ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,532,996, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to iRobot Corp. (Bedford, Mass.).
"Mobile cleaning robot with active suspension" was invented by Timothy R. Ohm (Grover Beach, Calif.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile cleaning robot an include a body, a drive wheel, a wheel stop, and an actuator system. The drive wheel can be connected to the body and can be operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment. The wheel stop can be movable with respect to the body. The actuator system can be operable to move the wheel stop to engage the drive wheel to extend the drive wheel from the body."
The patent was filed on April 25, 2023...