US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on July 21 for "Sealing an opening through which a drive shaft extends in a shaving unit for a rotary electric shaver" (Dutch Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,686,139, issued on July 21, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Sealing an opening through which a drive shaft extends in a shaving unit for a rotary electric shaver" was invented by Maurits Koenen (Drachten, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a hair-cutting unit (6) of a shaving unit (3), a supporting member (30) surrounding and supporting an external cutting member (10) is present, and further a holder (40) mounted to the supporting member (30) is present. A base portion (7) of the shaving unit (3) comprises a hair-collecting chamber (50), a drive shaft (60) extending through an opening (71) i...