Patents by Inventor Chunkai YAN

Chunkai YAN 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: 11779038
    Abstract: A fully-automated sushi making apparatus, comprising a fixed plate (1), a container module (2), an annular shielding module (3), a center shielding module (4), a dispensing module (7), a ring-shaped isolation module (5), a cylindrical pushing module (6), an extraction module (8), a recovery module (9), and a controller (10). The controller controls vertical drive units (52, 62, 81) and horizontal drive units (31, 41, 51, and 61) to drive the connected annular shielding module, ring-shaped isolation module, and cylindrical pushing module to perform layerwise removal of rice from the container module, then drives the center shielding module, the dispensing module, and the cylindrical pushing module to add sushi ingredients into the hollow center of the rice removed from the container module, and finally drives the extraction module, the annular shielding module, and the center shielding module to move in unison to extract the completed sushi.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: NANTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Liang Hua, Zeguang Zhang, Ping Gu, Yisheng Huang, Chunkai Yan, Wenbo Su, Guoqing Wang, Jinqiang Zhao
  • Patent number: 11652426
    Abstract: A composite motor having high-precision positioning, comprising: a housing (1), a rough positioning assembly, a hollow output shaft (2), a fine positioning assembly, a power switching apparatus and a controller (6). A stepper motor (3) in the rough positioning assembly is responsible for rough positioning of the composite motor, an annular travelling wave ultrasonic motor in the fine positioning assembly is responsible for tail end fine positioning of the composite motor, and the controller (6) implements power output switching between the annular travelling wave ultrasonic motor and the stepper motor (3). The composite motor effectively solves the problem that annular travelling wave ultrasonic motors which operate continuously for a long time have a short service life, and ensures high-precision positioning while also extending motor service life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: NANTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Liang Hua, Ling Jiang, Juping Gu, Ping Lu, Yuxuan Ge, Yisheng Huang, Chunkai Yan, Wenbo Su
  • Publication number: 20220399834
    Abstract: A composite motor having high-precision positioning, comprising: a housing (1), a rough positioning assembly, a hollow output shaft (2), a fine positioning assembly, a power switching apparatus and a controller (6). A stepper motor (3) in the rough positioning assembly is responsible for rough positioning of the composite motor, an annular travelling wave ultrasonic motor in the fine positioning assembly is responsible for tail end fine positioning of the composite motor, and the controller (6) implements power output switching between the annular travelling wave ultrasonic motor and the stepper motor (3). The composite motor effectively solves the problem that annular travelling wave ultrasonic motors which operate continuously for a long time have a short service life, and ensures high-precision positioning while also extending motor service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Liang HUA, Ling JIANG, Juping GU, Ping LU, Yuxuan GE, Yisheng HUANG, Chunkai YAN, Wenbo SU
  • Publication number: 20220386661
    Abstract: A fully-automated sushi making apparatus, comprising a fixed plate (1), a container module (2), an annular shielding module (3), a center shielding module (4), a dispensing module (7), a ring-shaped isolation module (5), a cylindrical pushing module (6), an extraction module (8), a recovery module (9), and a controller (10). The controller controls vertical drive units (52, 62, 81) and horizontal drive units (31, 41, 51, and 61) to drive the connected annular shielding module, ring-shaped isolation module, and cylindrical pushing module to perform layerwise removal of rice from the container module, then drives the center shielding module, the dispensing module, and the cylindrical pushing module to add sushi ingredients into the hollow center of the rice removed from the container module, and finally drives the extraction module, the annular shielding module, and the center shielding module to move in unison to extract the completed sushi.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Liang HUA, Zeguang ZHANG, Ping GU, Yisheng HUANG, Chunkai YAN, Wenbo SU, Guoqing WANG, Jinqiang ZHAO