Patents by Inventor Travis Gschrey

Travis Gschrey 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).

  • Evacuation dock with fluid management
    Patent number: 11930991
    Abstract: A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a canister and a base configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot thereon, where the base can include a front portion and a back portion opposite the front portion. The base can include a vacuum port extending at least partially through the base. The canister can be connected to the back portion of the base and can be located at least partially above the base. The canister can include a debris bin connected to the vacuum port to receive debris therefrom and a fan compartment connected to a side wall of the debris bin and including a fan system operable to draw debris through the vacuum port and the debris bin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Vincent Andrew Wolff, Brian W. Doughty, Leo Torrente, Travis Gschrey, Jack Zhang, Levi Fox, Rogelio Manfred Neumann, Celerick Stephens, James J. Mahoney, Jr.
  • EVACUATION STATION
    Publication number: 20230030775
    Abstract: A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a base and a canister. The base can be configured to receive at least a portion of the mobile cleaning robot thereon. The base can include an electrical power interface configured to provide electrical power to the mobile cleaning robot. The canister can be connected to the base and can be located at least partially above the base. The canister can include a debris bin to receive debris from the mobile cleaning robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Brian W. Doughty, Leo Torrente, Travis Gschrey, Scott Thomas Burnett, Douglas Dell'Accio, Willy Chung
  • Evacuation Dock With Fluid Management
    Publication number: 20220061612
    Abstract: A docking station for a mobile cleaning robot can include a canister and a base configured to receive the mobile cleaning robot thereon, where the base can include a front portion and a back portion opposite the front portion. The base can include a vacuum port extending at least partially through the base. The canister can be connected to the back portion of the base and can be located at least partially above the base. The canister can include a debris bin connected to the vacuum port to receive debris therefrom and a fan compartment connected to a side wall of the debris bin and including a fan system operable to draw debris through the vacuum port and the debris bin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Vincent Andrew Wolff, Brian W. Doughty, Leo Torrente, Travis Gschrey, Jack Zhang, Levi Fox, Rogelio Manfred Neumann, Celerick Stephens, James J. Mahoney, JR.
  • Mobile robots with intelligent capacitive touch sensing
    Patent number: 10744650
    Abstract: A mobile robot includes a recessed well in a top surface of the mobile robot, at least one capacitive sensor underlying the recessed well and having a first region and a second region, one or more mobility sensors, and a controller coupled to the at least one capacitive sensor and the one or more mobility sensors. The controller is configured to determine an operating status of the mobile robot responsive to output signals from the one or more mobility sensors, and selectively disregard an input at a first portion of the recessed well corresponding to the first region of the at least one capacitive sensor based on the operating status of the mobile robot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: iRobot Corporation
    Inventors: Rogelio Manfred Neumann, Landon Unninayar, Fangzheng Guo, Qingtai Zhai, John P. O'Brien, Benjamin H. Schriesheim, Travis Gschrey, Milan Modh
  • MOBILE ROBOTS WITH INTELLIGENT CAPACITIVE TOUCH SENSING
    Publication number: 20200070355
    Abstract: A mobile robot includes a recessed well in a top surface of the mobile robot, at least one capacitive sensor underlying the recessed well and having a first region and a second region, one or more mobility sensors, and a controller coupled to the at least one capacitive sensor and the one or more mobility sensors. The controller is configured to determine an operating status of the mobile robot responsive to output signals from the one or more mobility sensors, and selectively disregard an input at a first portion of the recessed well corresponding to the first region of the at least one capacitive sensor based on the operating status of the mobile robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Rogelio Manfred Neumann, Landon Unninayar, Fangzheng Guo, Qingtai Zhai, John P. O'Brien, Benjamin H. Schriesheim, Travis Gschrey, Milan Modh