US Patent Issued to SharkNinja Operating on Oct. 27 for "Surface type detection and surface treatment apparatus using the same" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 27 -- United States Patent no. 12,773,080, issued on Oct. 27, was assigned to SharkNinja Operating LLC (Needham, Mass.).

"Surface type detection and surface treatment apparatus using the same" was invented by Damian Howard (Winchester, Mass.) and John White (Brookline, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface treatment apparatus may include a surface cleaning head having an agitator, an agitator motor configured to cause the agitator to rotate, and a controller. The controller can be configured to determine a surface type corresponding to a surface to be cleaned and to transition the surface treatment apparatus between a first operational mode and a second operatio...