Patent ID: 7895753

Claim:
A shaving cutter assembly for an electric hair cutting appliance, the shaving cutter assembly comprising: a shaving cutter including first and second longitudinal bases and multiple blades extending between the first and second bases; first and second opposed mounting structures extending respectively from the first and second bases, wherein the mounting structures, the bases and the blades are integrally formed from a common sheet of material; a carrier fixedly connected to the first and second opposing mounting structures on the first and second bases by at least one metallic weld, wherein the carrier is a metal shaft and the mounting structures each define a pocket that receives its respective carrier shaft; and wherein each of the mounting structures includes a web of reduced cross-section between each of the first and second bases and a respective weld, wherein the web is configured to substantially isolate the shaving cutter from weld induced stress and wherein one of the mounting structures is shaped so as to define a gap between the mounting structure and its connected carrier shaft in a region adjoining a weld.