公开(公告)号：US11998157B2

公开(公告)日：2024-06-04

申请号：US17878693

申请日：2022-08-01

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Scott B Niedzwecki ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Mingshun (Aaron) Su ,  Robert Yang ,  Lee M. Cottrell ,  Patrick Cleary

IPC: A47L5/22 ,  A47L5/36 ,  A47L9/00

CPC classification number: A47L5/225 ,  A47L5/36 ,  A47L9/0018

Abstract: A reconfigurable surface treatment apparatus may include a wand and a pod removably coupled to the wand. The wand may have a first distal end that is configured to couple to a surface cleaning head and a second distal end that is configured to couple to a handle. The pod may include a suction motor assembly cavity, a battery cavity, and a dust cup cavity. The suction motor assembly cavity and the battery cavity may be disposed on opposing sides of a vertical plane, wherein the vertical plane extends along a central longitudinal axis of the pod. The dust cup cavity may be disposed between the suction motor assembly cavity and the battery cavity such that at least a portion of the dust cup cavity is disposed on each side of the vertical plane.

公开(公告)号：US11497366B2

公开(公告)日：2022-11-15

申请号：US16751545

申请日：2020-01-24

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Kai Xu ,  Andre D. Brown

IPC: A47L9/16

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner may include a suction motor and a cyclonic separator fluidly coupled to the suction motor. The cyclonic separator may include a chamber and a first and a second vortex finder extending within the chamber. The first and second vortex finders may extend from opposing sides of the chamber.

公开(公告)号：US11464381B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-11

申请号：US17280007

申请日：2019-10-02

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Jason B. Thorne ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Kai Xu

IPC: A47L9/30 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L9/28

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum body defining an agitation chamber, an agitator, and an illumination system. The agitator is rotatably disposed at least partially within the agitation chamber and includes an agitator body defining an illumination chamber. The illumination system is at least partially disposed within the illumination chamber and includes at least one light source. Alternatively, a vacuum cleaner includes a vacuum body defining an agitation chamber, an agitator rotatably disposed at least partially within the agitation chamber, an illumination coupled to the vacuum body and including at least one light source, and a light guide configured to redirect light emitted in a first direction from the at least one light source to a second direction.

公开(公告)号：US11051668B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-06

申请号：US16422521

申请日：2019-05-24

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

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

IPC: A47L5/22 ,  A47L9/24 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/02

Abstract: A vacuum assembly having a hand vacuum configuration and a wand vacuum configuration may include a dust cup, a suction motor fluidly coupled to the dust cup, and a power source. The suction motor and the power source may be transitionable between a wand vacuum position and a hand vacuum position. When the suction motor and the power source are in the wand vacuum position, the dust cup, the suction motor, and the power source may be arranged serially. When the suction motor and the power source are in the hand vacuum position, the suction motor and the power source may be arranged in parallel with the dust cup.

公开(公告)号：US11039722B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-22

申请号：US16392480

申请日：2019-04-23

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Andre D. Brown ,  David S. Clare ,  Nicholas Sardar ,  Christopher P. Pinches ,  Samuel Emrys James ,  Michael James Douglas ,  Jason B. Thorne

IPC: A47L9/28

Abstract: In general, the present disclosure is directed to a force-sensing arrangement for use in surface cleaning devices, such as a vacuum device, that allows a user-supplied force to be translated into a command signal to cause the surface cleaning device to accelerate forward, reverse or to veer/turn in a desired direction. In an embodiment, the surface cleaning device includes a nozzle, wheels, motor(s) to drive the wheels, and an upright handle portion. The surface cleaning device includes a force-sensing arrangement with load cells coupled at a position where user force is transferred from the upright portion to the nozzle. The force-sensing arrangement detects the user supplying a relatively small amount of force and translates the same into measurement signals. A controller coupled to the load cells utilizes the measurement signals to determine or “infer” a desired direction of travel.

公开(公告)号：USD1072398S1

公开(公告)日：2025-04-22

申请号：US29886200

申请日：2023-03-06

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Designer： Scott Niedzwecki ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Lee M. Cottrell ,  Mingshun Su ,  Robert Yang

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：US11793373B2

公开(公告)日：2023-10-24

申请号：US16987801

申请日：2020-08-07

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Andre D. Brown

IPC: A47L5/14 ,  A47L9/08 ,  A47L9/28

CPC classification number: A47L5/14 ,  A47L9/08 ,  A47L9/2842 ,  A47L2201/04

Abstract: An example of a robotic cleaner, consistent with the present disclosure, may include a body, an agitator chamber defined in the body, a suction motor fluidly coupled to the agitator chamber and configured to cause air to flow into the agitator chamber, and at least one air jet assembly coupled to the body, the air jet assembly being configured to generate an air jet, the air jet being configured to urge debris toward the agitator chamber.

公开(公告)号：US11759069B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-19

申请号：US16656930

申请日：2019-10-18

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Steven Gacin ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Adam Udy ,  Charles S. Brunner ,  Xavier F. Cullere ,  Nicholas Sardar ,  Ognjen Vrdoljak ,  Daniel R. Der Marderosian ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Daniel J. Innes

IPC: A47L9/06

CPC classification number: A47L9/0613

Abstract: An example of an agitator for a vacuum cleaner may include a body and at least one deformable flap extending from the body. The deformable flap may include at least one taper. The at least one taper causes a cleaning edge of the deformable flap to approach the body.

公开(公告)号：US11687092B2

公开(公告)日：2023-06-27

申请号：US16392452

申请日：2019-04-23

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Jason B. Thorne ,  Andre D. Brown ,  David S. Clare ,  Nicholas Sardar ,  Christopher P Pinches ,  Samuel Emrys James ,  Michael James Douglas

IPC: G05D1/02

CPC classification number: G05D1/0276 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  G05D1/0274

Abstract: A hand-held surface cleaning device includes circuitry to communicate with a robotic surface cleaning device to cause the same to target an area/region of interest for cleaning. Thus, a user may utilize the hand-held surface cleaning device to perform targeted cleaning and conveniently direct a robotic surface cleaning device to focus on a region of interest. Moreover, the hand-held surface cleaning device may include sensory such as a camera device for extracting three-dimensional information from a field of view. This information may be utilized to map locations of walls, stairs, obstacles, changes in surface types, and other features in a given location. Thus, a robotic surface cleaning device may utilize the mapping information from the hand-held surface cleaning device as an input in a real-time control loop, e.g., as an input to a Simultaneous Localization and Mapping (SLAM) routine.