Patents by Inventor Xiaobo Fan

Xiaobo Fan 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: 11932915
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming an aluminum alloy thin-walled curved part by ultra-low temperature gradient drawing. This method includes: placing the aluminum alloy sheet on a die, and closing a blank holder to hold the aluminum alloy sheet in a flange zone; filling a cavity of a die with an ultra-low temperature medium to cool a die cavity zone of the aluminum alloy sheet to a set low temperature, and forming an ultra-low temperature gradient in which the temperature of the die cavity zone is lower than the temperature in the flange zone; applying a set blank holder force to the blank holder, and controlling a punch to move downwards to form a deep-cavity thin-walled curved part; and controlling the punch to move upwards, opening the blank holder, and taking out the formed deep-cavity thin-walled curved part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Shijian Yuan, Xiaobo Fan
  • Patent number: 11571731
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for ultra-low temperature forming an ultra-thin curved part of a high-strength aluminum alloy. The method includes the following steps: step 1: selecting a cladding with a suitable thickness according to a wrinkle limit of a sheet; step 2: stacking the sheet and the cladding, then putting into a die, and closing a blank holder; step 3: filling a cavity of a female die with an ultra-low temperature medium to cool the sheet to below ?160° C.; step 4: applying a set blank holding force by the blank holder, and enabling a male die to go down to form a thin-walled curved part; and step 5: opening the die and taking out the formed thin-walled curved part. The present invention utilizes the favorable formability of the high-strength aluminum alloy at the ultra-low temperature and the instability resistance of the thick sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shijian Yuan, Xiaobo Fan
  • Patent number: 11459648
    Abstract: Provided is a performance controlling method for a high-strength aluminum alloy shell during an ultra-low temperature forming process. The present disclosure greatly improves the performance of an aluminum alloy sheet by applying an ultra-low temperature. The present disclosure cools the aluminum alloy sheet to an ultra-low temperature by using an ultra-low temperature cooling medium, so as to compensate for insufficient hardening caused by insufficient deformation and avoid cracking caused by increased deformation. The present disclosure cools the sheet blank zonally according to a deformation law of a desired curved part, and controls the ultra-low temperature distribution of the sheet blank during forming so as to promote the formation of a substructure in a small-deformation zone. In this way, the present disclosure improves a subsequent age-hardening effect, and corresponding uniformity of microstructure and performance, and effectively solves the problem of non-uniformity due to uneven deformation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Xiaobo Fan, Shijian Yuan, Zhubin He
  • Patent number: 11440076
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for super cryogenic forming of a metal thin-walled curved surface part, including a super cryogenic medium conveying and pressurizing unit, a press, a die unit and a control system. A blank holder cylinder, a blank holder slide, a deep drawing cylinder and a deep drawing slide are disposed on the press. The die unit includes a male die, a blank holder and a female die. The super cryogenic medium conveying and pressurizing unit includes an autoboosting cryogenic container. A cryogenic channel in the blank holder, a cryogenic channel in the female die and a cavity of the female die are communicated with an outlet of the autoboosting cryogenic container by cryogenic pipes, respectively. A cryogenic pump is disposed on the cryogenic pipe between the cavity of the female die and the autoboosting cryogenic container.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Inventors: Shijian Yuan, Xiaobo Fan
  • Publication number: 20220161308
    Abstract: Disclosed is an ultra-low temperature medium pressure forming method for complex curved-shaped components. The method includes steps of distributing a blank by die closing preforming and forming the complex curved-shaped components by ultra-low temperature medium pressurization, comprising: placing a plate on a female die and tightly pressing the plate by a blank holder; driving a male die to move downwards to make the plate distribute the blank in advance in a large-area mode, thus forming a prefabricated plate blank; filling a cavity with an ultra-low temperature medium to make the prefabricated plate blank be gradually attached to a molded surface of a female die cavity under the pressure action of the ultra-low temperature medium, and thereby forming the complex curved-shaped component; and removing the male die blank holder and taking out the formed complex curved-shaped component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaobo FAN, Shijian YUAN
  • Publication number: 20220080488
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for super cryogenic forming of a metal thin-walled curved surface part, including a super cryogenic medium conveying and pressurizing unit, a press, a die unit and a control system. A blank holder cylinder, a blank holder slide, a deep drawing cylinder and a deep drawing slide are disposed on the press. The die unit includes a male die, a blank holder and a female die. The super cryogenic medium conveying and pressurizing unit includes an autoboosting cryogenic container. A cryogenic channel in the blank holder, a cryogenic channel in the female die and a cavity of the female die are communicated with an outlet of the autoboosting cryogenic container by cryogenic pipes, respectively. A cryogenic pump is disposed on the cryogenic pipe between the cavity of the female die and the autoboosting cryogenic container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Shijian Yuan, Xiaobo Fan
  • Publication number: 20220056561
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for ultra-low temperature forming an ultra-thin curved part of a high-strength aluminum alloy. The method includes the following steps: step 1: selecting a cladding with a suitable thickness according to a wrinkle limit of a sheet; step 2: stacking the sheet and the cladding, then putting into a die, and closing a blank holder; step 3: filling a cavity of a female die with an ultra-low temperature medium to cool the sheet to below ?160° C.; step 4: applying a set blank holding force by the blank holder, and enabling a male die to go down to form a thin-walled curved part; and step 5: opening the die and taking out the formed thin-walled curved part. The present invention utilizes the favorable formability of the high-strength aluminum alloy at the ultra-low temperature and the instability resistance of the thick sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: SHIJIAN YUAN, XIAOBO FAN
  • Publication number: 20220049334
    Abstract: Provided is a performance controlling method for a high-strength aluminum alloy shell during an ultra-low temperature forming process. The present disclosure greatly improves the performance of an aluminum alloy sheet by applying an ultra-low temperature. The present disclosure cools the aluminum alloy sheet to an ultra-low temperature by using an ultra-low temperature cooling medium, so as to compensate for insufficient hardening caused by insufficient deformation and avoid cracking caused by increased deformation. The present disclosure cools the sheet blank zonally according to a deformation law of a desired curved part, and controls the ultra-low temperature distribution of the sheet blank during forming so as to promote the formation of a substructure in a small-deformation zone. In this way, the present disclosure improves a subsequent age-hardening effect, and corresponding uniformity of microstructure and performance, and effectively solves the problem of non-uniformity due to uneven deformation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 17, 2022
    Applicant: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Xiaobo Fan, Shijian Yuan, Zhubin He
  • Publication number: 20220017981
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming an aluminum alloy thin-walled curved part by ultra-low temperature gradient drawing. This method includes: placing the aluminum alloy sheet on a die, and closing a blank holder to hold the aluminum alloy sheet in a flange zone; filling a cavity of a die with an ultra-low temperature medium to cool a die cavity zone of the aluminum alloy sheet to a set low temperature, and forming an ultra-low temperature gradient in which the temperature of the die cavity zone is lower than the temperature in the flange zone; applying a set blank holder force to the blank holder, and controlling a punch to move downwards to form a deep-cavity thin-walled curved part; and controlling the punch to move upwards, opening the blank holder, and taking out the formed deep-cavity thin-walled curved part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Shijian YUAN, Xiaobo FAN
  • Publication number: 20210162482
    Abstract: A method for forming a large-size curved thin-walled metal skin is disclosed, wherein the position and size characteristics of stiffeners on a curved panel is extracted; the thickness of the curved panel and the thin-walled skin after assembly is assumed to be m, and a forming surface of the punch is offset outwards along a normal line by the thickness m to obtain the characteristics of the inner surface of a female die; the number of the discrete support moulds is set to be the same as the number n of the stiffeners based on the size and distribution of the stiffeners on the curved panel; and the punch and the female die combined with the discrete support moulds are used to carry out stamping of a curved thin-walled slab to obtain a required thin-walled skin component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Inventors: Zhubin He, Jianshu Liu, Xiaobo Fan, Jiangxiang Yu
  • Patent number: 11017130
    Abstract: A method of designing a data center can include determining a design power density, determining an oversubscription ratio, and determining a spatial layout of the data center using the design power density and the oversubscription ratio. The design power density can be in units of power per unit length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Andrew B. Carlson, Jimmy Clidaras, William Hamburgen, Wolf-Dietrich Weber, Xiaobo Fan, Luiz Andre Barroso
  • Patent number: 10960452
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for pressure forming of an aluminum alloy special-shaped tubular component by using an ultra-low temperature medium. By means of the characteristics that the forming property of an aluminum alloy tube is greatly improved under ultra-low temperature conditions, a tube is cooled and pressurized in a die through an ultra-low temperature medium, so that the tube forms a special-shaped tubular component at an ultra-low temperature. In the method for pressure forming of an aluminum alloy special-shaped tubular component by using an ultra-low temperature medium, the ultra-low temperature medium is not only used for cooling the die and the tube, but also used for pressurization to achieve flexible loading of the tube, which is favorable for forming complex special-shaped tubular components with varied cross-sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Shijian Yuan, Xiaobo Fan
  • Patent number: 10875874
    Abstract: Disclosed are a compound as shown in formula I or formula II or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein R1 is selected from pyrazinyl or substituted pyrazinyl; and R2 is selected from pyrazinyl or substituted pyrazinyl, phenyl or substituted phenyl, alkyl or substituted alkyl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Chengdu Baiyu Ginkgolide Pharmaceuticals Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Daxiong Li, Huiqin Li, Hong Ke, Xiaobo Fan, Yi Sun
  • Publication number: 20200346271
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for pressure forming of an aluminum alloy special-shaped tubular component by using an ultra-low temperature medium. By means of the characteristics that the forming property of an aluminum alloy tube is greatly improved under ultra-low temperature conditions, a tube is cooled and pressurized in a die through an ultra-low temperature medium, so that the tube forms a special-shaped tubular component at an ultra-low temperature. In the method for pressure forming of an aluminum alloy special-shaped tubular component by using an ultra-low temperature medium, the ultra-low temperature medium is not only used for cooling the die and the tube, but also used for pressurization to achieve flexible loading of the tube, which is favorable for forming complex special-shaped tubular components with varied cross-sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Shijian YUAN, Xiaobo FAN
  • Publication number: 20200243813
    Abstract: Compact battery-based energy storage systems are disclosed. An example battery-based energy storage device includes: an energy storage inverter; a transformer; a fire extinguisher system; a first battery chamber; a second battery chamber, and an air conditioner system that is configured to provide air conditioning to the first battery chamber and the second battery chamber. The first battery chamber and the second battery chamber are separated by a wall structure and each has its independent air conditioning. The dimensions of the battery-based energy storage device are substantially same as those of a standard 20 ft container. The first battery chamber, the second battery chamber, and the wall structure may equal to inner width of the battery-based energy storage. The battery-based energy storage device may also comprise a ventilation opening of battery set at a top of the first battery chamber and/or the second battery chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Sinexcel, Inc.
    Inventors: Junheng Zhang, Ran Gao, Xiaobo Fan, Chenglei Wang, Song Chen, Ming Xie, Yingchuan Li, Jibo Zhang
  • Patent number: 10710139
    Abstract: A method for quick forming of a metal sheet. In an embodiment, the method includes the following steps: placing a metal sheet blank to be formed on a forming mold; introducing high-pressure gases with equal pressures simultaneously into upper and lower enclosed cavities respectively formed by the metal sheet blank and the sealing mold, and the metal sheet blank and the forming mold; heating the metal sheet blank to a preset forming temperature condition; quickly releasing the high-pressure gas from the cavity formed by the metal sheet blank and the forming mold, such that the metal sheet blank bulges; and discharging the gas from the cavity formed by the metal sheet blank and the sealing mold, and opening the mold to obtain a formed metal sheet part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: Harbin Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Shijian Yuan, Zhubin He, Xiaobo Fan, Mingqu Ding, Guofeng Han
  • Patent number: D943067
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Inventor: Xiaobo Fan
  • Patent number: D977622
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Inventor: Xiaobo Fan
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    Patent number: D997332
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Xiaobo Fan
  • Patent number: D1006980
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: Xiaobo Fan