Patents by Inventor Jacob Derk Weijers

Jacob Derk Weijers 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).

  • Patent number: 9532545
    Abstract: An unmanned wheeled vehicle is configured to clean a first floor surface at a first height level, while supported on a second floor surface at a second height level, wherein the first height level is higher than the second height level. The vehicle comprises a main body comprising a support side and a cleaning side, and a support device to support the main body on the second floor surface, wherein the main body comprises at the cleaning side a contact cleaning device configured to clean the first floor surface. A tilting device tilts the main body between a tilted position in which the cleaning side of the main body can be moved over the first floor surface without contact between the contact cleaning device and the first floor surface, and a cleaning position, in which the contact cleaning device is in contact with the first floor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Karel Van Den Berg, Jan Lambertus Pastoor, Jacob Derk Weijers
  • Publication number: 20150245587
    Abstract: The invention relates to an unmanned wheeled vehicle for cleaning the floor of an accommodation of an animal, the vehicle being configured to clean a first floor surface at a first height level, while at least partially being supported on a second floor surface at a second height level, wherein the first height level is higher than the second height level, wherein the vehicle comprises a main body comprising a support side and a cleaning side, and a support device connected to the main body at the support side thereof to at least partially support the main body on the second floor surface, wherein the main body comprises at the cleaning side a contact cleaning device configured to clean the first floor surface by contact with the first floor surface, wherein the vehicle comprises a tilting device to tilt the main body between a tilted position in which the cleaning side of the main body can be moved over the first floor surface without contact between the contact cleaning device and the first floor surface, a
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2013
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Applicant: LELY PATENT N.V.
    Inventors: Karel Van Den Berg, Jan Lambertus Pastoor, Jacob Derk Weijers