US 12,082,764 B2
Mobile cleaning robot with adjustable suspension
Timothy R. Ohm, Grover Beach, CA (US); Erik Edward Steltz, Melrose, MA (US); Russell Walter Morin, Burlington, MA (US); and Fangzheng Guo, Arlington, MA (US)
Assigned to iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US)
Filed by iRobot Corporation, Bedford, MA (US)
Filed on Jun. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/216,763.
Application 18/216,763 is a continuation of application No. 17/388,307, filed on Jul. 29, 2021, granted, now 11,857,139.
Prior Publication US 2023/0346182 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A47L 9/06 (2006.01); A47L 7/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/00 (2006.01); A47L 9/28 (2006.01); A47L 11/28 (2006.01); A47L 11/40 (2006.01)
CPC A47L 9/066 (2013.01) [A47L 7/009 (2013.01); A47L 9/009 (2013.01); A47L 9/2847 (2013.01); A47L 9/2852 (2013.01); A47L 11/28 (2013.01); A47L 11/4011 (2013.01); A47L 11/4036 (2013.01); A47L 11/4055 (2013.01); A47L 11/4061 (2013.01); A47L 11/4063 (2013.01); A47L 11/4066 (2013.01); A47L 11/4072 (2013.01); A47L 2201/04 (2013.01); A47L 2201/06 (2013.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mobile cleaning robot comprising:
a body;
a drive wheel connected to the body and operable to move the mobile cleaning robot about an environment; and
a wheel stop linearly translatable with respect to the body and the drive wheel between a stop position and a release position, the wheel stop engageable with the drive wheel in the stop position to limit vertical travel of the drive wheel with respect to the body, the wheel stop located above the drive wheel when the wheel stop is in the stop position.