IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,241,130
Granted Patent B2
US 11,241,130 · App. 16/865,004 · Granted Feb 8, 2022

Cleaner

Inventors: 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); Taekgi Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
A47L9/1691A47L5/24A47L9/106A47L9/1641A47L9/1683A47L9/2884A47L9/322
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Patent No.
US 11,241,130
App. No.
16/865,004
Granted
Feb 8, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cleaner includes: a main body that has an opening; a suction motor that is disposed in the main body and generates suction force; and a filter unit that includes an exhaust filter for filtering air discharged from the suction motor, the filter unit being inserted into the main body through the opening and being separated from the main body, wherein when the filter unit is combined with the main body, a portion of the filter unit protrudes out of the main body, and a portion of the exhaust filter is positioned inside the main body and the other portion of the exhaust filter is positioned outside the main body.

Claims (19)

1. A cleaner comprising:

a main body that defines an opening;

a suction motor that is disposed in the main body and configured to generate suction force to thereby suction air;

a first filter that is configured to filter air that flows into the suction motor; and

a filter unit that includes a second filter, the second filter being configured to filter air discharged from the suction motor, the filter unit being configured to be inserted into and separated from the main body through the opening,

wherein the first filter surrounds at least a portion of the suction motor, and the first filter is exposed to an outside based on the filter unit being separated from the main body.

2. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein, based on the filter unit being coupled to the main body, the second filter surrounds the first filter.

3. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the filter unit further includes a filter frame that is configured to receive the second filter, and

based on the filter unit being coupled to the main body, a portion of the filter frame is inserted into the main body.

4. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the main body further includes a body that is configured to receive both of the first filter and the second filter.

5. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the main body further includes a dust separation unit that is configured to separate dust from the suctioned air using cyclonic flow, and

wherein an axis of the cyclonic flow passes through both of the first filter and the filter unit.

6. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the second filter has a ring shape with a hollow space, and at least a portion of the first filter is received in the hollow space.

7. The cleaner of claim 1 , further comprising a motor housing that surrounds the suction motor, and

wherein the motor housing includes a filter support configured to support the first filter.

8. The cleaner of claim 7 , wherein the first filter surrounds a portion of the motor housing.

9. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the suction motor includes an impeller and a shaft connected to the impeller, and

wherein the first filter surrounds the impeller and the shaft.

10. The cleaner of claim 1 , wherein the first filter is configured to be inserted into and separated from the main body through the opening.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE THE EXECUTION DATE OF THE 8TH INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL: 052720 FRAME: 0495. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE ASSIGNMENT. Recorded Nov 6, 2023
From: NAM, BOHYUN; KIM, NAMHEE; KIM, JINJU; AN, HYEONJEONG; HWANG, JUNGBAE; HWANG, PHILJAE; HWANG, MANTAE; SUNG, EUNJI; LEE, TAEKGI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 065463/0530 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 21, 2020
From: NAM, BOHYUN; KIM, NAMHEE; KIM, JINJU; AN, HYEONJEONG; HWANG, JUNGBAE; HWANG, PHILJAE; HWANG, MANTAE; SUNG, EUNJI; LEE, TAEKGI
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 052720/0495 →
Priority Claims (5)
KR 10-2016-0039814 · Mar 31, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0059472 · May 16, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0070220 · Jun 7, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0108312 · Aug 25, 2016 · national
KR 10-2016-0183826 · Dec 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15475673 · Mar 31, 2017
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