Variable-shape stimulation device for stimulating the body

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025195322-A1
Application number	US-202318847772-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Mar 20, 2023
Priority date	Mar 18, 2022
Publication date	Jun 19, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A variable-shape stimulation device for stimulating the body, in particular for sexual stimulation, including a rotatably mounted drive shaft, which is designed to be driven about a rotational axis by a motor unit, wherein the drive shaft has at least one wobble-bearing unit, which is torque-resistently connected to the drive shaft, and at least one wobble body having at least one bearing-receptacle unit, on which the at least one wobble-bearing unit is arranged for supporting the at least one wobble body. At least one wobble-bearing unit defines an inclination axis, which is inclined at an inclination angle relative to the rotational axis, and the at least one wobble-bearing unit is designed to support, in a wobbling manner, the wobble body via the at least one bearing-receptacle unit with respect to the drive shaft.

First claim

1 . A variable-shape stimulation device for stimulating the body, in particular for sexual stimulation, comprising:
a rotatably mounted drive shaft, which is designed to be driven about a rotational axis by a motor unit, wherein the drive shaft has at least one wobble-bearing unit, which is torque-resistantly connected to the drive shaft, and at least one wobble body having at least one bearing-receptacle unit, on which the at least one wobble-bearing unit is arranged for supporting the at least one wobble body, wherein the at least one wobble-bearing unit defines an inclination axis, which is inclined at an inclination angle relative to the rotational axis, and the at least one wobble-bearing unit is designed to support, in a wobbling manner, the wobble body via the at least one bearing-receptacle unit with respect to the drive shaft.

2 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the drive shaft is a straight drive shaft and/or the drive shaft has a polygonal shaft cross section.

3 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wobble-bearing unit has a wobble-bearing surface which is inclined relative to the rotational axis.

4 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the wobble-bearing surface
has a wobble-bearing surface in the form of a cylindrical shell which extends coaxially to the inclination axis, and/or has a plate-shaped wobble-bearing surface which extends orthogonally to the inclination axis.

5 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wobble-bearing unit has a wobble-bearing adapter with a fastening receptacle, via which the wobble-bearing unit is torque-resistantly connected to the drive shaft.

6 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the fastening receptacle extends coaxially to the rotational axis.

7 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the fastening receptacle is a through-opening which extends along the rotational axis through the wobble-bearing adapter.

8 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the through-opening has a polygonal opening cross section, wherein the opening cross section preferably corresponds to the polygonal shaft cross section.

9 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wobble-bearing adapter has a projection which is designed to support a bearing bush in a direction of extent of the inclination axis.

10 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the wobble-bearing unit comprises the bearing bush, which surrounds the wobble-bearing adapter on the circumferential side, wherein preferably the bearing bush comprises the wobble-bearing surface.

11 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the bearing bush comprises nylon.

12 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bearing bush is designed as a plain bearing bush.

13 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bearing bush comprises one or more bearing bush surface portions, wherein the one bearing bush surface portion or the plurality of bearing bush surface portions
extend parallel to the inclination axis, and/or extend orthogonally to the inclination axis.

14 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the bearing-receptacle unit comprises one bearing-receptacle surface portion or a plurality of bearing-receptacle surface portions, wherein the one bearing-receptacle surface portion or the plurality of bearing-receptacle surface portions
extend parallel to the inclination axis (N), and/or extend orthogonally to the inclination axis (N).

15 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the one bearing-receptacle surface portion or the plurality of bearing-receptacle surface portions are annular or partially annular.

16 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a plurality of wobble-bearing units ( 40 ), wherein the inclination axis of at least one wobble-bearing unit extends, relative to the wobble axis of at least one other wobble-bearing unit, offset to the inclination angle by an angle of rotation with respect to the rotational axis, wherein the inclination axis of the at least one wobble-bearing unit extends, relative to the inclination axis of the at least one other wobble-bearing unit, offset to the inclination angle by an angle of rotation of 180° with respect to the rotational axis.

17 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the stimulation device extends between a head end and a hand unit, wherein
a wobble body forming the head end is designed as a head body which has a wobble body recess which extends from a first end face of the at least one wobble body ( 30 ) into an interior of the at least one wobble body, and the drive shaft extends into the wobble body recess, and/or a wobble body arranged between the head end, in particular the head body, and the hand unit is formed as an intermediate body which has a wobble body through-opening which extends between a first and a second end face of the wobble body, and the drive shaft extends through the wobble body through-opening.

18 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , comprising a hand unit for handling the stimulation device.

19 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , having at least one deformable support element, which is arranged on the at least one wobble body.

20 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the at least one support element
supports the at least one wobble body at the first and/or the second end face, and/or extends at least partially into the at least one wobble body, in particular extends at least partially into the wobble body recess and/or the wobble body through-opening of the at least one wobble body;
wherein preferably one deformable support element is arranged in each case
between two adjacent wobble bodies and/or
between a wobble body and the hand unit.

21 . The variable-shape stimulation device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the at least one support element
has an outer casing in the form of a cylindrical shell at least in portions; and/or has a stepped outer casing at least in portions; and/or has a corrugated outer casing at least in portions.

Assignees

• EIS GmbH

Inventors

• Anderton Alex

Classifications

• A61H2201/1692

  Enhanced rubbing effect · CPC title

• A61H2201/1671

  rotational · CPC title

• A61H2201/1661

  Wobbling interface, e.g. Stewart platform or Hexapod · CPC title

• A61H2201/1427

  Wobbling plate · CPC title

• A61H2201/1215

  Rotary drive · CPC title