Motor with spring-mounted movable motor part and personal care device comprising such a motor
AssigneeBraun GmbH
InventorsFrank ZIEGLER, Thomas MEINKE, Thomas BRUM, Kenji OHI, Takeshi HOTTA
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Abstract
A motor and a personal-care device having the motor. The motor has a motor carrier made at least partially from a sheet metal material, a movable motor part, and a spring element that couples the movable motor part with the motor carrier. The sheet metal material comprises at least one coupling area where the sheet metal material is folded so that its two layers are facing each other while each of the two layers comprises a slot, the slots being aligned with one another. A connection extension of the spring element extends through the aligned slots.
Claims18
1-14. (canceled)
A motor comprising:
- a motor carrier made at least partially from a sheet metal material;
- a movable motor part;
- and
- a spring element that couples the movable motor part with the motor carrier, the spring element having a connection extension,
- wherein the sheet metal material comprises at least one coupling area where the sheet metal material is folded to form a folding edge and two layers of sheet metal material facing each other, the two layers comprising a proximate layer that is proximate to the spring element and a distant layer that is distant to the spring element, wherein each of the layers comprises a slot, the slots being aligned with one another, and wherein the connection extension of the spring element extends through the aligned slots.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.