ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,251,059, issued on March 18, was assigned to iRobot Corp. (Bedford, Mass.).
"Mobile cleaning robot suspension" was invented by Rogelio Manfred Neumann (Somerville, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile cleaning robot movable within an environment can include a body, a drive arm, a container, a biasing element, and a link. The drive arm can be connected to the body and can be movable with respect to the body. The drive arm can support a drive wheel. The container can be connectable to the body and can be configured to carry a fluid therein. The biasing element can be connected to the drive arm to bias the drive wheel toward a flo...