Patents by Inventor Timothy R. Ohm

Timothy R. Ohm 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: 12194508
    Abstract: A cleaning station for a mobile robot includes a fluid vessel and a roller arranged in the fluid vessel. The fluid vessel is shaped to hold a cleaning fluid that at least partially submerges the roller. The cleaning station includes a control system configured to, when the mobile robot is docked at the cleaning station, cause rotation of the roller to direct cleaning fluid from the fluid vessel to a cleaning pad of the mobile robot in order to release debris from the cleaning pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Brian W. Doughty, Leo Torrente, Timothy R. Ohm, Winston Heinrichs
  • Publication number: 20240423429
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a drive wheel, and a wheel stop. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The wheel stop can be movable with respect to the body and the drive wheel between a stop position and a release position. The wheel stop can be engageable with the drive wheel in the stop position to limit vertical travel of the drive wheel with respect to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy R. Ohm, Erik Edward Steltz, Russell Walter Morin, Fangzheng Guo
  • Publication number: 20240407618
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a drive system, a mopping pad assembly, and a scrubbing system. The drive system can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about a floor surface of an environment. The mopping pad assembly can be connected to the body and can be configured to hold a mopping pad that is engageable with the floor surface. The scrubbing system can be connected to the body in front of the mopping pad assembly, The scrubbing system can be operable to engage and scrub the floor surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Eric J. Burbank, Timothy R. Ohm, Daniel E.C. Grande, Stephen A. Hickey, Jiaqian Wu
  • Publication number: 20240374095
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a drive wheel, and a plurality of skids. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be engageable with a floor surface of an environment. The drive wheel can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The skids can be separate skids that can be connected to the body and can be engageable with the floor surface to support, together with the drive wheel, the mobile cleaning robot with respect to the floor surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy R. Ohm, Erik Amaral, Andrew Deschenes
  • Publication number: 20240358209
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot an include a body, a drive wheel, a wheel stop, and an actuator system. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The wheel stop can be movable with respect to the body. The actuator system can be operable to move the wheel stop to engage the drive wheel to extend the drive wheel from the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventor: Timothy R. Ohm
  • Patent number: 12082764
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a drive wheel, and a wheel stop. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The wheel stop can be movable with respect to the body and the drive wheel between a stop position and a release position. The wheel stop can be engageable with the drive wheel in the stop position to limit vertical travel of the drive wheel with respect to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy R. Ohm, Erik Edward Steltz, Russell Walter Morin, Fangzheng Guo
  • Patent number: 12075963
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a drive wheel, and a plurality of skids. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be engageable with a floor surface of an environment. The drive wheel can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The skids can be separate skids that can be connected to the body and can be engageable with the floor surface to support, together with the drive wheel, the mobile cleaning robot with respect to the floor surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy R. Ohm, Erik Amaral, Andrew Deschenes
  • Publication number: 20240260807
    Abstract: A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a base, a housing, and a pad cleaning system. The base can be configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot. The housing can be connected to the base. The pad cleaning system can be connected to the housing and can include a reservoir configured to retain liquid therein. The pad cleaning system can also include an agitator located at least partially within the reservoir. The agitator can be engageable with a cleaning pad of the mobile cleaning robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy R. Ohm, Travis Gschrey, Douglas Dell'Accio, Winston Heinrichs, Eleanor Foltan, Eric Wallace
  • Publication number: 20240260800
    Abstract: A cleaning roller mountable to a cleaning robot is featured. The cleaning roller includes an elongate member extending along a longitudinal axis of the cleaning roller, and a vane extending outward from the elongate member. The vane includes a first vane portion attached to the elongate member, and a second vane portion attached to the first vane portion. The first vane portion extends from the elongate member at a location intersecting a radial axis of the cleaning roller. The first vane portion extends along a first axis angled relative to the radial axis and away from the radial axis in a tangential direction. The second vane portion extends along a second axis angled relative to the first axis. A first angle between the first axis and the radial axis is greater than a second angle between the second axis and the radial axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Eric Burbank, Timothy R. Ohm, Erik Amaral
  • Publication number: 20240099529
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body and a cleaning assembly. The body can include a suction duct. The cleaning assembly can be operable to ingest debris from a surface of an environment. The cleaning assembly can include a dustpan engageable with the surface to direct debris toward the suction duct. The dust pan can be movable with respect to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Erik Amaral, Timothy R. Ohm, Andrew Deschenes
  • Publication number: 20240065498
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body movable within an environment and a debris bin located at least partially within the body. The robot can include a cleaning assembly connected to the body, where the cleaning assembly includes a first debris port connected to the debris bin and a second debris port connected to the debris bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Timothy R. Ohm, Erik Amaral
  • Publication number: 20240033781
    Abstract: A cleaning station for a mobile robot includes a fluid vessel and a roller arranged in the fluid vessel. The fluid vessel is shaped to hold a cleaning fluid that at least partially submerges the roller. The cleaning station includes a control system configured to, when the mobile robot is docked at the cleaning station, cause rotation of the roller to direct cleaning fluid from the fluid vessel to a cleaning pad of the mobile robot in order to release debris from the cleaning pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Brian W. Doughty, Leo Torrente, Timothy R. Ohm, Winston Heinrichs
  • Patent number: 11871888
    Abstract: A cleaning roller mountable to a cleaning robot is featured. The cleaning roller includes an elongate member extending along a longitudinal axis of the cleaning roller, and a vane extending outward from the elongate member. The vane includes a first vane portion attached to the elongate member, and a second vane portion attached to the first vane portion. The first vane portion extends from the elongate member at a location intersecting a radial axis of the cleaning roller. The first vane portion extends along a first axis angled relative to the radial axis and away from the radial axis in a tangential direction. The second vane portion extends along a second axis angled relative to the first axis. A first angle between the first axis and the radial axis is greater than a second angle between the second axis and the radial axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Eric Burbank, Timothy R. Ohm, Erik Amaral
  • Patent number: 11857139
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a drive wheel, and a wheel stop. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The wheel stop can be movable with respect to the body and the drive wheel between a stop position and a release position. The wheel stop can be engageable with the drive wheel in the stop position to limit vertical travel of the drive wheel with respect to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy R. Ohm, Erik Edward Steltz, Russell Walter Morin, Fangzheng Guo
  • Patent number: 11832780
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body and a cleaning assembly. The body can include a suction duct. The cleaning assembly can be operable to ingest debris from a surface of an environment. The cleaning assembly can include a dustpan engageable with the surface to direct debris toward the suction duct. The dust pan can be movable with respect to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Erik Amaral, Timothy R. Ohm, Andrew Deschenes
  • Publication number: 20230346181
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can be movable within an environment. The mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a cleaning head, a biasing element, and a linkage. The cleaning head can be operable to extract debris from a floor surface and can be configured to move vertically relative to the body between an extended position and a retracted position. The biasing element can be connected to the body and can be movable with the cleaning head. The linkage can be connected to the cleaning head and the biasing element. The linkage can be rotatably connected to the body to, together with the biasing element, bias the cleaning head toward the retracted position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy R. Ohm, David O. Swett, Fangzheng Guo
  • Publication number: 20230346182
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a drive wheel, and a wheel stop. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The wheel stop can be movable with respect to the body and the drive wheel between a stop position and a release position. The wheel stop can be engageable with the drive wheel in the stop position to limit vertical travel of the drive wheel with respect to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy R. Ohm, Erik Edward Steltz, Russell Walter Morin, Fangzheng Guo
  • Publication number: 20230270299
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can be movable within an environment, the mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a drive wheel arm, a drive wheel, a cam, and a cam follower. The drive wheel arm can be connected to the body and can be movable with respect to the body between an extended position and a retracted position. The drive wheel can be connected to the drive wheel arm and can be movable therewith. The drive wheel can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot. The cam can be connected to the drive wheel arm and can be movable therewith. The cam follower can be connected to the body and can be engaged with the cam to move the drive wheel arm toward the extended position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy R. Ohm, Erik Amaral
  • Patent number: 11641991
    Abstract: A cleaning bin mountable to an autonomous cleaning robot operable to receive debris from a floor surface includes a debris compartment to receive a first portion of debris separated from the airflow and a particulate compartment to receive a second portion of debris separated from the airflow. The cleaning bin also includes a debris separation cone having an inner conduit defining an upper opening and lower opening. The upper opening receives the airflow from the air channel. The inner conduit tapers from the upper opening to the lower opening such that the airflow forms a cyclone within the inner conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Erik Amaral, Timothy R. Ohm, Nicholas Moretto
  • Publication number: 20230031127
    Abstract: A mobile cleaning robot can include a body and a cleaning assembly. The body can include a suction duct. The cleaning assembly can be operable to ingest debris from a surface of an environment. The cleaning assembly can include a dustpan engageable with the surface to direct debris toward the suction duct. The dust pan can be movable with respect to the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Erik Amaral, Timothy R. Ohm, Andrew Deschenes