Patents by Inventor Chung Y. Wei

Chung Y. Wei 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: 11873785
    Abstract: A cooling circuit includes vehicle components and a jet manifold. The vehicle components are configured to receive coolant and include a first vehicle component and a second vehicle component. The jet manifold includes a first input, a second input and a nozzle. The first input is configured to receive coolant from the first vehicle component. The second input is configured to receive coolant from the second vehicle component. The nozzle is configured to increase pressure of the coolant received at the first input to generate a jet stream and a low-pressure zone in a cavity of a body of the jet manifold, the low-pressure zone created by the jet stream drawing coolant from the second input.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jeffery J Milton, Chung Y. Wei
  • Patent number: 11525444
    Abstract: A pump includes a first gear plate and a first pair of counter rotating gears positioned on a first side of the gear plate. The pair of counter rotating gears draws fluid from an inlet and transfers the fluid into an outlet of a common manifold. The gear plate has a cutout to increase the flow of fluid into the common manifold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mark R. Claywell, Sean M. McGowan, Chung Y. Wei
  • Publication number: 20220099090
    Abstract: A pump includes a first gear plate and a first pair of counter rotating gears positioned on a first side of the gear plate. The pair of counter rotating gears draws fluid from an inlet and transfers the fluid into an outlet of a common manifold. The gear plate has a cutout to increase the flow of fluid into the common manifold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Mark R. Claywell, Sean M. McGowan, Chung Y. Wei
  • Patent number: 11242850
    Abstract: A gear assembly of a scavenge oil pump for a vehicle is provided. The assembly comprises a first pair of meshing gears comprising a first drive gear disposed about a drive shaft and a first slave gear disposed about a slave drive in parallel relationship with the drive shaft. The first drive gear and first slave gear are in rotational meshing cooperation. The assembly comprises a second pair of meshing gears comprising a second drive gear disposed about the drive shaft and a second slave gear disposed about the slave drive. The second drive gear and second slave gear are in rotational meshing cooperation. The second pair of meshing gears is disposed linearly adjacent to the first pair of meshing gears. The first pair and the second pair of meshing gears have about ? of a tooth spacing relative to each other for torque transmission of scavenge oil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Sean M. McGowan, Mark R. Claywell, Chung Y. Wei
  • Publication number: 20210040947
    Abstract: A gear assembly of a scavenge oil pump for a vehicle is provided. The assembly comprises a first pair of meshing gears comprising a first drive gear disposed about a drive shaft and a first slave gear disposed about a slave drive in parallel relationship with the drive shaft. The first drive gear and first slave gear are in rotational meshing cooperation. The assembly comprises a second pair of meshing gears comprising a second drive gear disposed about the drive shaft and a second slave gear disposed about the slave drive. The second drive gear and second slave gear are in rotational meshing cooperation. The second pair of meshing gears is disposed linearly adjacent to the first pair of meshing gears. The first pair and the second pair of meshing gears have about ? of a tooth spacing relative to each other for torque transmission of scavenge oil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Sean M. McGowan, Mark R. Claywell, Chung Y. Wei
  • Publication number: 20200072216
    Abstract: Variable displacement pumps and methods of pumping a fluid are provided. An example pump may include a housing having an inlet and an outlet, a rotor fixed for rotation with a shaft, the shaft rotatably mounted within the housing, and a plurality of radially extending vanes slidably disposed in the rotor. The pump may further include a pivotable ring member defining at least in part a control chamber about the rotor, wherein the ring member is pivotable within the housing to vary an eccentricity of the ring member with respect to the rotor. The ring member is configured to shift a pivot position of the ring member from a first pivot position to a second pivot position displaced from the first pivot position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Inventors: Varoon Shankar, Chung Y. Wei, Bryan K. Pryor