Patents by Inventor Reinder Niels LAP

Reinder Niels LAP has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240130506
    Abstract: A shaving system is disclosed comprising a shaving unit (14) and a cleaning device (22), wherein the shaving unit (14) comprises at least one hair-cutting unit having a movable hair-cutting member; the cleaning device (22) comprises a supporting structure for supporting the shaving unit (14), and a receiving space (26) for receiving the shaving unit (14) when the shaving unit (14) is arranged in a cleaning position supported by the supporting structure (24); and the cleaning device (22) comprises a reservoir (32) for containing a cleaning liquid and a fluid pumping unit (38) for transporting the cleaning liquid from the reservoir (32) to the receiving space (26); wherein the shaving unit (14) comprises a driven coupling member (30) which is accessible from an outside of the shaving unit (14) and which is coupled to the movable hair-cutting member such that the movable hair-cutting member is drivable by the driven coupling member (30); the cleaning device (22) comprises a driving coupling member (28) which is
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2020
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Reinder Niels LAP, Ernst HUPKES
  • Publication number: 20230347536
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair collector (10) for a hair cutting appliance (100) having a pivoting cutting element (110). The hair collector comprises a first housing part (20); and a second housing part (30). The first housing part comprises a plurality of walls (40). The second housing part comprises a plurality of walls (50). When the hair collector is connected to the hair cutting appliance, the first housing part is adjacent to the hair cutting element and the second housing part is adjacent to the first housing part. When the hair collector is connected to the hair cutting appliance, a cut hair collection chamber is formed, the cut hair collection chamber comprising the plurality of walls of the first housing part, the plurality of walls of the second housing part, and the cutting element. When the hair collector is connected to the hair cutting appliance, the hair collector is configured such that the second housing part can pivot as the cutting element pivots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Reinder Niels LAP, Barend Martinus BINNEMA
  • Publication number: 20230347534
    Abstract: A shaving unit (20) for use in an electric shaver (1) comprises at least one hair-cuffing unit (21) comprising an external cutting member (23) having hair-entry openings (24) in a cutting track surface (25) and an internal cutting member having at least one hair-cutting element and being movable relative to the external cutting member (23), and abase member (22) supporting the at least one hair-cutting unit (21). The shaving unit (20) further comprises at least one skin-heating unit (30) comprising a skin-contacting member (31) having a skin-contacting surface (32) arranged adjacent to the at least one hair-cutting unit (21) to contact the skin during use of the shaving unit (20), and at least one infrared or near-infrared light source (33) integrated in the skin-contacting member (31), thermally coupled to the skin-contacting surface (32) and arranged to emit infrared or near-infrared light via the skin-contacting surface (32).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Reinder Niels LAP, Marc Alexander PASTOORS, Marius Iosif BOAMFA, Babu VARGHESE, Rieko VERHAGEN
  • Patent number: 11766793
    Abstract: A shaving system includes a shaving device and a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a receiving space for receiving the shaving device and a reservoir that contains a cleaning liquid. When the shaving device is placed in a cleaning position, the shaving device and the cleaning device are arranged in a manner that the receiving space of the cleaning device receives a shaving unit of the shaving device. In this cleaning position, the devices are arranged and cooperate such that the fluid is transported from the reservoir to the receiving space, where the shaving unit is located. In this way, the shaving unit can be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Reinder Niels Lap, Ernst Hupkes
  • Publication number: 20220305685
    Abstract: A shaving system including a shaving device and a cleaning device. The cleaning device includes a receiving space for receiving the shaving device and a reservoir that contains a cleaning liquid. When the shaving device is placed in a cleaning position, the shaving device and the cleaning device are arranged in a manner that the receiving space of the cleaning device receives a shaving unit of the shaving device. In this cleaning position, the devices are arranged and cooperate such that the fluid is transported from the reservoir to the receiving space, where the shaving unit is located. In this way, the shaving unit can be cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Reinder Niels LAP, Ernst HUPKES
  • Patent number: 11389977
    Abstract: A shaving system comprising a shaving device and a cleaning device (14) is disclosed, wherein the shaving device comprises a main housing and a shaving unit coupled to the main housing, wherein the main housing accommodates an electric actuator and a first drive unit drivable by the electric actuator, the shaving unit comprising at least one hair-cutting unit and a second drive unit coupled to the first drive unit and to the hair-cutting unit such that the hair-cutting unit is drivable by the electric actuator via the first and second drive units; wherein the cleaning device (14) comprises a supporting structure (15) for supporting the shaving device, and a receiving space (28) for receiving the shaving unit when the shaving device is arranged in a cleaning position supported by the supporting structure (15); and wherein the cleaning device (14) comprises a reservoir (32) for containing a cleaning liquid and a fluid pumping unit (48) for transporting the cleaning liquid from the reservoir (32) to the receivin
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Reinder Niels Lap, Ernst Hupkes
  • Patent number: 11260549
    Abstract: A shaver for a shaving apparatus includes at least first and second cutters which respectively have first and second external cutting members with a plurality of hair entry openings which define, respectively, first and second shaving tracks. The cutters each have an internal cutting member which is respectively rotatable relative to the corresponding external cutting member about first and second axis of rotation. The internal cutting members are respectively connected to first and second driven transmission element via first and second drive spindles. The driven transmission elements are included in a transmission unit, where the drive spindles extend from the transmission unit via an open space, which is present between the transmission unit and the cutting units, and respectively pass through an opening in a bottom wall of a first housing of the first cutting unit and a second housing of the second cutting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Reinder Niels Lap, Alwin William De Vries, Marcus Cornelis Petrelli
  • Patent number: 11186000
    Abstract: A shaving unit for a shaving apparatus has at least two cutting units each including an external cutting member having hair entry openings and an internal cutting member which is rotatable relative to the external cutting member about an axis of rotation. Each cutting unit has a housing accommodating a hair collection chamber. A cover portion of the housing is releasably coupled to a base portion. The external and internal cutting members are held in an operating position in the cover portion by a holding component which is releasably coupled to the cover portion. The base portion of the housing of each cutting unit has a supporting structure where, in the closed position of the housing, the external cutting member is directly supported by the supporting structure at least in an axial direction parallel to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Reinder Niels Lap, Alwin William De Vries, Marcus Cornelis Petrelli
  • Publication number: 20210354319
    Abstract: A shaving system comprising a shaving device and a cleaning device (14) is disclosed, wherein the shaving device comprises a main housing and a shaving unit coupled to the main housing, wherein the main housing accommodates an electric actuator and a first drive unit drivable by the electric actuator, the shaving unit comprising at least one hair-cutting unit and a second drive unit coupled to the first drive unit and to the hair-cutting unit such that the hair-cutting unit is drivable by the electric actuator via the first and second drive units; wherein the cleaning device (14) comprises a supporting structure (15) for supporting the shaving device, and a receiving space (28) for receiving the shaving unit when the shaving device is arranged in a cleaning position supported by the supporting structure (15); and wherein the cleaning device (14) comprises a reservoir (32) for containing a cleaning liquid and a fluid pumping unit (48) for transporting the cleaning liquid from the reservoir (32) to the receivin
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Reinder Niels LAP, Ernst HUPKES
  • Publication number: 20200189133
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shaving unit for a shaving apparatus, comprising at least two cutting units (10a, 10b), wherein the cutting units each comprise an external cutting member (12) having a plurality of hair entry openings (13) and an internal cutting member (480) which is rotatable relative to the external cutting member about an axis of rotation. The cutting units each comprise a housing (20) accommodating a hair collection chamber, the housing comprising a base portion (551) and a cover portion (530) which is releasably coupled to the base portion, wherein the external cutting member and the internal cutting member are held in an operating position in the cover portion by means of a holding component (517) which is releasably coupled to the cover portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Reinder Niels LAP, Alwin William DE VRIES, Marcus Cornelis PETRELLI
  • Publication number: 20190389084
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shaving unit for a shaving apparatus, comprising at least a first cutting unit (10a) and a second cutting unit (10b), wherein said first and second cutting units respectively comprise a first and a second external cutting member (12) having a plurality of hair entry openings (13) which define, respectively, a first and a second shaving track (11a, 11b), and a first and a second internal cutting member which is rotatable relative to the first and the second external cutting member about a first and a second axis of rotation (6a, 6b), respectively, wherein the first and the second internal cutting members are connected to, respectively, a first and a second driven transmission element via a first and a second drive spindle (40a, 40b), wherein the first and the second driven transmission elements are comprised in a transmission unit (60), wherein the first and the second drive spindles extend from the transmission unit via an open space, which is present between the transmission unit a
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Inventors: Reinder Niels LAP, Alwin William DE VRIES, Marcus Cornelis PETRELLI