Patents by Inventor Yongfei Zhou

Yongfei Zhou 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: 20250160597
    Abstract: An automatic cleaning apparatus, including a first rolling brush including a first brush member, and a second rolling brush arranged substantially in parallel to the first rolling brush and including a second brush member. As the first rolling brush and the second rolling brush rotate, the first brush member and the second brush member rotate to a position where the first brush member and the second brush member approach each other, and a point where the first brush member and the second brush member approach each other moves dynamically in a predetermined direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Ming LIU, Pan CHENG, Xiang LIN, Xing LI, Zhiwei ZHOU, Yongfei ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20250127367
    Abstract: A self-cleaning dust collection holder includes a holder body, where the holder body includes: a water storage chamber provided at a top of the holder body and configured to accommodate a water storage tank; a dust collection chamber provided, side by side with the water storage chamber, at the top of the holder body and configured to accommodate du collection hood, and a wind duct provided along substantially a height direction of bolder body, wherein a dust collection port on a base of the holder body and the dust collection chamber are connected through the wind duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 13, 2022
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Yongfei ZHOU, Chuanlin DUAN, Zhimin YANG, Youcheng LU
  • Publication number: 20250098924
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a self-cleaning dust-collecting base and a dust-collecting system. The self-cleaning dust-collecting base includes a self-cleaning dust-collecting base body, and the self-cleaning dust-collecting base body comprises: a dust-collecting cavity, an opening of which is arranged upwards and forwards at a top end of the self-cleaning dust-collecting base body; and a dust-collecting cover, which is detachably buckled onto the dust-collecting cavity to form a dust-collecting bin for accommodating a rubbish accommodation device, wherein at least a portion of the outer surface of the dust-collecting cover acts as a portion of the exterior surface of the self-cleaning dust-collecting base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Yongfei ZHOU, Zhimin YANG, Chaunlin DUAN
  • Publication number: 20250098925
    Abstract: Disclosed are a self-cleaning dust collection seat and system. The self-cleaning dust collection seat includes a body, a body base is included below the body and includes: a dust collection opening configured to collect dust after being docked with a dust outlet of an automatic cleaning apparatus and extend in a first direction, a base wind duct communicated with the dust collection opening, extending in the first direction to a position substantially at an edge of the body base and then extending in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and the body includes: a dust collection chamber, disposed at a top end of the body with an opening facing upward and forward, and a body wind duct communicated with the base wind duct, disposed at least on a side wall of the body, and communicate the base wind duct with the dust collection chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Yongfei ZHOU, Chuanlin DUAN, Zhimin YANG
  • Publication number: 20250064288
    Abstract: A self-cleaning dust collection seat and a dust collection system are provided, and the self-cleaning dust collection seat includes a bottom plate of the self-cleaning dust collection seat and a body of the self-cleaning dust collection seat, the bottom plate being connected to the body; the bottom plate includes a bottom plate body, a dust collection opening, and a lifting structure, the lifting structure being disposed on the upper surface of the bottom plate, and configured to press a cleaning module located on a bottom surface of an automatic cleaning apparatus, in a process of the automatic cleaning apparatus moving backward to the bottom plate along a first direction, so that the cleaning module moves toward the interior of the automatic cleaning apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Yongfei ZHOU, Zanguang LI, Pan CHENG
  • Publication number: 20250057381
    Abstract: A self-cleaning dust collection base is provided. The self-cleaning dust collection base includes a self-cleaning dust collection base body. The self-cleaning dust collection base body includes: a dust collection chamber arranged at a top end of the self-cleaning dust collection base body; a dust collection hood detachably placed on the dust collection chamber to form a dust collection bin; and a dust bag support arranged in the dust collection bin and configured to install a dust bag. The dust bag support has a hollow cavity inside, and the hollow cavity is used as a part of an air duct of the self-cleaning dust collection base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Yongfei Zhou, Chuanlin Duan, Zhimin Yang
  • Publication number: 20240292986
    Abstract: Disclosed are a dust box, an automatic cleaning apparatus and a dust collection pile. The dust box includes: a dust box body including a bottom wall and sidewalls disposed around edges of the bottom wall, the sidewalls extend from the bottom wall away from the bottom wall, the bottom wall and the sidewalls define an accommodation space, the sidewall is defined with a first through hole, and the first through hole is a pathway for garbage to enter or move out of the accommodation space, a check valve assembly is disposed on the sidewall of the dust box, and the check valve assembly is biased in a closed state, and in response to an external acting force applied to the check valve assembly being greater than a threshold, the check valve assembly is switched from the closed state to an open state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: BEIJING ROBOROCK TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongliang XU, Guang YU, Chuanlin DUAN, Dahong GONG, Yongfei ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20240074636
    Abstract: An automatic cleaning device, comprising: a moving platform configured to automatically move on an operation surface; a cleaning module which is provided on the moving platform and comprises a wet-type cleaning module configured to clean at least a part of the operation surface in a wet-type cleaning mode and a dry-type cleaning module configured to clean at least a part of the operation surface in a dry-type cleaning mode; and a floating lifting/lowering structure connected to the dry-type cleaning module and configured to enable the dry-type cleaning module to passively move up and down relative to the moving platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Xing LI, Yongfei ZHOU, Chuanlin DUAN, Chong ZHOU, Dahong GONG, Hongfeng CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240023699
    Abstract: A cleaning brush for a smart cleaning device, including: a mounting shaft an elastic supporting member, provided with a through hole extending in an axial direction and sleeved onto the mounting shaft through the through hole; and a tubular member, sleeved onto the elastic supporting member and provided with blades integrated with the tubular member, where an adhesive layer is provided between the mounting shaft and the elastic supporting member, as well as between the elastic supporting member and the tubular member respectively, such that the mounting shaft, the elastic supporting member and the tubular member are adhered together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Xing LI, Yongfei ZHOU, Chuanlin DUAN
  • Publication number: 20230277022
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cleaning brush and an intelligent cleaning device. The cleaning brush includes a shaft rod, a cylindrical member and at least one end member. The shaft rod is provided with two first ends which are opposite in an axial direction; the cylindrical member coaxially sleeves the shaft rod and is provided with two second ends which are opposite in an axial direction, and a brush piece is arranged on an outer surface of the cylindrical member; the at least one end member is installed on at least one of the first ends, and the end member is provided with a blocking structure for preventing an entanglement from excessively extending away from the cleaning brush; the end member and the first end are provided with installation structures respectively matching each other; and the second end of the cylindrical member, which corresponds to the end member, covers at least a portion of the end member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Xing LI, Yongfei ZHOU, Chuanlin DUAN
  • Publication number: 20230029165
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of smart home technology and proposes a base station and a cleaning robot system. A base station applicable to clean a cleaning mechanism of a cleaning robot includes a cleaning tank, configured to accommodate at least part of the cleaning mechanism and clean the at least part of the cleaning mechanism, the cleaning tank includes a first end face and a second end face, a direction of a connection line between the first end face and the second end face is substantially parallel to an extension direction of the cleaning mechanism. A cleaning robot system is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Xing LI, Xiang LIN, Chuanlin DUAN, Binxiong LIANG, Yongfei ZHOU, Xiaoliang WANG, Song PENG, Xinyu HAN
  • Publication number: 20220175206
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an autonomous robot, configured to perform a cleaning function and an emptying function.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Applicant: Beijing Roborock Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xing Li, Yongfei Zhou, Chuanlin Duan