Design Project #1: Electric Toothbrush

1. Design Project #1:Electric Toothbrush Mike Gavalek Adam Jackson Matt Murphy 10/3/2011

2. Customer Needs Assessment • Weighting • External Search • Literature Review • Patent Search • Benchmarking • Product Dissection • Concept Generation and Selection • Final Design Design Activities

3. Mike • Dissection • Lab Report • FFM Report • External Search • Concept Generation • Adam • Dissection • Lab Report • External Search • Concept Generation • Matt • Dissection • Project Report • Concept Generation Project Management

4. Compact Size • Collapsible • Cavity for Head • Power Supply • Transformer • Multiple Cord Adapters • Adaption to User • Color Choices • Low Noise Problem Statement and Hierarchal Customer Needs Chart

5. Literature Review • Crossaction Power Recommended • Good Clean, Loud Motor • Patent Search • Collapsibility, Rechargeable, Low Noise, Brush Head Design • Benchmarking • Tied for Second Among Products Examined • Product Dissection • Motor Noise, Removable Head, Oscillation Technique External Search Summary

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12. Morphological Chart