US Patent Issued to Dyson Technology on Oct. 27 for "Robotic vacuum cleaning system" (British Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,079, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to Dyson Technology Ltd. (Malmesbury, Great Britain).

"Robotic vacuum cleaning system" was invented by David Alan Millington (Swindon, Great Britain), David Stuart Cole (Bath, Great Britain) and David Christopher James Newton (Bristol, Great Britain).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A vacuum cleaning system including a robotic unit including a traction arrangement that defines a ground plane, and a docking interface for receiving a handheld vacuum cleaner. The docking interface defines a suction port, an electrical port, and a predefined interface geometry. The docking interface is reconfigurable fro...