Patents Assigned to Positec Power Tools (Europe) Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12329337
    Abstract: A robot cleaning system, including: a cleaning robot connectable to a mopping module of the cleaning robot, and a base station provided for the cleaning robot to dock, the cleaning robot includes: a main body; a mobile module; and a connection assembly, configured to detachably dispose the mopping module on the body of the robot; the base station includes: a storage module, configured to store at least one mopping module; an operating position, for the cleaning robot to dock to replace the mopping module; and a transfer module, configured to transfer the mopping module between the storage module and the operating position; and the robot cleaning system further includes a control unit. Beneficial effects of the present disclosure are: the cleaning robot is more intelligent, and the corresponding base station is compact in structure and small in occupied area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingjian Xie, Shisong Zhang, Hongbing Wu, Jianqiang Xu, Hongfeng Zhong, Ji Li, Yue Zhen, Biao Wang, Yuanzhong Ran
  • Patent number: 12314049
    Abstract: A self-moving device, moving and working in a working area, includes: a housing; a moving module, mounted to the housing, and configured to drive the housing to move; a main working module, mounted to the housing, and configured to perform a main working task; an auxiliary working module, mounted to the housing, and configured to perform an auxiliary working task; a control module, configured to control the moving module, the main working module, and the auxiliary working module. The self-moving device includes a wireless communication module, configured to receive a control signal generated by user operation. The self-moving device includes an automatic working mode and an auxiliary working mode, in the auxiliary working mode, the control module controls the auxiliary working module at least based on the control signal to work; the control module controls the auxiliary working module based on an interruption of the control signal to stop working.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD
    Inventors: Fengli Zhao, Xiahong Zha, Xiaoqing Zhou
  • Patent number: 12317217
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for establishing a positioning network. The positioning network includes a data processing center and at least one reference station, and one node in the positioning network represents one reference station. The method includes: determining, if a first historical positioning network capable of forming a new positioning network with a newly added node exists in a network list of the data processing center, whether the newly added node forms the new positioning network with the first historical positioning network; and determining, if the network list does not exist in the data processing center, whether the newly added node is capable of forming a new positioning network with nodes in a first node information list. Before network real-time kinematic (RTK) is formed, a user can use a single-baseline RTK positioning service. The network RTK is formed once a networking condition is met.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingming He, Shuanglong Wu, Xinyi Zhang
  • Patent number: 12290907
    Abstract: A driving tool, including a driver assembly and a lifting assembly. The driver assembly includes a drivable driver member and a base arranged on the driver member, where the driver member extends longitudinally in a first axis, and a plurality of engagement holes arranged in the first axis are provided on the driver member. The lifting assembly includes a driving wheel that is driven by a power output portion to rotate and a plurality of fitting portions arranged on a periphery of the driving wheel at intervals, where the plurality of fitting portions can be alternately engaged with the corresponding engagement holes, to drive the driver member to move along the first axis, so as to drive the base to move from a starting position to a driven position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhiwei Wang, Xiangliang Zhang, Hongbing Wu, Shaoshan Ji
  • Patent number: 12282332
    Abstract: An automatic working system that includes a self-moving device and a positioning device. The self-moving device includes a movement module, a task execution module. The positioning device is configured to detect a current position of the self-moving device. The automatic working system includes: a storage unit, configured to store a working area map, and: a map confirmation procedure, which including: providing a drive circuit instruction to move along a working area boundary, and receiving a confirmation signal from a user to complete the map confirmation procedure; and a working procedure including providing a drive circuit instruction to move within a working area defined by the map and execute the working task; and a control module, configured to monitor an output of the positioning device to execute the map confirmation procedure and execute the working procedure after the map confirmation procedure is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Shao, Chang Zhou, Fangshi Liu
  • Patent number: 12265399
    Abstract: An automatic working system, a turning method thereof, and a self-moving device. When the self-moving device reaches a boundary, a control module controls a movement module to turn to leave the boundary. In addition, the control module may control, based on coverage values corresponding to each movement range when the self-moving device reaches the boundary, the movement module to turn to a movement range with a coverage value that meets a preset requirement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Paolo Andriolo, Federico Testolin, Davide Dalfra, Emanuel Conti
  • Patent number: 12233734
    Abstract: An autonomous moving device wireless charging system, including an autonomous moving device and a wireless charging station, the wireless charging station includes a wireless charging transmitting end; the autonomous moving device includes: a wireless charging receiving end, the wireless charging transmitting end wirelessly transmits a charging signal to the wireless charging receiving end to transmit electric energy; a charging battery, electrically connected to the wireless charging receiving end, to receive the electric energy transmitted from the wireless charging receiving end; a wireless charging locating module, the wireless charging locating module determines whether the autonomous moving device is at a charging location; a driving module; and a control module, connected to the wireless charging locating module and driving module, when the wireless charging locating module determines that the autonomous moving device is at the charging location, controlling the driving module, to make the autonomous m
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Fangshi Liu, Gen Sun, Yongming Dong, Chang Zhou, Shiping Jiao, Jiang Du
  • Patent number: 12235649
    Abstract: Embodiments of this specification provide an autonomous robot, a moving path planning method and apparatus therefor, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining terrain distribution information of a target working area; determining, according to the terrain distribution information, whether a slope area exists in the target working area; and determining, if a slope area exists in the target working area, a width value between adjacent path segments according to the terrain distribution information during planning of a moving path in the slope area, to keep a work overlap value between the adjacent path segments within a specified range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingming He
  • Patent number: 12224601
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present invention relate to a battery pack, detachably connected to an external device for charging or discharging. The battery pack includes a control module, and a communication terminal. The communication terminal is connected to the control module and the external device, and the control module detects the signal from the communication terminal to decide the pattern to determine the type of the external device. The battery pack further includes a state indication terminal, which is connected to the control module and the external device, and the control module detects at least one operating parameter of the battery, and generates a state parameter related to the operating parameter according to the operating parameter. The control module sends the state parameter to the outside by using the communication terminal, and the control module sends an abnormality signal to the outside by using both of the communication terminal and the state indication terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Qing Zhang, Qiang Deng
  • Patent number: 12189390
    Abstract: A outdoor robot includes an execution apparatus and an execution motor for driving the execution apparatus to perform a work task. The control method includes: obtaining a load parameter of the execution motor during running of the outdoor robot; calculating a change rate parameter of a load; and when it is determined that the change rate parameter of the load represents that the load increases and the change rate parameter of the load exceeds a preset threshold range, braking running of the execution apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Paolo Andriolo, Federico Testolin, Davide Dalfra, Emanuel Conti
  • Patent number: 12156622
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a base station for a cleaning robot to park in, where the cleaning robot includes a wiping board, and a flexible wiping member replaceably butts the wiping board to form a wiping surface to wipe a working surface on which the cleaning robot walks, where the base station includes: a storage module, configured to store a continuous wiping base material; and a feeding module, configured to drive a free end of the wiping base material to be conveyed to a cutting position, to cause the free end to be cut from the wiping base material to form the wiping member. The present invention has the following beneficial effects: After returning to the base station, the cleaning robot may automatically mount a wiping member without intervention by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yue Zheng, Jianqiang Xu, Shisong Zhang, Hongfeng Zhong, Yimin Sun
  • Patent number: 12153440
    Abstract: A map establishing method includes: generating a working region map and an initial shadow section, the working region map being a map of a boundary, and the initial shadow section being a part of the boundary on which a positioning signal does not meet a quality requirement; generating an initial shadow region according to the initial shadow section; exploring the initial shadow region, and collecting positioning signal quality data and positioning coordinates during exploration; and generating a corrected shadow region according to the positioning signal quality data and the positioning coordinates. A self-moving device includes: a controller; a map generator; and an exploration assembly and a shadow region corrector. An automatic working system is provided with the self-moving device. An actual range of a shadow region is first explored, and then a corrected shadow region is obtained, so that a working region map can be updated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingming He
  • Patent number: 12135562
    Abstract: The embodiments relate to a self-moving device, moving and working in a working area, including: an image detection module, detecting an environment around the self-moving device to generate an environmental image; a first recognition module, recognizing a specific object in the image based on the environmental image to generate a first recognition signal; a first communication module, selectively sending the environmental image and/or the first recognition signal to a server and receiving a second recognition signal corresponding to the environmental image; and a control module, controlling an action of the self-moving device according to the first recognition signal and/or the second recognition signal. Beneficial effects of embodiments are as follows: It is ensured that the self-moving device can obtain an accurate recognition result in time and performs an action accordingly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventor: Mingming He
  • Patent number: 12135561
    Abstract: The invention relates to a self-moving device, including: a housing, a movement module configured to drive the housing to move, a drive module configured to drive the movement module to move, and a control module configured to control the self-moving device. A non-contact obstacle recognition sensor assembly is disposed on the housing. After the obstacle recognition sensor assembly detects that an obstacle exists in a movement direction, the control module controls the self-moving device to continue moving and steer until the obstacle is avoided. The movement direction is a forward driving direction of the self-moving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Davide Dalfra, Emanuel Conti, Federico Testolin, Xiaochu Sheng, Yuanzhong Ran, Yanjun Pang, Jiang Du, Xinghong Li
  • Patent number: 12119685
    Abstract: A control device including a first shell; a battery pack mounting part; a first control unit, which is provided in the first shell and is used for cutting off power transmission from a battery pack to an electric power tool when the battery pack is abnormal; a first user operation unit, which is arranged on the first shell and is operated by a user to control the electric power tool; and a first interface, electrically connected to the first user operation unit. An electric power tool system comprises the control device and the electric power tool. The control device can be adapted to different types of electric power tools, and the control device is not provided with a control portion used for adjusting working parameter of the electric power tool, such that the control device can more flexibly match an upgraded new electric power tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Harry Szommer, Warren Brown, Graham Gerhardt, Xiaoli Pang, Bing Liang, Jun Lu, Zhihan Yang
  • Patent number: 12082524
    Abstract: An autonomous lawn mower, moving and working in a working region, is disclosed, and includes: a housing, including a central axis in the longitudinal direction; a movement module configured to drive the housing to move; a cutting module configured to rotate with a first rotational axis being the center to form a cutting region, and including a cutting element; a cut-to-edge module configured to rotate with a second rotational axis being the center to form a cut-to-edge region, and including a cut-to-edge element, the cut-to-edge element being different from the cutting element; and a control module configured to control the autonomous lawn mower to move and work, where the first rotational axis and the second rotational axis are respectively located on two sides of the central axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co, Ltd.
    Inventors: Fengli Zhao, Xiahong Zha, Xiaoqing Zhou
  • Patent number: 12072384
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for displaying information of a battery pack based on a mobile terminal. The battery pack is used to supply electric energy to an electric tool. The method includes: establishing wireless communication with the battery pack; acquiring status information of the battery pack; and displaying the status information on the mobile terminal according to the acquired status information. In this way, as long as a user carries a mobile terminal that wirelessly communicates with a battery pack, status information of the battery pack can be displayed. The operation manner is simple, convenient, and easy to realize, which improves user experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Don Zhendong Gao, Xiaoyong Chen
  • Patent number: 12064794
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a handheld high-pressure cleaning machine, including: a main machine housing, allowing detachable attachment of a battery pack, where the main machine housing includes a main body portion; a liquid outlet; a first handle; a motor; and a pump, where a battery pack mounting portion includes a first battery pack mounting portion and a second battery pack mounting portion, and the battery pack includes a first battery pack and a second battery pack; and the first battery pack mounting portion and the second battery pack mounting portion are respectively disposed on left and right sides of a middle plane in a manner that a distance W2 between a leftmost edge of the first battery pack mounting portion and a rightmost edge of the second battery pack mounting portion is not greater than a width W1 of the main body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Qiao, Qibin Wang, Haohua Dong
  • Patent number: D1042110
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Roberto Capanna
  • Patent number: D1051058
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Positec Power Tools (Suzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Wang, Wenzhi Zhou