Patents by Inventor Zengqiang SI

Zengqiang SI 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: 11852395
    Abstract: Provided are a refrigerator and an energy-saving control method and apparatus therefor. The refrigerator includes an ice maker. The ice maker includes an ice discharge electric motor (1), an ice storage bin (2) and an ice storage bin position switch (3). The method includes: detecting and determining that the ice storage bin (2) is in a full ice state; controlling the ice maker so that same stops making ice, and acquiring the state of at least one of the ice discharge electric motor (1) and the ice storage bin position switch (3); and according to the state of at least one of the ice discharge electric motor (1) and the ice storage bin position switch (3), determining that the ice maker needs to do heating and ice detection actions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD, HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jincai Wang, Yang Shao, Guangqing Yang, Zengqiang Si, Yabing Wu
  • Patent number: 11747080
    Abstract: An ice machine, a fault handling method and fault handling apparatus of the ice machine, and a refrigeration device. The ice machine includes an ice machine body, an ice making tray located in the ice machine body, a heating assembly, and an ice stirring assembly for stirring out ice made in the ice making tray. A fault of an ice stirring assembly is automatically removed by means of a heating treatment mode of gradually raising a heating temperature multiple times, the method and apparatus moving simply and quickly, wherein the satisfaction degree of users is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jincai Wang, Yang Shao, Guangqing Yang, Zengqiang Si, Yabing Wu
  • Patent number: 11656018
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of ice making, and provides an ice making system and a refrigeration apparatus. The ice making system includes an ice making assembly, a water collecting tank located below the ice making assembly, and a water diversion ice rake structure. The water diversion ice rake structure includes: a pair of water receiving lateral wings, each of which is constructed with a rotary end and a free end; the pair of water receiving lateral wings are rotatably disposed on opposite sides of the ice making assembly through the respective rotary ends to rotate between an ice making position and an ice falling position. At the ice making position, the free ends of the pair of water receiving lateral wings are butted in a space between the ice making assembly and the water collecting tank to form a closure space with an opening facing the ice making assembly, and a water outlet communicating with the water collecting tank is constructed on one side of the closure space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xing Chen, Yang Shao, Zanxi Liu, Jincai Wang, Zengqiang Si, Mingxing Sun, Cunyu Liu, Gang Cui
  • Patent number: 11480376
    Abstract: Disclosed are an ice storage container (100) and a refrigerator (1000) having same. The ice storage container (100) includes: an ice delivering part (10) and an ice crushing part (20). The ice delivering part (10) includes: a container body (11), an ice pushing component (12), and a driving member. The container body (11) defines a first accommodating cavity (a) for accommodating ice cubes. The first accommodating cavity (a) is provided with an ice outlet (b). The ice pushing component (10) is arranged in the first accommodating cavity (a). The ice pushing component (12) includes a plurality of blades (1212). The driving member is connected to the ice pushing component (12). The blades (1212) of the ice pushing component (12) are configured to crush the ice cubes selectively based on a preset condition that is forward rotation or reverse rotation. The plurality of blades (1212) push the ice towards the ice outlet (b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zanxi Liu, Yang Shao, Zengqiang Si, Jincai Wang
  • Publication number: 20220325934
    Abstract: The present application relates to the field of ice making, and provides an ice making system and a refrigeration apparatus. The ice making system includes an ice making assembly, a water collecting tank located below the ice making assembly, and a water diversion ice rake structure. The water diversion ice rake structure includes: a pair of water receiving lateral wings, each of which is constructed with a rotary end and a free end; the pair of water receiving lateral wings are rotatably disposed on opposite sides of the ice making assembly through the respective rotary ends to rotate between an ice making position and an ice falling position. At the ice making position, the free ends of the pair of water receiving lateral wings are butted in a space between the ice making assembly and the water collecting tank to form a closure space with an opening facing the ice making assembly, and a water outlet communicating with the water collecting tank is constructed on one side of the closure space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2019
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Xing CHEN, Yang SHAO, Zanxi LIU, Jincai WANG, Zengqiang SI, Mingxing SUN, Cunyu LIU, Gang CUI
  • Publication number: 20220196626
    Abstract: The present application relates to the technical field of water quality monitoring for water supply systems, and provides a water quality monitoring method for a water supply system, a water supply system, and a refrigeration apparatus. The water quality monitoring method for a water supply system includes: controlling to convey water to a water outlet pipe of the water supply system; obtaining a water quality parameter in the water outlet pipe; judging whether the water quality parameter meets a standard; if the water quality parameter meets the standard, ending the monitoring; if the water quality parameter does not meet the standard, proceeding to a next operation; controlling to drain the water in the water supply system; and repeating the above obtaining operation, judging operation, and draining operation, until the water quality parameter meets the standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Zanxi LIU, Yang SHAO, Xing CHEN, Mingxing SUN, Jincai WANG, Zengqiang SI
  • Patent number: 11255590
    Abstract: A refrigerator comprising a refrigerator body provided with a refrigerating compartment, an ice maker, an ice-making air duct, a first fan assembly disposed in the ice-making air duct and an ice maker evaporator is disclosed. The ice-making air duct comprises an air inlet duct and an air return duct, which are both disposed in a foaming layer of the refrigerating compartment, and one ends thereof close to the ice maker extend into a foaming layer on a door body of the ice maker. The first fan assembly is detachably disposed in the air return duct, and may be integrally disassembled from and installed in the air return duct. The ice maker evaporator is disposed between the air inlet duct and the air return duct and at the side far away from the ice maker.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhengguang Lv, Yang Shao, Zengqiang Si, Guangqing Yang, Jincai Wang
  • Patent number: 11193706
    Abstract: An ice discharger is disclosed comprising an ice storage box provided with an ice outlet and an ice inlet, and an ice stirring unit and an ice pushing unit located within the ice storage box; the ice stirring unit comprises an ice stirring section disposed inside the ice storage box and a stirrer disposed rotatably within the ice stirring section, an ice cube inlet and an ice cube outlet are disposed at the top and on the side wall of the ice stirring section, respectively; and the ice pushing unit comprises a circular ice discharging passage disposed between the ice stirring section and the ice storage box, and an ice pushing assembly disposed rotatably within the circular ice discharging passage and for pushing an ice cube to the ice outlet of ice storage box thereby improving the uniformity of the amount of discharged ice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Shao, Zengqiang Si, Guangqing Yang, Zhengguang Lv, Jincai Wang
  • Patent number: 11162728
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ice maker comprising: an ice tray, an ice making compartment and a heating compartment, wherein the ice tray can be switched between the ice making compartment and the heating compartment to realize ice making and heating for ice unloading, and there is no need to arrange a heater on the ice tray. The present disclosure also discloses a refrigerator, comprising a door body on which the ice maker as described above is disposed, wherein an ice outlet of the ice maker communicates with a distributor on the door body, thus facilitating ice taking without opening the door body. The present disclosure also discloses a refrigerator, comprising a refrigerating compartment in which the ice maker as described above is disposed, wherein the ice making compartment of the ice maker communicates with a freezer compartment or a cold air outlet of an evaporator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Shao, Zengqiang Si, Zhengguang Lv, Jincai Wang, Guangqing Yang
  • Publication number: 20210164716
    Abstract: Provided are a refrigerator and an energy-saving control method and apparatus therefor. The refrigerator includes an ice maker. The ice maker includes an ice discharge electric motor (1), an ice storage bin (2) and an ice storage bin position switch (3). The method includes: detecting and determining that the ice storage bin (2) is in a full ice state; controlling the ice maker so that same stops making ice, and acquiring the state of at least one of the ice discharge electric motor (1) and the ice storage bin position switch (3); and according to the state of at least one of the ice discharge electric motor (1) and the ice storage bin position switch (3), determining that the ice maker needs to do heating and ice detection actions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Jincai WANG, Yang SHAO, Guangqing YANG, Zengqiang SI, Yabing WU
  • Patent number: 11015853
    Abstract: An ice maker (100) includes an ice-making water tank (10), a water storage tank (20), a pipe assembly, a reversing member (40), and a driving member (50). The pipe assembly comprises a first branch pipe (310), a second branch pipe (320), and a third branch pipe (330). The first branch pipe (310) is connected to the water storage tank (20). The second branch pipe (320) and the third branch pipe (330) are separately connected to the ice-making water tank (10). The reversing member (40) is separately connected to the three branch pipes to control two of the branch pipes to be communicated and the rest one of the branch pipes to disconnected. The driving member (50) is connected to the third branch pipe in series. During ice making, the reversing member (40) controls the second branch pipe (320) and the third branch pipe (330) to be communicated and controls the first branch pipe (310) to be disconnected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignees: HEFEI HUALING CO., LTD., HEFEI MIDEA REFRIGERATOR CO., LTD., MIDEA GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yang Shao, Zhengguang Lv, Guangqing Yang, Zengqiang Si
  • Publication number: 20210123651
    Abstract: Disclosed are an ice storage container (100) and a refrigerator (1000) having same. The ice storage container (100) includes: an ice delivering part (10) and an ice crushing part (20). The ice delivering part (10) includes: a container body (11), an ice pushing component (12), and a driving member. The container body (11) defines a first accommodating cavity (a) for accommodating ice cubes. The first accommodating cavity (a) is provided with an ice outlet (b). The ice pushing component (10) is arranged in the first accommodating cavity (a). The ice pushing component (12) includes a plurality of blades (1212). The driving member is connected to the ice pushing component (12). The blades (1212) of the ice pushing component (12) are configured to crush the ice cubes selectively based on a preset condition that is forward rotation or reverse rotation. The plurality of blades (1212) push the ice towards the ice outlet (b).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Inventors: Zanxi LIU, Yang SHAO, Zengqiang SI, Jincai WANG
  • Publication number: 20210080170
    Abstract: An ice machine (100), a fault handling method and fault handling apparatus of the ice machine, and a refrigeration device (1000). The ice machine (100) includes an ice machine body (10), an ice making tray (20) located in the ice machine body, a heating assembly (40), and an ice stirring assembly (30) for stirring out ice made in the ice making tray (20). The fault handling method for the ice machine (100) includes: determining whether a fault happens to the ice stirring assembly (30); and if a fault happens to the ice stirring assembly (30), controlling the heating assembly (40) to carry out heating according to a preset target temperature, wherein there are multiple present target temperatures and the multiple present target temperatures are sequentially increased.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Jincai WANG, Yang SHAO, Guangqing YANG, Zengqiang SI, Yabing WU
  • Patent number: 10900704
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a refrigerator having a separate ice-making system, comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged inside the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice-making fan and an ice-making air return duct, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are arranged in parallel, the ice-making evaporator is disposed inside the refrigerating compartment and outside the ice-making chamber, and the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct to form a refrigerating circulation loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Inventors: Ying Jia, Zengqiang Si, Dongxian Liu, Xuezai Zheng, Fei Lu, Yu Li, Deming Wei
  • Publication number: 20200393187
    Abstract: Disclosed is a refrigerator (100) integrated with an ice maker, the refrigerator (100) includes a refrigerator cabinet (10), a refrigerator door (20), an ice maker (30), an ice-making evaporator (40) and a blower (50); an air return duct (14), a blower chamber (12), an ice-making evaporation chamber (11) and an air supply duct (13) are sequentially connected; a free end of the air supply duct (13) is formed as an air supply port (13a) and a free end of the air return duct (14) is formed as an air return port (14a); the refrigerator door (20) is provided with an ice-making chamber (21), the ice-making chamber (21) is provided with an air inlet (211) and an air outlet (212), the air inlet (211) is in communication with the air supply port (13a) and the air outlet (212) is in communication with the air return port (14a) when the refrigerator door (20) is closed; the refrigerator door (20) is pivotally connected to the side wall of the refrigerator cabinet (10) where the blower chamber (12) is located.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yang SHAO, Zengqiang SI, Jincai WANG
  • Patent number: 10859304
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system which comprises a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged in the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice-making fan and an ice-making air return duct, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are located front to back, the ice-making evaporator is disposed in the refrigerating compartment and located outside the ice-making chamber, and the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct to form a refrigerating cycle loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Inventors: Ying Jia, Zengqiang Si, Dongxian Liu, Xuezai Zheng, Fei Lu, Yu Li, Deming Wei
  • Patent number: 10808980
    Abstract: An ice-maker/ice storage box assembly and a refrigerator having the ice-maker/ice storage box assembly are provided. The ice-maker/ice storage box assembly has an ice storage box. The ice storage box is provided with a rotary shaft and a separation mechanism. An outer end of the rotary shaft is provided with a rotary-shaft connector. The rotary-shaft connector is connected to a transmission connector of an ice dispensing motor. The separation mechanism is used to axially separate the transmission connector from the rotary-shaft connector. The ice-maker/ice storage box assembly enables the ice storage box to be conveniently removed without damaging a connection part between the ice dispensing motor and the ice storage box, and the ice storage box does not have to be removed in a fixed direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: Hefei Hualing Co., Ltd., Media Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zengqiang Si, Yang Shao, Zhengguang Lv, Hao Wang
  • Publication number: 20200248951
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system which comprises a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged in the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice-making fan and an ice-making air return duct, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are located front to back, the ice-making evaporator is disposed in the refrigerating compartment and located outside the ice-making chamber, and the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct to form a refrigerating cycle loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ying JIA, Zengqiang Si, Dongxian Liu, Xuezai Zheng, Fei Lu, Yu Li, Deming Wei
  • Publication number: 20200182529
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of household appliances technologies, and discloses a refrigerator with a separate ice-making system which comprises a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged in the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice-making fan and an ice-making air return duct, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are located front to back, the ice-making evaporator is disposed in the refrigerating compartment and located outside the ice-making chamber, and the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct to form a refrigerating cycle loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Ying JIA, Zengqiang SI, Dongxian LIU, Xuezai ZHENG, Fei LU, Yu LI, Deming WEI
  • Publication number: 20200166268
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a refrigerator having a separate ice-making system, comprising: a refrigerating compartment and an ice-making chamber disposed inside the refrigerating compartment, wherein an ice maker is arranged inside the ice-making chamber, the ice-making chamber is supplied with cold air by an ice-making refrigeration system including an ice-making evaporator, an ice-making air supply duct, an ice-making fan and an ice-making air return duct, the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct are arranged in parallel, the ice-making evaporator is disposed inside the refrigerating compartment and outside the ice-making chamber, and the ice-making evaporator is communicated with the ice maker through the ice-making air supply duct and the ice-making air return duct to form a refrigerating circulation loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Ying JIA, Zengqiang SI, Dongxian LIU, Xuezai ZHENG, Fei LU, Yu LI, Deming WEI