US 11,857,749 B2
Adapter device for tattoo machine
Gaston Siciliano, Doral, FL (US); Lester Perez, Doral, FL (US); Fernando Diaz, Doral, FL (US); Adriano Mendoza, Doral, FL (US); Juan Martino, Doral, FL (US); and Roberto Hernandez, Doral, FL (US)
Assigned to FK Irons Inc., Doral, FL (US)
Filed by FK Irons Inc., Doral, FL (US)
Filed on Sep. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/954,241.
Application 17/954,241 is a continuation of application No. 17/670,282, filed on Feb. 11, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/149,051, filed on Feb. 12, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0012727 A1, Jan. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. A61M 37/00 (2006.01); H01R 13/625 (2006.01); H01R 31/06 (2006.01)
CPC A61M 37/0084 (2013.01) [H01R 13/625 (2013.01); H01R 31/06 (2013.01); A61M 2205/8206 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tattoo system comprising:
a tattoo tool, wherein the tattoo tool comprises:
an elongated tattoo tool housing that comprises a working end and a power interface opposite the working end;
a receptacle opening defined at the working end of the elongated tattoo tool housing and configured to receive a needle cartridge;
a plurality of grooves arranged on an outside surface of the working end of the tattoo tool housing;
a motor disposed within the elongated tattoo tool housing and configured to drive a needle of the needle cartridge, wherein the motor comprises one or more electrical terminals configured to communicate power to the motor; and
an adapter configured to be releasably coupled to the tattoo tool, wherein the adapter comprises:
an adapter housing that comprises a tool interface and a power receiving section;
a plurality of grooves arranged on an outside surface of the adapter housing;
a printed circuit board configured to transfer power received via a power cable to the motor of the tattoo tool, wherein the printed circuit board is housed in the adapter housing such that the printed circuit board remains part of the adapter when the adapter is released from the tattoo tool; and
an RCA connector disposed at the power receiving section of the adapter housing,
wherein the power interface of the tattoo tool defines a cylindrical feature, and the tool interface of the adapter defines a complementary cylindrical feature, wherein when the adapter is coupled to the tattoo tool, the respective cylindrical features are configured to overlap one another to facilitate releasably securing the adapter to the tattoo tool and transferring power received via the RCA connector to the motor via the electrical terminals of the motor.