ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,778,367, issued on Nov. 3, was assigned to iRobot Corp. (Bedford, Mass.).
"Mobile cleaning robot with adjustable suspension" was invented by Timothy R. Ohm (Grover Beach, Calif.), Erik Edward Steltz (Melrose, Mass.), Russell Walter Morin (Burlington, Mass.) and Fangzheng Guo (Arlington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a drive wheel, and a wheel stop. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The wheel stop can be movable with respect to the body and the drive wheel between a stop position and a release position. ...