公开(公告)号：US11864714B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US17224090

申请日：2021-04-06

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Daniel Tonderys ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Daniel Innes ,  Bastin Antonisami ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Kai Xu ,  Heliang Chen ,  Adam Udy

IPC: A47L5/24 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/32 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L5/22 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/16 ,  A47L5/26

CPC classification number: A47L5/24 ,  A47L5/225 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/0018 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/0466 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/165 ,  A47L9/1691 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L9/2884 ,  A47L9/322 ,  A47L9/325 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L9/102 ,  A47L9/1683 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/02 ,  A47L2201/022

Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.

公开(公告)号：US10986970B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-27

申请号：US16053260

申请日：2018-08-02

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Jason B. Thorne ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Daniel Innes ,  Lee M. Cottrell ,  Adam Udy ,  Daniel Tonderys ,  David Clare ,  Kai Xu

IPC: A47L9/24 ,  A47L5/28

Abstract: A flexible hose for use with surface cleaning devices is disclosed that includes a support structure that allows a user to collapse and lock the same into a storage configuration, and then easily unlock the same using a relatively minor amount of force, e.g., a user-applied pulling force or mechanical force. Thus, in a general sense, a hose consistent with the present disclosure may include two relatively stable/steady-state configurations, namely a storage configuration and an in-use configuration. Thus, the hose allows a user to collapse and lock the hose when not in use, and to transition the hose to an in-use configuration to target various types of surfaces to clean including, for instance, floors, walls and ceilings which may be many feet (e.g., up to 5 feet or more) from the surface cleaning apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US09999333B2

公开(公告)日：2018-06-19

申请号：US14659048

申请日：2015-03-16

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLC

Inventor： Jason Boyd Thorne ,  Kai Xu

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/32 ,  A47L11/40 ,  A47L13/24 ,  B25G3/38 ,  A47L5/28 ,  A47L9/00

CPC classification number: A47L11/4008 ,  A47L5/28 ,  A47L9/0009 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/2836 ,  A47L9/2863 ,  A47L9/32 ,  A47L9/325 ,  A47L11/4075 ,  A47L11/4091 ,  A47L13/24 ,  B25G3/38 ,  Y10S15/10

Abstract: A pivoting and swiveling floor treatment appliance includes a lock-prevention member that prevents a body from becoming pivotally locked in a forward/backward direction when a portion of the body is in a swiveled position. The lock-prevention member may move relative to an appliance head and to a portion of the body that swivels. In some embodiments, components of the lock-prevention member contribute to locking the swivel of the body when the body is pivotally locked.

公开(公告)号：US09655486B2

公开(公告)日：2017-05-23

申请号：US14801185

申请日：2015-07-16

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Kai Xu ,  AiMing Xu ,  Erin Burke

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/06 ,  A47L5/10 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/02

CPC classification number: A47L9/0477 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/0405 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/0444 ,  A47L9/0455

Abstract: A surface cleaning head includes a removable rotatable driven agitator, such as a brush roll, which is driven by a drive mechanism that axially engages the driven end. The removable rotatable driven agitator may be located in an openable agitator chamber for purposes of removing debris and/or removing the agitator. The openable agitator chamber may be covered by an external cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position. The removable agitator may be secured in the agitator chamber by the external cover. Different removable agitators with different characteristics may be used interchangeably in the surface cleaning head. The surface cleaning head may also include one or more transparent regions (e.g., on the openable cover) to allow visual inspection of the agitator during use.

公开(公告)号：US12029375B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-09

申请号：US18387907

申请日：2023-11-08

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Daniel Tonderys ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Daniel Innes ,  Bastin Antonisami ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Kai Xu ,  Heliang Chen ,  Adam Udy

IPC: A47L5/24 ,  A47L5/22 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/16 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/32 ,  A47L11/24

CPC classification number: A47L5/24 ,  A47L5/225 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L9/0018 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/0466 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/165 ,  A47L9/1691 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L9/2884 ,  A47L9/322 ,  A47L9/325 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L9/102 ,  A47L9/1683 ,  A47L2201/00 ,  A47L2201/02 ,  A47L2201/022

Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.

公开(公告)号：US11896190B1

公开(公告)日：2024-02-13

申请号：US18085009

申请日：2022-12-20

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Kai Xu ,  Baodong Lu ,  Yuang Xie ,  Jingjiang Wu ,  Queena Li Tan

IPC: A47L9/14 ,  A47L5/12 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L9/149 ,  A47L5/12 ,  A47L9/0063 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/2873

Abstract: A cleaning system may include a vacuum cleaner and a docking station. The vacuum cleaner may include an air inlet, a suction motor having a suction motor inlet and a suction motor outlet, and a cleaner dust cup configured to transition between a collection position and an emptying position, the cleaner dust cup being upstream of the suction motor inlet when in the collection position and downstream of the suction motor outlet when in the emptying position. The docking station may include a base, a support extending from the base, a station dust cup removably coupled to the support, and a receptacle coupled to the support and configured to receive at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner, the cleaner dust cup being fluidly coupled to and upstream of the station dust cup when the vacuum cleaner is inserted in the receptacle.

公开(公告)号：US11839347B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17240494

申请日：2021-04-26

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Jason B. Thorne ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Daniel Innes ,  Lee M. Cottrell ,  Adam Udy ,  Daniel Tonderys ,  David Clare ,  Kai Xu

IPC: A47L9/24 ,  A47L5/28

CPC classification number: A47L9/248 ,  A47L5/28 ,  A47L9/244

Abstract: A flexible hose for use with surface cleaning devices is disclosed that includes a support structure that allows a user to collapse and lock the same into a storage configuration, and then easily unlock the same using a relatively minor amount of force, e.g., a user-applied pulling force or mechanical force. Thus, in a general sense, a hose consistent with the present disclosure may include two relatively stable/steady-state configurations, namely a storage configuration and an in-use configuration. Thus, the hose allows a user to collapse and lock the hose when not in use, and to transition the hose to an in-use configuration to target various types of surfaces to clean including, for instance, floors, walls and ceilings which may be many feet (e.g., up to 5 feet or more) from the surface cleaning apparatus.

公开(公告)号：US11602251B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-14

申请号：US17856639

申请日：2022-07-01

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Kai Xu ,  AiMing Xu ,  Michael D'Amico ,  Peter Hutchinson

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L5/30

Abstract: A removable rotatable driven agitator is used in a surface cleaning head and is driven by a drive mechanism that axially engages a driven end of the agitator. The removable rotatable driven agitator may be located in an openable agitator chamber for purposes of removing debris and/or removing the agitator. The openable agitator chamber may be covered by an external cover that is movable between an open position and a closed position. The removable agitator may be secured in the agitator chamber by the external cover. The removable rotatable agitator may have an end cap mounted on a rotatable bushing at a non-driven end and may have a splined driven member at the driven end to engage a splined drive member on the drive mechanism.

公开(公告)号：US11497363B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16517473

申请日：2019-07-19

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Aaron Gill ,  David Harting ,  Hamish Thompson ,  Christopher Meyer-Rassow ,  Catriona C. A. Sutter ,  Isaku D. Kamada ,  Kai Xu ,  Devin Feng ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Rahat Kahn ,  Margaret Mathieu

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/16 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/28

Abstract: A robotic cleaning system may include a robotic cleaner having a robotic cleaner dust cup and a docking station having a docking station dust cup configured to fluidly couple to the robotic cleaner dust cup. The docking station dust cup may include a first debris collection chamber, a second debris collection chamber fluidly coupled to the first debris collection chamber, and a filter fluidly coupled to the first debris collection chamber and the second debris collection chamber.

公开(公告)号：US11213177B2

公开(公告)日：2022-01-04

申请号：US16136934

申请日：2018-09-20

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Daniel Tonderys ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Daniel Innes ,  Bastin Antonisami ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Kai Xu ,  Heliang Chen ,  Adam Udy

IPC: A47L5/24 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/32 ,  A47L11/24 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L5/22 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/16 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L5/26

Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a hand-held surface cleaning device that includes a relatively compact form-factor to allow users to store the same in a nearby location (e.g., in a drawer, in an associated charging dock, on a table top) for easy access to perform relatively small cleaning tasks that would otherwise require retrieving a full-size vacuum from storage. A hand-held surface cleaning device consistent with aspects of the present disclosure includes a body (or body portion) with a motor, power source and dust cup disposed therein. The body portion also functions as a handgrip to allow the hand-held surface cleaning device to be operated by one hand, for example.