Patents Assigned to Midea Group Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12209793
    Abstract: An appliance having at least a freezer compartment. The appliance may include a at least one freezer door accessing the freezer compartment. The freezer door may include one or more pocket recesses. The freezer door may include one or more articulating feet positionable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The appliance may include one or more freezer racks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pierce R. Woodling, Eric Scalf
  • Patent number: 12209759
    Abstract: A portable dehumidifier includes a remote moisture sensor that is capable of being physically positioned at a location that is remote from a portable housing of the portable dehumidifier to sense moisture at the location. In some instances, the remote moisture sensor may be positioned near or on clothing in order to sense the dryness of the clothing and/or positioned near or on floors, walls, furniture, etc., in order sense the dryness thereof in connection with water damage restoration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: David Leezer
  • Patent number: 12201257
    Abstract: A beverage container washing system may be used for rapid washing and/or sanitizing of beverage containers, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages, among other applications. The beverage container washing system may include multiple concentric housing members supported on a base, and an air knife chamber that supply air from a stationary air supply to an air knife opening on a rotatable one of the concentric housing members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joel Boyer, Bassam Fawaz
  • Patent number: 12203665
    Abstract: A hybrid window air conditioning unit is disclosed. The hybrid window air conditioning unit may include an indoor unit and an outdoor unit operatively connected by a connection unit. The connection unit may have an interior channel containing refrigerant piping and electrical wiring connecting between the indoor unit and the outdoor unit. In some embodiments, the hybrid air conditioning may include a height-adjustable outdoor unit mounting assembly to allow the outdoor unit to be disposed substantially flush with or below a window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: David Leezer, Zachary Chapin, Adam Schultz
  • Patent number: 12200849
    Abstract: A microwave cooking appliance for increasing visibility into the cooking cavity. The microwave cooking appliance may include a door. The door may include a conductive mesh layer. The door may include a frame supporting the conductive mesh layer. The door may include a conductive and/or sealing engagement between the conductive mesh layer and the frame. The door may include a leak detection device. The leak detection device may be adjacent the conductive and/or sealing engagement. The door may include a user interface display and/or a touch screen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Pierce Woodling
  • Patent number: 12196436
    Abstract: A dehumidifier with a nesting sensor is provided. The dehumidifier system includes a condensate tank and a dehumidifier that may be positionable between at least one deployed configuration and at least one stowed configuration relative to the condensate tank. The stowed configuration has the apparatus nested within an internal volume of the condensate tank. The dehumidifier system includes a protuberance on the bottom of the condensate tank to activate a switch of the dehumidifier, and a magnet on the bottom of the condensate tank to activate a Hall-effect sensor of the dehumidifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Andrew DeRossett, Zachary Chapin
  • Patent number: 12193625
    Abstract: A beverage container washing system may be used for rapid washing and/or sanitizing of beverage containers, e.g., for use in a retail environment to wash and/or sanitize customer-provided beverage containers prior to filling the beverage containers with purchased beverages, among other applications. The beverage container washing system may include a pop-up ultraviolet sanitizer that may be used to sanitize an interior of a beverage container by extending into an opening of the beverage container and emitting ultraviolet light onto an interior surface of the beverage container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman
  • Patent number: 12196435
    Abstract: A window air conditioner is disclosed. The window air conditioner has a casing, an indoor heat exchanger, an indoor wall and a fresh air housing. The casing has an indoor air inlet and an indoor air outlet, and the indoor heat exchanger is mounted in the housing and corresponds to the indoor air inlet. The indoor wall is mounted in the casing, and has an indoor air duct for communicating an air outlet side of the indoor heat exchanger with the indoor air outlet. The fresh air housing is installed in the casing, and has a fresh air inlet, and a first fresh air outlet and a second fresh air outlet communicated with the fresh air inlet. The first fresh air outlet is located on the air inlet side of the indoor heat exchanger, and the second fresh air outlet is communicated with the indoor air duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Junhua Zhou
  • Patent number: 12193626
    Abstract: A beverage container washing system may utilize an auto-opening holder to laterally separate opposing grippers from one another when a housing is configured in a loading or unloading configuration to facilitate insertion and/or removal of a beverage container into or from the holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Robert M. Digman
  • Patent number: 12199789
    Abstract: An operation control method for a household electrical appliance includes performing network configuration with a plurality of servers according to different network protocols; upon receiving a control instruction sent by one of the plurality of servers, determining a processing priority of the control instruction; and processing the control instruction according to the processing priority and a preset multi-protocol processing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Lin Yan
  • Patent number: 12181176
    Abstract: Disclosed are an indoor unit and an air conditioner. The indoor unit has a chassis, a washing module, and a water blocking structure. The chassis has a condensate area and an effluent area adjacent to the condensate area and positioned above the condensate area. A portion of a bottom of the effluent area adjacent to the condensate area is recessed with a water outlet hole in communication with the condensate area. The washing module is mounted on the chassis and has a discharge pipe extending into the effluent area. The water blocking structure is arranged between the condensate area and the effluent area. A top end of the water blocking structure is connected to the washing module, and a lower end of the water blocking structure is in front of the water outlet hole to shield a part of the water outlet hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gen Lu, Shuyang Pi
  • Patent number: 12181171
    Abstract: An air conditioner includes a chassis and an electric control box vertically installed on the chassis. The chassis includes a socket. The electric control box includes a pre-positioning member and a fixation structure provided at a bottom of the electric control box. The pre-positioning member corresponds to the socket. The pre-positioning member is configured to be inserted in the socket of the chassis to position the electric control box. The fixation structure is configured to connect and fix the electric control box to the chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Fashen Liu
  • Patent number: 12181178
    Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly includes a support plate and an outdoor support. The support plate includes an outer support member. A mounting slide groove is formed at the outer support member and extending in a length direction of the support plate. One end of the outdoor support is slidably provided in the mounting slide groove. A limit structure is provided between the one end of the outdoor support and the mounting slide groove and configured to limit the one end of the outdoor support from separating from the mounting slide groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhisheng Lei, Zhigang Xing, Hui Yu, Wenjun Shen, Yuhang Tang, Kangwen Zhang, Ali Zhao
  • Patent number: 12178318
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of storage machine, and provides a shelf and a storage cabinet. The shelf includes a lifting storage-board assembly, a driving assembly and a transmission assembly. The transmission assembly includes a plate body and a flexible cable, where the plate body is connected to a transmission shaft. The plate body includes an accommodation cavity and an arc groove, where a first end-opening of the arc groove is communicated with the accommodation cavity, and a second end-opening of the arc groove is communicated with an outside of the plate body; and a first end of the flexible cable passes through the arc groove to be fixed in the accommodation cavity, and a second end of the flexible cable is configured to wrap around a mounting portion of the plate body and then connect to the corresponding lifting storage-board assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyunghan Jeong, Shuo Yang, Wenji Piao, Jinguo Yuan, Xiuliang Fu
  • Patent number: 12173955
    Abstract: Disclosed are a hinge and a refrigeration equipment. The hinge includes a vertical hinge shaft, a first hinge base and a second hinge base. The first hinge base includes a first installation plate and a first sleeve rotatably connected to the hinge shaft to make the first sleeve rotate around the hinge shaft. A lower end of the first sleeve is provided with a first slope sloping downwards. The second hinge base below the first hinge base includes a second installation plate and a second sleeve fixed on the hinge shaft. An upper end of the second sleeve is provided with a second slope sloping upwards. The second slope abuts against and cooperates with the first slope for the first sleeve to move from a first position to a second position along a direction away from the second sleeve or from the second position to the first position along a direction close to the second sleeve while being rotated around the hinge shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: HEIFEI HAULING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yanping Li, Huawei Zhang, Long Chen, Rong Wang, Pengkai Liu
  • Patent number: 12171331
    Abstract: Provided are a shelf assembly and a storage cabinet, which relate to the technical field of storage apparatuses. The shelf assembly includes: a plurality of shelves, mounting rods, the outer peripheral walls of which are provided with external threads in the axial direction, moving members corresponding to the shelves, and driving members corresponding to the moving members. The moving members are connected to the corresponding shelves; internal thread holes in threaded fit with the mounting rods are formed on the moving members; and the driving members are connected to the corresponding moving members and are used for driving the moving members to rotate. The storage cabinet includes a cabinet body and the shelf assembly arranged in the cabinet body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nanfei Yao, Feng Wen, Yunho Yang
  • Patent number: 12171369
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for an air fryer cooking appliance. The air fryer cooking appliance may include an upper body and a lower body configurable between at least one stowed position and at least one deployed position. The upper body may include a heating device and an air circulating device. The lower body may include a food container. The food container may receive the upper body in the stowed position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Paul R. Staun
  • Patent number: 12173908
    Abstract: An igniter assembly for a gas cooking appliance is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, the igniter assembly may have an igniter that can be removed from and/or inserted into an igniter socket through a surface of a cooking appliance without having to remove the surface of the cooking appliance. Accordingly, when the surface is being cleaned after cooking applications, the igniter can be removed from the surface, thereby eliminating any potential damage to the igniter and allowing the surface to be thoroughly cleaned. After cleaning, the igniter can then be re-inserted into the igniter socket through the surface of the cooking appliance without having to remove the surface of the cooking appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Richard Cowan
  • Patent number: 12173545
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of storage equipment and provides a door opening device and storage equipment. The door opening device includes a plurality of electromagnetic push rod structures, where each of the plurality of electromagnetic push rod structures includes a push rod; and a controller electrically connected to the plurality of electromagnetic push rod structures and is configured to drive a plurality of push rods of the plurality of electromagnetic push rod structures to act synchronously. The door opening device according to the present application can reduce the thickness of the door opening device to a large extent under the condition of ensuring the pushing force through synchronous action of the plurality of electromagnetic push rod structures arranged in parallel, which is helpful to improve the application range of the door opening device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Zheng, Yang Li, Yingjie Ma
  • Patent number: 12176806
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power factor correction circuit, a control method, and an electrical appliance. The power factor correction circuit may include: a power regulation branch, including a first switching unit, a second switching unit and a branch sampling resistor connected in series sequentially; an inductive branch, connected between an AC power source and a power regulation branch; a rectifier branch, including a first rectifier unit and a second rectifier unit, the rectifier branch may include a main line sampling resistor; a capacitance branch; a control circuit sampling a branch current flowing through each of the branch sampling resistors and a main line current flowing through the main line sampling resistor respectively, and controlling the switching of each power regulation branch sequentially. With the branch sampling resistor and the main line sampling resistor, the overall cost of the power factor correction circuit may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: GUANGDONG MIDEA WHITE HOME APPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTER CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Cai, Yi Liu, Kai Jiang, Hong Bin