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).
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Publication number: 20250093086Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2024Publication date: March 20, 2025Applicant: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaofen LONG, Huimin YAO, Yubo LU, Zhongming HUANG, Jinbo GAN
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Patent number: 12222151Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: February 11, 2025Assignee: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaofen Long, Huimin Yao, Yuhua Guo, Yubo Lu
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Publication number: 20240068730Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Xiaofen LONG, Huimin YAO, Yuhua GUO, Yubo LU
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Publication number: 20240035726Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2023Publication date: February 1, 2024Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20230349614Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: 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
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Publication number: 20230349613Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Huimin YAO, Xiaofen LONG, Jinchao XU, Chunhua YANG, Yuhua GUO
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Patent number: 10677506Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: October 12, 2018Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: Hisense Ronshen (Guangdong) Refrigerator Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gang Guo, Meiyan Wang, Xiaofen Long, Wen Zeng, Qiang Liao, Feiyue You
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Patent number: 10309716Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: September 11, 2015Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: HISENSE RONSHEN (GUANGDONG) REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.Inventors: Gang Guo, Meiyan Wang, Dong Kong, Qiang Liao, Xiaofen Long, Wen Zeng, Feiyue You
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Publication number: 20190049166Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2018Publication date: February 14, 2019Applicant: Hisense Ronshen (Guangdong) Refrigerator Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gang Guo, Meiyan Wang, Xiaofen Long, Wen Zeng, Qiang Liao, Feiyue You
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Patent number: 10132545Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: March 31, 2015Date of Patent: November 20, 2018Assignee: Hisense Ronshen (Guangdong) Refrigerator Co., Ltd.Inventors: Gang Guo, Meiyan Wang, Xiaofen Long, Wen Zeng, Qiang Liao, Feiyue You
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Publication number: 20170074578Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2015Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Gang Guo, Meiyan Wang, Dong Kong, Qiang Liao, Xiaofen Long, Wen Zeng, Feiyue You
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Publication number: 20160341463Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Gang GUO, Meiyan WANG, Xiaofen LONG, Wen ZENG, Qiang LIAO, Feiyue YOU