ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,426,751, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS Co. LTD. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Robot cleaner" was invented by Seungil Han (Suwon-si, South Korea), Youngho Ko (Suwon-si, South Korea), Sinae Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Kihwan Kwon (Suwon-si, South Korea), Shin Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jinhee Kim (Suwon-si, South Korea), Jaeyoul Jeong (Suwon-si, South Korea) and Hyunsoo Jung (Suwon-si, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A robot cleaner including: a cleaner body; a motor, configured to be fixed to the cleaner body, and provide a rotational force; a gear unit configured to transmit the rotational force of th...