Patents by Inventor Yingchong Lu

Yingchong Lu 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: 11913691
    Abstract: An electronic expansion valve and a thermal management assembly. The electronic expansion valve has a valve port and a valve core. A valve body includes a first flow portion, a second flow portion, a first cavity and a second cavity. The first flow portion comprises a first connection section and a first subsection, and the first subsection is directly in communication with the first cavity. The second flow portion comprises a second connection section and a second subsection, and the second subsection is directly in communication with the second cavity. In a clockwise direction, an angle formed between at least one of the center line of the first subsection and the center line of the second subsection and the center line of the valve core is an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Quanfeng Huang, Yingchong Lu, Rongrong Zhang, Dazhao Zha, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11761557
    Abstract: Provided are an electric valve, a thermal management assembly, and an air conditioning system. The electric valve includes a valve body, a circuit board, and a sensor. The valve body has a passage, and the sensor is connected to the circuit board in at least one of an electric connection mode and a signal connection mode. The sensor is configured to detect at least one of a pressure or a temperature of a working medium in the passage. At least one of the valve body or a housing of the sensor includes a metal portion, and a reference ground of the circuit board is electrically connected directly or indirectly to the metal portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Quanfeng Huang, Lulu Zhang, Rongrong Zhang, Dazhao Zha, Yingchong Lu, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11703258
    Abstract: An electronic expansion valve includes a valve component and a stator component; the valve component includes a valve body assembly, a valve core, a threaded transmission assembly and a rotor; the valve body assembly is provided with a valve port, and the valve core is driven by the threaded transmission assembly to control an opening of the valve port; a wear-resistant coating is arranged on a contact surface of at least one of components having relative movement of the electronic expansion valve, the wear-resistant coating is applied by spraying, and the wear-resistant coating has a thickness of 5 to 8 microns; and the material of the wear-resistant coating includes a molybdenum disulfide material and a polytetrafluoroethylene material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Zhou, Jiangnan Cai, Yingchong Lu
  • Patent number: 11698146
    Abstract: An electronic expansion valve and a manufacturing method therefor, a thermal management assembly and a cooling system are provided. The electronic expansion valve includes a valve core assembly, an electronic control part and a stator assembly. The valve core assembly includes a valve base, a valve core and a rotor assembly, wherein the valve base is provided with a valve port, and the valve core moves relative to the valve base to change the degree of opening of the valve port. The electronic control part controls the stator assembly, and the rotor assembly drives the valve core to move. The electronic expansion valve further includes a sensor, the electronic control part includes an electronic control board, and the stator assembly and the sensor are both directly electrically connected to the electronic control board. The thermal management assembly and the cooling system both include the electronic expansion valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rongrong Zhang, Lei Zhou, Yingchong Lu, Xiangli Sun
  • Patent number: 11686512
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic expansion valve, a manufacturing method thereof and a thermal management assembly. The electronic expansion valve includes a valve body, a valve component and a control portion. The valve component includes a valve seat, a valve core and a rotor assembly. The valve seat is formed with a valve port, the rotor assembly is capable of driving the valve core to move relative to the valve seat to adjust an opening degree of the valve port. The control portion includes a cover body, a stator assembly and an electric control board. The stator assembly is in electrical connection to, or is in signal connection to, or is in electrical connection to and in signal connection to the electric control board. The electronic expansion valve further includes a sensor. The control portion provided with a control cavity. The electric control board is disposed in the control cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Rongrong Zhang, Dazhao Zha, Yingchong Lu, Lei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11619317
    Abstract: An electrically operated valve includes a rotor, a stator assembly, a sleeve, a valve assembly, a box body, a circuit board assembly, and a valve port. The stator assembly is disposed outside the rotor, and the stator assembly includes a coil assembly. The sleeve is configured to isolate the stator assembly from the rotor. The valve assembly includes a spool. The box body has a cavity, and the circuit board assembly is accommodated in the cavity. The rotor is configured to drive the spool to move close to or away from the valve port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rongrong Zhang, Dazhao Zha, Yingchong Lu, Lei Zhou
  • Patent number: 11585458
    Abstract: An electronic expansion valve including a rotor, a stator and a circuit board the rotor includes a permanent magnet, and the permanent magnet includes at least two pairs of magnetic poles; the stator includes a coil and a bobbin, wherein the coil is supported by the bobbin, and the bobbin is disposed at the periphery of the permanent magnet. Also included is a Hall sensor, which is disposed on the periphery of the permanent magnet; the Hall sensor and the coil are electrically connected to the circuit board; the Hall sensor includes a sensing portion, and the sensing portion is used for sensing magnetic pole change of the permanent magnet; the sensing portion is always located between the two ends of the permanent magnet during the entire operating process of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaofeng Lan, Yingchong Lu, Rongrong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11320060
    Abstract: Provided are an electric valve and a thermal management assembly. The electric valve includes a valve body, the valve body includes a first portion and a second portion, and the valve body is fixedly connected to a cover body through the first portion. The second portion includes a third wall. The first portion includes a first side wall and a second side wall, the first side wall and the second side wall are disposed opposite to each other, the first side wall and the second side wall are located on two sides of the valve body, and the third wall and the first side wall are located on a same side of the valve body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Inventors: Quanfeng Huang, Dazhao Zha, Rongrong Zhang, Yingchong Lu, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11231213
    Abstract: An air conditioning system. A first evaporator and a second evaporator are connected in parallel. A first electronic expansion valve is serially connected to the first evaporator, and a second electronic expansion valve is serially connected to the second evaporator, so that the opening degrees of the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve can be separately adjusted, the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve can perform position correction according to valve opening position information of the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve stored by the air conditioning system, and separately adjust target positions to calibrated target positions. Also disclosed are a control system and a control method for the air conditioning system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: HANGZHOU SANHUA RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaojun Jiang, Likun Yang, Haiyan Wu, Yingchong Lu, Genxiang Zhang, Rongrong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220003466
    Abstract: An electronic expansion valve and a thermal management assembly. The electronic expansion valve has a valve port and a valve core. A valve body includes a first flow portion, a second flow portion, a first cavity and a second cavity. The first flow portion comprises a first connection section and a first subsection, and the first subsection is directly in communication with the first cavity. The second flow portion comprises a second connection section and a second subsection, and the second subsection is directly in communication with the second cavity. In a clockwise direction, an angle formed between at least one of the center line of the first subsection and the center line of the second subsection and the center line of the valve core is an acute angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Quanfeng Huang, Yingchong Lu, Rongrong Zhang, Dazhao Zha, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11193606
    Abstract: An electric valve includes a stator assembly, a rotor, a circuit board assembly, a sleeve and a valve assembly. The stator assembly is arranged around the rotor. The sleeve isolates the stator assembly from the rotor. The stator assembly is electrically connected to the circuit board assembly. A valve port is formed in the electric valve. The rotor can drive the movement of the valve assembly with respect to the valve port. The electric valve further comprises a box body. The circuit board assembly is arranged in the box body. The box body includes a shell and a cover body. A seal ring is arranged at a joint of the shell and the cover body. The seal ring is compressed between the shell and the cover body. The cover body is fixedly connected to the shell by means of welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Intelligent Controls Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaofeng Lan, Yingchong Lu, Rongrong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210332904
    Abstract: Provided are an electric valve and a thermal management assembly. The electric valve includes a valve body, the valve body includes a first portion and a second portion, and the valve body is fixedly connected to a cover body through the first portion. The second portion includes a third wall. The first portion includes a first side wall and a second side wall, the first side wall and the second side wall are disposed opposite to each other, the first side wall and the second side wall are located on two sides of the valve body, and the third wall and the first side wall are located on a same side of the valve body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Quanfeng HUANG, Dazhao ZHA, Rongrong ZHANG, Yingchong LU, Wei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210270384
    Abstract: Provided are an electric valve, a thermal management assembly, and an air conditioning system. The electric valve includes a valve body, a circuit board, and a sensor. The valve body has a passage, and the sensor is connected to the circuit board in at least one of an electric connection mode and a signal connection mode. The sensor is configured to detect at least one of a pressure or a temperature of a working medium in the passage. At least one of the valve body or a housing of the sensor includes a metal portion, and a reference ground of the circuit board is electrically connected directly or indirectly to the metal portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Quanfeng HUANG, Lulu ZHANG, Rongrong ZHANG, Dazhao ZHA, Yingchong LU, Wei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210254742
    Abstract: An electrically operated valve includes a rotor, a stator assembly, a sleeve, a valve assembly, a box body, a circuit board assembly, and a valve port. The stator assembly is disposed outside the rotor, and the stator assembly includes a coil assembly. The sleeve is configured to isolate the stator assembly from the rotor. The valve assembly includes a spool. The box body has a cavity, and the circuit board assembly is accommodated in the cavity. The rotor is configured to drive the spool to move close to or away from the valve port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG SANHUA INTELLIGENT CONTROLS CO., LTD
    Inventors: Rongrong Zhang, Dazhao Zha, Yingchong Lu, Lei Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210033322
    Abstract: Provided are an electronic expansion valve, a manufacturing method thereof and a thermal management assembly. The electronic expansion valve includes a valve body, a valve component and a control portion. The valve component includes a valve seat, a valve core and a rotor assembly. The valve seat is formed with a valve port, the rotor assembly is capable of driving the valve core to move relative to the valve seat to adjust an opening degree of the valve port. The control portion includes a cover body, a stator assembly and an electric control board. The stator assembly is in electrical connection to, or is in signal connection to, or is in electrical connection to and in signal connection to the electric control board. The electronic expansion valve further includes a sensor. The control portion provided with a control cavity. The electric control board is disposed in the control cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: HANGZHOU SANHUA RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rongrong Zhang, Dazhao Zha, Yingchong Lu, Lei Zhou
  • Patent number: 10823448
    Abstract: A heat exchange system, an air conditioning control system, and an air conditioning system control method. A control portion of the heat exchange system respectively adjusts the opening of electronic expansion valves, and controls the electronic expansion valves to store an initialisation state and position information before powering down so that the electronic expansion valves first perform initialisation state switching when next powering up, thereby reducing the risk of the electronic expansion valves being out of step, and saving system start-up time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Hangzhou Sanhua Research Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaojun Jiang, Likun Yang, Yingchong Lu, Rongrong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200300517
    Abstract: An air conditioning system. A first evaporator and a second evaporator are connected in parallel. A first electronic expansion valve is serially connected to the first evaporator, and a second electronic expansion valve is serially connected to the second evaporator), so that the opening degrees of the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve can be separately adjusted, the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve can perform position correction according to valve opening position information of the first electronic expansion valve and the second electronic expansion valve stored by the air conditioning system, and separately adjust target positions to calibrated target positions. The air conditioning system can reduce risks of out-of-synchronization of the electronic expansion valves and optimize performance of a control system. Also disclosed are a control system and a control method for the air conditioning system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Xiaojun JIANG, Likun YANG, Haiyan WU, Yingchong LU, Genxiang ZHANG, Rongrong ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200240539
    Abstract: An electric valve includes a stator assembly, a rotor, a circuit board assembly, a sleeve and a valve assembly. The stator assembly is arranged around the rotor. The sleeve isolates the stator assembly from the rotor. The stator assembly is electrically connected to the circuit board assembly. A valve port is formed in the electric valve. The rotor can drive the movement of the valve assembly with respect to the valve port. The electric valve further comprises a box body. The circuit board assembly is arranged in the box body. The box body includes a shell and a cover body. A seal ring is arranged at a joint of the shell and the cover body. The seal ring is compressed between the shell and the cover body. The cover body is fixedly connected to the shell by means of welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: Hangzhou Sanhua Research Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaofeng Lan, Yingchong Lu, Rongrong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200232690
    Abstract: An electronic expansion valve including a rotor, a stator and a circuit board the rotor includes a permanent magnet, and the permanent magnet includes at least two pairs of magnetic poles; the stator includes a coil and a bobbin, wherein the coil is supported by the bobbin, and the bobbin is disposed at the periphery of the permanent magnet. Also included is a Hall sensor, which is disposed on the periphery of the permanent magnet; the Hall sensor and the coil are electrically connected to the circuit board; the Hall sensor includes a sensing portion, and the sensing portion is used for sensing magnetic pole change of the permanent magnet; the sensing portion is always located between the two ends of the permanent magnet during the entire operating process of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Applicant: Hangzhou Sanhua Research Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yaofeng Lan, Yingchong Lu, Rongrong Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200163263
    Abstract: An electronic expansion valve and a manufacturing method therefor, a thermal management assembly and a cooling system are provided. The electronic expansion valve includes a valve core assembly, an electronic control part and a stator assembly. The valve core assembly includes a valve base, a valve core and a rotor assembly, wherein the valve base is provided with a valve port, and the valve core moves relative to the valve base to change the degree of opening of the valve port. The electronic control part controls the stator assembly, and the rotor assembly drives the valve core to move. The electronic expansion valve further includes a sensor, the electronic control part includes an electronic control board, and the stator assembly and the sensor are both directly electrically connected to the electronic control board. The thermal management assembly and the cooling system both include the electronic expansion valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Rongrong ZHANG, Lei ZHOU, Yingchong LU, Xiangli SUN