Patents by Inventor Zhongkai CHEN

Zhongkai CHEN 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: 11945015
    Abstract: A semi-automatic adjustment device for suppressing tension fluctuations during a rolling process of an ultra-thin strip includes a semi-automatic tension regulator, a semi-automatic tuned mass damper of variable stiffness and damping, a coiler, a tension roller and a twenty-high roller system. The semi-automatic tension regulator is disposed between the coiler and the tension roller, the semi-automatic tuned mass damper of variable stiffness and damping is disposed between the tension roller and the twenty-high roller system. The semi-automatic adjustment device can be used to reduce a short-time fluctuation impact of tension during startup and shutdown of a twenty-high roll mill when the twenty-high rolling mill rolls an ultra-thin strip, improve system stability, absorb the continuous micro disturbances generated during the rolling process of the twenty-high roll mill, and achieve flexible and stable adjustment of tension during the rolling process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: TAIYUAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhongkai Ren, Tao Wang, Xiao Liu, Peng Chen, Xiaobao Ma, Yaxing Liu, Qi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11863007
    Abstract: A wheel-based generator system for a utility cart is provided. The wheel-based generator system includes a generator, an omni-directional wheel coupled to the generator and configured to drive the generator as the utility cart is pushed across a floor, and a regulator coupled to the generator. The generator is configured to transform mechanical energy from motion of the omni-directional wheel into electrical energy for charging one or more batteries of one or more electronic devices on the utility cart. The regulator is configured to control at least one of an output voltage of the generator and a polarity of the output voltage of the generator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Jinxue Zhou, John Lewis Colucci, Zhongkai Chen, Yiwen Luo
  • Patent number: 11507919
    Abstract: A smart container for facilitating operations in a facility is provided. The smart container includes an apparatus configured to store and transport one or more items, one or more electronic devices disposed one or more sides on the apparatus, and a wheel-based charging system coupled to the apparatus and configured to charge one or more battery packs for the one or more electronic devices. The one or more electronic devices are configured to transmit information for monitoring and tracking a position of the smart container throughout an environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: Amazon Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: John Lewis Colucci, Zhongkai Chen, Gaurav Kumar, Jinxue Zhou, Travis Solin
  • Patent number: 11057971
    Abstract: A COB illuminating device includes a light source component, a control module, and a base plate component. The light source component includes multiple illuminating sets that are electrically coupled in series. The control module includes multiple control terminals, an input control terminal, an output control terminal and a constant current control unit. The multiple control terminals are respectively and electrically coupled to intersections between the multiple illuminating sets. The input control terminal is electrically coupled to a head illuminating set. The output control terminal is electrically coupled to a tail illuminating set. The constant current control unit is electrically coupled to the multiple control terminals, the input control terminal and the output control terminal. Besides, the constant current control unit activates a dynamic number of illuminating sets starting from the head illuminating set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: XIAMEN ECO LIGHTING CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Changhe Zhong, Digen Shen, Jingjing Su, Xiaoping Zhu, Zhongkai Chen
  • Publication number: 20200288551
    Abstract: A COB illuminating device includes a light source component, a control module, and a base plate component. The light source component includes multiple illuminating sets that are electrically coupled in series. The control module includes multiple control terminals, an input control terminal, an output control terminal and a constant current control unit. The multiple control terminals are respectively and electrically coupled to intersections between the multiple illuminating sets. The input control terminal is electrically coupled to a head illuminating set. The output control terminal is electrically coupled to a tail illuminating set. The constant current control unit is electrically coupled to the multiple control terminals, the input control terminal and the output control terminal. Besides, the constant current control unit activates a dynamic number of illuminating sets starting from the head illuminating set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: Changhe ZHONG, Digen SHEN, Jingjing SU, Xiaoping ZHU, Zhongkai CHEN