Patents by Inventor Robert Sasena

Robert Sasena 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: 12357138
    Abstract: A cleaning pad for a mobile cleaning robot can include a backing layer, a cleaning layer, and a card. The backing layer can be user-releasably securable to a pad tray of the mobile cleaning robot. The cleaning layer can be affixed to the backing layer and engageable with a floor surface. The card can be connected to at least one of the backing layer and the cleaning layer and can be engaged with the backing layer. The card can be slidably insertable into a retainer of the pad tray to align the cleaning pad with the pad tray of the mobile cleaning robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2025
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Cleve Benson, Jr., Russell Walter Morin, Robert Sasena
  • Publication number: 20250187190
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can be movable about a flooring surface of an environment and can include a body, a pad tray, a cleaning pad, and a pad drive system. The body can at least partially define a reservoir configured to store liquid therein. The pad tray can be connected to the body and can be movable with respect to the body between a stored position and a deployed position. The valve can be connected to the body and can be movable between a closed position where liquid flow is limited and an open position where liquid flow to the cleaning pad is permitted. The drive system can be movable such that the pad tray or the cleaning pad can engage the valve to move the valve to the open position when the drive system moves the pad tray and the cleaning pad to the deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Jennifer Ann Mauger, Robert Sasena
  • Publication number: 20230397785
    Abstract: A cleaning pad for a mobile cleaning robot can include a backing layer, a cleaning layer, and a card. The backing layer can be user-releasably securable to a pad tray of the mobile cleaning robot. The cleaning layer can be affixed to the backing layer and engageable with a floor surface. The card can be connected to at least one of the backing layer and the cleaning layer and can be engaged with the backing layer. The card can be slidably insertable into a retainer of the pad tray to align the cleaning pad with the pad tray of the mobile cleaning robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Brian Cleve Benson, JR., Russell Walter Morin, Robert Sasena