US 11,937,758 B2
Cleaner
Bohyun Nam, Seoul (KR); Namhee Kim, Seoul (KR); Jinju Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyeonjeong An, Seoul (KR); and Jungbae Hwang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG ELECTRONICS INC., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/182,832.
Application 17/182,832 is a continuation of application No. 15/475,460, filed on Mar. 31, 2017, granted, now 11,166,607.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0039814 (KR), filed on Mar. 31, 2016; and application No. 10-2016-0059472 (KR), filed on May 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0177220 A1, Jun. 17, 2021
Int. Cl. A47L 5/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/12 (2006.01); A47L 9/14 (2006.01); A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 5/28 (2013.01) [A47L 9/12 (2013.01); A47L 9/149 (2013.01); A47L 9/1608 (2013.01); A47L 9/1616 (2013.01); A47L 9/2842 (2013.01); A47L 9/2857 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A cleaner comprising:
a suction motor that is configured to generate suction force to thereby suction air;
a motor housing that accommodates the suction motor;
a dust separation unit that includes one or more cyclone units configured to generate cyclonic flow and that is disposed vertically under the suction motor in an orientation of the cleaner in which a center axis of the cyclonic flow is arranged along a vertical direction;
a handle disposed at a rear portion of the cleaner at a position rearward of the suction motor in the orientation of the cleaner in which the center axis of the cyclonic flow is arranged along the vertical direction;
a battery that is configured to supply power to the suction motor, that is disposed under the handle, and that is disposed at a position rearward of the dust separation unit in the orientation of the cleaner in which the center axis of the cyclonic flow is arranged along the vertical direction; and
a filter configured to filter air that has passed through the suction motor and to discharge the filtered air that has passed the filter to an outside,
wherein an upper end of the filter is positioned higher than an upper end of the handle in the orientation of the cleaner in which the center axis of the cyclonic flow is arranged along the vertical direction, and a lower end of the filter is positioned lower than the upper end of the handle.