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).
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Publication number: 20230404236Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Robert Mark Brett COULTON, Alexander Edward HUGHES
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Publication number: 20230329413Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Christopher James BOON, Edward Sebert Maurice SHELTON, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Yuen Kee LEOW, Glenn Raymond WARDLE
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Publication number: 20230209237Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Philip Stephen DARLING, Christopher Ralph MENZIES-WILSON, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
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Publication number: 20230181937Abstract: A headgear is described that includes a first air purifier, a second air purifier, a first microphone, a second microphone, and a control unit. The control unit analyses a first signal output by the first microphone and a second signal output by the second microphone to determine a direction of wind. The control unit then controls the relative flow rates of the first air purifier and the second air purifier in response to the determined direction of wind.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Philip Stephen DARLING, Christopher Ralph MENZIES-WILSON, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
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Publication number: 20220395156Abstract: A cleaner head including: a brushbar arrangement including a first elongate portion, and a first curved portion located at a first end of the first elongate portion. The brushbar arrangement at least partially extends around a suction region. The cleaner head further includes a drive assembly configured to rotate the first curved portion and the first elongate portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2020Publication date: December 15, 2022Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Andrew John WARNER, Andrew James WILLS, Stuart Lloyd GENN, Edward Richard OLDFIELD, Robert HINCHLIFFE, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
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Patent number: 11413125Abstract: A dental cleaning appliance includes a handle and a fluid delivery system for delivering a burst of working fluid to the teeth of a user. Part of the fluid delivery system is moveable relative to the handle as the appliance is moved along the teeth of the user. A sensor provides an output which varies with movement of that part of the fluid delivery system relative to the handle. A control circuit actuates the delivery of working fluid to the teeth of the user depending on the output from the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2015Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Thomas James Dunning Follows, William John Bex-Russell, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Graham Charles Lemon, Jason Godfrey Jones
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Publication number: 20220183438Abstract: A hair straightening apparatus having two arms pivotably coupled together and arranged to receive hair within a cavity formed between them is disclosed. A plenum in at least one arm includes an air inlet for receiving airflow from a fan unit and an air outlet for emitting airflow towards hair within the cavity. The air outlet extends along the inner wall of at least one of the first arm and the second arm and is adapted to direct airflow towards a lower edge of the arms.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: June 16, 2022Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Rory William BEAUMONT, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Maurizio BALLARATI, Alexander Edward HUGHES, Robert Mark Brett COULTON, Nathan Haruna Waters IMHASLY
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Publication number: 20220160092Abstract: A hair straightening apparatus having two arms pivotably coupled together wherein the arms are arranged to receive hair within a cavity formed between them is provided. At least one of the first arm and second arm includes a plenum having an air outlet for emitting air towards hair within the cavity. A hair clamp including a pair of clamping members for gripping hair therebetween, wherein each clamping member is supported by an inner wall of the first arm and second arm, respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2020Publication date: May 26, 2022Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Rory William BEAUMONT, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Maurizio BALLARATI, Alexander Edward HUGHES, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
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Publication number: 20220087391Abstract: The present invention relates to a hair straightening apparatus having two arms pivotably coupled together and a heating plate on a facing side of at least one arm. A central pack disposed between the first arm and the second arm and coupled to the hair styling apparatus at the hinge end and a biasing means adapted to support the central pack symmetrically between the first arm and the second arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2019Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Richard David NICOLAOU, Frederick Stuart GROTRIAN, George Normile Elliot BAXTER, Nathan Haruna Waters IMHASLY, Rory William BEAUMONT, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Maurizio BALLARATI, Alexander Edward HUGHES, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
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Publication number: 20210353974Abstract: There is provided a head wearable air purifier comprising a first speaker assembly and a second speaker assembly, wherein the first speaker assembly comprises a filter assembly, an impeller for creating an airflow through the filter assembly, a motor arranged to drive the impeller, and an air outlet downstream from the filter assembly for emitting the filtered airflow from the speaker assembly. The head wearable air purifier further comprise a nozzle arranged to receive the filtered airflow from the first speaker assembly, the nozzle comprising an air outlet arranged to emit the received filtered airflow from the head wearable air purifier. The filter assembly is provided upstream of the impeller and comprises one or more generally frusto-conical filter elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2019Publication date: November 18, 2021Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, James Mackey NELSON, Matthew Jerome JENNINGS
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Publication number: 20210298445Abstract: An attachment for a hair styling apparatus, wherein the attachment includes an air inlet for receiving airflow from the hair styling apparatus, an elongate slot-shaped air outlet, a duct for conveying air from the air inlet to the air outlet, a bar mounted within the duct and along the length of the air outlet; and a series of comb teeth mounted on the bar. The bar is flexible and enables resilient movement of the comb teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: September 30, 2021Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventor: Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY
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Publication number: 20210289909Abstract: An attachment for a hair styling apparatus, wherein the attachment includes an air inlet for receiving airflow from the hair styling apparatus, an elongate slot-shaped air outlet, a duct for conveying air from the air inlet to the air outlet, a series of triangular comb teeth mounted orthogonally across the air outlet, each tooth having a first end located substantially at the air outlet and a second end disposed beyond the air outlet in a downstream direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2019Publication date: September 23, 2021Applicant: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Hannah Lisa KIRKBRIDE, Stephen Benjamin COURTNEY, Thomas Christopher PURNELL, Robert Mark Brett COULTON
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Patent number: 11076940Abstract: A dental cleaning appliance includes a handle and a fluid delivery system. The fluid delivery system includes a nozzle for delivering a burst of working fluid to the teeth of a user. A contact member for engaging the teeth of the user is moveable relative to the nozzle as the appliance is moved along the teeth of the user. A sensor provides an output which varies with movement of contact member relative to the nozzle. A control circuit actuates the delivery of working fluid to the teeth of the user depending on the output from the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2017Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Robert Lawrence Tweedie, Timothy Nicholas Stickney, Christopher Graham Vincent, Alan Harold Henry Mole, Stephen Benjamin Courtney
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Patent number: 11076939Abstract: A fluid delivery system of a dental cleaning appliance includes a fluid inlet, a pump for drawing a working fluid through the fluid inlet, a hydraulic accumulator for receiving working fluid from the pump, a nozzle having a fluid outlet, and a valve located between the accumulator and the nozzle. The valve has an open position for enabling the accumulator to deliver a burst of working fluid to the nozzle, and a closed position for enabling the accumulator to be replenished under the action of the pump. A control circuit actuates the pump and controls the position of the valve.Type: GrantFiled: April 25, 2016Date of Patent: August 3, 2021Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Thomas James Dunning Follows, William John Bex-Russell, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Jason Godfrey Jones
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Patent number: D930904Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Charles Franklin Gale, Davide Leoni, Donald James McIntosh
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Patent number: D935692Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2020Date of Patent: November 9, 2021Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Richard David Nicolaou, Andrew Drummond Flynn, Yuankang Liu, Imogen Elizabeth Adams, Low Chen Nyeow, Yiqun Steven Ong, Rory Antony Nicholas Fisher, Charlotte Anne Tatham
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Patent number: D945072Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Charles Franklin Gale, Davide Leoni, Donald James McIntosh
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Patent number: D1000703Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: 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
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Patent number: D1000704Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: 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
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Patent number: D1001371Type: GrantFiled: September 1, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: Dyson Technology LimitedInventors: Andrew Drummond Flynn, Stephen Benjamin Courtney, Ayrton Lloyd Taylor Peel, Thomas Christopher Purnell, Robert Mark Brett Coulton, David Andrew Tibbetts