Patents by Inventor Roland Ullmann

Roland Ullmann 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: 6226871
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a dry shaving apparatus with a housing (1) in which an electric drive mechanism (2) is provided having a drive element (3) for the transmission of a driving motion to at least one reciprocatory cutting element (4), and with at least one shaving head (6) oscillating in a horizontal direction and formed by a shaving head frame (7, 55) in which at least two cooperating cutting elements (4, 5) are provided, wherein the electric drive mechanism (2) is mounted for oscillation in the housing (1) and is adapted to be set in oscillation by the inner forces necessarily occurring in operation of the dry shaving apparatus, and wherein the oscillatory motions of the electric drive mechanism (2) are transmitted to the shaving head (6) in order to set said shaving head in oscillation as well.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Reinhold Eichhorn, Michael Harms, Sebastian Hottenrott, Peter Junk, Michael Odemer, Jürgen Wolf, Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: 6226869
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an electrically operable shaving apparatus (1) including at least one short-hair cutter (3) and a long-hair trimmer unit (2) disposed on a housing, with at least one cutting edge formed by cutting teeth of an outer cutter and an inner cutter, in which a component (4), which acts as a guard protecting the skin, is associated with the cutting edge in at least one operating position, said component (4) ceasing to act as a guard protecting the skin in at least one further operating position, wherein said component (4) is displaceable in conjunction with the long-hair trimmer unit (2) into at least one operating position in which said component (4) acts as a guard protecting the skin, and wherein on displacement into a further operating position the long-hair trimmer unit (2) is released by relative opposing movements of the long-hair trimmer unit (2) and the component (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2001
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Hans-Eberhard Heintke, Peter Hilfinger, Klaus Oprach, Roland Ullmann, Matthias Wetzel
  • Patent number: 6126011
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a case for storing small appliances for personal use. The case (2) is comprised of a supporting structure (4) having at least two sections (8, 10) jointed to each other by a deflecting means (6). Provided on either section (8, 10) is at least one retaining means (12, 14) receiving an appliance and an accessory. Related to the deflecting means, the retaining means (12, 14) are so arranged that they lie side-by-side in a row when the sections (8, 10) are folded one over the other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2000
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roland Ullmann, Helmut Faulstich
  • Patent number: 6000135
    Abstract: The invention is directed to a dry shaving apparatus comprising a casing (7) formed by face walls (1, 2) and narrow sidewalls (3, 4, 5, 6), an electric driving mechanism for at least one cutter assembly (S), at least one control switch (20), and a guard member pivotally mounted on the casing (7) and having a cap portion (18) of an essentially U-shaped configuration for protecting the shaver assembly, wherein the cap portion (18) with at least one guard wall (16, 17) extending parallel to the face walls (1, 2) is pivotally mounted on at least one of the face walls (1, 2) of the casing (7) by means of a rotary joint, and the control switch (20) is actuatable only when the cap portion (18) and the guard wall (16, 17) are in a pivot position in which the shaver assembly (S) is released.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 1997
    Date of Patent: December 14, 1999
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Roland Ullmann, Bernd Tewes, Bernhard Best
  • Patent number: D447837
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: September 11, 2001
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Björn Kling, Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D388898
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 6, 1998
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D390629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: February 10, 1998
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D392772
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: March 24, 1998
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D393103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 1996
    Date of Patent: March 31, 1998
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D393930
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 28, 1998
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D394329
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1998
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D400302
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 1997
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D401013
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 10, 1998
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D404560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 26, 1999
    Assignee: Braun Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D419723
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2000
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D421667
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2000
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D425252
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2000
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D426346
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2000
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D432265
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2000
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Bjorn Kling, Roland Ullmann
  • Patent number: D434378
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventor: Roland Ullmann