US Patent Issued to Techtronic Floor Care Technology on June 2 for "Surface cleaner including pump cooling" (North Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,642,414, issued on June 2, was assigned to Techtronic Floor Care Technology Ltd. (Tortola, British Virgin Islands).

"Surface cleaner including pump cooling" was invented by Michael P. Dawson (Huntersville, N.C.) and Rafael Davila (Kannapolis, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A surface cleaner (10) includes a housing (12) having a first tank guide projection (82) that is received in a first recess of a supply tank (14) when the supply tank is in a supply tank operating position and the first tank guide projection includes a cooling air inlet (85) in fluid communication with a cooling air inlet of a pump housing (72). The housing further...