1. A dental handpiece comprising:
a proximal end;
a distal end, the distal end including an attachment for assembly of a removable workpiece;
a handpiece body intermediate the proximal end and the distal end, the handpiece body having a gripping surface;
the handpiece extending in a substantially axial direction along an axis that includes a portion of the distal end, the handpiece body and a portion of the proximal end;
a coupler including a cylinder portion and a supply-end portion, the cylinder portion assembled into the handpiece extending in the axial direction toward the distal end, the cylinder portion including at least one seal that interfaces with an interior of the body so as to isolate a portion of the body interior into at least one distinct chamber;
and wherein the supply-end portion of the coupler extends from the proximal end of the handpiece body at an angle from the axis, the supply-end portion including a plurality of outlets, the at least one distinct chamber in fluid communication with one of the outlets of the plurality of outlets.
2. The dental handpiece of claim 1 wherein the handpiece body further includes a motor.
3. The dental handpiece of claim 1 wherein the supply-end portion of the outlet further includes electrical contacts.
4. The dental handpiece of claim 3 wherein the motor in the handpiece body is an electric motor in communication with the electrical contacts at the supply-end portion.
5. The dental handpiece of claim 2 wherein the motor in the handpiece body is a vane-type air motor in communication with an outlet in the supply-end portion that provides drive air.
6. A dental assembly comprising:
a dental handpiece, the dental handpiece having
a proximal end,
a distal end, a distal end, the distal end including an attachment for assembly of a removable workpiece;
a handpiece body intermediate the proximal end and the distal end, the handpiece body having a gripping surface;
the handpiece extending in a substantially axial direction along an axis, the axis including a portion of the distal end, the handpiece body and a portion of the proximal end;
a coupler that includes at least a first portion extending in an axial direction, the first portion including at least one seal that interfaces with an interior of the body to isolate portions of the body interior into at least one distinct chamber;
a coupling assembled to the proximal end of the dental handpiece, a first portion of the coupling being substantially coaxial with the handpiece body and a second portion of the coupling angled with respect to the handpiece axis, the second portion further including a fitting, the coupling including a plurality of conduits, the at least one distinct chamber in fluid communication with one of the conduits of the plurality of conduits;
a substantially flexible hose, the flexible hose having a hose connector with a hose fitting for attachment to the coupling fitting, wherein the hose includes separate supply lines for providing fluids to the handpiece through the conduits; and
wherein the conduits transport the fluids from the hose, through the coupling and coupler to the handpiece.
7. The dental assembly of claim 6 wherein the first portion of the coupling is housed in the handpiece body and the first portion of the coupling is assembled over the coupler, the coupling being connected to the handpiece body.
8. The dental assembly of claim 6 wherein the coupler further includes a second portion opposed to the first portion of the coupler, the second portion of the coupler extending in an axial direction away from the handpiece body and wherein first portion of the coupling is removably connected to the second portion of the coupler.
9. The dental assembly of claim 6 wherein the substantially flexible hose further provides electricity to the handpiece and at least one of the conduits of the plurality of conduits further includes electrical contacts in communication with the hose to provide electricity to the handpiece.
10. The dental assembly of claim 6 wherein at least one of the interfacing hose fitting and coupling fitting are a quick disconnect fitting to facilitate assembly of the hose to the coupling.
11. The dental assembly of claim 6 wherein the coupling is an articulating coupling.
12. The dental assembly of claim 6 wherein the second portion of the coupling is an articulating coupling with respect to the first portion of the coupling.
13. The dental assembly of claim 6 wherein the coupling second portion angled with respect to the handpiece axis is angled at a movable angle, selectable from a preselected first angle to a second preselected angle in a range from 10\xb0 to 90\xb0.
14. A dental assembly comprising:
a dental handpiece, the dental handpiece having
a proximal end having a fitting,
a distal end, the distal end having a head for attachment of a removable workpiece;
a handpiece body intermediate the proximal end and the distal end, the handpiece body having a gripping surface;
the handpiece extending in a substantially axial direction along an axis that includes a portion of the distal end, the handpiece body and a portion of the proximal end;
a coupler that includes at least a first portion extending in an axial direction, the first portion including a seal that interfaces with an interior of the body so as to isolate the body interior into distinct chambers; and
a hose that is substantially flexible, the flexible hose having a hose connector with a hose fitting for attachment to the fitting on the proximal end of the handpiece, and wherein the hose includes separate supply lines for providing water and air to the handpiece.
15. The dental assembly of claim 14 wherein the substantially flexible hose further includes a supply line for providing electricity.
16. The dental assembly of claim 14 wherein the hose fitting including a first portion oriented in a substantially axial direction with the handpiece that interfaces with the fitting at the proximal end of the handpiece and a second portion angled with respect to the axial direction of the handpiece.
17. The dental assembly of claim 16 wherein the coupler is assembled within the handpiece body, and the fitting is assembled to the handpiece body, extending axially from the proximal end of the handpiece body.
18. The dental assembly of claim 14 wherein the hose fitting and fitting on the proximal end of the handpiece form a quick disconnect fitting.
19. The dental assembly of claim 14 wherein the coupler includes a second portion that extends at an angle from the axis of the handpiece body and wherein the second portion includes the fitting.
20. The dental assembly of claim 14 wherein the substantially flexible hose connection further includes an electrical supply line.
21. The dental handpiece of claim 14 wherein the coupler includes a second portion extending in an axial direction from the handpiece body and wherein the dental handpiece includes an additional portion at the proximal end extending at an angle from the axis, assembled over the second portion of the coupler, the additional portion being permanently affixed to the handpiece body.
22. A coupling for use with a dental handpiece, the dental handpiece having an axis extending substantially through a body between a proximal portion and a distal portion, the coupling comprising:
a first portion, the first portion being substantially coaxial with the handpiece axis and connectable to the proximal portion of the handpiece;
a second portion, the second portion being angled with respect to the handpiece axis, the second portion further including a fitting;
the coupling further including a plurality of conduits, the conduits extending through the coupling to the dental handpiece.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A mobility device platform comprising:
a mobility device having independent computing capabilities operable to interface with a computing environment; and
a mobility device server cooperating with the mobility device to provide data to the mobility device.
2. The platform as recited in claim 1 further comprising a communications network operative to communicate data between the mobility device and the mobility device server.
3. The platform as recited in claim 1 further comprising an encryption protocol for use by the mobility device and the mobility device server when communicating data between each other.
4. The platform as recited in claim 3 wherein the encryption protocol is applied to data storage architecture used by the mobility device and the mobility device server.
5. The platform as recited in claim 4 wherein the data storage architecture comprises any of a file allocation table (FAT) file system and a new technology file system (NTFS).
6. The platform as recited in claim 3 further comprising an authentication and verification module that allows the mobility device and mobility device server to authenticate and verify each other to allow the communication of data.
7. The platform as recited in claim 6 wherein the authentication and verification module operates on data comprising any of: user identification information, user password information, public key information and private key information.
8. The platform as recited in claim 1 further comprising a communications interface operative to connect the mobility device with the computing environment.
9. The platform as recited in claim 8 wherein the communications interface is embedded in the mobility device.
10. The platform as recited in claim 8 wherein the communications interface comprises any of universal serial bus (USB), IEEE 1394 communications interface (Firewire), 802.XX communications interface, blutetooth communications interface, personal computer interface, small computer serial interface, and wireless application protocol (WAP) communications interface.
11. The platform as recited in claim 10 wherein the computing environment comprises any of a stand alone computing environment, a networked computer environment, and an embedded computing environment.
12. The platform as recited in claim 11 wherein the computing environment is an automotive embedded computing environment.
13. The platform as recited in claim 11 wherein the computing environment is a consumer electronic embedded computing environment.
14. The platform as recited in claim 11 wherein the computing environment is a building automated control embedded computing environment.
15. The platform as recited in claim 1 wherein the data comprises any of data for use with one or more computing applications and control information.
16. The platform as recited in claim 1 wherein the communications network comprises any of: a fixed wire local area network (LAN), a wireless local area network (LAN), a fixed wire wide area network (WAN), a wireless wide area network (WAN), a fixed wire peer-to-peer communications network, a wireless peer-to-peer communications network, a code division multiple access (CDMA) communications network, a time division multiple access (TDMA) communications network, a global system for mobile communications (GSM) communications network, the wireless Internet, and the Internet.
17. The platform as recited in claim 1 wherein in the mobility device maintains a plurality of workspaces operative to allow the mobility device to cooperate with disparate mobility device servers.
18. The platform as recited in claim 17 wherein the mobility device operates cooperates with the disparate mobility device servers using an encryption protocol.
19. The platform as recited in claim 18 wherein the mobility device employs an independent encrypted communication tunnel for each of the plurality of workspaces.
20. The platform as recited in claim 19 wherein the mobility device supports unique authentication and verification for each of the plurality of workspaces.