Patents Assigned to A & D Company, Limited
  • Patent number: 9844777
    Abstract: Provided is a pipette tip having a visual indicator capable of confirming depth of liquid in contact with the pipette tip during a suction work. In the pipette tip, a marker-is formed on an outer surface of the pipette tip in a circumference direction in a tip end area in a tip end side for confirming the depth of liquid in contact with the pipette tip. Thereby, the depth of liquid in contact with the pipette tip is confirmed based on the marker directly or relatively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Naoto Izumo
  • Patent number: 9841313
    Abstract: Provided is a leveling mechanism for a weighing device that facilitates horizontal leveling of the weighing device. The leveling mechanism (2) includes a foot piece (10) having a foot portion (11) that in contact with an installation surface and a foot piece shaft (12) that extends upward from the foot portion and has a male screw (14) on its outer periphery, a rotatable body (20) having on its inner periphery a female screw, a housing (30) for accommodating the rotatable body engaged with the foot piece, a fixing portion (S2, 36) for fixing the housing to a device case (3), and a housing space (6) covering the housing, provided in the device case. The leveling mechanism converts a rotational motion of the rotatable body to a vertical motion of the foot piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2017
    Assignee: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoto Izumo, Akiyoshi Ota
  • Patent number: 9808974
    Abstract: A method of making an aluminum alloy-resin composite and an aluminum alloy-resin composite obtained by the same are provided. The method may comprise: S1: anodizing a surface of an aluminum alloy substrate to form an oxide layer on the surface, in which the oxide layer includes nanopores; S2: immersing the resulting aluminum alloy substrate obtained at step S1 in an alkaline solution having a pH of about 10 to about 13, to form corrosion pores on an outer surface of the oxide layer, wherein the alkaline solution is an aqueous solution including at least one selected from a soluble carbonates, a soluble alkali, a soluble phosphate, a soluble sulfate, and a soluble borate; S3: injection molding a resin onto the surface of the resulting aluminum alloy substrate in step S2 in a mold to obtain the aluminum alloy-resin composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian Sun, Yanqing Wu, Yunxia Zhang
  • Patent number: 9809895
    Abstract: A method of preparing aluminum alloy-resin composite and an aluminum alloy-resin composite obtained by the same are provided. of the method comprises: S1: anodizing a surface of an aluminum alloy substrate to form an oxide layer on the surface, the oxide layer including nanopores; S2: immersing the resulting aluminum alloy substrate obtained in step S1 in a buffer solution having a pH of about 10 to about 13, to form a corrosion pores on an outer surface of the oxide layer; and S3: injection molding a resin onto the surface of the resulting aluminum alloy substrate obtained in step S2 in a mold to obtain the aluminum alloy-resin composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian Sun, Yanqin Wu, Qiang Guo, Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 9802489
    Abstract: A method and a system for controlling vehicle electric power, and a vehicle comprising the same, are provided. The method includes converting a first voltage supplied by at least one of a startup generator and a storage battery of the vehicle into a second voltage, and controlling the at least one of the startup generator and the storage battery to supply power to a first device with the first voltage, and to supply power to a second device with the second voltage. The system includes a startup generator and a storage battery, configured to supply a first voltage, and a converter configured to convert the first voltage into a second voltage. At least one of the startup generator and the storage battery is configured to supply power to a first device with the first voltage, and to supply power to a second device with the second voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: BYD Company Limited, Shenzhen BYD Auto R&D Company Limited
    Inventors: Yongzeng Zhang, Xiaowen Du, Yilin Zhong, Chunfen Wu
  • Patent number: 9802388
    Abstract: A method of preparing an aluminum alloy resin composite comprises: providing an aluminum alloy substrate having an oxide layer on a surface thereof, wherein the oxide layer has one or more nanopores; forming one or more corrosion pores on an outer surface of the oxide layer by using a corrosion agent, wherein the corrosion agent is at least one selected from a group of ammonia, ammonium salt, hydrazine, hydrazine derivative, and water-soluble amine compound; and injection molding a resin composition to the surface of the aluminum alloy substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jian Sun, Yanqin Wu, Qiang Guo, Liang Chen
  • Patent number: 9796287
    Abstract: A discharging apparatus for an electric vehicle and an electric vehicle are provided. The discharging apparatus comprises: an AC charging interface; a charging connection device, configured to transmit an AC output from the AC charging interface to another electric vehicle; an instrument, configured to send a discharging preparation instruction; a controller, configured to detect whether the charging connection device is connected with the AC charging interface, and if yes, to emit a PWM wave and to switch to an external discharging mode; a battery manager, configured to control an external discharging circuit in a high-voltage distribution box of the electric vehicle to be connected after the controller switches to the external discharging mode; a power battery, configured to provide a DC via the external discharging circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Hongjun Wang, Zhen Li, Ming Liu
  • Patent number: 9778120
    Abstract: A load cell includes a flexure element having a Roberval mechanism in which the respective ends of a pair of top and bottom parallel beams including a thin section are integrated in a fixed portion and in a movable portion, and a stopper for preventing an overload disposed between the pair of the top and bottom parallel beams by being fixed to the fixed portion. The front portion of the stopper is disposed in a concave portion for engaging the stopper formed on the inner side surface of the movable portion and extending in the width direction, and the front portion of the stopper of which a width is larger than the movable portion projects outwardly in the width direction of the movable portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Isao Sato
  • Patent number: 9770884
    Abstract: A metal-resin composite and method for producing the same are provided. The method comprises: A) forming nanopores in at least a part of a surface of a metal sheet; and B) injection molding a thermoplastic resin directly on the surface of the metal sheet. The thermoplastic resin includes a main resin and a polyolefin resin. The main resin includes a mixture of polyphenylene ether and polyphenylene sulfide. And the polyolefin resin has a melting point of about 65° C. to about 105° C.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qing Gong, Xiong Zhang, Yihu Zhang, Wei Zhou
  • Patent number: 9758682
    Abstract: An ink composition is provided, a method of metalizing a surface of an insulation substrate and an article obtainable by the method are also provided. The ink composition may comprise a metal compound and an ink vehicle, the metal compound is at least one selected from a group consisting of a compound of formula I and a compound of formula II, TiO2-? (I), M1M2pOq (II), 0.05??<1.8, M1 is at least one element selected from a group consisting of groups 2, 9-12 of the periodic table according to IUPAC nomenclature, M2 is at least one element selected from a group consisting of groups 3-8, 10 and 13 of the periodic table according to IUPAC nomenclature, and 0<p?2, and 0<q<4.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventor: Weifeng Miao
  • Patent number: 9752472
    Abstract: An oil pump is provided. The oil pump comprises a shell, a rotor mounting part on the shell, and a rotor mechanism disposed on the rotor mounting part. The shell has an inlet and an outlet and defines a low-pressure oil chamber and a high-pressure oil chamber therein. A buffer chamber is defined between the low-pressure oil chamber and the high-pressure oil chamber, and a barrier wall is disposed between the buffer chamber and the low-pressure oil chamber. An engine cover comprising the oil pump and an engine comprising the engine cover are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Junli Zheng, Jing Liu, Haibin Li, Jinchen Lin
  • Patent number: 9752923
    Abstract: For easy centralized management of measurement data and installation environmental data and user's real-time recognition through a certain type of peripheral equipment of how the installation environment affects the measured values at the site of measurement, a data logger for a measurement device includes in its structure any of the sensors for temperature, humidity, air pressure, and acceleration as an environmental sensor that detects a physical quality of an environment where the measurement device is installed, a data recording unit that records installation environmental data detected by the environmental sensor and measurement data detected by the measurement device on the basis of time, and a data processing unit that displays the installation environmental data and measurement data in whole or selectively, as numerical values or graphs of changes over time, with the time axes aligned, and includes one or more external equipment terminal connectors that exchange signals with external equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Naoto Izumo, Takaaki Kagawa, Akiyoshi Ota
  • Patent number: 9718374
    Abstract: A charging system for an electric vehicle and an electric vehicle are provided. The charging system comprises: a power battery; a charge-discharge socket; a bidirectional DC/DC module having a first DC terminal connected with a first terminal of the power battery and a second DC terminal connected with a second terminal of the power battery; a bidirectional DC/AC module having a first DC terminal connected with the second terminal of the power battery and a second DC terminal connected with the first terminal of the power battery; a charge-discharge control module having a first terminal connected with the AC terminal of the bidirectional DC/AC module and a second terminal connected with the charge-discharge socket; and a controller module connected with the charge-discharge control module, and configured to control the charge-discharge control module according to a current operation mode of the charging system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zheqing Tang, Zhiyong Du, Fu Tang, Jun Zhao, Qiyuan Liang
  • Patent number: 9718373
    Abstract: A discharging apparatus for an electric vehicle and an electric vehicle are provided. The discharging apparatus comprises: an AC charging interface; a charging connection device, having a first terminal connected with the AC charging interface and a second terminal connected with an exterior equipment, and configured to transmit an AC output from the AC charging interface to the exterior equipment; an instrument, configured to send a discharging preparation instruction; a controller, configured to detect whether the charging connection device is connected with the AC charging interface, and if yes, to switch to an external discharging mode; a battery manager, configured to control an external discharging circuit in a high-voltage distribution box of the electric vehicle to be connected after the controller switches to the external discharging mode; a power battery, connected with the high-voltage distribution box and configured to provide a DC via the external discharging circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Wang, Hongjun Wang, Zhen Li, Hong Jiang
  • Patent number: 9698405
    Abstract: An electric connector and a battery comprising the same may be provided. The electric connector (3) may comprise a core fixing part and an extension part (32) connected to the core fixing part. The core fixing part may include at least two hosting portions (31) each configured to hold an electrode tab of a winding core of a battery, respectively, and a connection portion (33) configured to connect the two adjacent hosting portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuanyuan He, Weixin Zheng
  • Publication number: 20170160176
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for improving a response speed in a measurement of viscosity of a fluid and obtaining a continuous smooth measurement graph. A viscometer includes a machine part that generates a shear rate in a sample, a machine drive, a shear rate changing means that outputs a target shear rate of the machine part, and a displacement detection sensor that measures displacement of the machine part, and performs feedback control to control a driving force of the machine drive so that an output value of the displacement detection sensor corresponds to the target shear rate and measures a viscosity of a sample, wherein a feedback gain is simply set for each measurement according to an optimum design or target shear rate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masahiro KANNO, Yoshikazu NAGANE
  • Publication number: 20170136453
    Abstract: Provided is a pipette tip having a visual indicator capable of confirming depth of liquid in contact with the pipette tip during a suction work. In the pipette tip, a marker-is formed on an outer surface of the pipette tip in a circumference direction in a tip end area in a tip end side for confirming the depth of liquid in contact with the pipette tip. Thereby, the depth of liquid in contact with the pipette tip is confirmed based on the marker directly or relatively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2014
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Applicant: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Naoto IZUMO
  • Patent number: 9631683
    Abstract: An operation mechanism for a dual-clutch assembly is provided. The dual-clutch assembly comprises a first clutch having a first clutch bearing, and a second clutch having a second clutch bearing. The operation mechanism comprises: a supporting member; a first operation member adapted to be rotatably coupled to the supporting member and to actuate the first clutch bearing; and a second operation member adapted to be rotatably coupled to the supporting member and to actuate the second clutch bearing. The second operation member is always spaced a predetermined distance from the first operation member in an operation direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignees: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED, BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Hua, Jinhui Mu, Lingdao Chai, Jintao Zhang
  • Patent number: 9616495
    Abstract: An amorphous and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. The amorphous alloy may have a formula of ZraCubAlcMdNe, M is at least one selected from the group consisting of Ni, Fe, Co, Mn, Cr, Ti, Hf, Ta, Nb and rare earth elements; N is at least one selected from a group consisting of Ca, Mg, and C; 40?a?70, 15?b?35, 5?c?15, 5?d?15, 0?e?2, and a+b+c+d+e=100.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: SHENZHEN BYD AUTO R&D COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Qing Gong, Faliang Zhang, Yunchun Li
  • Patent number: 9612151
    Abstract: As a weighing device which can not only make water and dust less likely to reach the sensor unit, but also simply discharge water having reached that position if any, and which further can improve the maintenance workability of water-washing of the sensor unit, an electronic balance includes a weighing pan, a load cell that measures a load of a measuring object placed on the weighing pan, and a scale main body case that supports the load cell. The load cell is disposed outside and over the scale main body case, a cylindrical transparent cover that covers the whole side face of the load cell is integrally provided for the weighing pan, and the lower end of the transparent cover is disposed with a clearance over an upper face of the scale main body case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: A&D COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventor: Masaki Tachibana