Patents by Inventor Gerald Kauer

Gerald Kauer 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: 10813494
    Abstract: An air-based fryer apparatus (100) includes a shield (101) for use in a cooking apparatus (100), the cooking apparatus having a food preparation chamber (102) to receive a food support (103), a system (104) for circulating a flow of hot air inside the food preparation chamber (102) and a heating element (105) to heat at least the circulated air. The shield (101), disposed between the heating element (105) and the food support (103), comprises a plurality of inclined surfaces (112) and a plurality of apertures (111) between the inclined surfaces (112) through which the flow of hot air can pass. The inclined surfaces (112) block a direct line of sight through the apertures (111) in the shield (101) from the heating element (105) to the food support (103) to prevent air flowing from the food support (103) to the heating element (105) through the apertures without being deflected by the inclined surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Ingolf Ronald Eberhart, Gerald Kauer, Ingrid Hiet-Brink, Jan Vaupot, Stefan Hans Sauer
  • Publication number: 20180353007
    Abstract: The invention relates to a air-based fryer apparatus (100) including a shield (101) for use in a cooking apparatus (100) having a food preparation chamber (102) to receive a food support (103), a system (104) for circulating a flow of hot air inside the food preparation chamber (102) and a heating element (105) to heat at least the circulated air. The shield (101) is configured to be disposed between the heating element (105) and the food support (103). The shield (101) comprises a plurality of inclined surfaces (112) and a plurality of apertures (111) between the inclined surfaces (112) through which the flow of hot air can pass, wherein the inclined surfaces (112) are adapted to block a direct line of sight through the apertures (11) in the shield (101) from the heating element (105) to the food support (103) to prevent air flowing from the food support (103) to the heating element (105) through the apertures without being defelected by the inclined surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventors: INGOLF RONALD EBERHART, GERALD KAUER, INGRID HIET-BRINK, JAN VAUPOT, STEFAN HANS SAUER
  • Patent number: 9120238
    Abstract: To allow trimming body hair by pulling as well as pushing with the same hair trimmer device (1), its comb unit (6) is positioned over the trimming head (16) in at least two different positions (8, 9), one (8) pulling and one pushing position (9). In particular, in the different comb positions (8, 9), the tips (20) of the comb unit's fins (13) point in the direction of the respective movement. Preferably, the comb unit (6) is removably attached. In a preferred embodiment, the trimming head (16) includes shaving means (18) besides trimming means (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Christian Mikula, Gerald Kauer, Harald Duller
  • Publication number: 20120137524
    Abstract: To allow trimming body hair by pulling as well as pushing with the same hair trimmer device (1), its comb unit (6) is positioned over the trimming head (16) in at least two different positions (8, 9), one (8) pulling and one pushing position (9). In particular, in the different comb positions (8, 9), the tips (20) of the comb unit's fins (13) point in the direction of the respective movement. Preferably, the comb unit (6) is removably attached. In a preferred embodiment, the trimming head (16) includes shaving means (18) besides trimming means (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2011
    Publication date: June 7, 2012
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: CHRISTIAN MIKULA, GERALD KAUER, HARALD DULLER
  • Patent number: 8028422
    Abstract: To allow trimming body hair by pulling as well as pushing with the same hair trimmer device (1), its comb unit (6) is positioned over the trimming head (16) in at least two different positions (8, 9), one (8) pulling and one pushing position (9). In particular, in the different comb positions (8, 9), the tips (20) of the comb unit's fins (13) point in the direction of the respective movement. Preferably, the comb unit (6) is removably attached. In a preferred embodiment, the trimming head (16) includes shaving means (18) besides trimming means (19).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2011
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Christian Mikula, Gerald Kauer, Harald Duller
  • Patent number: 7698822
    Abstract: A personal care apparatus having a hair trimmer, a main part and a head part. The head part being connected to the main part in a region of the main part that is adjacent to the head part and is pivotable relative to the main part. A personal care tool is provided on the head part and comprising a toothed cutting mechanism that has at least one drivable toothed blade and a spring of a U-shaped configuration has a cross-member connected to the head part and two sides co-operating with at least one position extension connected to the main part in the region of each of its two sides. The spring acts between the head part and the main part, and the head part is pivotable by the spring in synchronization with varying displacing forces that act on the head part in the course of a personal care process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2010
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Johannes Kostner, Gerald Kauer, Michael Janny
  • Publication number: 20090277012
    Abstract: To improve the ease of use, a hair trimmer (1) is proposed, this hair trimmer (1) comprising a cutting unit (2) for trimming hair driven by a first motor (20) and a suction unit (3) for absorbing clippings that is driven by a second motor (30), wherein the second motor (30) is operable to function in at least two different modes, one of the modes resulting in a lower suction power and the other of the modes resulting in a higher suction power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Chirstian Mikula, Gerald Kauer
  • Publication number: 20080168662
    Abstract: To allow trimming body hair by pulling as well as pushing with the same hair trimmer device (1), its comb unit (6) is positioned over the trimming head (16) in at least two different positions (8, 9), one (8) pulling and one pushing position (9). In particular, in the different comb positions (8, 9), the tips (20) of the comb unit's fins (13) point in the direction of the respective movement. Preferably, the comb unit (6) is removably attached. In a preferred embodiment, the trimming head (16) includes shaving means (18) besides trimming means (19).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2006
    Publication date: July 17, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Christian Mikula, Gerald Kauer, Harald Duller
  • Publication number: 20060107529
    Abstract: In a personal care apparatus (1) having a main part (2) and a head part (3), the main part (2) is designed to be held in one hand, the head part (3) is pivotable relative to the main part (2) about an axis of pivot (26) and a return spring (55) is provided between the main part (2) and the head part (3), thus enabling the head part (3) to be pivotable by means of the return spring (55) in synchronization with varying displacing forces that act on the head part (3) in the course of a hair-cutting operation, and to be positionable by means of the return spring (55) in a defined rest position relative to the main part (2) when there are no displacing forces present.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2003
    Publication date: May 25, 2006
    Inventors: Johannes Kostner, Gerald Kauer, Michael Janny
  • Patent number: 6463615
    Abstract: A toothbrush (1) has a cleaning member (3) equipped with a drivable bristle holder (20) for holding main bristles (21) and with a drivable interdental bristle holder (26) for holding interdental bristles (27),the interdental bristle holder (26) being coupled to a drive element (29) with the aid of a coupling element (39) and, of the coupling element (39) and the drive element (29) at the coupling element (39) is at least partly elastically deformable parallel to the longitudinal bristle direction (28) of the interdental bristles (27) held by the interdental bristle holder (26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.
    Inventors: Paul Gruber, Christian Mikula, Gerald Kauer, Jan Peter Elkhuizen
  • Patent number: 5459927
    Abstract: A shaving apparatus (1) is provided which includes a housing (5), a shaving-head frame (6), which is detachably mounted on the housing (5), a lower cutter (12), a foil-type upper cutter (11) cooperating with a cutting area (14) of the lower cutter (12) and mounted in a foil-cutter frame (21) which is pivotably mounted in the shaving-head frame (6), which upper cutter has at least two aperture fields (31, 32) which differ as regards the form of the hair-entry apertures (33, 34), and a control member (35) for actuating the foil-cutter frame (21), which control member is coupled to the foil-cutter frame (21) via an actuating device (36), the control member (35) is movably mounted on the housing (5) of the shaving apparatus (1), and the actuating device (36) comprises an actuating frame (38) which engages underneath the foil-cutter frame (21) at a location remote from the foil-type upper cutter (11), which actuating frame is mounted in the shaving apparatus (1) so as to be pivotable about a pivotal axis (43) para
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 1994
    Date of Patent: October 24, 1995
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Gerald Kauer, Herbert Piber