公开(公告)号：US10536294B2

公开(公告)日：2020-01-14

申请号：US15652190

申请日：2017-07-17

Applicant: MIDEA AMERICA CORP.

Inventor： Dongyan Wang

IPC: G06F7/02 ,  G06F16/00 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G06F17/27 ,  G06N5/02 ,  G06F16/957 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  H04W4/04 ,  H04L12/24 ,  G06F3/048

Abstract: A quality management platform for home devices is implemented on a computer system and comprises a knowledge repository and a query engine. The knowledge repository includes a knowledge graph of nodes connected by edges. The nodes represent concepts relating to home devices and their operation and faults, and the edges represent relations between the concepts. The query engine receives requests relating to home devices, queries the knowledge graph based on the requests, and returns responses based on the query results.

公开(公告)号：USRE47623E1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-01

申请号：US14193940

申请日：2014-02-28

Applicant: Midea America, Corp.

Inventor： Arnold Sepke ,  Benjamin Stephens

IPC: A47L5/32 ,  A47L9/32 ,  A47L5/36

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a base with a first air inlet, a rear housing, a removable handle and a socket on the housing to receive the handle. The handle has a grip, a second air inlet, and a hose connected to the second air inlet. The vacuum has a valve with a first inlet connected to the first air inlet, a second inlet connected to the flexible hose, a valve outlet connected to a vacuum fan, and a valve member that moves to connect the valve outlet to either inlet. The vacuum has a handle latch having one position in which it engages the removable handle to hold it in the socket and places the valve in one position, and a second position in which it releases the handle and places the valve member the other position.

公开(公告)号：US10918248B2

公开(公告)日：2021-02-16

申请号：US16149915

申请日：2018-10-02

Applicant: Midea America Corp.

Inventor： Thomas D. R. Ford ,  Meng Sum ,  Wai Jun Ho

IPC: A47L5/22 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/24 ,  A47L5/32 ,  A47L5/30 ,  A47L5/26 ,  A47L9/00 ,  A47L7/00 ,  A47L9/04

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner that can quickly be configured in various operating modes, including a standard-style upright vacuum, upright vacuum capable of cleaning under furniture, stick vacuum, handheld vacuum, and pod vacuum. An example embodiment is a surface cleaning apparatus that includes an elongated support member, a handle coupled to an upper end of the elongated support member, a vacuum module slidably and detachably coupled to the elongated support member, and a hose coupled to the vacuum module and expandable to accommodate lower and upper positions of the vacuum module along the elongated support member. The surface cleaning apparatus can further include a floor nozzle detachably coupled to a lower end of the elongated support member and the hose.

公开(公告)号：US10554438B2

公开(公告)日：2020-02-04

申请号：US15655159

申请日：2017-07-20

Applicant: MIDEA AMERICA CORP.

Inventor： Dongyan Wang

IPC: G06F7/02 ,  G06F16/00 ,  H04L12/28 ,  G06F17/27 ,  G06N5/02 ,  G06N5/04 ,  G06F16/957 ,  G06F16/2457 ,  H04L12/24 ,  H04L29/08 ,  G06F3/048

Abstract: A quality management platform for home devices is implemented on a computer system and comprises a knowledge repository and a query engine. The knowledge repository includes a knowledge graph of nodes connected by edges. The nodes represent concepts relating to home devices and their operation and faults, and the edges represent relations between the concepts. The query engine receives requests relating to home devices, queries the knowledge graph based on the requests, and returns responses based on the query results.

公开(公告)号：US20190274499A1

公开(公告)日：2019-09-12

申请号：US16149915

申请日：2018-10-02

Applicant: Midea America Corp.

Inventor： Thomas D. R. Ford ,  Meng Sum ,  Wai Jun Ho

IPC: A47L5/22 ,  A47L9/24 ,  A47L9/02

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner that can quickly be configured in various operating modes, including a standard-style upright vacuum, upright vacuum capable of cleaning under furniture, stick vacuum, handheld vacuum, and pod vacuum. An example embodiment is a surface cleaning apparatus that includes an elongated support member, a handle coupled to an upper end of the elongated support member, a vacuum module slidably and detachably coupled to the elongated support member, and a hose coupled to the vacuum module and expandable to accommodate lower and upper positions of the vacuum module along the elongated support member. The surface cleaning apparatus can further include a floor nozzle detachably coupled to a lower end of the elongated support member and the hose.

公开(公告)号：US10165916B2

公开(公告)日：2019-01-01

申请号：US14014973

申请日：2013-08-30

Applicant: MIDEA AMERICA, CORP.

Inventor： John Curtis Morphey ,  Alexander Douglas Goare ,  Donald Joseph Davidshofer

IPC: A47L9/00 ,  A47L5/28 ,  A47L9/32 ,  A47L9/02 ,  A47L9/22

Abstract: A vacuum cleaner having a handle, a dirt separator and suction motor on the handle, and a nozzle. An elongated suction inlet passes through the bottom face of the nozzle, and a pivot joins the nozzle to the handle at a pivot axis that extends parallel to the elongated suction inlet. The pivot includes first and second pivot connections joining the base to either side of the handle. A base air passage extends from the suction inlet to the first pivot connection, and is fluidly connected, through the first pivot connection, to a first handle air passage located in the handle and extending from the first pivot connection to an inlet of the separator. A second handle air passage located in the handle extends from the separator outlet to the suction motor inlet.