Patents by Inventor Hongnan Li

Hongnan Li 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: 11953398
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of disaster prevention and reduction of transmission lines, and provides a quasi-static calculation method for lateral unbalanced force of transmission lines. The present invention can quantify significant unbalanced force caused by a failed tower to an adjacent tower, thus to quantitatively evaluate cascading failure risk of transmission lines. The present invention does not need a lot of iteration, and can parametrically reveal influence of various factors on unbalanced force. The present invention quantifies influence of large deformation effect of a conducting wire on wind load, and at the same time, wind load of the conducting wire is corrected by the trapezoidal equivalent wind pressure proposed, which avoids wind load calculation error of the conducting wire caused by a relatively large vertical height difference, better reflects actual mechanical state of the lines, and optimizes existing wind load calculation method of transmission lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Wenlong Du, Hongnan Li, Gang Li
  • Patent number: 11913913
    Abstract: A structure multi-dimensional loading test system considering real complex boundary conditions considering real complex boundary conditions comprises a main part of machine, a base part, a hydraulic power supply and a control system. The system can simulate the load borne by a structure in a real working environment better and more accurately, realize multi-dimensional loading of the structure with six degrees of freedom in space and provide more real and valuable experimental data for the research on damage of reinforced concrete materials, components and structures under the action of an earthquake, and the research results will help researchers further reveal the damage mechanism of reinforced concrete structures, put forward the corresponding damage criteria and develop the corresponding seismic design methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hongnan Li, Linsheng Huo, Gang Li, Jing Zhou, Zhuodong Yang
  • Patent number: 11796031
    Abstract: An axial displacement amplified eddy current damper is disclosed. The axial movement of a slide bar is converted into the rotation of copper sheets and generates eddy current for energy consumption. The copper sheets are rotated and amplified by adjusting the sizes of gears. The short displacement of the slide bar can cause a large angle rotation of the copper sheets, so that energy consumption efficiency is high. The damping parameter can be adjusted by adjusting the magnetic field strength of permanent magnets, the thickness of the copper sheets and the distance from the copper sheets to the permanent magnets. The permanent magnets are adopted to provide continuous magnetic field sources, without external energy, thereby generating long-term and stable vibration reduction effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Hongnan Li, Wenlong Du
  • Publication number: 20230288276
    Abstract: --The present invention belongs to the technical field of disaster prevention and reduction of transmission lines, and provides a quasi-static calculation method for lateral unbalanced force of transmission lines. The present invention can quantify significant unbalanced force caused by a failed tower to an adjacent tower, thus to quantitatively evaluate cascading failure risk of transmission lines. The present invention does not need a lot of iteration, and can parametrically reveal influence of various factors on unbalanced force. The present invention quantifies influence of large deformation effect of a conducting wire on wind load, and at the same time, wind load of the conducting wire is corrected by the trapezoidal equivalent wind pressure proposed, which avoids wind load calculation error of the conducting wire caused by a relatively large vertical height difference, better reflects actual mechanical state of the lines, and optimizes existing wind load calculation method of transmission lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Xing FU, Wenlong DU, Hongnan LI, Gang LI
  • Patent number: 11754140
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a coupling beam eddy current damper with shear displacement amplification. The coupling beam eddy current damper with shear displacement amplification comprises a rigid rod, rotating shafts, a pin column, pins, levers, screws, thread sleeves, copper sheets, permanent magnet components, a steel structural component, balls, ball supports and an outer shell. When vibration occurs, coupling beams on both sides of the damper are relatively vertically displaced; at this moment, two levers move up and down relative to the rigid rod; the movement causes the screws and the copper sheets to rotate; the copper sheets rotate in a magnetic field, then induced electromotive force will generates inside the magnetic field, thereby generating eddy current in the copper sheets. The eddy current effect will produce a damping force that impedes the rotation of the copper sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Hongnan Li, Gang Li, Xingheng Zhang, Zhiqian Dong, Wenlong Du
  • Patent number: 11726019
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical fields of civil engineering, smart material and health monitoring, and provides a viscous damper fluid viscosity monitoring device and method based on piezoceramic transducers, comprising piezoceramic transducers, wires, corks, a baffle and a viscous damper. When the fluid viscosity of the viscous damper changes, the energy dissipation of pressure waves during propagation in a fluid will change, and signals received by the piezoceramic transducers will change, so that the viscosity of the fluid in the viscous damper can be calculated by the amplitude change of the signals received. The device of the present invention has a simple structure and accurate monitoring results, and provides a simple and feasible method for real-time monitoring of fluid viscosity of viscous dampers in engineering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Linsheng Huo, Shengbin Chen, Jing Zhou, Hongnan Li
  • Publication number: 20230251160
    Abstract: The present invention belong to the technical field of lattice tower structure monitoring, and discloses a displacement reconstruction method for a lattice tower structure based on improved mode superposition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Xing FU, Qing ZHANG, Liang REN, Hongnan LI
  • Publication number: 20230185973
    Abstract: Determining coordinates and an initial coordinate system of simulation points according to structural drawings, and transforming the coordinate system so that Y axis is parallel to the wind direction, to obtain a 3D model of N structural simulation points; projecting all the simulation points of the 3D model onto a target 2D plane, and transforming the simulation points into projection points on the 2D plane; calculating the delay time of the wind speed, that is, the time required to move from each point to the projection points on the target plane; using a 2D coherence function to consider the spatial correlation of different simulation points in horizontal and vertical directions; generating fluctuating wind speed by using harmony superposition method; and obtaining the wind speed time history of all the points by using the delay time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Xing FU, Xingheng ZHANG, Hongnan LI
  • Publication number: 20230058314
    Abstract: A structure multi-dimensional loading test system considering real complex boundary conditions considering real complex boundary conditions comprises a main part of machine, a base part, a hydraulic power supply and a control system. The system can simulate the load borne by a structure in a real working environment better and more accurately, realize multi-dimensional loading of the structure with six degrees of freedom in space and provide more real and valuable experimental data for the research on damage of reinforced concrete materials, components and structures under the action of an earthquake, and the research results will help researchers further reveal the damage mechanism of reinforced concrete structures, put forward the corresponding damage criteria and develop the corresponding seismic design methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Hongnan LI, Linsheng HUO, Gang LI, Jing ZHOU, Zhuodong YANG
  • Publication number: 20220349799
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical fields of civil engineering, smart material and health monitoring, and provides a viscous damper fluid viscosity monitoring device and method based on piezoceramic transducers, comprising piezoceramic transducers, wires, corks, a baffle and a viscous damper. When the fluid viscosity of the viscous damper changes, the energy dissipation of pressure waves during propagation in a fluid will change, and signals received by the piezoceramic transducers will change, so that the viscosity of the fluid in the viscous damper can be calculated by the amplitude change of the signals received. The device of the present invention has a simple structure and accurate monitoring results, and provides a simple and feasible method for real-time monitoring of fluid viscosity of viscous dampers in engineering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Linsheng HUO, Shengbin CHEN, Jing ZHOU, Hongnan LI
  • Patent number: 11401712
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of energy consumption and vibration reduction of assembled building structures, and provides an energy-consuming connecting device for a prefabricated assembled wall. The present invention provides a normal connection function between walls, and also has the functions of energy consumption and vibration reduction. A used viscoelastic material can provide energy consumption and weaken the cold and hot bridge effect, which is beneficial to building thermal insulation. Meanwhile, the energy-consuming connecting device for the prefabricated assembled wall can be connected with a prefabricated wall in advance, which can be carried out at the same time as the wall is inserted during construction, thereby effectively increasing the construction efficiency. Through the design of clamping groove devices, the wall can be connected firmly and reliably while generating displacement and consuming energy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Hongnan Li, Gang Li, Xu Xu, Wenlong Du, Zhiqian Dong
  • Patent number: 11293175
    Abstract: A self-resetting tuned mass damper is based on eddy current and shape memory alloy technology. The self-resetting tuned mass damper comprises a hollow box, a cover plate, a bolt, a mass block, gears a, gears b, gears c, copper sheets, permanent magnet groups, partition boards, balls, pins, levers, shape memory alloys, rotating shafts a, rotating shafts b, a supporting plate and rotating shafts c. The movement of the mass block causes the copper sheets to rotate and generate eddy current for energy consumption. The copper sheets are rotated and amplified by adjusting the sizes of the gears. The displacement of a small mass block can cause rotation of the copper sheets by a large angle, which greatly increases energy consumption efficiency. The elongation of the shape memory alloys is amplified by adjusting the ratio of long and short force arms of the levers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Hongnan Li, Wenlong Du, Xifeng Zhong
  • Patent number: 11293415
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of structural vibration control, and provides a composite axial energy consumption device based on piezoelectricity and shape memory alloy, comprising a screw, steel pipes, stiffening ribs, steel sheets, bolt-nuts, piezoceramics, screw caps and SMA wire bundles. The mechanical energy of the structure under pressure is converted into the electric energy of the piezoceramics and then the electric energy is converted into heat energy, so that energy consumption efficiency is high and mechanical performance is good. The SMA wire bundles have large tensile bearing capacity, shape memory effect and good corrosion resistance and fatigue resistance. The number of the segments and the specifications of the piezoceramics and the SMA wire bundles can be adjusted according to the actual needs, so that the structure can be adjusted according to the size of an axial force and specific stress conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Hongnan Li, Gang Li, Zhiqian Dong, Zhikai Xu, Xingheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11293512
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a multi-dimensional eddy current tuned mass damper, which belongs to the technical field of structural vibration control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Hongnan Li, Jia Wang, Wenlong Du
  • Publication number: 20220090376
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of energy consumption and vibration reduction of assembled building structures, and provides an energy-consuming connecting device for a prefabricated assembled wall. The present invention provides a normal connection function between walls, and also has the functions of energy consumption and vibration reduction. A used viscoelastic material can provide energy consumption and weaken the cold and hot bridge effect, which is beneficial to building thermal insulation. Meanwhile, the energy-consuming connecting device for the prefabricated assembled wall can be connected with a prefabricated wall in advance, which can be carried out at the same time as the wall is inserted during construction, thereby effectively increasing the construction efficiency. Through the design of clamping groove devices, the wall can be connected firmly and reliably while generating displacement and consuming energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Inventors: Xing FU, Hongnan LI, Gang LI, Xu XU, Wenlong DU, Zhiqian DONG
  • Publication number: 20220074393
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of structural vibration control, and provides a composite axial energy consumption device based on piezoelectricity and shape memory alloy, comprising a screw, steel pipes, stiffening ribs, steel sheets, bolt-nuts, piezoceramics, screw caps and SMA wire bundles. The mechanical energy of the structure under pressure is converted into the electric energy of the piezoceramics and then the electric energy is converted into heat energy, so that energy consumption efficiency is high and mechanical performance is good. The SMA wire bundles have large tensile bearing capacity, shape memory effect and good corrosion resistance and fatigue resistance. The number of the segments and the specifications of the piezoceramics and the SMA wire bundles can be adjusted according to the actual needs, so that the structure can be adjusted according to the size of an axial force and specific stress conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Inventors: Xing FU, Hongnan LI, Gang LI, Zhiqian DONG, Zhikai XU, Xingheng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11248389
    Abstract: An inertial mass amplification type tuned mass damper is disclosed. The inertial mass amplification type tuned mass damper comprises a hollow box, an H-shaped mass block, gears a, gears b, a rectangular frame, a steel ring, viscous dampers, a steel sheet, springs, rotating shafts and balls. In the present invention, an inertial damping force is amplified by adjusting the radius ratio of the gears a and the gears b; and damping parameters can be conveniently changed by adjusting the mass of the mass block, the spring stiffness and the like. The present invention has the advantages that the design mass is small, which can avoid the adverse effects of excessive additional gravity on the structure and improve the performance of the structure. The present invention has reasonable design and small occupied space, can save more use area for buildings and can greatly improve the utilization efficiency of the buildings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Hongnan Li, Gang Li, Yao Jiang, Wenlong Du, Zhiqian Dong
  • Patent number: 11223190
    Abstract: An eddy current energy-dissipating spacer is mainly composed of a spacer frame, a conductor clamp and energy-dissipating elements. The eddy current energy-dissipating spacer not only provides the function of an ordinary spacer, but also reduces the vibration of the transmission lines; and at the same time, can effectively reduce the vibration of the transmission lines, especially the torsional vibration by adopting the eddy current and viscoelastic material for energy dissipation; improves the eddy current strength by adjusting the gear radius ratio, thus increasing the damping force; can adjust the damping parameters by adjusting the magnetic field strength of the permanent magnet; can produce long-term stable vibration reduction effect by adopting the permanent magnet to provide continuous magnetic field without additional external energy input; can effectively avoid the magnetic flux leakage of magnetic circuits by adopting the magnetic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Xing Fu, Hongnan Li, Wenlong Du
  • Patent number: 11221273
    Abstract: A method for automatically detecting the free vibration response segment of the high-speed railway bridges after trains passing. First, pre-select the test response sequence to be decomposed based on the maximum of the time instants corresponding to the absolute maximums of the response vectors at various measuring point. Then, Extract the single-frequency modal response from the test response by the iterative variational mode decomposition and fit the envelope amplitude of the modal response by Hilbert transform. Finally, the vibration features at each time instants are marked as decay vibration or non-decay vibration. The longest structural response segment that meets the decay vibration features is determined as the detected free vibration response segment for modal identification. This invention can effectively detect the free vibration data segment without human participation, which is of great significance for the real-time accurate modal analysis of high-speed railway bridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Tinghua Yi, Xiaomei Yang, Chunxu Qu, Hongnan Li
  • Patent number: 11173519
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for making a rubber blade. The method includes applying a first coating composition and a second coating composition in separate steps on at least a part of a surface of a polyurethane elastic substrate; and solidifying the first coating composition and the second coating composition by ultraviolet light irradiating to form a hardened layer on the surface of the polyurethane elastic substrate. The first coating composition includes an isocyanate-group-terminated polyisocyanate and a first solvent. The second coating composition includes a first monomer, a photoinitiator, and a second solvent. The first monomer is at least one of an acrylate monomer and a methacrylate monomer each having an reactive hydroxyl group. The isocyanate group of the polyisocyanate is reacted with the reactive hydroxyl group of the first monomer to generate a urethane group to form a polyurethane acrylate. The present application also discloses a rubber blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: SHENZHEN FANCY CREATION INDUSTRIAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Hua Zhu, Hua Yang, Feng Hua, Hongnan Li, Naoyuki Ohmori