Patents by Inventor Zhihui Zhou

Zhihui Zhou 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: 20250027704
    Abstract: A refrigeration appliance has a box body and a door arranged in the front of the box body, an accommodating cavity arranged at the top of the box body with a first inlet open upward to allow a control and/or power supply module to enter the accommodating cavity, and a top cap for closing the first inlet. The control and/or power supply module includes a first connector, and the accommodating cavity is arranged to open toward a rear side of the box body to allow a second connector to be engaged with the first connector from the rear side of the box body. This allows to increase a volume of the refrigeration appliance, and the control and/or power supply module is connected conveniently.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: January 23, 2025
    Inventors: Xiangfan Guo, Xiaonian Su, Yunfang Sun, Wenqiao Wang, Zhihui Zhou, Junxin Liu
  • Patent number: 11805490
    Abstract: A time measurement method includes that a first device receives a first packet from a second device using a first antenna. The first device transmits a second packet to the second device using a second antenna. The first device receives an indication for a first transceiving delay from the second device, where the first transceiving delay is a delay from a time at which the second device transmits the first packet to a time at which the second device receives the second packet. The first device determines a round-trip time (RTT) between the first device and the second device based on a calibration delay from the second antenna to the first antenna, a recording moment at which the first device receives the first packet, a recording moment at which the first device transmits the second packet, and the first transceiving delay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zixiang Ma, Zhihui Zhou
  • Patent number: 11512892
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having an inner casing, an outer casing, and a thermal insulation space located between the inner casing and the outer casing and filled with a thermal insulation material, to form a pair of thermal insulation walls disposed opposite to each other. The thermal insulation walls have recesses formed in the inner casing and opened forward. A beam bridges the pair of thermal insulation walls, the beam including insert portions disposed on two ends and respectively inserted into the corresponding recesses. A first fixing mechanism is at least partially located in the recess and fixes the insert portion to the thermal insulation wall, which not only facilitates the assembly of the beam and improves production efficiency, but also is beneficial to improving a weight capacity of the beam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Xiangfan Guo, Zhihui Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220295433
    Abstract: A time measurement method includes that a first device receives a first packet from a second device using a first antenna. The first device transmits a second packet to the second device using a second antenna. The first device receives an indication for a first transceiving delay from the second device, where the first transceiving delay is a delay from a time at which the second device transmits the first packet to a time at which the second device receives the second packet. The first device determines a round-trip time (RTT) between the first device and the second device based on a calibration delay from the second antenna to the first antenna, a recording moment at which the first device receives the first packet, a recording moment at which the first device transmits the second packet, and the first transceiving delay.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Zixiang Ma, Zhihui Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210172673
    Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet having an inner casing, an outer casing, and a thermal insulation space located between the inner casing and the outer casing and filled with a thermal insulation material, to form a pair of thermal insulation walls disposed opposite to each other. The thermal insulation walls have recesses formed in the inner casing and opened forward. A beam bridges the pair of thermal insulation walls, the beam including insert portions disposed on two ends and respectively inserted into the corresponding recesses. A first fixing mechanism is at least partially located in the recess and fixes the insert portion to the thermal insulation wall, which not only facilitates the assembly of the beam and improves production efficiency, but also is beneficial to improving a weight capacity of the beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Xiangfan Guo, Zhihui Zhou
  • Patent number: 10627154
    Abstract: A refrigerator has a case body with a pair of side walls, a beam bridge-connecting the pair of side walls, where the beam includes a housing, and the housing has an accommodation space and a heat insulation material located in the accommodation space. A strengthening member is fastened to a corresponding side wall, where the strengthening member is mounted in the accommodation space, and includes a main plate portion extending along a front inner wall of the accommodation space and a side plate portion extending backward from at least one side of the main plate portion. The housing has a support portion protruding backward from the front inner wall, and the side plate portion is provided with an anti-flipping portion abutting against the support portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: BSH Hausgeraete GmbH
    Inventors: Jinghui Chen, Xiangfan Guo, Wuba Lei, Zhihui Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190277556
    Abstract: A refrigerator has a case body with a pair of side walls, a beam bridge-connecting the pair of side walls, where the beam includes a housing, and the housing has an accommodation space and a heat insulation material located in the accommodation space. A strengthening member is fastened to a corresponding side wall, where the strengthening member is mounted in the accommodation space, and includes a main plate portion extending along a front inner wall of the accommodation space and a side plate portion extending backward from at least one side of the main plate portion. The housing has a support portion protruding backward from the front inner wall, and the side plate portion is provided with an anti-flipping portion abutting against the support portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 12, 2019
    Inventors: JINGHUI CHEN, XIANGFAN GUO, WUBA LEI, ZHIHUI ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20120291541
    Abstract: A digital field-induction water-level intelligent sensing system is provided. The digitalized intelligent field-induction field technology is utilized in the sensing system, thus the problem of water scale formation on the water-level sensors when applied in the severe environment and the problem of sensing system failure easily happening in the high temperature and high humidity environment are solved. The application of the field-induction technology enables the sensing system to detect the water level without electrical connection or mechanical connection, thus the problems of the sensor failure or inaccurate water-level detection caused by the water scale formation are avoided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2010
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Inventors: Dafan Liu, Weixin Shi, Zhihui Zhou