Patent ID: 8296897

Claim:
A central vacuum cleaning unit for a vehicle, comprising: a cylindrical body having a generally spheroidal first end and a generally spheroidal second end; an in-take port on a tip of the second end; a removable dirt cup configured and arranged to attach to the body and having a surface that generally conforms to the spheroidal second end of the body, the dirt cup in fluid communication with the in-take port; a suction fan compartment adjacent to the dirt cup; an alternating current vacuum motor adjacent to the dirt cup the vacuum motor configured and arranged to draw air up through the in-take port and through the dirt cup and force the air out of the inverter exhaust port; a direct current to alternating current inverter contained in the first end of the body and adjacent to the vacuum motor; an inverter exhaust port in the body adjacent to the inverter; an in-take vent on a tip of the first end; and an inverter fan adjacent to the in-take vent and the inverter, the inverter fan configured and arranged to draw air in through the in-take vent, force the air across the inverter and out of the inverter exhaust port.