Patents by Inventor Dongning ZHI

Dongning ZHI 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).

  • Publication number: 20240035726
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body, an ice maker, a refrigeration cycle system, and a controller. The refrigerator body includes a chamber. The ice maker is located in the chamber and is configured to make ice. The ice maker includes two refrigerant pipes. The refrigeration cycle system includes a compressor, a condenser, and two cooling flow paths. The two cooling flow paths are connected to the two refrigerant pipes, respectively, and the two cooling flow paths are configured to cool the ice maker. The controller is configured to control the compressor to be turned on or off and control the two cooling flow paths to open or be closed, so as to cool the ice maker through at least one of the two refrigerant pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunhua YANG, Huimin YAO, Yuhua GUO, Xiaofen LONG, Zhidong LI, Guisheng CHEN, Tengchang LI, Jinying YANG, Sheng CHEN, Yanwu FAN, Yumin LIU, Dongning ZHI, Jiawei ZHU, Lei HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230349614
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body and an icemaker. An ice making chamber is defined in the refrigerator body. The icemaker is provided in the ice making chamber. The icemaker comprises a mold shell and a drive mechanism. The mold shell is provided with a water inlet and comprises a plurality of sub-mold shells. The plurality of sub-mold shells are configured to be switchable between a separated state and a closed state. The plurality of sub-mold shells are away from each other in the separated state, and the plurality of sub-mold shells are close to each other and closed in the closed state. The drive mechanism is configured to drive the plurality of sub-modules to switch between the separated state and the closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huimin YAO, Jinchao XU, Peng LI, Xiaofen LONG, Yuhua GUO, Chunhua YANG, Lipin WANG, Yanwu FAN, Dongning ZHI, Jiawei ZHU