US 12,168,885 B2
Pool cleaner with drive motor navigation capabilities
Shay Witelson, Kibbutz Yizrael (IL)
Filed by Maytronics Ltd., Kibutz Yizrael (IL)
Filed on Feb. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/165,910.
Application 18/165,910 is a continuation of application No. 16/837,002, filed on Apr. 1, 2020, granted, now 11,598,112.
Application 16/837,002 is a continuation of application No. 15/586,288, filed on May 4, 2017, granted, now 10,774,556, issued on Sep. 15, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/341,119, filed on May 25, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0295944 A1, Sep. 21, 2023
Int. Cl. E04H 4/16 (2006.01); C02F 1/00 (2023.01); G05D 1/00 (2024.01); G05D 1/02 (2020.01); C02F 103/42 (2006.01)
CPC E04H 4/1654 (2013.01) [C02F 1/001 (2013.01); G05D 1/00 (2013.01); G05D 1/0219 (2013.01); G05D 1/0238 (2013.01); C02F 2103/42 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A pool cleaner for cleaning a pool, the pool cleaner comprising:
a filtering element for filtering fluid;
at least one sensor for sensing an actual yaw of the pool cleaner and an actual orientation of the pool cleaner;
at least one steering element that is configured to move the pool cleaner along a cleaning path, during a cleaning process of multiple submerged segments of multiple sidewalls of the pool; wherein for each submerged segment, the cleaning path mostly includes horizontal cleaning path segments that have a cleaning path segment yaw that is a horizontal yaw; wherein the multiple submerged segments of the multiple sidewalls of the pool comprises a first submerged segment of a first sidewall of the pool and a second submerged segment of a second sidewall of the pool; wherein a movement between the first submerged segment to the second submerged segment is executed without contacting a bottom of the pool; and
a controller that is configured to control the at least one steering element, based on the actual yaw of the pool cleaner.