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：US11627854B2

公开(公告)日：2023-04-18

申请号：US16659925

申请日：2019-10-22

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Trevor Hoffman ,  Andre D. Brown ,  Andromeda Huffman

IPC: A47L9/28 ,  H02J7/00

Abstract: A docking station for a robotic cleaner may include a housing, at least one charging contact coupled to the housing, and at least three optical emitters disposed within the housing. The at least three optical emitters may include a first optical emitter configured to generate a first optical signal within a first field of emission, a second optical emitter configured to generate a second optical signal within a second field of emission, and a third optical emitter configured to generate a third optical signal within a third field of emission. The third optical emitter may be disposed between the first and second optical emitters. The first, second, and third optical signals may be different from each other. The third optical signal may be configured to guide a robotic cleaner in a direction of the housing.