Patents Assigned to Kokido Development Limited
  • Patent number: 11534710
    Abstract: A broom vacuum cleaner for cleaning swimming pools including a main body, pumping means, a suction head and an upstream filter, placed inside the main body and upstream of the pumping means, the suction brush includes a downstream filter placed outside the main body and downstream of the pumping means, and the upstream and downstream filters are coaxial.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Kokido Development Limited
    Inventors: Max Roumagnac, Jean Bruneel
  • Patent number: 11519192
    Abstract: A suction head for submersible use in the water of an artificial pool. The suction head having a body provided with a suction duct and a suction pump placed inside the suction duct. The suction pump includes an electric motor coupled to a propeller. The rotation of the propeller producing suction along the suction duct between a suction mouth and an upper opening of the duct. The suction head further includes a central deflector placed between the motor and the propeller so as to prevent bulky debris from piling up below the propeller and discharging it to the periphery of the suction duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventors: Jean Bruneel, Max Roumagnac
  • Patent number: 10895086
    Abstract: A pool cleaning robot that has a water jet electrohydraulic motorized propulsion/pump unit and a waste-collecting body having a battery for powering the unit, the unit and the battery being contained inside a rotary and sealed turret, external to the body of the robot. The robot advantageously has an automatic direction reversing device having a vane secured to the turret with a first end stop and second end stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2021
    Assignee: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Max Roumagnac
  • Patent number: 10851558
    Abstract: Robot for cleaning swimming pools, including a debris-collection body, a propulsion and suction system able to move the robot in alternation in two substantially opposite directions D1 and D2, and an electrical supply device, the body includes two compartments separated by a partition and each provided with a water inlet. Depending on the direction of movement of the robot, the suction is effected in one compartment and blocked in the other. The suction can be alternated by means of a pivoting suction orifice rotated by a turret.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Jean Bruneel
  • Publication number: 20190301189
    Abstract: A pool cleaning robot that has a water jet electrohydraulic motorized propulsion/pump unit and a waste-collecting body having a battery for powering the unit, the unit and the battery being contained inside a rotary and sealed turret, external to the body of the robot. The robot advantageously has an automatic direction reversing device having a vane secured to the turret with a first end stop and second end stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: MAX ROUMAGNAC
  • Patent number: 10370865
    Abstract: A pool cleaning robot that has a water jet electrohydraulic motorized propulsion/pump unit and a waste-collecting body having a battery for powering said unit, the unit and the battery being contained inside a rotary and sealed turret, external to the body of the robot. The robot advantageously has an automatic direction reversing device having a vane secured to the turret with a first end stop and second end stops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Max Roumagnac
  • Patent number: 10030403
    Abstract: An underwater cleaning apparatus includes a front body having a filter and a rear body removably attachable to the front body. The rear body includes a motor having a shaft, an impeller configured to draw in water through an inlet opening in the front body, and a gap. The impeller is positioned in the gap in the rear body. A lock is configured to secure the rear body to the front body. A battery is configured to supply electrical power to the motor to drive the shaft and a power switch is configured to control the supply of electrical power to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Jean Julien Bruneel
  • Publication number: 20180179772
    Abstract: A pool cleaning robot that has a water jet electrohydraulic motorized propulsion/pump unit and a waste-collecting body having a battery for powering said unit, the unit and the battery being contained inside a rotary and sealed turret, external to the body of the robot. The robot advantageously has an automatic direction reversing device having a vane secured to the turret with a first end stop and second end stops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Applicant: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: MAX ROUMAGNAC
  • Publication number: 20180135327
    Abstract: An underwater cleaning apparatus includes a front body having a filter and a rear body removably attachable to the front body. The rear body includes a motor having a shaft, an impeller configured to draw in water through an inlet opening in the front body, and a gap. The impeller is positioned in the gap in the rear body. A lock is configured to secure the rear body to the front body. A battery is configured to supply electrical power to the motor to drive the shaft and a power switch is configured to control the supply of electrical power to the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Jean Julien BRUNEEL
  • Patent number: 9903133
    Abstract: An underwater cleaning apparatus includes a front body having a filter and a rear body removably attachable to the front body. The rear body includes a motor having a shaft, an impeller configured to draw in water through an inlet opening in the front body, and a gap. The impeller is positioned in the gap in the rear body. A lock is configured to secure the rear body to the front body. A battery is configured to supply electrical power to the motor to drive the shaft and a power switch is configured to control the supply of electrical power to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Jean Julien Bruneel
  • Publication number: 20160326761
    Abstract: An underwater cleaning apparatus includes an inlet opening through which water is received and a body having a first cavity and a second cavity. A filter is positioned in the first cavity, with the filter having a first end positioned adjacent the inlet opening and a first end of the first cavity. A housing having a motor and a battery partially extends into the second cavity. An impeller positioned in the body between the first cavity and the second cavity to draw in water through the inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Jean Julien BRUNEEL
  • Publication number: 20160326763
    Abstract: An underwater cleaning apparatus includes a front body having a filter and a rear body removably attachable to the front body. The rear body includes a motor having a shaft, an impeller configured to draw in water through an inlet opening in the front body, and a gap. The impeller is positioned in the gap in the rear body. A lock is configured to secure the rear body to the front body. A battery is configured to supply electrical power to the motor to drive the shaft and a power switch is configured to control the supply of electrical power to the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Jean Julien BRUNEEL
  • Publication number: 20160238049
    Abstract: Multi-functional connection device attached to the end of a telescopic pole for facilitating connection and disconnection of the pole and a maintenance tool with a handle having a standard V-clip or alternative clip. The connection device has two opposing flexible arms used to push down the pins of the tool handle when disconnecting the tool handle from the pole and has two opposing tapered ramps at the rim capable of pushing down the pins of the tool handle when connecting the tool handle to the pole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: Kokido Development Limited
    Inventor: Jean Julien BRUNEEL
  • Publication number: 20110088725
    Abstract: An automatic device for cleaning a surface immersed in a liquid, includes a body able to move in a substantially linear manner along the immersed surface and a cylindrical sleeve connected to the body including an inlet and an outlet through which the liquid is ejected when the cleaning device is operating. The device further includes: a) a first orifice on one of the lateral faces of the sleeve; and b) elements for selectively covering the first orifice so as: i) to cover the first orifice when the body is moving in a substantially linear manner along the immersed surface; and ii) not to cover the first orifice when the body is immobilized and can no longer move in a substantially linear manner along the immersed surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Jean BRUNEEL
  • Patent number: D583424
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Kokido Development Limited
    Inventor: Jean Julien Bruneel
  • Patent number: D968977
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Kokido Development Limited
    Inventor: Jean Julien Bruneel
  • Patent number: D968978
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Kokido Development Limited
    Inventor: Jean Julien Bruneel
  • Patent number: D968979
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Kokido Development Limited
    Inventor: Jean Julien Bruneel
  • Patent number: D1008580
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Kokido Development Limited
    Inventor: Jean Julien Bruneel
  • Patent number: D1015662
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: KOKIDO DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
    Inventor: Jean Julien Bruneel