Patents by Inventor Todd Vantongeren

Todd Vantongeren has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240090732
    Abstract: A suction head for an extraction cleaner including a base forming a suction chamber and a suction outlet in fluid communication with the suction chamber; and a piezoelectric element coupled to the base, the piezoelectric element comprising a first surface open to the suction chamber, a second surface facing an external environment away from the suction chamber, a thickness between the first surface and the second surface, and a through-via through the thickness open at both the first surface and the second surface. An extraction cleaner including the suction head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Ryan Phillips, Morgan Tolles, Todd VanTongeren, James T. Hotary
  • Patent number: 11641996
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaner or floor cleaning robot can include an autonomously moveable housing and a drive system for autonomously moving the autonomously moveable housing over a surface to be cleaned based on inputs from a controller. A brush chamber and a debris receptacle can be formed as a unitary assembly removable from the autonomously moveable housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Steve M. Johnson, Todd Vantongeren
  • Publication number: 20220225854
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaner can include a brush chamber, a brushroll rotatably mounted in the brush chamber, a controller adapted to control the operation of the autonomous floor cleaner, and a fluid delivery system with a supply tank and at least one fluid distributor configured to deposit cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Steve M. Johnson, Todd Vantongeren, Jake Andrew Mohan, Adam Brown, Eric Daniel Buehler
  • Patent number: 11317779
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaner can include a brush chamber, a brushroll rotatably mounted in the brush chamber, a controller for controlling the operation of the autonomous floor cleaner; and a fluid delivery system with a supply tank and at least one fluid distributor configured to deposit cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Steve M. Johnson, Todd Vantongeren, Jake Andrew Mohan, Adam Brown, Eric Daniel Buehler
  • Publication number: 20220087497
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaner or floor cleaning robot can include an autonomously moveable housing and a drive system for autonomously moving the autonomously moveable housing over a surface to be cleaned based on inputs from a controller. A brush chamber and a debris receptacle can be formed as a unitary assembly removable from the autonomously moveable housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Steve M. Johnson, Todd Vantongeren
  • Patent number: 11219347
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaner or floor cleaning robot can include an autonomously moveable housing and a drive system for autonomously moving the autonomously moveable housing over a surface to be cleaned based on inputs from a controller. A brush chamber, a debris receptacle, and a supply tank can be formed as a unitary assembly removable from the autonomously moveable housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Steve M. Johnson, Todd Vantongeren
  • Publication number: 20190290089
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaner or floor cleaning robot can include an autonomously moveable housing and a drive system for autonomously moving the autonomously moveable housing over a surface to be cleaned based on inputs from a controller. A brush chamber, a debris receptacle, and a supply tank can be formed as a unitary assembly removable from the autonomously moveable housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Steve M. Johnson, Todd Vantongeren
  • Publication number: 20190191952
    Abstract: An autonomous floor cleaner can include a brush chamber, a brushroll rotatably mounted in the brush chamber, a controller for controlling the operation of the autonomous floor cleaner; and a fluid delivery system with a supply tank and at least one fluid distributor configured to deposit cleaning fluid onto a surface to be cleaned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Steve M. Johnson, Todd Vantongeren, Jake Andrew Mohan, Adam Brown, Eric Daniel Buehler