The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018
Filed:
May. 21, 2015
Applicant:
Koninklijke Philips N.v., Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Edwin Heijman, Eindhoven, NL;
Franciscus Jacobus Vossen, Eindhoven, NL;
Roland Alexander Van De Molengraaf, Eindhoven, NL;
Arno Zwenig, Eindhoven, NL;
Thomas Strutzmann, Eindhoven, NL;
Thomas Leonhard Sigot, Eindhoven, NL;
Assignee:
KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 43/07 (2006.01); A61C 17/22 (2006.01); A47J 43/044 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47J 43/0716 (2013.01); A61C 17/221 (2013.01); A47J 2043/04427 (2013.01);
Abstract
A hand held domestic appliance comprises a handle part, a driven member, a motor for driving the driven member and a controller for controlling the motor. The handle part comprises a surface sensor for detecting a contact surface area and optionally also pressure and the controller is adapted to control the power supplied to the motor in dependence on the sensed contact surface area and optionally also pressure.