US Patent Issued to BISSELL on March 4 for "Suction head for an extraction cleaner including a piezoelectric element" (Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,239,269, issued on March 4, was assigned to BISSELL Inc. (Grand Rapids, Mich.).

"Suction head for an extraction cleaner including a piezoelectric element" was invented by Ryan Phillips (Grand Rapids, Mich.), Morgan Tolles (Hastings, Mich.), Todd VanTongeren (Ada, Mich.) and James T. Hotary (Holland, Mich.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A suction head for an extraction cleaner including a base forming a suction chamber and a suction outlet in fluid communication with the suction chamber; and a piezoelectric element coupled to the base, the piezoelectric element comprising a first surface open to the suction chamber, a second surface facin...