ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,741,391, issued on Sept. 22, was assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co. Ltd. (Osaka, Japan).
"Slit blade block and electric razor" was invented by Misaki Matsuda (Osaka, Japan), Hiroaki Shimizu (Shiga, Japan) and Takehiro Nakagawa (Osaka, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present disclosure provides a slit blade block and an electric razor capable of more efficiently shaving body hair while suppressing stimulation to skin. The slit blade block according to the present disclosure includes a slit outer blade having a plurality of outer blade pieces extending in a first direction and spaced apart from each other ...