Patents Assigned to Kkoninklijke Philips N.V.
  • Device for placement in front of a display device
    Patent number: 8686984
    Abstract: A system related to the improvement of the design of display device screens during the off or stand-by state is provided. The system comprises a display device and a device connected to the display device, wherein the device comprises a material having a switchable optical configuration. The display device may e.g. by a TV screen, or any other display such as computer monitors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2014
    Assignee: Kkoninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Helga Hummel, Matthias Wendt, Hans-Peter Loebl, Claudia Michaela Goldmann
  • Paying out and retracting an electric power cord
    Patent number: 8573527
    Abstract: A device for paying out and retracting an electric power cord (4) comprising two driven cord winder members, the first member being a cord winding reel (1) and the second member being a drive element (7, 8) for engaging the cord (4) at a distance from the reel (1). An electric motor (20) can drive one of the two cord winder members in two directions and is connected with driving force to the other cord winder member (7, 8) by way of a slipper clutch (13) and a one-way clutch (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: Kkoninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Auke-Jan Veenstra, Henricus Wilhelmus Johannes Baltussen