WO2022156849A2

WO2022156849A2 - Sex toy in the form of a vibrator for erogenous stimulation, method and use

Info

Publication number: WO2022156849A2
Application number: PCT/DE2022/000005
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jens HERRGUTH
Original assignee: Herrguth Jens
Priority date: 2021-01-25
Filing date: 2022-01-24
Publication date: 2022-07-28
Also published as: KR20230137380A; AU2022211499A9; ZA202307330B; WO2022156849A3; EP4281028A2; JP2024507072A; CA3205761A1; AU2022211499A1

Abstract

Sex toy in the form of a vibrator for erogenous stimulation, comprising an electromotive drive which drives at least one eccentric flywheel in rotation, wherein this eccentric flywheel rotates eccentrically in a rotation frequency range and therefore the vibrator vibrates in this frequency range and therefore its working vibration frequency range, wherein the diameter of the motorized drive is between 5 mm and 50 mm, wherein this motorized drive is configured in such a way that it is acoustically virtually imperceptible during operation.

Description

Sex toy as a vibrator for erogenous stimulation, method and use

The invention relates to a sex toy as a vibrator for erogenous stimulation, a method and a use.

A large number of different embodiments of sex toys as vibrators for erogenous stimulation are known from the prior art, with a large number having an electric motor drive, usually a brush electric motor that drives an eccentrically rotating flywheel mass, so that the vibrator or the walls of such a Vibrator vibrates in a normal frequency range from 80 - 120 Hz and higher and consequently the rotational vibration frequency of the centrifugal mass corresponds almost to this working vibration frequency of the vibrator. However, these vibrators, which are known in this field from the prior art, produce a large number of loud noises and tones, which when using such a vibrator are felt to be extremely annoying and unpleasant and can therefore lead to acoustic, sensory irritation.

It is therefore the object of the present invention to minimize and, ideally, avoid the above-mentioned irritations.

This problem is solved according to the invention by a sex toy according to claim 1, a method according to claim 23 and a use according to claim 24.

The sex toy as a vibrator for erogenous stimulation has an electromotive drive, for example and in particular a brush electric motor (DC motor) of a conventional design; usually without a reduction gear. The motor drives a centrifugal mass via its shaft, with this in a rotational frequency range

confirmation copy rotates eccentrically and consequently the vibrator (in the following the terms "sex toy" and "vibrator" are to be understood as quasi synonyms) oscillates in this frequency range and thus in its working vibration frequency range, with the diameter of the motorized drive being between 5m and 50mm. The vibrator is designed in such a way that

A.) the working vibration frequency in a range of f = 10 -

40Hz; and or

B.) the speed constant of the electromotive drive at a minimum drive voltage of 1 volt is in the range of 600 rev/(minVolt) to 2,400 rev/(minVolt), while the speed constant at a maximum drive voltage of 10 volts is in the range of 60 rev/( minVolt) to 240 rpm/(minVolt), with the respective product of the drive voltage and speed constant in the drive voltage range from 1 volt to 10 volts leading to rotational speeds of 600 rpm to 2,400 rpm for all drive voltages in between; and or

C.) the torque constant of the electric motor drive im

Range from aa.) 0.001 mNm/A or 0.01 mNm/A or 0.1 mNm/A or 1.0 mNm/A or 10 mNm/A to bb.) 10 mNm/A or 20 mNm/A or 30 mNm/A or 40 mNm/A or 50 mNm/A.

Also essential to the invention is the fact that with these very small electromotive drives, which only have a diameter of approx. 5 mm to approx. 50 mm, the frequency-dependent difference between the sound pressure level (unit: dB) and the volume perceived by humans (unit: phon) and thus the motors run in this very low frequency range of 10 Hz to 40 Hz, and depending on the application, the voltage-dependent speed constant and/or the current-dependent torque constant of the respective electric motor drive used (ie the electric motor) is dimensioned accordingly for a usable vibration intensity. The invention is based on analogous considerations with regard to the so-called aurally correct volume. The term aurally correct volume describes how sound recordings are reproduced in such a way that people at different volumes have a similar hearing impression (according to Fletcher-Munson, 1933). When comparing an assumed sine tone of f = 90 Hz to a sine tone in a range of f = 10 - 40 Hz at a volume level in the range from approx. 3 phon to approx. 80 phon, the difference in the sound pressure level is approx. 10 dB to approx. 60 dB, whereby the difference in sound pressure level decreases with increasing volume level and the difference in sound pressure level increases with increasing frequency difference.

In other words: the motor running in a frequency range f = 10 - 40 Hz is perceived as being 10 - 60 phon (measure of volume) quieter at the same sound pressure level compared to a motor running at f = 90 Hz with an absolute volume in the range of approx. from 3 - 80 phon. The vibration of the sex toy (vibrator) according to the invention, which is perceived as very quiet, is essentially due to the effect explained above, whereby this desired effect is also slightly intensified by the volume level dependence of the volume level that is too low, increasing difference between volume level (unit: phon ) and loudness (unit: sone).

Depending on the embodiment, however, it is also conceivable that the eccentric centrifugal mass extends beyond the diameter of the electric motor drive. the Electromotive drives thus run in a frequency range of 10 - 40 Hz instead of the usual at least 80 - 120 Hz, in almost all cases of the prior art the electromotive drives consist of an electric motor and a reduction gear, with the motors usually operating at relatively high frequencies between 300 and 600 Hz, and due to the reduction then a vibration in the range between at least 80 Hz - 120 Hz and higher results. The electric motors usually run with a working voltage that is only a few volts, advantageously around 3 volts.

This very specific dimensioning of the electromotive drive according to the invention, which usually has a rotational weight in the range of usually 5 grams - 30 grams on its shaft with the above-mentioned diameters, leads to advantageous vibrators in this very low-frequency frequency range that are perceived as particularly quiet very specific field of sex toys.

In this context, the dogma that has been in force for decades, that stimulating effects are usually only noticeable from at least 80 - 120 Hz, also had to be overcome.

In this context, it has proven itself and thus turned out to be advantageous that the working vibration frequency is in one of the following ranges: f = 15 - 40 Hz, 20 - 40 Hz, 25 - 40 Hz, 30 - 40 Hz, 35 - 40 Hz, 10-35Hz, 10-30

Hz, 10 - 25 Hz, 10 - 20 Hz, 10 - 15 Hz, 15 - 35 Hz, 15 - 30

Hz, 15 - 25 Hz, 15 - 20 Hz, 20 - 35 Hz, 20 - 30 Hz, 20 - 25

Hz, 25Hz-35Hz, 25-30Hz, 30-35Hz. In order to avoid further unnecessary noise, it is advantageous, since it has been proven, if the electric motor drive does not have a reduction gear.

In order to reduce any other noises that may occur, for example those caused by the imbalances on the shaft of the electric motor, it is advantageous, since it has been proven, if a first encapsulation is arranged inside the sex toy in the area of the flywheel mass, which can contain any tones and noises that may arise let it penetrate less strongly to the outside.

Accordingly, it is advantageous, since it has been proven, if the electric motor drive is encapsulated.

Furthermore, it is advantageous, since it has proven itself, if control and/or regulation electronics are provided which control and/or regulate the electric motor drive and, when used appropriately, ensure stable and safe running of the electric motor.

In this context, too, it is advantageous, since it has proven itself, if the control and/or regulation electronics have a second encapsulation in order to reduce background noise.

The encapsulations mentioned above can be metallic, ceramic or polymeric (plastics) in nature.

In order to increase the stimulation immersiveness, it is advantageous if at least one vibration transmission element is arranged in or on a wall of the sex toy, the natural resonance of which corresponds to the working vibration frequency or is in the working vibration frequency range. It has proven itself in practice and is therefore advantageous if the vibration transmission element is designed in the shape of a tongue.

In practice, the following embodiments have proven to be suitable and are therefore advantageous:

The drive voltage is in the range of 1 - 5 volts or 1 - 3 volts or 3 - 5 volts. The control and/or regulation electronics, which are generally implemented as PWD control/regulation, are operated via a full bridge. The full bridge is operated via a DC-DC converter in order to increase the voltage of a few volts, which is usually achieved by a battery, in order to achieve clean operation. The control and regulation electronics are programmed in such a way that at least one oscillation program can be called up or is called up during operation, with at least one oscillation phase and at least one non-oscillation phase being provided in terms of time; this is the basis for vibration programs in which vibration phases are interrupted by rest phases in order to prevent overstimulation or to provide a change in individual cases.

In this context, it is advantageous, since proven, if the control and/or regulation electronics are set up in such a way that it takes at least 0.5 seconds and at most 3 seconds to ramp up the desired rotational frequency of the eccentric flywheel from the non-oscillation phase to the oscillation phase are needed. In this context, it is still advantageous, as proven, if for the shutdown of the desired rotational frequency of the eccentric flywheel from the Oscillation phase to the non-oscillation phase takes at least 0.5 seconds and at most 3 seconds. Furthermore, it is advantageous in this context, since it has been proven, if the control and/or regulation electronics are designed in such a way that they ramp up the drive voltage above the actual drive voltage, in order to ramp up the eccentric flywheel mass in a time window of at least 0.5 seconds and at most 3 seconds to ensure the desired working vibration frequency, in order to then reduce the working voltage to the actual drive voltage.

Furthermore, it is advantageous in this context, since it has been proven, if the control and/or regulation electronics are designed in such a way that, when the electric motor drive is running at its working vibration frequency, by feeding in a current with reverse polarity, the electric motor drive can be switched off in at least 0.5 seconds and at most 3 seconds to fully decelerate.

The sex toy has an operating part, mostly in the form of a kind of handle, and a vibration part connected via an elastic intermediate part, for example in the form of a material-reduced area. In order to reduce or even prevent feelings of numbness, it is advantageous if a vibration-damping element, for example and in particular a honeycomb-shaped grid element, is arranged on an inner wall of the sex toy inside the operating part. To increase the vibration generation, it can be advantageous if the electric motor drive as a double motor (double motor means in principle two individual motors that are powered either in series or in parallel) with at least one flywheel mass rotatively driving shaft, as a double motor with two each at least one flywheel driving shafts or as a single motor with two each at least one flywheel driving shafts is configured. For the energization it is proven if the power source is a battery, in particular a Li-ion battery.

Finally, it is claimed: a method for operating a sex toy as a vibrator for generating vibrations, characterized in that a sex toy according to the invention is used; and a use of a sex toy as a vibrator for generating vibrations, characterized in that it is a sex toy according to the invention.

The following Figures 1 and 2 explain in an exemplary manner and non-limiting the invention, wherein

Figure 1 - sketchy the functional and formal

Structure of the sex toy / vibrator according to the invention, and

Figure 2 - a sketch of a cross section of a

Embodiment of a sex toy according to the invention s / vibrators represents.

An embodiment of a sex toy according to the invention is presented as a vibrator for erogenous stimulation, with an electromotive drive 1.3, which drives at least one eccentric flywheel 2 in rotation, whereby this rotates eccentrically in a rotational frequency range and the vibrator therefore oscillates in this frequency range and thus in its working vibration frequency range, where the diameter of the electric motor drive 1.3 is between 5mm and 50mm, the vibrator being designed in such a way that the working vibration frequency range is f=10-40 Hz; and/or the speed constant of the electromotive drive at a minimum drive voltage of 1 volt is in the range from 600 rpm to 2,400 rpm, while the speed constant at a maximum drive voltage of 10 volts is in the range from 60 rpm to 240 rpm minVolt, the product of the drive voltage and the speed constant in the drive voltage range from 1 volt to 10 volts leading to rotational speeds of 600 rpm to 2,400 rpm for all drive voltages in between; and/or the torque constant of the electromotive drive in the range from 0.001 mNm/A to 50 mNm/A or from 0.001 mNm/A to 30 mNm/A or from 0.01 mNm/A to 50 mNm/A or from 0.01 mNm /A to 30 mNm/A or from 0.1 mNm/A to 50 mNm/A or from 0.1 mNm/A to 30 mNm/A or from 1.0 mNm/A to 50 mNm/A or from 1.0 mNm/A to 30 mNm/A or from 10 mNm/A to 50 mNm/A or from 10 mNm/A to 30 mNm/A.

The vibrator has a working vibration range - i.e. vibrates in this range - from 10 - 40 Hz, with the electric motor drive 1, 3 (the number 3 designating the electric motor as such) in this case being a reduction gear 4 (in this case the electric motor 3 and the reduction gear 4 has the electric motor drive 1, so that the electric motor drive 1 runs at 40 Hz, for example, so that with a reduction of 2:1 the centrifugal mass 2 rotates eccentrically at 20 Hz and thus generates a vibration frequency of 20 Hz. Inside the sex toy, a first encapsulation 5 is arranged in the area of the flywheel 2, which encapsulates the electric motor drive 1.3 (acoustically) at the same time.

In addition, control and/or regulation electronics 6 controlling and/or regulating the electric motor drive 1 , 3 are provided, with these having a second encapsulation (acoustic) 7 .

In addition, at least one vibration transmission element 8 is arranged in or on a wall 10 of the sex toy, which has its natural resonance in the working vibration frequency range, and is tongue-shaped and metallic in nature.

The drive voltage is in the range of 3-5 volts, more precisely the electric motor drive 1.3 is operated with approx. 3.3 volts.

The control and/or regulation electronics 6 is operated via a full bridge, with the full bridge being operated via a DC-DC converter, with the control and/or regulation electronics 6 being operated with approximately 5 volts. The control and regulation electronics 6 are programmed in such a way that at least one oscillation program can be called up or is called up during operation, with at least one oscillation phase and at least one non-oscillation phase being provided in terms of time. The vibrator (sex toy) has an operating part 20 and an oscillating part 22 connected via an elastic intermediate part 21 . In the interior of the operating part 20 there is a vibration damping element, which is configured in a net-like manner with a honeycomb structure and nestles against an inner wall 10 . The electric motor drive 1, 3 is rigidly connected to the inner wall 10 with bridge elements 11, so that the vibrations are transmitted directly to the vibrating part 22, so that this can vibrate with the help of the elastic intermediate part 21 as a material reduction of the vibrating part 22 - in relation to the relative rigid control panel 20.

The power source 9 is a battery, namely a Li-ion battery; the drive voltage is 3.3 volts.

Claims

Sex toy as a vibrator for erogenous stimulation, with an electromotive drive (1,3) which drives at least one eccentric flywheel (2) in rotation, whereby this rotates eccentrically in a rotational frequency range and the vibrator thus oscillates in this frequency range and thus in its working vibration frequency range, whereby the diameter of the motor drive (1,3) is between 5 mm and 50 mm, characterized in that the vibrator is designed in such a way that

A.) the working vibration frequency in a range of f =

10 - 40 Hz; and or

B.) the speed constant of the electromotive drive at a minimum drive voltage of 1 volt is in the range from 600 rpm to 2,400 rpm, while the speed constant at a maximum drive voltage of 10 volts is in the range from 60 rpm to 240 rpm minVolt, the respective product of drive voltage and speed constant in the drive voltage range from 1 volt to 10 volts leading to rotational speeds of 600 rpm to 2,400 rpm for all drive voltages in between; and or

C.) the torque constant of the electromotive drive in the range from aa.) 0.001 mNm/A or 0.01 mNm/A or 0.1 mNm/A or 1.0 mNm/A or 10 mNm/A to bb.) 10 mNm /A or 20 mNm/A or 30 mNm/A or 40 mNm/A or 50 mNm/A. Sex toy according to claim 1, characterized in that the

working vibration frequency is in one of the following ranges: f = 15 - 40 Hz, 20 - 40 Hz, 25 - 40 Hz, 30 - 40 Hz, 35 - 40 Hz, 10 - 35 Hz, 10 - 30 Hz, 10 - 25 Hz, 10-20Hz, 10-15Hz, 15-35Hz, 15-30Hz, 15-25Hz, 15-20Hz, 20-35Hz, 20-30Hz, 20-25Hz, 25Hz-35Hz , 25 - 30 Hz, 30 - 35 Hz. Sex toy according to one of Claims 1 to 2, characterized in that the electric motor drive (3) does not have a reduction gear. Sex toy according to one of Claims 1 to 3, characterized in that a first encapsulation (5) is arranged inside the sex toy in the area of the centrifugal mass. Sex toy according to one of Claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the electromotive drive (1, 3) is encapsulated. Sex toy according to one of Claims 1 to 5, characterized in that control and/or regulation electronics (6) controlling and/or regulating the electric motor drive (1,3) are provided. Sex toy according to claim 6, characterized in that the

Control and / or regulation electronics (6) has a second encapsulation (5). Sex toy according to one of Claims 1 to 7, characterized in that at least one vibration transmission element (8) is arranged in or on a wall (10) of the sex toy, the natural resonance of which corresponds to the working vibration frequency or is in the working vibration frequency range. Sex toy according to claim 8, characterized in that the

Vibration transmission element (8) is designed tongue-shaped. 14.) Sex toy according to one of claims 1 to 9, characterized in that the drive voltage is in the range of 1-5 volts or 1-3 volts or 3-5 volts. .) Sex toy according to one of claims 6 to 10, characterized in that the control and / or regulation electronics (6) is operated via a full bridge ..) Sex toy according to claim 11, characterized in that the full bridge via a DC-DC Converter is operated ..) Sex toy according to one of claims 1 to 12, characterized in that the control and / or regulation electronics (6) is programmed in such a way that during operation at least one oscillation program can be called up or is called up, with at least one Vibration phase and at least one non-vibration phase are provided. .) Sex toy according to claim 13, characterized in that the control and / or regulation electronics (6) is set up such that for the ramping up to the desired rotational frequency of the eccentric flywheel (2) from the non-oscillation phase into the oscillation phase at least 0, 5 seconds and at most 3 seconds are needed. .) Sex toy according to one of claims 13 to 14, characterized in that at least 0.5 seconds and a maximum of 3 seconds are required for shutting down the desired rotational frequency of the eccentric flywheel (2) from the oscillation phase to the non-oscillation phase. .) Sex toy according to one of claims 1 to 15, characterized in that the control and / or regulation electronics (6) is designed such that it ramps up the drive voltage above the actual drive voltage in order to ramp up the eccentric flywheel (2) in one Time window of at least 0.5 seconds and 15 to ensure a maximum of 3 seconds to the desired working vibration frequency in order to then reduce the working voltage to the actual drive voltage. .) Sex toy according to one of claims 1 to 16, characterized in that the control and / or regulation electronics (6) is designed such that this when running the electric motor drive 1, 3 in its working vibration frequency by feeding a reversed current the electric motor drive 1, 3 brakes completely in at least 0.5 seconds and at most 3 seconds. .) Sex toy according to one of claims 1 to 17, characterized in that this has a control part (20) and a via an elastic intermediate part (21) connected vibrating part (22). .) Sex toy according to claim 18, characterized in that a vibration damping element is arranged inside the operating part (20). .) Sex toy according to one of claims 1 to 19, characterized in that the electric motor drive (1,3) as a double motor with at least one flywheel (2) rotatingly driving shaft, as a double motor with two each at least one flywheel (2) driving shafts or as a simple motor with two shafts each driving at least one flywheel mass (2). .) Sex toy according to any one of claims 1 to 20, characterized in that the power source (9) is a battery. .) Sex toy according to claim 21, characterized in that the battery is a Li-ion battery. .) Procedure for operating a sex toy as a vibrator

Generation of vibrations, characterized in that a sex toy according to one of Claims 1 to 22 is used. 16.) Use of a sex toy as a vibrator for generating vibrations, characterized in that it is a sex toy according to one of claims 1 to 22.