ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,357,143, issued on July 15, was assigned to SHENZHEN FLY RODENT DYNAMICS INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY Co. LTD. (Shenzhen, China).

"Maintenance station and cleaning system" was invented by Wenhai Deng (Shenzhen, China).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A maintenance station for maintaining a cleaning robot includes a housing, a cleaning structure, and a liquid supply assembly. The housing includes a guiding platform configured to guide the cleaning robot to park. The cleaning structure is arranged on the housing and positioned corresponding to the guiding platform. The cleaning structure includes a tank body and a cleaning protrusion. The tank body...