公开(公告)号：USD1057505S1

公开(公告)日：2025-01-14

申请号：US29853213

申请日：2022-09-14

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Designer： Hanks Hu ,  Ryan Li ,  Yu Liu ,  Xiangzhou Zhu

公开(公告)号：US10834789B2

公开(公告)日：2020-11-10

申请号：US15847260

申请日：2017-12-19

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Hanks Hu ,  Winner Wang ,  Hui Wu ,  Rongcan Yu

IPC: H05B6/64 ,  E05B65/06 ,  E05F15/616

Abstract: An electronic door opening system for an appliance is provided. The door opening system includes a resilient member having a pin that moves in a linear direction to urge an appliance door open. The door opening system further includes a toothed gear member configured to engage with the resilient member. The gear member may be driven by a motor to move the resilient member to urge the door from a closed position to an open position. Accordingly, upon receipt of a door opening command received from a user interface, the motor drives the gear to engage with the resilient member and open the door. The door opening mechanism includes components that are free from contact with other systems of the appliance. For example, in a microwave oven, the door opening system components may be free from contact with a door latch and an interlock switch system.

公开(公告)号：US11751295B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-05

申请号：US17179710

申请日：2021-02-19

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Hanks Hu ,  Benny Huang ,  Youcheng Huang ,  Ryan Li ,  Ping Wu

IPC: H05B6/64 ,  F24C15/32

CPC classification number: H05B6/6473 ,  F24C15/325 ,  H05B6/6494 ,  H05B2203/013

Abstract: An oven includes a plurality of walls, a fan, and a heating element. The plurality of walls defines an internal cavity in which food may be placed for cooking. A first of the plurality of walls defines a plurality of orifices that establishes fluid communication between the internal cavity and a fluid path. The fan is configured to direct air from the fluid path, through the plurality of orifices, and into the internal cavity. The heating element is disposed on the first of the plurality of walls and adjacent to the plurality of orifices. The heating element is configured to heat the air being directed from the fluid path, through the plurality of orifices, and into the internal cavity.

公开(公告)号：US11047578B2

公开(公告)日：2021-06-29

申请号：US16240224

申请日：2019-01-04

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Alexander L. Clayton ,  Vince Huang ,  Xiangxu Li ,  Ken Lei ,  Hanks Hu ,  Juan Chen ,  Tracy Yu ,  Jack Li ,  Roy Qiu ,  Seth Herndon ,  Donald John Gilmore ,  Cristiano Vito Pastore ,  Dick Ge ,  Pallavi Manjrekar ,  Bruce M. Wiatrak ,  Andrea Ferrise ,  Blake Cartwright ,  Richard J. Hughes ,  Joel Fletty ,  Wyndham F. Gary, Jr. ,  Joshua G. Abdoo ,  Collin A. Stipe ,  Nicholas Brenn ,  Casey L. McCuan ,  Christopher L. Carpenter

IPC: F24C15/20 ,  A21B1/24 ,  A21B3/04 ,  F24C7/08 ,  A21B1/06 ,  A21B1/40 ,  A21B3/02

Abstract: An automatic oven having a controller and a sensor assembly for automatically determining a food type for a food item placed in a cooking chamber of the automatic oven, and cooks the automatically determined food item according to a cooking profile selected based on the determined food type, while optionally accommodating a user input on the determining of the food type, and the cooking profile, including an optional degree of doneness.

公开(公告)号：US11767983B2

公开(公告)日：2023-09-26

申请号：US17319727

申请日：2021-05-13

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Alexander L. Clayton ,  Vince Huang ,  Xiangxu Liu ,  Ken Lei ,  Hanks Hu ,  Juan Chen ,  Tracy Yu ,  Jack Li ,  Roy Qiu ,  Seth Herndon ,  Donald John Gilmore ,  Cristiano Vito Pastore ,  Dick Ge ,  Pallavi Manjrekar ,  Bruce M. Wiatrak ,  Andrea Ferrise ,  Blake Cartwright ,  Richard J. Hughes ,  Joel Fletty ,  Wyndham F. Gary, Jr. ,  Joshua G. Abdoo ,  Collin A. Stipe ,  Nicholas Brenn ,  Casey L. McCuan ,  Christopher L. Carpenter

IPC: F24C7/08 ,  A21B1/06 ,  A21B1/40 ,  A21B3/02

CPC classification number: F24C7/085 ,  A21B1/06 ,  A21B1/40 ,  A21B3/02

Abstract: An automatic oven having a controller and a sensor assembly for automatically determining a food type for a food item placed in a cooking chamber of the automatic oven, and cooks the automatically determined food item according to a cooking profile selected based on the determined food type, while optionally accommodating a user input on the determining of the food type, and the cooking profile, including an optional degree of doneness.

公开(公告)号：US20210392724A1

公开(公告)日：2021-12-16

申请号：US17320375

申请日：2021-05-14

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Hanks Hu ,  Ping Wu ,  Ryan Li ,  Shirley Mao ,  Tingting Yu ,  Muhammad Khizar

IPC: H05B6/64

Abstract: A microwave oven includes a housing defining an interior cavity, a magnetron positioned within the housing and outside of the interior cavity and a micro-wave antenna in electrical communication with the magnetron and positioned adjacent a lower surface of the interior cavity. The microwave oven further includes a heating plate that includes a glass-ceramic substrate defining at least a portion of the lower surface of the interior cavity. The heating plate further includes a resistive-heating coating applied on a portion of the glass-ceramic substrate and defining at least one open micro-wave transmissive path from the micro-wave antenna to the interior cavity.

公开(公告)号：US20190191498A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-20

申请号：US15847260

申请日：2017-12-19

Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION

Inventor： Hanks Hu ,  Winner Wang ,  Hui Wu ,  Rongcan Yu

IPC: H05B6/64 ,  E05F15/616 ,  E05B65/06

Abstract: An electronic door opening system for an appliance is provided. The door opening system includes a resilient member having a pin that moves in a linear direction to urge an appliance door open. The door opening system further includes a toothed gear member configured to engage with the resilient member. The gear member may be driven by a motor to move the resilient member to urge the door from a closed position to an open position. Accordingly, upon receipt of a door opening command received from a user interface, the motor drives the gear to engage with the resilient member and open the door. The door opening mechanism includes components that are free from contact with other systems of the appliance. For example, in a microwave oven, the door opening system components may be free from contact with a door latch and an interlock switch system.