Patents Assigned to GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
  • Patent number: 11898760
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present disclosure provides an oven including a body, a door, a drawer and a stopper. The body is formed with a baking chamber and a receiving chamber, and the stopper is located at an end of the drawer away from the receiving chamber when the drawer moves into the receiving chamber and the door closes the baking chamber. The stopper is located at least partially between the door and the drawer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhenhe Su
  • Patent number: 11875695
    Abstract: The method and system disclosed herein present a cooking tutorial program that provides intelligent assistance to users during meal preparation, the method and system comprise: receiving a user selection of a recipe; playing a first content item corresponding to a first preparation step of the selected recipe in a first media format; monitoring user's actions performing the first preparation step of the selected recipe; and if the user's actions performing the first preparation step meet first criteria, adjusting the playing of the first content item, including displaying the first content item in a second media format, wherein the second media format differ from the first media format in at least a size and resolution of a portion of the first content item.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING., CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiang Liu, Xin Yan
  • Publication number: 20230304671
    Abstract: A latching structure for a cooking device and a cooking device having the same are provided. The cooking device has a casing and a door body. The latching structure has a flipping member, a first restoring member, a restricting member and a second restoring member. The first restoring member provides the flipping member with a first restoring force for allowing the flipping member to rotate towards a non-triggered position. The restricting member is movably disposed on the casing between a first position and a second position. The second restoring member is configured to provide the restricting member with a second restoring force for allowing the restricting member to move towards the first position. The latching structure is configured, such that a restoring speed at which the flipping member rotates towards the non-triggered position is greater than a restoring speed at which the restricting member moves towards the first position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicants: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xin ZHANG, Yanqi WU, Shuaishuai WEI, Xinchao ZHU
  • Publication number: 20230296258
    Abstract: A door body structure and a cooking device are provided. The cooking device has a housing that includes a limiting portion. The door body structure has a door body, an engagement member, a switching member, and a handle. The door body is arranged on the housing. The engagement member is arranged on the door body and has a hook. The hook is configured to be engaged with or disengaged from the limiting portion. The switching member is configured to cooperate with the engagement member to drive the engagement member to move between a first position and a second position. The switching member has a connecting segment connected to the engagement member and an operating member slidingly engaged with the connecting segment. The handle is provided on the door body and has a locking groove defined therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jingsheng LIN
  • Publication number: 20230295958
    Abstract: A latching structure, a household appliance and a control method for the household appliance are provided. The latching structure has a snapping member, a bracket, a limiting member, and a driving assembly. The snapping member is mounted on a door body and has a hook. The bracket is mounted on a housing and has a limiting portion. The hook can penetrate the bracket. The door body is connected to the housing in an openable and closable manner. The limiting member is rotatably mounted to the bracket and can reciprocate between an unlocked position and a locked position. The driving assembly is configured to engage with or disengage from the limiting member. In the unlocked position, the limiting member avoids the hook, and in the locked position, the limiting member is suitable for fitting the hook to limit a position of the hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicants: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yi WANG, Yongjie CUI, Fangtian SHEN, Gang LIU
  • Patent number: 11683866
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of kitchen appliances, and has disclosed a microwave oven, which comprises a cabinet and a door, a damper assembly is mounted on one side of the cabinet facing the door in a way that it produces damping force for preventing the door from closing when the door approaches to a closed position. In the present disclosure, a damper assembly is arranged on one side of the cabinet facing the door; thus, the damper assembly can effectively decrease the speed of collision of the door with the cabinet in the closing process when the door approaches to a closed position, and thereby greatly reduce the noise generated when the door is closed. In that way, not only the grade of the product is improved, but also the user experience and satisfaction is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Modam Joo, Li Hong
  • Publication number: 20230148789
    Abstract: A lock structure and a cooking appliance are provided. The lock structure has a fixing member and a locking assembly. The locking assembly has a bearing member, a mount connected to the bearing member, a driving member, a first elastic member and a locking member. The bearing member is detachably connected to a surface. At least a portion of the driving member is provided within the mount. A first end of the first elastic member is connected to the driving member. The locking member is connected to a second end of the first elastic member. The locking member is capable of moving relative to the mount under the driving of the driving member and the first elastic member, and is locked to or separated from the fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicants: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongyu LIU, Xin ZHANG, Tian TANG
  • Publication number: 20230097653
    Abstract: A lock structure and a cooking appliance are provided. The locking structure a fixing member and a locking assembly. The locking assembly has a mount, a driving member, a first elastic member and a locking member. At least a portion of the driving member is provided within the mount. A first end of the first elastic member is connected to the driving member. The locking member is connected to a second end of the first elastic member. The locking member is capable of moving relative to the mount under the driving of the driving member and the first elastic member, and is locked to or separated from the fixing member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hongyu LIU, Xin ZHANG, Tian TANG
  • Patent number: 11582842
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a microwave cooking apparatus, a control method, and a storage medium. The microwave cooking apparatus comprises: a housing capable of enclosing a heating chamber therein; a solid microwave source disposed on the housing and used for emitting a first variable-power microwave; an antenna connected to the solid microwave source and used for feeding the first variable-power microwave into the heating chamber; and a controller connected to the solid microwave source and used for controlling the solid microwave source to operate and adjusting the first variable-power microwave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Midea Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Likang Chen, Xiangwei Tang, Tianhong Wu, Yang Deng, Maoshun Chen, Zonglong Chen, Youping Fang
  • Patent number: 11339971
    Abstract: System and method for controlling a smart cooking appliance, including: at an oven comprising a cooking chamber, a food support platform, and a control unit; detecting a first event corresponding to a start of a cooking process for a food item, wherein a first heating surface of the cooking chamber is operating at a first preset output level; in response to detecting the first event, activating one or more actuators to move the food support platform to a first position; while the food support platform is at the first position and while the first heating surface is operating at the first preset output level, detecting that oven reconfiguration criteria are met; and in response to detecting that the oven reconfiguration criteria are met, activating the one or more actuators to move the food support platform from the first position to a second position that is distinct from the first position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Qiang Liu, Xin Yan
  • Patent number: 11239613
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of intelligent electrical appliances. Disclosed are a power cord (10) and a home appliance (20) provided with same. The power cord is used for supplying power to a home appliance, and is also used for mounting a communication module (300). The communication module is used for implementing wireless communication between the home appliance (20) and an external device. The power cord (10) comprises a line body (2), a plug (1) disposed at one end of the line body, a line body fixing portion (5) disposed on the part of the line body distant from the plug (1) and used for fixing the line body (2) on the home appliance, and an intelligent module mounting portion (S) disposed adjacent to the line body fixing portion (5) and disposed on the line body, wherein the intelligent module mounting portion (S) is provided with a base (100) having an accommodation cavity (B) and a cover (200) matching the base (100) so as to enclose the accommodation cavity (B).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: Guangdong Midea Kitchen Appliances Manufacturing Co., Ltd., Midea Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun Tian, Peilin Huang, Guanghai Jin, Qiong Hu
  • Patent number: 10869368
    Abstract: Provided is a microwave rice cooker, comprising a cavity structure, a door assembly and an inner pot (20). The cavity structure comprises a microwave transmitting mechanism, a cavity (2) provided with a cylindrical cooking chamber therein, and a top cap (1) and a bottom cap (5) located at two ends of the cooking chamber respectively. The bottom cap (5) closes the cooking chamber at the bottom. A top opening of the cooking chamber is formed on the top cap (1). The inner pot (20) can be put into or taken out of the cooking chamber through the top opening. The door assembly is mounted on the top cap (1) in an openable and closable manner so as to open or close the cooking chamber from the top. The microwave transmitting mechanism is mounted at the bottom of the bottom cap (5) to feed microwaves into the cooking chamber from the bottom. The microwave rice cooker achieves a two-in-one function of a microwave oven and a rice cooker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO. LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Dingyuan Peng, Maoshun Chen, Xiangwei Tang, Chun Luan, Xuan Wang, Minyong Liu
  • Patent number: 10750580
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cooking appliance that includes a cooking cavity body, in which a cooking cavity is formed; a heating plate, movably mounted in the cooking cavity; and an adjusting device, mounted to the heating plate and used for driving the heating plate to continuously reciprocate in the cooking cavity. According to the technical solution, the heating plate can continuously reciprocate up and down or left and right in the cooking cavity under the action of the adjusting device, and when the cooking appliance is specifically used for heating food, the height of the heating plate can be adjusted according to the category and height of the food to adjust the distance between the heating plate and the bottom wall of the cooking cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingbo An, Ming Zhang
  • Patent number: 10743378
    Abstract: A split-type microwave oven comprises a first housing assembly, a second housing assembly, a microwave source module, a microwave shielding and choking member, and a detection device that is used for detecting whether a wave leakage occurs in a microwave heating resonant cavity. The second housing assembly is detachably disposed on the first housing assembly. The first housing assembly is provided with a first microwave shielding member, the second housing assembly is provided with a second microwave shielding member, and the first microwave shielding member is suitable for defining, together with the second microwave shielding member, the microwave heating resonant cavity. The microwave source module is installed on one of the first housing assembly and the second housing assembly. The microwave shielding and choking member is located outside the microwave heating resonant cavity. The split-type microwave oven occupies a small space and is convenient to use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiangwei Tang, Chun Luan, Shengbin Fu, Xiantao Du, Feina Zhang, Minyong Liu
  • Patent number: 10736186
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a cooking appliance, comprising a base and an oven door articulated with the base, wherein the cooking appliance further comprises a cooking platform and a microwave shield, the cooking platform comprises a frame and a carrier plate mounted on the frame, the carrier plate is made of a non-microwave shielding material, the frame is detachably mounted on a top plate of the base, an abutting supporting surface is formed between the lower surface of the frame and the upper surface of the top plate, a magnetron is mounted at the bottom of the top plate, the magnetron is used for emitting microwaves from the inner side of the supporting surface to the carrier plate, and the microwave shield is mounted on the top plate, surrounds the outer side of the supporting surface and is used for shielding the microwaves leaked from the supporting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingbo An, Qihong Ling
  • Patent number: 10708985
    Abstract: The present application provides a cover body component, applied to a microwave oven, the cover body component including: a cover body, wherein the cover body defines a hollow cavity with one opening end; and at least one water storage portion arranged on the cover body and used for storing water, wherein a vent hole is arranged on the at least one water storage portion, and the vent hole is connected to the hollow cavity. According to the cover body component provided by the present application, the cover body component provided with the water storage portion is deployed, water is accommodated in the water storage portion, the vent hole on the water storage portion is away from a normal water level line in the water storage portion, moreover the vent hole on the water storage portion is connected to the hollow cavity of the cover body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haidong Lu, Bo Liu
  • Patent number: 10598387
    Abstract: The present invention provides an oven, including: an oven body; and a gas circuit system and an electric circuit system, both of which are installed on the oven body; the gas circuit system includes: a gas pipeline; a combustor installed in the oven body and being in communication with an outlet of the gas pipeline; a control switch installed on the gas pipeline; and an electric control valve controlling connection and disconnection of the gas pipeline together with the control switch; the electric circuit system includes: a controller connected to the electric control valve and matched with the control switch for use, wherein when the control switch is turned on, the controller switches on the electric control valve, and when the control switch is turned off, the controller switches off the electric control valve; and a timer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheng Wang, Kai Zhang, Xunzhang Wang
  • Patent number: 10588452
    Abstract: The present invention provides a cooking appliance, having a door and a base. The base has a top plate, a bottom plate, a left outer housing, a right outer housing, a front plate and a rear plate, which form an accommodating space for accommodating electric devices. Some of the electric devices are fixed to the lower surface of the top plate, and the others are fixed to the upper surface of the bottom plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Jae man Cho
  • Patent number: 10588182
    Abstract: A semiconductor microwave oven and a semiconductor microwave source thereof. The semiconductor microwave oven includes: a body, a microwave input device, a semiconductor microwave source and a control device. The semiconductor microwave source includes a signal source, a power divider and N drive amplifiers. The signal source is configured to generate a first microwave signal. Power of the first microwave signal is allocated by the power divider to generate N second microwave signals. Each drive amplifier is configured to conduct drive amplification on the second microwave signal, and respectively to input same to the microwave input device to transmit into the chamber. The control device is configured to control the signal source to generate the first microwave signal. The microwave oven shares one signal source to guarantee operating at the same frequency, thereby realizing the highly efficient power output.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Feina Zhang, Xiangwei Tang, Xiantao Du, Minyong Liu
  • Patent number: D974818
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA KITCHEN APPLIANCES MANUFACTURING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zeyuan Song, Liangsheng Zhou