Patents by Inventor Xinyan Zheng

Xinyan Zheng 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).

  • Publication number: 20230411888
    Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of ports for electrically connecting the device to another device. The electronic device may include a housing including a front, a back and at least a first side and an opposing second side extending between the front and the back, a printed circuit board housed by the housing, and an electrical connector electrically connected to the printed circuit board. The electrical connector may include a first spring contact, a second spring contact, and an electrically conductive bridge mechanically and electrically connecting the first spring contact and the second spring contact. The electrically conductive bridge may be housed by the housing. The first and second spring contacts may extend outside of the housing and may be accessible from the first and second sides of the housing, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Zheng, Ke Zhang, Haitao Li, Yong Mu, Kun Wang, Wei Guo, Yingjie Zhang, Xinyan Zheng
  • Patent number: 11828481
    Abstract: A building controller may include a housing having a back plate and a mounting clip, which may be slidably disposed relative to the back plate between a wall mount position used when mounting the building controller to the wall, and a DIN rail mount position used when mounting the building controller to a DIN rail. When in the wall mount position, the mounting clip and the back plate may be configured to hold the mounting clip in the wall mount position until at least a first threshold sliding force is applied to the mounting clip. When in the DIN rail mount position, the mounting clip and the back plate are configured to hold the mounting clip in the DIN rail mount position until at least a second threshold sliding force is applied to the mounting clip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.
    Inventors: Xinyan Zheng, Michael Zheng, Hang Su, Haitao Li, Li Chen, Kun Wang, Cary Leen
  • Patent number: 11777242
    Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of ports for electrically connecting the device to another device. The electronic device may include a housing including a front, a back and at least a first side and an opposing second side extending between the front and the back, a printed circuit board housed by the housing, and an electrical connector electrically connected to the printed circuit board. The electrical connector may include a first spring contact, a second spring contact, and an electrically conductive bridge mechanically and electrically connecting the first spring contact and the second spring contact. The electrically conductive bridge may be housed by the housing. The first and second spring contacts may extend outside of the housing and may be accessible from the first and second sides of the housing, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Michael Zheng, Ke Zhang, Haitao Li, Yong Mu, Kun Wang, Wei Guo, Yingjie Zhang, Xinyan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20220344919
    Abstract: An adaptor plate includes a front plate that is configured to span across at least a portion of a front of an electrical junction box and includes one or more adaptor plate mounting features configured to align with corresponding mounting features of the electrical junction box. A DIN rail engagement portion extends backward from the front plate (and into the junction box) and is configured to fit at least partially into an elongated DIN rail mounting recess of a DIN rail device. In some cases, a first mounting slot is disposed within a first side of the DIN rail engagement portion for receiving a first mounting latch of the DIN rail device, and a second mounting slot is disposed within a second side of the DIN rail engagement portion for receiving a second mounting latch of the DIN rail device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Xinyan ZHENG, Haitao LI, Wei CHEN, Xuewei LIU, Bhavesh GUPTA
  • Publication number: 20220120466
    Abstract: A building controller may include a housing having a back plate and a mounting clip, which may be slidably disposed relative to the back plate between a wall mount position used when mounting the building controller to the wall, and a DIN rail mount position used when mounting the building controller to a DIN rail. When in the wall mount position, the mounting clip and the back plate may be configured to hold the mounting clip in the wall mount position until at least a first threshold sliding force is applied to the mounting clip. When in the DIN rail mount position, the mounting clip and the back plate are configured to hold the mounting clip in the DIN rail mount position until at least a second threshold sliding force is applied to the mounting clip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Xinyan Zheng, Michael Zheng, Hang Su, Haitao Li, Li Chen, Kun Wang, Cary Leen
  • Publication number: 20220059960
    Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of ports for electrically connecting the device to another device. The electronic device may include a housing including a front, a back and at least a first side and an opposing second side extending between the front and the back, a printed circuit board housed by the housing, and an electrical connector electrically connected to the printed circuit board. The electrical connector may include a first spring contact, a second spring contact, and an electrically conductive bridge mechanically and electrically connecting the first spring contact and the second spring contact. The electrically conductive bridge may be housed by the housing. The first and second spring contacts may extend outside of the housing and may be accessible from the first and second sides of the housing, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Zheng, Ke Zhang, Haitao Li, Yong Mu, Kun Wang, Wei Guo, Yingjie Zhang, Xinyan Zheng
  • Patent number: 11183788
    Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of ports for electrically connecting the device to another device. The electronic device may include a housing including a front, a back and at least a first side and an opposing second side extending between the front and the back, a printed circuit board housed by the housing, and an electrical connector electrically connected to the printed circuit board. The electrical connector may include a first spring contact, a second spring contact, and an electrically conductive bridge mechanically and electrically connecting the first spring contact and the second spring contact. The electrically conductive bridge may be housed by the housing. The first and second spring contacts may extend outside of the housing and may be accessible from the first and second sides of the housing, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Zheng, Ke Zhang, Haitao Li, Yong Mu, Kun Wang, Wei Guo, Yingjie Zhang, Xinyan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20210313725
    Abstract: An electronic device including a plurality of ports for electrically connecting the device to another device. The electronic device may include a housing including a front, a back and at least a first side and an opposing second side extending between the front and the back, a printed circuit board housed by the housing, and an electrical connector electrically connected to the printed circuit board. The electrical connector may include a first spring contact, a second spring contact, and an electrically conductive bridge mechanically and electrically connecting the first spring contact and the second spring contact. The electrically conductive bridge may be housed by the housing. The first and second spring contacts may extend outside of the housing and may be accessible from the first and second sides of the housing, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventors: Michael Zheng, Ke Zhang, Haitao Li, Yong Mu, Kun Wang, Wei Guo, Yingjie Zhang, Xinyan Zheng
  • Patent number: 10631428
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a hardware adapter device are described herein. One device includes housing, a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) housed by the housing, where each of the plurality of PCBs include traces, and a switch to select a bus address corresponding to the hardware adapter device, where the housing receives an input/output (I/O) module such that the traces of the PCBs provide an electrical path from a wiring baseboard to the I/O module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Zheng, Xiaohui Qin, Xinyan Zheng, Li Chen, Qingyong Zhang, Qian Liu, Cary Leen, Roy Kolasa, Andrew Halford
  • Publication number: 20190327848
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a hardware adapter device are described herein. One device includes housing, a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) housed by the housing, where each of the plurality of PCBs include traces, and a switch to select a bus address corresponding to the hardware adapter device, where the housing receives an input/output (I/O) module such that the traces of the PCBs provide an electrical path from a wiring baseboard to the I/O module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Yi Zheng, Xiaohui Qin, Xinyan Zheng, Li Chen, Qingyong Zhang, Qian Liu, Cary Leen, Roy Kolasa, Andrew Halford
  • Patent number: 10356929
    Abstract: Methods, devices, and systems for a hardware adapter device are described herein. One device includes housing, a plurality of printed circuit boards (PCBs) housed by the housing, where each of the plurality of PCBs include traces, and a switch to select a bus address corresponding to the hardware adapter device, where the housing receives an input/output (I/O) module such that the traces of the PCBs provide an electrical path from a wiring baseboard to the I/O module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Yi Zheng, Xiaohui Qin, Xinyan Zheng, Li Chen, Qingyong Zhang, Qian Liu, Cary Leen, Roy Kolasa, Andrew Halford
  • Patent number: D921622
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Haitao Li, Xinyan Zheng, Wei Chen
  • Patent number: D936052
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Peilin Li, Sandesh Devaraja, Haitao Li, Zhang Ke, Yidan Zhao, Xuewei Liu, Xinyan Zheng, Norbert Hohpe, David Field
  • Patent number: D938420
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Peilin Li, Sandesh Devaraja, Haitao Li, Zhang Ke, Yidan Zhao, Xuewei Liu, Xinyan Zheng, Norbert Hohpe, David Field
  • Patent number: D951780
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Haitao Li, Ke Zhang, Michael Zheng, Hang Su, Xinyan Zheng, Cary Leen, Ashu Rawat