Patents Assigned to Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd
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Patent number: 12173943Abstract: A control method and system for refrigeration, oil return and noise reduction of a multi-split air-conditioner, wherein the method includes: when the accumulative time that the frequency of a compressor is smaller than the set frequency threshold reaches the oil return cycle and a standby indoor unit exists, conducting an oil return running mode; resetting the accumulative time; starting counting the oil return running time; calculating the indoor unit starting load; determining the opening degree of an expansion valve of the standby indoor unit according to the indoor unit starting load and whether there is anyone in a room where the standby indoor unit is located; controlling the compressor to run according to the set oil return frequency; and when the oil return running time reaches the oil return set time, exiting the oil return running mode, and conducting a normal refrigerating running mode.Type: GrantFiled: August 15, 2019Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER AIR-CONDITIONING ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Ming Zhang, Deyue Song, Qiang Gao, Haisheng Wang, Dahai Lu, Xiaodi Zhang, Mingjie Zhou
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Patent number: 12117194Abstract: A multi-split air-conditioning system, and a method for calculating a heat exchange capacity thereof. The method includes: acquiring a total heat exchange capacity of a multi-split air-conditioning system; acquiring a pressure difference between two pressure measurement points on each air pipe; acquiring the distance between the two pressure measurement points on each air pipe; acquiring the pipe diameter of each air pipe; acquiring the friction factor of each air pipe; acquiring the density of a heat exchange medium in each air pipe; and according to the total heat exchange capacity of the multi-split air-conditioning system, the pressure difference and distance between the two pressure measurement points on each air pipe, the pipe diameter and friction factor of each air pipe, and the density of the heat exchange medium in each air pipe, calculating a heat exchange capacity of each indoor unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2019Date of Patent: October 15, 2024Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER AIR-CONDITIONING ELECTRONIC CO., LTD, HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Tao Ren, Qiang Song, Yinyin Li, Jingsheng Liu, Bing Wang
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Publication number: 20240337407Abstract: A multi-split air conditioner comprising an outdoor unit and a group of indoor units, the group of indoor units comprising a plurality of indoor units connected in parallel, at least one indoor unit comprising: a main flow path, comprising an electronic expansion valve and an indoor heat exchanger successively connected via a main pipeline, at least part of the main pipeline located at a refrigerant inlet end of the electronic expansion valve being used as a supercooling parallel section; a supercooling branch, comprising a supercooler, the supercooling branch being connected in parallel to the supercooling parallel section; and a communication switching assembly, configured to be controlled to communicate the supercooling parallel section and/or the supercooling branch with the electronic expansion valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 17, 2022Publication date: October 10, 2024Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER AIR-CONDITIONING ELECTRONIC CO., LTD, QINGDAO HAIER AIR CONDITIONER GENERAL CORP., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO.,LTDInventors: Donglai LIU, Yizhong YUAN, Dahai LU, Shoubo MAO
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Patent number: 12104817Abstract: A control method for a multi-split air conditioning system capable of simultaneous cooling and heating to solve the problem that uneven cooling and heating occurs when running an existing multi-split air conditioning system. The method includes calculating the cooling or heating temperature effect deviation of each indoor unit on the basis of the indoor ambient temperature and set temperature of the environment where each indoor unit is located; calculating the total cooling effect deviation and total heating effect deviation of an multi-split air conditioning system on the basis of the horsepower of all the indoor units and the corresponding cooling temperature deviation or heating temperature deviation; and selectively adjusting the degrees of opening of valve boxes on the basis of the total cooling effect deviation and the total heating effect deviation. The method ensures balanced distribution of refrigerant, balanced running effects the units, and avoids uneven heating and cooling.Type: GrantFiled: August 17, 2020Date of Patent: October 1, 2024Assignees: Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Baitian Zhuo, Bin Shi, Shaojiang Cheng, Ruigang Zhang, Jun Wang
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Patent number: 12061004Abstract: An expansion valve control method for a multi-split air-conditioning system to solve the problem of detecting leakage of an expansion valve of a multi-split air-conditioning system. The system includes an outdoor unit and a plurality of indoor units connected to the outdoor unit, each of the indoor units is connected to the outdoor unit by a first pipeline and a second pipeline. The expansion valve control method includes acquiring an indoor temperature of an environment where an indoor unit is located; acquiring the temperature of a first pipeline of the indoor unit and the temperature of a second pipeline of the indoor unit when the indoor unit is in a shutdown state; and according to at least the indoor temperature of the environment where the indoor unit is located, determining the leakage condition of an expansion valve of the indoor unit.Type: GrantFiled: July 10, 2020Date of Patent: August 13, 2024Assignees: Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Baitian Zhuo, Bin Shi, Shaojiang Cheng, Ruigang Zhang, Jun Wang
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Patent number: 12000605Abstract: A method for controlling the balanced frosting of outdoor units in a multi-split air-conditioning system solving the problem in existing multi-split air-conditioning systems of resource waste caused by a low utilization efficiency of the heating capability of outdoor units as a result of some of the outdoor units entering a defrosting state when the heating capability is not fully utilized. According to the control method, by determining whether an outdoor unit set satisfies a frosting unbalance condition, the actual output capability of outdoor units of the outdoor unit set is selectively controlled on the basis of the frosting degrees of all the outdoor units. Thus, the difference between the frosting degrees of different outdoor units in the outdoor unit set at the same time can be reduced, such that the heating capability of all the outdoor units can be fully utilized when the outdoor unit set enters a defrosting state.Type: GrantFiled: September 4, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignees: Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Baitian Zhuo, Bin Shi, Shaojiang Cheng, Ruigang Zhang, Jun Wang
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Patent number: 11994318Abstract: A refrigeration system, when a set evaporator water outlet temperature To is less than a daily minimum temperature Tmin, starts a cold water unit to cool a cooling pool; when the set evaporator water outlet temperature To is greater than a daily maximum temperature Tmax, starts a natural cooling source to cool the cooling pool; when Tmin?To?Tmax, if Ti?To?a set value, starts the cold water unit to cool the cooling pool, and if Ti<To?the set value, starts the natural cooling source to cool the cooling pool. The refrigeration system not only satisfies the cooling requirements of the cooling pool, but also achieves the purpose of saving energy, reducing costs.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2019Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER AIR-CONDITIONING ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Chuanzhi Wu, Jie Zhang, Jielei Sui
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Patent number: 11959655Abstract: Provided are an air-conditioning system, a data transmission method and apparatus, and a non-transitory computer storage medium. A centralized air-conditioning controller, at least one air conditioner, and at least one environmental information collection module are provided.Type: GrantFiled: July 11, 2019Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER AIR-CONDITIONING ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Wei Wei, Yongjun Zhao, Li Chen Zhang
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Patent number: 11892213Abstract: A multi-connection air conditioning system and a method for calculating a heat exchange amount thereof includes a plurality of indoor units, and the method includes: obtaining a total heat exchange amount of the multi-connection air conditioning system; obtaining inlet air temperature of each indoor unit; obtaining a two-phase saturation temperature of each indoor unit; obtaining an air supply volume of each indoor unit; obtaining a heat exchange area of each indoor unit; and calculating a heat exchange amount of each indoor unit according to the total heat exchange amount of the multi-connection air conditioning system, the inlet air temperature of each indoor unit, the two-phase saturation temperature of each indoor unit, the air supply volume of each indoor unit, and the heat exchange area of each indoor unit. Thus the user can monitor the heat exchange amount of each indoor unit so that they can be managed with separate targets.Type: GrantFiled: December 24, 2019Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignees: Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tao Ren, Qiang Song, Yinyin Li, Jingsheng Liu, Bing Wang
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Patent number: 11867421Abstract: An air conditioner and control method therefor to solve the problem that an existing air conditioner stops operation upon detection of an operation parameter abnormality situation, causing the user experience to be significantly influenced. For this reason, the air conditioner includes a compressor. The control method includes: obtaining an outdoor ambient temperature; determining a first preset time period according to the outdoor ambient temperature; obtaining operation parameters of the compressor after the first preset time period; and selectively stopping operation of the air conditioner according to the operation parameters of the compressor, so that the air conditioner can be automatically repaired within the first preset time period. If the air conditioner can be automatically repaired within the first preset time period, the air conditioner does not need to stop operation, so as to guarantee a continuous heat exchange capability of the air conditioner and not to cause an operation failure.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kun Yang, Yabin Sui, Yanyao Lei, Yunhua Ma, Junhui Zhang, Zongke Wei
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Publication number: 20230407994Abstract: A cable holder, a magnetic ring fixing device, and an air conditioner outdoor unit. The cable holder includes a holder body; cable grooves running through a side of the holder body are provided in the holder body; two side groove walls of each cable groove are respectively connected to first clamping arms towards the bottom of the groove at an opening; the distance between the two first clamping arms gradually decreases from the opening of each cable groove to the bottom of the groove; a fixing groove for matching a cable is provided at the bottom of each cable groove. Thus, cables can be conveniently placed in the cable grooves, and the cables cannot easily pass out of the cable grooves; moreover, by arranging the fixing grooves, the cables can be fixed and limited, offset movement of the cables can be reduced, and an anti-falling effect can be better realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2021Publication date: December 21, 2023Applicants: Qingdao Haier Air Conditioner General Corp., Ltd., Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Zhenhao MA, Junyan ZHANG, Huan YANG, Jianke LI, Zhilin ZHAO
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Patent number: 11815282Abstract: An air conditioner, including an outdoor unit and a control system, an air outlet being provided at the top of a box body of the outdoor unit. The air conditioner further includes a snow hood in communication with the air outlet, a rotation driving device connected to the snow hood, and a wind direction detection device provided on the box body. The snow hood is rotatably provided on the top of the box body, and the rotation driving device and the wind direction detection device both communicate with the control system.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2019Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Wei Xu, Changjian Wei, Zhiwei Yang, Bo Ding, Guosheng Tang
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Patent number: 11815276Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and an apparatus for controlling an air conditioner, and a computer storage medium, and relates to the technical field of intelligent household appliances. The method includes acquiring a current physical characteristic parameter of an air conditioner user in a current sampling timeframe; and adjusting either or both of a current set temperature and a current compressor frequency of the air conditioner according to the current physical characteristic parameter and current energy consumption of the air conditioner when the current physical characteristic parameter falls within a set range of parameters in sleep. Therefore, energy conservation and a comfortable user experience are compatible, thereby providing more functions for the control of the air conditioner in the sleep mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER AIR-CONDITIONING ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Yuhui Gao, Shaojiang Cheng, Baitian Zhuo, Jun Wang, Benhai Yuan, Bin Shi
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Patent number: 11754327Abstract: An air conditioning system, which includes an indoor heat exchanger, an outdoor heat exchanger, a compressor, a throttling device, a four-way valve and an ejection device; the indoor heat exchanger, the outdoor heat exchanger, the compressor and the throttling device form a closed-loop refrigerant circulation circuit, the four-way valve is configured to switch the air conditioning system between a cooling mode and a heating mode, and the ejection device is configured to be capable of being connected to a discharge side of the compressor when the air conditioning system executes the heating mode, so as to improve a heating effect of the air conditioning system. This system has a lower cost and a simple structure for easier maintenance, and the energy efficiency ratio is improved, so that the heating effect of the air conditioning system can be improved when the air conditioning system executes the heating mode.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignees: Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qingliang Meng, Qiang Song, Jiangbin Liu, Jingsheng Liu
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Publication number: 20230089608Abstract: A multi-connection air conditioning system and a method for calculating a heat exchange amount thereof includes a plurality of indoor units, and the method includes: obtaining a total heat exchange amount of the multi-connection air conditioning system; obtaining inlet air temperature of each indoor unit; obtaining a two-phase saturation temperature of each indoor unit; obtaining an air supply volume of each indoor unit; obtaining a heat exchange area of each indoor unit; and calculating a heat exchange amount of each indoor unit according to the total heat exchange amount of the multi-connection air conditioning system, the inlet air temperature of each indoor unit, the two-phase saturation temperature of each indoor unit, the air supply volume of each indoor unit, and the heat exchange area of each indoor unit. Thus the user can monitor the heat exchange amount of each indoor unit so that they can be managed with separate targets.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 24, 2019Publication date: March 23, 2023Applicants: Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Tao REN, Qiang SONG, Yinyin LI, Jingsheng LIU, Bing WANG
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Patent number: 11611455Abstract: The present application relates to a method for communication detection. The method comprises: determining a length level of a communication link according to a time length of pulse data during transmission of data over the communication link, and determining a detection time point according to the length level of the communication link. The length level of the communication link is determined according to the time length of pulse data during transmission of data over the communication link, and then the detection time point of the data is confirmed, thereby realizing dynamic determination of the detection time point of data according to the time length of the pulse data, and data waveform attenuation caused by an excessively long distance is avoided by means of automatic adjustment of the detection time point, so that the correctness of data detection is ensured, and the stability of long-distance homebus communication is improved.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER AIR-CONDITIONING ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Shaojiang Cheng, Defang Guo, Bin Shi, Baitian Zhuo, Jun Wang, Ruigang Zhang
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Patent number: 11585560Abstract: A method of judging lack-of-freon in an air conditioner and an air conditioner control method. The control method includes: acquiring outflow air temperatures at the first air outlet and the second air outlet, and calculating a temperature difference; comparing the temperature difference with a preset temperature difference threshold; and adjusting an opening degree of the expansion valve accordingly. In the method, the opening degree of the expansion valve can be automatically adjusted according to a result of temperature comparison to compensate for the flow rate of freon, so as to improve the cooling or heating efficiency of the air conditioning system and realize the adaptive adjustment of the air conditioner, thereby ensuring the cooling or heating efficiency of the system even if the system lacks freon to a slight extent and effectively reducing energy consumption. The judging method has a higher accuracy of judging result, and is easier to implement.Type: GrantFiled: August 9, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignees: Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kun Yang, Yunhua Ma, Longling Ge, Yanyao Lei, Chao Sun, Changyou Xiong, Zhiyang Gao, Yabin Sui, Zhigao Cao, Shouyu Liu
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Patent number: 11578896Abstract: A refrigeration system, comprising an evaporator, a condenser, a throttling device, a compressor, an economizer and an ejector, these devices together form a closed-loop refrigerant circulation loop, the ejector being connected to the economizer, and the ejector being provided on an exhaust side of the compressor. The structure enables the refrigeration system to realize the dual-stage boost, does not affect the stability of the compressor due to the instability of the airflow of the ejector, and does not affect the oil property of the compressor, thereby ensuring the operation safety of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2019Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignees: Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qingliang Meng, Qiang Song, Xueyan Tan, Jiangbin Liu, Jingsheng Liu, Bing Wang
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Patent number: 11552818Abstract: A relay device and a multi-split control system that achieve reliable communication between an outdoor air conditioning unit and multiple indoor units under the condition that the length of a communication bus is limited. The system expands the communication distance by a cascade path formed by a plurality of relay devices. The cascade path transmits control signals sent by a master control device/a specific slave control device (i.e. a slave control device communicating with the master control device or certain relay device) to corresponding slave control devices one by one, and the corresponding slave control devices transmit the signals to the master control device/specific slave control device according to a response signal fed back by the control signal, where the relay devices may respectively communicate with a source node device and a destination node device on the basis of the master-slave type communication mode.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2019Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignees: Qingdao Haier Air-conditioning Electronic Co., Ltd, Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.Inventors: Defang Guo, Benhai Yuan, Ruigang Zhang, Bin Shi, Baitian Zhuo, Shaojiang Cheng, Jun Wang
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Patent number: 11536495Abstract: An oil return control method for a multi-split air conditioner and a system accomplishing the same includes: calculating an average exhaust pressure within an oil return period Pd_AVG; determining whether the average exhaust pressure Pd_AVG?the set threshold Pdthreshold; if Pd_AVG?Pdthreshold, maintaining the multi-split air conditioner working in heating mode to ensure an acceptable oil return performance without affecting the air conditioning effect of indoor unit in heating mode; if Pd_AVG<Pdthreshold, switching the multi-split air conditioner to cooling mode, stopping a fan within those power-on indoor units and entering into a cooling oil return process and switching the multi-split air conditioner back to heating mode until the cooling oil return process ends.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2019Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER AIR-CONDITIONING ELECTRONIC CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Defang Guo, Baitian Zhuo, Bin Shi, Shaojiang Cheng, Ruigang Zhang, Jun Wang