Patents by Inventor Werner Port

Werner Port 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).

  • Patent number: 6441517
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a drive mechanism for driving a working unit, movable in a rotary oscillating manner, of domestic appliances, particularly dry shavers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2002
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Brum, Alexander Klös, Holger Port, Werner Port, Uwe Schaaf
  • Publication number: 20020108251
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a drive mechanism for driving a working unit, movable in a rotary oscillating manner, of domestic appliances, particularly dry shavers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2001
    Publication date: August 15, 2002
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Thomas Brum, Alexander Klos, Holger Port, Werner Port, Uwe Schaaf
  • Patent number: 4019252
    Abstract: A shear head is mounted in a housing of the shaver and includes two cutters one of which is reciprocable relative to the other. An electric motor has a rotatable output shaft and motion-transmitting linkage connects the output shaft with the reciprocable cutter. The linkage includes a crank which is movable by the output shaft and a swing arm which is connected with the reciprocable cutter, and a joint which connects the crank and the swing arm with one another. The joint includes a spherical surface provided on the crank or the swing arm, and a pair of socket members provided on the swing arm or crank and contacting portions of the spherical surface along annular lines, there being sufficient play in the joint to permit relative tumbling movements of the element thereof about the center of the spherical surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1975
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1977
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Werner Port, Christian Schmieder