A47L 9/2857
User input or output elements for control
Official title: {User input or output elements for control, e.g. buttons, switches or displays}
A47L9/2857 (User input or output elements for control) appears on 1,173 US grants and 1,418 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47L- Granted patents
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- Published applications
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- Assignees
- 298
- Inventors
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- Latest grant
- 29 Sep 2026
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| 2024 | 91 | 100 |
| 2025 | 59 | 75 |
| 2026 | 36 | 51 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
Subgroups
Granted patents
Recent patents
- Method and system for controlling cleaning robot29 Sep 2026US 12,745,884 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Vacuum cleaner and method for operating a vacuum cleaner29 Sep 2026US 12,746,582 B2BSH Hausgeräte GmbH
- Motorized suction head with steam dispensing device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,678 B2New Ermes Europe S.p.A.
- Dust collector, vacuum cleaner, and cleaning device22 Sep 2026US 12,740,680 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- Cordless vacuum cleaner adopting overheating protection method15 Sep 2026US 12,733,784 B2Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
- User-prompted cleaning by autonomous vacuum8 Oct 2026US 2026/0305895 A1Matic Robots, Inc. (fka Matician, Inc.)
- Stationary service appliance for a poly functional roaming device8 Oct 2026US 2026/0310224 A1AI Incorporated
- Autonomous Vacuum Sweeping System Having a Brush Roller with Buffer Zone1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294091 A1Matic Robots, Inc.
- Floor cleaner with a low power mode1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294193 A1Techtronic Floor Care Technology Limited
- Pool system with message diagnostics for pool cleaner1 Oct 2026US 2026/0294195 A1Zodiac Pool Care Europe
Most cited
By later US patents
- Air flow-producing device, such as a vacuum cleaner or a blower1,158US 7,712,182 B2Milwaukee Electric Tool Corporation · 2010
- Autonomous robot auto-docking and energy management systems and methods436US 7,332,890 B2iRobot Corporation · 2008
- Autonomous surface cleaning robot for wet and dry cleaning295US 7,761,954 B2iRobot Corporation · 2010
- Robotic vacuum with removable portable vacuum and semi-automated environment mapping281US 7,113,847 B2Royal Appliance Mfg. Co. · 2006
- Robot cleaner, system employing the same and method for re-connecting to external recharging device272US 6,957,712 B2Samsung Gwangju Electronics Co., Ltd. · 2005