ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,624, issued on July 21, was assigned to Braun GmbH (Kronberg, Germany).
"Electric toothbrush and universal base therefor" was invented by Matthew Lloyd Newman (Oberursel, Germany) and Matthias Paschold (Mainz-Kastel, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An electric toothbrush, in combination with a universal base for receiving and wirelessly charging the toothbrush, the base to be coupled with the electric toothbrush for wireless communication therebetween. The base comprises a magnetic element for forming a magnetic connection with the electric toothbrush when the latter is received by the base for charging. The base includes a ch...