Patents Assigned to Midea Group Co., Ltd.
  • Patent number: 12167723
    Abstract: A water dispenser including a body and a water outlet mechanism, the body includes a base and a supply pipe inside of the body, multiple mounting grooves set on the side of the base; the water outlet mechanism arranged on the base, including a diversion component including a diversion pipe and a diversion valve installed in a pipeline of the diversion pipe; an end of the diversion pipe is connected to the supply pipes, the other end of the diversion pipe extending into the mounting groove; a linkage component, an inner end of that connected to the valve, an outer end of that extending into the mounting groove; when the outer end of the linkage component suffers an inward force, making the valve move to conduct the water inlet chamber and the diversion chamber; and a resetting component that connects the base and the linkage component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: DS SERVICES OF AMERICA, INC., FOSHAN SHUNDE MEDIA WATER, MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiang Wu, Tyler Ayers, Luis Saldana
  • Patent number: 12166357
    Abstract: An under-cabinet wireless power system is mountable to an underside of a wall cabinet that is positioned over a countertop and includes a wireless power transmitter capable of powering a wirelessly powered appliance positioned proximate thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness, Clayton James O′Donoghue, John Kenneth Hooker
  • Patent number: 12163669
    Abstract: A cooking appliance and method of operation thereof in which cooking element drying operations are implemented to drive moisture out of the electrically-insulative material in a sheathed electrical cooking element. In many instances, the cooking element drying operations are of relatively short duration and/or include multiple cycles to drive moisture out of the electrically-insulative material without generating sufficient leakage current to cause a GFCI trip, and in some instances, while maintaining a surface temperature of the cooking element below a temperature that could cause a skin burn to occur and/or for items in contact with the cooking element to be damaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vern A. Neal, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl
  • Patent number: 12163668
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing undesired change in cooking valve configuration. An appliance may include one or more guard members. The one or more guard members may be adjacent one or more control knobs operably connected to one or more valves. The guard member may overlap one or more portions of the outer periphery of the control knob extending from the control panel in a variety of applications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Richard W. Cowan
  • Patent number: 12152666
    Abstract: An internal meshing planetary gear apparatus and a robotic joint device. The internal meshing planetary gear apparatus includes an internally toothed gear, a planetary gear, a plurality of inner pins, an eccentric shaft which acts as an input shaft, and a bushing. The plurality of inner pins is respectively inserted into a plurality of inner pin holes formed in the planetary gear, and is configured to revolve in the inner pin holes while rotating relative to the internally toothed gear about a rotation axis. The eccentric shaft is configured to cause the planetary gear to oscillate eccentrically. The bushing includes a fixing structure configured to fix an object member, and the bushing is combined with the eccentric shaft and configured to rotate together with the eccentric shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignees: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., GUANGDONG JIYA PRECISION MACHINERY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gang Wang, Wenjie Lin, Kiyoji Minegishi, Ziming Guo, Tsuyoshi Isaji
  • Patent number: 12139836
    Abstract: A laundry washing machine and method utilize a fluid property sensor to sense a fluid property of a fluid during a wash cycle to sense the level of detergent remaining in a load and control a rinse operation performed thereafter based upon the sensed fluid property. In some instances, the fluid property may be sensed while the load is being spun at a rate sufficient to cause fluid to be released from the load such that the sensed fluid property is based at least in part on fluid that was previously absorbed into the load. In addition, in some instances, the fluid property may be sensed during a spin phase of a wash cycle to selectively cause a wash cycle to selectively revert to an additional rinse phase when required, or otherwise proceed directly to the remainder of the spin phase to complete the wash cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Phillip C. Hombroek, Alexi Blaise Poth
  • Patent number: 12135141
    Abstract: A dehumidifier system is provided. The dehumidifier system may include a condensate tank and a dehumidifier. The dehumidifier may be positionable between at least one deployed position and at least one stowed position relative to the condensate tank. The condensate tank and the dehumidifier may telescope relative to each other. The dehumidifier system, or portions thereof, may include one or more stacking structures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiming Li, Zhigang Xing, Zachary Chapin
  • Patent number: 12137031
    Abstract: Provided are a method and a system of network configuration for domestic appliances, an electronic device, and a computer storage medium. The method includes: receiving a network configuration request and determining a plurality of network configuration appliances, wherein the plurality of network configuration appliances comprise an appliance that is to be configured with a network and at least two appliances that have been configured with the network; obtaining environmental information of the appliances that have been configured with the network, allocating, based on the environmental information, the appliance that is to be configured with the network to a corresponding appliance that has been configured with the network; and performing network configuration on the appliance to be configured with the network based on a corresponding appliance that has been configured with the network and is allocated to the corresponding appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignees: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiongbin Ye
  • Patent number: 12121147
    Abstract: A bracket for mounting an over-the-range cooking appliance that can be secured to a wall and support a cooking appliance. The bracket including a bracket body with top and rear portions, where the rear portion is secured to the wall so that the top portion is proximate an upper cabinet. The bracket further including a vent opening to engage an exhaust of the cooking appliance, and an integrated drill guide on the top portion of the bracket to align a drill bit for drilling an opening through the upper cabinet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Trice
  • Patent number: 12115685
    Abstract: A method and system for capturing, by a camera a sequence of frames at respective locations within a portion of an environment; capturing, by an inertial measurement unit, a sequence of inertial odometry data corresponding to the sequence of frames at the respective locations; storing in a queue a data record includes information extracted from processing the respective frame and information from the inertial measurement unit; in accordance with a determination that the sequence of inertial odometry data satisfies a first criterion: calculating a first relative pose between the first frame and the second frame; and in accordance with a determination that a difference between the first relative pose and the information extracted from processing the respective frame satisfy a first threshold: generating an initial map of the portion of the environment based on the first data record and the second data record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Thanh Huy Ha, Yi Chen, Zhicai Ou
  • Patent number: 12104846
    Abstract: A refrigerator utilizes a quick fill dispenser that incorporates a fluid storage receptacle that is easily removable for cleaning and/or dispensing independently of the refrigerator, and that is coupled to a dock through a combined inlet/outlet through which the receptacle is filled and fluid is dispensed through the receptacle. A dock closure may also be used to inhibit fluid flow through the combined inlet/outlet when the fluid storage receptacle is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Eric Scalf, Vinayak Naik, Michael Gaunt
  • Patent number: 12082761
    Abstract: A beverage container washing system may utilize a heated wash fluid circulation system to circulate wash fluid retained in a line between a tank and a sprayer to enable fluid that is supplied to the sprayer to be maintained at a suitable temperature for washing and/or sanitizing a beverage container, and in many instances regardless of the amount of time between wash cycles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman
  • Patent number: 12075961
    Abstract: A carrier for one or more straws of an appliance such as a dish washing appliance. The carrier and/or rack may be in fluid communication with one or more spray elements when in a stowed position within a dishwasher tub. The one or more carriers may route fluid from the one or more spray elements to wash an interior and/or an exterior of at least one straw. The carrier may include one or more bridges projecting inwardly towards the one or more straws defining one or more pathways for received fluid. The body of the carrier may include a lid and/or latch. The carrier may be adjustable to engage one or more straws of varying lengths. The carrier may include an adjustable end and a fixed end. The carrier may include a biasing mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bassam Fawaz, Robert M. Digman
  • Patent number: 12064033
    Abstract: A mounting bracket assembly for an appliance, such as an over-the-range cooking appliance, for mounting to an underside of a wall cabinet, where the cooking appliance includes having at least a rear-facing side and a top-facing side. The assembly includes a wall bracket configured to be secured to the wall near the wall cabinet and configured to support the enclosure on a ledge. The assembly also includes a cam rotatably mounted to the housing to rotatably engage a surface of the ledge to raise the appliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Daniel J. Trice, Brian Langness
  • Patent number: 12063718
    Abstract: A leakage current compensation system may be used in an appliance such as a cooking appliance or another device utilizing a sheathed electrical heating element, and may sense a leakage current in one or more phases of a multi-phase power circuit that supplies the appliance or other device using a current transformer and generate a compensating current in a different phase of the multi-phase power circuit to compensate for the leakage current and thereby reduce the likelihood of a false GFCI trip in the multi-phase power circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: John Kenneth Hooker
  • Patent number: 12043942
    Abstract: A dispenser for a laundry washing machine. The dispenser includes one or more screens adjacent one or more detergent trays. The one or more screens reduce the splashing of fluid to adjacent detergent trays. The one or more screens, or portions thereof, may include a plurality of though openings in fluid communication between one or more sprayers and one or more detergent trays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bryan T. Snook, Fan Jianfeng
  • Patent number: 12042111
    Abstract: A dishwasher and method utilize a cam-based position sensor that is configured to sense multiple rotational positions for a discretely directable tubular spray element driven by a tubular spray element drive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Joel Boyer, Robert M. Digman
  • Patent number: 12044406
    Abstract: A cooking appliance includes: a gas cooking element; an igniter disposed adjacent to the gas cooking element to ignite the gas cooking element; a gas valve for regulating gas flow to the gas cooking element; a burner control mechanically coupled to the gas valve to vary the gas flow to the gas cooking element; a sensor for detecting the positioning of the burner control in an ignition range of positions; and a control circuit coupled to the igniter and the sensor and to activate the igniter in response to detected movement of the burner control into the ignition range of positions, the control circuit further configured to maintain activation of the igniter for a predetermined minimum length of time once activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Vern A. Neal, Richard W. Cowan, John Kenneth Hooker
  • Patent number: 12044414
    Abstract: A microwave cooking appliance allowing better access into the cooking cavity. The microwave cooking appliance may include a portion of the cooking cavity articulating to a deployed position from the housing. The appliance may include one or more linkage members connected to the articulating cavity portion. The appliance may include a linkage track member guiding the one or more linkage members and/or articulating cavity portion between positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Daniel J. Trice
  • Patent number: D1043734
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignees: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD., GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haitao Zhou, Jiayi Chen, Xiuying Xie, Haomin Huang