Patents by Inventor Dongxian Liu

Dongxian Liu has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 10900704
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a refrigerator having a separate ice-making system, comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged inside the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice-making fan and an ice-making air return duct, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are arranged in parallel, the ice-making evaporator is disposed inside the refrigerating compartment and outside the ice-making chamber, and the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct to form a refrigerating circulation loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Ying Jia, Zengqiang Si, Dongxian Liu, Xuezai Zheng, Fei Lu, Yu Li, Deming Wei
  • Patent number: 10890364
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with an ice maker, at least comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged inside the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air duct, and an ice-making fan, the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air duct to form a refrigerating circulation loop, the ice-making fan is arranged in the ice-making air duct, and the ice-making evaporator is disposed outside the ice-making chamber and located inside the refrigerating compartment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventors: Yu Li, Deming Wei, Ying Jia, Wei Chen, Dongxian Liu, Xuezai Zheng, Wei Ren
  • Patent number: 10859304
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system which comprises a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged in the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice-making fan and an ice-making air return duct, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are located front to back, the ice-making evaporator is disposed in the refrigerating compartment and located outside the ice-making chamber, and the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct to form a refrigerating cycle loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: Ying Jia, Zengqiang Si, Dongxian Liu, Xuezai Zheng, Fei Lu, Yu Li, Deming Wei
  • Publication number: 20200248951
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system which comprises a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged in the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice-making fan and an ice-making air return duct, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are located front to back, the ice-making evaporator is disposed in the refrigerating compartment and located outside the ice-making chamber, and the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct to form a refrigerating cycle loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ying JIA, Zengqiang Si, Dongxian Liu, Xuezai Zheng, Fei Lu, Yu Li, Deming Wei
  • Publication number: 20200182529
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system which comprises a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged in the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice-making fan and an ice-making air return duct, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are located front to back, the ice-making evaporator is disposed in the refrigerating compartment and located outside the ice-making chamber, and the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct to form a refrigerating cycle loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Ying JIA, Zengqiang SI, Dongxian LIU, Xuezai ZHENG, Fei LU, Yu LI, Deming WEI
  • Publication number: 20200182522
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with an ice maker, at least comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged inside the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air duct, and an ice-making fan, the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air duct to form a refrigerating circulation loop, the ice-making fan is arranged in the ice-making air duct, and the ice-making evaporator is disposed outside the ice-making chamber and located inside the refrigerating compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Yu LI, Deming WEI, Ying JIA, Wei CHEN, Dongxian LIU, Xuezai ZHENG, Wei REN
  • Publication number: 20200166260
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with an ice maker, at least comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged inside the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air duct, and an ice-making fan, the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air duct to form a refrigerating circulation loop, the ice-making fan is arranged in the ice-making air duct, and the ice-making evaporator is disposed outside the ice-making chamber and located inside the refrigerating compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Yu LI, Deming Wei, Ying Jia, Wei Chen, Dongxian Liu, Xuezai Zheng, Wei Ren
  • Publication number: 20200166268
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a refrigerator having a separate ice-making system, comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged inside the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice-making fan and an ice-making air return duct, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are arranged in parallel, the ice-making evaporator is disposed inside the refrigerating compartment and outside the ice-making chamber, and the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct to form a refrigerating circulation loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Ying JIA, Zengqiang SI, Dongxian LIU, Xuezai ZHENG, Fei LU, Yu LI, Deming WEI
  • Patent number: 10295245
    Abstract: A refrigeration device, including a cabinet, a door body, a drawer, a first snap assembly, and a second snap assembly. The door body is provided to the cabinet in a drawable manner; the drawer is detachably provided to the door body, the first snap assembly is adapted to limit the door body at a first position where the door body can be fixed to the cabinet, the second snap assembly is adapted to limit the door body at a second position where the door body can be fixed to the cabinet, during the process that the door body is pulled out of the cabinet, the door body passes through the first position and the second position in sequence, when the first snap assembly fails, the drawer is adapted to be taken out of the door body, and when the second snap assembly fails, the door body is adapted to be separated from the cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yao, Dongxian Liu
  • Publication number: 20190049171
    Abstract: A refrigeration device, including a cabinet, a door body, a drawer, a first snap assembly, and a second snap assembly. The door body is provided to the cabinet in a drawable manner; the drawer is detachably provided to the door body, the first snap assembly is adapted to limit the door body at a first position where the door body can be fixed to the cabinet, the second snap assembly is adapted to limit the door body at a second position where the door body can be fixed to the cabinet, during the process that the door body is pulled out of the cabinet, the door body passes through the first position and the second position in sequence, when the first snap assembly fails, the drawer is adapted to be taken out of the door body, and when the second snap assembly fails, the door body is adapted to be separated from the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jun YAO, Dongxian LIU
  • Patent number: 9810470
    Abstract: A manual ice maker and a refrigerator comprising the same are provided. The manual ice maker comprises: an ice making body being a frame formed with an opening, and provided with a first positioning hole in a front wall thereof, a second positioning hole in a rear wall thereof and a first limiting protrusion on an inner surface of the rear wall thereof; an ice making tray provided with a first shaft at a front end thereof and a second shaft at a rear end thereof, the first shaft rotatably supported in and extended out of the first positioning hole, the second shaft rotatably supported in the second positioning hole; and an ice removing assembly. The ice removing assembly comprises: a twisting member provided with a gear; and a press member movable between a first position and a second position in a vertical direction to drive the gear to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lingyun Li, Jun Yao, Dongxian Liu
  • Patent number: 9797649
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber, an ice making device and an ice making water supply device. A variable temperature drawer is disposed in lower part of the refrigerating chamber. The ice making water supply device includes a water tank disposed above the variable temperature drawer, a water pump connected with the water tank, and a water pipe connected with the water tank and the ice making device for introducing the water in the water tank into the ice making device. With the refrigerator according to embodiments, the water quality is ensured and the preservation effect is improved. Because the temperature of the variable temperature drawer is generally in the range of ?3° C. to 8° C., the water in the water tank is not easy to be frozen, and can be supplied to the ice making device continuously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lingyun Li, Gang Li, Dongxian Liu
  • Patent number: 9470446
    Abstract: An ice making tray for an ice maker, an ice maker and a refrigerator comprising the same are provided. The ice maker is disposed on a door of a refrigerator. The ice making tray includes: a tray body provided with a plurality of ice forming chambers being downwardly concave, in which an opening for water flowing is formed between adjacent ice forming chambers; a water storage trough disposed on a front side of the tray body, and being higher than the plurality of ice forming chambers, in which the water storage trough is communicated with the plurality of ice forming chambers via at least one water returning mouth; and an enclosure wall, disposed around an upper end of the tray body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignees: Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd., Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Yao, Lingyun Li, Dongxian Liu
  • Patent number: 9353988
    Abstract: A shelf assembly and a refrigerator including the same. The shelf assembly includes: a shelf plate having first to fourth mounting members, and first to fourth brackets each having a fitting slot, in which the first and second brackets are disposed at a left and right side of the shelf plate respectively. The fitting slot of each of the first and second brackets includes a first sliding groove and a plurality of first receiving grooves. The first and second mounting members are slidable within the first sliding groove of the first and second brackets along the vertical direction so as to selectively fit within one of the plurality of the first receiving grooves. The third and fourth mounting members are fitted within the fitting slot of the third and fourth brackets and a position of the third and fourth mounting members are adjustable along the vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignees: HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongxian Liu, Jun Yao, Wei Ren, Jian Cheng, Lingyun Li
  • Publication number: 20150102718
    Abstract: A shelf assembly and a refrigerator including the same. The shelf assembly includes: a shelf plate having first to fourth mounting members, and first to fourth brackets each having a fitting slot, in which the first and second brackets are disposed at a left and right side of the shelf plate respectively. The fitting slot of each of the first and second brackets includes a first sliding groove and a plurality of first receiving grooves. The first and second mounting members are slidable within the first sliding groove of the first and second brackets along the vertical direction so as to selectively fit within one of the plurality of the first receiving grooves. The third and fourth mounting members are fitted within the fitting slot of the third and fourth brackets and a position of the third and fourth mounting members are adjustable along the vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2011
    Publication date: April 16, 2015
    Applicants: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dongxian Liu, Jun Yao, Wei Ren, Jian Cheng, Lingyun Li
  • Publication number: 20140020422
    Abstract: An ice making tray for an ice maker, an ice maker and a refrigerator comprising the same are provided. The ice maker is disposed on a door of a refrigerator. The ice making tray comprises: a tray body provided with a plurality of ice forming chambers being downwardly concave, in which an opening for water flowing is formed between adjacent ice forming chambers; a water storage trough disposed on a front side of the tray body, and being higher than the plurality of ice forming chambers, in which the water storage trough is communicated with the plurality of ice forming chambers via at least one water returning mouth; and an enclosure wall, disposed around an upper end of the tray body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: January 23, 2014
    Applicants: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yao, Lingyun Li, Dongxian Liu
  • Publication number: 20140013791
    Abstract: A manual ice maker and a refrigerator comprising the same are provided. The manual ice maker comprises: an ice making body being a frame formed with an opening, and provided with a first positioning hole in a front wall thereof, a second positioning hole in a rear wall thereof and a first limiting protrusion on an inner surface of the rear wall thereof; an ice making tray provided with a first shaft at a front end thereof and a second shaft at a rear end thereof, the first shaft rotatably supported in and extended out of the first positioning hole, the second shaft rotatably supported in the second positioning hole; and an ice removing assembly. The ice removing assembly comprises: a twisting member provided with a gear; and a press member movable between a first position and a second position in a vertical direction to drive the gear to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: January 16, 2014
    Applicants: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lingyun Li, Jun Yao, Dongxian Liu
  • Publication number: 20120262045
    Abstract: A drawer assembly and a refrigerator having the same are provided. The drawer assembly comprises: a first drawer part having an outcut which is formed in a top of the first drawer part at a transversal rear side of the first drawer part and penetrated through the first drawer part in a longitudinal direction; and a second drawer part snap-fitted within the outcut of the first drawer part so as to couple the second drawer part to the first drawer part, and the top of the first drawer part being flush with that of the second drawer part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Publication date: October 18, 2012
    Applicants: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA RONGSHIDA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian Cheng, Lingyun Li, Dongxian Liu
  • Publication number: 20120227433
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet defining a refrigerating chamber and a freezing chamber, an ice making device and an ice making water supply device. A variable temperature drawer is disposed in lower part of the refrigerating chamber. The ice making water supply device includes a water tank disposed above the variable temperature drawer, a water pump connected with the water tank, and a water pipe connected with the water tank and the ice making device for introducing the water in the water tank into the ice making device. With the refrigerator according to embodiments, the water quality is ensured and the preservation effect is improved. Because the temperature of the variable temperature drawer is generally in the range of ?3° C. to 8° C., the water in the water tank is not easy to be frozen, and can be supplied to the ice making device continuously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicants: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA RONGSHIDA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lingyun Li, Gang Li, Dongxian Liu