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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10463212 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2019

Filed:

May. 19, 2017

Autonomous cleaner

Applicant:

Lg Electronics Inc., Seoul, KR;

Inventors:

Bohyun Nam, Seoul, KR;

Inbo Shim, Seoul, KR;

Jihoon Sung, Seoul, KR;

Sojin Park, Seoul, KR;

Seunghyun Song, Seoul, KR;

Sangkyu Lee, Seoul, KR;

Woochan Jun, Seoul, KR;

Changhwa Sun, Seoul, KR;

Hyungkyu Youk, Seoul, KR;

Sangjo Kim, Seoul, KR;

Assignee:

LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul, KR;

Attorney:

Ked & Associates, LLP

Primary Examiner:

Joseph J Hail

Assistant Examiner:

Timothy Brian Brady

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 5/22 (2006.01); A47L 9/04 (2006.01); A47L 9/12 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/30 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A47L 9/009 (2013.01); A47L 5/22 (2013.01); A47L 9/0477 (2013.01); A47L 9/122 (2013.01); A47L 9/1608 (2013.01); A47L 9/1633 (2013.01); A47L 9/1641 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); A47L 9/1691 (2013.01); A47L 9/2826 (2013.01); A47L 9/2852 (2013.01); A47L 9/2857 (2013.01); A47L 9/2894 (2013.01); A47L 9/30 (2013.01); G05D 1/0011 (2013.01); G05D 1/0088 (2013.01); G05D 1/0227 (2013.01); G05D 1/0248 (2013.01); G05D 1/0274 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); G05D 2201/0215 (2013.01);
Abstract

A robot cleaner comprising: a first housing including a controller and a driving wheel of which driving is controlled by the controller; a second housing provided at one side of the first housing, the second housing having a brush module or mop module mounted thereto; a front bumper provided at a front portion of the second housing, the front bumper configured to be movable to the inside of the second housing when the front bumper is in contact with an obstacle; at least one sensing means provided at the inside of the front bumper to sense a movement of the front bumper to the inside of the second housing; side bumpers respectively provided at left and right side portions of the second housing, the side bumpers each being configured to movable to the inside of the second housing when the side bumper is in contact with an obstacle; and a link member provided at the inside of the side bumper to allow the side bumper and the front bumper to interlock with each other such that, when the side bumper is moved to the inside of the second housing, at least one portion of the front bumper is moved together with the side bumper to the inside of the second housing.

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