Patents by Inventor Guimin CHEN

Guimin CHEN 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).

  • Publication number: 20250155935
    Abstract: Disclosed are a rotary mechanism and an electronic device. The rotary mechanism includes a base, a first swing arm, a first connecting plate, and a first multistable flexible mechanism. Both the first swing arm and the first connecting plate are hinged to one side of the base. The first multistable flexible mechanism is disposed on the first connecting plate, and the first multistable flexible mechanism cooperates with the first swing arm to switch between a first stable state and a second stable state. In the unfolded state of the rotary mechanism, the first multistable flexible mechanism is in the first stable state, so as to lock the first swing arm at a first locking position of the first swing arm with respect to the first connecting plate. In the folded state of the rotary mechanism, the first multistable flexible mechanism is in the second stable state, so as to lock the first swing arm at a second locking position of the first swing arm with respect to the first connecting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Kaifang Jin, Guimin Chen, Ruihao Chen, Shaohong Dong
  • Publication number: 20240364800
    Abstract: A foldable mechanism and a foldable terminal are provided. The foldable mechanism includes a base, a pressing plate assembly, and a flexible support plate, where the pressing plate assembly is mounted on the base, and the flexible support plate is mounted on the pressing plate assembly. The pressing plate assembly includes a first pressing plate swing arm, and a rotating portion of the first pressing plate swing arm is rotatably connected to the base, to implement a rotatable connection between the first pressing plate swing arm and the base. The flexible support plate is mounted on the first pressing plate swing arm and may bend under driving of the first pressing plate swing arm, and a bending direction of the flexible support plate is parallel to a rotation center of the first pressing plate swing arm relative to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Inventors: Shaohong Dong, Guimin Chen, Ruihao Chen, Kaifang Jin, Changfu Dong
  • Patent number: 11852210
    Abstract: A lamina emergent torsional (LET) joint that includes an integrated membrane to reduce, or eliminate, certain unwanted motions and/or displacements associated with the operation of the LET joint is disclosed. The membrane-integrated LET joint (i.e., M-LET) can be used as a hinge for a lamina emergent mechanism and/or as a surrogate fold for an origami application to ensure accurate and repeatable transitions from a planar (i.e., lamina) state to a non-planar (i.e., lamina-emergent) state, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Brigham Young University
    Inventors: Guimin Chen, Larry Howell, Spencer Magleby
  • Patent number: 11837973
    Abstract: The invention discloses a differential compliant displacement reducer, and relates to three technical solutions with similar working principles. The three technical solutions have the following characteristics: firstly, the three technical solutions all relate to an outer frame and all belong to a differential compliant displacement reducer circumferentially formed by extending upward and downward along both ends of the driver, and the working principle is similar; secondly, the differential motion of the three technical solutions comes from the difference caused by deformation of the upper and lower or inclined upper and lower deformable parts of the driver in the differential compliant displacement reducer; thirdly, compared with a traditional displacement amplifier, the three technical solutions all belong to the displacement reducer, the structure is simpler than that of the existing displacement amplifier; and fourthly, the three technical solutions can be matched with a macro-motion platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Guimin Chen, Houqi Wu, Lingling Li
  • Patent number: 11806870
    Abstract: The invention discloses a modular differential compliant displacement reducer with output in same direction or reverse direction of input. The modular differential compliant displacement reducer includes a forward motion module, a reverse motion module and an actuator, and two ends of the forward motion module are respectively connected to one end of the reverse motion module. Differential superposition of displacement is achieved through combination of the forward motion module and the reverse motion module, a large displacement reduction ratio can be obtained, and therefore the resolution ratio and precision of motion are greatly improved. The reducer can be matched with a macro-motion platform, and large-range and ultrahigh-precision motion positioning is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Guimin Chen, Lingling Li, Houqi Wu
  • Publication number: 20230085758
    Abstract: A lamina emergent torsional (LET) joint that includes an integrated membrane to reduce, or eliminate, certain unwanted motions and/or displacements associated with the operation of the LET joint is disclosed. The membrane-integrated LET joint (i.e., M-LET) can be used as a hinge for a lamina emergent mechanism and/or as a surrogate fold for an origami application to ensure accurate and repeatable transitions from a planar (i.e., lamina) state to a non-planar (i.e., lamina-emergent) state, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Guimin Chen, Larry Howell, Spencer Magleby
  • Patent number: 11549563
    Abstract: A lamina emergent torsional (LET) joint that includes an integrated membrane to reduce, or eliminate, certain unwanted motions and/or displacements associated with the operation of the LET joint is disclosed. The membrane-integrated LET joint (i.e., M-LET) can be used as a hinge for a lamina emergent mechanism and/or as a surrogate fold for an origami application to ensure accurate and repeatable transitions from a planar (i.e., lamina) state to a non-planar (i.e., lamina-emergent) state, and vice versa.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Brigham Young University (BYU)
    Inventors: Guimin Chen, Larry Howell, Spencer Magleby
  • Publication number: 20220379465
    Abstract: The invention discloses a modular differential compliant displacement reducer with output in same direction or reverse direction of input. The modular differential compliant displacement reducer includes a forward motion module, a reverse motion module and an actuator, and two ends of the forward motion module are respectively connected to one end of the reverse motion module. Differential superposition of displacement is achieved through combination of the forward motion module and the reverse motion module, a large displacement reduction ratio can be obtained, and therefore the resolution ratio and precision of motion are greatly improved. The reducer can be matched with a macro-motion platform, and large-range and ultrahigh-precision motion positioning is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Guimin CHEN, Lingling LI, Houqi WU
  • Patent number: 11451604
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and a server system for transcoding a video source file into multiple target formats. The server system includes a first server configured to receive a first video chunk of the video source file and first attribute parameters corresponding to the first video chunk and a first target format of the multiple target formats where the first video chunk is transcoded into the first target format. The first attribute parameters include a first precoding parameter for the first video chunk and a first coding parameter for the first target format. The first server can process the first video chunk according to the first precoding parameter to obtain a first intermediate coding result and code the first intermediate coding result according to the first coding parameter to obtain a first final coding result in the first target format and output the first final coding result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhi Qin, Guimin Chen
  • Publication number: 20220224254
    Abstract: The invention discloses a differential compliant displacement reducer, and relates to three technical solutions with similar working principles. The three technical solutions have the following characteristics: firstly, the three technical solutions all relate to an outer frame and all belong to a differential compliant displacement reducer circumferentially formed by extending upward and downward along both ends of the driver, and the working principle is similar; secondly, the differential motion of the three technical solutions comes from the difference caused by deformation of the upper and lower or inclined upper and lower deformable parts of the driver in the differential compliant displacement reducer; thirdly, compared with a traditional displacement amplifier, the three technical solutions all belong to the displacement reducer, the structure is simpler than that of the existing displacement amplifier; and fourthly, the three technical solutions can be matched with a macro-motion platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Guimin CHEN, Houqi WU, Lingling LI
  • Publication number: 20200109755
    Abstract: A lamina emergent torsional (LET) joint that includes an integrated membrane to reduce, or eliminate, certain unwanted motions and/or displacements associated with the operation of the LET joint is disclosed. The membrane-integrated LET joint (i.e., M-LET) can be used as a hinge for a lamina emergent mechanism and/or as a surrogate fold for an origami application to ensure accurate and repeatable transitions from a planar (i.e., lamina) state to a non-planar (i.e., lamina-emergent) state, and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Guimin Chen, Larry Howell, Spencer Magleby
  • Publication number: 20190320002
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure provide a method and a server system for transcoding a video source file into multiple target formats. The server system includes a first server configured to receive a first video chunk of the video source file and first attribute parameters corresponding to the first video chunk and a first target format of the multiple target formats where the first video chunk is transcoded into the first target format. The first attribute parameters include a first precoding parameter for the first video chunk and a first coding parameter for the first target format. The first server can process the first video chunk according to the first precoding parameter to obtain a first intermediate coding result and code the first intermediate coding result according to the first coding parameter to obtain a first final coding result in the first target format and output the first final coding result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhi QIN, Guimin CHEN