Patents by Inventor Patryk Donald Akhurst

Patryk Donald Akhurst 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: 20240138641
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a surface cleaning apparatus that includes an illumination system having lighting to illuminate a floor surface or other area being cleaned. The lighting for the illumination system includes a plurality of lights, light sources, and/or lighting zones disposed around a housing of the apparatus. The illumination system can output a condition, status, state, alert or error to a user by emitting visible light and varying an intensity, color, wavelength, temperature, or animation of the light. Methods for operating the illumination system are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2024
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Chung, Mike Luyckx, Chris J. Harmelink, Patryk Donald Akhurst, Isaac Busken-Jovanovich, Christopher L. Hogg, Churu Yun
  • Publication number: 20240081596
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a surface cleaning apparatus that includes an illumination system having lighting to illuminate a floor surface or other area being cleaned. The lighting for the illumination system includes a plurality of lights, light sources, and/or lighting zones disposed around a housing of the apparatus. The illumination system can output a condition, status, state, alert or error to a user by emitting visible light and varying an intensity, color, wavelength, temperature, or animation of the light. Methods for operating the illumination system are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Chung, Mike Luyckx, Chris J. Harmelink, Patryk Donald Akhurst, Isaac Busken-Jovanovich, Christopher L. Hogg, Churu Yun
  • Patent number: 11903555
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a surface cleaning apparatus that includes an illumination system having lighting to illuminate a floor surface or other area being cleaned. The lighting for the illumination system includes a plurality of lights, light sources, and/or lighting zones disposed around a housing of the apparatus. The illumination system can output a condition, status, state, alert or error to a user by emitting visible light and varying an intensity, color, wavelength, temperature, or animation of the light. Methods for operating the illumination system are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: BISSELL Inc.
    Inventors: Sang Hoon Chung, Mike Luyckx, Chris J. Harmelink, Patryk Donald Akhurst, Isaac Busken-Jovanovich, Christopher L Hogg, Churu Yun