Patents by Inventor Tarik Mehaddene

Tarik Mehaddene 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: 10849402
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an epilator for removing body hair. The epilator comprises a body having a head section, a plucking cylinder which is rotatable about a first rotation axis in the head section for plucking hairs and at least one shaving blade for shaving off hairs, which is mounted in the head section movable with respect to the plucking cylinder. The at least one shaving blade is movable between a retracted position in which the at least one shaving blade does not protrude from the head section and an extended position in which the at least one shaving blade protrudes from the head section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Tarik Mehaddene, Frieder Grieshaber, Bernhard Kraus
  • Patent number: 10779626
    Abstract: A skin treatment apparatus, preferably an epilator, comprising at least one detector for detecting approximation and/or contact with the skin and a control unit to actuate the device depending on the signal received from the detector. The control unit has at least one regulator which increases the speed of the drive unit upon detection of an increased resistance and/or current consumption by a sensor and/or decreases the speed of the drive unit upon detection of an decreased resistance and/or current consumption by a sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Braun GMBH
    Inventors: Tarik Mehaddene, Frieder Grieshaber, Bernhard Kraus, Torsten Klemm
  • Patent number: 10555591
    Abstract: There is provided an epilation device for removing body hair with at least one epilation unit. In particular, an epilation barrel, having a plurality of pairs of tweezers for pinching and pulling out hairs from the skin. The epilation device further has a drive unit for driving the at least one epilation barrel and a control unit. The control unit is able to analyze the force with which the user presses the epilation unit to the skin resulting in contact pressure and compares the contact pressure applied to at least one threshold contact pressure. Optionally, the epilation device further has a feedback unit which signals to the user, whether the contact pressure applied is smaller than, equal to, or larger than the at least one threshold contact pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: Braun GMBH
    Inventors: Gerrit Roenneberg, Tarik Mehaddene
  • Publication number: 20180368549
    Abstract: The present invention is concerned with an epilator for removing body hair. The epilator comprises a body having a head section, a plucking cylinder which is rotatable about a first rotation axis in the head section for plucking hairs and at least one shaving blade for shaving off hairs, which is mounted in the head section movable with respect to the plucking cylinder. The at least one shaving blade is movable between a retracted position in which the at least one shaving blade does not protrude from the head section and an extended position in which the at least one shaving blade protrudes from the head section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2018
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Tarik Mehaddene, Frieder Grieshaber, Bernhard Kraus
  • Patent number: 10111509
    Abstract: An epilator having a body and a plucking cylinder which is rotatable about a rotation axis for plucking hair. The plucking cylinder is movable with respect to the body between an extended position and a retracted position. Further, the epilator has elastically deformable elements biasing the plucking cylinder and at least two rollers mounted on the same side of the body as the plucking cylinder with the plucking cylinder interposed between the rollers. When pressing the rollers and the plucking cylinder to a flat surface the force exerted by the rollers exceeds the force exerted by the plucking cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Braun GMBH
    Inventors: Tarik Mehaddene, Frieder Grieshaber, Bernhard Kraus
  • Patent number: 9888757
    Abstract: An attachment for an epilator or an epilator having at least a clamping unit for clamping and plucking hairs that is arranged for driven movement relative to a housing along a hair capture direction is disclosed. The clamping unit has a moveable clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface and a fixed clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surfaced. The moveable clamping element and the fixed clamping element are arranged to be cyclically moveable between an open position in which the two clamping surfaces have a minimal distance such that a gap for receiving hairs is formed between them and a closed position in which the two clamping surfaces abut on each other. The two hair guiding surfaces form a funnel in front of the gap in the open position with respect to the hair capture direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Frieder Grieshaber, Tarik Mehaddene, Bernhard Kraus, Luis Burrell-Diez, Andreas Lennartz, Tobias Schwarz, Markus Halm
  • Publication number: 20180000219
    Abstract: There is provided an epilation device for removing body hair with at least one epilation unit. In particular, an epilation barrel, having a plurality of pairs of tweezers for pinching and pulling out hairs from the skin. The epilation device further has a drive unit for driving the at least one epilation barrel and a control unit. The control unit is able to analyze the force with which the user presses the epilation unit to the skin resulting in contact pressure and compares the contact pressure applied to at least one threshold contact pressure. Optionally, the epilation device further has a feedback unit which signals to the user, whether the contact pressure applied is smaller than, equal to, or larger than the at least one threshold contact pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Gerrit Roenneberg, Tarik Mehaddene
  • Publication number: 20170172277
    Abstract: A skin treatment apparatus, preferably an epilator, comprising at least one detector for detecting approximation and/or contact with the skin and a control unit to actuate the device depending on the signal received from the detector. The control unit has at least one regulator which increases the speed of the drive unit upon detection of an increased resistance and/or current consumption by a sensor and/or decreases the speed of the drive unit upon detection of an decreased resistance and/or current consumption by a sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Tarik Mehaddene, Frieder Grieshaber, Bernhard Kraus, Torsten Klemm
  • Publication number: 20170172278
    Abstract: An epilator having a body and a plucking cylinder which is rotatable about a rotation axis for plucking hair. The plucking cylinder is movable with respect to the body between an extended position and a retracted position. Further, the epilator has elastically deformable elements biasing the plucking cylinder and at least two rollers mounted on the same side of the body as the plucking cylinder with the plucking cylinder interposed between the rollers. When pressing the rollers and the plucking cylinder to a flat surface the force exerted by the rollers exceeds the force exerted by the plucking cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Tarik Mehaddene, Frieder Grieshaber, Bernhard Kraus
  • Publication number: 20140114328
    Abstract: The present disclosure is concerned with an attachment for an epilator or an epilator having at least a clamping unit for clamping and plucking hairs. The clamping unit is arranged for driven movement relative to a housing of the attachment or the epilator along a hair capture direction. The clamping unit has a moveable clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface and a fixed clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface, wherein the moveable clamping element and the fixed clamping element are arranged to be cyclically moveable between an open position and a closed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Frieder Grieshaber, Tarik Mehaddene, Bernhard Kraus, Luis Burrell-Diez, Andreas Lennartz, Tobias Schwarz, Markus Halm
  • Publication number: 20140107670
    Abstract: An attachment for an epilator or an epilator having at least a clamping unit for clamping and plucking hairs that is arranged for driven movement relative to a housing of the attachment or the epilator along a hair capture direction is disclosed. The clamping unit has a first clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface and a second clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface. The first clamping element and the second clamping element are arranged to be cyclically first between an open position in which the two clamping surfaces have a minimal distance such that a gap for receiving hairs is formed between them and a closed position in which the two clamping surfaces abut on each other. The two hair guiding surfaces form a funnel in front of the gap in the open position with respect to the hair capture direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Frieder Grieshaber, Tarik Mehaddene, Bernhard Kraus, Luis Burrell-Diez, Andreas Lennartz, Tobias Schwarz, Markus Halm
  • Publication number: 20140107669
    Abstract: An attachment for an epilator or an epilator having at least a clamping unit for clamping and plucking hairs that is arranged for driven movement relative to a housing along a hair capture direction is disclosed. The clamping unit has a moveable clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surface and a fixed clamping element having a clamping surface and a hair guiding surfaced. The moveable clamping element and the fixed clamping element are arranged to be cyclically moveable between an open position in which the two clamping surfaces have a minimal distance such that a gap for receiving hairs is formed between them and a closed position in which the two clamping surfaces abut on each other. The two hair guiding surfaces form a funnel in front of the gap in the open position with respect to the hair capture direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2013
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Frieder Grieshaber, Tarik Mehaddene, Bernhard Kraus, Luis Burrell-Diez, Andreas Lennartz, Tobias Schwarz, Markus Halm
  • Patent number: D763505
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Frieder Grieshaber, Bjorn Kling, Tarik Mehaddene, Markus Halm, Tobias Schwarz
  • Patent number: D776347
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Braun GmbH
    Inventors: Frieder Grieshaber, Bjorn Kling, Tarik Mehaddene, Markus Halm, Tobias Schwarz