Patents by Inventor Hongbin Gary YAO

Hongbin Gary YAO 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: 9718648
    Abstract: The invention relates to a moving walk having an endless conveyor member comprising pallets and at least one longitudinal drive member to which the pallets are connected, which drive member is engaged by a drive unit, whereby the endless conveyor member runs in a middle section of the moving walk along an upper conveying track and along a lower return track; at both ends of the middle section a respective end section is located, whereby each end section comprises an entrance/exit area of the moving walk and a transfer means for transferring the endless conveyer member from the conveyor track to the return track and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Kone Corporation
    Inventors: Tomi Petteri Sipilä, Andreas Mnich, Ralf Weber, Arttu Hult, Hongbin Gary Yao
  • Publication number: 20160264380
    Abstract: The invention relates to a moving walk having an endless conveyor member comprising pallets and at least one longitudinal drive member to which the pallets are connected, which drive member is engaged by a drive unit, whereby the endless conveyor member runs in a middle section of the moving walk along an upper conveying track and along a lower return track; at both ends of the middle section a respective end section is located, whereby each end section comprises an entrance/exit area of the moving walk and a transfer means for transferring the endless conveyer member from the conveyor track to the return track and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2016
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: KONE Corporation
    Inventors: Tomi Petteri Sipilä, Andreas Mnich, Ralf Weber, Arttu Hult, Hongbin Gary YAO