Patents by Inventor Yulai MIAO

Yulai MIAO 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).

  • Publication number: 20230117116
    Abstract: Provided are a tub assembly and a washing machine. The tub assembly includes an outer tub, and a lining tub disposed in the outer tub fixedly connected to the outer tub. An inner wall of the outer tub is protected by means of the lining tub, thereby preventing the problem of bacteria breeding caused by an inner wall face of the outer tub and washing water being in contact for a long time, or the problem of mildew occurring due to the inner wall of the outer tub being in a damp environment for a long time. The washing effect of a washing machine can be effectively improved, thereby preventing health and hygiene problems, etc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2020
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Shuai TONG, Honggang LIU, Yulai MIAO
  • Patent number: 11560663
    Abstract: A planetary gear assembly for a drum washing machine and a washing machine are provided. The planetary gear assembly includes a planetary gear component. The planetary gear component includes a planet carrier, a plurality of planetary gears rotatably mounted to the planet carrier separately and configured to be meshed with a main shaft separately, the main shaft being configured to drive a drum to rotate in a drum washing machine; and a planetary gear outer teeth casing fitted over an outer side of the plurality of planetary gears, meshed with the plurality of planetary gears separately, and configured to be in transmission connection with an agitator in the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventors: Guangfang Lin, Song Lu, Yulai Miao, Wei Qian, Chunyu Zhu
  • Patent number: 11286609
    Abstract: A drum washing machine includes a tub; a drum rotatably arranged in the tub; an agitator rotatably arranged in the drum; a drive in transmission connection with the drum via a main shaft which transmits a torque of the driver to the drum; and a planetary gear assembly in transmission connection with the main shaft and the agitator and transmitting a torque of the main shaft to the agitator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Inventors: Guangfang Lin, Song Lu, Yulai Miao, Wei Qian, Chunyu Zhu
  • Patent number: 11180886
    Abstract: A drum washing machine includes a tub; a drum rotatably arranged in the tub; an agitator rotatably arranged in the drum and having a water spray hole; a drive in transmission connection with the drum via a main shaft which transmits a torque of the driver to the drum; a planetary gear assembly in transmission connection with the main shaft and the agitator and transmitting a torque of the main shaft to the agitator; and a water supply device in communication with one of the tub and a water source as well as the agitator respectively, supplying water in the tub or the water source to the agitator, and spraying the water into the drum through the water spray hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Inventors: Guangfang Lin, Song Lu, Yulai Miao, Wei Qian, Chunyu Zhu
  • Publication number: 20210071342
    Abstract: A planetary gear assembly for a drum washing machine and a washing machine are provided. The planetary gear assembly includes a planetary gear component. The planetary gear component includes a planet carrier, a plurality of planetary gears rotatably mounted to the planet carrier separately and configured to be meshed with a main shaft separately, the main shaft being configured to drive a drum to rotate in a drum washing machine; and a planetary gear outer teeth casing fitted over an outer side of the plurality of planetary gears, meshed with the plurality of planetary gears separately, and configured to be in transmission connection with an agitator in the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Guangfang LIN, Song LU, Yulai MIAO, Wei QIAN, Chunyu ZHU
  • Publication number: 20200340163
    Abstract: A drum washing machine includes a tub; a drum rotatably arranged in the tub; an agitator rotatably arranged in the drum and having a water spray hole; a drive in transmission connection with the drum via a main shaft which transmits a torque of the driver to the drum; a planetary gear assembly in transmission connection with the main shaft and the agitator and transmitting a torque of the main shaft to the agitator; and a water supply device in communication with one of the tub and a water source as well as the agitator respectively, supplying water in the tub or the water source to the agitator, and spraying the water into the drum through the water spray hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: Guangfang LIN, Song LU, Yulai MIAO, Wei QIAN, Chunyu ZHU
  • Publication number: 20200332453
    Abstract: A drum washing machine includes a tub; a drum rotatably arranged in the tub; an agitator rotatably arranged in the drum; a drive in transmission connection with the drum via a main shaft which transmits a torque of the driver to the drum; and a planetary gear assembly in transmission connection with the main shaft and the agitator and transmitting a torque of the main shaft to the agitator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: Guangfang LIN, Song LU, Yulai MIAO, Wei QIAN, Chunyu ZHU
  • Patent number: 10619287
    Abstract: A heat pump drying or washing-drying machine is provided. The heat pump drying or washing-drying machine includes a heat pump module, and the heat pump module includes a soft-flock filtering mesh assembly having a first support frame and a second support frame which are used for mounting the soft-flock filtering mesh, and the second support frame is disposed to the first support frame, so that the soft-flock filtering mesh assembly is capable of being mounted and dismounted as a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: WUXI LITTLE SWAN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Song Lu, Yulai Miao, Wei Qian
  • Patent number: 10538874
    Abstract: A heat pump mounting box for a heat pump dryer or washer-dryer, and a heat pump dryer or washer-dryer having the same are provided. The heat pump mounting box includes a base provided with an air suction port and a two-device mounting chamber; an air passage guide plate mounted on the base and defining, together with the base, an air guide passage that has a drying air inlet in communication with the air suction port and a drying air outlet in communication with the two-device mounting chamber; and a flock filter mesh assembly drawably mounted on at least one of the base and the air passage guide plate and located at the drying air outlet. The heat pump mounting box according to the present invention has good connection tightness and is easy to clean, thereby being less likely to cause air quantity loss and flock accumulation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: WUXI LITTLE SWAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Song Lu, Yulai Miao, Wei Qian
  • Patent number: 9863086
    Abstract: A heat pump mounting box for a heat pump drier or washer-drier, and a heat pump drier or washer-drier having the same are provided. The heat pump mounting box includes a base provided with an air suction port, a two-device mounting chamber, a fan mounting chamber, and a fan air inlet for communicating the two-device mounting chamber and the fan mounting chamber; an air passage guide plate mounted to the base and defining, together with the base, an air guide passage that has a drying air inlet in communication with the air suction port and a drying air outlet in communication with the two-device mounting chamber; an air guide wall disposed in the two-device mounting chamber and opposite the drying air outlet; and a cover plate mounted over the base and at least covering the two-device mounting chamber. The heat pump mounting box according to the present invention has a high utilization rate of the drying air and a good drying performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Wuxi Little Swan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chunyu Zhu, Yulai Miao, Wei Qian
  • Publication number: 20170342643
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a clothes dryer or washer-dryer. The clothes dryer or washer-dryer includes: a cabinet; an inner drum rotatably disposed in the cabinet and having an air inlet and an air outlet; and a heat pump module disposed to an upper end of the cabinet and including: a casing connected with the cabinet and defining a heat exchange chamber therein, the heat exchange chamber having a heat exchange inlet and a heat exchange outlet; a condenser disposed in the heat exchange chamber; a compressor disposed to the casing; an evaporator disposed to the casing; a throttling device disposed to the casing and sequentially connected with the condenser, the compressor and the evaporator to form a heat pump circuit; and a fan assembly disposed to the casing and having an inlet communicating with the heat exchange outlet, and an outlet communicating with the air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yulai MIAO, Song LU, Wei QIAN, Qiong QIN
  • Publication number: 20170342637
    Abstract: A laundry treatment device and a heat pump module thereof are provided. The laundry treatment device includes a cabinet, a tub component and a heat pump module. The cabinet defines a front side and a top side, an opening is formed at the front side. The tub component is disposed in the cabinet, and defines an open end opposite to the opening. The heat pump module is disposed at the top side of the cabinet in an overhead manner, and includes a compressor imbedded in the cabinet in a sunken manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yulai MIAO, Song LU, Wei QIAN, Qiong QIN
  • Publication number: 20170342646
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a clothes dryer or washer-dryer including a cabinet; a drum body rotatably disposed in the cabinet, defining a containing chamber therein, and having an air inlet and an air outlet both communicating with the containing chamber; a heat pump system disposed to the cabinet to transport hot air into the containing chamber; and a fan assembly having a fan air channel that is in communication with the air inlet, located between the heat pump system and the air inlet in an airflow direction, and provided with a heating member therein to further heat air transported into the fan air channel, thus further heating the hot air in the fan air channel, raising a temperature of the hot air entering the containing chamber, shortening a period for drying clothes, bringing great convenience to user's life, and shortening a work time of the components like a compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Wei QIAN, Yulai MIAO, Qiong QIN, Song LU
  • Publication number: 20170342649
    Abstract: A heat pump module for a laundry treatment device and the laundry treatment device are provided. The heat pump module includes a compressor, a condenser, an evaporator, a casing and a cooling air passage. The casing has an accommodating chamber provided with a partition plate to divide the accommodating chamber into a first mounting chamber and a second mounting chamber, the compressor is disposed within the first mounting chamber, and the evaporator and the condenser are disposed within the second mounting chamber. The compressor has an air exhaust port and an air suction port; the condenser has a first end in communication with the air exhaust port; and the evaporator has a first end in communication with a second end of the condenser, and a second end in communication with the air suction port. The cooling air passage has an air outlet end in communication with the first mounting chamber, and an air inlet end in communication with the outside.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Huiqin YOU, Yulai MIAO, Qiong QIN
  • Publication number: 20170342648
    Abstract: A heat pump mounting box for a heat pump drier or washer-drier machine and a heat pump drier or washer-drier machine having the same are provided. The heat pump mounting box includes: a base provided with an air suction port, a two-device mounting chamber, a compressor mounting chamber, a cooling air supplement port for communicating the compressor mounting chamber with the outside, and a bypass orifice for communicating the two-device mounting chamber with the compressor mounting chamber; an air passage guide plate mounted to the base and defining, together with the base, an air guide passage that has a drying air inlet in communication with the air suction port and a drying air outlet in communication with the two-device mounting chamber; and a cover plate mounted over the base and at least covering the two-device mounting chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yulai MIAO, Wei QIAN, Qiong QIN, Song LU
  • Publication number: 20170342641
    Abstract: A heat pump mounting box for a heat pump drier or washer-drier, and a heat pump drier or washer-drier having the same are provided. The heat pump mounting box includes a base provided with an air suction port, a two-device mounting chamber, a fan mounting chamber, and a fan air inlet for communicating the two-device mounting chamber and the fan mounting chamber; an air passage guide plate mounted to the base and defining, together with the base, an air guide passage that has a drying air inlet in communication with the air suction port and a drying air outlet in communication with the two-device mounting chamber; an air guide wall disposed in the two-device mounting chamber and opposite the drying air outlet; and a cover plate mounted over the base and at least covering the two-device mounting chamber. The heat pump mounting box according to the present invention has a high utilization rate of the drying air and a good drying performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Chunyu ZHU, Yulai MIAO, Wei QIAN
  • Publication number: 20170343284
    Abstract: A heat pump system, and a drier or washer-drier having the same are provided. The heat pump system includes a base, a horizontal compressor and a damper, in which the horizontal compressor is mounted to the base; the damper is supported on the base and supports the horizontal compressor; at least two dampers are arranged along an axial direction of the horizontal compressor. According to the present invention, vibration and noise of the heat pump system may be reduced effectively, and the overall service life thereof may be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yulai MIAO, Song LU, Wei QIAN
  • Publication number: 20170343272
    Abstract: A base of a heat pump system and a heat pump system for a drier or a washer-drier are provided. The base defines an evaporator storage chamber with a guide groove formed in a bottom surface of the evaporator storage chamber; a drain port is formed in a bottom surface of the guide groove and is in communication with outsider space of the evaporator storage chamber; and the guide groove is configured to guide condensate water to the drain port. For the base according to the present invention, by providing the guide groove in the bottom surface of the evaporator storage chamber, and by guiding the condensate water through the guide groove to the drain port and discharging the condensate water out of the base, it is possible to guarantee heat exchange efficiency of the heat pump system, shorten drying time and improve drying efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Yulai MIAO, Wei QIAN, Song LU, Chunyu ZHU
  • Publication number: 20170342644
    Abstract: A heat pump drying or washing-drying machine is provided. The heat pump drying or washing-drying machine includes a heat pump module, and the heat pump module includes a soft-flock filtering mesh assembly having a first support frame and a second support frame which are used for mounting the soft-flock filtering mesh, and the second support frame is disposed to the first support frame, so that the soft-flock filtering mesh assembly is capable of being mounted and dismounted as a whole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Song LU, Yulai MIAO, Wei QIAN
  • Publication number: 20170342636
    Abstract: A heat pump module for a laundry treatment device and the laundry treatment device are provided. The heat pump module includes a base plate, a top cover and a compressor. The base plate has a first side wall and a second side wall adjacent to the first side wall; the top cover defines a mounting chamber together with the base plate; the compressor is located in the mounting chamber; and an extension line of an axis of the compressor intersects with the first side wall and the second side wall separately. For the heat pump module according to the present invention, the extension line of the axis of the compressor intersects with the first side wall and the second side wall, which facilitates the layout of leads and pipes connected with the compressor and the arrangement of other components on the base plate, thereby improving utilization rate of installation space on the base plate and optimizing the layout scheme of the heat pump module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: WUXI LITTLE SWAN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yulai Miao, Song Lu, Wei Qian, Qiong Qin