Patents by Inventor Philip Jonathan STEPHENS

Philip Jonathan STEPHENS 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: 20190098979
    Abstract: An attachment for a hair styling apparatus includes an air inlet for receiving airflow from a hair styling apparatus, an air outlet, a duct for conveying air from the air inlet to the air outlet, at least one aperture in a wall of the duct, and a guiding wall within the duct and in proximity to the at least one aperture, wherein the guiding wall forms a barrier at an upstream side of the at least one aperture. Cool ambient air is entrained through each aperture into the attachment by the heated airflow from the hair styling apparatus. The entrained airflow passes internally along the wall of the duct and functions to minimize the temperature of the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2018
    Publication date: April 4, 2019
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Antoine Francois ATKINSON, Philip Jonathan STEPHENS
  • Publication number: 20170273425
    Abstract: An attachment including a duct having an air inlet for receiving an airflow from a hair styling apparatus, at least one vane located within the duct for directing the airflow towards an air outlet and the air outlet is elongate in shape and orientated generally parallel to the direction of airflow at the air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Philip Jonathan STEPHENS, Jonathan James Harvey HEFFER, Richard Anthony MASON, Timothy Richard Crawshay BUSH, Sandra Laura LUP, Annmarie Rita NICOLSON
  • Publication number: 20170150796
    Abstract: A hair care appliance comprising a body having an outer wall, an inner wall and a gasket located between the outer wall and the inner wall, wherein the gasket comprises a seal extending between the outer wall and the inner wall and a centralising feature extending from the inner wall towards the outer wall. The centralising feature may comprise a convex surface extending from the inner wall towards the outer wall. The convex surface may be hemispherical. The outer wall comprises an inner surface and the inner surface may comprise a cooperating centralising feature which may be a number of discrete points of contact radially disposed around the inner surface. The gasket may comprise a further seal extending around an upstream end of the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Philip Jonathan STEPHENS, Nathan Haruna Waters IMHASLY, Stephen Farrar SMITH
  • Publication number: 20170150797
    Abstract: A hair care appliance comprising a body having an outer wall, a chassis extending within the outer wall, wherein the chassis comprises a locking feature and the body comprises an engaging feature adapted to retain the chassis in position within the outer wall when the locking feature is rotated with respect to the engaging feature. The outer wall may comprise an inner surface and the engaging feature extends radially inwards from the inner surface. The engaging feature may comprise a rib that extends from an inner surface of the outer wall. The engaging feature may extend at least partially around the inner surface of the outer wall. The engaging feature may comprise a pair of engaging features which may be radially spaced apart. The locking feature may comprise a locking rib which may extend radially from the chassis towards the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Nathan Haruna Waters IMHASLY, Stephen Farrar SMITH, Philip Jonathan STEPHENS, Mark Adrian SMITH
  • Publication number: 20170006991
    Abstract: A nozzle for attachment to a hair dryer includes a body and an airflow guiding member. The body has an internal surface which defines an airflow duct which extends from an air inlet end for receiving an airflow to a slot-shaped air outlet end of the body. The internal surface has opposing first surface sections which taper inwardly towards the air outlet end, and opposing second surface sections which taper outwardly towards the air outlet end. The airflow guiding member guides a first portion of a received airflow towards one of the second surface sections, and a second portion of the received airflow towards the other of the second surface sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Philip Jonathan STEPHENS, Boris ZUKINA, Christopher John TYLER
  • Publication number: 20160367004
    Abstract: A diffuser includes a baffle having an air inlet end, an air outlet end and an outwardly tapering wall extending between the air inlet end and the air outlet end, and which defines a diffusing air chamber, and a grille connected to the baffle, the grille including a plurality of air outlets. The air inlet end of the baffle includes an air inlet and a drainage channel, spaced from the air inlet, for receiving water which has entered the air chamber through the air outlets. The drainage channel has drainage holes for draining water away from the air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Philip Jonathan STEPHENS, Stephen Farrar SMITH
  • Publication number: 20160367005
    Abstract: A diffuser includes an air inlet for receiving an airflow from a hair dryer, a grille having a plurality of air outlets for emitting at least part of the airflow from the diffuser, a baffle having an outwardly tapering wall which defines a diffusing air chamber through which the airflow passes between the air inlet and the air outlets, and an external wall which surrounds the wall of the baffle to define a second air chamber therebetween. The second air chamber has a plurality of ports in fluid communication with the ambient atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Philip Jonathan STEPHENS, Stephen Farrar SMITH
  • Publication number: 20160367003
    Abstract: A diffuser includes an air inlet for receiving an airflow from a hair dryer, a grille having a plurality of air outlets for emitting a first part of the airflow from the diffuser, and a plurality of projections upstanding from the grille for contacting the hair of a user and for emitting a second part of the airflow. Each of the projections has a respective air outlet located in an end portion of the projection which is remote from the grille. The projections are divided into a first set of projections and a second set of projections arranged about the first set of projections. The air outlets of the first set of projections are arranged to emit air towards the second set of projections, and the air outlets of the second set of projections face are arranged to emit air towards the first set of projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Philip Jonathan STEPHENS, Stephen Farrar SMITH
  • Publication number: 20160367008
    Abstract: A diffuser includes a plastics baffle which has an air inlet end, an air outlet end and an outwardly tapering wall extending between the air inlet end and the air outlet end, and which defines a diffusing air chamber. A plurality of circumferentially spaced weld ribs is upstanding from the air outlet end. A plastics grille has a plurality of air outlets and an annular shelf to which the weld ribs of the baffle are ultrasonically welded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Philip Jonathan STEPHENS, Stephen Farrar SMITH
  • Publication number: 20160367006
    Abstract: A diffuser includes an air inlet for receiving an airflow from a hair dryer, an external grille having a plurality of air outlets for emitting at least part of the airflow from the diffuser, and an internal grille located between the air inlet and the external grille.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Philip Jonathan STEPHENS, Stephen Farrar SMITH, Alexander Nigel REID, Christopher John TYLER, William Keith HASSETT
  • Publication number: 20160367007
    Abstract: A diffuser includes an air inlet for receiving an airflow from a hair dryer, and a grille with a plurality of air outlets for emitting at least part of the airflow. Each of the air outlets has substantially the same shape. The plurality of air outlets includes a first set of air outlets located in a first region of the grille, and a second set of air outlets located in a second region of the grille. The grille further includes at least one third region, located between the first region and the second region, which is substantially devoid of these air outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Philip Jonathan STEPHENS, Stephen Farrar SMITH
  • Publication number: 20160206077
    Abstract: An attachment for a hand held appliance, the attachment including a first wall wherein the first wall defines a fluid flow path through the attachment extending from an annular first fluid inlet into the attachment to a first fluid outlet, wherein the fluid flow path has a cross-sectional area that expands from the first fluid inlet towards the first fluid outlet. The attachment may include a first part and a second part and the first part extends from the first fluid inlet towards the first fluid outlet and the second part extends from the first fluid outlet towards the first fluid inlet and wherein the cross-sectional area expands within the first part. The first part may be conical in shape. The second part may be elliptical or generally rectangular in shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Philip Jonathan STEPHENS, Stephen Farrar SMITH
  • Publication number: 20160206076
    Abstract: An attachment for a hand held appliance, the attachment including an outer wall with a first part which is generally conical in shape, and a fluid inlet into the outer wall, wherein the fluid inlet is formed from a discontinuity in the outer wall. The outer wall may be formed from a first wall and a sleeve. The first wall may define a fluid flow path through the attachment. The sleeve may extend around the first wall forming a second fluid flow path from the fluid inlet in the outer wall, the second fluid flow path extending between the first wall and the sleeve. An outer surface of the sleeve and an outer surface of the first wall may be collinear. The fluid flow path may extend from a first fluid inlet into the attachment to a first fluid outlet. The first fluid inlet may be annular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Philip Jonathan STEPHENS, Stephen Farrar SMITH, William Keith HASSETT, Antoine Francois ATKINSON
  • Publication number: 20150007854
    Abstract: Disclosed is a hair care appliance comprising a body, a fluid flow path extending through the body from an inlet through which a fluid flow enters the appliance to an outlet for emitting the fluid flow from a front end of the body, and an attachment for adjusting at least one parameter of fluid emitted from the appliance, the attachment comprising an upstream end for attaching to the appliance, wherein one or both of the front end of the body and the upstream end of the attachment comprises at least one magnet. The front end may comprise an end wall extending radially inwards of the body and comprising the at least one magnet or a plurality of magnets radially spaced about the end wall or a ring of magnetic material extending around the end wall. The upstream end may comprise a plurality of magnets radially spaced about an end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph William MOLONEY, Thomas James Dunning FOLLOWS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Henry Licming LAMBOURN, Peter David GAMMACK, Catriona Ann Crawley SUTTER, Philip Jonathan STEPHENS
  • Publication number: 20140170957
    Abstract: A hand dryer comprising a jetting nozzle comprising a duct in fluid communication with a slot which forms a nozzle outlet. The duct comprises opposing first and second surfaces which extend along opposite sides of the slot. The angle of inclination of the first surface of the duct with respect to a direction which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the slot varies in the longitudinal direction of the slot. The hand dryer further comprises a blower which blows air through the jetting nozzle to produce an air jet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Farrar SMITH, Philip Jonathan STEPHENS
  • Publication number: 20140165418
    Abstract: A hand dryer comprising a jetting nozzle comprising a duct in fluid communication with a slot which forms a nozzle outlet, and a blower which blows air through the jetting nozzle to produce an air jet. The jetting nozzle is configured such that the angle of inclination of the air jet with respect to a direction which is perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the slot varies in the longitudinal direction of the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Farrar SMITH, Philip Jonathan STEPHENS
  • Publication number: 20140170959
    Abstract: A hand dryer comprising a first jetting nozzle comprising a first duct in fluid communication with a first slot which forms a first nozzle outlet and a second jetting nozzle, disposed opposite the first jetting nozzle, comprising a second duct in fluid communication with a second slot which forms a second nozzle outlet. The first and second slots extend transversely with respect to the hand dryer. At least a portion of each of the first and second slots is curved such that the distance between the slots varies in the longitudinal direction of at least one of the slots. The hand dryer further comprises a blower which blows air through the jetting nozzles to produce respective air jets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Applicant: DYSON TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Stephen Farrar SMITH, Philip Jonathan STEPHENS