ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,559,963, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to ZODIAC POOL CARE EUROPE (Belberaud, France).
"Pool cleaning apparatus with optimized control" was invented by Thierry Michelon (Toulouse, France) and Philippe Pichon (Villeneuve de Riviere, France).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a pool cleaning apparatus including: a cleaning unit (100), at least one hydraulic system for circulating a liquid between at least one liquid inlet (103) and at least one liquid outlet (104) and through a filtration device of the cleaning unit (100), a pump suitable for forcing the circulation of water between the liquid inlet (103) and the liqu...