Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.v.

Johannes Willem Tack

Marcus Franciscus Eijkelkamp

Milind Vishwas Date

Geert Willem De Goeij

Kam Weng Choy

Pieter Johannes Bax

Franciscus Jozef Bosman

Bernardo Arnoldus Mulder

Douglas Adam Whitcher

Michael Van Den Bosch

Egbert Van De Veen

Bernardus Lubbertus Kuiper

Michiel A A Schallig

Justin Michael Vivian

Michiel Allan Aurelius Schalling

A suspension system for a compressor assembly is provided. The compressor assembly includes at least one cylinder, at least one inlet fluidly connected with the at least one cylinder, an outlet fluidly connected with the at least one cylinder, and a motor housing. The suspension system includes a suspension member and a frame member. The suspension member includes a first fluid conduit connected with the coupling portion and including a first fluid terminal. The first fluid conduit is disposed in fluid communication with one of the outlet and the at least one inlet of the compressor assembly. The frame member includes a base portion, a first support portion, and a second support portion. A first mounting region is formed between the first support portion and the first fluid terminal. The first mounting region defines a first volume that at least partially encloses the first fluid terminal.

Suspension system, compressor assembly and portable oxygen concentrator

A self-aligning coupling linkage for a drive train, of a hair cutting appliance having a driving shaft and a non-aligning output shaft, includes a joint section having first and second connector portions that are configured to engage one another for torque transmission. The first second connector portions define a male connector having an external polygonal profile, viewed in a cross-sectional plane perpendicular to a longitudinal axis, and a female connector having an internal engagement profile. The male and female connectors are arranged in a self-aligning fashion for angular offset compensation, where wherein at least one of the male and female connectors is provided with at least one circumferentially arranged deflectable compensation element configured to urge the male and female connectors towards a centered alignment.

Coupling mechanism for a drive train of a hair cutting appliance

A domestic appliance, such as a steam iron or a coffee making apparatus. The appliance comprises a housing, a water reservoir, an actuator, and a boiler for providing hot water or steam for an appliance. An input of the actuator is connected to the water reservoir, an output of the actuator is connected to an inlet of the boiler. In operation, the actuator introduces vibrations which are transmitted to the housing and radiated by the housing to the environment which cause unwanted sounds and noise. The unwanted sounds and noise induced by these vibrations is substantially reduced via two leaf springs mounted at opposite sides of the actuator which reduce the transmission of the vibrating energy by moving the actuator in a direction opposite to a direction of the movement of the drive member.

Domestic appliance comprising an actuator

A domestic appliance, such as a steam iron or a coffee making apparatus comprises a housing, a water reservoir, an actuator, and a boiler for providing hot water or steam for use by the appliance. In operation, a plunger pump of the actuator is reciprocating at the mains frequency, which introduces vibrations. To reduce undesired sound and noise from the vibrations, the domestic appliance further comprises a sub frame and a base frame, wherein the actuator is mounted on the sub frame and a resilient member is arranged between the sub frame and the base frame for moveably mounting the sub frame at the base frame.

The present application relates to a steam generator iron. The steam generator iron has a steam passageway along which steam flows, the steam passageway having a first section () and a second section () extending from the first section (). A flow stabilizing element () is disposed at the transition of the steam passageway from the first section () to the second section (). Therefore, the generation of noise at the transition and the flow resistance in the steam passageway is minimized as steam flows along the steam passageway. The present application also relates to an insert for a steam generator iron.

Steam generator iron

A breast pump apparatus, including a vacuum pump and a variable-volume buffer volume coupled together in fluid communication, also includes a breast-receiving portion coupled to the vacuum pump and the buffer volume such that the vacuum pump is operable to generate negative pressure at the breast-receiving portion to stimulate milk expression, and the negative pressure generated at the breast-receiving portion can be controlled by controlling the buffer volume.

Piston pump with variable buffer

A drive mechanism for generating a negative pressure in a vacuum chamber () of a breast pump (), the drive mechanism comprising a housing (), a motor () coupled to a rotatable drive element within the housing, a resilient membrane () coupled to the housing and, a flexible strap () coupled between the drive element and the resilient membrane. Rotation of the drive element causes the flexible strap to pull and resiliently deform the resilient membrane to create the negative pressure in a vacuum chamber of a breast pump. Also, a breast pump including such a drive mechanism together with a vacuum chamber () coupled to the housing (). The vacuum chamber comprises a receptacle and a breast-receiving funnel () in fluid communication with the receptacle, wherein when a woman's breast is placed in the breast-receiving funnel, the vacuum chamber is sealed closed such that deformation the resilient membrane () creates a negative pressure in the vacuum chamber.

Flexible drive for breast pump

A motorised head () for a breast pump comprising a motor unit () including a motor and a drive mechanism () for driving a pump, a body mounting portion which is fixedly mountable to a body of a breast pump, a motor mounting portion () on which the motor and drive mechanism () are disposed, and a resiliently deformable member () connecting the body mounting portion and the motor mounting portion such that the resiliently deformable member reduces the transfer of vibration caused by the motor or drive mechanism to a breast pump body to which the body mounting portion is mounted.

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Zuidhorn, Netherlands

Johannes Willem Tack