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：US11839346B2

公开(公告)日：2023-12-12

申请号：US17556992

申请日：2021-12-20

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Steven Paul Carter ,  Adam Udy ,  Catriona A Sutter ,  Christopher Pinches ,  David S. Clare ,  Andre David Brown ,  John Freese ,  Patrick Cleary ,  Alexander J. Calvino ,  Lee Cottrell ,  Daniel Meyer ,  Daniel John Innes ,  David Jalbert ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Peter Hutchinson ,  Gordon Howes ,  Wenxiu Gao ,  David Wu ,  David W. Poirier ,  Daniel R. Der Marderosian

IPC: A47L9/06 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L7/00

CPC classification number: A47L9/0613 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0488 ,  A47L7/0066 ,  A47L2201/00

Abstract: A robotic cleaner includes a housing, a suction conduit with an opening, and a leading roller mounted in front of a brush roll. An inter-roller air passageway may be defined between the leading roller and the brush roll wherein the lower portion of the leading roller is exposed to a flow path to the suction conduit and an upper portion of the leading roller is outside of the flow path. Optionally, a combing unit includes a plurality of combing protrusions extending into the leading roller and having leading edges not aligned with a center of the leading roller. Optionally, a sealing strip is located along a rear side of the opening and along a portion of left and right sides of the opening. The underside may define side edge vacuum passageways extending from the sides of the housing partially between the leading roller and the sealing strip towards the opening.

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.

公开(公告)号：US11408430B2

公开(公告)日：2022-08-09

申请号：US16137162

申请日：2018-09-20

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLC

Inventor： Andre D. Brown ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Peter Hutchinson ,  Gary Palladino ,  Alden Kelsey ,  Daniel J. Innes ,  Zach Hellman ,  Josh Anthony ,  Sunil Moda ,  Lloyd Olson ,  Ramiro Henriquez Porras ,  Da Deng

IPC: F04D25/08 ,  F04D29/40 ,  F04D27/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/20 ,  B01D46/00 ,  A47L9/28 ,  F04D29/70 ,  A61L9/12 ,  F24F11/79 ,  A47L9/10 ,  A47L9/12

Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure a modular air treatment system is disclosed. The modular air treatment system includes a fan apparatus having a base to removably couple to at least one of an air filter and/or a humidifier, wherein the fan apparatus includes a fan body with at least one convex surface and a nozzle to output air along the at least one convex surface.

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：US10966584B2

公开(公告)日：2021-04-06

申请号：US15750653

申请日：2016-08-05

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Jason B. Thorne

IPC: A47L9/16 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/04 ,  B01D45/16 ,  B01D50/00 ,  B04C5/28 ,  B04C9/00

Abstract: A surface cleaning apparatus provides a lower profile surface cleaning head by moving at least the suction motor out of the surface cleaning head. The suction motor may be located in an upper portion (e.g., in a wand) pivotably coupled to the surface cleaning head and fluidly connected to a cyclone assembly located in the surface cleaning head. The cyclone assembly may include first and second opposing cyclones with smaller diameters (e.g., as compared to a single cyclone used in existing “all in the head” vacuums) to provide a lower profile with substantially the same or better performance.

公开(公告)号：US10898042B2

公开(公告)日：2021-01-26

申请号：US15998594

申请日：2018-08-16

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Jason B. Thorne ,  Daniel R. Der Marderosian ,  Charles Brunner ,  Dan Gutierrez ,  Isaku Douglas Kamada ,  Rain Gu ,  Ming Yao ,  Heliang Chen ,  Frederick K. Hopke

IPC: A47L9/04

Abstract: A robotic cleaning apparatus can include a body and at least one antenna extending from a periphery of the body. The at least one antenna can be configured to rotate about an axis that extends substantially parallel to a surface to be cleaned.

公开(公告)号：US20190085852A1

公开(公告)日：2019-03-21

申请号：US16137162

申请日：2018-09-20

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLC

Inventor： Andre D. Brown ,  Jason B. Thorne ,  Peter Hutchinson ,  Gary Palladino ,  Alden Kelsey ,  Daniel J. Innes ,  Zach Hellman ,  Josh Anthony ,  Sunil Moda ,  Lloyd Olson ,  Ramiro Henriquez Porras ,  Da Deng

IPC: F04D25/08 ,  F04D29/70 ,  F04D29/40 ,  F04D27/00 ,  G05D1/00 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/20 ,  B01D46/00 ,  A47L9/28

Abstract: In accordance with the present disclosure a modular air treatment system is disclosed. The modular air treatment system includes a fan apparatus having a base to removably couple to at least one of an air filter and/or a humidifier, wherein the fan apparatus includes a fan body with at least one convex surface and a nozzle to output air along the at least one convex surface.

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.