US Patent Issued to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS on March 4 for "Reducing sound production in a hair-cutting unit comprising an external cutting member and a rotatable internal cutting member" (Dutch Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,240,132, issued on March 4, was assigned to KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS N.V. (Eindhoven, Netherlands).

"Reducing sound production in a hair-cutting unit comprising an external cutting member and a rotatable internal cutting member" was invented by Gerrit Klaseboer (Steenwijk, Netherlands) and Redmer Van Tijum (Tolbert, Netherlands).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In an external cutting member (10) which is configured to be used in a hair-cutting unit in combination with a rotatable internal cutting member, a base (11) includes at least one hair-cutting track (21) which is provided with a plurality of hair-entry openings, and an annular base portio...