Patents by Inventor Congze FAN
Congze FAN 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).
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Publication number: 20260185895Abstract: A high-temperature vibration device includes a large carbon fiber resin-based composite component, a variable diameter support device, an oxyacetylene flame gun, a threaded ejection rod, a support body, a base adapter plate, a laser vibrometer, a support frame, a vibration measuring port, a vent valve, a platinum rhodium thermocouple, and a vibration table. The large carbon fiber resin-based composite component is fixed to the support body for the vibration table, the oxyacetylene flame gun moves and extends to one end of the large carbon fiber resin-based composite component, and the variable diameter support device fixes the oxyacetylene flame gun inside the large carbon fiber resin-based composite component. The flame gun provides a high-temperature ablative thermal environment, the vibration table is fixedly connected to the support body to provide random vibration excitation, and the laser vibrometer passes through the high-temperature vibration box to collect vibration signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2025Publication date: July 2, 2026Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Jinghua ZHENG, Zhongde SHAN, Congze FAN, Wenzhe SONG, Yiwei CHEN, Yufeng JIN
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Patent number: 12595080Abstract: An on-orbit assembly auxiliary device for space structures includes a plurality of first link rods, one end of the first link rod is hinged with a plurality of second link rods, and an opening assembly for expanding the second link rod is provided on the second link rod; the opening assembly includes a plurality of first hinge rods and third hinge rods, and each of the second link rods is provided with a chute; a first slider and a second slider are slidably provided in each chute; every two adjacent first sliders are rotatably connected through the first hinge rod; every two adjacent second sliders are connected through the third hinge rod; and the first slider close to the first link rod is rotatably connected to the first link rod through the first hinge rod. A rotating assembly for providing rotational force is provided on the top second link rod.Type: GrantFiled: October 22, 2025Date of Patent: April 7, 2026Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Yiwei Chen, Zhongde Shan, Congze Fan, Jinghua Zheng, Wenzhe Song, Jiaxun Xu
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Patent number: 12576557Abstract: A composite filament melt impregnation device with an automatic lifting channel for additive manufacturing includes a mechanical lifting device, a heating device, a curved resin impregnation channel, a filament guide block, a single screw extruder, a replaceable combination die nozzle, and a resin riser. The composite filament melt impregnation device can significantly improve the efficiency of replacing filaments and treating broken filaments in a forming process of continuous fiber filaments, reduce the operation difficulty of a production process, and ensure the safety of operators. The design of the resin riser can achieve slight dynamic adjustment of pressure in a melt cavity in the production process, improve the stability of product quality, and ultimately achieve continuous production and rapid replacement of high-performance continuous fiber composites.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2022Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Jinghua Zheng, Zhongde Shan, Congze Fan, Yiwei Chen, Wenzhe Song, Jingxuan Wang
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Patent number: 12576581Abstract: An interlayer strengthening method for continuous fiber additive manufacturing based on pressure injected Z-pin-like structures is provided. A grid frame is printed with continuous fibers in horizontal slices of continuous fiber additive manufacturing, grid holes are regularly arranged and combined to form intermittent through spaces between layers, then thermosetting resin is injected into the spaces through pressure to build continuous longitudinally strengthened Z-pin-like structures across slice layers, and the resin is guided to penetrate and gradually fill universal interlayer pores in continuous fiber additive manufacturing by controlling resin filling extrusion pressure, thereby suppressing associated pore defects in additive manufacturing without introducing other auxiliary energy fields, ultimately achieving interlayer strengthening, and improving overall performance.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2025Date of Patent: March 17, 2026Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Congze Fan, Wenzhe Song, Zhongde Shan, Jinghua Zheng, Yiwei Chen, Yaxing Song
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Publication number: 20260042256Abstract: A dual printing head device with a tensioning device for continuous fiber-reinforced composites includes a printing support frame; a continuous fiber printing mechanism is provided on the printing support frame, and a filament extrusion mechanism is provided next to the continuous fiber printing mechanism; the filament extrusion mechanism is connected to the printing support frame through a dual nozzle switching mechanism; a fiber guide block is provided below the continuous fiber printing mechanism; a speed feedback follower wheel is provided next to the fiber guide block; the speed feedback follower wheel is connected to a filament feeding fiber force control encoder; and the dual nozzle switching mechanism includes a horizontal guide rail, a push plate mounting plate, a positioning guide groove, a filament fixing plate, and a rear mounting plate. The dual printing head device achieves free switching between dual heads during printing, ensuring the stability of feeding continuous fibers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2025Publication date: February 12, 2026Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Wenzhe SONG, Zhongde SHAN, Congze FAN, Yiwei CHEN, Jinghua ZHENG, Yaxing SONG
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Patent number: 12533844Abstract: A nozzle-replaceable printing head for continuous fiber printing and a printing method are provided. The printing head includes a fixed bracket, a wire feeding module located at an upper part of the structure, an upper guide pipe, a shearing module located at a middle part of the structure, a lower guide pipe, a heat dissipation sleeve, a throat pipe, a heating coil, and a nozzle module located at a bottom of the structure, where a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin matrix pre-impregnated composite wire coaxially penetrates through the other side of the printing head from top to bottom and is fed for printing. An adjustment groove with scales is configured to standardize adjustment on clamping and feeding states of pre-impregnated composite wires of different specifications.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2022Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Wenzhe Song, Zhongde Shan, Congze Fan, Yiwei Chen, Jinghua Zheng, Yaxing Song
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Publication number: 20250319648Abstract: An interlayer strengthening method for continuous fiber additive manufacturing based on pressure injected Z-pin-like structures is provided. A grid frame is printed with continuous fibers in horizontal slices of continuous fiber additive manufacturing, grid holes are regularly arranged and combined to form intermittent through spaces between layers, then thermosetting resin is injected into the spaces through pressure to build continuous longitudinally strengthened Z-pin-like structures across slice layers, and the resin is guided to penetrate and gradually fill universal interlayer pores in continuous fiber additive manufacturing by controlling resin filling extrusion pressure, thereby suppressing associated pore defects in additive manufacturing without introducing other auxiliary energy fields, ultimately achieving interlayer strengthening, and improving overall performance.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 15, 2025Publication date: October 16, 2025Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Congze FAN, Wenzhe Song, Zhongde Shan, Jinghua Zheng, Yiwei Chen, Yaxing Song
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Patent number: 12409580Abstract: A continuous fiber curing extrusion device based on additive manufacturing ceramic composites includes a main support frame. A top inner wall of the main support frame is simultaneously mounted with a first guide rail, a second guide rail, and a third guide rail. The first guide rail is parallel to the second guide rail, the second guide rail is perpendicular to the third guide rail, a ceramic flux extrusion gun is movably connected to the first guide rail, and a bottom end of the ceramic flux extrusion gun is provided with a segmentation mechanism. One end of the ceramic flux extrusion gun is connected to a ceramic flux storage bin through a first connecting pipe, and a first fiber flux extrusion gun and a second fiber flux extrusion gun are movably connected to the second guide rail and the third guide rail respectively.Type: GrantFiled: May 29, 2025Date of Patent: September 9, 2025Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Congze Fan, Zhongde Shan, Wenzhe Song, Jinghua Zheng, Yiwei Chen, Zhibo Li
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Patent number: 12403631Abstract: A continuous carbon fiber composite filament impregnation pretreatment device includes a conveying assembly. The conveying assembly is arranged on a pretreatment device frame. Adhesive layer spray assemblies are provided on left and right sides of the conveying assembly. A plurality of multi-angle cleaning assemblies is sequentially arranged at a front end of the pretreatment device frame. The device overcomes the defects in the impregnation of a continuous fiber reinforced composite filament by pre-treating the surface of the filament and then spraying a thermoplastic adhesive layer onto the fiber surface during the fiber spreading process before impregnation treatment.Type: GrantFiled: March 25, 2024Date of Patent: September 2, 2025Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Congze Fan, Yiwei Chen, Zhongde Shan, Jinghua Zheng, Wenzhe Song, Jingxuan Wang, Jiaxun Xu
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Publication number: 20250256432Abstract: A continuous carbon fiber composite filament impregnation pretreatment device includes a conveying assembly. The conveying assembly is arranged on a pretreatment device frame. Adhesive layer spray assemblies are provided on left and right sides of the conveying assembly. A plurality of multi-angle cleaning assemblies is sequentially arranged at a front end of the pretreatment device frame. The device overcomes the defects in the impregnation of a continuous fiber reinforced composite filament by pre-treating the surface of the filament and then spraying a thermoplastic adhesive layer onto the fiber surface during the fiber spreading process before impregnation treatment.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2024Publication date: August 14, 2025Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Congze FAN, Yiwei CHEN, Zhongde SHAN, Jinghua ZHENG, Wenzhe SONG, Jingxuan WANG, Jiaxun XU
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Patent number: 12241867Abstract: A high-temperature vibration modal testing device for variable cross-section carbon fiber resin-based composites includes triangular serrated sliding rails, high-temperature steel sliding bayonets, sliding furnace door, water-cooled conduits, dual-axis sliding rail, insulation box, infrared radiation heating array, thin armored thermocouples, observation port, tapping threaded rod, tapping threaded fixture, ceramic force transmission rod, excitation source, laser vibration measurer, vibration measuring port, mechanical pump, and exhaust valve. A variable cross-section carbon fiber resin-based composite test piece is fixed to the high-temperature steel sliding bayonets and fixed to the tapping threaded fixture by the dual-axis sliding rail.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2024Date of Patent: March 4, 2025Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Congze Fan, Jinghua Zheng, Zhongde Shan, Yiwei Chen, Wenzhe Song, Yufeng Jin
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Patent number: 12186970Abstract: A multi-arm forming device for space on-orbit composite braiding is provided. Through the rotary movement of a combination of circularly arranged mechanical arm-type laying apparatuses relative to a mold, a plurality of hot press laying heads are controlled together to implement high-efficiency and high-freedom winding and braiding formation of a composite member. The retraction and expansion deformation of the gasbag mold is achieved by inflating and deflating based on design, and the overall device is lightened by switching its structural volume in an operating/non-operating state, thereby achieving the purpose of facilitating the lift-off of rockets and the demolding, repair and weight reduction of winding and braiding structural members for operation in space. Additionally, gas in a gasbag can be used as emergency kinetic energy for the movement and attitude adjustment of the overall device in space. High-quality and efficient winding and braiding formation of composites in space are achieved ultimately.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2024Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Jinghua Zheng, Yiwei Chen, Congze Fan, Wenzhe Song, Yaxing Song, Zhongde Shan
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Publication number: 20240367366Abstract: A multi-arm forming device for space on-orbit composite braiding is provided. Through the rotary movement of a combination of circularly arranged mechanical arm-type laying apparatuses relative to a mold, a plurality of hot press laying heads are controlled together to implement high-efficiency and high-freedom winding and braiding formation of a composite member. The retraction and expansion deformation of the gasbag mold is achieved by inflating and deflating based on design, and the overall device is lightened by switching its structural volume in an operating/non-operating state, thereby achieving the purpose of facilitating the lift-off of rockets and the demolding, repair and weight reduction of winding and braiding structural members for operation in space. Additionally, gas in a gasbag can be used as emergency kinetic energy for the movement and attitude adjustment of the overall device in space. High-quality and efficient winding and braiding formation of composites in space are achieved ultimately.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Jinghua ZHENG, Yiwei CHEN, Congze FAN, Wenzhe SONG, Yaxing SONG, Zhongde SHAN
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Publication number: 20240367361Abstract: An on-orbit composite filament forming device for space 3D printing includes a constant tension unwinding module, a replaceable resin filament rotary wrapping module, a melt preheating chamber, a curved channel impregnation chamber, a variable aperture resin recovery device, a heat protective housing, a convective cooling device, a traction device, and a winding device. The replaceable resin filament rotary wrapping module wraps a resin filament on a surface of a carbon fiber by circumferential rotation and is provided with an active unwinding reel placed on a circular rail centered on the carbon fiber; the melt preheating chamber is used for melting resin to wrap the surface of the fiber, and is equipped with a lifting device for automatic opening and closing; the curved channel impregnation chamber is formed with a wedge-shaped high-pressure impregnation zone by mutual extrusion of upper and lower pressure blocks, thereby improving the quality of fiber impregnation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2024Publication date: November 7, 2024Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Wenzhe SONG, Congze FAN, Jinghua ZHENG, Yiwei CHEN, Jingxuan WANG, Zhongde SHAN
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Patent number: 12134221Abstract: An on-orbit composite filament forming device for space 3D printing includes a constant tension unwinding module, a replaceable resin filament rotary wrapping module, a melt preheating chamber, a curved channel impregnation chamber, a variable aperture resin recovery device, a heat protective housing, a convective cooling device, a traction device, and a winding device. The replaceable resin filament rotary wrapping module wraps a resin filament on a surface of a carbon fiber by circumferential rotation and is provided with an active unwinding reel placed on a circular rail centered on the carbon fiber; the melt preheating chamber is used for melting resin to wrap the surface of the fiber, and is equipped with a lifting device for automatic opening and closing; the curved channel impregnation chamber is formed with a wedge-shaped high-pressure impregnation zone by mutual extrusion of upper and lower pressure blocks, thereby improving the quality of fiber impregnation.Type: GrantFiled: July 18, 2024Date of Patent: November 5, 2024Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Wenzhe Song, Congze Fan, Jinghua Zheng, Yiwei Chen, Jingxuan Wang, Zhongde Shan
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Publication number: 20240286315Abstract: A composite filament melt impregnation device with an automatic lifting channel for additive manufacturing includes a mechanical lifting device, a heating device, a curved resin impregnation channel, a filament guide block, a single screw extruder, a replaceable combination die nozzle, and a resin riser. The composite filament melt impregnation device can significantly improve the efficiency of replacing filaments and treating broken filaments in a forming process of continuous fiber filaments, reduce the operation difficulty of a production process, and ensure the safety of operators. The design of the resin riser can achieve slight dynamic adjustment of pressure in a melt cavity in the production process, improve the stability of product quality, and ultimately achieve continuous production and rapid replacement of high-performance continuous fiber composites.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2022Publication date: August 29, 2024Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Zhongde SHAN, Congze FAN, Yiwei CHEN, Jinghua ZHENG, Wenzhe SONG, Jingxuan WANG
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Publication number: 20240227287Abstract: A nozzle-replaceable printing head for continuous fiber printing and a printing method are provided. The printing head includes a fixed bracket, a wire feeding module located at an upper part of the structure, an upper guide pipe, a shearing module located at a middle part of the structure, a lower guide pipe, a heat dissipation sleeve, a throat pipe, a heating coil, and a nozzle module located at a bottom of the structure, where a continuous fiber reinforced thermoplastic resin matrix pre-impregnated composite wire coaxially penetrates through the other side of the printing head from top to bottom and is fed for printing. An adjustment groove with scales is configured to standardize adjustment on clamping and feeding states of pre-impregnated composite wires of different specifications.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2022Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Zhongde SHAN, Congze FAN, Yiwei CHEN, Jinghua ZHENG, Wenzhe SONG, Yaxing SONG
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Publication number: 20240227307Abstract: A path planning method based on dynamic contour offset discretization and for spatial curved-surface printing is provided. Firstly, transversal equal slicing is carried out on a target model, and single/double contours are labeled; secondly, central slicing is carried out on the model, curvature contours are discretized, feature values of contour offsets of slice layers are calculated on the basis of a surface contour curvature of the model, and dynamic offset filling for inner contours of horizontal slices is realized; then longitudinal equal slicing is carried out on the slices, and spatial discrete points of the target model are obtained; and finally, virtual double contours are constructed for the single contours, and labeling processing for the discrete points is carried out, so that a discretized three-dimensional spatial equidistant lattice of the target model is obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2023Publication date: July 11, 2024Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Congze FAN, Wenzhe SONG, Zhongde SHAN, Yiwei CHEN, Jinghua ZHENG, Yaxing SONG
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Patent number: 12011882Abstract: A path planning method based on dynamic contour offset discretization and for spatial curved-surface printing is provided. Firstly, transversal equal slicing is carried out on a target model, and single/double contours are labeled; secondly, central slicing is carried out on the model, curvature contours are discretized, feature values of contour offsets of slice layers are calculated on the basis of a surface contour curvature of the model, and dynamic offset filling for inner contours of horizontal slices is realized; then longitudinal equal slicing is carried out on the slices, and spatial discrete points of the target model are obtained; and finally, virtual double contours are constructed for the single contours, and labeling processing for the discrete points is carried out, so that a discretized three-dimensional spatial equidistant lattice of the target model is obtained.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2023Date of Patent: June 18, 2024Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Congze Fan, Wenzhe Song, Zhongde Shan, Yiwei Chen, Jinghua Zheng, Yaxing Song
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Hot bed deformation tolerance structure for large-sized continuous fiber high-temperature 3D printer
Patent number: 11969943Abstract: A hot bed deformation tolerance structure for a large-sized continuous fiber high-temperature 3D printer is provided. Size changes caused by thermal expansion of a hot bed are compensated through motion coordination of a secured hot bed support assembly and a motion device, especially for an aluminum alloy material. A Z-direction motion structure of this structure is fixedly mounted with a frame and works at room temperature. A compensation motion module is fixedly mounted with a Z axis and incompletely secured with the hot bed support assembly, and works at room temperature with the Z axis. The hot bed support assembly is incompletely secured and partially in a high-temperature chamber, with a maximum working temperature of 300° C. The hot bed support assembly retains motion redundancy in a direction of thermal expansion deformation, tolerates thermal deformation through a linear motion module, and compensates for metal deformation through horizontal motion coordination.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2023Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICSInventors: Yiwei Chen, Jinghua Zheng, Zhongde Shan, Wenzhe Song, Congze Fan, Hao Zhang