Patents by Inventor Bart-Jan Zwart

Bart-Jan Zwart 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: 20150060386
    Abstract: To provide a drinking device with a more reliable aerator the invention relates to an infant drinking device (1), comprising a teat (10),a reservoir(60) for holding a liquid, the reservoir (60) being detachably connected to the teat (10) by a connector (50) of the infant drinking device (1), and an aerator (31), such as a duckbill valve, the aerator thereto comprising a deformable opening, for example a slit, such that an internal/external pressure differential during use of the device (1) is reduced in an open position of the opening (35)by allowing air to enter through the opening (35) into the reservoir (60) and such that leakage of fluid from an inside of the drinking device (1) to an outside of the drinking device (1) is hindered in a closed position of the opening (35), wherein the aerator (31) is included in the connector (50) or the teat (10), wherein during assembly of the teat (10), connector (50) and reservoir (60), a minimally defined deformation of the opening (35) of the aerator (31) is enforced
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Jason Palmer, Bart-Jan Zwart, Christopher John Huff, Jacob Brinkert
  • Patent number: 8678051
    Abstract: An instrument for filling a substance supply container of a device for personal care treatment has a filling needle having a proximal end connected or connectable to a storage reservoir and a distal end, a substance transport conduit extending from the proximal end to at least one outlet provided in a radially facing surface portion closely adjacent the distal end of the filling needle. A sleeve is arranged around the filling needle and is movable between a first position closing off the at least one outlet and a second position proximally away from the first position and the at least one outlet. A system including such an instrument, a container for cooperation with such an instrument and for provisioning a device for personal care treatment as well as a device for personal care treatment including such a container are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Jeroen Molema, Wilko Westerhof, Bartele Hendrik De Vries, Reinier Niels Lap, Olaf Martin De Jong, Bart-Jan Zwart, Johannes Rogier De Vrind
  • Publication number: 20130008562
    Abstract: An instrument for filling a substance supply container of a device for personal care treatment has a filling needle having a proximal end connected or connectable to a storage reservoir and a distal end, a substance transport conduit extending from the proximal end to at least one outlet provided in a radially facing surface portion closely adjacent the distal end of the filling needle. A sleeve is arranged around the filling needle and is movable between a first position closing off the at least one outlet and a second position proximally away from the first position and the at least one outlet. A system including such an instrument, a container for cooperation with such an instrument and for provisioning a device for personal care treatment as well as a device for personal care treatment including such a container are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: JEROEN MOLEMA, WILKO WESTERHOF, BARTELE HENDRIK DE VRIES, REINIER NIELS LAP, OLAF MARTIN DE JONG, BART-JAN ZWART, JOHANNES ROGIER DE VRIND
  • Patent number: 8281824
    Abstract: An instrument (23) for filling a substance supply container (1) of a device (21) for personal care treatment has a filling needle (4) having a proximal end connected or connectable to a storage reservoir (22) and a distal end, a substance transport conduit (9) extending from the proximal end to at least one outlet (10, 11) provided in a radially facing surface portion closely adjacent the distal end of the filling needle (4). A sleeve (14, 15) is arranged around the filling needle (4) and is movable between a first position closing off the at least one outlet (10, 11) and a second position proximally away from the first position and the at least one outlet (10, 11). A system (20) including such an instrument (23), a container (1) for cooperation with such an instrument (23) and for provisioning a device (21) for personal care treatment as well as a device (21) for personal care treatment including such a container (1) are described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Jeroen Molema, Wilko Westerhof, Bartele Hendrik De Vries, Reinier Niels Lap, Olaf Martin De Jong, Bart-Jan Zwart, Johannes Rogier De Vrind
  • Patent number: 7662198
    Abstract: A separation assembly for separating dirt and dust from air in a vacuum cleaner, through which assembly an air flow path extends from an inlet to an outlet. The air flow path extends through an upstream separator and a downstream separator. The downstream separator includes an air-permeable filter element bounding an inner space. The wall sections bounding the air flow path in the area of the downstream separator include at least a transparent section through which the filter element is visible. The inner space is located upstream of an area outside the filter element for filtering air flowing from inside the filter element to outside the filter element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Kasper Nicolaas Jansen, Margarita Zwanette Van Raalte, Jarno Beekman, Wiebe Wierda, Bernardus Lubbertus Kuiper, Bart-Jan Zwart, Henriette Marieke Seinen
  • Publication number: 20090063775
    Abstract: The present invention provides a system and a method for a cache partitioning technique for application tasks based on the scheduling information in multiprocessors. Cache partitioning is performed dynamically based on the information of the pattern of task scheduling provided by the task scheduler (405). Execution behavior of the application tasks is obtained from the task scheduler (405) and partitions are allocated (415) to only a subset of application tasks, which are going to be executed in the upcoming clock cycles. The present invention will improve the cache utilization by avoiding unnecessary reservation of the cache partitions for the executing application tasks during the entire duration of their execution and hence an effective utilization of the cache is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2006
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Inventors: Jeroen Molema, Wilko Westerhof, Bartele Henrik De Vries, Reinier Niels Lap, Olaf Martin De Jong, Bart-Jan Zwart, Johannes Rogier De Vrind
  • Publication number: 20080134462
    Abstract: The invention relates to a separation assembly for separating dirt and dust from air in a vacuum cleaner (1), through which assembly an air flow path extends from an inlet (5) to an outlet (6). The air flow path extends through an upstream separator (18) and a downstream separator (19). The downstream separator (19) includes an air-permeable filter element (28) bounding an inner space (27). The wall sections bounding the air flow path in the area of the downstream separator include at least a transparent section (30) through which the filter element (28) is visible. The inner space (27) is located upstream of an area (31) outside the filter element (28) for filtering air flowing from inside the filter element (28) to outside the filter element (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2005
    Publication date: June 12, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Kasper Nicolaas Jansen, Margarita Zwanette Van Raalte, Jarno Beekman, Wiebe Wierda, Bernardus Lubbertus Kuiper, Bart-Jan Zwart, Henriette Marieke Seinen