Patents by Inventor Chunfeng Lao

Chunfeng Lao has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11680357
    Abstract: A sealing valve plug structure includes a valve plug column corresponding to the drain opening formed in the side wall of an inner drum, and a counterweight hinged to the upper end of the valve plug column. The sealing valve installation structure is installed on the side wall of the drum, and the reset spring is clamped between the sealing valve installation structure and the valve plug column. The counterweight is used to generate an action, under the action of centrifugal force, to open the drain opening, and the valve plug column is reset by the reset spring to make the valve plug block the drain opening, to thereby open and close the drain opening. A cleaning-free washing machine having an inner drum sealed by the sealing valve plug structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yimin Li, Chunfeng Lao, Xinghui Hao, Di Wu, Sheng Xu
  • Patent number: 11680356
    Abstract: An inner drum comprises lifting ribs extending along a generatrix of the inner drum, each being hollow inside, a water-splashing surface of each of the lifting ribs has permeable holes to allow a hollow part of each of the lifting ribs to communicate with an inside of the inner drum, and a rear end of each is arranged close to an inner drum bottom, and provided with a water outlet structure. A no-clean washing machine is installed with the inner drum, the inner drum is a closed container with an opening closed by a door. When the inner drum rotates at a high speed, the washing water is guided towards the inner drum bottom and flows to a center of the bottom along a water guide flow channel on the bottom, and is discharged out of the inner drum through a water outlet connector of a central joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yimin Li, Chunfeng Lao, Xinghui Hao, Di Wu, Peishi Lv
  • Patent number: 11530506
    Abstract: An inner drum cover is provided at a drum opening of an inner drum of a washing machine, the inner drum cover is used to open or close the drum opening, so that the inner drum forms a closed container after the drum opening is closed by the inner drum cover. The inner drum can perform washing after the inner drum cover is correspondingly fastened to the drum opening, so that clothes only come into contact with washing water in the sealed inner drum in a washing process. In this way, a case in which the clothes are contaminated because washing water between the inner drum and an outer drum flows into the inner drum is avoided, washing cleanliness of the washing machine is greatly improved, and incomplete washing of the clothes caused by contamination of the washing water between the inner drum and the outer drum is avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R & D CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hua Liu, Hongxia Sun, Yimin Li, Chunfeng Lao, Xinghui Hao, Di Wu, Haitao Liu
  • Patent number: 11427948
    Abstract: A support plate mounted on the inner side wall of an inner drum has a through hole corresponding to drain openings formed in the wall of the drum, and a gap between the support plate and the side wall of the inner drum forms a space for valve plugs of sealing valves to move up and down; a mounting sleeve installed on the upper side of the support plate has an inner through hole coaxially arranged with the through hole in the support plate, so that the valve plugs of the sealing valves are coaxially installed in the inner through hole and can move up and down. A drain opening formed in the side wall of the inner drum is provided with a sealing valve installed on the inner drum via the sealing valve structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yimin Li, Chunfeng Lao, Xinghui Hao, Di Wu, Peishi Lv
  • Patent number: 11365507
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the field of washing machines, in particular relates to a washing barrel and a washing machine provided with the washing barrel. The washing barrel can accommodate washing water, a side wall of the washing barrel is provided with a drainage channel for discharging washing water in the washing barrel during dehydrating, and the drainage channel is provided with a water guiding part to guide washing water in the drainage channel to discharge rapidly. Through setting a water guiding part, washing water entering the drainage channel can be discharged rapidly along the drainage channel under the guidance of the water guiding part, and drainage can be realized with no need of reducing rotating speed of the washing barrel, thereby making the drainage smooth, reducing consumption of the motor which drives the washing barrel to rotate, and reducing vibration and noise of the whole machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xi Wang, Rui Zhang, Xinghui Hao, Di Wu, Chunfeng Lao
  • Patent number: 11359322
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the field of washing machines, in particular to a washing barrel and a washing machine having the washing barrel. The washing barrel is configured to accommodate washing water. The washing barrel comprises a barrel body and a drainage channel being arranged on a side wall of the barrel body and configured to discharge washing water in the barrel body out of the barrel body during dehydrating. The drainage channel is provided with a water inlet communicated with an inside of the barrel body; and the barrel body is provided with a guiding part used to guide washing water in the barrel body into the water inlet during dehydrating. The present disclosure has the following beneficial effects: through setting the guiding part, the washing water is guided to the drainage channel and discharged through the drainage channel to realize rapid dehydration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Di Wu, Xinghui Hao, Chunfeng Lao
  • Patent number: 11319658
    Abstract: A drum washing machine comprises an inner drum rotatable. Both ends of the inner drum are closed and rotatably mounted on a supporting device through rotating shafts, respectively. A side wall of the inner drum is provided with an input port for taking and putting items. A sealing inner cover capable of being opened/closed is mounted at the input port. A water flow passage for feeding water and/or draining water is arranged in at least one of the rotating shafts at both ends of the inner drum. The whole inner drum may be made into a drum without any hole. During the washing process, washing water is held in the inner drum, and the inner drum rotates to wash clothes. The two closed ends of the inner drum are rotatably mounted on the supporting device through the rotating shafts, thus realizing rotation of the inner drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peishi Lv, Sheng Xu, Chunfeng Lao, Yanfen Lv, Yimin Li
  • Patent number: 11286611
    Abstract: A washing machine comprises a cabinet, a washing drum rotatably arranged in the cabinet, wherein the washing drum is a water holding drum to accommodate washing water, a water drainage channel which discharges water from top to bottom is arranged at an inner side of a peripheral wall of the washing drum, an upper end of the water drainage channel communicates with the inside of a washing drum, and a lower end communicates with the outside of the washing drum. The water drainage channel comprises a water channel casing and at least part of a washing drum wall, and one side, facing the washing drum wall, of the water channel casing is provided with a cut-through groove, the water channel casing is fastened on the washing drum wall, and forms a water flow channel together with the washing drum wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunfeng Lao, Sheng Xu, Yanfen Lv, Xinghui Hao, Yimin Li, Di Wu
  • Patent number: 11236454
    Abstract: A method for controlling release amount of detergent and a washing device, include: dividing inner space of a detergent box into independent N compartments, wherein each of the compartments is configured to store a type of detergent having a certain concentration range; assigning a concentration level Ci, i=1, . . . , N to each of the compartments wherein the higher the detergent concentration, the lower the concentration level; selecting one of the compartments containing detergent and releasing the detergent in the selected compartment, and obtaining the concentration level C of the selected compartment; obtaining a laundry weight m; and calculating a release amount of the detergent, wherein Vn=1.25*m*(C+1). The formula which is configured to calculate the release amount of detergent is also provided based on both of the detergent concentration level and the laundry weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Li, Shilong Hao, Jingjing Zhang, Chunfeng Lao, Sheng Xu, Jinzhu Deng
  • Patent number: 11220771
    Abstract: A drum washing machine comprises a machine body, a door body, an inner drum and a water feeding device. The inner drum is rotatably arranged in the machine body, and holds water in a washing. A front part of the inner drum is provided with an input port for taking and putting clothes. The door body is mounted at a front part of the machine body corresponding to the input port of the inner drum for opening or closing the input port. An end with the input port of the inner drum is hermetically connected with the door body in a relatively rotating manner. The water feeding device includes a first water feeding pipe connected with an external water source, a water collection sump corresponding to the first water feeding pipe arranged on the door body, and a second water feeding pipe arranged in the door body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng Xu, Chunfeng Lao, Yanfen Lv, Yimin Li, Peishi Lv
  • Patent number: 11214906
    Abstract: An inner drum of a washing machine has a plurality of hollow lifting ribs arranged on the side wall of the drum that communicate with the interior of the drum. At least one drainage port communicating with the hollow portions of the lifting ribs is formed in the side wall of the drum. A sealing valve is located inside each lifting rib at each drainage port. During high-speed rotation of the drum, valve bodies of the sealing valves move along a radial center direction of the drum under a centrifugal force, to open the drainage ports. Through this arrangement, discharging water flow in the drum to the outside from the hidden drainage ports is achieved. Meanwhile, centrifugal force during the high-speed rotation of the drum is used to control valve cores of the sealing valves such that the drainage ports are automatically opened for drainage from the drum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yimin Li, Chunfeng Lao, Xinghui Hao, Di Wu, Peishi Lv
  • Publication number: 20210131006
    Abstract: A drum washing machine comprises an inner drum rotatable. Both ends of the inner drum are closed and rotatably mounted on a supporting device through rotating shafts, respectively. A side wall of the inner drum is provided with an input port for taking and putting items. A sealing inner cover capable of being opened/closed is mounted at the input port. A water flow passage for feeding water and/or draining water is arranged in at least one of the rotating shafts at both ends of the inner drum. The whole inner drum may be made into a drum without any hole. During the washing process, washing water is held in the inner drum, and the inner drum rotates to wash clothes. The two closed ends of the inner drum are rotatably mounted on the supporting device through the rotating shafts, thus realizing rotation of the inner drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peishi LV, Sheng XU, Chunfeng LAO, Yanfen LV, Yimin LI
  • Publication number: 20210131020
    Abstract: A drum washing machine comprises a machine body, a door body, an inner drum and a water feeding device. The inner drum is rotatably arranged in the machine body, and holds water in a washing. A front part of the inner drum is provided with an input port for taking and putting clothes. The door body is mounted at a front part of the machine body corresponding to the input port of the inner drum for opening or closing the input port. An end with the input port of the inner drum is hermetically connected with the door body in a relatively rotating manner. The water feeding device includes a first water feeding pipe connected with an external water source, a water collection sump corresponding to the first water feeding pipe arranged on the door body, and a second water feeding pipe arranged in the door body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sheng XU, Chunfeng LAO, Yanfen LV, Yimin LI, Peishi LV
  • Publication number: 20210115615
    Abstract: A washing barrel of a washing machine is rotatably installed within a cabinet of the washing machine as a structure for containing clothes and washing water. The washing barrel includes a drainage channel arranged on an outer side of the washing barrel for allowing water to be drained downwards, and an internal face of at least one side, away from the washing barrel, of the drainage channel gradually deviates away from a central axis of the washing barrel from top to bottom. The washing machine comprises the cabinet, the washing barrel, a mounting plate installed below a bottom of the washing barrel and configured to support the washing barrel, and the mounting plate is connected with the cabinet via a damping part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 22, 2021
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xinghui HAO, Chunfeng LAO, Sheng XU, Yanfen LV, Di WU, Yimin LI
  • Publication number: 20210071343
    Abstract: An inner drum of a washing machine has a plurality of hollow lifting ribs arranged on the side wall of the drum that communicate with the interior of the drum. At least one drainage port communicating with the hollow portions of the lifting ribs is formed in the side wall of the drum. A sealing valve is located inside each lifting rib at each drainage port. During high-speed rotation of the drum, valve bodies of the sealing valves move along a radial center direction of the drum under a centrifugal force, to open the drainage ports. Through this arrangement, discharging water flow in the drum to the outside from the hidden drainage ports is achieved. Meanwhile, centrifugal force during the high-speed rotation of the drum is used to control valve cores of the sealing valves such that the drainage ports are automatically opened for drainage from the drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2018
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yimin LI, Chunfeng LAO, Xinghui HAO, Di WU, Peishi LV
  • Publication number: 20210054557
    Abstract: A sealing valve plug structure includes a valve plug column corresponding to the drain opening formed in the side wall of an inner drum, and a counterweight hinged to the upper end of the valve plug column. The sealing valve installation structure is installed on the side wall of the drum, and the reset spring is clamped between the sealing valve installation structure and the valve plug column. The counterweight is used to generate an action, under the action of centrifugal force, to open the drain opening, and the valve plug column is reset by the reset spring to make the valve plug block the drain opening, to thereby open and close the drain opening. A cleaning-free washing machine having an inner drum sealed by the sealing valve plug structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yimin LI, Chunfeng LAO, Xinghui HAO, Di WU, Sheng XU
  • Publication number: 20210040673
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a washing machine, including a water guide structure being a water guide chamber arranged on a tub wall of a washing tub and configured to guide washing water below the washing tub; a dehydration port arranged on the tub wall of the washing tub and configured to be communicated with the water guide structure; and a sealing structure arranged between the tub wall of the washing tub and the water guide structure and configured to prevent the washing water from splashing via a gap between the tub wall of the washing tub and the water guide structure. The present disclosure provides a washing machine with a water outlet at the top, and the drainage channel is closely connected with the washing tub, so as to ensure the drainage function, greatly increase the volume of the washing tub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Di WU, Xinghui HAO, Chunfeng LAO
  • Publication number: 20210040670
    Abstract: An inner drum cover is provided at a drum opening of an inner drum of a washing machine, the inner drum cover is used to open or close the drum opening, so that the inner drum forms a closed container after the drum opening is closed by the inner drum cover. The inner drum can perform washing after the inner drum cover is correspondingly fastened to the drum opening, so that clothes only come into contact with washing water in the sealed inner drum in a washing process. In this way, a case in which the clothes are contaminated because washing water between the inner drum and an outer drum flows into the inner drum is avoided, washing cleanliness of the washing machine is greatly improved, and incomplete washing of the clothes caused by contamination of the washing water between the inner drum and the outer drum is avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hua LIU, Hongxia SUN, Yimin LI, Chunfeng LAO, Xinghui HAO, Di WU, Haitao LIU
  • Publication number: 20200407906
    Abstract: An inner drum comprises lifting ribs extending along a generatrix of the inner drum, each being hollow inside, a water-splashing surface of each of the lifting ribs has permeable holes to allow a hollow part of each of the lifting ribs to communicate with an inside of the inner drum, and a rear end of each is arranged close to an inner drum bottom, and provided with a water outlet structure. A no-clean washing machine is installed with the inner drum, the inner drum is a closed container with an opening closed by a door. When the inner drum rotates at a high speed, the washing water is guided towards the inner drum bottom and flows to a center of the bottom along a water guide flow channel on the bottom, and is discharged out of the inner drum through a water outlet connector of a central joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yimin LI, Chunfeng LAO, Xinghui HAO, Di WU, Peishi LV
  • Publication number: 20200399812
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a washing machine, including a washing drum, wherein the washing drum is a water accommodating drum during washing; a balance ring, arranged above the washing drum; and a sealing structure, configured to prevent water from overflowing from a space between the washing drum and the balance ring. The washing drum disclosed by the present disclosure achieves an expansion effect; at the same time, the sealing structure is arranged between the washing drum and the balance ring to prevent that the water overflows out of the washing drum from the space between the washing drum and the balance ring, and after a long time, the water may splash to corrode a washing machine case body or other components, or cause a short circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SMART TECHNOLOGY R&D CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Di WU, Xinghui HAO, Chunfeng LAO