massager of claim 1 , further comprising:

a control panel positioned on an exterior of the housing.

4. The percussive massager of claim 3 , wherein the control panel is configured to display one or more visual indicators.

5. The percussive massager of claim 1 , wherein the motor has an output shaft configured to rotate about a rotation axis, and wherein the drive mechanism comprises:

the flywheel operatively connected to the output shaft of the motor to rotate about a flywheel axis, the output shaft extending into the flywheel along the flywheel axis; and

a crank pin extending from the flywheel, the crank pin being operatively connected to the piston.

6. The percussive massager of claim 5 , wherein the motor and the handle portion are on a same side of a second plane perpendicular to the flywheel axis that extends through the flywheel.

7. The percussive massager of claim 5 , wherein an offset between the flywheel axis and an axis of the crank pin determines the predetermined stroke length of the piston.

8. The percussive massager of claim 5 , wherein the motor is directly connected to the flywheel, and wherein the crank pin is directly connected to the flywheel.

9. The percussive massager of claim 1 , wherein the bore comprises a substantially cylindrical bore.

10. The percussive massager of claim 1 , further comprising a substantially cylindrical structure within the bore.

11. The percussive massager of claim 10 , wherein the substantially cylindrical structure comprises a cylindrical seat.

12. The percussive massager of claim 10 , wherein the substantially cylindrical structure comprises a magnet.

13. The percussive massager of claim 1 , wherein the proximal end of the first massaging head has a pocket to receive the distal end of the piston.

Assignments (4)

Continuity (5)

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