Patents by Inventor Longping Yao

Longping Yao 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: 20240117561
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for determining a blockage of a filter of a clothes dryer and a clothes dryer. The clothes dryer includes a motor. The method includes following steps. An actual rotational speed of the motor is acquired, and an electrical parameter corresponding to a rotational speed range to which the actual rotational speed belongs is determined as a first threshold corresponding to the actual rotational speed; an actual clothes volume in the clothes dryer is acquired, and the first threshold is corrected according to a correction coefficient corresponding to a clothes volume range to which the actual clothes volume belongs so that a second threshold is obtained; and an actual electrical parameter of the motor is acquired, and when it is detected that the actual electrical parameter is less than the second threshold, it is determined that the filter of the clothes dryer is blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yijun SONG, Longping YAO, Zhaobin DU, Hongbiao MA, Jun XIA, Xinfeng ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20230340717
    Abstract: A control method for a clothes drying device includes: a load determination stage: determining the size of a load; and a drying stage: on the basis of the size of the load, selectively controlling a drying drum to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise alternately or controlling the drying stage to at least operate for a first preset time. In the embodiments, targeted control can be carried out on different loads: during the drying of a large load by controlling a drying drum to rotate clockwise and counterclockwise alternately, the load is effectively prevented from being knotted and twisted; and during the drying of a small load, the phenomenon of uneven drying of mixed loads is avoided by means of prolonging the drying time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhaobin DU, Lina WANG, Longping YAO, Yijun SONG, Hongbiao MA
  • Publication number: 20230029780
    Abstract: A control method for a clothes drying apparatus that aims to solve the problem of a load being prone to entangling when an existing clothes drying apparatus is used for drying a large load. For this purpose, the control method for a clothes drying apparatus includes: determining the size of a load in a load determining stage; and when the load is a large load, controlling a drying drum to rotate unidirectionally in a first heating stage, and controlling the drying drum to alternately rotate normally and reversely in a second heating stage. Accordingly, a drying effect can be guaranteed while the load is effectively prevented from being knotted and entangled, and the drying time is shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., Haier Smart Home Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhaobin DU, Lina WANG, Longping YAO, Yijun SONG, Hongbiao MA
  • Patent number: 11352735
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flushing device and method for an evaporator of dryer, and a dryer. The flushing device comprises an evaporator, a water storage box and a condensate water pan for collecting condensate water, wherein an eccentric bucket is arranged between the water storage box and the evaporator, a supporting structure is arranged at two symmetrical sides of a periphery of the eccentric bucket, the supporting structure enables the eccentric bucket to turn over along with a change in the center of gravity of the eccentric bucket, a pipeline for conveying condensate water to the eccentric bucket is arranged between the eccentric bucket and the condensate water pan, an opening of the eccentric bucket is arranged upwards, and after the eccentric bucket is turned over, the opening of the eccentric bucket is aligned with the evaporator, such that condensate water in the eccentric bucket flushes the evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignees: CHONGQING HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Longping Yao, Zhaobin Du, Xinfeng Zhao, Jihai Wang
  • Patent number: 10604886
    Abstract: A condensation-based clothes dryer includes a box body, a drum, a front hot air duct, a rear hot air duct, an air chamber, a fan, a motor, a heater, a master control board and a condenser; where the rear hot air duct, the drum, the front hot air duct and the air chamber are communicated, an inlet end of a condensation air duct of the condenser is communicated with an air outlet in the box body, and an outlet end of the condensation air duct is communicated with outside air, an inlet end of a cooling air duct of the condenser is communicated with outside air, and an outlet end of the cooling air duct is communicated with an air inlet in the box body, and a condensate water collecting box is arranged below the condenser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jindong Bing, Haiming Xie, Longping Yao
  • Publication number: 20200095722
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a flushing device and method for an evaporator of dryer, and a dryer. The flushing device comprises an evaporator, a water storage box and a condensate water pan for collecting condensate water, wherein an eccentric bucket is arranged between the water storage box and the evaporator, a supporting structure is arranged at two symmetrical sides of a periphery of the eccentric bucket, the supporting structure enables the eccentric bucket to turn over along with a change in the center of gravity of the eccentric bucket, a pipeline for conveying condensate water to the eccentric bucket is arranged between the eccentric bucket and the condensate water pan, an opening of the eccentric bucket is arranged upwards, and after the eccentric bucket is turned over, the opening of the eccentric bucket is aligned with the evaporator, such that condensate water in the eccentric bucket flushes the evaporator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Longping YAO, Zhaobin DU, Xinfeng ZHAO, Jihai WANG
  • Publication number: 20180135234
    Abstract: A condensation-based clothes dryer includes a box body, a drum, a front hot air duct, a rear hot air duct, an air chamber, a fan, a motor, a heater, a master control board and a condenser; where the rear hot air duct, the drum, the front hot air duct and the air chamber are communicated, an inlet end of a condensation air duct of the condenser is communicated with an air outlet in the box body, and an outlet end of the condensation air duct is communicated with outside air, an inlet end of a cooling air duct of the condenser is communicated with outside air, and an outlet end of the cooling air duct is communicated with an air inlet in the box body, and a condensate water collecting box is arranged below the condenser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Jindong BING, Haiming XIE, Longping YAO
  • Publication number: 20180100263
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for determining drying time of a clothes dryer. The method includes: establishing a database at least including a corresponding relationship between a temperature change rate in a drum and drying time in a controller of the clothes dryer; and inquiring the database according to a change rate of a temperature value in the drum in a drying process to obtain expected drying time, and displaying at least one of the expected drying time and remaining time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Longping Yao, Yanqi Shi, Dongdong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20170241067
    Abstract: Provided are a clothes dryer using far-infrared heating and a clothes-drying control method thereof. The clothes dryer using far-infrared heating includes a clothes-drying drum, and further includes at least one far-infrared heater, a humidity sensor for detecting exhaust humidity of the clothes-drying drum, a relay and a controller having an output end connected with the relay; where all the far-infrared heaters are connected with a power supply through the relay; a first temperature sensor is mounted inside one of the far-infrared heaters; the first temperature sensor and the humidity sensor are connected with an input end of the controller; and the controller controls on and off of the relay according to a received temperature signal or humidity signal. A control system described above simplifies a circuit, and also saves cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2014
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jindong Bing, Longping Yao, Dong Zhu, Huayan Qu