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).

  • Patent number: 10876333
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body. A guide block is provided on the door, a rotation shaft is provided on the hinge body, and rotation shaft grooves are provided on the guide block. With the structure of the hinge body, the gravity of the door and the friction force may be shared onto the first and second plate bodies of the hinge body, thereby reducing abrasion and prolonging the service life of the door of the refrigerator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Enpin Xia, Yingxing Wang, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200393195
    Abstract: A drawer assembly includes: drawers, arranged in a storage compartment of the refrigerator in a way of being capable of being pushed and pulled forward and rearward between a front extreme position and a rear extreme position; and two support assemblies in left-right parallel arrangement. Each of the support assemblies includes a support frame. The support frame is fixed to an inner wall of the storage compartment, is provided on an inner side with a first slideway extending forward and rearward, and is provided on a rear portion of the inner side with an elastic tongue. A left sidewall and a right sidewall of the drawer are respectively mounted on the first sideway of the support frame of one of the support assemblies in a forward and rearward slidable way.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Applicants: HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER SPECIAL REFRIGERATION ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jing WANG, Xiaobing ZHU, Haoquan LIU, Dong GUO
  • Publication number: 20200355421
    Abstract: A branched air supply device includes: a shell having a peripheral wall portion, with the peripheral wall portion being provided with a plurality of air supply ports; a plurality of baffles, with each of the baffles being rotatably mounted at one of the air supply ports; a plurality of transmission assemblies, with each of the transmission assemblies being provided with a rotating member and a first transmission mechanism, and each of the first transmission mechanisms being configured to transmit a rotational motion of a corresponding rotating member to one of the baffles, so that the baffle is at rest or rotates; and a driving device having a driving source and a second transmission mechanism, with the second transmission mechanism being configured to transmit one motion, output by the driving source, to the plurality of rotating members, so that each of the rotating members is at rest or rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin FEI, Xueli CHENG, Dengqiang LI, Xiaobing ZHU, Kui ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200348075
    Abstract: The present invitation provides a rotatable storage rack, including a drawer, a storage rack body for slidingly receiving the drawer, and a sliding assembly disposed between the drawer and the storage rack body; wherein the sliding assembly includes a curved slide rail and a first pulley moving along the curved slide rail, the curved slide rail includes a horizontal section and a bent section, and the bent section is tangent to the horizontal section and arranged at an angle; when the first pulley moves along the horizontal section, the drawer is pulled out when the first pulley moves along the bent section, the drawer rotates downward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: XIAOBING ZHU, HAO ZHANG, HAOQUAN LIU, CHUN YANG
  • Patent number: 10820614
    Abstract: A refrigerator comprises a refrigerator body, an air-conditioning membrane assembly and an air pump assembly. The refrigerator body defines a storage space and a compressor chamber therein, a storage container is arranged in the storage space, and a freshness-keeping space is defined inside the storage container. The air-conditioning membrane assembly is configured to allow more oxygen than nitrogen in airflow in a surrounding space of the air-conditioning membrane assembly to pass through the air-conditioning membrane and enter an oxygen-rich gas collection chamber. An inlet end of the air pump is communicated with the oxygen-rich gas collection chamber in a controlled manner via a pipeline and a pipeline switching mechanism, for pumping gas in the oxygen-rich gas collection chamber to the outside of the freshness-keeping space, such that the actual content of oxygen in the freshness-keeping space is in a range of 2% to 19%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaobing Zhu, Bo Jiang, Lei Wang, Haoquan Liu, Ruowu Xin
  • Publication number: 20200333066
    Abstract: A water storage device and a refrigerator, the water storage device comprising: a housing having a water inlet end and a water outlet end, and a water distribution plate. The water distribution plate divides a water storage cavity into a water inlet cavity and a water outlet cavity; a gap for allowing water to flow through is provided between the outer edge of the water distribution plate and the inner wall of the housing; when the water distribution plate moves from the water inlet end towards the water outlet end, water entering the water inlet cavity from the water inlet end will not mix with cold water in the water outlet cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: XIAOBING ZHU, YANQING ZHANG, JIANJUN XUE
  • Publication number: 20200333065
    Abstract: A water storage device and a refrigerator, the water storage device comprising: a housing having a water inlet end and a water outlet end, and a water distribution plate. The water distribution plate divides a water storage cavity into a water inlet cavity and a water outlet cavity; a gap for allowing water to flow through is provided between the outer edge of the water distribution plate and the inner wall of the housing; when the water distribution plate moves from the water inlet end towards the water outlet end, water entering the water inlet cavity from the water inlet end will not mix with cold water in the water outlet cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: October 22, 2020
    Inventors: XIAOBING ZHU, YANQING ZHANG, JIANJUN XUE
  • Publication number: 20200284491
    Abstract: A cooling control method for a refrigerator comprises: measuring an actual temperature of freezer compartments, and setting a freezing parameter; if the actual temperature of at least one of the freezer compartments is higher than a freezing startup temperature, measuring an actual temperature of a refrigerator compartment, setting a refrigeration parameter, and if the actual temperature of the refrigerator compartment is higher than a refrigeration startup temperature and a difference between the actual temperature of at least one of the freezer compartments and the freezing startup temperature is higher than a preset value, re-setting the refrigeration parameter and the freezing parameter; and, according to the refrigeration parameter and the freezing parameter, causing a compressor, a fan, a refrigeration air door and a branch air supply device to operate in a preset state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Applicant: Qingdao Haier Joint Stock Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaobing ZHU, Chunyang LI, Haibo TAO
  • Publication number: 20200278151
    Abstract: An engagement assembly, a drawer, and a refrigerator having same. The engagement assembly comprises a first engagement part matching the drawer and a second engagement part matching a refrigerator body; one of the first and second engagement parts is a gear, and the other one is a rack; the rack has a tooth surface that allows the gear to travel; the rack comprises a main rack and an extension rack; when the drawer is in a closed state, the tooth surface has a first stroke length; when the drawer is in an opening process, the extension rack moves to a travel path of the gear so that the tooth surface has a second stroke length; when the drawer is in a closing process, the extension rack is reset the first stroke length is smaller than the second stroke length. The length of the tooth surface increases in the opening process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: JING WANG, BIN FEI, XIAOBING ZHU, XUELI CHENG
  • Patent number: 10753667
    Abstract: A branching air supply device for a refrigerator, comprising: a housing provided with at least one air inlet and a plurality of air outlets; an adjusting piece configured to completely shield, partially shield or completely expose each air outlet in a controlled manner, so as to regulate respective air discharging areas of the plurality of air outlets; and an air-feeding device configured to enable air flow to flow into the housing from the at least one air inlet and to flow out of the housing via one or more air outlets of the plurality of the air outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaobing Zhu, Xueli Cheng, Bin Fei, Riyong Lu
  • Patent number: 10753670
    Abstract: A refrigerator door and a method of manufacturing the same. The refrigerator door comprises a frame, a glass panel disposed at an outer side of the frame, and a LOGO display device disposed between the glass panel and the frame. A transparent LOGO display area is provided on the glass panel. The LOGO display device comprises a light-emitting component and a one-way vision film. The light-emitting component is disposed on one side of the LOGO display area towards the frame. The one-way vision film is disposed between the LOGO display area and the light-emitting component. The method of manufacturing the refrigerator door controls a printing error within 0.5 mm. The LOGO of the refrigerator door can emit light, has sharp and clear display, and is elegant in appearance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Enpin Xia, Hao Zhang, Guoshun He, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Patent number: 10739066
    Abstract: A control method and control system of a refrigerator with an inverter compressor. The control method includes: calculating the total cooling amount needed by a compartment to be cooled within a unit time; taking the total cooling amount as a first power of the inverter compressor and calculating a first frequency of the inverter compressor operating at the first power; and controlling the inverter compressor to operate at the first frequency. The present invention effectively controls the power consumption amount while satisfying the refrigerator cooling condition by calculating the total cooling amount needed by a refrigerator compartment within a unit time and adjusting the frequency of the inverter compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lisheng Ji, Jianru Liu, Xiaobing Zhu, Feifei Qi, Shufeng Zhang, Caiyun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10739061
    Abstract: A temperature homogenizing container and a refrigerator having same. The container comprises a body and an accommodating space that is enclosed by the body. The body comprises several capillary tube cavities provided therein and allowing flow of a heat exchange medium. A micro-tooth structure is provided on the inner wall of each capillary tube cavity. The heat exchange medium may flow in the capillary tube cavities along an extension direction of the capillary tube cavities. By setting the container body to comprise several capillary tube cavities therein, the temperature homogenizing effect and heat exchange efficiency of the container are improved; by providing the micro-tooth structure, the heat exchange efficiency is further improved; the temperature difference of different areas in the container is reduced, and temperature homogenization in the container is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignees: QINGDAO HAIER SPECIAL REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bin Fei, Xueli Cheng, Xuan Ji, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200232699
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body. A guide block is fixedly provided on the door, 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 guide block; 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: HAO ZHANG, ENPIN XIA, XIAOBING ZHU
  • Patent number: 10711496
    Abstract: A refrigerator comprising a refrigerator body and a door body. The refrigerator body comprises a fixed hinge and a movable hinge. One extremity of the fixed hinge is fixed on the refrigerator body; the other extremity protrudes the refrigerator body and is provided with a guide shaft protruding towards the door body. A guide groove used for fitting the guide shaft is provided on the door body. The guide groove comprises a first groove. One extremity of the movable hinge is pivotally connected to the refrigerator body by employing a first rotating shaft and a first rotating groove; the other extremity protrudes the refrigerator body and is pivotally connected to the door body by employing a second rotating shaft and a second rotating groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Guoshun He, Enpin Xia, Hao Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Patent number: 10712075
    Abstract: A refrigerator and ventilation door device thereof are provided. The ventilation door device comprises: a bottom frame provided with a ventilation opening; a door plate disposed abutting the bottom frame, configured to shift in a parallel plane of the bottom frame so as to adjust an area of the ventilation opening, and a guideway forming a predetermined angle with respect to the shifting direction of the door plate; and an adjuster having a guide post movably inserted in the guideway, and upon moving of the adjuster in a direction perpendicular to the shifting direction of the door plate, the guide post drives the door plate to shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Zhang, Enpin Xia, Huimin Zhang, Xiaobing Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200217581
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Inventors: ENPIN XIA, HAO ZHANG, XIAOBING ZHU
  • Publication number: 20200182528
    Abstract: The present invention provides a refrigerator, comprising a cabinet, a door and a hinge body. A guide block is provided on the door, a rotation shaft is provided on the hinge body, and rotation shaft grooves are provided on the guide block. With the structure of the hinge body, the gravity of the door and the friction force may be shared onto the first and second plate bodies of the hinge body, thereby reducing abrasion and prolonging the service life of the door of the refrigerator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: ENPIN XIA, HAO ZHANG, XIAOBING ZHU
  • Publication number: 20200173210
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2018
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: ENPIN XIA, HAO ZHANG, XIAOBING ZHU
  • Patent number: 10670325
    Abstract: A refrigerator and an air door device thereof are provided. The air door device comprises: a door frame having a ventilation opening; a door plate pivotably installed to the door frame so as to controllably adjust an opening area of the ventilation opening, a guide post parallel with a pivoting axis of the door plate and extending outwards is provided at one side of the door plate; and a guide plate translatably installed to the door frame and perpendicular to the pivoting axis of the door plate, the guide plate has a guide recess portion to cooperate with the guide post, and an extension direction of the guide recess portion is at a predetermined angle relative to a translation direction of the guide plate so that the guide post slides in the guide recess portion to drive the door plate to rotate when the guide plate is translated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER JOINT STOCK CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Humin Zhang, Hao Zhang, Enpin Xia, Xiaobing Zhu