Patents by Inventor Alexander Edward HUGHES

Alexander Edward HUGHES 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: 20230404236
    Abstract: A handheld appliance has a handle, the handle having a main body, the main body having a first end portion, a second end portion and a third portion there between, wherein the first end portion and the second end portion extend radially outwards beyond the third portion; and an external sleeve is rotatably supported around the third portion by the first end portion and the second end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON, Alexander Edward HUGHES
  • Publication number: 20220183438
    Abstract: A hair straightening apparatus having two arms pivotably coupled together and arranged to receive hair within a cavity formed between them is disclosed. A plenum in at least one arm includes an air inlet for receiving airflow from a fan unit and an air outlet for emitting airflow towards hair within the cavity. The air outlet extends along the inner wall of at least one of the first arm and the second arm and is adapted to direct airflow towards a lower edge of the arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Rory William BEAUMONT, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Maurizio BALLARATI, Alexander Edward HUGHES, Robert Mark Brett COULTON, Nathan Haruna Waters IMHASLY
  • Publication number: 20220160092
    Abstract: A hair straightening apparatus having two arms pivotably coupled together wherein the arms are arranged to receive hair within a cavity formed between them is provided. At least one of the first arm and second arm includes a plenum having an air outlet for emitting air towards hair within the cavity. A hair clamp including a pair of clamping members for gripping hair therebetween, wherein each clamping member is supported by an inner wall of the first arm and second arm, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Rory William BEAUMONT, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Maurizio BALLARATI, Alexander Edward HUGHES, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Publication number: 20220087391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair straightening apparatus having two arms pivotably coupled together and a heating plate on a facing side of at least one arm. A central pack disposed between the first arm and the second arm and coupled to the hair styling apparatus at the hinge end and a biasing means adapted to support the central pack symmetrically between the first arm and the second arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Richard David NICOLAOU, Frederick Stuart GROTRIAN, George Normile Elliot BAXTER, Nathan Haruna Waters IMHASLY, Rory William BEAUMONT, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Maurizio BALLARATI, Alexander Edward HUGHES, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Publication number: 20190110653
    Abstract: A vacuum cleaner has a main body, a motor-driven fan unit, a printed circuit board for controlling the motor-driven fan unit and a housing encasing a portion of the printed circuit board. A heat sink of the printed circuit board extends through the housing from an interior of the housing to an exterior of the housing. The printed circuit board is disposed within the main body such that the heat sink is located in an air-flow path through the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Alexander Edward HUGHES, Ian Jeffrey STEPHENSON, Glyn Geoffrey REES-JONES, David Michael Charles POOLE