Patents
US 8623201 B2: Pool cleaning vehicle having improved logic
- Granted
- 2014-01-07
- Filed
- 2009-08-31 application 12551098
- Type
- Utility · 16 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A swimming pool cleaning vehicle including a housing having a body shell, a frame, and an interior with the housing. The housing having an outlet for releasing air from the shell. The shell being removably attached to the frame, and the frame including a base. The vehicle including a filtration system having a pump motor for pumping pool water through a filtration system, the pump creating a suction force, and the suction force being sufficient to allow the vehicle to climb the pool walls. The vehicle being capable of climbing the pool walls and breaking the surface of the water as it climbs the pool walls. The vehicle including logic for first, initiating vehicle movement, second, shutting off the pump motor, and third, re-starting the pump motor.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg140107.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMARTPOOL LLC 12 patents | US company or organization | Lakewood, NJ | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wing-kin Hui | Sha Tin, CN | 45 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| E04H | Buildings or like structures for particular purposes; swimming or splash baths or pools; masts; fencing; tents or canopies, in general | E04H4/1654 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-12-12 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | SMARTPOOL LLC signed 2013-12-03 | BANK LEUMI USA NEW YORK, NY | 32049/542 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2013-05-15 | Name change Change of name | SMARTPOOL, INCORPORATED signed 2012-12-31 | SMARTPOOL LLC LAKEWOOD, NJ | 30424/572 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2012-11-09 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | WORLD POWER GLOBAL LIMITED signed 2012-10-05 | SMARTPOOL, INCORPORATED LAKEWOOD, NJ | 29273/642 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2010-01-26 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | HUI, WING-KIN signed 2010-01-22 | WORLD POWER GLOBAL LIMITED | 23881/717 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.
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