公开(公告)号：US11191403B2

公开(公告)日：2021-12-07

申请号：US16517477

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

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

Abstract: A docking station for a robotic cleaner may include a base, a docking station dust cup removably coupled to the base, a latch actuatable between a retaining position and a release position, and a release system configured to actuate the latch between the retaining and release positions. The docking station dust cup may be removable from the base in response to a pivotal movement of the docking station dust cup relative to the base about a pivot point. The latch may be horizontally spaced apart from the pivot point, wherein, when the latch is in the retaining position, pivotal movement of the docking station dust cup is substantially prevented.

公开(公告)号：US20160174793A1

公开(公告)日：2016-06-23

申请号：US14976257

申请日：2015-12-21

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLC

Inventor： Brian Burke ,  William Liberis ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Charlie Cai ,  Peter Hutchinson ,  Andre David Brown ,  Kai Xu ,  Brian M. Bond

IPC: A47L9/06 ,  A47L9/30 ,  A47L9/00

CPC classification number: A47L9/0673 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/0666 ,  A47L9/30

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner attachment generally includes a cleaning element that floats relative to a suction conduit of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The cleaning element is supported on a support structure that is movably coupled to a housing and is biased towards a floor, for example, as a result of the weight of the cleaning element support structure. The cleaning element may be permanently attached to the support structure or may be a removable or disposable pad or sheet attached to the support structure. The floating cleaning element may be supported between the suction conduit and one or more wheels of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The vacuum cleaner attachment may be removably attached to a vacuum cleaner, for example, to be used interchangeably with other surface cleaning heads.

Abstract translation: 真空吸尘器附件通常包括相对于真空吸尘器附件的抽吸管道漂浮的清洁元件。 清洁元件被支撑在可移动地联接到壳体并且例如由于清洁元件支撑结构的重量的结果而被朝向地板偏置的支撑结构上。 清洁元件可以永久地附接到支撑结构，或者可以是附接到支撑结构的可移除或一次性的垫或片。 浮动清洁元件可以被支撑在吸入管道和真空吸尘器附件的一个或多个车轮之间。 真空吸尘器附件可以可移除地附接到真空吸尘器，例如可与其它表面清洁头互换使用。

公开(公告)号：US12185900B2

公开(公告)日：2025-01-07

申请号：US18407122

申请日：2024-01-08

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

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：US11998150B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US16864538

申请日：2020-05-01

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Daniel J. Innes ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Kai Xu ,  Sam Liu

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L11/4025 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/20 ,  A47L9/2873 ,  A47L11/4033 ,  A47L11/4091 ,  A47L9/106 ,  A47L9/149 ,  A47L2201/024

Abstract: A docking station for a vacuum cleaner may include a receptacle configured to engage at least a portion of the vacuum cleaner such that, in response to engaging the receptacle, a vacuum cleaner flow path extending within the vacuum cleaner is transitioned from a cleaning flow path to an evacuation flow path, a suction motor of the vacuum cleaner being configured to urge air along the vacuum cleaner flow path and a docking station dust cup configured to receive debris from a vacuum cleaner dust cup of the vacuum cleaner.

公开(公告)号：US11930988B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-19

申请号：US17224092

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 ,  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：US11864719B2

公开(公告)日：2024-01-09

申请号：US16562989

申请日：2019-09-06

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Andre D. Brown ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Kai Xu ,  Sam Liu ,  Lee Cottrell

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L5/28 ,  A47L9/32

CPC classification number: A47L9/2842 ,  A47L5/28 ,  A47L9/2857 ,  A47L9/2884 ,  A47L9/325

Abstract: An example of a system, consistent with the present disclosure, may include a motor-battery assembly. The motor-battery assembly may include a housing defining one or more cavities, a suction motor configured to be fluidly coupled to a debris compartment of a vacuum cleaner for generating air flow through the vacuum cleaner for entraining debris, one or more batteries at least partially disposed within at least one of the one or more cavities, and a motor/battery controller at least partially disposed within at least one of the one or more cavities, the motor/battery controller configured to control power provided to the suction motor and to regulate charging and/or discharging of the one or more batteries.

公开(公告)号：US11672388B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-13

申请号：US16649469

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 ,  A47L9/04 ,  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：US20200008635A1

公开(公告)日：2020-01-09

申请号：US16571529

申请日：2019-09-16

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLC

Inventor： Brian Burke ,  William Liberis ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Charlie Cai ,  Peter Hutchinson ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Kai Xu ,  Brian M. Bond

IPC: A47L9/06 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/30

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner attachment generally includes a cleaning element that floats relative to a suction conduit of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The cleaning element is supported on a support structure that is movably coupled to a housing and is biased towards a floor, for example, as a result of the weight of the cleaning element support structure. The cleaning element may be permanently attached to the support structure or may be a removable or disposable pad or sheet attached to the support structure. The floating cleaning element may be supported between the suction conduit and one or more wheels of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The vacuum cleaner attachment may be removably attached to a vacuum cleaner, for example, to be used interchangeably with other surface cleaning heads.

公开(公告)号：US10413144B2

公开(公告)日：2019-09-17

申请号：US14976257

申请日：2015-12-21

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLC

Inventor： Brian Burke ,  William Liberis ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Charlie Cai ,  Peter Hutchinson ,  Andre David Brown ,  Kai Xu ,  Brian M. Bond

IPC: A47L9/06 ,  A47L9/30 ,  A47L9/00

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner attachment generally includes a cleaning element that floats relative to a suction conduit of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The cleaning element is supported on a support structure that is movably coupled to a housing and is biased towards a floor, for example, as a result of the weight of the cleaning element support structure. The cleaning element may be permanently attached to the support structure or may be a removable or disposable pad or sheet attached to the support structure. The floating cleaning element may be supported between the suction conduit and one or more wheels of the vacuum cleaner attachment. The vacuum cleaner attachment may be removably attached to a vacuum cleaner, for example, to be used interchangeably with other surface cleaning heads.

公开(公告)号：US10226157B2

公开(公告)日：2019-03-12

申请号：US14812734

申请日：2015-07-29

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

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

IPC: A47L9/04 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/02

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.