Pool cleaning system having a floating unit
AssigneeMaytronics Ltd.
InventorsShay Witelson, Boaz Ben Dov
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Abstract
A pool cleaning robot that may include a housing; a power supply cable interface for interfacing with a power supply cable; wherein at least a part of the power supply cable is external to the housing; a power supply control unit, and a wireless charging interface. The power supply control unit may be configured to control (a) a provision of power from the power supply cable to the wireless charging interface; and (b) a provision of power from the wireless charging interface to one or more power consuming elements of the pool cleaning robot
Claims38
A pool cleaning robot that comprises:
- a housing;
- a power supply cable interface for interfacing with a power supply cable;
- wherein at least a part of the power supply cable is external to the housing;
- a power supply control unit, and
- a wireless charging interface;
- wherein the power supply control unit is configured to control (a) a provision of power from the power supply cable to the wireless charging interface;
- and (b) a provision of power from the wireless charging interface to one or more power consuming elements of the pool cleaning robot.
A method for power control, the method comprises:
- receiving power (a) by a power supply cable interface of a pool cleaning, and (b) from a power supply cable that has at least a part that is external to a housing of the pool cleaning robot;
- and
- controlling, by a power supply control unit of the pool cleaning robot, (a) a provision of power from the power supply cable to a wireless charging interface of the pool cleaning robot;
- and (b) a provision of power from the wireless charging interface to one or more power consuming elements of the pool cleaning robot.
A system that comprises:
- a pool cleaning robot;
- a power supply cable;
- a power supplier;
- wherein the pool cleaning robot comprises a housing, a power supply cable interface for interfacing with the power supply cable;
- a power supply control unit, and a wireless charging interface;
- wherein the power supply control unit is configured to control (a) a provision of power from the power supply cable to the wireless charging interface;
- and (b) a provision of power from the wireless charging interface to one or more power consuming elements of the pool cleaning robot.
A system that comprises:
- a pool cleaning robot;
- at least one power supply cable;
- power suppliers;
- wherein the pool cleaning robot comprises a housing, a rechargeable battery and at least one wireless charging interface;
- wherein the pool cleaning robot is configured to wirelessly receive power from a each power supplier of the power suppliers, via one of the at least one power supply cable and via a wireless charging interface of the at least one wireless charging interface;
- wherein the power suppliers comprise a floating unit and an external power supply unit.
A method for wirelessly providing power to a pool cleaning robot, the method comprises:
- selecting a power supplier out of a floating unit and an external power supply unit, to provide a selected power supplier;
- and
- wirelessly providing the power to the pool cleaning robot from the selected power supplier via one power supply cable of at least one power supply cable.
A system that comprises:
- a pool cleaning robot;
- a floating unit that comprises a solar panel;
- a power supply cable;
- wherein the pool cleaning robot comprises a housing, a detachable rechargeable battery and a wireless charging interface;
- wherein the pool cleaning robot is configured to wirelessly receive power from the floating unit via the power supply cable.
A method for wirelessly providing power to a pool cleaning robot, the method comprises:
- wirelessly receiving power, by a wireless charging interface of the pool cleaning robot, via a power supply cable and from a floating unit that comprises a solar panel;
- wherein the pool cleaning robot comprises detachable rechargeable battery.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.