Patents by Inventor Xiaobing Zhu
Xiaobing Zhu 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).
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Publication number: 20230106849Abstract: Disclosed is a vacuum insulator, comprising: a metal plate; a glass plate arranged facing and spaced apart from the metal plate; and a sealing structure arranged between the metal plate and the glass plate for fixing the metal plate and the glass plate in a sealed manner, with a vacuum cavity being defined between the metal plate and the glass plate. The vacuum insulator is impact-resistant, has a stable structure, and can be independently used for manufacturing an insulated container. The insulated container having the vacuum insulator is also involved.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CORP., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin FEI, Zhanzhan LIU, Xiaobing ZHU, Peng LI
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Patent number: 11591837Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator body and a door body. A hinge body is disposed on the refrigerator body. A first hinge shaft and a second hinge shaft are disposed on the hinge body. A first guide groove and a second guide groove are formed in the door body. The first hinge shaft is located in the first guide groove and the second hinge shaft is located in the second guide groove. During opening of the door body, the first guide groove moves relative to the first hinge shaft and the second guide groove moves relative to the second hinge shaft, the first hinge shaft applies an acting force to the first guide groove to drive the end, away from the first guide groove, of the second guide groove to approach the second hinge shaft, so that the door body is displaced in a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.Inventors: Guoshun He, Enpin Xia, Hao Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu
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Publication number: 20230055104Abstract: An installation device for a built-in refrigerator, comprising: a fixing frame, provided on a bottom plate of a refrigerator in a front-back extension direction of the refrigerator; and at least one guide block, disposed on the fixing frame, the bottom of the guide block being provided with a groove parallel to the front-back extension direction of the refrigerator, and the groove being configured to match a guide rail portion pre-installed on the ground where an installation space is located, to limit the refrigerator to move in the front-back direction, so that the refrigerator can move backward along a preset path to reach an installation position.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin FEI, Changzhi WANG, Xiaobing ZHU, Enpin XIA, Peng LI
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Publication number: 20230038053Abstract: A vacuum adiabatic body and a refrigerator having the vacuum adiabatic body. The vacuum adiabatic body comprises: a first plate, the first plate having a first thickness; a second plate spaced apart from the first plate in an opposite manner, the second plate having a second thickness, and the first thickness being greater than the second thickness; and sealing members arranged between the first plate and the second plate and configured to seal and fix the first plate and the second plate, a vacuum cavity being defined among the first plate, the second plate, and the sealing members. According to the vacuum adiabatic body, convection heat transfer can be reduced by vacuumizing between two plates which are sealingly connected; and the whole vacuum insulation body is stable in structure and not too heavy.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2020Publication date: February 9, 2023Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin FEI, Xiaobing ZHU, Zhanzhan LIU, Peng LI, Peng ZHANG
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Publication number: 20230030291Abstract: A refrigeration module, comprising: a module body, in which an installation space is defined; and a refrigeration system disposed in the installation space for use in generating cold, wherein a cold supply port is provided on the module body, the cold supply port is configured to be detachably connected to an external pipeline, and the cold generated by the refrigeration system is supplied to the external pipeline by the cold supply port. Further provided by the present invention is a refrigerator that has the refrigeration module. By means of separating the refrigeration module and a storage portion, the storage portion does not need to give way to the refrigeration system, and the internal volume of the refrigerator may be greatly increased; and the refrigeration module may be freely matched with one or more of the same or different storage portions as needed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2020Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Bin FEI, Zhanzhan LIU, Xiaobing ZHU, Peng LI, Changzhi WANG
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Patent number: 11566458Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator body and a door body. A hinge body is disposed on the refrigerator body. A first hinge shaft and a second hinge shaft are disposed on the hinge body. A first guide groove and a second guide groove are formed in the door body. The first hinge shaft is located in the first guide groove and the second hinge shaft is located in the second guide groove. During opening of the door body, the first guide groove moves relative to the first hinge shaft and the second guide groove moves relative to the second hinge shaft, the first hinge shaft applies an acting force to the first guide groove to drive the end, away from the first guide groove, of the second guide groove to approach the second hinge shaft, so that the door body is displaced in a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.Inventors: Guoshun He, Enpin Xia, Hao Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu
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Publication number: 20230025171Abstract: A control method for a heating device and a heating device are provided. The heating device includes an electromagnetic wave generation module configured to generate an electromagnetic wave signal for heating an object to be processed. The control method includes: determining or obtaining attribute information of the object to be processed, the attribute information at least including food groups, and each of the food groups including at least one food variety; determining operating power and/or operating time of the electromagnetic wave generation module according to the attribute information; and controlling the electromagnetic wave generation module to operate according to the operating power and/or the operating time. Uneven heating and local overheating caused by different contents of substances in foods of different varieties are reduced as compared with using a fixed operating parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2020Publication date: January 26, 2023Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Chunyang LI, Jian MA, Xiaobing ZHU, Ming WANG, Peng LI, Zhiqiang HAN, Haijuan WANG, Lisheng JI, Haoquan LIU
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Patent number: 11549292Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator body and a door body. A hinge body is disposed on the refrigerator body. A first hinge shaft and a second hinge shaft are disposed on the hinge body. A first guide groove and a second guide groove are formed in the door body. The first hinge shaft is located in the first guide groove and the second hinge shaft is located in the second guide groove. During opening of the door body, the first guide groove moves relative to the first hinge shaft and the second guide groove moves relative to the second hinge shaft, the first hinge shaft applies an acting force to the first guide groove to drive the end, away from the first guide groove, of the second guide groove to approach the second hinge shaft, so that the door body is displaced in a horizontal direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.Inventors: Guoshun He, Enpin Xia, Hao Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu
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Publication number: 20220412139Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body, wherein a positioning shaft and a guiding shaft are provided on the hinge body, and a positioning groove and a guiding groove are provided on the door; the door of the refrigerator according to the present invention may be moved by a distance in a direction away from a pivoting side when being opened, thereby avoiding inconvenience of opening the door due to the protrusion of the side wall of the door.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 3, 2022Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: ENPIN XIA, HAO ZHANG, XIAOBING ZHU
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Patent number: 11517035Abstract: The present invention relates to a drawer assembly and a refrigerating and freezing device with the drawer assembly. The drawer assembly comprises a cartridge defined a drawing space and a modified atmosphere film assembly, an accommodating cavity is defined in a top wall of the cartridge, the accommodating cavity is communicated with the drawer space; the modified atmosphere film assembly is mounted in the accommodating cavity, and the modified atmosphere film assembly is provided with a modified atmosphere film and an oxygen-enriched gas collecting cavity, so that when the pressure of the oxygen-enriched gas collecting cavity is less than the pressure of the accommodating cavity, oxygen in air of the accommodating cavity penetrates the modified atmosphere film to the oxygen-enriched gas collecting cavity, so as to obtain a gas atmosphere with rich nitrogen and lean oxygen, facilitating for fresh keeping of foods.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaobing Zhu, Bo Jiang, Lei Wang, Hao Zhang, Jing Wang
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Patent number: 11517850Abstract: An air separation device and a refrigerating and freezing device. The air separation device comprises a support frame and an air separation membrane, wherein a supporting surface with a channel and an enriched-gas collection chamber communicated with the channel are formed in the support frame. The air separation membrane laid on the support surface of the support frame and configured to enable more of a specific gas than other gases in airflow of the space around the air separation device to enter the enriched-gas collection chamber through the air separation membrane. According to the air separation device provided by the present invention, the support frame is specially designed to adopt the structure provided with the support surface and the enriched-gas collection chamber, the channel communicated with the enriched-gas collection chamber is formed on the support surface, and the air separation membrane is disposed on the support surface.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaobing Zhu, Bo Jiang, Lei Wang, Hao Zhang, Jing Wang
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Patent number: 11519663Abstract: A refrigerator having a thawing device. The thawing device includes: a cavity, a device door, a radio frequency generator module, an upper electrode plate and a lower electrode plate, and a detection module, configured to detect an incident wave signal and a reflected wave signal of an electrical connection wire connecting the radio frequency generation module to the upper electrode plate, and calculate a load impedance of the radio frequency generation module according to a voltage and a current of the incident wave signal and a voltage and a current of the reflected wave signal to determine the thawing progress of the object to be processed.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Tong Xu, Xiaobing Zhu, Peng Li, Ming Wang, Jianbin Dai
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Publication number: 20220373245Abstract: A refrigerator, including a cabinet in which a cooling chamber located at the lower part and at least one storage compartment located above the cooling chamber are defined; and an evaporator arranged in the cooling chamber and configured to cool airflow entering the cooling chamber to form cooling airflow, wherein a water pan is formed on a bottom wall of the cooling chamber below the evaporator, and used for receiving defrosted water generated by the evaporator, a slope structure is formed on an upper surface of the water pan, and the evaporator is obliquely arranged on the water pan. According to the refrigerator, the effective volume of the compartment is increased, and the overall height of the cooling chamber can be reduced.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Mengcheng LI, Jianru LIU, Xiaobing ZHU, Toshinori NODA, Hui LIU, Yunxi LIU
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Publication number: 20220341655Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet, in which a cooling chamber and at least one storage space are defined, the cooling chamber being arranged at the bottom of the cabinet and directly below the storage space; a door body, which is arranged on a front surface of the cabinet so as to operably open and close the storage space; an evaporator, which is wholly horizontally placed in the cooling chamber in the shape of a flat cube, and is configured to provide cooling capacity to the storage space; and a liquid storage bag, which is arranged in the cooling chamber and connected to the evaporator. An included angle between a center line of the liquid storage bag and a horizontal line is 1° to 89°. A foam layer and a housing of the refrigerator may block the sound transmission of flow of a liquid refrigerant, to achieve a good sound insulation effect.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Mengcheng LI, Xiaobing ZHU, Jianru LIU, Shanshan LIU, Wei LI, Yang LIU, Yunxi LIU
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Publication number: 20220341651Abstract: A refrigerator comprises: a refrigerator body (10), at the interior of which a cooling chamber (11) and at least one storage space are confined, wherein the cooling chamber (11) is arranged at the bottom of the refrigerator body (10) and below the storage space; door bodies (20) arranged on a front surface of the refrigerator body (10) to operably open and close the storage space; and an evaporator (21), which is wholly horizontally placed in the shape of a flat cube in the cooling chamber (11) and configured to provide cold energy to the storage space, wherein a bottom wall of the cooling chamber (11) below the evaporator (21) is provided with a water pan (40) to receive condensate water generated by the evaporator (21), and the bottom of the water pan (40) is provided with compensation heating wires (80).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2020Publication date: October 27, 2022Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaobing ZHU, Jianru LIU, Mengcheng LI, Shanshan LIU, Dongqiang CAO, Yang LIU, Yunxi LIU
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Publication number: 20220333846Abstract: A door-opening-assisted embedded refrigerator which includes a cabinet, a door and a hinge assembly, the cabinet includes a rear wall and an opening, and a direction from the rear wall towards the opening serves as a first direction; the hinge assembly includes a first hinge part, a second hinge part and a switching assembly; when the door is in an opening process, the first hinge part moves relative to the switching assembly, and then, the second hinge part moves relative to the switching assembly; the hinge assembly drives the door to rotate in situ relative to the cabinet, then drives the door to move away from the cabinet in the first direction, and then drives the door to continuously rotate in situ. The refrigerator can increase an opening-closing freedom degree of the door, and can adapt to different application scenarios.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: KANG LI, EPIN XIA, XIAOBING ZHU
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Publication number: 20220333845Abstract: A free embedded refrigerator includes a cabinet, a door, and a hinge assembly, the cabinet includes an accommodating chamber and an outer side surface, and a direction from the accommodating chamber towards the outer side surface serves as a first direction; the hinge assembly includes a first hinge part, a second hinge part and a switching assembly; when the door is in an opening process, the first hinge part moves relative to the switching assembly, and then, the second hinge part moves relative to the switching assembly; the hinge assembly drives the door to rotate in situ relative to the cabinet, then drives the door to move away from the cabinet in the first direction, and then drives the door to continuously rotate in situ. The refrigerator increases an opening-closing freedom degree of the door, and various motion tracks may be generated to adapt to different application scenarios.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: ENPIN XIA, KANG LI, XIAOBING ZHU, HAO ZHANG
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Patent number: 11473829Abstract: A thawing method for a thawing device includes: generating, by a radio frequency generation module, a radio frequency signal in a frequency range of 40 to 42 MHz; obtaining the radio frequency signal; and generating, by an upper electrode plate and a lower electrode plate, radio frequency waves of corresponding frequency in a thawing chamber according to the radio frequency signal, and thawing an object to be processed in the thawing chamber. Radio frequency waves using the above frequency range have shorter thawing time, higher temperature-uniformity and lower juice loss rate than radio frequency waves of other frequencies.Type: GrantFiled: December 6, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.Inventors: Kui Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu, Peng Li, Ming Wang, Jianbin Dai, Tong Xu
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Publication number: 20220325940Abstract: An embedded refrigerator which includes a cabinet, a door, and a hinge assembly, the hinge assembly includes a first hinge part, a second hinge part and a switching assembly; when the door is in an opening process, the first hinge part moves relative to the switching assembly, and then, the second hinge part moves relative to the switching assembly; the hinge assembly drives the door to rotate in situ relative to the cabinet, and then drives the door to continuously rotate in situ relative to the cabinet. The refrigerator can increase an opening-closing freedom degree of the door, and various motion tracks may be generated to adapt to various application scenarios.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2020Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: XIAOBING ZHU, ENPIN XIA, KANG LI
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Publication number: 20220325941Abstract: A refrigerator which comprises a housing, a refrigerating inner liner, a freezing inner liner and a foaming layer formed between the housing, the refrigerating inner liner and the freezing inner liner; the housing comprises a back plate and two side plates, and the foaming layer comprises a first foaming zone disposed close to the back plate, a second foaming zone disposed close to the side plates and a third foaming zone disposed in an interior of the middle beam, and the third foaming zone is connected to the second foaming zone; the refrigerator further comprises a sealing device that at least partially spaces the first foaming zone apart from the third foaming zone. After the foaming material reaches the first foaming zone, a lot of foaming material may be limited from entering the interior of the middle beam, so that the filling uniformity can be further improved effectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2019Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: ZHANZHAN LIU, PENG LI, XIAOBING ZHU