Patents by Inventor SANDRA HOETZL

SANDRA HOETZL 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).

  • Nozzle for oral irrigator device including a dynamic nozzle actuator with responsive materials
    Patent number: 10667888
    Abstract: A nozzle (12) for an oral irrigator device (10) having a guidance tip (34) with an orifice at one end, and a dynamic nozzle actuator (64) positioned within said guidance tip. The orifice (36) is configured to expel a fluid as one of a jet, a spray, or any combination thereof. The dynamic nozzle actuator (64) comprises at least one responsive material adapted for being energized and configured to implement at least one dynamic actuation of an effective channel (62) for dynamically influencing at least one of (i) a direction of fluid expelled from the orifice (36), (ii) an angle of fluid expelled from the orifice (36), (iii) a cross-sectional width of fluid expelled from the orifice (36), and (iv) any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V.
    Inventors: Marinus Karel Johannes De Jager, Bart Gottenbos, Sandra Hoetzl, Cornelis Petrus Hendriks, Roland Alexander Van De Molengraaf, Mark Thomas Johnson, Marco Baragona, Milica Kovacevic Milivojevic, Valentina Lavezzo, Denny Mathew
  • NOZZLE FOR ORAL IRRIGATOR DEVICE INCLUDING A DYNAMIC NOZZLE ACTUATOR WITH RESPONSIVE MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20170086954
    Abstract: A nozzle (12) for an oral irrigator device (10) having a guidance tip (34) with an orifice at one end, and a dynamic nozzle actuator (64) positioned within said guidance tip. The orifice (36) is configured to expel a fluid as one of a jet, a spray, or any combination thereof. The dynamic nozzle actuator (64) comprises at least one responsive material adapted for being energized and configured to implement at least one dynamic actuation of an effective channel (62) for dynamically influencing at least one of (i) a direction of fluid expelled from the orifice (36), (ii) an angle of fluid expelled from the orifice (36), (iii) a cross-sectional width of fluid expelled from the orifice (36), and (iv) any combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: MARINUS KAREL JOHANNES DE JAGER, BART GOTTENBOS, SANDRA HOETZL, CORNELIS PETRUS HENDRIKS, ROLAND ALEXANDER VAN DE MOLENGRAAF, MARK THOMAS JOHNSON, MARCO BARAGONA, MILICA KOVACEVIC MILIVOJEVIC, VALENTINA LAVEZZO, DENNY MATHEW