US Patent Issued to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT on May 20 for "Hair cutting member, device body of hair cutting device, and hair cutting device" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,303,192, issued on May 20, was assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT Co. LTD. (Osaka, Japan).

"Hair cutting member, device body of hair cutting device, and hair cutting device" was invented by Hideki Kasugai (Shiga, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A hair cutting member includes a light emitting module and a connecting member. The light emitting module includes an optical waveguide including a core, and a retaining member retaining the optical waveguide with at least a portion of the core being exposed so as to apply light to hair growing on a skin. The connecting member is integrally joined to the light emitting mod...