公开(公告)号：US20230210327A1

公开(公告)日：2023-07-06

申请号：US18120814

申请日：2023-03-13

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Kai XU ,  AiMing XU ,  Michael D'AMICO ,  Peter HUTCHINSON

IPC: A47L9/04

CPC classification number: A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/0477

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：US20220338703A1

公开(公告)日：2022-10-27

申请号：US17726666

申请日：2022-04-22

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Fariha AHMED ,  Joshua REDMAN ,  Peter HUTCHINSON ,  Dmitry LAYEVSKY ,  Andrew KEENE ,  Kai XU ,  Ognjen VRDOLJAK ,  Queena Tan ,  Devin FENG ,  Junping Li ,  Ming YAO ,  Tao Wang ,  Hui Zou ,  Yonggang Li ,  David T. BARKER ,  Heliang CHEN ,  Jibing Gu ,  Mingliang Qin ,  Zhengzhou Lu ,  Lei Liu

IPC: A47L11/40 ,  A47L11/16

Abstract: A steam cleaning apparatus may include a wand, a cleaning assembly coupled to the wand, the cleaning assembly including a steam generator, and a cleaning head pivotally coupled to the wand. The cleaning head may include a plurality of cleaning pads, a pad motor having a motor driveshaft, a drivetrain configured to transfer rotational motion of the motor driveshaft to each of the plurality of cleaning pads such that a rotation of the motor driveshaft causes a corresponding rotation in each of the plurality of cleaning pads, and a temperature sensor positioned proximate to the drivetrain, the temperature sensor being configured to measure a temperature of the drivetrain.

公开(公告)号：US20220031131A1

公开(公告)日：2022-02-03

申请号：US17388969

申请日：2021-07-29

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Casey MCCLAY ,  Kevin KELEMEN ,  Peter HUTCHINSON ,  Matt WINDT ,  Steven GACIN ,  Mingshun SU ,  Robert YANG ,  Jesse YANG ,  David T. BARKER ,  Patrick CLEARY ,  Daniel J. INNES

IPC: A47L5/28 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/32

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner may include a body having a handle end and an attachment end, the attachment end being opposite the handle end along a longitudinal axis of the body, a dust cup disposed between the handle end and the attachment end, a suction motor disposed between the handle end and the attachment end, a body latch configured to releasably engage an accessory, and a body toggle configured to cause the body latch to transition between a releasing position and a retaining position, the body toggle being positioned closer to the handle end than the attachment end.

公开(公告)号：US20180338656A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-29

申请号：US15987589

申请日：2018-05-23

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

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：US20180335228A1

公开(公告)日：2018-11-22

申请号：US15986377

申请日：2018-05-22

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Andre D. BROWN ,  Jason B. THORNE ,  Peter HUTCHINSON ,  Gary PALLADINO ,  Alden KELSEY ,  Daniel J. INNES ,  Zach HELLMAN

IPC: F24F13/20 ,  F04D29/40 ,  F24F6/12 ,  F24F13/28 ,  F24F11/00 ,  F24F11/79 ,  A61L9/14

CPC classification number: F24F13/20 ,  A61L9/14 ,  A61L2209/13 ,  A61L2209/14 ,  F04D29/403 ,  F24F6/12 ,  F24F11/0008 ,  F24F11/79 ,  F24F13/28 ,  F24F2120/12 ,  F24F2221/36

Abstract: An air treatment system is disclosed that includes a modular configuration whereby a fan module, filter module, and humidifier module may couple together to provide a plurality of air treatment solutions. In more detail, the modules can stack end-to-end in a vertical configuration. The modules may electrically couple to each other via a common electrical bus and enable a controller disposed in the fan module (or other module) to control fan flow rates, direction, and humidity. The fan module can include an articulating nozzle capable of directing airflow in virtually any direction and angle about an environment. The fan module can further include an inlet arrangement that can selectively restrict external air from entering the fan module housing when the fan module is fluidly coupled to the filter module. Thus, the fan module may generate air flow from exclusively filtered air to minimize or otherwise reduce bacterial/mold growth within the fan module housing.

公开(公告)号：US20240415345A1

公开(公告)日：2024-12-19

申请号：US18815153

申请日：2024-08-26

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Adam UDY ,  Andre David BROWN ,  John FREESE ,  Patrick CLEARY ,  Daniel MEYER ,  Daniel John INNES ,  Jason THORNE ,  Peter HUTCHINSON ,  Gordon HOWES ,  Wenxiu GAO ,  Daniel R. DER MARDEROSIAN ,  Thomas FORD ,  Owen R. JOHNSON

IPC: A47L5/30 ,  A47L5/34 ,  A47L9/04

Abstract: A surface cleaning head includes dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) and a removable cover for covering a top of the agitators and allowing access to the agitators from a top of the surface cleaning head. The dual agitators may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The brush roll may be located in a brush roll chamber and at least partially in an opening to the suction conduit. The leading roller may be positioned adjacent to and in advance of the suction conduit opening such that the leading roller engages debris and moves the debris toward the brush roll and the opening. The leading roller may be removable from the housing and held in place by the removable cover. The cover may be coupled using isolated latching mechanisms.

公开(公告)号：US20230090575A1

公开(公告)日：2023-03-23

申请号：US17699894

申请日：2022-03-21

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 CALVINO ,  Lee COTTRELL ,  Daniel MEYER ,  Daniel John INNES ,  David JALBERT ,  Jason THORNE ,  Peter HUTCHINSON ,  Gordon HOWES ,  Nancy GAO WENXIU ,  David WU ,  David W. POIRER

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

Abstract: A surface cleaning head with dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The leading roller is generally positioned adjacent to and in advance of the opening of the suction conduit. The rotating brush roll may be located in the suction conduit with the leading roller located in front of and spaced from the brush roll, forming an inter-roller air passageway therebetween. The leading roller may provide a softer cleaning element than the brush roll and may also have an outside diameter that is less than the outside diameter of the brush roll. The surface cleaning head may also include debriding protrusions contacting the leading roller and/or a leading bumper that extends in front of the leading roller.

公开(公告)号：US20230025335A1

公开(公告)日：2023-01-26

申请号：US17961067

申请日：2022-10-06

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： Kai XU ,  Peter HUTCHINSON

IPC: A47L7/04 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L9/14 ,  A47L9/12 ,  A47L9/04 ,  A47L7/00 ,  A47L9/28 ,  A46B13/02 ,  A46B13/00 ,  A61L2/26 ,  A61L2/04

Abstract: An allergen reduction device may include a body, a dust cup removably coupled to the body, a plurality of agitators rotatably coupled to the body and disposed within respective agitator cavities defined in the body, a suction motor disposed within the body and configured to cause air to flow along corresponding cleaning airflow paths from the agitator cavities into the dust cup, a hot air outlet fluidly coupled to the suction motor, the suction motor being configured to urge the air through the hot air outlet along a heated exhaust airflow path, and a heater positioned within the heated exhaust airflow path between the suction motor and the hot air outlet, the heater being configured to heat the air that is urged from the hot air outlet.

公开(公告)号：US20220110495A1

公开(公告)日：2022-04-14

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

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：US20170347848A1

公开(公告)日：2017-12-07

申请号：US15685456

申请日：2017-08-24

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 CALVINO ,  Lee COTTRELL ,  Daniel MEYER ,  Daniel John INNES ,  David JALBERT ,  Jason THORNE ,  Peter HUTCHINSON ,  Gordon HOWE ,  Nancy GAO WENXIU ,  David WU ,  David W. POIRIER ,  Daniel R. DER MARDEROSIAN

IPC: A47L5/30 ,  A47L9/04

CPC classification number: A47L5/30 ,  A47L5/34 ,  A47L9/0411 ,  A47L9/0444 ,  A47L9/0461 ,  A47L9/0477 ,  A47L9/0488

Abstract: A surface cleaning head includes dual rotating agitators (e.g., a leading roller and a brush roll) and a removable cover for covering a top of the agitators and allowing access to the agitators from a top of the surface cleaning head. The dual agitators may be used to facilitate capturing of debris in the air flow into a suction conduit on the underside of the surface cleaning head. The brush roll may be located in a brush roll chamber and at least partially in an opening to the suction conduit. The leading roller may be positioned adjacent to and in advance of the suction conduit opening such that the leading roller engages debris and moves the debris toward the brush roll and the opening. The leading roller may be removable from the housing and held in place by the removable cover. The cover may be coupled using isolated latching mechanisms.