ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,685,415, issued on July 21, was assigned to iRobot Corp. (Bedford, Mass.).
"Mobile cleaning robot suspension" was invented by Timothy R. Ohm (Grover Beach, Calif.) and Erik Amaral (Bolton, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile cleaning robot can be movable within an environment, the mobile cleaning robot can include a body and a drive arm movable with respect to the body between an extended position and a retracted position. The robot can include a drive wheel connected to the drive arm and movable therewith. The drive wheel can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot. The robot can include a first link connected to the bod...