Patents by Inventor Adam W. C. Deermann

Adam W. C. Deermann 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).

  • Electrical appliance with battery holder
    Patent number: 6436569
    Abstract: An electrical appliance (1) has a battery holder (5) which can be inserted into a recess (4) of the appliance. The battery holder is locked in the appliance by a locking mechanism (8) which comprises resilient fingers (9, 10) arranged on the battery holder (5), which fingers are made of a plastic material and have projections (13, 14), and a boss (15) arranged in the recess (4) of the appliance, for cooperation with the projections (13, 14). Resilient metal limbs (blade springs 26, 27) support the resilient plastic fingers (9, 10) and also conduct current from the batteries (7) to the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Peter Dijkstra, Adam W. C. Deermann