Patents by Inventor Jianping Zhang

Jianping Zhang 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: 20210280940
    Abstract: A battery case unlocking apparatus, a battery case, and a quick battery case replacement system. The battery case unlocking apparatus comprises: a mount (1), an extensible/retractable mechanism (2), a transmission mechanism (3), and a locking mechanism (4). The locking mechanism (4) is used for locking and fixing a body (6) of a battery case to a battery holder (7) of an electric vehicle. The extensible/retractable mechanism (2) passes through the mount (1) and carries out extension/retraction movement in the mount (1) relative to the transmission mechanism (3) to drive the transmission mechanism (3) to move between the extensible/retractable mechanism (2) and the locking mechanism (4), thereby controlling the locking or unlocking of the locking mechanism (4). The battery case comprises the body (6) and the battery case unlocking apparatus. The quick battery case replacement system comprises: the battery holder (7), a replacement device (8), and the battery case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Chunhua Huang, Danliang Qui
  • Publication number: 20210277683
    Abstract: Provided is a lock mechanism, wherein the lock mechanism includes a lock base, the lock base is provided with an opening and a cavity extending from the opening, the opening is used for the lock shaft mounted to the battery pack to enter the cavity, the lock mechanism further includes: a lock assembly, the lock assembly is connected to one side of the lock base opposite the lock shaft, the lock assembly is moveable relative to the lock base, and the side of the lock base opposite the lock shaft extends into the cavity or exits the cavity; wherein, the lock assembly is capable of preventing the lock shaft from exiting the cavity from the opening when the lock assembly extends into the cavity; the lock assembly is capable of allowing the lock shaft to exit the cavity from the opening when the lock assembly exits the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Chunhua Huang, Zhibo Lan
  • Publication number: 20210268930
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery swapping control system and a control method therefor. The battery swapping system comprises a control unit and a battery swapping device, wherein the control unit is used for determining a battery model applicable to an electric vehicle, and selecting a first battery placing rack and a second battery placing rack from at least one battery placing rack; and the battery swapping device serves to move to a preset battery swapping position, removes a battery with a power shortage from the electric vehicle, transports the battery with the power shortage to the second placing rack and places it in an unoccupied battery placing compartment, then moves to the first battery placing rack and removes a battery of that battery model, and transports the battery of that battery model to the preset battery swapping position and installs the battery in the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2019
    Publication date: September 2, 2021
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Wencheng Lu
  • Patent number: 11107951
    Abstract: Heterostructures containing one or more sheets of positive charge, or alternately stacked AlGaN barriers and AlGaN wells with specified thickness are provided. Also provided are multiple quantum well structures and p-type contacts. The heterostructures, the multiple quantum well structures and the p-type contacts can be used in light emitting devices and photodetectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: BOLB INC.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Ying Gao, Ling Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210246844
    Abstract: A method for downshifting a vehicle having an automatic transmission is described. In one example, the method determines whether or not conditions are met for a power matching downshift. If conditions are met for a power matching downshift, output power of a powertrain propulsion torque source at an end of the power matching downshift is adjusted to an output power of the powertrain propulsion torque source at the beginning of the power matching downshift plus an offset power.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Bradley Dean Riedle, Kurt Howard Nickerson, Jianping Zhang, Kendrick Morrison, David H. Schmitt, Markian Oleh Diakiw, Charles Suter
  • Patent number: 11077856
    Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a vehicle that includes an engine and an electric machine are described. In one example, an actual total number of transmission gear downshifts are counted to determine whether or not a transmission clutch characterization is immature. The transmission clutch characterization may be adjusted if it is determined to be immature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jaewon Choi, Jianping Zhang, Steve Michael Cicala, Kendrick Morrison, Kurt Howard Nickerson
  • Patent number: 11071797
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mobile devices for disinfecting an object. The mobile device includes: one or more light sources for generating a disinfection light; a display; one or more processors coupled to the one or more light sources and display; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes steps to be performed including: determining a required dosage of the disinfection light; determining an exposure time of the disinfection light that corresponds to the required dosage of the disinfection light; illuminating the disinfection light on the surface; and displaying a disinfection map on the display to report a result of a disinfection process performed by the illumination of the disinfection light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: Bolb Inc.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Ling Zhou, Ying Gao
  • Publication number: 20210162081
    Abstract: The present invention relates to mobile devices for disinfecting an object. The mobile device includes: one or more light sources for generating a disinfection light; a display; one or more processors coupled to the one or more light sources and display; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising one or more sequences of instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, causes steps to be performed including: determining a required dosage of the disinfection light; determining an exposure time of the disinfection light that corresponds to the required dosage of the disinfection light; illuminating the disinfection light on the surface; and displaying a disinfection map on the display to report a result of a disinfection process performed by the illumination of the disinfection light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: Bolb Inc.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Ling Zhou, Ying Gao
  • Publication number: 20210159253
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device are provided. The display panel includes a base substrate and an encapsulation substrate which are oppositely arranged and are connected in cell alignment through sealant, a planarization layer on one side of the sealant facing the base substrate, a first metal layer on one side of the planarization layer facing the base substrate, wherein the first metal layer has a first area and a second area, an orthographic projection of the second area on the encapsulation substrate has a first overlapping area with an orthographic projection of the sealant on the encapsulation substrate, and a first isolation layer on one side of the second area away from the base substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2020
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Peirong HUO, Tianlei SHI, Wulijibaier TANG, Zhiqiang WANG, Peng LUO, Jianping ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11000616
    Abstract: Disinfection apparatus having submersible disinfection devices for disinfecting fluid. The disinfection apparatus includes: a pipe having one or more linear segments; one or more disinfection devices installed on the pipe, each of the one or more disinfection devices generating light for disinfecting fluid in a linear segment of the pipe; and a controller electrically coupled to the one or more disinfection devices and controlling the one or more disinfection devices. Another embodiment of the disinfecting apparatus includes; side and bottom walls and a lid that define an enclosed chamber; an inlet and outlet for communicating fluid to the enclosed chamber; a plurality of disinfection devices disposed on the side wall, each of the plurality of disinfection devices generating light for disinfecting fluid inside the enclosed chamber; and a controller electrically coupled to the plurality of disinfection devices and controlling the plurality of disinfection devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: Bolb Inc.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Huazhong Deng, Bin Zhang
  • Patent number: 10981807
    Abstract: Fluid disinfection apparatus for disinfecting liquid. The fluid disinfection apparatus includes: a first light source assembly for generating disinfection light that has a shape of a frustum; and a container for holding fluid therein. The container includes a first frustum shell defining a space surrounded by the top, base, and inner lateral surface thereof, wherein the inner lateral surface of the first frustum shell is substantially identical to a lateral surface of the frustum of the disinfection light and wherein the first light source assembly is disposed over the top of the first frustum shell so that the entire portion of the space is substantially located within the frustum of the disinfection light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Bolb Inc.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Huazhong Deng
  • Publication number: 20210101805
    Abstract: Fluid disinfection apparatus for disinfecting liquid. The fluid disinfection apparatus includes: a first light source assembly for generating disinfection light that has a shape of a frustum; and a container for holding fluid therein. The container includes a first frustum shell defining a space surrounded by the top, base, and inner lateral surface thereof, wherein the inner lateral surface of the first frustum shell is substantially identical to a lateral surface of the frustum of the disinfection light and wherein the first light source assembly is disposed over the top of the first frustum shell so that the entire portion of the space is substantially located within the frustum of the disinfection light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2019
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Applicant: Bolb Inc.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Huazhong Deng
  • Publication number: 20210085811
    Abstract: Apparatus for measuring a dosage of disinfection light. The apparatus includes: a measurement pad including a photochromic material that changes its color in response to a dosage of disinfection light incident on the measurement pad; and a dosage scale bar having a plurality of units that have different colors, wherein the dosage of the disinfection light is determined by comparing the color of the measurement pad with the different colors of the plurality of units.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: Bolb Inc.
    Inventors: Peter Gordon, Ling Zhou, Jianping Zhang, Ying Gao, Cuong Le
  • Patent number: 10950750
    Abstract: Heterostructures containing one or more sheets of positive charge, or alternately stacked AlGaN barriers and AlGaN wells with specified thickness are provided. Also provided are multiple quantum well structures and p-type contacts. The heterostructures, the multiple quantum well structures and the p-type contacts can be used in light emitting devices and photodetectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: BOLB INC.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Ying Gao, Ling Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210074880
    Abstract: A light emitting device includes an n-type AlGaN structure, a p-type AlGaN structure, and a light-emitting active-region sandwiched between the n-type AlGaN structure and the p-type AlGaN structure. A first p-contact is formed on the p-type AlGaN structure defining a light-emitting structure, a second p-contact is formed on the p-type AlGaN structure defining a light-detecting structure, and an n-contact is formed on the n-type AlGaN structure serving as a common cathode for the light-emitting structure and the light-detecting structure. There is a bridge zone between the first and the second p-contacts and the p-type AlGaN structure in the bridge zone is not removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2020
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: YING GAO, LING ZHOU, ALEXANDER V. LUNEV, JIANPING ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210038750
    Abstract: A disinfection device includes: a container having a wall that defines a chamber for containing liquid therein; and a light source for transmitting disinfection light to the liquid. The light source is in a spatial relationship with the container so that a distance between the light source and the first light receiving surface of the liquid remains unchanged regardless of a volume of the liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Applicant: Bolb Inc.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Ling Zhou, Ying Gao
  • Patent number: 10916680
    Abstract: Heterostructures containing one or more sheets of positive charge, or alternately stacked AlGaN barriers and AlGaN wells with specified thickness are provided. Also provided are multiple quantum well structures and p-type contacts. The heterostructures, the multiple quantum well structures and the p-type contacts can be used in light emitting devices and photodetectors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: BOLB INC.
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Ying Gao, Ling Zhou
  • Publication number: 20210009089
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery swapping system, comprising a battery swapping device, a signal transmission unit, a position sensor, and a detection section. The battery swapping device comprises a master control unit and a battery pack disassembly and assembly unit. The battery pack disassembly and assembly unit is used for clamping the battery pack, the master control unit is used for controlling the battery pack disassembly and assembly unit to move along a preset path. The position sensor is used for generating a stopping instruction upon sensing of the detection section, sending the stopping instruction to the master control unit which is used for stopping moving the battery pack disassembly and assembly unit according to the stopping instruction. According to the present invention, whether a battery pack is mounted in place can be accurately detected, the accuracy and safety of battery pack swapping is ensured and the costs are low.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jianping Zhang, Chunhua Huang, Zhihao Chen, Weichun Huang
  • Publication number: 20200397047
    Abstract: A herbal cigarette includes a cylindrical hard paper tube, two isolation partitions with through holes and herbal cut cigarettes; one of the two isolation partitions with the through holes is provided inside the cylindrical hard paper tube; an internal cavity of the cylindrical hard paper tube is divided into a filling cavity and a smoke collecting cavity by one of the isolation partitions with through holes; the herbal cut cigarettes are filled in the filling cavity; another isolation partition with the through holes is provided at an end of the cylindrical hard paper tube; the smoke collecting cavity is formed between the two isolation partitions with through holes. The hard tube and the silica gel isolation partition are made of a food grade material. The hard pipe further has a flame-retardant function, and can avoid being ignited by fire.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2018
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jianping ZHANG, Zhixiong XU
  • Patent number: D918107
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventor: Jianping Zhang