US 11,725,409 C1 (256th)
Pool cleaning robot with a battery
Shay Witelson, Kibbutz Yizrael (IL)
Filed by Maytronics Ltd., Kibutz Yizrael (IL)
Assigned to MAYTRONICS LTD., Kibutz Yizrael (IL)
Supplemental Examination Request No. 96/050,047, Jun. 25, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 11,725,409, issued Aug. 15, 2023, Appl. No. 17/304,939, Jun. 28, 2021.
Application 96/050,047 is a continuation of application No. 16/747,576, filed on Jan. 21, 2020, granted, now 11,111,687.
Application 16/747,576 is a continuation of application No. 15/702,774, filed on Sep. 13, 2017, granted, now 10,538,932.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/393,816, filed on Sep. 13, 2016.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate from Reexamination Ordered under 35 U.S.C. 257 issued on Jul. 8, 2025.
Int. Cl. E04H 4/16 (2006.01); B25J 3/00 (2006.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); G05D 1/10 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 4/1654 (2013.01) [B25J 3/00 (2013.01); B25J 11/0085 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1-15 are cancelled.
1. A pool cleaning robot comprising:
a housing,
a propulsion mechanism configured to propel the pool cleaning robot along an interior surface of a pool; brushes to clean surfaces of the pool during a cleaning cycle,
a filtering system,
a suction mechanism to draw liquid from the pool through an inlet into the housing and to discharge the liquid from an outlet; and
a detachable module that is detachably coupled to the housing, wherein at least one of the following is true—(a) the detachable module is a battery, (b) the detachable module comprises inductive electrical transfer connections, and (c) the detachable module comprises inductive data transfer connections.