Patents by Inventor Xiaobing Zhu

Xiaobing Zhu 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: 11118384
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator body and a door body. A hinge body is disposed on the refrigerator body. A first hinge shaft and a second hinge shaft are disposed on the hinge body. A first guide groove and a second guide groove are formed in the door body. The first hinge shaft is located in the first guide groove and the second hinge shaft is located in the second guide groove. During opening of the door body, the first guide groove moves relative to the first hinge shaft and the second guide groove moves relative to the second hinge shaft, the first hinge shaft applies an acting force to the first guide groove to drive the end, away from the first guide groove, of the second guide groove to approach the second hinge shaft, so that the door body is displaced in a horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoshun He, Enpin Xia, Hao Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210262720
    Abstract: An air-cooled refrigerator includes an air duct assembly and an air door shielding device. The air duct assembly is provided with an accommodating cavity with a rearward air inlet. A plurality of air supply communicating holes are formed in a peripheral wall of the accommodating cavity. The air door shielding device is provided with a shielding part. The shielding part is provided with a plurality of air baffles. The shielding part is rotatably disposed in the accommodating cavity, so as to have shielding positions for the plurality of air baffles to completely shield all the air supply communicating holes. A bottom of a sidewall of the accommodating cavity is provided with a water guide groove inclined rearward and downward. The air duct assembly is provided with a water outlet hole communicating a rear side of the air duct assembly with a rear end of the water guide groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: Xueli CHENG, Bin FEI, Dengqiang LI, Chunyang LI, Lisheng Jl, Xiaobing ZHU
  • Patent number: 11078700
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body. A guide block is provided on the door, a rotation shaft is provided on the hinge body, and rotation shaft grooves are provided on the guide block. With the structure of the hinge body, the gravity of the door and the friction force may be shared onto the first and second plate bodies of the hinge body, thereby reducing abrasion and prolonging the service life of the door of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Enpin Xia, Hao Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Patent number: 11067332
    Abstract: A drawer assembly includes: drawers, arranged in a storage compartment of the refrigerator in a way of being capable of being pushed and pulled forward and rearward between a front extreme position and a rear extreme position; and two support assemblies in left-right parallel arrangement. Each of the support assemblies includes a support frame. The support frame is fixed to an inner wall of the storage compartment, is provided on an inner side with a first slideway extending forward and rearward, and is provided on a rear portion of the inner side with an elastic tongue. A left sidewall and a right sidewall of the drawer are respectively mounted on the first sideway of the support frame of one of the support assemblies in a forward and rearward slidable way.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignees: HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SPECIAL REFRIGERATION ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing Wang, Xiaobing Zhu, Haoquan Liu, Dong Guo
  • Patent number: 11015862
    Abstract: A water storage device and a refrigerator, the water storage device comprising: a housing having a water inlet end and a water outlet end, and a water distribution plate. The water distribution plate divides a water storage cavity into a water inlet cavity and a water outlet cavity; a gap for allowing water to flow through is provided between the outer edge of the water distribution plate and the inner wall of the housing; when the water distribution plate moves from the water inlet end towards the water outlet end, water entering the water inlet cavity from the water inlet end will not mix with cold water in the water outlet cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaobing Zhu, Yanqing Zhang, Jianjun Xue
  • Patent number: 10969163
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a refrigerator and a humidity control method for the same. The refrigerator comprises a humidity controller to controllably maintain moisture and/or perform humidification. The humidity controller is configured to: set a target humidity value, measure an actual relative humidity value of a target space, and calculate a target water replenishing mass W based on a difference between the two values and a current temperature of the target space; measure and calculate a water replenishing time T, and adjust the humidity controller so as to maintain its maximum humidifying rate Vmax within the time T to achieve the humidification purpose; and adjust the humidity controller so as to maintain a humidifying rate consistent with a water vapor loss rate in the target space to achieve the moisture maintaining purpose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Riyong Lu, Bin Fei, Xueli Cheng, Xiaodong Zhou, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Patent number: 10969150
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator adopting a linear compressor and a control method thereof. The method includes: monitoring the temperature of an evaporator of the refrigerator; if the current temperature of the evaporator of the refrigerator is greater than or equal to a first preset temperature threshold, then invoking a noise reduction mode to actively reduce the heat exchange amount between the evaporator and a compartment of the refrigerator until the current temperature of the evaporator of the refrigerator is smaller than or equal to a second preset temperature threshold, and invoking a cooling mode to resume the normal heat exchange between the evaporator and the compartment of the refrigerator, wherein the first preset temperature threshold is higher than the second preset temperature threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lisheng Ji, Jianru Liu, Xiaobing Zhu, Feifei Qi, Shufeng Zhang, Caiyun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10966442
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising: an adsorption container, an air compressor and a nitrogen storage tank. A sealed storage space is formed in a storage compartment of the refrigerator. The adsorption container with carbon molecular sieves disposed therein is disposed in the storage compartment. The air compressor is directly connected to the adsorption container through an air inlet pipe and configured to supply compressed air for the adsorption container in a controlled manner so as to allow the carbon molecular sieves to prepare nitrogen by means of the compressed air. A gas inlet end of the nitrogen storage tank is connected to the adsorption container, and a gas outlet end thereof is communicated with the storage space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaobing Zhu, Haoquan Liu, Bo Jiang, Liyan Wang
  • Patent number: 10934752
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body. A guide block is provided on the door, a rotation shaft is provided on the hinge body, and rotation shaft grooves are provided on the guide block. With the structure of the hinge body, the gravity of the door and the friction force may be shared onto the first and second plate bodies of the hinge body, thereby reducing abrasion and prolonging the service life of the door of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Enpin Xia, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Patent number: 10934753
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body. A guide block is provided on the door, a rotation shaft is provided on the hinge body, and rotation shaft grooves are provided on the guide block. With the structure of the hinge body, the gravity of the door and the friction force may be shared onto the first and second plate bodies of the hinge body, thereby reducing abrasion and prolonging the service life of the door of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Enpin Xia, Hao Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Patent number: 10934756
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body, wherein a positioning shaft and a guiding shaft are provided on the hinge body, and a positioning groove and a guiding groove are provided on the door; the door of the refrigerator according to the present invention may be moved by a distance in a direction away from a pivoting side when being opened, thereby avoiding inconvenience of opening the door due to the protrusion of the side wall of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Enpin Xia, Chun Yang, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Patent number: 10934755
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body, wherein a positioning shaft and a guiding shaft are provided on the hinge body, and a positioning groove and a guiding groove are provided on the door; the door of the refrigerator according to the present invention may be moved by a distance in a direction away from a pivoting side when being opened, thereby avoiding inconvenience of opening the door due to the protrusion of the side wall of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Enpin Xia, Hao Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Patent number: 10934754
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body. A guide block is fixedly provided on the door, a positioning shaft and a guiding shaft are provided on the hinge body, and a positioning groove and a guiding groove are provided on the guide block; the door of the refrigerator according to the present invention may be moved by a distance in a direction away from a pivoting side when being opened, thereby avoiding inconvenience of opening the door due to the protrusion of the side wall of the door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Enpin Xia, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Patent number: 10907893
    Abstract: A fresh drawer and a refrigerator using same. The fresh drawer comprises: a drawer body, wherein a storage chamber for storing food is provided inside the drawer body, and the storage chamber is of an openable sealed structure; a gas supplier, used for providing fresh-keeping gas for the storage chamber; and a pressure balancer, used for balancing air pressure inside the storage chamber. In the fresh drawer and the refrigerator using same, air in an inner storage chamber is replaced with fresh-keeping gas such as nitrogen and oxygen, to provide a modified atmosphere for a food storage space, such that the shelf life of food can be greatly extended.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Fei, Riyong Lu, Jinlin Liu, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210018240
    Abstract: An ice crushing device and a refrigerator, the ice crushing device comprising: a housing assembly comprises a housing and an ice bucket supported in the housing; a driving mechanism for driving the ice bucket to rotate, at least a portion of the driving mechanism being mounted in the housing; an ice crushing mechanism disposed in the ice bucket the housing assembly further comprises an ice-discharging plate provided at a bottom of the ice bucket, the ice-discharging plate is provided with an ice-discharging port communicated with the ice bucket, ice cubes are discharged out of the ice-discharging port after being crushed in the ice bucket by the ice crushing mechanism, a slope is disposed on the ice-discharging plate at a position adjacent to the ice-discharging port and along a rotary ice discharge direction, and the slope is located on an ice discharge side of the ice-discharging plate and disposed uphill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: KUI ZHANG, XIAOBING ZHU, YANQING ZHANG, JIANJUN XUE, CHUAN CUI, LIHUA ZUO
  • Publication number: 20210018243
    Abstract: An ice crushing device and a refrigerator, the ice crushing device comprising: a housing assembly comprises a housing and an ice bucket supported in the housing; a driving mechanism for driving the ice bucket to rotate; an ice crushing mechanism disposed in the ice bucket wherein the ice crushing mechanism comprises an ice cutter shaft fixed with respect to the housing, and several movable ice cutters and several fixed ice cutters disposed on the ice cutter shaft at an interval, each movable ice cutter comprises three blades evenly distributed in the circumferential direction, the ice crushing mechanism further comprises three ice agitating rods connected to the ice cutter shaft, the three ice-agitating rods are fixed corresponding one to one with the three blades, and at least one of the blades or one of the ice agitating rods is fixed relative to circumferential direction of the ice bucket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: KUI ZHANG, XIAOBING ZHU, YANQING ZHANG, CHUAN CUI, JIANJUN XUE, BO MI
  • Publication number: 20210018239
    Abstract: An ice crushing device and a refrigerator, the ice crushing device comprising: a housing assembly comprises a housing and an ice bucket supported in the housing; a driving mechanism for driving the ice bucket to rotate; an ice crushing mechanism disposed in the ice bucket the housing assembly further comprises an ice-discharging plate provided at a bottom of the ice bucket, the ice-discharging plate is provided with an ice-discharging port communicated with the ice bucket, wherein the driving mechanism comprises a motor, a gear assembly driven by the motor, and a gear box accommodating the gear assembly, the gear box has an input end connected with the motor and an output end, wherein the gear box is mounted on the housing, and an axis of the output end is disposed in parallel with a rotation axis of the ice bucket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: KUI ZHANG, XIAOBING ZHU, YANQING ZHANG, CHUAN CUI, JIANJUN XUE, QIHAI DU
  • Publication number: 20210018241
    Abstract: An ice crushing device and a refrigerator, the ice crushing device comprising: a housing assembly comprises a housing and an ice bucket supported in the housing; a driving mechanism for driving the ice bucket to rotate; an ice crushing mechanism disposed in the ice bucket; wherein the driving mechanism comprises a motor and a gear assembly driven by the motor. The gear assembly comprises a first bevel gear connected to the motor, a second bevel gear meshing with the first bevel gear, and a cylindrical gear coaxially arranged with the second bevel gear. A stop ring and a seal assembly that engage with each other are disposed between the second bevel gear and the cylindrical gear, the seal assembly matches the housing to separate the space between the second bevel gear and the cylindrical gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: KUI ZHANG, XIAOBING ZHU, YANQING ZHANG, JIANJUN XUE, CHUAN CUI, JUN YANG
  • Publication number: 20210018242
    Abstract: An ice crushing device and a refrigerator, the ice crushing device comprising: a housing assembly comprises a housing and an ice bucket supported in the housing; a driving mechanism for driving the ice bucket to rotate, at least a portion of the driving mechanism being mounted in the housing; an ice crushing mechanism disposed in the ice bucket the housing assembly further comprises an ice-discharging plate provided at a bottom of the ice bucket, the ice-discharging plate is provided with an ice-discharging port, wherein the housing comprises a first portion that houses the ice bucket and a second portion in which the driving mechanism is mounted, a groove extending along the circumferential direction of the ice bucket is provided between the ice-discharging plate and the first portion, the groove is communicated with the ice-discharging port, and a lower edge of the ice bucket projects into the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2018
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: KUI ZHANG, XIAOBING ZHU, YANQING ZHANG, JIANJUN XUE, CHUAN CUI, ZHENYU ZHAO
  • Patent number: 10876333
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body. A guide block is provided on the door, a rotation shaft is provided on the hinge body, and rotation shaft grooves are provided on the guide block. With the structure of the hinge body, the gravity of the door and the friction force may be shared onto the first and second plate bodies of the hinge body, thereby reducing abrasion and prolonging the service life of the door of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Enpin Xia, Yingxing Wang, Xiaobing Zhu