IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,059,314
Granted Patent B1
US 12,059,314 · App. 18/539,049 · Granted Aug 13, 2024

Electric toothbrush connector and electric toothbrush

Inventor: Xiaofeng Ruan (Jiangxi, CN)
A61C17/3481A46B5/0095A61C17/222
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Patent No.
US 12,059,314
App. No.
18/539,049
Granted
Aug 13, 2024
Kind
B1
Abstract

An electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ) includes a connector body ( 10 ), a pressing module ( 20 ) and an elastic member ( 30 ). A pressing block groove ( 101 ) is disposed in the connector body ( 10 ). The pressing module ( 20 ) is located in the pressing block groove ( 101 ). The clastic member ( 30 ) is connected to the connector body ( 10 ), and the pressing module ( 20 ) is pressed against the pressing block groove ( 101 ).

Claims (26)

1. An electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ), comprising:

a connector body ( 10 ), wherein a pressing block groove ( 101 ) is disposed in the connector body ( 10 );

a pressing module ( 20 ), wherein the pressing module ( 20 ) is located in the pressing block groove ( 101 );

an elastic member ( 30 ), wherein the elastic member ( 30 ) is connected to the connector body ( 10 ), and the pressing module ( 20 ) is pressed against the pressing block groove ( 101 );

wherein the elastic member ( 30 ) is a torsion spring, the elastic member ( 30 ) comprises a U-shaped sleeve rod ( 301 ), a first coil spring ( 302 ) and a second coil spring ( 303 ) respectively connected to two ends of the U-shaped sleeve rod ( 301 ), and a first top rod ( 304 ) and a second top rod ( 305 ) respectively connected to the first coil spring ( 302 ) and the second coil spring ( 303 ), wherein the first coil spring ( 302 ) is provided with a first tube hole ( 3021 ), and the second coil spring ( 303 ) is provided with a second tube hole ( 3031 ).

2. The electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the connector body ( 10 ) is provided with a first cavity ( 102 ), a first through hole ( 103 ) is provided on the pressing block groove ( 101 ), the first through hole ( 103 ) is communicated with the first cavity ( 102 ), and the first through hole ( 103 ) separates the pressing block groove ( 101 ) into a first limit groove ( 1011 ) and a second limit groove ( 1012 ).

3. The electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ) according to claim 2 , wherein the pressing module ( 20 ) comprises a first supporting block ( 201 ), a second supporting block ( 202 ), and a pressing block ( 203 ), and the elastic member ( 30 ) presses the first supporting block ( 201 ) against the first limiting slot ( 1011 ) and the second supporting block ( 202 ) against the second limiting slot ( 1012 ) such that the pressing block ( 203 ) is located in the first through hole ( 103 ).

4. The electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ) according to claim 3 , wherein the pressing block ( 203 ) is provided with a second through hole ( 2031 ), the U-shaped sleeve rod ( 301 ) is clamped into the second through hole ( 2031 ) and disposed in the pressing block ( 203 ), one outer side wall of the connector body ( 10 ) is provided with a first protrusion ( 104 ), the connector body ( 10 ) is provided with a second protrusion ( 105 ) on an outer side of a side wall opposite to the first protrusion ( 104 ), the connector body ( 10 ) is further provided with a limiting wall ( 106 ) and a limiting groove ( 107 ), the first tube rod ( 3021 ) is disposed in the first protrusion ( 104 ), the second tube rod ( 3031 ) is disposed in the second protrusion ( 105 ), and a second spring is disposed in the second protrusion ( 105 ), and the connector body ( 106 ) is located in the limiting wall ( 107 ) and the limiting groove ( 107 ), under the controls of a torsion spring force, a first jacking rod ( 304 ) and a second jacking rod ( 305 ) are pressed against the limit wall ( 106 ) and the limit groove ( 107 ), and the U-shaped sleeve rod ( 301 ) presses the pressing module ( 20 ) in the pressing block groove ( 101 ).

5. The electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ) of claim 4 , wherein both the first protrusion ( 104 ) and the second protrusion ( 105 ) are cylindrical protrusions.

6. The electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ) according to claim 1 , wherein the connector body ( 10 ) further comprises an annular buckle ( 108 ), and a portion of the annular buckle ( 108 ) is disposed on an outer wall at a bottom of the connector body ( 10 ).

7. The electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ) according to claim 6 , wherein the connector body ( 10 ) further comprises a guiding rib ( 109 ) protruding out of the outer wall of the pressing block groove ( 101 ) and is connected to the annular buckle ( 108 ).

8. The electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ) according to claim 3 , wherein a guiding groove ( 1010 ) is provided on an outer wall of a top of the connector body ( 10 ), and the guiding groove ( 1010 ) is in communication with the pressing block groove ( 101 ) and the limit groove ( 107 ).

9. An electric toothbrush, comprising:

a toothbrush head ( 200 );

an electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ), wherein the electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ) comprises a connector body ( 10 ), a pressing module ( 20 ), and an elastic member ( 30 ), the connector body ( 10 ) is provided with a pressing block groove ( 101 ), the pressing module ( 20 ) is located in the pressing block groove ( 101 ), the elastic member ( 30 ) is connected to the connector body ( 10 ), and the pressing module ( 20 ) is pressed against the pressing block groove ( 101 );

a handle ( 300 ), wherein the handle ( 300 ) comprises a handle body ( 310 ) and an electric head ( 320 ), the electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ) is configured to connect the toothbrush head ( 200 ) to the handle ( 300 ), the toothbrush head ( 200 ) is disposed on the electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ), and the electric head ( 320 ) is disposed inside the electric toothbrush connector ( 100 );

wherein the elastic member ( 30 ) is a torsion spring, the elastic member ( 30 ) comprises a U-shaped sleeve rod ( 301 ), a first coil spring ( 302 ) and a second coil spring ( 303 ) respectively connected to two ends of the U-shaped sleeve rod ( 301 ), and a first top rod ( 304 ) and a second top rod ( 305 ) are respectively connected to the first coil spring ( 302 ) and the second coil spring ( 303 ), the first coil spring ( 302 ) is provided with a first tube hole ( 3021 ), and the second coil spring ( 303 ) is provided with a second tube hole ( 3031 ).

10. The electric toothbrush of claim 9 , wherein the connector body ( 10 ) is provided with a first cavity ( 102 ), a first through hole ( 103 ) is provided on the pressing block groove ( 101 ), the first through hole ( 103 ) is communicated with the first cavity ( 102 ), and the first through hole ( 103 ) separates the pressing block groove ( 101 ) into a first limit groove ( 1011 ) and a second limit groove ( 1012 ).

11. The electric toothbrush according to claim 10 , wherein the pressing module ( 20 ) comprises a first supporting block ( 201 ), a second supporting block ( 202 ), and a pressing block ( 203 ), and the elastic member ( 30 ) presses the first supporting block ( 201 ) against the first limiting slot ( 1011 ) and the second supporting block ( 202 ) against the second limiting slot ( 1012 ) such that the pressing block ( 203 ) is located in the first through hole ( 103 ).

12. The electric toothbrush according to claim 11 , wherein when the electric head ( 320 ) penetrates inside the electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ), the electric head ( 320 ) is located within the first cavity ( 102 ), because the first through hole ( 103 ) is in communication with the first cavity ( 102 ), and the pressing block ( 203 ) is located within the first through hole ( 103 ), the pressing block ( 203 ) is in contact with the electric head ( 320 ) under an elastic force of the elastic member ( 30 ) and the pressing block ( 203 ) and the electric head ( 320 ) compresses each other.

13. The electric toothbrush according to claim 12 , wherein the pressing block ( 203 ) is provided with a second through hole ( 2031 ), the U-shaped sleeve ( 301 ) is configured to be clamped into the second through hole ( 2031 ) and disposed in the pressing block ( 203 ), one outer side wall of the connector body ( 10 ) is provided with a first protrusion ( 104 ), the connector body ( 10 ) is provided with a second protrusion ( 105 ), the connector body ( 10 ) is further provided with a limiting wall ( 106 ) and a limiting slot ( 107 ), a first tube hole ( 3021 ) is provided in the first protrusion ( 104 ), and the second tube hole ( 3031 ) is provided in the second protrusion ( 105 ); under the controls of a torsion spring force, a first jacking rod ( 304 ) and a second jacking rod ( 305 ) are pressed against the limit wall ( 106 ) and the limit groove ( 107 ), and the U-shaped sleeve rod ( 301 ) presses the pressing module ( 20 ) in the pressing block groove ( 101 ).

14. The electric toothbrush according to claim 9 , wherein the connector body ( 10 ) further comprises an annular buckle ( 108 ), and a portion of the annular buckle ( 108 ) is disposed on an outer wall at a bottom of the connector body ( 10 ).

15. The electric toothbrush according to claim 14 , wherein the connector body ( 10 ) further comprises a guiding rib ( 109 ) protruding out of the outer wall of the pressing block groove ( 101 ) and is connected to the annular buckle ( 108 ).

16. The electric toothbrush of claim 15 , wherein a guiding groove ( 1010 ) is provided on an outer wall of the top of the connector body ( 10 ), and the guiding groove ( 1010 ) is in communication with the pressing groove ( 101 ) and the limit groove ( 107 ).

17. The electric toothbrush according to claim 10 , wherein the toothbrush head ( 200 ) is provided with a second cavity ( 210 ) having an opening, the electric toothbrush connector ( 100 ) and the electric head ( 320 ) are disposed within the second cavity ( 210 ), and the handle body ( 310 ) abuts against the first cavity ( 102 ) and the opening of the second cavity ( 210 ).

18. The electric toothbrush according to claim 9 , wherein the toothbrush head ( 200 ) comprises a head ( 220 ) and a toothbrush rod ( 230 ) disposed on a head of the toothbrush rod ( 230 ).

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