EP4085809A4 - Vakuum-ladestation für roboter - Google Patents

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Publication number: EP4085809A4
Authority: EP; European Patent Office
Prior art keywords: robots; charging station; vacuum charging; vacuum; station
Prior art date: 2019-12-30
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.): Granted

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EP20909240.2A

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French (fr)

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EP4085809A1 (de

EP4085809B1 (de

Inventor

Youngbin KIM

Jaewon Jang

Minwoo Lee

Yeongjae LEE

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LG Electronics Inc

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LG Electronics Inc

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2019-12-30

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2020-12-15

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2024-01-24

2020-11-09 Priority claimed from KR1020200148341A external-priority patent/KR20210086457A/ko

2020-12-15 Application filed by LG Electronics Inc filed Critical LG Electronics Inc

2022-11-09 Publication of EP4085809A1 publication Critical patent/EP4085809A1/de

2024-01-24 Publication of EP4085809A4 publication Critical patent/EP4085809A4/de

2025-02-05 Application granted granted Critical

2025-02-05 Publication of EP4085809B1 publication Critical patent/EP4085809B1/de

Status Active legal-status Critical Current

2040-12-15 Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical

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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
- A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
- A47L11/4091—Storing or parking devices, arrangements therefor; Means allowing transport of the machine when it is not being used
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
- A47L11/28—Floor-scrubbing machines, motor-driven
- A47L11/282—Floor-scrubbing machines, motor-driven having rotary tools
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L11/00—Machines for cleaning floors, carpets, furniture, walls, or wall coverings
- A47L11/40—Parts or details of machines not provided for in groups A47L11/02 - A47L11/38, or not restricted to one of these groups, e.g. handles, arrangements of switches, skirts, buffers, levers
- A47L11/4002—Installations of electric equipment
- A47L11/4005—Arrangements of batteries or cells; Electric power supply arrangements
- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L—DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
- A47L2201/00—Robotic cleaning machines, i.e. with automatic control of the travelling movement or the cleaning operation
- A47L2201/02—Docking stations; Docking operations
- A47L2201/022—Recharging of batteries

EP20909240.2A 2019-12-30 2020-12-15 Vakuum-ladestation für roboter Active EP4085809B1 (de)

Applications Claiming Priority (3)

Application Number	Priority Date	Filing Date	Title
US201962954668P	2019-12-30	2019-12-30
KR1020200148341A KR20210086457A (ko)	2019-12-30	2020-11-09	로봇청소기의 충전대
PCT/KR2020/018362 WO2021137477A1 (ko)	2019-12-30	2020-12-15	로봇청소기의 충전대

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Publication Number	Publication Date
EP4085809A1 EP4085809A1 (de)	2022-11-09
EP4085809A4 true EP4085809A4 (de)	2024-01-24
EP4085809B1 EP4085809B1 (de)	2025-02-05

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EP20909240.2A Active EP4085809B1 (de)	2019-12-30	2020-12-15	Vakuum-ladestation für roboter

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WO (1)	WO2021137477A1 (de)

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- 2020-12-15 EP EP20909240.2A patent/EP4085809B1/de active Active
- 2020-12-15 WO PCT/KR2020/018362 patent/WO2021137477A1/ko not_active Ceased

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US20190059680A1 (en) *	2017-08-31	2019-02-28	Irobot Corporation	Wet robot docking station

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