公开(公告)号：US11937766B2

公开(公告)日：2024-03-26

申请号：US17024781

申请日：2020-09-18

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Chad Woodrow ,  David Harting ,  Scott A. Rhodes ,  Sienna Ramos ,  Brandon A. Vasquez ,  Paul D. Butler

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L11/28 ,  A47L11/40

CPC classification number: A47L9/2826 ,  A47L9/009 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/2852 ,  A47L11/28 ,  A47L11/4011 ,  A47L11/4061 ,  A47L11/4066 ,  A47L2201/04 ,  A47L2201/06

Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include a main body, one or more drive wheels coupled to the main body, one or more surface type sensors coupled to the main body, the one or more surface type sensors being configured to receive robotic motor sound reflected from a surface to be cleaned, the robotic motor sound being generated by one or more motors of the robotic cleaner, and a controller configured to determine a surface type based, at least in part, on the reflected robotic motor sound.

公开(公告)号：US11612287B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-28

申请号：US16938386

申请日：2020-07-24

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： David Harting

IPC: A47L9/04

Abstract: A robotic cleaner may include an air inlet, a suction motor, the suction motor being fluidly coupled to the air inlet, and a first primary side brush configured to rotate about a first primary side brush rotation axis. The first primary side brush rotation axis may extend transverse to a surface to be cleaned at a first non-perpendicular angle.

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：US11234572B2

公开(公告)日：2022-02-01

申请号：US16827216

申请日：2020-03-23

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： David Harting ,  Jason B. Thorne

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L11/40

Abstract: A docking station for a robotic vacuum cleaner may include a suction motor, a collection bin, and a filter system fluidly coupled to the suction motor. The suction motor may be configured to suction debris from a dust cup of the robotic vacuum cleaner. The filter system may include a filter medium to collect debris suctioned from the dust cup, a compactor configured to urge a first portion of the filter medium towards a second portion of the filter medium such that a closed bag can be formed, and a conveyor configured to urge the closed bag into the collection bin.

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：US10952578B2

公开(公告)日：2021-03-23

申请号：US16517229

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 ,  Daniel Harris ,  Trevor Hoffman

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 having a support and a suction housing, a docking station suction inlet defined in the suction housing, wherein the docking station suction inlet is configured to fluidly couple to the robotic cleaner, and an alignment protrusion defined in the support. The alignment protrusion may be configured to urge the robotic cleaner towards an orientation in which the robotic cleaner fluidly couples to the docking station suction inlet.

公开(公告)号：US10595696B2

公开(公告)日：2020-03-24

申请号：US16400657

申请日：2019-05-01

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： David Harting ,  Jason B. Thorne

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  A47L11/40

Abstract: A docking station for a robotic vacuum cleaner may include a suction motor, a collection bin, and a filter system fluidly coupled to the suction motor. The suction motor may be configured to suction debris from a dust cup of the robotic vacuum cleaner. The filter system may include a filter medium to collect debris suctioned from the dust cup, a compactor configured to urge a first portion of the filter medium towards a second portion of the filter medium such that a closed bag can be formed, and a conveyor configured to urge the closed bag into the collection bin.