Patents by Inventor Olaf Soerensen

Olaf Soerensen 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: 20230363523
    Abstract: A system for tracking and storing data associated with a personal care routine, the system including: a personal care implement having a section at least partially made from a magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material, and a magnetic guide to which the personal care implement is magnetically attachable and detachable, wherein the magnetic guide includes a guidance tool, the guidance tool being activated to track and store data by detaching the personal care implement from the magnetic guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Uwe JUNGNICKEL, Olaf SÖRENSEN, Lance ATAALLA
  • Publication number: 20230368881
    Abstract: A personal care guidance system for guiding a user through a personal care routine, the system including a personal care implement having a section at least partially made from a magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material, and a magnetic personal care guide to which the personal care implement is magnetically attachable and detachable. The magnetic personal care guide includes a guidance tool, the guidance tool being activated by detaching the personal care implement from the magnetic personal care guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Uwe JUNGNICKEL, Olaf SÖRENSEN, Lance ATAALLA
  • Publication number: 20230363520
    Abstract: A magnetic personal guide for guiding a user through a personal care routine is adapted for releasably holding a personal care implement. The personal care implement includes a section at least partially made from a magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material. The magnetic personal guide includes: a guidance tool, the guidance tool being activated by detaching the personal care implement from the magnetic personal care guide; and an electro-chrome display providing a signal guiding the user through the personal care routine when the guidance tool is activated. A personal care guidance system for guiding a user through a personal care routine that includes such magnetic personal care guide and a personal care implement comprising a section at least partially made from a magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Uwe JUNGNICKEL, Olaf SÖRENSEN, Lance ATAALLA
  • Publication number: 20230363525
    Abstract: A kit that includes a personal care implement having a section at least partially made from a magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material, and a magnetic holder to which the personal care implement is magnetically attachable and detachable, the magnetic holder having a timer, the timer being activated by detaching the personal care implement from the magnetic holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Peter Leonard MIDDLETON, Faiz Feisal SHERMAN, Michael FRANKE, Jonas CARSTENSEN, Werner Friedrich Johann BONIFER, Claudia REGOJO MONTERO, Olaf SÖRENSEN, Uwe JUNGNICKEL
  • Publication number: 20230363524
    Abstract: A kit for supporting an environmentally sustainable personal care routine, the kit including: a personal care implement that includes a section at least partially made from a magnetic and/or ferromagnetic material, and a magnetic personal care guide to which the personal care implement is magnetically attachable and detachable, the magnetic personal care guide including a guidance tool, the guidance tool being activated and providing guidance on environmentally sustainable behavior by detaching the personal care implement from the magnetic personal care guide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Uwe JUNGNICKEL, Olaf SÖRENSEN, Lance ATAALLA
  • Patent number: 9295315
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair treatment appliance (1) having a handle (3), a functional head (4) which can be connected to the handle (3) and has a hair treatment device (5), and also an ion application device (9) for applying ions to the hair, said ion application device having at least one ion outlet (11), wherein the functional head (4) and the handle (3) also in each case have an electrically conductive area on an outer face of the component and the electrically conductive area of the functional head (4) and the electrically conductive area of the handle (3) are electrically conductively connected to one another.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kloeppel-Riech, Katja Honnefeller, Norbert Smetana, Olaf Soerensen, Juergen Seng
  • Patent number: 9204495
    Abstract: The present invention concerns: A heating element comprising a heating unit, a heat transfer unit and a temperature sensor unit, the heating, unit comprising a first composition, the first composition comprising an epoxy-based or glass-based composition or a composition comprising a sol-gel solution in which up to about 90% of said solution is a conductive powder in a uniform stable dispersion and said solution conductive powder is a member selected from the group consisting of metals, ceramics, interceramics and semi-conductors and the temperature sensor comprising a second composition, the second composition comprising an epoxy-based or glass-based composition or a composition comprising a composition comprising a sol-gel solution in which up to about 90% of said solution is a conductive powder in a uniform stable dispersion and said solution conductive powder is a member selected from the group consisting of metals, ceramics, interceramics and semi-conductors, the heating unit and the temperature sensor un
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Olaf Soerensen, Juergen Seng, Christoph Schmitz, Francis Pinto
  • Patent number: 8707969
    Abstract: A hair treatment device and a corresponding method for treating hair are disclosed. The hair treatment device is suitable for heating hair and has a heating element that is heated to a starting temperature and whose temperature is regulated by a temperature control. The hair treatment device has a sensor that measures data from which a parameter based on the condition of the hair can be generated, wherein the parameter influences the temperature control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2014
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Juergen Seng, Olaf Soerensen, Christoph Schmitz, Francis Pinto, Markus Schuessler
  • Patent number: 8534298
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair care device (1), having a handle (3), a function head (4) which can be connected to the handle (3), and which has a hair treatment device (5), particularly a brush and/or a tooth field, and having an ion-discharging device (9) for discharging ions onto the hair, the ion-discharging device (9) having at least one ion outlet (11). According to the invention, the hair care device (1) is characterized in that the function head (4) and/or a housing part which surrounds the ion outlet (11) has at least one grounding area for dissipating/limiting electronic charges. Advantageously, the ions are discharged exclusively from the back of the device (8) which faces away from the hair treatment device (5), while the grounding area on the function head (4) can be provided on the front of the device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Katja Honnefeller, Michael Kloeppel-Riech, Norbert Smetana, Olaf Soerensen, Juergen Seng
  • Patent number: 8448649
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair care device (1) with a handle (3), an operational head connected to the handle (3) having a hair treatment apparatus (5), in particular a bristle field and/or a comb tooth field, and an ion-producing apparatus (9) for producing ions on the hair, having at least one ion outlet (11). According to the invention, the hair care device (1) is characterized in that said hair care device has the feature of a back side (8) facing away from the hair treatment apparatus (5) and an ion-producing apparatus (9) for producing ions on the hair which has at least one switching unit, an ion source, an ion outlet (1) and a sheath surrounding the ion outlet (11).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Kloeppel-Riech, Katja Honnefeller, Norbert Smetana, Olaf Soerensen, Juergen Seng, Timo Hasenpflug
  • Patent number: 8424218
    Abstract: An ionizing hair-care appliance includes a voltage source, an electrical conductor electrically connected to the voltage source, and an ionization electrode comprising a tip and electrically connected to the voltage source by the electrical conductor. The electrode is disposed within an ionization chamber defined by the hair-care appliance and defining an unobstructed opening through which the electrode tip is exposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2013
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Jürgen Seng, Olaf Sörensen
  • Patent number: 8234744
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brush and a bristle holder. The invention relates in particular to a bristle holder for a brush, the bristle holder having a frame, a bristle anchoring means, and a back part, the back part having a first end area adjacent to the handle part of a connectable brush and a second end area adjacent to the brush end, the first end area supporting at least one first connecting element and the second end area supporting at least one positioning element and at least one holding element. The invention furthermore relates to a brush with and for a bristle holder of the described type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2012
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Juergen Seng, Michael Kloeppel-Riech, Katja Honnefeller, Sven Beutner, Olaf Soerensen, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20120055501
    Abstract: A hair treatment device and a corresponding method for treating hair are disclosed. The hair treatment device is suitable for heating hair and has a heating element that is heated to a starting temperature and whose temperature is regulated by a temperature control. The hair treatment device has a sensor that measures data from which a parameter based on the condition of the hair can be generated, wherein the parameter influences the temperature control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Inventors: Juergen SENG, Olaf SOERENSEN, Christoph SCHMITZ, Francis PINTO, Markus SCHUESSLER
  • Publication number: 20110315158
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair care device (1) with a handle (3), an operational head connected to the handle (3) having a hair treatment apparatus (5), in particular a bristle field and/or a comb tooth field, and an ion-producing apparatus (9) for producing ions on the hair, having at least one ion outlet (11). According to the invention, the hair care device (1) is characterized in that said hair care device has the feature of a back side (8) facing away from the hair treatment apparatus (5) and an ion-producing apparatus (9) for producing ions on the hair which has at least one switching unit, an ion source, an ion outlet (1) and a sheath surrounding the ion outlet (11).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: December 29, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Kloeppel-Riech, Katja Honnefeller, Norbert Smetana, Olaf Soerensen, Juergen Seng, Timo Hasenpflug
  • Publication number: 20110296640
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a brush and a bristle holder. The invention relates in particular to a bristle holder for a brush, the bristle holder having a frame, a bristle anchoring means, and a back part, the back part having a first end area adjacent to the handle part of a connectable brush and a second end area adjacent to the brush end, the first end area supporting at least one first connecting element and the second end area supporting at least one positioning element and at least one holding element. The invention furthermore relates to a brush with and for a bristle holder of the described type.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: Juergen Seng, Michael Kloeppel-Riech, Katja Honnefeller, Sven Beutner, Olaf Soerensen, Armin Schwarz-Hartmann
  • Publication number: 20110094535
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair care device (1), having a handle (3), a function head (4) which can be connected to the handle (3), and which has a hair treatment device (5), particularly a brush and/or a tooth field, and having an ion-discharging device (9) for discharging ions onto the hair, the ion-discharging device (9) having at least one ion outlet (11). According to the invention, the hair care device (1) is characterized in that the function head (4) and/or a housing part which surrounds the ion outlet (11) has at least one grounding area for dissipating/limiting electronic charges. Advantageously, the ions are discharged exclusively from the back of the device (8) which faces away from the hair treatment device (5), while the grounding area on the function head (4) can be provided on the front of the device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2008
    Publication date: April 28, 2011
    Inventors: Katja Honnefeller, Michael Kloeppel-Riech, Norbert Smetana, Olaf Soerensen, Juergen Seng
  • Publication number: 20110088714
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair treatment appliance (1) having a handle (3), a functional head (4) which can be connected to the handle (3) and has a hair treatment device (5), and also an ion application device (9) for applying ions to the hair, said ion application device having at least one ion outlet (11), wherein the functional head (4) and the handle (3) also in each case have an electrically conductive area on an outer face of the component and the electrically conductive area of the functional head (4) and the electrically conductive area of the handle (3) are electrically conductively connected to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2008
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Inventors: Michael Kloeppel-Riech, Katja Honnefeller, Norbert Smetana, Olaf Soerensen, Juergen Seng
  • Publication number: 20110011846
    Abstract: A heating element is provided, comprising a heating unit, a heat transfer unit and a first temperature control element and a second temperature control element, a first temperature control element being provided at a first distance to the heating unit and the second temperature control element being provided at a second distance to the heating unit, wherein the first temperature control element has a first minimal activation threshold and the second temperature control element has a second minimal activation threshold, wherein the second distance is smaller than the first distance and the second threshold is higher than the first threshold, and the first temperature control element and a second temperature control element are both in immediate contact with the heat transfer unit. In further aspects, the invention relates to a method of heating an appliance by using a heating element and a method for providing a heating element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Olaf Soerensen, Juergen Seng
  • Publication number: 20110011847
    Abstract: The present invention concerns: A heating element comprising a heating unit, a heat transfer unit and a temperature sensor unit, the heating, unit comprising a first composition, the first composition comprising an epoxy-based or glass-based composition or a composition comprising a sol-gel solution in which up to about 90% of said solution is a conductive powder in a uniform stable dispersion and said solution conductive powder is a member selected from the group consisting of metals, ceramics, interceramics and semi-conductors and the temperature sensor comprising a second composition, the second composition comprising an epoxy-based or glass-based composition or a composition comprising a composition comprising a sol-gel solution in which up to about 90% of said solution is a conductive powder in a uniform stable dispersion and said solution conductive powder is a member selected from the group consisting of metals, ceramics, interceramics and semi-conductors, the heating unit and the temperature sensor un
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Olaf Soerensen, Juergen Seng, Christoph Schmitz, Francis Pinto
  • Publication number: 20100282270
    Abstract: An ionizing hair-care appliance includes a voltage source, an electrical conductor electrically connected to the voltage source, and an ionization electrode comprising a tip and electrically connected to the voltage source by the electrical conductor. The electrode is disposed within an ionization chamber defined by the hair-care appliance and defining an unobstructed opening through which the electrode tip is exposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Inventors: Jürgen Seng, Olaf Sörensen