US 12,070,179 B2
Cleaner
Bohyun Nam, Seoul (KR); Namhee Kim, Seoul (KR); Jinju Kim, Seoul (KR); Hyeonjeong An, Seoul (KR); Jungbae Hwang, Seoul (KR); Philjae Hwang, Seoul (KR); Mantae Hwang, Seoul (KR); Eunji Sung, Seoul (KR); and Taekgi Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Electronics Inc., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 6, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/106,208.
Application 18/106,208 is a continuation of application No. 16/777,563, filed on Jan. 30, 2020.
Application 16/777,563 is a continuation of application No. 15/475,533, filed on Mar. 31, 2017, granted, now 10,617,269, issued on Apr. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0039814 (KR), filed on Mar. 31, 2016; application No. 10-2016-0059472 (KR), filed on May 16, 2016; application No. 10-2016-0070220 (KR), filed on Jun. 7, 2016; and application No. 10-2016-0108313 (KR), filed on Aug. 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0180984 A1, Jun. 15, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 9/16 (2006.01); A47L 5/22 (2006.01); A47L 5/24 (2006.01); A47L 9/10 (2006.01); A47L 9/12 (2006.01); A47L 9/22 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 9/32 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/1675 (2013.01) [A47L 5/22 (2013.01); A47L 5/24 (2013.01); A47L 9/106 (2013.01); A47L 9/12 (2013.01); A47L 9/16 (2013.01); A47L 9/1625 (2013.01); A47L 9/1633 (2013.01); A47L 9/1641 (2013.01); A47L 9/1683 (2013.01); A47L 9/22 (2013.01); A47L 9/28 (2013.01); A47L 9/2842 (2013.01); A47L 9/2857 (2013.01); A47L 9/2873 (2013.01); A47L 9/2884 (2013.01); A47L 9/32 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A handheld vacuum cleaner, comprising:
a suction inlet configured to suction air into the cleaner;
a first cyclone unit configured to separate dust from air that is suctioned through the suction inlet;
a second cyclone unit configured to separate dust from air that is discharged from the first cyclone unit;
a suction motor disposed above the second cyclone unit and including an impeller, the impeller being configured to rotate to thereby suction air through the suction inlet;
a first filter that surrounds at least a part of the suction motor about an axial direction of the suction motor and that is configured to filter air discharged from the second cyclone unit to the suction motor;
a body accommodating the suction motor and the first filter; and
a filter unit coupled to the body and configured to support the first filter in the body, the filter unit having a second filter configured to filter air being discharged to an outside of the cleaner,
wherein the first filter and the second filter are configured, based on the filter unit being separated from the body along a first direction, to be separated along the first direction to the outside of the cleaner.