US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on Sept. 8 for "Adjusting a relative position in an exposure direction of two pivotably arranged members of a shaving unit" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,728,552, issued on Sept. 8, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Adjusting a relative position in an exposure direction of two pivotably arranged members of a shaving unit" was invented by Thomas Sjoerd Van Den Berg (Enschede, Netherlands), Eelco Arminak Galestien (Drachten, Netherlands) and Michel Van Es (Groningen, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hair-cutting unit has an external cutting member (10) having a shaving surface (11) provided with hair-entry openings and a skin supporting member (30) having a skin supporting surface (31) surrounding the external cutting member (10). The hair-cutti...