ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,762, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE Co. LTD. (Beijing).

"Cleaning device with water pumping device within main water tank" was invented by Erdong Gu (Beijing) and Fengfeng Lu (Beijing).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A water tank assembly includes a main water tank and an auxiliary water tank. A water pumping device in operation pumps and discharges water in a first water storage space of the main water tank into a second water storage space of the auxiliary water tank. A water guiding device in operation outputs water from the second water storage space to a preset position. The water pumping devic...