Patents by Inventor ZHENGGUANG LV
ZHENGGUANG LV 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).
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Patent number: 11255590Abstract: A refrigerator comprising a refrigerator body provided with a refrigerating compartment, an ice maker, an ice-making air duct, a first fan assembly disposed in the ice-making air duct and an ice maker evaporator is disclosed. The ice-making air duct comprises an air inlet duct and an air return duct, which are both disposed in a foaming layer of the refrigerating compartment, and one ends thereof close to the ice maker extend into a foaming layer on a door body of the ice maker. The first fan assembly is detachably disposed in the air return duct, and may be integrally disassembled from and installed in the air return duct. The ice maker evaporator is disposed between the air inlet duct and the air return duct and at the side far away from the ice maker.Type: GrantFiled: August 13, 2019Date of Patent: February 22, 2022Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhengguang Lv, Yang Shao, Zengqiang Si, Guangqing Yang, Jincai Wang
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Patent number: 11193706Abstract: An ice discharger is disclosed comprising an ice storage box provided with an ice outlet and an ice inlet, and an ice stirring unit and an ice pushing unit located within the ice storage box; the ice stirring unit comprises an ice stirring section disposed inside the ice storage box and a stirrer disposed rotatably within the ice stirring section, an ice cube inlet and an ice cube outlet are disposed at the top and on the side wall of the ice stirring section, respectively; and the ice pushing unit comprises a circular ice discharging passage disposed between the ice stirring section and the ice storage box, and an ice pushing assembly disposed rotatably within the circular ice discharging passage and for pushing an ice cube to the ice outlet of ice storage box thereby improving the uniformity of the amount of discharged ice.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Shao, Zengqiang Si, Guangqing Yang, Zhengguang Lv, Jincai Wang
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Patent number: 11162728Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ice maker comprising: an ice tray, an ice making compartment and a heating compartment, wherein the ice tray can be switched between the ice making compartment and the heating compartment to realize ice making and heating for ice unloading, and there is no need to arrange a heater on the ice tray. The present disclosure also discloses a refrigerator, comprising a door body on which the ice maker as described above is disposed, wherein an ice outlet of the ice maker communicates with a distributor on the door body, thus facilitating ice taking without opening the door body. The present disclosure also discloses a refrigerator, comprising a refrigerating compartment in which the ice maker as described above is disposed, wherein the ice making compartment of the ice maker communicates with a freezer compartment or a cold air outlet of an evaporator.Type: GrantFiled: May 24, 2017Date of Patent: November 2, 2021Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Shao, Zengqiang Si, Zhengguang Lv, Jincai Wang, Guangqing Yang
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Patent number: 11015853Abstract: An ice maker (100) includes an ice-making water tank (10), a water storage tank (20), a pipe assembly, a reversing member (40), and a driving member (50). The pipe assembly comprises a first branch pipe (310), a second branch pipe (320), and a third branch pipe (330). The first branch pipe (310) is connected to the water storage tank (20). The second branch pipe (320) and the third branch pipe (330) are separately connected to the ice-making water tank (10). The reversing member (40) is separately connected to the three branch pipes to control two of the branch pipes to be communicated and the rest one of the branch pipes to disconnected. The driving member (50) is connected to the third branch pipe in series. During ice making, the reversing member (40) controls the second branch pipe (320) and the third branch pipe (330) to be communicated and controls the first branch pipe (310) to be disconnected.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2019Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Yang Shao, Zhengguang Lv, Guangqing Yang, Zengqiang Si
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Patent number: 10808980Abstract: An ice-maker/ice storage box assembly and a refrigerator having the ice-maker/ice storage box assembly are provided. The ice-maker/ice storage box assembly has an ice storage box. The ice storage box is provided with a rotary shaft and a separation mechanism. An outer end of the rotary shaft is provided with a rotary-shaft connector. The rotary-shaft connector is connected to a transmission connector of an ice dispensing motor. The separation mechanism is used to axially separate the transmission connector from the rotary-shaft connector. The ice-maker/ice storage box assembly enables the ice storage box to be conveniently removed without damaging a connection part between the ice dispensing motor and the ice storage box, and the ice storage box does not have to be removed in a fixed direction.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignees: Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd., Media Group Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zengqiang Si, Yang Shao, Zhengguang Lv, Hao Wang
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Publication number: 20200049395Abstract: An ice discharger is disclosed comprising an ice storage box provided with an ice outlet and an ice inlet, and an ice stirring unit and an ice pushing unit located within the ice storage box; the ice stirring unit comprises an ice stirring section disposed inside the ice storage box and a stirrer disposed rotatably within the ice stirring section, an ice cube inlet and an ice cube outlet are disposed at the top and on the side wall of the ice stirring section, respectively; and the ice pushing unit comprises a circular ice discharging passage disposed between the ice stirring section and the ice storage box, and an ice pushing assembly disposed rotatably within the circular ice discharging passage and for pushing an ice cube to the ice outlet of ice storage box thereby improving the uniformity of the amount of discharged ice.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: February 13, 2020Inventors: Yang SHAO, Zengqiang SI, Guangqing YANG, Zhengguang LV, Jincai WANG
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Publication number: 20190390887Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ice maker comprising: an ice tray, an ice making compartment and a heating compartment, wherein the ice tray can be switched between the ice making compartment and the heating compartment to realize ice making and heating for ice unloading, and there is no need to arrange a heater on the ice tray. The present disclosure also discloses a refrigerator, comprising a door body on which the ice maker as described above is disposed, wherein an ice outlet of the ice maker communicates with a distributor on the door body, thus facilitating ice taking without opening the door body. The present disclosure also discloses a refrigerator, comprising a refrigerating compartment in which the ice maker as described above is disposed, wherein the ice making compartment of the ice maker communicates with a freezer compartment or a cold air outlet of an evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 24, 2017Publication date: December 26, 2019Inventors: Yang SHAO, Zengqiang SI, Zhengguang LV, Jincai WANG, Guangqing YANG
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Publication number: 20190360737Abstract: A refrigerator comprising a refrigerator body provided with a refrigerating compartment, an ice maker, an ice-making air duct, a first fan assembly disposed in the ice-making air duct and an ice maker evaporator is disclosed. The ice-making air duct comprises an air inlet duct and an air return duct, which are both disposed in a foaming layer of the refrigerating compartment, and one ends thereof close to the ice maker extend into a foaming layer on a door body of the ice maker. The first fan assembly is detachably disposed in the air return duct, and may be integrally disassembled from and installed in the air return duct. The ice maker evaporator is disposed between the air inlet duct and the air return duct and at the side far away from the ice maker.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 13, 2019Publication date: November 28, 2019Inventors: Zhengguang LV, Yang SHAO, Zengqiang SI, Guangqing YANG, Jincai WANG
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Publication number: 20190212047Abstract: An ice maker (100) includes an ice-making water tank (10), a water storage tank (20), a pipe assembly, a reversing member (40), and a driving member (50). The pipe assembly comprises a first branch pipe (310), a second branch pipe (320), and a third branch pipe (330). The first branch pipe (310) is connected to the water storage tank (20). The second branch pipe (320) and the third branch pipe (330) are separately connected to the ice-making water tank (10). The reversing member (40) is separately connected to the three branch pipes to control two of the branch pipes to be communicated and the rest one of the branch pipes to disconnected. The driving member (50) is connected to the third branch pipe in series. During ice making, the reversing member (40) controls the second branch pipe (320) and the third branch pipe (330) to be communicated and controls the first branch pipe (310) to be disconnected.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2019Publication date: July 11, 2019Inventors: Yang SHAO, Zhengguang LV, Guangqing YANG, Zengqiang SI
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Publication number: 20190145687Abstract: An ice-maker/ice storage box assembly and a refrigerator having the ice-maker/ice storage box assembly are provided. The ice-maker/ice storage box assembly has an ice storage box. The ice storage box is provided with a rotary shaft and a separation mechanism. An outer end of the rotary shaft is provided with a rotary-shaft connector. The rotary-shaft connector is connected to a transmission connector of an ice dispensing motor. The separation mechanism is used to axially separate the transmission connector from the rotary-shaft connector. The ice-maker/ice storage box assembly enables the ice storage box to be conveniently removed without damaging a connection part between the ice dispensing motor and the ice storage box, and the ice storage box does not have to be removed in a fixed direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2018Publication date: May 16, 2019Inventors: Zengqiang SI, Yang Shao, Zhengguang Lv, Hao Wang
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Patent number: 10240851Abstract: A bottom-freezer refrigerator has an ice making compartment formed in a door thereof. Cold air formed in independent spaces of the refrigerating compartment is individually guided to the ice making compartment and the refrigerating compartment, thereby reducing power consumption and noise to be caused as the length of a fluid passage is increased. Foods are refrigerated or frozen and stored in a clean state. The foods in the refrigerating compartment are freshly stored in a high moisture state, and the door is prevented from being forcibly open.Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2016Date of Patent: March 26, 2019Assignee: HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Sang-uk Kim, Zhengguang Lv, Zhongcheng Fang
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Patent number: 10222055Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus and a luminous shelf assembly therefor are provided. The luminous shelf assembly includes: two electrical conductive elements extending along a vertical direction, each electrical conductive element having at least one electrical conductive bar; a shelf comprising a glass plate and a rear decoration strip, the rear decoration strip having an accommodating cavity which has an open rear side and a front side wall being provided with a plurality of light holes; an LED light bar having a plurality of LED lights corresponding to the plurality of light holes respectively, and the LED light bar being accommodated in the accommodating cavity and having a positive power line and a negative power line respectively extending outwards from two ends of its own; and two energizing sub-assemblies connected to the two ends of the LED light bar and connected with the positive power line and the negative power line respectively.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2013Date of Patent: March 5, 2019Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Shuwei Pan, Xianzhong Zhang, Juzhong Pan, Zhengguang Lv
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Publication number: 20170248348Abstract: A bottom-freezer refrigerator has an ice making compartment formed in a door thereof. Cold air formed in independent spaces of the refrigerating compartment is individually guided to the ice making compartment and the refrigerating compartment, thereby reducing power consumption and noise to be caused as the length of a fluid passage is increased. Foods are refrigerated or frozen and stored in a clean state. The foods in the refrigerating compartment are freshly stored in a high moisture state, and the door is prevented from being forcibly open.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2016Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Sang-uk KIM, Zhengguang LV, Zhongcheng FANG
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Publication number: 20160327259Abstract: A refrigeration apparatus and a luminous shelf assembly therefor are provided. The luminous shelf assembly includes: two electrical conductive elements extending along a vertical direction, each electrical conductive element having at least one electrical conductive bar; a shelf comprising a glass plate and a rear decoration strip, the rear decoration strip having an accommodating cavity which has an open rear side and a front side wall being provided with a plurality of light holes; an LED light bar having a plurality of LED lights corresponding to the plurality of light holes respectively, and the LED light bar being accommodated in the accommodating cavity and having a positive power line and a negative power line respectively extending outwards from two ends of its own; and two energizing sub-assemblies connected to the two ends of the LED light bar and connected with the positive power line and the negative power line respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2013Publication date: November 10, 2016Applicants: Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd., Hefei Midea Refrigerator Co., Ltd.Inventors: SHUWEI PAN, XIANZHONG ZHANG, JUZHONG PAN, ZHENGGUANG LV