Patents by Inventor Stephen Benjamin Courtney

Stephen Benjamin Courtney 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: 20240081506
    Abstract: A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet and an attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet. A curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet. The haircare appliance or the attachment is configured such that airflow exiting the air outlet generates a first force to attract hair toward the curved surface, and a second force to push hair away from the curved surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Publication number: 20240081505
    Abstract: An attachment for a haircare appliance, the attachment including an air inlet, an air outlet for emitting the airflow. The attachment has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet, and a flat surface adjacent to and extending rearwardly from the air outlet. A haircare appliance having an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet. The haircare appliance has a curved surface adjacent to and downstream of the air outlet, and a flat surface adjacent to and extending rearwardly from the air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
  • Publication number: 20240065407
    Abstract: A haircare appliance has an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet. The haircare appliance has a fixed body defining the air outlet, and a rotatable member rotatable relative to the fixed body. The air outlet has a first aperture located on a first side of the fixed body, and a second aperture located on a second side of the fixed body opposite to the first side of the fixed body. The rotatable member is rotatable from a first configuration in which the rotatable member permits airflow through the first aperture and blocks airflow through the second aperture, to a second configuration in which the rotatable member permits airflow through the second aperture and blocks airflow through the first aperture. The rotatable member is located internally of the fixed member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, Robert Mark Brett COULTON, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
  • Publication number: 20240065411
    Abstract: A hair styling appliance is described that includes an airflow unit for generating an airflow, a heating unit for heating the airflow, and a control unit for controlling the airflow unit and the heating unit. The control unit receives user data relating to at least one of a desired style, a hair type and a previous styling by the appliance. The control unit controls the airflow unit and the heating unit in a sequence of modes to style the hair of a user, the airflow unit having a different flow rate and/or the heating unit having a different heat setting in different modes. The control unit uses the user data to define the sequence of modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander CARLYLE, Emma Victoria CARSON, Robert Lawrence TWEEDIE, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
  • Publication number: 20240057738
    Abstract: A hair styling appliance is described that includes an airflow unit for generating an airflow, a heating unit for heating the airflow, and a control unit for controlling the airflow unit and the heating unit. The control unit controls the airflow unit and the heating unit in a predefined sequence of modes that includes a first mode, a second mode and a third mode. The airflow unit has a different flow rate and/or the heating unit has a different heat setting in each of the modes, and the control unit determines when to transition between modes of the predefined sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Thomas Alexander CARLYLE, Emma Victoria CARSON, Robert Lawrence TWEEDIE, Nathan Haruna Waters IMHASLY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
  • Publication number: 20240050781
    Abstract: A wearable air purification system including: a support assembly arranged to be worn around a user's head, the support assembly including an air inlet; an air filter including, or in fluid communication with, the air inlet; and an air delivery mask connected to the support assembly and shaped to bound an air delivery region that contains the user's mouth and/or nose. In use, the air delivery mask includes: an air channel arranged to convey air discharged by the air filter to an outlet in the air delivery region; and a motor arranged to drive an impeller to pump air through the air channel to the outlet, the motor being housed in a side region of the air delivery mask to locate beside or beneath the user's face, in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
  • Publication number: 20240049860
    Abstract: A haircare appliance has an air inlet, an air outlet, an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet, a fixed body defining the air outlet, and a rotatable member rotatable relative to the fixed body. The air outlet has a first aperture located on a first side of the fixed body, and a second aperture located on a second side of the fixed body opposite to the first side of the fixed body. The rotatable member is rotatable from a first configuration in which the rotatable member permits airflow through the first aperture and blocks airflow through the second aperture, to a second configuration in which the rotatable member permits airflow through the second aperture and blocks airflow through the first aperture. The rotatable member is rotatable relative to the fixed member under the action of gravity in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, Robert Mark Brett COULTON, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
  • Publication number: 20240050783
    Abstract: A wearable air purification system including: a support assembly, including: a first earpiece arranged to engage a first ear of a user; a second earpiece arranged to engage a second ear of the user; a support member connecting the first earpiece to the second earpiece, the support member being arranged to be worn around the user's head; and an air inlet; an air filter including, or in fluid communication with, the air inlet; and an air delivery mask connected to the support assembly and shaped to bound an air delivery region that contains the user's mouth and/or nose. In use, the air delivery mask includes: an air channel arranged to convey air discharged by the air filter to an outlet in the air delivery region; and a motor arranged to drive an impeller to pump air through the air channel to the outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
  • Publication number: 20240050779
    Abstract: A wearable air purification system including: a support assembly, including: a first earpiece arranged to engage a first ear of a user, the first earpiece including an air filter; a second earpiece arranged to engage a second ear of the user; and a support member connecting the first earpiece to the second earpiece, the support member being arranged to be worn around the user's head; an air delivery mask connected to the support assembly, the air delivery mask being shaped to bound an air delivery region that contains the user's nose and/or mouth. In use, the air delivery mask includes an outlet in the air delivery region and an air channel configured to deliver a flow of air from the air filter to the outlet. Also, a motor is arranged to drive an impeller to pump air through the air channel to the air delivery region, the motor being housed in the first earpiece and being radially offset from a centre of the air filter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventor: Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
  • Publication number: 20240050785
    Abstract: A wearable air purification system including a wearable support configured to be supported on a head of a user, and an air delivery mask which is shaped to bound, at least partially, an air delivery region and to deliver a flow of air to the air delivery region. The wearable support includes a left side support and a right side support which support the air delivery mask therebetween; and a left side motor and a right side motor configured to drive a respective left or right side air flow towards or away from the air delivery region, each of the left and right side motors being mounted within a respective left or right side motor housing on a respective one of the left and right side supports so that, when the wearable support is supported on the head in use, the motors sit rearward of or above the user's ears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Emma Victoria CARSON, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, James Murray ORCHARD, Thomas Scott MIDDLETON
  • Publication number: 20240042249
    Abstract: A wearable air purification system having a wearable support configured to be supported on a user's head. The wearable support is attached to an air delivery mask which delivers a flow of air to an air delivery region. A motor for driving the flow of air to the air delivery region is mounted on the wearable support, or on the air delivery mask, and an air filter for purifying the flow of air is mounted on the wearable support, or on the air delivery mask. Each end of the air delivery mask is moveably connected to the wearable support so that the wearable support is able move with respect to the air delivery mask from a deployed position to a stowed position. The volume envelope of the wearable air purification system is larger in the deployed position than in the stowed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher James HOLLOWAY, Matthew Jerome JENNINGS, Emma Victoria CARSON, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
  • Patent number: 11871828
    Abstract: An attachment including a casing having an air inlet for receiving an airflow from a hair styling apparatus, a hair engaging member, supported by the casing, and adapted to move relative to the casing between a first position and a second position under the action of an over-centre mechanism. First and second airflow outlets are formed between the casing and the hair engaging member when the hair engaging member is in the first and second position, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Annmarie Rita Nicolson, Emma Victoria Carson, Robert Mark Brett Coulton, Stephen Benjamin Courtney
  • Publication number: 20230413974
    Abstract: A haircare appliance has an air inlet, an air outlet, and an airflow generator for generating an airflow from the air inlet to the air outlet. The haircare appliance has a signal generator configured to generate a signal indicative of hair contacting the haircare appliance. The airflow generator includes a first operating mode in which the airflow generator generates airflow at a first flow rate, and a second operating mode in which the airflow generator generates airflow at a second flow rate greater than the first flow rate. The airflow generator is configured to operate in the first operating mode in the absence of the signal and in the second operating mode in the presence of the signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Sheh Nee YEOH, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, David Andrew TIBBETTS, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor PEEL, Maurizio BALLARATI
  • Publication number: 20230404236
    Abstract: A handheld appliance has a handle, the handle having a main body, the main body having a first end portion, a second end portion and a third portion there between, wherein the first end portion and the second end portion extend radially outwards beyond the third portion; and an external sleeve is rotatably supported around the third portion by the first end portion and the second end portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON, Alexander Edward HUGHES
  • Publication number: 20230329413
    Abstract: A haircare appliance has a heater housing and a heater assembly disposed in the heater housing. The haircare appliance has an airflow generator for generating an airflow through the heater housing, and the airflow generator is disposed in the heater housing. The haircare appliance has a circuitry housing remote from the heater housing, and airflow generator control circuitry is disposed in the circuitry housing. A wire extends from the circuitry housing to the heater housing, and the wire couples the airflow generator control circuitry to the airflow generator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Christopher James BOON, Edward Sebert Maurice SHELTON, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Yuen Kee LEOW, Glenn Raymond WARDLE
  • Publication number: 20230209237
    Abstract: A headgear is described that includes an air purifier, a microphone, and a control unit. The control unit analyses a signal output by the microphone to determine a magnitude of wind. The control unit then controls a flow rate of the air purifier in response to the determined magnitude.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2021
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Philip Stephen DARLING, Christopher Ralph MENZIES-WILSON, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
  • Patent number: D1000703
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Drummond Flynn, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor Peel, Thomas Christopher Purnell, Robert Mark Brett Coulton, David Andrew Tibbetts, Brian Jen Yon Wong, Dinar Tirta Suraja Ong
  • Patent number: D1000704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Drummond Flynn, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor Peel, Thomas Christopher Purnell, Robert Mark Brett Coulton, David Andrew Tibbetts, Brian Jen Yon Wong, Dinar Tirta Suraja Ong
  • Patent number: D1001371
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Andrew Drummond Flynn, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor Peel, Thomas Christopher Purnell, Robert Mark Brett Coulton, David Andrew Tibbetts
  • Patent number: D1018975
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Dyson Technology Limited
    Inventors: Emily Mary Menzies, James Robert Alexander Fisher, Wee Guan Tan, Nicklaus Yu, David Oliver Williams, Phey Hong Soh, Stephen Benjamin Courtney