Patents by Inventor Trevor Hoffman

Trevor Hoffman 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).

  • Docking station for robotic cleaner
    Patent number: 11627854
    Abstract: A docking station for a robotic cleaner may include a housing, at least one charging contact coupled to the housing, and at least three optical emitters disposed within the housing. The at least three optical emitters may include a first optical emitter configured to generate a first optical signal within a first field of emission, a second optical emitter configured to generate a second optical signal within a second field of emission, and a third optical emitter configured to generate a third optical signal within a third field of emission. The third optical emitter may be disposed between the first and second optical emitters. The first, second, and third optical signals may be different from each other. The third optical signal may be configured to guide a robotic cleaner in a direction of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Trevor Hoffman, Andre D. Brown, Andromeda Huffman
  • Robotic cleaner debris removal docking station
    Patent number: 10952578
    Abstract: A docking station for a robotic cleaner may include a base having a support and a suction housing, a docking station suction inlet defined in the suction housing, wherein the docking station suction inlet is configured to fluidly couple to the robotic cleaner, and an alignment protrusion defined in the support. The alignment protrusion may be configured to urge the robotic cleaner towards an orientation in which the robotic cleaner fluidly couples to the docking station suction inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLC
    Inventors: Aaron Gill, David Harting, Hamish Thompson, Christopher Meyer-Rassow, Catriona C. A. Sutter, Isaku D. Kamada, Daniel Harris, Trevor Hoffman
  • ROBOTIC CLEANER
    Publication number: 20200383547
    Abstract: A robotic cleaner for autonomously cleaning a cleaning surface. The cleaner may include an agitation module configured to directly agitate a forward edge of cleaning pad. According to another aspect the cleaning pad may have a rigid strip at a leading edge thereof for slidably engaging a channel in a wet cleaning module to removably couple the cleaning pad to the wet cleaning module. According to another aspect, the cleaner may include wheels having a gapless tread configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Catriona C.A. SUTTER, David HARTING, Margaret MATHIEU, Marian HEMAN-ACKAH, Douglas PETRO, Trevor HOFFMAN, Chad WOODROW
  • DOCKING STATION FOR ROBOTIC CLEANER
    Publication number: 20200121148
    Abstract: A docking station for a robotic cleaner may include a housing, at least one charging contact coupled to the housing, and at least three optical emitters disposed within the housing. The at least three optical emitters may include a first optical emitter configured to generate a first optical signal within a first field of emission, a second optical emitter configured to generate a second optical signal within a second field of emission, and a third optical emitter configured to generate a third optical signal within a third field of emission. The third optical emitter may be disposed between the first and second optical emitters. The first, second, and third optical signals may be different from each other. The third optical signal may be configured to guide a robotic cleaner in a direction of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Trevor HOFFMAN, Andre D. BROWN, Andromeda HUFFMAN
  • ROBOTIC CLEANER DEBRIS REMOVAL DOCKING STATION
    Publication number: 20200022544
    Abstract: A docking station for a robotic cleaner may include a base having a support and a suction housing, a docking station suction inlet defined in the suction housing, wherein the docking station suction inlet is configured to fluidly couple to the robotic cleaner, and an alignment protrusion defined in the support. The alignment protrusion may be configured to urge the robotic cleaner towards an orientation in which the robotic cleaner fluidly couples to the docking station suction inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Aaron GILL, David HARTING, Hamish THOMPSON, Christopher MEYER-RASSOW, Catriona C.A. SUTTER, Isaku D. KAMADA, Daniel HARRIS, Trevor HOFFMAN
  • CD4-independent HIV envelope proteins as vaccines and therapeutics
    Publication number: 20050191621
    Abstract: The invention relates to novel CD4-independent HIV Envelope proteins and uses therefor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: September 1, 2005
    Inventors: James Hoxie, Celia LaBranche, Robert Doms, Trevor Hoffman