Abstract: A dishwashing appliance with a shrouded filtration assembly for removing dishwashing sediment from recirculated dishwashing fluid is provided. The dishwashing appliance may include a tub, a spray system, a recirculation pump, a drainage pump, and a shrouded filtration assembly in fluid communication with the spray system, the recirculation pump, and the drainage pump. The shrouded filtration assembly may include a lid, a filter frame, and a sump housing.
Abstract: An air conditioner indoor unit is provided. The indoor unit has a housing, a volute and a first heat exchanger. The housing is provided with an installation cavity. The volute is installed in the installation cavity. An air outlet of the volute is inclined towards a bottom of the installation cavity. The first heat exchanger is installed in the installation cavity corresponding to the air outlet. The first heat exchanger extends from a bottom of the volute to a top of the volute. An air inlet cavity is defined by the volute, the first heat exchanger and the bottom of the installation cavity.
Abstract: A method and dishwasher utilize one or more tubular spray elements that are both rotatable about longitudinal axes thereof and discretely directable by one or more tubular spray element drives between a plurality of rotational positions about the longitudinal axes thereof. Thus, through the provision of discretely directable tubular spray elements, fluid such as wash fluid and/or pressurized air may be focused in a wash tub, in many cases providing more efficient resource usage in the dishwasher.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 18, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 31, 2023
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Robert M. Digman, Mark W. Wilson, Timothy Martin Wetzel
Abstract: An air purifier comprising: a housing provided with air inlets and air outlets and defining an accommodating cavity, wherein the air inlets are located on the side walls of the housing; a water supply module arranged within the accommodating cavity and defining a water storage cavity; a purifying module arranged within the accommodating cavity and located on the water supply module, the purifying module comprising: a purifying assembly rotatably disposed within the accommodating cavity, a water distribution assembly for guiding water in the water supply module to flow upwards and distributing water to the purifying assembly, and a driving device located on the purifying assembly and connected with the purifying assembly; and an air discharge module disposed within the accommodating cavity and located on the purifying module.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 8, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 24, 2023
Assignees:
GUANGDONG MIDEA WHITE HOME APPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTER CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Abstract: An air conditioner indoor unit includes a housing, a collection device, and a lifting device. The housing includes a body and a top cover. A top of the body includes a fitting port and the top cover is disposed at the fitting port. The collection device is disposed at the top cover. The lifting device is coupled to the top cover and configured to drive the top cover to move between a storage position and a detection position that allows the collection device to collect external information outside the housing.
Abstract: A cooking appliance includes a secondary venting arrangement within an oven cavity to supplement a primary venting arrangement with localized venting of combustion products adjacent a flame detector that detects a flame emitted by a gas burner disposed under the oven cavity. Doing so may assist with stabilizing the flame generated by the gas burner prior to establishment of steady state flow pattern within the oven cavity.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 24, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 24, 2023
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Richard W. Cowan, Felix Conde Zelocuatecatl, Vern A. Neal
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device binding method and apparatus, and an electronic device. The method includes: sending, by a first application program executing a first protocol, a query instruction to a target device, the query instruction being used to query a first device identifier of the target device in a second protocol; receiving, by the first application program, the first device identifier sent by the target device; and providing, by the first application program, the first device identifier, to enable a second application program executing the second protocol to bind a login account of the second application program to the target device based on the first device identifier.
Abstract: System and method for reducing false negatives in object detection, including: extracting an object of interest from a respective image in a first set of training data that includes in distribution (ID) data. For each of the object of interest extracted from the respective image in the first set of training data: fusing the object of interest with an image from a second set of data that does not include any objects of interest to form a fused image; adding the fused image to the training data; and using the training data to train a detection model for object detection.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 1, 2021
Date of Patent:
October 17, 2023
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Thanh Huy Ha, Yunke Tian, Mohamad Al Jazaery, Sathyanarayanan Muthusamy, Zhicai Ou
Abstract: A system and apparatus utilize integrated touch sensing controls to operate a cooking appliance. Among other benefits, one or more touch sensors integrated on control knobs may be used in combination with one or more position sensors and/or one or more ignition detectors to detect and signal an alert in response to different operating scenarios of the cooking appliance, to enable energization of the cooking appliance, and/or to activate/deactivate a control lock feature.
Abstract: An output control device includes an output component, a first switch and a second switch. The output component includes a first output coil used for controlling, when the first circuit is turned on and the second circuit is not turned on, the first output coil to enter a heating working state, and controlling, when the first circuit is not turned on and the second circuit is turned on, the first output coil to enter a power transmission working state. The first switch is located in the first circuit and used for turning on the first circuit when being closed. The second switch is located in the second circuit and used for turning on the second circuit when being closed.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 17, 2022
Date of Patent:
October 17, 2023
Assignees:
GUANGDONG MIDEA WHITE HOME APPLIANCE TECHNOLOGY INNOVATION CENTER CO., INC., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Abstract: The present disclosure provides a rotating lamp, a refrigerator, and a control method for a rotating lamp in a refrigerator. The rotating lamp is disposed in a box having a door and a drawer, the rotating lamp includes a driving device, a transmission mechanism and a lamp box assembly, and the driving device includes an output shaft; the lamp box assembly is rotatably arranged in the box and has a light exit surface; one end of the transmission mechanism is connected to the output shaft, and the other end is connected to the lamp box assembly. When the door is opened or when the drawer (30) is drawn out, the driving device drives the lamp box assembly via the transmission mechanism to rotate the lamp box assembly relative to the box.
Abstract: A shelf for an appliance such as a dish washing appliance. The shelf may include an intermediate wheel shelf. The intermediate wheel shelf may include a biasing member. The intermediate wheel shelf may be pivotable between one or more positions. The intermediate wheel shelf may form a substantially continuous wheel shelf configuration with one or more wheel shelves.
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.
Abstract: A mobile air conditioner, comprising: a first heat exchanger, having a first interface and a second interface for a refrigerant to enter and exit; a phase-change energy storage heat exchange device, including a second heat exchanger and a phase-change energy storage working medium, wherein the second heat exchanger and the phase-change energy storage working medium may exchange heat therebetween, and the second heat exchanger has a third interface and a fourth interface for the refrigerant to enter and exit; a first refrigerant pipeline, connected to the first interface and the third interface; and a second refrigerant pipeline, connected to the second interface and the fourth interface.
Abstract: A laundry washing machine and method automate the selection of various operational settings for a wash cycle based in part on color composition data collected from a load of articles using a color detection sensor. In some instances, the capture of color composition data is triggered by detected weight changes sensed by a weight sensor as the load of articles is added to a wash tub, and is based in part on the detection of a stable weight in the wash tub for at least a predetermined duration. In addition, in some instances, color compensation data may be used to characterize a load of articles based in part on a color decision algorithm that assigns pixels in the color compensation data to different color categories.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
December 18, 2020
Date of Patent:
October 3, 2023
Assignee:
MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
Inventors:
Phillip C. Hombroek, Abubakar Abukar, Andrew Perry
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.