ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,491,648, issued on Dec. 9, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).
"Shaving unit and electric shaver comprising a main body and a shaving unit" was invented by Reinder Niels Lap (Surhuizum, Netherlands), Marc Alexander Pastoors (Gieten, Netherlands), Marius Iosif Boamfa (Veldhoven, Netherlands), Babu Varghese (Eindhoven, Netherlands) and Rieko Verhagen (Vught, Netherlands).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A shaving unit (20) for use in an electric shaver (1) comprises at least one hair-cuffing unit (21) comprising an external cutting member (23) having hair-entry openings (24) in a cutting track surface (25) and an...