ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 8 -- United States Patent no. 12,433,467, issued on Oct. 7, was assigned to iRobot Corp. (Bedford, Mass.).
"Two in one mobile cleaning robot" was invented by Michael G. Sack (Westford, Mass.), Erik Edward Steltz (Melrose, Mass.), Russell Walter Morin (Burlington, Mass.), Victor Puksta (Ayer, Mass.), Timothy R. Ohm (Grover Beach, Calif.), Brian Cleve Benson Jr. (Chelmsford, Mass.), Peter J. Lydon (Peabody, Mass.), Timothy James Haughton (Newton, Mass.) and Fangzheng Guo (Arlington, Mass.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A mobile cleaning robot can include a body, a pad assembly, and a pad drive system. The pad assembly can be connected to the body and can be movable relativ...