Patents Assigned to GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 11231187
    Abstract: An outdoor unit for an air conditioner and a housing of the outdoor unit are disclosed. The housing includes a cabinet body, a side-by-side door and a door-latching assembly. The side-by-side door is used to open and close the cabinet body, and includes a first door body and a second door body which are opened side by side. The door-latching assembly includes a cabinet-locking member provided on the cabinet body, a door-locking member provided on the first door body and a latch member provided on the second door body. The latch member is movable with respect to the second door body between a locked position where the latch member cooperates with both the cabinet-locking member and the door-locking member in a locked manner and an unlocked position wherein the latch member is separated from both the cabinet-locking member and the door-locking member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guangpei Chu, Junfei He, Shilin Qiu, Jian Liao, Yang Li, Lang Li
  • Patent number: 11175063
    Abstract: A switching device for a multi-split air conditioner and a multi-split air conditioner having same. The switching device has a base, a drain tank, multiple damping pads, and multiple fixing members. The base has a bottom wall and side walls, the side walls surrounding the bottom wall and extending upward from the edge of the bottom wall. The drain tank is disposed in the base, and the bottom surface of the drain tank is vertically spaced apart from the bottom wall of the base. The multiple damping pads are disposed on the drain tank and arranged at intervals in the circumferential direction of the drain tank. The multiple fixing members are respectively disposed on the damping pads and are connected to the side walls of the base. The multiple fixing members are all spaced apart from the drain tank.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rujiang Zhong, Zibao Zhuang, Wenjie Zhou
  • Patent number: 11168918
    Abstract: The control method and system for the variable-frequency compressor includes: acquiring an operation current and an operation frequency of the variable-frequency compressor; determining that the operation current is greater than or equal to a preset frequency-limited current, and reducing the operation frequency to a preset frequency-limited frequency so as to enable the variable-frequency compressor to enter a frequency-limited mode; detecting an operation current at the moment of the variable-frequency compressor every preset duration; determining that the operation current at the moment meets a preset up-conversion condition, and increasing an operation frequency at the moment of the variable-frequency compressor by a preset up-conversion frequency step size until the variable-frequency compressor retreating from the frequency-limited mode; and determining that the operation current at the moment does not meet the preset up-conversion condition, and controlling the variable-frequency compressor to maintain
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Linxing Ren, Yongfeng Xu, Xihua Ma
  • Patent number: 11168913
    Abstract: Provided are a control method and control device of an air conditioner and an air conditioner. The control method of the air conditioner includes: when a starting capacity of an indoor unit is lower than or equal to a capacity threshold value and a low-voltage protection signal is received, an opening degree of an electronic expansion valve is adjusted. By applying the technical solution provided in embodiments of the present disclosure, when the starting capacity of the indoor unit is low, a shutdown of the air conditioner caused by a false alarm of the low-voltage protection signal due to the fact that an operating load of the air conditioner is low and the opening degree of the electronic expansion valve is low can be avoided, frequent false shutdown caused by the fact that the starting capacity of the indoor unit of the air conditioner is low is avoided, the reliability of the air conditioner can be effectively improved, and the comfort of a user for using the air conditioner is further improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Linxing Ren, Yongfeng Xu, Xihua Ma
  • Patent number: 11098917
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for controlling a fresh air machine. The method for controlling the fresh air machine of an air-conditioner includes: determining whether a fault occurs in a return air temperature sensor of the fresh air machine when the fresh air machine operates normally; closing an internal valve corresponding to the fresh air machine and keeping a fan motor operating, when the fault occurs in the return air temperature sensor; determining whether a fault occurs in an delivery air temperature sensor of the fresh air machine; when the fault does not occur in the delivery air temperature sensor of the fresh air machine, obtaining an delivery air temperature of the fresh air machine and controlling the fresh air machine to operate again by using the obtained delivery air temperature as a new return air temperature. The present disclosure also provides a fresh air machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: GD Midea Heating & Ventilating Equipment Co., Ltd., Midea Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongqiang Wan, Yongfeng Xu, Meibing Xiong, Bo Li, Wentao Shu, Xiaolong Qian, Rufeng Chen
  • Patent number: 11098936
    Abstract: A multi-split air conditioning system and liquid return prevention control method thereof. When the multi-split air conditioning system is in heating operation, the multi-split air conditioning system is switched to a defrosting mode to operate for defrosting if an outdoor unit receives a defrosting instruction. After detecting gas exhaust pressure, gas return pressure and gas exhaust temperature of a compressor in real time, the multi-split air conditioning system sends a defrosting completion signal to a diverter, controls the compressor to reduce frequency and a plurality of electric-control valves to open, and controls any one of the electric-control valves to open and the rest of the electric-control valves to close during reversing of a four-way valve, so as to reduce the amount of a refrigerant returned to a low-pressure gas-liquid separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Changjing Tang
  • Patent number: 11015833
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for determining the size of the fresh air inlet performed by a computing device, and an indoor unit of an air conditioner. The computing device acquires an outputting air volume and a fresh air coefficient of the indoor unit of the air conditioner; calculates a cross-sectional area of the fresh air inlet, according to the outputting air volume and the fresh air coefficient of the indoor unit of the air conditioner; and calculates a diameter of the fresh air inlet, according to the cross-sectional area of the fresh air inlet. The indoor unit of the air conditioner having the fresh air inlet can improve the comfort in the indoor environment and user's experience satisfaction without adversely affecting the heat exchange efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhirong Hong, Shize Li, Yingqiang Mo
  • Patent number: 10782041
    Abstract: It is provided a cold-air-avoidance control method and apparatus of an indoor unit of a multi-split air conditioning system, the multi-split air conditioning system includes an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units, and the cold-air-avoidance control method includes: obtaining a saturation temperature corresponding to a high pressure of the outdoor unit; obtaining an entrance temperature and a return air temperature of a heat exchanger of each heating indoor unit, and controlling an operating status of the heating indoor unit according to the saturation temperature, the entrance temperature and the return air temperature. With the method according to the present disclosure, reliability and accuracy of controlling the heating indoor unit can be improved, such that the effect of the cold-air-avoidance control is improved, and a more comfortable heating process is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Linxing Ren, Yongfeng Xu, Guozhong Yang, Mingren Wang, Meibing Xiong, Xihua Ma
  • Patent number: 10684039
    Abstract: Provided are an air conditioner and a mode switching control method thereof. The air conditioner comprises an outdoor unit and an indoor unit. One end of the outdoor unit is connected to one end of the indoor unit via a throttling element, and the other end of the indoor unit is connected to the other end of the outdoor unit via a liquid storage tank. The mode switching control method comprises the following steps: when the indoor unit switches to a refrigeration mode, acquiring an outlet superheat degree of the liquid storage tank, and determining whether the outlet superheat degree is less than a first preset value; and if the outlet superheat degree is less than the first preset value, controlling to turn down the throttling element until the outlet superheat degree is greater than a second preset value that is greater than the first preset value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD
    Inventor: Yuanyang Li
  • Patent number: 10378658
    Abstract: Provided are a stop valve (100) and an air conditioner having the same. The stop valve (100) includes: a valve seat (1) defining a valve chamber (11) and a fitting chamber (12) in communication with the valve chamber (11), in which the fitting chamber (12) is located at a first end face of the valve chamber (11) and the valve chamber (11) is provided with two ports (112) in communication with the valve chamber (11); a lantern ring (2) fitted in one of the two ports (112); a valve disc (3) including a fitting part (31) and a stopping part (32) disposed to the fitting part (31), in which the fitting part (31) is threadedly fitted with the fitting chamber (12), the stopping part (32) is located in the valve chamber (11); and an elastic sealing member (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfeng Xu, Langshui Huang, Tiegang Zhang, Weihong Luo, Shengsheng Liao
  • Patent number: 10317103
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and a device for adaptively regulating a static pressure of a ducted air conditioner, and a ducted air conditioner. The method includes: dividing the static pressure in an air duct into a preset number of sections; selecting the sections i and i+1, and detecting respectively the gears corresponding to the sections i and i+1, the rotating speeds Ri and Ri+1, and an actual working currents Ii and Ii+1; and judging whether Ii and Ii+1 are within the normal current ranges respectively; and selecting the final section according to the judging result. With the method, the air duct conditioner may automatically select and determine a section according to actual installation environments, and may automatically determine an optimum section in which the ducted air conditioner works.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhao Huang
  • Patent number: 10309675
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a defrosting method for an air conditioner. The method includes: acquiring outdoor temperature and outdoor humidity if the air conditioner enters a defrosting mode; judging whether the outdoor temperature and the outdoor humidity satisfy a predetermined condition; and controlling an outdoor fan to rotate reversely according to tube temperature of an outdoor heat exchanger and a defrosting period, so as to defrost a protecting housing surrounding the outdoor heat exchanger if it is judged that the outdoor temperature and the outdoor humidity satisfy the predetermined condition. The defrosting method may efficiently defrost the protecting housing surrounding the outdoor heat exchanger completely. The present disclosure further provides a defrosting device for an air conditioner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guozhong Yang, Fudang Wei, Yuanyang Li
  • Patent number: 10288328
    Abstract: An outdoor unit (100) for a VRF air conditioning system and a VRF air conditioning system having the same are provided. The outdoor unit (100) comprises: a compressor (10); a reversing assembly (20); an outdoor heat exchanger (30) comprising an header (31), an heat exchange portion (32), a plurality of flow-distribution capillary tubes (33) and a flow distributor (34); an electronic expansion valve (40) connected to the flow distributor (34); an refrigerant flow path (50) and an adjusting valve assembly (60), in which the refrigerant flow path (50) is connected to the electronic expansion valve (40), and the adjusting valve assembly (60) is connected to the refrigerant flow path (50) in series; a reversing valve assembly (70) configured to make the refrigerant flow out of the outdoor unit (100) via the second stop valve (120), and make the refrigerant flow into the outdoor unit (100) via the first stop valve (110).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guozhong Yang, Rui Song
  • Patent number: 10274223
    Abstract: A water receiving in an air conditioner is disclosed. Further, a water-receiving tray structure for an indoor unit of an air conditioner, an indoor unit and an air conditioner. The water-receiving tray structure includes a water-receiving tray, an elevating member and a fixed member; the indoor unit having a casing with a first end defining a return-air inlet and a second end opposite to the first end and defining the air outlet, the water-receiving tray being arranged in a direction from the return-air inlet to the air outlet and being located below a heat exchanger of the indoor unit; the elevating member being arranged at an air outlet end of the indoor unit and supporting an air outlet side of the water-receiving tray; the fixed member being arranged in the indoor unit and being connected to an air outlet side of the indoor unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhirong Hong, Ming Song, Yiyang Mo, Yuzhao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10260780
    Abstract: An enhanced vapor injection air conditioning system is provided and includes: a vapor injection compressor, a direction switching assembly, a first outdoor heat exchanger, a second outdoor heat exchanger including first and second heat-exchange flow passages, and an auxiliary electronic expansion valve assembly. A main electronic expansion valve assembly is connected between a first end of the first heat-exchange flow passage and a second end of the first outdoor heat exchanger. The auxiliary electronic expansion valve assembly has a first end connected with an inlet of the second heat-exchange flow passage, and a second end connected to a second end of the first heat-exchange flow passage or between the main electronic expansion valve assembly and the first heat-exchange flow passage. A ratio DB of a sum of a caliber of the main electronic expansion valve assembly to that of the auxiliary electronic expansion valve assembly has a range of 1?DB?7.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongwei Li, Yongfeng Xu, Guangpeng Zhang, Boqi Liang, Yunpeng Jiang, Qihui Bu, Shilong Dong, Xiaohong Wu
  • Patent number: 10260785
    Abstract: An outdoor unit for a heat recovery VRF air conditioning system and a heat recovery VRF air conditioning system are provided. The outdoor unit comprises: a compressor, having an exhaust port and a gas return port; a reversing assembly, having a first valve port, a second valve port, a third valve port and a fourth valve port; an outdoor heat exchanger, having a first end connected to the first valve port, and a second end connected to the second connector; a plurality of one-way valves, wherein each one-way valve has a circulation end and a stop end, and each one-way valve is opened only in one direction from the circulation end to the stop end; a throttling element; and a gas-liquid separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guozhong Yang, Yueming Li
  • Patent number: 10253992
    Abstract: A multi-split air-conditioner and an outdoor unit system thereof are provided. The outdoor unit system includes: a compressor (1) having a gas outlet (a) and a gas inlet (b); an outdoor heat exchanger (2) having an inlet (c) and an outlet (d); a switching assembly (3) having first to sixth ports, wherein the first port (e) is connected with the gas outlet (a) of the compressor (1), the second port (f) is connected with the gas inlet (b) of the compressor (1), the third port (g) is connected with the inlet (c) of the outdoor heat exchanger (2), the fourth port (h) is connected with the outlet (d) of the outdoor heat exchanger (2), the fifth port (i) is connected with an inlet pipe (4) and the sixth port (j) is connected with an outlet pipe (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui Song, Hehui Zhang, Bin Luo
  • Patent number: 10197320
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for adjusting an operating frequency of an inverter compressor are provided. The method includes following steps: detecting whether an inverter air conditioner is in a heating mode; obtaining a target operating current of the inverter compressor if the inverter air conditioner is in the heating mode; adjusting the operating frequency of the inverter compressor according to the target operating current; obtaining an operating parameter of the inverter compressor and obtaining a maximum operating frequency of the inverter compressor according to the operating parameter; obtaining a current correction according to the maximum operating frequency and correcting the target operating current according to the current correction to update the target operating current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Bin Luo
  • Patent number: 10132417
    Abstract: A six-way directional valve (100) is provided, including: a valve body (1), defining a valve cavity (4) therein, and provided with a first connecting pipe to a sixth connecting pipe (11-16); a valve spool (2), movably disposed in the valve cavity (4), two valve chambers (3) being defined between two moving ends of the valve spool (2) and an inner circumferential wall of the valve cavity (4), so that the valve spool (2) being allowed to be driven to move by a pressure difference between the two valve chambers (3), a first chamber (21) and a second chamber (22) being defined between the valve spool (2) and a same side wall of the valve cavity (4), a third chamber (23) being defined between the valve spool (2) and the inner circumferential wall of the valve cavity (4); and a pilot valve assembly (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Rui Song
  • Patent number: 10126029
    Abstract: A method for controlling an electronic expansion valve of a variable refrigerant flow air conditioning system includes steps as follows: when operating in a primary heating mode, obtaining a degree of superheat of return air of a compressor, and performing a control on an opening degree of the first electronic expansion valve according to the degree of superheat; judging the degree of superheat and the opening degree of each refrigerating indoor machine in the plurality of indoor machines; and if the degree of superheat is greater than a first preset degree of superheat and an opening degree in any refrigerating indoor machine reaches a maximum opening degree, obtaining a target medium pressure value by calculating a refrigerant volume of the refrigerating indoor machine reaching the maximum opening degree, and performing a medium pressure control on the first electronic expansion valve according to the target medium pressure value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignees: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Luo, Kun Yang