公开(公告)号：US11583158B2

公开(公告)日：2023-02-21

申请号：US16529496

申请日：2019-08-01

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Charles Fiebig ,  Isaku D. Kamada ,  William Wang ,  Ming Yao ,  Rain Gu ,  Melinda L. Liggett ,  Kennedy Huang ,  Charles S. Brunner

IPC: A47L11/40

Abstract: A robotic vacuum cleaner may include a housing, a displaceable bumper, an emitter/detector pair, and at least one divider. The displaceable bumper may be moveably coupled to the housing and may be configured to be displaced along at least one axis. The emitter/detector pair may have an emitter and a detector, wherein the emitter is configured to emit light through at least a portion of the displaceable bumper. The at least one divider may be disposed between the emitter and the detector of the emitter/detector pair.

公开(公告)号：US11458771B2

公开(公告)日：2022-10-04

申请号：US16117934

申请日：2018-08-30

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Jason B. Thorne ,  Pu Zhou ,  Ming Yao ,  Gordon Howes

IPC: B60C7/14 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L5/28 ,  B60B9/04

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner can include an upright section, a surface cleaning head coupled to the upright section, and at least one wheel coupled to the surface cleaning head. The at least one wheel can include a hub, a rim, and an absorber. The absorber can extend between the hub and the rim. The absorber can be configured to deform before the rim experiences substantial deformation. A deformation limiter can be provided that is configured to limit the deformation in the absorber.

公开(公告)号：US20220400827A1

公开(公告)日：2022-12-22

申请号：US17378347

申请日：2021-07-16

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating LLC

Inventor： Ming Yao ,  Joshua Thomas Richards ,  Jack Qin ,  Terry Tan

IPC: A45D20/12

Abstract: Systems are provided for a hair dryer. A hair drying system can include a plurality of different types of accessories and a hair dryer having an output end configured to supply air. The output end can include an attachment assembly having a retaining mechanism configured to engage each of the plurality of different types of accessories to retain a selected one of the different types of accessories on the hair dryer, an alignment mechanism configured to align one of the accessories in a predetermined rotational orientation relative to the output end, and an accessory detection assembly configured to move to one of a plurality of predetermined structural configurations based on the type of accessory attached to the hair dryer. The hair dryer can further include a controller configured to control the supply of air through the output end in dependence on the predetermined structural configuration of the accessory detection assembly.

公开(公告)号：US11596286B2

公开(公告)日：2023-03-07

申请号：US16728077

申请日：2019-12-27

Applicant: SharkNinja Operating, LLC

Inventor： Catriona C. A. Sutter ,  Ming Yao ,  William Wang ,  Andre D. Brown

IPC: A47L11/40

Abstract: A wheel assembly for a robotic cleaner may include a frame, a moveable arm pivotally coupled to the frame, a driven wheel rotatably coupled to the moveable arm such that the driven wheel pivots with the moveable arm, and a biasing mechanism configured to urge the driven wheel towards an extended position, the biasing mechanism being coupled to the frame and spaced apart from the moveable arm.

公开(公告)号：US11064853B2

公开(公告)日：2021-07-20

申请号：US16407850

申请日：2019-05-09

Applicant: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC

Inventor： David S. Clare ,  Mingshun Su ,  Ming Yao

IPC: A47L9/00 ,  A47L9/32 ,  A47L5/28

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner may include a surface cleaning head, a wand pivotally coupled to the surface cleaning head, and a rotatable canister mount. The rotatable canister mount may include a support through which at least a portion of the wand extends such that the canister mount rotates relative to the wand in response to the wand pivoting.

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.