Vacuum cleaner

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10182694-B2
Application number	US-201615235287-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 12, 2016
Priority date	Aug 13, 2015
Publication date	Jan 22, 2019
Grant date	Jan 22, 2019

Abstract

A vacuum cleaner may include a cleaner body having a suction motor and a suctioning portion configured to be in communication with the cleaner body and to suction air and dust. One of a battery assembly having a battery or a cord reel assembly having a power cord may be installed in the cleaner body. The vacuum cleaner may also include a controller to control the suction motor by modifying a pulse width modulation (PWM) duty cycle of an inverter providing power to the suction motor based on whether the battery assembly or the cord reel assembly is installed in the cleaner body.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
a cleaner body having a suction motor,
a cleaner head configured to be in communication with the cleaner body and to suction air and dust,
a recess provided in the cleaner body and configured to selectively receive a battery assembly that has a battery, and to selectively receive a cord reel assembly that has a power cord to replace the battery assembly;
a controller configured to control the suction motor based on whether the battery assembly or the cord reel assembly is installed in the recess; and
an inverter configured to supply a voltage received from one of the battery assembly or the cord reel assembly installed in the recess to the suction motor,
wherein the battery assembly and the cord reel assembly output respective direct current (DC) voltages,
wherein the controller varies a pulse width modulation (PWM) duty of the inverter according to the one of the battery assembly or the cord reel assembly installed in the recess, and
wherein the controller outputs a signal having a first PWM duty when the battery assembly is installed in the recess, and outputs a signal having a second PWM duty when the cord reel assembly is installed in the recess.

2. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the DC voltage that is output from the cord reel assembly is greater than the DC voltage that is output from the battery assembly.

3. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 2 , wherein the first PWM duty is greater than the second PWM duty.

4. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein a body terminal is provided in the recess, a battery terminal which connects to the body terminal is provided at the battery assembly, and a cord reel terminal which connects to the body terminal is provided at the cord reel assembly.

5. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 4 , wherein each of the battery assembly and the cord reel assembly outputs DC voltage to the body terminal.

6. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 5 , wherein the cord reel assembly comprises an AC/DC converter for converting an AC voltage into the DC voltage for the cord reel assembly.

7. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 6 , wherein the AC/DC converter is electrically connected to the power cord and the cord reel terminal.

8. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein, when the battery assembly is installed in the recess, the suction motor is operated, and either an operation time of the suction motor passes a predetermined time, or the voltage output from the battery assembly reaches a reference voltage, the controller increases the pulse width modulation (PWM) duty for controlling the inverter.

9. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 1 , wherein the controller determines whether the battery assembly or the cord reel assembly is connected to the recess based on respective magnitudes of the voltage output from the cord reel assembly and the battery assembly.

10. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 9 , wherein a maximum DC voltage output from the cord reel assembly is greater than a maximum DC voltage output from the battery assembly.

11. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
a cleaner body having a suction motor;
a cleaner head configured to be in communication with the cleaner body and to suction air and dust;
a recess provided in the cleaner body and configured to selectively receive a batter assembly that has a battery, and to selectively receive a cord reel assembly that has a power cord to replace the battery assembly;
a controller configure to control the suction motor based on whether the battery assembly or the cord reel assembly is installed in the recess; and
an inverter configured to supply a voltage received from one of the battery assembly or the cord reel assembly installed in the recess to the suction motor,
wherein a body terminal is provided in the recess, a battery terminal which connects to the body terminal is provided at the battery assembly, and a cord reel terminal which connects to the body terminal is provided at the cord reel assembly,
wherein each of the battery assembly and the cord reel assembly outputs DC voltage to the body terminal,
wherein the cord reel assembly comprises an AC/DC converter for converting an AC voltage into the DC voltage for the cord reel assembly, and
wherein the cord reel assembly comprises a base, and a rotating member which is rotatable relative to the base by a rotating shaft and on which the power cord is wound, and the AC/DC converter is disposed at a space formed at a central portion of the rotating member.

12. The vacuum cleaner according to claim 11 , wherein the AC/DC converter comprises a printed circuit board, and the printed circuit board is installed at the base, and has a hole through which the rotating shaft passes.

13. A vacuum cleaner comprising:
a cleaner body having a suction motor;
a cleaner head configured to be in communication with the cleaner body and to suction air and dust;
a recess provided in the cleaner body and configured to selectively receive a battery assembly that has a battery, and to selectively receive a cord reel assembly that has a power cord to replace the battery assembly;
a controller configured to control the suction motor based on whether the battery assembly or the cord reel assembly is installed in the recess; and
an inverter configured to supply a voltage received from one of the battery assembly or the cord reel assembly installed in the recess to the suction motor,
wherein a body terminal is provided in the recess, a battery terminal which connects to the body terminal is provided at the battery assembly, and a cord reel terminal which connects to the body terminal is provided at the cord reel assembly,
wherein a plurality of distribution resistors are connected to both ends of the body terminal, and
wherein the controller determines whether the battery assembly or the cord reel assembly is installed in the recess based on a voltage between the plurality of distribution resistors.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Lee Soongkeun
• Lee Chungill
• Kim Seongwoo

Classifications

• A47L5/36

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