Patents by Inventor Tim Van Hauwermeiren

Tim Van Hauwermeiren 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).

  • Enhanced ultrasonic cleaning devices
    Patent number: 7004182
    Abstract: Ultrasonic cleaning devices comprise a sonotrode and a power supply adapted to supply current to the sonotrode, and further include one or more features which facilitate use of the ultrasonic cleaning devices by consumers, improve the safety of the ultrasonic cleaning devices when used by consumers, and/or improve the cleaning efficiency of the ultrasonic cleaning devices when used by consumers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dean Larry Duval, Tim Van Hauwermeiren, Sonia Gaaloul, Lieven Richard Deketele, Michael Ray McDonald
  • Ultrasonic implement
    Publication number: 20050241666
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-held having an active part vibrating at a frequency of at least 20 kHz with an amplitude of at least 10 ?m and up to 100 ?m, characterised in that the implement has at least two configurations, a first configuration where the active part is hard, and a second configuration where the active part is not hard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2005
    Publication date: November 3, 2005
    Inventors: Jean-Francois Bodet, William Scheper, Christiaan Arthur Thoen, Tim Van Hauwermeiren, Lieven Deketele, Jean Wevers
  • Ultrasonic cleaning products comprising cleaning composition having dissolved gas
    Publication number: 20030084916
    Abstract: Ultrasonic cleaning products comprise a cleaning composition comprising a cleaning component and a source of dissolved gas and an ultrasonic wave generating source for imparting ultrasonic energy to a surface to be cleaned. Methods for removing soil from a surface in need of cleaning comprise applying a cleaning composition comprising a cleaning component and a source of a dissolved gas to a surface in need of cleaning, and contacting the surface with a source of ultrasonic energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Sonia Gaaloul, Tim Van Hauwermeiren
  • Enhanced ultrasonic cleaning devices
    Publication number: 20030084535
    Abstract: Ultrasonic cleaning devices comprise a sonotrode and a power supply adapted to supply current to the sonotrode, and further include one or more features which facilitate use of the ultrasonic cleaning devices by consumers, improve the safety of the ultrasonic cleaning devices when used by consumers, and/or improve the cleaning efficiency of the ultrasonic cleaning devices when used by consumers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: Dean Larry DuVal, Tim Van Hauwermeiren, Sonia Gaaloul, Lieven Richard Deketele, Michael Ray McDonald
  • Article having a transferable breathable skin care composition thereon
    Patent number: 6153209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an article having a skin care composition disposed on at least a portion of the article. The skin care composition is a breathable, barrier protectant which can be immobilized on the article and is transferable to the wearer's skin via contact, normal wearer motion and/or body heat. Particularly, the skin care composition should have a water vapor transmission rate of at least about 0.1 gm/m.sup.2 /hr and a barrier property of at least about -25 on Hunter b scale, as measured by a Methylene Blue Dye Method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2000
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Victor Nicholas Vega, Thomas Robert Hanser, Tim Van Hauwermeiren, Donald Carroll Roe