US Patent Issued to Shanghai Rushen Robotics on June 23 for "Robot cleaner for climbing and cleaning stairs" (California Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,660,972, issued on June 23, was assigned to Shanghai Rushen Robotics Co. Ltd (Shanghai).

"Robot cleaner for climbing and cleaning stairs" was invented by Yun Long (Newark, Calif.), Youdong Wang (Newark, Calif.) and Feng Zhu (Newark, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Embodiments of the disclosure provide a robot cleaner for cleaning a stair. The robot cleaner includes a main body configured to rotate around a first shaft. The robot cleaner further includes at least one leg each configured to rotate around a second shaft. The robot cleaner also includes at least one connector each configured to connect each leg to the main body. Each c...