Patent ID: 11877904
Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC A  H | IPC A

Claim 11:
12. A personal care device comprising:
a handle;
a shaft extending outward from the interior of the handle;
a frame in the interior of the handle and having an exterior surface at a distal end of the frame through which the shaft extends;
an abutment coupled to the shaft at a location along the shaft which is inside the handle and exterior to the frame;
wherein the abutment includes an engagement surface facing the exterior surface of the frame and configured to engage with the exterior surface of the frame so as to provide an airgap between the engagement surface of the abutment and the exterior surface of the frame, and, when the air gap is closed, transfers a force applied to the shaft through the frame.