Patents by Inventor Caiyun Jiang

Caiyun Jiang 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: 11408440
    Abstract: The present application provides a stator blade, a compressor structure and a compressor. The stator blade comprises a blade body, wherein a cavity is formed inside the blade body, and a gas supply hole is formed on the blade body. The present application forms a jet on the suction surface of the stator blade by supplemented gas, thereby blowing off the low-speed low-energy region formed by the suction surface, reducing the gas flow mixing loss caused by the supplemented gas, thereby improving the aerodynamic efficiency of the centrifugal compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignees: Gree Electric Appliances (Wuhan) Co., Ltd., Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Zengyue Liu, Ruixing Zhong, Liandong Lei, Yuhui Chen, Nan Jiang, Xinwang Ouyang, Caiyun Jiang, Yi Zhou
  • Patent number: 11280343
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a bearing installation and fixation structure and a compressor. The bearing installation and fixation structure includes: a rotatable shaft (7); a bearing (6), provided on the rotatable shaft (7) in a sleeving manner; and an axial locating member, provided on the rotatable shaft (7) in a sleeving manner and including a fixing connecting section (1) and an axial locating section (2) that are integrated with each other; the fixing connecting section (1) is detachably fixed on the rotatable shaft (7); and the axial locating section (2) limits a position of the bearing (6) axially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignees: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES (WUHAN) CO., LTD, GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Nan Jiang, Zhiping Zhang, Ruixing Zhong, Caiyun Jiang, Yuhui Chen, Yi Zhou, Liandong Lei, Zengyue Liu, Jian Chen, Xinwang Ouyang
  • Patent number: 11187244
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a reflux device blade and a compressor. The reflux device blade includes a blade main body, a hollow cavity is formed in the blade main body, and an air supplement hole is formed in the blade main body. When the hollow reflux device blade is adopted, the supplemental air entering the hollow cavity of the reflux device blade through an air supplement channel forms jet flow on a suction surface of the reflux device blade to blow off a low-speed low-energy area formed on the suction surface, so as to reduce the airflow mixing loss, prevent the intake distortion of a second-stage impeller, and improve the operation range of the compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignees: Gree Electric Appliances (Wuhan) Co., Ltd., Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Zengyue Liu, Ruixing Zhong, Nan Jiang, Caiyun Jiang, Yuhui Chen, Yi Zhou, Liandong Lei, Xinwang Ouyang
  • Publication number: 20210332829
    Abstract: The present application provides a stator blade, a compressor structure and a compressor. The stator blade comprises a blade body, wherein a cavity is formed inside the blade body, and a gas supply hole is formed on the blade body. The present application forms a jet on the suction surface of the stator blade by supplemented gas, thereby blowing off the low-speed low-energy region formed by the suction surface, reducing the gas flow mixing loss caused by the supplemented gas, thereby improving the aerodynamic efficiency of the centrifugal compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Zengyue Liu, Ruixing Zhong, Liandong Lei, Yuhui Chen, Nan Jiang, Xinwang Ouyang, Caiyun Jiang, Yi Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210140446
    Abstract: The present application discloses a diffuser vane, a compressor structure and a compressor. The diffuser vane includes a vane body, wherein a cavity is formed inside the vane body, and a gas supplement hole is formed on the vane body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Zengyue Liu, Ruixing Zhong, Nan Jiang, Caiyun Jiang, Yuhui Chen, Yi Zhou, Liandong Lei, Xinwang Ouyang
  • Patent number: 11002288
    Abstract: An integrated structure of a return device and a pressure diffuser, and a centrifugal compressor are provided. The structure includes a pressure diffuser portion and a return device portion integrally molded with the pressure diffuser portion. The pressure diffuser portion is configured to form a pressure diffusion flow channel. The return device portion has a return channel. The return channel is in communication with the pressure diffusion flow channel, and is configured to guide gas from the pressure diffusion flow channel. The structure of the present invention eliminates a need of independently installing a return device and a pressure diffuser, and eliminates connection seams caused by assembly and misalignment caused by accumulated errors. Therefore, gas can smoothly flow through the pressure diffusion flow channel into the return channel, such that a gas flow is well guided, and the gas flow uniformity is better.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Zhiping Zhang, Ruixing Zhong, Nan Jiang, Caiyun Jiang, Yuhui Chen, Zengyue Liu, Liandong Lei, Yi Zhou, Jianfei Liu
  • Publication number: 20200362873
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the disclosure provide a bearing installation and fixation structure and a compressor. The bearing installation and fixation structure includes: a rotatable shaft (7); a bearing (6), provided on the rotatable shaft (7) in a sleeving manner; and an axial locating member, provided on the rotatable shaft (7) in a sleeving manner and including a fixing connecting section (1) and an axial locating section (2) that are integrated with each other; the fixing connecting section (1) is detachably fixed on the rotatable shaft (7); and the axial locating section (2) limits a position of the bearing (6) axially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Inventors: Nan JIANG, Zhiping ZHANG, Ruixing ZHONG, Caiyun JIANG, Yuhui CHEN, Yi ZHOU, Liandong LEI, Zengyue LIU, Jian CHEN, Xinwang OUYANG
  • Publication number: 20200158134
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe a reflux device blade, a compressor structure and a compressor. The reflux device blade includes a blade main body, a hollow cavity is formed in the blade main body, and an air supplement hole is formed in the blade main body. When the hollow reflux device blade is adopted, the supplemental air entering the hollow cavity of the reflux device blade through an air supplement channel forms jet flow on a suction surface of the reflux device blade to blow off a low-speed low-energy area formed on the suction surface, so as to reduce the airflow mixing loss, prevent the intake distortion of a second-stage impeller, and improve the operation range of the compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Zengyue Liu, Ruixing Zhong, Nan Jiang, Caiyun Jiang, Yuhui Chen, Yi Zhou, Liandong Lei, Xinwang Ouyang
  • Publication number: 20200063754
    Abstract: An integrated structure of a return device and a pressure diffuser, and a centrifugal compressor are provided. The structure includes a pressure diffuser portion and a return device portion integrally molded with the pressure diffuser portion. The pressure diffuser portion is configured to form a pressure diffusion flow channel. The return device portion has a return channel. The return channel is in communication with the pressure diffusion flow channel, and is configured to guide gas from the pressure diffusion flow channel. The structure of the present invention eliminates a need of independently installing a return device and a pressure diffuser, and eliminates connection seams caused by assembly and misalignment caused by accumulated errors. Therefore, gas can smoothly flow through the pressure diffusion flow channel into the return channel, such that a gas flow is well guided, and the gas flow uniformity is better.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Zhiping ZHANG, Ruixing ZHONG, Nan JIANG, Caiyun JIANG, Yuhui CHEN, Zengyue LIU, Liandong LEI, Yi ZHOU, Jianfei LIU
  • Patent number: 10544799
    Abstract: Provided are a centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure and a compressor using the foregoing gas-supplementing structure. The centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure includes a annular gas-supplementing passage (6) for introducing supplemented gas into a gas passage (5) of a compressor, and an airflow-guiding assembly is provided in the annular gas-supplementing passage (6). The gas-guiding assembly is used for adjusting a direction of the supplemented gas flowing into the gas passage (5), so that an angle between a direction of the supplemented gas flowing into the gas passage (5) and a direction of an airflow in the gas passage (5) falls within a preset range, and a turbulence loss generated when the two passages of gas merge is avoided to the greatest extent, thereby improving cycle efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Nan Jiang, Zhiping Zhang, Ruixing Zhong, Caiyun Jiang, Rong Xie, Jianfei Liu, Yuhui Chen, Baoqian Huang, Jing Zhang, Yi Zhou
  • Patent number: 10323653
    Abstract: The invention discloses a centrifugal compressor. The centrifugal compressor includes multiple stages of compression units which are communicated in sequence. Each stage of compression unit includes a diffusion cavity (1) and a diffusion adjustment device, wherein the diffusion adjustment device includes a movable member (21) configured to change a radial flow area of the diffusion cavity (1) provided in correspondence thereto, the movable member (21) being movably provided in an axial direction of the centrifugal compressor. The invention also discloses a centrifugal unit having the centrifugal compressor. The movable member of each stage of compression unit of the centrifugal compressor changes the radial flow area of the diffusion cavity of this stage of compression unit, thereby effectively reducing the possibility of surging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Hongxing Wang, Zhiping Zhang, Ruixing Zhong, Nan Jiang, Rong Xie, Caiyun Jiang, Jianfei Liu, Yuhui Chen
  • Patent number: 10302097
    Abstract: The invention discloses a centrifugal compressor. The centrifugal compressor comprises: a housing (10), provided with a mounting chamber (11), a thread section (12) being provided on a side wall of the mounting chamber (11); an adjusting piece (20), mounted in the mounting chamber (11), the adjusting piece (20) being provided with threads adapting to the thread section (12); a driving piece (30), mounted in the mounting chamber (11) and configured to drive the adjusting piece (20) to move forwards or backwards along the thread section (12); and an adjustable diffuser (40), fixedly connected to the adjusting piece (20). The invention also discloses a centrifugal water chilling unit having the centrifugal compressor. The centrifugal compressor and the centrifugal water chilling unit can solve the problem that the adjustable diffuser easily inclines and is stuck, thereby greatly improving the reliability of the centrifugal compressor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Nan Jiang, Ruixing Zhong, Caiyun Jiang, Rong Xie, Hongxing Wang, Jianfei Liu, Yuhui Chen
  • Patent number: 10280942
    Abstract: The invention discloses a centrifugal compressor and a water chilling unit having the same. The centrifugal compressor includes an impeller (2), a diffuser (3), a volute (8) and an exhaust diffuser pipe (9), the diffuser (3) including a pressurization passage, air flowing through the impeller (2) entering an inlet of each pressurization passage, the volute (8) being configured to collect the air pressurized by the diffuser (3), the exhaust diffuser pipe being communicated with the volute, and an extending direction of the exhaust diffuser pipe inclining downwards with respect to a horizontal plane. The extending direction of the exhaust diffuser pipe communicated with the volute inclines downwards with respect to the horizontal plane, so that noise and airflow losses of high-temperature and high-pressure air in the exhaust diffuser pipe expelled from the centrifugal compressor due to bending of the pipe can be reduced, and the noise can be effectively reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Nan Jiang, Ruixing Zhong, Caiyun Jiang, Rong Xie, Hongxing Wang, Jianfei Liu, Yuhui Chen
  • Publication number: 20180306202
    Abstract: Provided are a centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure and a compressor using the foregoing gas-supplementing structure. The centrifugal compressor gas-supplementing structure includes a annular gas-supplementing passage (6) for introducing supplemented gas into a gas passage (5) of a compressor, and an airflow-guiding assembly is provided in the annular gas-supplementing passage (6). The gas-guiding assembly is used for adjusting a direction of the supplemented gas flowing into the gas passage (5), so that an angle between a direction of the supplemented gas flowing into the gas passage (5) and a direction of an airflow in the gas passage (5) falls within a preset range, and a turbulence loss generated when the two passages of gas merge is avoided to the greatest extent, thereby improving cycle efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2016
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: NAN JIANG, ZHIPING ZHANG, RUIXING ZHONG, CAIYUN JIANG, RONG XIE, JIANFEI LIU, YUHUI CHEN, BAOQIAN HUANG, JING ZHANG, YI ZHOU
  • Patent number: 10082147
    Abstract: A regulator assembly, comprising a vaned diffuser, a motor, a driving gear engaged with a driven gear, the driven gear having rectangle-shaped through holes thereon, the rectangle-shaped through holes disposed and extending along an axis of the driven gear, and a regulating mechanism including a regulator, a supporting member, wherein the regulator is sleeved on the supporting member, and wherein the vaned diffuser is fixed on the supporting member, and regulator sliding members fixed to the regulator through the rectangle-shaped through holes of the driven gear, whereby the motor is configured to drive the driving gear to rotate, the driving gear is configured to drive the driven gear to rotate, the driven gear is configured to push the regulator sliding members to move, and the regulator sliding members are configured to drive the regulator to rotate relative to the vaned diffuser, thus driving the regulator to move along its axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: Caiyun Jiang, Zhiping Zhang, Ruixing Zhong, Nan Jiang, Rong Xie, Xiubing Yan, Hongxing Wang
  • Publication number: 20170306981
    Abstract: The present application discloses a volute structure, a centrifugal compressor and a refrigeration device. The volute structure comprises: a cabinet (8), a volute casing (1) and a backflow device (5); the volute casing (1) comprises an inner volute and an outer volute separately provided, a fluid flow passage being formed between the inner volute and outer volute, and the inner volute and backflow device (5) being disposed together. The present application increases the length of the first-stage diffuser, improving the diffusion effect of air entering the first-stage diffuser and thus enhancing the unit performance of the centrifugal compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 26, 2017
    Inventors: Jianfei Liu, Zhiping Zhang, Ruixing Zhong, Nan Jiang, Caiyun Jiang, Rong Xie, Yuhui Chen, Baoqian Huang
  • Publication number: 20160319839
    Abstract: The invention discloses a centrifugal compressor. The centrifugal compressor includes multiple stages of compression units which are communicated in sequence. Each stage of compression unit includes a diffusion cavity (1) and a diffusion adjustment device, wherein the diffusion adjustment device includes a movable member (21) configured to change a radial flow area of the diffusion cavity (1) provided in correspondence thereto, the movable member (21) being movably provided in an axial direction of the centrifugal compressor. The invention also discloses a centrifugal unit having the centrifugal compressor. The movable member of each stage of compression unit of the centrifugal compressor changes the radial flow area of the diffusion cavity of this stage of compression unit, thereby effectively reducing the possibility of surging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: HONGXING WANG, ZHIPING ZHANG, RUIXING ZHONG, NAN JIANG, RONG XIE, CAIYUN JIANG, JIANFEI LIU, YUHUI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160281735
    Abstract: The invention discloses a centrifugal compressor. The centrifugal compressor comprises: a housing (10), provided with a mounting chamber (11), a thread section (12) being provided on a side wall of the mounting chamber (11); an adjusting piece (20), mounted in the mounting chamber (11), the adjusting piece (20) being provided with threads adapting to the thread section (12); a driving piece (30), mounted in the mounting chamber (11) and configured to drive the adjusting piece (20) to move forwards or backwards along the thread section (12); and an adjustable diffuser (40), fixedly connected to the adjusting piece (20). The invention also discloses a centrifugal water chilling unit having the centrifugal compressor. The centrifugal compressor and the centrifugal water chilling unit can solve the problem that the adjustable diffuser easily inclines and is stuck, thereby greatly improving the reliability of the centrifugal compressor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: NAN JIANG, RUIXING ZHONG, CAIYUN JIANG, RONG XIE, HONGXING WANG, JIANFEI LIU, YUHUI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160273553
    Abstract: The invention discloses a centrifugal compressor and a water chilling unit having the same. The centrifugal compressor includes an impeller (2), a diffuser (3), a volute (8) and an exhaust diffuser pipe (9), the diffuser (3) including a pressurization passage, air flowing through the impeller (2) entering an inlet of each pressurization passage, the volute (8) being configured to collect the air pressurized by the diffuser (3), the exhaust diffuser pipe being communicated with the volute, and an extending direction of the exhaust diffuser pipe inclining downwards with respect to a horizontal plane. The extending direction of the exhaust diffuser pipe communicated with the volute inclines downwards with respect to the horizontal plane, so that noise and airflow losses of high-temperature and high-pressure air in the exhaust diffuser pipe expelled from the centrifugal compressor due to bending of the pipe can be reduced, and the noise can be effectively reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: NAN JIANG, RUIXING ZHONG, CAIYUN JIANG, RONG XIE, HONGXING WANG, JIANFEI LIU, YUHUI CHEN
  • Publication number: 20160208808
    Abstract: A regulator assembly, comprising a vaned diffuser, a motor, a driving gear engaged with a driven gear, the driven gear having rectangle-shaped through holes thereon, the rectangle-shaped through holes disposed and extending along an axis of the driven gear, and a regulating mechanism including a regulator, a supporting member, wherein the regulator is sleeved on the supporting member, and wherein the vaned diffuser is fixed on the supporting member, and regulator sliding members fixed to the regulator through the rectangle-shaped through holes of the driven gear, whereby the motor is configured to drive the driving gear to rotate, the driving gear is configured to drive the driven gear to rotate, the driven gear is configured to push the regulator sliding members to move, and the regulator sliding members are configured to drive the regulator to rotate relative to the vaned diffuser, thus driving the regulator to move along its axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ZHUHAI
    Inventors: CAIYUN JIANG, ZHIPING ZHANG, RUIXING ZHONG, NAN JIANG, RONG XIE, XIUBING YAN, HONGXING WANG