Patents by Inventor Peng LYU

Peng LYU 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: 12292228
    Abstract: A refrigerator, comprising: a refrigerator body having an open front side to define a first compartment; a primary door mounted to the refrigerator body and used for opening/closing the first compartment, the primary door defining a second compartment having an open front side; and a secondary door mounted to the primary door and used for opening/closing the second compartment, the secondary door comprising a state adjustable door panel, and the state adjustable door panel being configured to controllably change transparency such that the visibility of an internal structure of the second compartment is adjustable. According to the refrigerator of the present invention, the frequency of opening the secondary door can be effectively reduced, the product high-tech element is added, and the user experience is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Lyu, Jiaming Li, Zhanpeng Cui, Hao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12292222
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a control method therefor are provided. The refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body defining a first chamber, and a door body that comprises a main door defining a second chamber, and a secondary door; and the rear side of the main door is provided with an air supply port for introducing cold air in the first chamber into the second chamber. The control method comprises: acquiring an absolute air humidity ?1 of the first chamber and an air temperature T2 of the second chamber; calculating an expected relative humidity ?3 of air in the first chamber when the temperature changes to T2 according to ?1 and T2; determining a relative air humidity critical value ?0; comparing ?3 with ?0; and if ?3<?0, making the air supply port supply air to the second chamber, otherwise, making the air supply port stop supplying air to the second chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignees: CHONGQING HAIER REFRIGERATION ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhanpeng Cui, Jiaming Li, Peng Lyu, Lisheng Ji
  • Patent number: 12276135
    Abstract: A refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator body, a main door arranged on an outer side of the refrigerator body, and a secondary door arranged on an outer side of the main door. A first magnet is arranged in an area of the refrigerator body opposite the main door, a second magnet is arranged in an area of the secondary door opposite the main door, and an electromagnetic assembly is arranged on the main door and configured to controllably or operably generate a magnetic attraction force for attracting the first magnet or a magnetic attraction force for attracting the second magnet. The magnetic attraction effect ensures that the door body, which does not need to be opened, will be in a closed state when a user opens the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Lyu, Hao Zhang, Jiaming Li, Zhanpeng Cui, Sen Mou
  • Patent number: 12265800
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a notebook tool enhanced with minimoremap functionality. Notebooks are multicell documents with varied mime types present in the content of various cells of a given notebook, including executable source code such as scripts, non-executable content, markdown text, natural language text, photos, videos, maps, and more. The notebook tool includes a main view and a superimposed minimoremap view which is functionally coordinated with the main view, e.g., for navigation and cell selection. Notebook cell operations are commanded via the minimoremap. Cells outside the main view viewport are modified without changing the user interface main view focus. Tool-human interaction commands cause the performance of notebook operations such as cell execution, cell rearrangement, cell collapse, cells merge, cells grouping, or cell dependency analysis. Minimoremap cell images are rendered as icons, as graphics, or as scaled-down versions of previously rendered full-size main view images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Peng Lyu, Kai-Uwe Maetzel
  • Publication number: 20250100863
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a beverage preparation module, the beverage preparation module includes a storage portion, an ice water portion, a carbonated water portion, and an output portion. The storage portion for placing ingredients to prepare beverages of different flavors; the ice water portion for providing ice water; the carbonated water portion for obtaining ice water from the ice water portion and preparing carbonated water based on the ice water; and the output portion connected to the ice water part and/or the carbonated water part, for controlling the flow of carbonated water or ice water through the storage portion to dispense beverages of different flavors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Yi WANG, Hao ZHANG, Peng LYU, Xiaojun ZHAO
  • Patent number: 12253294
    Abstract: A refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator body and a door body. The front side of the refrigerator body is open to define a first chamber. The door body comprises a main door and a secondary door, wherein the main door is used for opening or closing the first chamber and defining a second chamber; and the secondary door is used for opening or closing the second chamber. A rear wall of the main door is of a hollow structure to define an air duct, and a plurality of air diffusion micro-holes in communication with the second chamber and the air duct are backwards formed in a front surface of the rear wall. In addition, the refrigerator is configured such that cold air created by the refrigerator is introduced through the air duct, and the cold air enters the second chamber through the plurality of air diffusion micro-holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignees: SHENYANG HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhanpeng Cui, Jiaming Li, Peng Lyu, Lisheng Ji
  • Patent number: 12247777
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a glass door thereof. The glass door of the refrigerator comprises a glass plate body and an outer frame; the outer frame is configured to be hinged to a refrigerator body or a door body of the refrigerator; the outer frame extends along the edge of the glass plate body and is fixedly connected to the edge of the glass plate body; and the outer frame covers part of the edge of the glass plate body. The glass door has a lighter weight and a better appearance, and causes the overall thickness of the refrigerator having a composite door structure to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Lyu, Hao Zhang, Jiaming Li, Zhanpeng Cui, Sen Mou
  • Patent number: 12188711
    Abstract: A refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator body (30), a first door body (10), a second door body (20), a vertical beam (50), and a driving mechanism (60). The driving mechanism (60) comprises a telescopic member (61) that may be at an extension position or at a retraction position; an elastic member (62); a rotating member (63) rotatable around a second vertical axis and a third vertical axis (X3), with a sliding channel (631) formed thereon; and a sliding column (64). During the closing of the first door body (10) from an open state, the telescopic member (61) moves towards the retraction position from the extension position to drive the rotating member (63) to rotate around the second vertical axis (X2), so that the sliding channel (631) pushes the sliding column (64) to drive the vertical beam (50) to rotate from a folded state to an unfolded state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: HEFEI HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD, HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Lyu, Hao Zhang, Wenchun Wang
  • Publication number: 20240390867
    Abstract: A sparkling water mixing assembly and a refrigerator having same. The sparkling water mixing assembly comprises a supply module, a mixing container, and a mixing connector. The supply module is configured to supply carbon dioxide. The mixing container is configured to contain a liquid to be mixed, and has an opening. The mixing connector is configured to enable the mixing container to be detachably disposed thereon. The mixing connector has a mixing chamber, a pressure channel, and an accessing channel. The mixing chamber allows the opening to extend into the mixing chamber. The pressure channel is communicated with the mixing chamber, and is configured to adjust the pressure in the mixing chamber. The accessing channel is communicated with the mixing chamber and the supply module, and is configured to enable the mixing container to obtain carbon dioxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Peng LYU, Hao ZHANG, Xiaojun ZHAO, Yi WANG, Xuan JI
  • Publication number: 20240369285
    Abstract: A vertical beam assembly for a refrigerator door, comprising: a vertical beam body, comprises a base shell and a cover plate, the cover plate is provided over the base shell to form a foaming space for filling with foaming material; wherein the base shell provides multiple receptacle cavities along a longitudinal direction near the side of the refrigerator door, multiple sealing covers are provided at the multiple receptacle cavities facing the cover plate side and one-to-one correspondence with the multiple receptacle cavities, sealing the openings from the receptacle cavities leading to the foaming space; and a hinge assembly, comprises multiple hinges mounted within the receptacle cavities respectively, to rotatably connect the vertical beam body to the refrigerator door.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Peng LYU, Hao ZHANG, Zhenxing ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240271861
    Abstract: A vacuum storage device includes a suction base, which is provided with a first suction port; a storage box configured to be detachably fixed to the suction base, defining a storage space within; where the storage box has a suction port; a vacuum pump configured to sequentially extract part or all of the air from the storage space through the first suction port and the suction port. The vacuum storage device allows for easy retrieval of ingredients into the storage, enhancing the user experience. There is also provided a refrigerator having the vacuum storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2022
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Peng LYU, Hao ZHANG, Honghui LIU, Tong XU
  • Publication number: 20240191935
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet comprising a storage chamber having a front opening; a side-by-side door assembly including a first door and a second door which are respectively pivotally disposed on two sides of the front opening so as to open or close the storage chamber; and a vertical beam, which is rotatably mounted on the side of the first door away from the pivoting center of the first door and abuts against the second door when the first door and the second door are closed so as to seal gaps among the first door, the second door, and the cabinet; a notch being formed in the position of the front end of the top wall of the storage chamber opposite to the vertical beam, and the top end of the vertical beam being accommodated in the notch when abutting against the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Yanfeng ZHAO, Hao ZHANG, Peng LYU, Haijuan WANG, Zhanzhan LIU, Xiangpeng SONG, Kunkun ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20240183607
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having an inner liner, the inner liner having a storage compartment having a front opening; a side-by-side door assembly including a first door and a second door; a vertical beam assembly, which is in whole rotatably mounted at a side of the first door away from a pivoting center of the first door, and which abuts against the second door when the first door and the second door are closed, so as to seal a gap between the first door, the second door, and the cabinet. The vertical beam assembly includes a vertical beam body; and a telescopic member, which is extendably arranged at a bottom end of the vertical beam body, and which abuts against a bottom wall of an inner liner of the storage compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Yanfeng ZHAO, Peng LYU, Hao ZHANG, Zhanzhan LIU, Xiangpeng SONG
  • Publication number: 20240160416
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a notebook tool enhanced with minimoremap functionality. Notebooks are multicell documents with varied mime types present in the content of various cells of a given notebook, including executable source code such as scripts, non-executable content, markdown text, natural language text, photos, videos, maps, and more. The notebook tool includes a main view and a superimposed minimoremap view which is functionally coordinated with the main view, e.g., for navigation and cell selection. Notebook cell operations are commanded via the minimoremap. Cells outside the main view viewport are modified without changing the user interface main view focus. Tool-human interaction commands cause the performance of notebook operations such as cell execution, cell rearrangement, cell collapse, cells merge, cells grouping, or cell dependency analysis. Minimoremap cell images are rendered as icons, as graphics, or as scaled-down versions of previously rendered full-size main view images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Peng LYU, Kai-Uwe MAETZEL
  • Publication number: 20240118017
    Abstract: Disclosed are a refrigerator and a door assembly therefor; the door assembly includes two oppositely arranged doors and a turnover beam assembly, wherein the turnover beam assembly includes: a turnover beam body; a guide part extending out of one end of the turnover beam body and configured to be fitted with a retainer provided on a cabinet of the refrigerator; a locking part telescopically provided in the turnover beam body and having a first end fixedly connected with the guide part and a second end having a locking portion, the locking part having an unlocking state and a locking state. In the present invention, an anti-turnover function of the turnover beam body is achieved using the locking part and the elastic part, which improves coordination among all components, makes an internal structure of the turnover beam assembly more reasonable, achieves high practicability, and realizes easy popularization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: PENG LYU, HAO ZHANG, WENCHUN WANG, ZHIWEI REN
  • Publication number: 20230408172
    Abstract: A refrigerator and a glass door thereof. The glass door of the refrigerator comprises a glass plate body and an outer frame; the outer frame is configured to be hinged to a refrigerator body or a door body of the refrigerator; the outer frame extends along the edge of the glass plate body and is fixedly connected to the edge of the glass plate body; and the outer frame covers part of the edge of the glass plate body. The glass door has a lighter weight and a better appearance, and causes the overall thickness of the refrigerator having a composite door structure to be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng LYU, Hao ZHANG, Jiaming LI, Zhanpeng CUI, Sen MOU
  • Publication number: 20230392852
    Abstract: A refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator body having an open front side to define a first chamber; and a door body used to open or close the first chamber and defining a second chamber. The door body further defines a square annular air duct surrounding an outer side of the second chamber. The air duct comprises an air inlet section, two air supply sections and an air outlet section which are respectively located at an upper side, two transverse sides and a lower side of the second chamber. The air inlet section has an air inlet for intake of cold air. Each air supply section has an air supply portion for supplying the cold air to the second chamber. The air outlet section has an air outlet for discharging the remaining cold air in the air duct. The temperature in the chamber defined by the door body can be independently controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiaming LI, Hao ZHANG, Peng LYU, Zhanpeng CUI
  • Publication number: 20230384017
    Abstract: A refrigerator having a storage space formed on a door body. The refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator body in which at least a first storage space is defined, the first storage space having a forward opening; an inner-layer door pivotally provided on the front portion of the forward opening and comprising a storage container body defining a second storage space, the side of the storage container body facing the forward opening being provided with an air supply port used for introducing low-temperature air in the first storage space into the second storage space; a sterilization module provided at the air supply port and performing sterilization on passing air; an inner-layer door frame provided on the periphery of the storage container body; and an outer-layer door pivotally provided on the side of the inner-layer door frame away from the refrigerator body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jiaming LI, Hao ZHANG, Zhanpeng CUI, Sen MOU, Peng LYU
  • Publication number: 20230375251
    Abstract: A refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator body (30), a first door body (10), a second door body (20), a vertical beam (50), and a driving mechanism (60). The driving mechanism (60) comprises a telescopic member (61) that may be at an extension position or at a retraction position; an elastic member (62); a rotating member (63) rotatable around a second vertical axis and a third vertical axis (X3), with a sliding channel (631) formed thereon; and a sliding column (64). During the closing of the first door body (10) from an open state, the telescopic member (61) moves towards the retraction position from the extension position to drive the rotating member (63) to rotate around the second vertical axis (X2), so that the sliding channel (631) pushes the sliding column (64) to drive the vertical beam (50) to rotate from a folded state to an unfolded state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Peng LYU, Hao ZHANG, Wenchun WANG
  • Publication number: 20230366612
    Abstract: Disclosed are a refrigerator and a door body thereof. The door body for the refrigerator comprises: a frame hinged to a refrigerator body or other door bodies of the refrigerator; an inner glass plate disposed in a hollow area of the frame; and an outer glass plate fixedly connected to an edge of the frame, having conductive particles, and configured to produce heat after being powered on to remove condensate water on the surface thereof. According to the solution of the present invention, the outer glass plate is powered on to produce heat so as to remove condensate water, thereby avoiding that the heat produced by an additional heating layer cannot be transferred to the outer glass plate. The present invention can effectively improve the condensate water removal effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng LYU, Hao ZHANG, Jiaming LI, Zhanpeng CUI, Sen MOU