Patents by Inventor Xiangxu Liu

Xiangxu Liu 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: 11950349
    Abstract: A combined ventilation and microwave oven system includes an external enclosure with a top portion defining recirculation vent outlets, a cooling air inlet, a cooling air outlet, and an outside vent outlet, first and second side portions, and a bottom portion defining a vent inlet. The vent inlet is connected with the recirculation vent outlets and the outside vent outlet via airflow pathways. A hood assembly is disposed within the external enclosure and includes a first hood fan disposed between the cooking cavity and the first side portion and a second hood fan disposed between the cooking cavity and the second side portion. The hood assembly is configured to direct air through the vent inlet and through an interior of the external enclosure. A cooling fan is disposed between the cooking cavity and the second side portion to direct air through the cooling air inlet and the cooling air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Owen (XunCai) Zhang, Michael A. Ledford, Stephen Zheng, Xiangxu Liu
  • Publication number: 20230392796
    Abstract: A cooking appliance having a cabinet including an insert within the cabinet to define cooking chamber with an access opening and a door selectively closing/opening the access opening, the cooking appliance comprising at least one of a first cooling flow path through a back wall of the cabinet, over a top wall of the insert, and out a side wall of the cabinet, a second cooling flow path through a bottom wall of the cabinet, along the bottom wall of the cabinet, and out a side wall of the cabinet, and a third cooling flow path through a bottom wall of the cabinet, out a front wall of the cabinet, into the door, out of the door, into a front wall of the cabinet, and out of a side wall of the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: ALEXANDER L. CLAYTON, VINCE HUANG, XIANGXU LIU, KEN LEI, HANKS HU, JUAN CHEN, TRACY YU, JACK LI, ROY QIU, SETH HERNDON, DONALD JOHN GILMORE, CRISTIANO VITO PASTORE, DICK GE, PALLAVI MANJREKAR, BRUCE M. WIATRAK, ANDREA FERRISE, BLAKE CARTWRIGHT, RICHARD J. HUGHES, JOEL FLETTY, WYNDHAM F. GARY, JR., JOSHUA G. ABDOO, COLLIN A. STIPE, NICHOLAS BRENN, CASEY L. MCCUAN, CHRISTOPHER L. CARPENTER
  • Patent number: 11767983
    Abstract: An automatic oven having a controller and a sensor assembly for automatically determining a food type for a food item placed in a cooking chamber of the automatic oven, and cooks the automatically determined food item according to a cooking profile selected based on the determined food type, while optionally accommodating a user input on the determining of the food type, and the cooking profile, including an optional degree of doneness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Alexander L. Clayton, Vince Huang, Xiangxu Liu, Ken Lei, Hanks Hu, Juan Chen, Tracy Yu, Jack Li, Roy Qiu, Seth Herndon, Donald John Gilmore, Cristiano Vito Pastore, Dick Ge, Pallavi Manjrekar, Bruce M. Wiatrak, Andrea Ferrise, Blake Cartwright, Richard J. Hughes, Joel Fletty, Wyndham F. Gary, Jr., Joshua G. Abdoo, Collin A. Stipe, Nicholas Brenn, Casey L. McCuan, Christopher L. Carpenter
  • Publication number: 20230276546
    Abstract: A microwave hood system includes an outer wrapper with a top portion including a cooling air inlet, a cooling air outlet, an outside vent outlet, and a recirculation vent outlet, a first side portion, and a second side portion. A bottom portion includes a vent inlet and is operably coupled to the outer wrapper. A cooking cavity is disposed between the top portion and the bottom portion. A cooking component area is laterally adjacent one of the first side portion and the second side portion. A hood assembly includes a first hood fan disposed between the first side portion and the cooking cavity and a second hood fan disposed between the second side portion and the cooking cavity. A cooling fan is disposed in the cooking component area proximate the second side portion. The cooling fan is in fluid communication with the cooling air inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Owen (XunCai) Zhang, Michael A. Ledford, Stephen Zheng, Xiangxu Liu
  • Publication number: 20230276545
    Abstract: A combined ventilation and microwave oven system includes an external enclosure with a top portion defining recirculation vent outlets, a cooling air outlet, and an outside vent outlet, side portions, and a bottom portion defining vent inlets. The vent inlets are in fluid communication with the recirculation vent outlets in a recirculation mode and the outside vent outlet in an outside vent mode. A cooling fan is disposed between the cooking cavity and the first side portion and is configured to direct air through the cooling air inlet and the cooling air outlet. A hood assembly is disposed within the external enclosure and includes at least one first hood fan disposed between the cooking cavity and the first side portion, and a second hood fan disposed between the cooking cavity and the second side portion to direct air through the vent inlets and through an interior of the external enclosure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Owen (XunCai) Zhang, Michael A. Ledford, Stephen Zheng, Xiangxu Liu
  • Publication number: 20230276544
    Abstract: A combined ventilation and microwave oven system includes an external enclosure with a top portion defining recirculation vent outlets, a cooling air inlet, a cooling air outlet, and an outside vent outlet, first and second side portions, and a bottom portion defining a vent inlet. The vent inlet is connected with the recirculation vent outlets and the outside vent outlet via airflow pathways. A hood assembly is disposed within the external enclosure and includes a first hood fan disposed between the cooking cavity and the first side portion and a second hood fan disposed between the cooking cavity and the second side portion. The hood assembly is configured to direct air through the vent inlet and through an interior of the external enclosure. A cooling fan is disposed between the cooking cavity and the second side portion to direct air through the cooling air inlet and the cooling air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Owen (XunCai) Zhang, Michael A. Ledford, Stephen Zheng, Xiangxu Liu
  • Publication number: 20230115327
    Abstract: A ventilation system for an oven is provided. A side duct assembly includes a substantially vertical exit duct portion adjacent to an oven cavity wrapper defining an oven cavity of the oven, the substantially vertical exit duct portion having an air intake configured to receive a cavity air flow from an air intake along a side of a cavity wrapper. The side duct assembly further includes an angled duct portion defining an air passage angled upwards and towards a rear of the oven, the angled duct portion having an input end configured to receive the cavity air flow from the top of the substantially vertical exit duct portion and an output end configured to provide the cavity air flow into a mixing zone at the rear of the oven for mixing the cavity air flow with an electronics air flow from oven electronics into a combined air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Ankur GARG, Dhiraj J. GOTEKAR, Ashish Sharadrao KADAM, Xiangxu LIU
  • Patent number: 11156047
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the instant application are directed to a steel coring drilling machine and a method for replacing trench well exploration which can be applied in a large scale for horizontal drilling and exploring on the surface. The steel coring drilling machine includes a base, a main machine, a drilling tool, a drill rod and a steel coring system. The main machine is installed on the base, which is capable of adjusting the installation angle of the main machine, the drill rod is installed on the main machine, and the main machine is used to drive the rotation and feed of the drill rod. The front end of the drill rod is fixedly connected with the drilling tool. The back end of the drill rod is connected with the steel coring system. The axis of rotation of the drill tool is collinear with the axis of rotation of the drill rod.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Heilongjiang Institute of Geological Sciences
    Inventors: Jiuku Shan, Xiangxu Liu, Lianguo Wang, Guangjie Shan, Dan Zhou, Yongbo Pan, Wenli Hao, Zongmin Li, Zhiyu Pei, Yongtao Fu
  • Publication number: 20210262670
    Abstract: An automatic oven having a controller and a sensor assembly for automatically determining a food type for a food item placed in a cooking chamber of the automatic oven, and cooks the automatically determined food item according to a cooking profile selected based on the determined food type, while optionally accommodating a user input on the determining of the food type, and the cooking profile, including an optional degree of doneness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Inventors: ALEXANDER L. CLAYTON, VINCE HUANG, XIANGXU LIU, KEN LEI, HANKS HU, JUAN CHEN, TRACY YU, JACK LI, ROY QIU, SETH HERNDON, DONALD JOHN GILMORE, CRISTIANO VITO PASTORE, DICK GE, PALLAVI MANJREKAR, BRUCE M. WIATRAK, ANDREA FERRISE, BLAKE CARTWRIGHT, RICHARD J. HUGHES, JOEL FLETTY, WYNDHAM F. GARY, Jr., JOSHUA G. ABDOO, COLLIN A. STIPE, NICHOLAS BRENN, CASEY L. MCCUAN, CHRISTOPHER L. CARPENTER
  • Patent number: 11079118
    Abstract: A combined ventilation hood and microwave oven system (10) with an overall vertical dimension (30) is provided, which is smaller than a conventional combined ventilation hood and microwave oven. One or more vent hood fans (66;74) are disposed on lateral sides of a microwave coo-king cavity (34) to draw in exhaust air (92;93) through one or more vent inlets (54;56;158;160) disposed on a bottom surface (20;156) and expel the exhaust air (92;93;162) through one or more vent outlets (46;52) defined on a surface of an outer wrapper (80) of the combined system. The low-profile combined ventilation hood and microwave oven system is coupled with a modular heating system (150;180) for heating food, which provides both functions within the space typically required by the conventional combined ventilation hood and microwave oven.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Owen Zhang, Michael Ledford, Xiangxu Liu, Stephen Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190338610
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a steel coring drilling machine, comprising a base, a main machine, a drilling tool, a drill rod and a steel coring system. The main machine is installed on the base, the base is capable of adjusting the installation angle of the main machine, the drill rod is installed on the main machine, and the main machine is used to drive the rotation and feed of the drill rod. The front end of the drill rod is fixedly connected with the drilling tool. The back end of the drill rod is connected with the steel coring system. The axis of rotation of the drill tool is collinear with the axis of rotation of the drill rod.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2017
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Inventors: Jiuku Shan, Xiangxu Liu, Lianguo Wang, Guangjie Shan, Dan Zhou, Yongbo Pan, Wenli Hao, Zongmin Li, Zhiyu Pei, Yongtao Fu
  • Publication number: 20190113241
    Abstract: A combined ventilation hood and microwave oven system (10) with an overall vertical dimension (30) is provided, which is smaller than a conventional combined ventilation hood and microwave oven. One or more vent hood fans (66;74) are disposed on lateral sides of a microwave coo-king cavity (34) to draw in exhaust air (92;93) through one or more vent inlets (54;56;158;160) disposed on a bottom surface (20;156) and expel the exhaust air (92;93;162) through one or more vent outlets (46;52) defined on a surface of an outer wrapper (80) of the combined system. The low-profile combined ventilation hood and microwave oven system is coupled with a modular heating system (150;180) for heating food, which provides both functions within the space typically required by the conventional combined ventilation hood and microwave oven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Owen Zhang, Michael Ledford, Xiangxu Liu, Stephen Zheng