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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 26, 2025
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
Sharkninja Operating Llc, Needham, MA (US);
Fariha Ahmed, Needham, MA (US);
Joshua Redman, Needham, MA (US);
Peter Hutchinson, Needham, MA (US);
Dmitry Layevsky, Needham, MA (US);
Andrew Keene, Needham, MA (US);
Kai Xu, Suzhou, CN;
Ognjen Vrdoljak, Quebec, CA;
Queena Tan, Needham, MA (US);
Devin Feng, Suzhou, CN;
Junping Li, Needham, MA (US);
Ming Yao, Suzhou, CN;
Tao Wang, Needham, MA (US);
Hui Zou, Needham, MA (US);
Yonggang Li, Needham, MA (US);
David T. Barker, Snaith, GB;
Heliang Chen, Suzhou, CN;
Jibing Gu, Needham, MA (US);
Mingliang Qin, Needham, MA (US);
Zhengzhou Lu, Needham, MA (US);
Lei Liu, Needham, MA (US);
SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLC, Needham, MA (US);
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.