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公开(公告)号:US20230384015A1
公开(公告)日:2023-11-30
申请号:US17825768
申请日:2022-05-26
Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Pierce Woodling , Vinayak Naik , Eric Scalf
CPC classification number: F25D11/02 , F25D23/028
Abstract: An appliance having at least a freezer compartment. The appliance may include a at least one freezer door accessing the freezer compartment. The freezer door may include one or more articulating feet positionable between a stowed position and a deployed position. The freezer door may include one or more handles. The appliance may include one or more freezer racks.
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公开(公告)号:US20230235938A1
公开(公告)日:2023-07-27
申请号:US18191796
申请日:2023-03-28
Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Vinayak Naik , Mark W. Wilson , Eric L. Scalf
IPC: F25C5/08
CPC classification number: F25C5/08 , F25C2600/04
Abstract: A refrigerator includes a cabinet with one or more food compartments and one or more doors closing the food compartments and an ice maker located in the cabinet to produce ice. The ice maker includes a mold body for forming ice, the mold body having multiple cups, where each cup has an opening for receiving water to be frozen within the cup. The mold body is divided into at least a first zone and a second zone and the ice maker including at least a first heater and a second heater configured to provide heat to the first and second zones of the mold body, respectively, and a controller configured to harvest ice from the first zone independently of the second zone by actuating the first heater to provide heat to the first zone of the mold body to facilitate a release of ice from the first zone.
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公开(公告)号:US11229288B2
公开(公告)日:2022-01-25
申请号:US16823799
申请日:2020-03-19
Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Eric Scalf , Vinayak Naik , Kirk Lemmen
Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having one or more sliding shelves. The sliding shelf may slide along one or more tracks. The sliding shelf may include one or more shelf plates. The one or more tracks may be adjustable.
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公开(公告)号:US20240401873A1
公开(公告)日:2024-12-05
申请号:US18795675
申请日:2024-08-06
Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Eric Scalf , Vinayak Naik , Michael Gaunt
Abstract: A refrigerator utilizes a quick fill dispenser that incorporates a fluid storage receptacle that is easily removable for cleaning and/or dispensing independently of the refrigerator, and that is coupled to a dock through a combined inlet/outlet through which the receptacle is filled and fluid is dispensed through the receptacle. A dock closure may also be used to inhibit fluid flow through the combined inlet/outlet when the fluid storage receptacle is removed.
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公开(公告)号:US11920382B2
公开(公告)日:2024-03-05
申请号:US17021165
申请日:2020-09-15
Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Eric Scalf , Vinayak Naik
CPC classification number: E05B7/00 , F24C15/024 , F25D23/028
Abstract: A rotating support handle assembly for supporting a bottom-hinged door is disclosed. The rotating support handle assembly may comprise a handle member and a support member. The handle member may rotate from a first position to a second position, and the support member may be configured to contact a floor to provide support to the bottom-hinged door in the second position.
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公开(公告)号:US20220081949A1
公开(公告)日:2022-03-17
申请号:US17021165
申请日:2020-09-15
Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Eric Scalf , Vinayak Naik
Abstract: A rotating support handle assembly for supporting a bottom-hinged door is disclosed. The rotating support handle assembly may comprise a handle member and a support member. The handle member may rotate from a first position to a second position, and the support member may be configured to contact a floor to provide support to the bottom-hinged door in the second position.
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公开(公告)号:US20210289938A1
公开(公告)日:2021-09-23
申请号:US16823799
申请日:2020-03-19
Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Eric Scalf , Vinayak Naik , Kirk Lemmen
Abstract: A refrigerator appliance having one or more sliding shelves. The sliding shelf may slide along one or more tracks. The sliding shelf may include one or more shelf plates. The one or more tracks may be adjustable.
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公开(公告)号:US20240328696A1
公开(公告)日:2024-10-03
申请号:US18192323
申请日:2023-03-29
Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Vinayak Naik , Eric L. Scalf
CPC classification number: F25C1/24 , F25C5/187 , F25C2305/024 , F25C2500/08 , F25C2600/04 , F25C2700/02
Abstract: A refrigerator utilizes an ice maker including a shut off arm position sensor capable of sensing a plurality of positions of a shut off arm. Doing so may enable, for example, false full or empty indications to be detected, and in some instances, enable detection of potentially fused ice in a storage bin.
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公开(公告)号:US12104846B2
公开(公告)日:2024-10-01
申请号:US17465178
申请日:2021-09-02
Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Eric Scalf , Vinayak Naik , Michael Gaunt
CPC classification number: F25D25/00 , B67D1/0009 , B67D1/0085 , F25D23/028 , F25D23/126 , B67D2210/00036 , F25D2323/122
Abstract: A refrigerator utilizes a quick fill dispenser that incorporates a fluid storage receptacle that is easily removable for cleaning and/or dispensing independently of the refrigerator, and that is coupled to a dock through a combined inlet/outlet through which the receptacle is filled and fluid is dispensed through the receptacle. A dock closure may also be used to inhibit fluid flow through the combined inlet/outlet when the fluid storage receptacle is removed.
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公开(公告)号:US20230064175A1
公开(公告)日:2023-03-02
申请号:US17465178
申请日:2021-09-02
Applicant: Midea Group Co., Ltd.
Inventor: Eric Scalf , Vinayak Naik , Michael Gaunt
Abstract: A refrigerator utilizes a quick fill dispenser that incorporates a fluid storage receptacle that is easily removable for cleaning and/or dispensing independently of the refrigerator, and that is coupled to a dock through a combined inlet/outlet through which the receptacle is filled and fluid is dispensed through the receptacle. A dock closure may also be used to inhibit fluid flow through the combined inlet/outlet when the fluid storage receptacle is removed.
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