Patents by Inventor Yunchao HOU

Yunchao HOU 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).

  • REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE CABINET
    Publication number: 20220120492
    Abstract: A refrigeration cabinet assembly for a refrigeration appliance (1) comprises a cabinet (20) having five closed faces and an open front face providing access to an interior of the cabinet. A lateral stiffening arrangement (50, 51) is provided within the cabinet to resist bending or bowing of the side walls, particularly when the cabinet includes upper and lower compartments, the upper compartment having a door hinged to the cabinet. The lateral stiffening arrangement reduces door droop. A torsionally stiff structure may also be fixed to one of the five closed faces (23) or a structure (31) could be added to one of the five closed faces (23) so that together with that closed face a torsionally stiff structure results. The torsional stiffness of the assembly is thereby increased beyond that of the cabinet alone so that the insulated cabinet has an improved ability to resist twisting, further reducing door droop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Carl Lee BICKEL, Richard WONG, Ian Campbell MCGILL, Kenneth William FOSTER, Yunchao HOU
  • Refrigeration appliance cabinet
    Patent number: 11168935
    Abstract: A refrigeration cabinet assembly for a refrigeration appliance (1) comprises an insulated cabinet (20) having five closed faces and an open front face providing access to an interior of the cabinet. A torsionally stiff structure fixed to one of the five closed faces (23) or a structure (31) is added to one of the five closed faces (23) so that together with that closed face a torsionally stiff structure results. The torsional stiffness of the assembly is thereby increased beyond that of the cabinet alone so that the insulated cabinet has an improved ability to resist twisting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Wong, Ian Campbell McGill, Kenneth William Foster, Yunchao Hou
  • REFRIGERATION APPLIANCE CABINET
    Publication number: 20210140703
    Abstract: A refrigeration cabinet assembly for a refrigeration appliance (1) comprises an insulated cabinet (20) having five closed faces and an open front face providing access to an interior of the cabinet. A torsionally stiff structure fixed to one of the five closed faces (23) or a structure (31) is added to one of the five closed faces (23) so that together with that closed face a torsionally stiff structure results. The torsional stiffness of the assembly is thereby increased beyond that of the cabinet alone so that the insulated cabinet has an improved ability to resist twisting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Richard WONG, Ian Campbell MCGILL, Kenneth William FOSTER, Yunchao HOU