Patents by Inventor Pieter Bax

Pieter Bax 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: 8876760
    Abstract: A breast pump apparatus, including a vacuum pump and a variable-volume buffer volume coupled together in fluid communication, also includes a breast-receiving portion coupled to the vacuum pump and the buffer volume such that the vacuum pump is operable to generate negative pressure at the breast-receiving portion to stimulate milk expression, and the negative pressure generated at the breast-receiving portion can be controlled by controlling the buffer volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.
    Inventors: Franciscus Jozef Bosman, Johannes Willem Tack, Egbert Van De Veen, Pieter Bax, Bernardo Arnoldus Mulder
  • Publication number: 20130123689
    Abstract: The invention comprises a breast pump apparatus comprising a vacuum pump and a variable-volume buffer volume coupled together in fluid communication. The apparatus also includes a breast-receiving portion coupled to the vacuum pump and the buffer volume such that the vacuum pump is operable to generate negative pressure at the breast-receiving portion to stimulate milk expression, and the negative pressure generated at the breast-receiving portion can be controlled by controlling the buffer volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2011
    Publication date: May 16, 2013
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Franciscus Jozef Bosman, Johannes Willem Tack, Egbert Van De Veen, Pieter Bax, Bernardo Arnoldus Mulder
  • Publication number: 20070214596
    Abstract: The invention relates to a domestic surface treatment appliance (1), such as a vacuum cleaner, iron or lawn mower, provided with a treatment head (2) for treating a surface by wiping along or passing over said surface. The appliance (1) furthermore comprises tracking means (12) for recording wiping movements of the treatment head (2), and a user interface (15) for presenting the recorded wiping movements as strokes (S) on a display (16), enabling a user to readily spot missed surface parts. The appliance (1) may further comprise quality detection means (14), for measuring a parameter representative of the achieved quality. This quality parameter can be presented to a user by the color of the strokes (S). The invention furthermore relates to a module (10), comprising tracking means (12), a user interface (15) and possible quality detection means (14), for use with a domestic surface treatment appliance (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2005
    Publication date: September 20, 2007
    Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventor: Pieter Bax