Patents by Inventor Guoping TIAN

Guoping TIAN 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: 20260043617
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a flat heat exchange tube. The flat heat exchange tube comprises: planar wall portions extending in length and width directions of the heat exchange tube and spaced apart from each other in a thickness direction of the heat exchange tube, and side wall portions extending in length and thickness directions of the heat exchange tube across side edges of the planar wall portions, wherein at least one planar wall portion of the flat heat exchange tube is provided, in an area adjacent to its mounting position, with a stress relieving portion for relieving stress of a tube wall, the stress relieving portion comprising one or more elongated corrugated sections formed by local arching or recessing of the planar wall portion, and a longitudinal direction of the corrugated section being substantially identical with the width direction of the heat exchange tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2025
    Publication date: February 12, 2026
    Inventors: Baocheng ZHANG, Lei YU, Gengxin LIU, Guoping TIAN
  • Publication number: 20250105314
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fin structure for a radiator, comprising a plurality of elongated fins arranged in parallel and spaced apart from each other, wherein an air flow channel is defined between opposing main side surfaces of adjacent two fins for allowing cooling air to flow therethrough along a fin longitudinal direction; a corrugated section extending in the fin longitudinal direction is formed on each fin; and the fins are arranged such that for adjacent fins, the peaks of the corrugated sections are aligned in the arranging direction of the fins and troughs of the corrugated sections are aligned in the arranging direction of the fins, characterized in that, in each wavy unit of the corrugated section, the wave peak is offset from a central plane between two adjacent wave troughs and approaches an inclined slope extending between a wave peak and a wave trough in an adjacent wavy unit of a corrugated section of an adjacent fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Lei YU, Gengxin Liu, Guoping Tian, Guanqing Guo, Yuerou Wang
  • Publication number: 20250102244
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a composite fin structure for a radiator, comprising a plurality of elongated corrugated fins arranged in parallel and spaced apart from each other. Air flow channels are defined between the opposing main side surfaces of adjacent fins, allowing cooling air to flow therethrough along a longitudinal direction of the fins. It is characterized in that each fin comprises a first corrugated fin section having a first waveform and a second corrugated fin section having a second waveform, with extending directions of the first and second waveforms being consistent with the longitudinal direction of the fin. A fin density of the first waveform is greater than that of the second waveform, and the first corrugated fin section extend at least in an inlet side region of each air flow channel. This invention also relates to a radiator with the composite fin structure, as well as a fuel cell cooling system comprising the radiator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Lei YU, Gengxin LIU, Guoping TIAN, Yumei WANG, Yuerou WANG
  • Patent number: 11428148
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tank used in an engine cooling system, the engine cooling system, and a work machine. The tank includes a housing and a partition which dividing the housing into an exhaust tank and an expansion tank which are sealed from each other. The exhaust tank includes a first connecting pipe and a second connecting pipe, the first connecting pipe being adapted to be fluidly connected to an engine cylinder jacket of the engine cooling system to introduce coolant into the exhaust tank, and the second connecting pipe being adapted to be fluidly connected to a heat exchanger of the engine cooling system to discharge the coolant into the heat exchanger. The expansion tank includes a third connecting pipe adapted to be fluidly connected to the engine cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Li Dong, Guoping Tian, Gengxin Liu, Kesheng Xu
  • Publication number: 20220025809
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tank used in an engine cooling system, the engine cooling system, and a work machine. The tank includes a housing and a partition which dividing the housing into an exhaust tank and an expansion tank which are sealed from each other. The exhaust tank includes a first connecting pipe and a second connecting pipe, the first connecting pipe being adapted to be fluidly connected to an engine cylinder jacket of the engine cooling system to introduce coolant into the exhaust tank, and the second connecting pipe being adapted to be fluidly connected to a heat exchanger of the engine cooling system to discharge the coolant into the heat exchanger. The expansion tank includes a third connecting pipe adapted to be fluidly connected to the engine cooling system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2019
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: Caterpillar SARL
    Inventors: Li DONG, Guoping TIAN