Patents by Inventor Xiaofen LONG

Xiaofen LONG 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).

  • Publication number: 20250093086
    Abstract: A refrigerator, includes an ice maker and a controller. The ice maker includes a mold shell, a driving mechanism and a demolding mechanism. The driving mechanism is configured to drive the mold shell to move. The demolding mechanism is configured to eject ice blocks from the mold shell when coming into contact with the mold shell. The controller is configured to: when the refrigerator is powered off, record an operation currently performed by the ice maker; when the refrigerator is powered back on, if the recorded operation is an ice making operation or a water injection operation, and a flow pulse of injected water is detected, determine that water may exist in a mold cavity, if the mold shell is closed, determine that water exists in the mold cavity; and if the mold shell is not closed, determine that no water exists in the mold cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofen LONG, Huimin YAO, Yubo LU, Zhongming HUANG, Jinbo GAN
  • Patent number: 12222151
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided and includes a refrigerator body, a door body, an ice making apparatus and a controller. The refrigerator body includes a storage compartment. The door body is pivotally connected to the refrigerator body to open or close the storage compartment. The ice making apparatus includes a plurality of ice makers. The controller is configured to control at least one of the plurality of ice makers to make ice according to an ice making request.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofen Long, Huimin Yao, Yuhua Guo, Yubo Lu
  • Publication number: 20240068730
    Abstract: A refrigerator is provided and includes a refrigerator body, a door body, an ice making apparatus and a controller. The refrigerator body includes a storage compartment. The door body is pivotally connected to the refrigerator body to open or close the storage compartment. The ice making apparatus includes a plurality of ice makers. The controller is configured to control at least one of the plurality of ice makers to make ice according to an ice making request.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Applicant: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaofen LONG, Huimin YAO, Yuhua GUO, Yubo LU
  • Publication number: 20240035726
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body, an ice maker, a refrigeration cycle system, and a controller. The refrigerator body includes a chamber. The ice maker is located in the chamber and is configured to make ice. The ice maker includes two refrigerant pipes. The refrigeration cycle system includes a compressor, a condenser, and two cooling flow paths. The two cooling flow paths are connected to the two refrigerant pipes, respectively, and the two cooling flow paths are configured to cool the ice maker. The controller is configured to control the compressor to be turned on or off and control the two cooling flow paths to open or be closed, so as to cool the ice maker through at least one of the two refrigerant pipes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chunhua YANG, Huimin YAO, Yuhua GUO, Xiaofen LONG, Zhidong LI, Guisheng CHEN, Tengchang LI, Jinying YANG, Sheng CHEN, Yanwu FAN, Yumin LIU, Dongning ZHI, Jiawei ZHU, Lei HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230349614
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body and an icemaker. An ice making chamber is defined in the refrigerator body. The icemaker is provided in the ice making chamber. The icemaker comprises a mold shell and a drive mechanism. The mold shell is provided with a water inlet and comprises a plurality of sub-mold shells. The plurality of sub-mold shells are configured to be switchable between a separated state and a closed state. The plurality of sub-mold shells are away from each other in the separated state, and the plurality of sub-mold shells are close to each other and closed in the closed state. The drive mechanism is configured to drive the plurality of sub-modules to switch between the separated state and the closed state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huimin YAO, Jinchao XU, Peng LI, Xiaofen LONG, Yuhua GUO, Chunhua YANG, Lipin WANG, Yanwu FAN, Dongning ZHI, Jiawei ZHU
  • Publication number: 20230349613
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator body and an ice maker. The ice maker includes a mold shell and a driving mechanism. The mold shell has at least one mold cavity and a water inlet. The mold shell includes a first sub-mold shell and a second sub-mold shell. One of the first sub-mold shell and the second sub-mold shell is fixed, and another of the first sub-mold shell and the second sub-mold shell is movable. The driving mechanism is configured to drive the first sub-mold shell or the second sub-mold shell to switch between a separated state and a dosed state. The second sub-mold shell includes a heating mechanism, a second shell portion, and a second mold portion. The second mold portion is disposed in the second shell portion, and the heating mechanism is disposed on a side of the second shell portion away from the second mold portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huimin YAO, Xiaofen LONG, Jinchao XU, Chunhua YANG, Yuhua GUO
  • Patent number: 10677506
    Abstract: An ice storage device includes an ice storage box, an ice discharging door, an ice crushing device and at least one stirrer. The ice crushing device includes at least one fixed ice crushing blade and at least one moving ice crushing blade which is provided on a rotating shaft and rotates synchronously to the rotating shaft. The at least one stirrer is provided on the rotating shaft and rotates synchronously to the rotating shaft, and the stirrer includes a stirring body having at least one stirring finger on its outer surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Hisense Ronshen (Guangdong) Refrigerator Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Guo, Meiyan Wang, Xiaofen Long, Wen Zeng, Qiang Liao, Feiyue You
  • Patent number: 10309716
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a refrigerator door. An ice-making chamber is provided an inner wall of the refrigerator door. An ice-making chamber door is provided at an opening of the ice-making chamber. An ice-making machine is mounted on the inner side of the ice-making chamber door. When the ice-making chamber door is closed, the ice-making chamber door is able to cover the opening of the ice-making chamber and the ice-making machine is located within the ice-making chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Gang Guo, Meiyan Wang, Dong Kong, Qiang Liao, Xiaofen Long, Wen Zeng, Feiyue You
  • Publication number: 20190049166
    Abstract: An ice storage device includes an ice storage box, an ice discharging door, an ice crushing device and at least one stirrer. The ice crushing device includes at least one fixed ice crushing blade and at least one moving ice crushing blade which is provided on a rotating shaft and rotates synchronously to the rotating shaft. The at least one stirrer is provided on the rotating shaft and rotates synchronously to the rotating shaft, and the stirrer includes a stirring body having at least one stirring finger on its outer surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2018
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: Hisense Ronshen (Guangdong) Refrigerator Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Guo, Meiyan Wang, Xiaofen Long, Wen Zeng, Qiang Liao, Feiyue You
  • Patent number: 10132545
    Abstract: An ice storage device includes an ice storage box. An ice discharging door is provided at an outlet of the ice storage box, and an ice crushing device is provided inside the ice storage box. The ice crushing device includes at least one fixed ice crushing blade and at least one moving ice crushing blade which is provided on a rotating shaft and rotates synchronously to the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft is connected to a driving device. At least one stirrer is provided on the rotating shaft and rotates synchronously to the rotating shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2018
    Assignee: Hisense Ronshen (Guangdong) Refrigerator Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gang Guo, Meiyan Wang, Xiaofen Long, Wen Zeng, Qiang Liao, Feiyue You
  • Publication number: 20170074578
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a refrigerator for refrigerating foods and making ice. The refrigerator, comprising a refrigerator door, wherein an ice-making chamber is provided an inner wall of the refrigerator door, an ice-making chamber door is provided at the opening of the ice-making chamber, and an ice-making machine is mounted on the inner side of the ice-making chamber door. When the ice-making chamber door is closed, the ice-making chamber door is able to cover the opening of the ice-making chamber and the ice-making machine is located within the ice-making chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Gang Guo, Meiyan Wang, Dong Kong, Qiang Liao, Xiaofen Long, Wen Zeng, Feiyue You
  • Publication number: 20160341463
    Abstract: This disclosure is directed to an ice storage device and a refrigerator. The ice storage device comprises an ice storage box, an ice discharging door is provided at an outlet of the ice storage box, an ice crushing device is provided inside the ice storage box, the ice crushing device comprises at least one fixed ice crushing blade and at least one moving ice crushing blade which is provided on a rotating shaft and rotates synchronously to the rotating shaft, and the rotating shaft is connected to a driving device; and at least one stirrer is provided on the rotating shaft and rotates synchronously to the rotating shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 24, 2016
    Inventors: Gang GUO, Meiyan WANG, Xiaofen LONG, Wen ZENG, Qiang LIAO, Feiyue YOU