Patents by Inventor RUFUS EUGEN DEODATUS DRIESSEN

RUFUS EUGEN DEODATUS DRIESSEN 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: 10179418
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shaving device for skin hairs. The device comprises a skin-contacting surface structure (14, 15), a cutter (6) for cutting hairs in a hair-cutting area (16), a shape-changing smart material (7), and a controller for controlling activation of the shape-changing smart material during use of the shaving device. The shape-changing smart material is configured, arranged and effective to adapt the relative position and/or relative orientation between at least part of the skin-contacting surface structure (14) and at least part of the hair-cutting area (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Werner Daniel Petrus Kauwenberg, Roland Alexander Van De Molengraaf, Denny Mathew, Sander Theodoor Pastoor, Rufus Eugen Deodatus Driessen, Paul Philip Thursfield, Mark Thomas Johnson, Frederick Maria Boekhorst, Willem Auke Westerhof, Daan Anton Van Den Ende
  • Patent number: 10131061
    Abstract: The present application relates to a device for treating hair and/or skin. The device has a sensor (7) configured to detect an indicator on a user's hair and/or skin and a controller (8) operable to change an operating characteristic of the device in dependence on detection of the indicator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Jan Martijn Krans, Lucy Wade, Rufus Eugen Deodatus Driessen, Adrianus Johannes Maria Denissen
  • Publication number: 20170291319
    Abstract: The invention relates to a shaving device for skin hairs. The device comprises a skin-contacting surface structure (14, 15), a cutter (6) for cutting hairs in a hair-cutting area (16), a shape-changing smart material (7), and a controller for controlling activation of the shape-changing smart material during use of the shaving device. The shape-changing smart material is configured, arranged and effective to adapt the relative position and/or relative orientation between at least part of the skin-contacting surface structure (14) and at least part of the hair-cutting area (16).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: CORNELIS PETRUS HENDRIKS, WERNER DANIEL PETRUS KAUWENBERG, ROLAND ALEXANDER VAN DE MOLENGRAAF, DENNY MATHEW, SANDER THEODOOR PASTOOR, RUFUS EUGEN DEODATUS DRIESSEN, PAUL PHILIP THURSFIELD, MARK THOMAS JOHNSON, FREDERICK MARIA BOEKHORST, WILLEM AUKE WESTERHOF, DAAN ANTON VAN DEN ENDE
  • Publication number: 20160107323
    Abstract: The present application relates to a device for treating hair and/or skin. The device has a sensor (7) configured to detect an indicator on a user's hair and/or skin and a controller (8) operable to change an operating characteristic of the device in dependence on detection of the indicator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: JAN MARTIJN KRANS, LUCY WADE, RUFUS EUGEN DEODATUS DRIESSEN, ADRIANUS JOHANNES MARIA DENISSEN