Patents by Inventor Norbert Broemse

Norbert Broemse 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: 11577417
    Abstract: A handle. The handle can include a main body and a pivoting head pivotally coupled with the main body about a pivot axis. The pivoting head can have a substantially trapezoidal prism shape and can include a base member and a cover member that overlies the base member in a mating relationship. The cover member can have a face defining at least one exterior opening and the pivoting head can have an interior compartment comprising an electrical component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Michael Tejpaul Verasamy, Jin Kyung Kim, Jack Anthony Washington, Robert Harold Johnson, Regan Marie Fiascone, Zachary Oliver Veugen, Marco Fontecchio, Norbert Broemse
  • Patent number: 11476708
    Abstract: A personal care product system is provided. The personal care product system has a stand that has a first stand permanent docking magnet. A stand inductive charging coil is also positioned within the stand. A handle that has a first handle permanent docking magnet is removably mounted to the stand. A handle inductive charging coil is positioned within the handle. A handle flux guiding member is in close proximity to a surface of the first handle permanent docking magnet to direct a magnetic field away from the inductive charging coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Robert Schaefer, Klaus Heubach, Jian Wang, Norbert Broemse
  • Publication number: 20220126470
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a shaving razor. A circuit board is positioned within a handle. A first end of a flexible electrical bridge is connected to the circuit board. A second end of the flexible electrical bridge is connected to an energy emitting device. A loop is formed in the flexible electrical bridge by bending the flexible electrical bridge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Norbert Broemse, Klaus Heubach, Maurice Schirmer, Jannik Loeper
  • Patent number: 11247357
    Abstract: A heat delivery element for a shaving razor with a face plate having a skin contacting surface and an opposing inner surface. A heater having a heater track is positioned between an upper dielectric layer and a lower dielectric layer. A heat dispersion layer having a lower surface directly contacts the inner surface of the face plate. An upper surface of the heat dispersion layer directly contacts the lower dielectric layer of the heater. The heat dispersion layer has graphite foil compressed by 20% to 50% of an original thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Norbert Broemse
  • Patent number: 11247356
    Abstract: A shaving razor system with a handle and a shaving razor cartridge mounted to the handle. A flexible electrical bridge with a portion positioned within the handle extends from the handle to the shaving razor cartridge. The flexible electrical bridge has a loop between the shaving razor cartridge and the handle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Norbert Broemse, Klaus Heubach, Maurice Schirmer
  • Patent number: 11025093
    Abstract: A personal care product system is provided. The personal care product system has a stand that has a first and second stand permanent docking magnet. A stand inductive charging coil is also positioned within the stand. A handle that has first and second handle permanent docking magnets is removably mounted to the stand. A handle inductive charging coil is positioned within the handle. The handle has a first handle flux guiding member and a second handle flux guiding member. The stand has a first stand flux guiding member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Robert Schaefer, Klaus Heubach, Jian Wang, Norbert Broemse
  • Publication number: 20200361106
    Abstract: A heat delivery element for a shaving razor with a face plate having a skin contacting surface and an opposing inner surface. A heater having a heater track is positioned between an upper dielectric layer and a lower dielectric layer. A heat dispersion layer having a lower surface directly contacts the inner surface of the face plate. An upper surface of the heat dispersion layer directly contacts the lower dielectric layer of the heater. The heat dispersion layer has graphite foil compressed by 20% to 50% of an original thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventor: Norbert Broemse
  • Patent number: 10773406
    Abstract: A heat delivery element for a shaving razor with a heater having a heater track positioned between an upper dielectric layer and a lower dielectric layer. The heater track is secured between the upper dielectric layer and the lower dielectric layer by an adhesive layer bonded to the upper dielectric layer and the lower dielectric layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Norbert Broemse
  • Patent number: 10766155
    Abstract: A heat delivery element for a shaving razor with a face plate having a skin contacting surface and an opposing inner surface. A heater having a heater track is positioned between an upper dielectric layer and a lower dielectric layer. A heat dispersion layer having a lower surface directly contacts the inner surface of the face plate. An upper surface of the heat dispersion layer directly contacts the lower dielectric layer of the heater.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventor: Norbert Broemse
  • Patent number: 10583576
    Abstract: A heating element for a shaving razor having an insulating member with a base and at least one electrical terminal. A flexible printed circuit board having a base with at least one electrical terminal electrically and mechanically coupled to the corresponding electrical terminal of the insulating member. A non electrically conductive underfiller encapsulant is positioned between the base of the insulating member and the base of the flexible printed circuit board to provide a water tight seal around the electrical terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Norbert Broemse, Klaus Heubach
  • Patent number: 10578674
    Abstract: A personal consumer product having an energy emitting element in selective electrical communication with a power source is provided. Thermal control circuitry is used to isolate the energy emitting element from the power source when a temperature of the energy emitting element exceeds a threshold. A diagnostics routine is used to test the functionality of the hardware and software of the personal consumer product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Klaus Heubach, Norbert Broemse, Timo Schmitt, Felix Koenig
  • Publication number: 20190358837
    Abstract: A shaving razor system with a handle and a shaving razor cartridge mounted to the handle. A flexible electrical bridge with a portion positioned within the handle extends from the handle to the shaving razor cartridge. The flexible electrical bridge has a loop between the shaving razor cartridge and the handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: November 28, 2019
    Inventors: Norbert Broemse, Klaus Heubach, Maurice Schirmer
  • Publication number: 20190299471
    Abstract: A handle. The handle can include a main body and a pivoting head pivotally coupled with the main body about a pivot axis. The pivoting head can have a substantially trapezoidal prism shape and can include a base member and a cover member that overlies the base member in a mating relationship. The cover member can have a face defining at least one exterior opening and the pivoting head can have an interior compartment comprising an electrical component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Michael Tejpaul Verasamy, Jin Kyung Kim, Jack Anthony Washington, Robert Harold Johnson, Regan Marie Fiascone, Zachary Oliver Veugen, Marco Fontecchio, Norbert Broemse
  • Patent number: 10431915
    Abstract: An electronic subassembly for a personal care product with a housing defining a chamber. The housing has a tapered guide surface. A first circuit board having a rigid end is positioned within the chamber and a flexible portion positioned outside the chamber. A second circuit board is positioned within the chamber of the housing. The second circuit board has an electrical connector dimensioned to receive the rigid end. An adapter is secured to the first circuit board between the rigid end and the flexible portion. The adapter has a corresponding tapered guide surface that engages the tapered guide surface of the housing to align the rigid end with the electrical connector.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Norbert Broemse, Klaus Heubach, Juergen Behrendt
  • Patent number: 10421205
    Abstract: A shaving razor cartridge with a housing having a guard, a cap, and one or more blades located between the guard and the cap. The guard is positioned in front of the one or more blades and the cap is positioned behind the one or more blades. A heat delivering element is mounted to the housing for transferring heat during a shaving stroke. The heat delivering element includes a skin contacting surface and an opposing bottom surface defined by a perimeter wall. An insulating member is positioned within the perimeter wall. The insulating member has a first surface facing the bottom surface of the heat delivering element and a second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Matthew James Hodgson, Norbert Broemse, Klaus Heubach, Timo Schmitt, Maurice Schirmer, Felix Koenig, Juergen Behrendt
  • Patent number: 10377052
    Abstract: A method of controlling transfer of heat to skin during a shaving stroke. A shaving razor system with a heating element is provided. An insulating member for delivering heat to the heating element is provided. A temperature of a first area of the heating element is measured with a first thermal sensor. A temperature of a second area of the heating element is measured with a second thermal sensor. Power to the insulating member is decreased when an average temperature sensed by the thermal sensors is greater than or equal to a first predetermined temperature. Power to the insulating member is decreased when an individual temperature sensed by either of the thermal sensors is greater than or equal to a second predetermined temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Klaus Heubach, Norbert Broemse, Timo Schmitt, Maurice Schirmer, Felix Koenig
  • Patent number: 10383267
    Abstract: A method of assembling an electronic subassembly for a personal care product by manufacturing a hollow housing defining a chamber having a first open end and an opposing second open end. A rigid end of a first circuit board is inserted into the first open end of the housing. A second circuit board subassembly having a second circuit board is inserted into the chamber through the second open end. The first circuit board is connected to the second circuit board within the chamber of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Juergen Behrendt, Norbert Broemse, Yvonne Scholl, Klaus Heubach, Fred Schnak
  • Patent number: 10334744
    Abstract: An electronic subassembly for a personal care product with a housing defining a chamber having an open end. A first circuit board having a rigid end is positioned within the chamber and a flexible portion is positioned outside the chamber. A second circuit board is positioned within the chamber. The second circuit board has a connector dimensioned to receive the rigid end of the first circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: The Gillette Company LLC
    Inventors: Juergen Behrendt, Norbert Broemse, Yvonne Scholl, Klaus Heubach, Fred Schnak
  • Publication number: 20180207826
    Abstract: A heat delivery element for a shaving razor with a face plate having a skin contacting surface and an opposing inner surface. A heater having a heater track is positioned between an upper dielectric layer and a lower dielectric layer. A heat dispersion layer having a lower surface directly contacts the inner surface of the face plate. An upper surface of the heat dispersion layer directly contacts the lower dielectric layer of the heater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventor: Norbert Broemse
  • Publication number: 20180207825
    Abstract: A heat delivery element for a shaving razor with a heater having a heater track positioned between an upper dielectric layer and a lower dielectric layer. The heater track is secured between the upper dielectric layer and the lower dielectric layer by an adhesive layer bonded to the upper dielectric layer and the lower dielectric layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventor: Norbert Broemse