Patents by Inventor Xiahu XIAO

Xiahu XIAO 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: 10694909
    Abstract: A clutch device (400) for an upright vacuum cleaner and an upright vacuum cleaner (1) having the same are provided, in which the clutch device (400) is disposed between an electric motor assembly (200) and a machine body assembly (300) of the upright vacuum cleaner (1), and the electric motor assembly (200) includes an electric motor housing (21) and an electric motor (22). The clutch device (400) includes: a sliding track (41d) driven (300) to move by the machine body assembly; a toggling tongue (42d) fixed to the electric motor (22) and rotatable with respect to the electric motor housing (21); and a lever member (43d) having a second end of the lever member (43d) slidably fitted to the sliding track (41d) and a first end fitted with an end of the toggling tongue (42d).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Hu, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Patent number: 10610071
    Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner (1) includes: a brushroll assembly (100) including a brushroll casing (12) and a brushroll (11), the brushroll casing (12) defining a brushroll air-suction channel (122) therein; a motor assembly (200) including a motor housing (21) and a motor (22), the motor housing (21) having an air exhaust hole (213), a dirty air outlet (211) and a clean air inlet (212) and defining a motor air-suction channel (216) and a motor air-exhaust channel; and a body assembly (300) including a body (31) and a dirt cup (37) mounted to the body (31), the dirt cup (37) having a separating chamber (371) communicating with the dirty air outlet (211) and the clean air inlet (212) respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Hu, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Patent number: 10517452
    Abstract: A cyclonic separating device for an upright vacuum cleaner and an upright vacuum cleaner with the same are disclosed. The cyclonic separating device includes a dirt cup, a filter and a cyclonic cone assembly. The filter is disposed in the dirt cup and includes a filter inlet and a filter outlet communicating between the filter inlet and an air outlet. The cyclonic cone assembly includes a cyclone cylinder and a cyclonic guide, in which a first end of the cyclone cylinder is communicated with an air inlet, and the cyclonic guide is fitted in a second end of the cyclone cylinder and is detachably fitted over the filter to spirally guide dirty air introduced into the cyclone cylinder from the air inlet to the filter inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Hu, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Patent number: 10455999
    Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner (1) includes a brushroll assembly (100) having a brushroll casing (12) and a brushroll (11); a motor assembly (200) having a motor housing (21) and a motor (22); a body assembly (300) having a body (31) and a bridging member (32), in which the bridging member (32) is pivotally connected to the motor housing (21) to make the body (31) rotatable between an upright position and an oblique position; and an elastic assembly (4) provided between the brushroll casing (12) and the bridging member (32), and configured to be pressed downward against the brushroll casing (12) by the bridging member (32) when the body (31) rotates from the upright position to the oblique position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Hu, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Patent number: 10448798
    Abstract: A floor brush assembly for an upright vacuum cleaner (1) and an upright vacuum cleaner (1) with the same are disclosed. The floor brush includes a brushroll (11); a motor (22) driving the brushroll (11) to roll via a drive belt (13) that is winded upon a motor shaft (221) of the motor (22) and a central part of the brushroll (11); and a brushroll casing (12) provided outside the brushroll (11), having a dust suction port and defining a brushroll air-suction channel (122) and a drive-belt mounting chamber (123) for mounting the drive belt, in which the brushroll air-suction channel (122) comprises a first air-suction channel (1221) and a second air-suction channel (1222) located at both sides of the drive-belt mounting chamber (123).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Hu, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Patent number: 10383494
    Abstract: A clutch device for an upright vacuum cleaner and an upright vacuum cleaner having the same are provided. The clutch device is disposed between an electric motor assembly and a machine body assembly of the upright vacuum cleaner, the electric motor assembly includes an electric motor housing and an electric motor, the machine body assembly includes a machine body and a bridging member rotatably connected to the electric motor housing. The clutch device includes a slide chute; and a triggering member having a first end provided with a sliding column slidably fitted in the slide chute and a second end provided with a toggling rod configured to stir the electric motor to move. When the bridging member drives the slide chute to move, the sliding column slides along the slide chute to rotate the triggering member. When the triggering member rotates, the toggling rod stirs the electric motor to rotate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES, CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Hu, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Patent number: 10278556
    Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner (1) is provided, including a brushroll assembly (100), a motor assembly (200) and a body assembly (300). The brushroll assembly (200) includes a brushroll casing (12) and a brushroll (11). The motor assembly (200) includes a motor housing (21) and a motor (22), and the motor (22) drives the brushroll (11) to roll via a drive belt (13). The body assembly (300) includes a body (31) and a bridging member (32) mounted to the body (31), and the bridging member (32) is pivotably connected with the motor housing (21) to allow the body (31) to be rotatable between an upright position and an oblique position. When the body (31) is rotated from the upright position to the oblique position, the bridging member (32) pushes the brushroll casing (12) to move in a direction running away from the motor housing (21) so as to tension the drive belt (13).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiahu Xiao, Wei Hu, Hui Zou
  • Patent number: 10188247
    Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner (1) includes a brushroll (11); a motor assembly (200) including a motor housing (21) and a motor (22), in which a rotating axis of the motor (22) and a rotating axis of the brushroll (11) are disposed in a non-parallel manner, and the motor (22) drives the brushroll (11) rolling by a drive belt (13) and is rotatable between a first upright position of tensioning the drive belt (13) and a first oblique position of loosening the drive belt (13); a body assembly (300) including a body (31), a bridging member (32) and a dirt cup (37) mounted on the body (31), in which the bridging member (32) is rotatably connected with the motor housing (21) to make the body (31) rotatable between a second upright position and a second oblique position, and the motor (22) is moved by the bridging member (32) from the first oblique position to the first upright position when the body (31) moves from the second upright position to the second oblique position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Hu, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Patent number: 10178931
    Abstract: A vertical vacuum cleaner (1) is provided, including a brushroll (22); a motor assembly (200) including a motor housing (21) and a motor (22), in which the motor (22) is configured to drive the brushroll (22) to roll via a drive belt (13) and is rotatable between a first upright position where the drive belt (13) is tensioned and a first oblique position where the drive belt (13) is loosened; a body assembly (300) including a body (31) and a bridging member (32) rotatably connected with the motor housing (21); a lever driving device rotatably disposed to the motor housing (21) and having two ends respectively fitted with the bridging member (32) and the motor (22), in which the bridging member (32) is configured to drive the motor (22) to move from the first oblique position to the first upright position via the lever driving device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Hu, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Publication number: 20180271341
    Abstract: A floor brush assembly for an upright vacuum cleaner (1) and an upright vacuum cleaner (1) with the same are disclosed. The floor brush includes a brushroll (11); a motor (22) driving the brushroll (11) to roll via a drive belt (13) that is winded upon a motor shaft (221) of the motor (22) and a central part of the brushroll (11); and a brushroll casing (12) provided outside the brushroll (11), having a dust suction port and defining a brushroll air-suction channel (122) and a drive-belt mounting chamber (123) for mounting the drive belt, in which the brushroll air-suction channel (122) comprises a first air-suction channel (1221) and a second air-suction channel (1222) located at both sides of the drive-belt mounting chamber (123).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Applicant: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Hu, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Publication number: 20180263441
    Abstract: A floor brush assembly for an upright vacuum cleaner (1) and an upright vacuum cleaner (1) having the same are provided, in which the floor brush assembly for the upright vacuum cleaner (1) includes: a brushroll (11); and an electric motor (22) having a rotation axis disposed non-parallel to a rotation axis of the brushroll (11), and configured to drive the brushroll (11) to roll by a drive belt (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Hu, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Publication number: 20180263442
    Abstract: A clutch device (400) for an upright vacuum cleaner and an upright vacuum cleaner (1) having the same are provided, in which the clutch device (400) is disposed between an electric motor assembly (200) and a machine body assembly (300) of the upright vacuum cleaner (1), and the electric motor assembly (200) includes an electric motor housing (21) and an electric motor (22). The clutch device (400) includes: a sliding track (41d) driven (300) to move by the machine body assembly; a toggling tongue (42d) fixed to the electric motor (22) and rotatable with respect to the electric motor housing (21); and a lever member (43d) having a second end of the lever member (43d) slidably fitted to the sliding track (41d) and a first end fitted with an end of the toggling tongue (42d).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei HU, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Publication number: 20180263448
    Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner (1) includes a brushroll (11); a motor assembly (200) including a motor housing (21) and a motor (22), in which a rotating axis of the motor (22) and a rotating axis of the brushroll (11) are disposed in a non-parallel manner, and the motor (22) drives the brushroll (11) rolling by a drive belt (13) and is rotatable between a first upright position of tensioning the drive belt (13) and a first oblique position of loosening the drive belt (13); a body assembly (300) including a body (31), a bridging member (32) and a dirt cup (37) mounted on the body (31), in which the bridging member (32) is rotatably connected with the motor housing (21) to make the body (31) rotatable between a second upright position and a second oblique position, and the motor (22) is moved by the bridging member (32) from the first oblique position to the first upright position when the body (31) moves from the second upright position to the second oblique position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei HU, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Publication number: 20180263440
    Abstract: A vertical vacuum cleaner (1) is provided, including a brushroll (22); a motor assembly (200) including a motor housing (21) and a motor (22), in which the motor (22) is configured to drive the brushroll (22) to roll via a drive belt (13) and is rotatable between a first upright position where the drive belt (13) is tensioned and a first oblique position where the drive belt (13) is loosened; a body assembly (300) including a body (31) and a bridging member (32) rotatably connected with the motor housing (21); a lever driving device rotatably disposed to the motor housing (21) and having two ends respectively fitted with the bridging member (32) and the motor (22), in which the bridging member (32) is configured to drive the motor (22) to move from the first oblique position to the first upright position via the lever driving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wei Hu, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Publication number: 20180263443
    Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner (1) is provided, including a brushroll assembly (100), a motor assembly (200) and a body assembly (300). The brushroll assembly (200) includes a brushroll casing (12) and a brushroll (11). The motor assembly (200) includes a motor housing (21) and a motor (22), and the motor (22) drives the brushroll (11) to roll via a drive belt (13). The body assembly (300) includes a body (31) and a bridging member (32) mounted to the body (31), and the bridging member (32) is pivotably connected with the motor housing (21) to allow the body (31) to be rotatable between an upright position and an oblique position. When the body (31) is rotated from the upright position to the oblique position, the bridging member (32) pushes the brushroll casing (12) to move in a direction running away from the motor housing (21) so as to tension the drive belt (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2016
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: JIANGSU MIDEA CLEANING APPLIANCES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiahu Xiao, Wei Hu, Hui Zou
  • Publication number: 20170319025
    Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner (1) includes a brushroll assembly (100) having a brushroll casing (12) and a brushroll (11); a motor assembly (200) having a motor housing (21) and a motor (22); a body assembly (300) having a body (31) and a bridging member (32), in which the bridging member (32) is pivotally connected to the motor housing (21) to make the body (31) rotatable between an upright position and an oblique position; and an elastic assembly (4) provided between the brushroll casing (12) and the bridging member (32), and configured to be pressed downward against the brushroll casing (12) by the bridging member (32) when the body (31) rotates from the upright position to the oblique position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Wei HU, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Publication number: 20170296008
    Abstract: An upright vacuum cleaner (1) includes: a brushroll assembly (100) including a brushroll casing (12) and a brushroll (11), the brushroll casing (12) defining a brushroll air-suction channel (122) therein; a motor assembly (200) including a motor housing (21) and a motor (22), the motor housing (21) having an air exhaust hole (213), a dirty air outlet (211) and a clean air inlet (212) and defining a motor air-suction channel (216) and a motor air-exhaust channel; and a body assembly (300) including a body (31) and a dirt cup (37) mounted to the body (31), the dirt cup (37) having a separating chamber (371) communicating with the dirty air outlet (211) and the clean air inlet (212) respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Wei HU, Hui Zou, Xiahu Xiao
  • Publication number: 20170296015
    Abstract: A cyclonic separating device (900) for an upright vacuum cleaner and an upright vacuum cleaner (1) with the same are disclosed. The cyclonic separating device (900) includes a dirt cup (37), a filter (92) and a cyclonic cone assembly (93). The filter (92) is disposed in the dirt cup (37) and includes a filter inlet (92a) and a filter outlet (92b) communicating between the filter inlet (92a) and an air outlet (373). The cyclonic cone assembly (93) includes a cyclone (931) and a cyclonic guide (932), in which a first end of the cyclone (931) is communicated with an air inlet (372), and the cyclonic guide (932) is fitted in a second end of the cyclone (931) and is detachably fitted over the filter (92) to spirally guide dirty air introduced into the cyclone (931) from the air inlet (372) to the filter inlet (92a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Wei HU, Hui ZOU, Xiahu XIAO
  • Publication number: 20170290482
    Abstract: A clutch device for an upright vacuum cleaner and an upright vacuum cleaner having the same are provided. The clutch device is disposed between an electric motor assembly and a machine body assembly of the upright vacuum cleaner, the electric motor assembly includes an electric motor housing and an electric motor, the machine body assembly includes a machine body and a bridging member rotatably connected to the electric motor housing. The clutch device includes a slide chute; and a triggering member having a first end provided with a sliding column slidaby fitted in the slide chute and a second end provided with a toggling rod configured to stir the electric motor to move. When the bridging member drives the slide chute to move, the sliding column slides along the slide chute to rotate the triggering member. When the triggering member rotates, the toggling rod stirs the electric motor to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Wei HU, Hui ZOU, Xiahu XIAO
  • Publication number: 20160345790
    Abstract: A dust collector for a cleaner and the cleaner are provided, and the dust collector includes: a dust-collection container defining an inner chamber therein and having a dust-laden air inlet and air outlet; a cyclone barrel disposed in the inner chamber and having an air inlet formed in a side wall of the cyclone barrel; a dust-laden air tube defining a first end connected to the dust-laden air inlet and a second end connected to the cyclone barrel air inlet; and a dust baffle disposed between an outer wall of the cyclone barrel and an inner wall of the dust-collection container to cover up a dust depositing area formed between the outer wall of the cyclone barrel and an outer wall of dust-laden air tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Baoquan YANG, Xiahu XIAO