Pool cleaning robot with a battery

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11725409-B2
Application number	US-202117304939-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2021
Priority date	Sep 13, 2016
Publication date	Aug 15, 2023
Grant date	Aug 15, 2023

Abstract

A pool cleaning robot that may include a housing, a propulsion mechanism configured to propel the pool cleaning robot along an interior surface of a pool; brushes to clean surfaces of the pool during a cleaning cycle, a filtering system, a suction mechanism to draw liquid from the pool through an inlet into the housing and to discharge it from an outlet; and a detachable module that is detachably coupled to the housing, wherein at least one of the following is true—(a) the detachable module is a battery, (b) the detachable module comprises inductive electrical transfer connections, and (c) the detachable module comprises inductive data transfer connections.

First claim

We claim:

1. A pool cleaning robot comprising:
a housing,
a propulsion mechanism configured to propel the pool cleaning robot along an interior surface of a pool; brushes to clean surfaces of the pool during a cleaning cycle,
a filtering system,
a suction mechanism to draw liquid from the pool through an inlet into the housing and to discharge the liquid from an outlet; and
a detachable module that is detachably coupled to the housing, wherein at least one of the following is true— (a) the detachable module is a battery, (b) the detachable module comprises inductive electrical transfer connections, and (c) the detachable module comprises inductive data transfer connections.

2. The pool cleaning robot according to claim 1 wherein the detachable module is a detachable battery that is detachably coupled to the housing by a locking and unlocking mechanism.

3. The pool cleaning robot according to claim 1 , wherein the detachable module is a detachable battery that is detachably coupled to the housing in a magnetic manner.

4. The pool cleaning robot according to claim 1 , wherein the detachable module is a detachable battery that is detachably coupled to the housing in an electrostatic manner.

5. The pool cleaning robot according to claim 1 wherein the poll cleaning robot is configured to monitor a state of the detachable battery.

6. The pool cleaning robot according to claim 1 wherein the detachable module is a detachable rechargeable battery.

7. The pool cleaning robot according to claim 1 wherein the detachable module is a detachable battery.

8. The pool cleaning robot according to claim 1 wherein the detachable module comprises the inductive electrical transfer connections and the inductive data transfer connections.

9. A method for operating a pool cleaning robot, the method comprises:
cleaning a pool by a pool cleaning robot, the pool cleaning robot comprises a housing, a propulsion mechanism configured to propel the pool cleaning robot along an interior surface of a pool; brushes to clean surfaces of the pool during a cleaning cycle, a filtering system, a suction mechanism to draw liquid from the pool through an inlet into the housing and to discharge the liquid from an outlet, and a detachable module that is detachably coupled to the housing,
wherein at least one of the following is true— (a) the detachable module is a battery, (b) the detachable module comprises inductive electrical transfer connections, and (c) the detachable module comprises inductive data transfer connections.

10. The method according to claim 9 comprising receiving the detachable module from another pool cleaning robot.

11. The method according to claim 9 comprising providing the detachable module to another pool cleaning robot.

12. The method according to claim 9 wherein the detachable module is a detachable battery and wherein the method comprises monitoring a state of the detachable battery.

13. The method according to claim 9 wherein the detachable module is a detachable rechargeable battery.

14. The method according to claim 9 comprising participating in an allocation of cleaning tasks between the pool cleaning robot and one or more other pool cleaning robots of a set of pool cleaning robots.

15. The method according to claim 14 wherein the detachable module is a detachable battery and wherein the allocation of the cleaning tasks between the pool cleaning robot and one or more other pool cleaning robots is responsive to fullness of detachable batteries that are detachably coupled to pool cleaning robots of the set.

Assignees

• Maytronics Ltd
• Maytronic Ltd

Inventors

• Witelson Shay

Classifications

• G05D1/0295

  by at least one leading vehicle of the fleet · CPC title

• G05D1/0219

  ensuring the processing of the whole working surface · CPC title

• G05D1/0027

  involving a plurality of vehicles, e.g. fleet or convoy travelling (fleet control of land vehicles from a control room G05D1/0297; traffic control systems for road vehicles G08G1/00; for marine craft G08G3/00; for aircraft G08G5/00) · CPC title

• G05D1/10

  Simultaneous control of position or course in three dimensions (G05D1/12 takes precedence) · CPC title

• E04H4/1654 Primary

  Self-propelled cleaners · CPC title