IP Library Granted Patent US 12,397,441
Granted Patent B2
US 12,397,441 · App. 18/065,639 · Granted Aug 26, 2025

Underwater cleaning robot

Inventors: Hua Wang (Zhejiang, CN); Zhongchu Feng (Zhejiang, CN); Liye Zhou (Zhejiang, CN)
Assignee: Taizhou Surface Technology Co., Ltd.
B25J11/0085B25J5/007B25J13/081B25J13/085B25J19/0075B25J19/02E04H4/1636E04H4/1654
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Patent No.
US 12,397,441
App. No.
18/065,639
Granted
Aug 26, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cleaning robot for underwater includes a main body including a magnetic speed detection mechanism and a magnetic collision buffer mechanism. The magnetic speed detection mechanism includes two speed detection wheel mechanisms mounted on the main body. The speed detection wheel mechanism includes a wheel bracket, an induction wheel rotationally disposed inside the wheel bracket, a magnet embedded on one side of the induction wheel, and a magnetic force sensor disposed inside the wheel bracket and located on one side of the magnet.

Claims (12)

1. An underwater cleaning robot, comprising a main body including a magnetic speed detection mechanism and a magnetic collision buffer mechanism;

wherein the magnetic speed detection mechanism includes two speed detection wheel mechanisms mounted on the main body; and

wherein each of the speed detection wheel mechanisms include a wheel bracket, an induction wheel rotationally disposed inside the wheel bracket, a magnet embedded on one side of the induction wheel, and a magnetic force sensor at one side of the magnet being disposed in the wheel bracket.

2. The underwater cleaning robot of claim 1 , further comprising an axle inserted through the induction wheel and passing through the wheel bracket.

3. The underwater cleaning robot of claim 1 , wherein a top of the wheel bracket is provided with a through-hole for mounting the magnetic force sensor, a positioning rod is disposed on one side of the through-hole, at least one concave platform is disposed on the main body, and the wheel bracket is mounted inside the concave platform.

4. The underwater cleaning robot of claim 3 , wherein a top of the concave platform is provided with a connection column, and one end of the positioning rod extends inside the connection column and is provided with a tight-fit sleeve.

5. The underwater cleaning robot of claim 1 , further comprising at least one stop block having one end reaching the top of the concave platform, wherein the at least one stop block is disposed on the top of the wheel bracket.

6. The underwater cleaning robot of claim 1 , wherein the magnetic collision buffer mechanism comprises a plurality of collision mechanisms mounted on the main body, each of the collision mechanisms comprising a collision plate, a lower collision lip plate disposed at a bottom of the collision plate, a fixing block disposed on the lower collision lip plate, and two first magnetic members embedded at one side of the fixing block; a plurality of buffer grooves each disposed in the main body and used for mounting the collision plate and the lower collision lip plate; and two second magnetic members disposed in the buffer grooves respectively; wherein like poles of the first magnetic members and the second magnetic members are opposite each other.

7. The underwater cleaning robot of claim 6 , wherein the collision mechanisms respectively correspond to forward and backward directions of the main body.

8. The underwater cleaning robot of claim 6 , further comprising a plurality of limit switches each disposed inside the buffer groove.

9. The underwater cleaning robot of claim 6 , further comprising a plurality of clamping grooves each disposed at an opening of the buffer groove; wherein one side of the collision plate is bent and buckled inside the clamping groove, and at least one protrusion having one end abutted against the collision plate is disposed inside the clamping groove.

10. The underwater cleaning robot of claim 6 , further comprising a plurality of pulleys disposed in each of the buffer grooves; wherein tops of the pulleys extend to the inner part of the fixing block, and the numbers of the fixing blocks and the pulleys located in the same buffer groove are at least two.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 14, 2022
From: WANG, HUA; FENG, ZHONGCHU; ZHOU, LIYE
To: TAIZHOU SURFACE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062093/0652 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230110455A1 · Apr 13, 2023
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