Patents by Inventor Li Sheng Liu

Li Sheng Liu 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: 8950372
    Abstract: A starter motor for engine has a flywheel fixed to a shaft of the engine. A support is fixed relative to the engine. A space is formed between the flywheel and the support and a driving device is installed in the space. The driving device includes a stator fixed to the support and a rotor fixed to the flywheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Guo Ji Zhang, Jin Yun Gan, Li Sheng Liu, Yue Li
  • Patent number: 8621990
    Abstract: A household appliance has a container for receiving working material and a housing that is isolated from the container by a wall. A rotatable working tool disposed inside the container. A motor for driving the working tool has a stator and a rotor. The stator is disposed within the housing so as to be isolated from the working material of the container. The rotor is disposed within the container and the working tool is preferably fixed to a shaft of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Chuan Hui Fang, Li Sheng Liu, Yue Li, Liang Guan
  • Patent number: 8487567
    Abstract: A two-phase BLDC motor comprises a stator and a rotor. The stator has a stator core and a two-phase winding wound on the stator core. The stator core comprises a plurality of teeth with slots formed between adjacent teeth. The rotor rotor has a plurality of magnetic poles formed by at least one permanent magnet. The windings are received in corresponding slots in such a way that each winding spans multiple teeth and the direction of current flowing through the windings in any one slot at any one time is the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Yue Li, Li Sheng Liu
  • Patent number: 8368263
    Abstract: A universal motor has a rotor and a stator. The stator comprises a pair of symmetrical C-shaped stator cores and two windings respectively wound on the stator cores. Each stator core comprises a yoke and a pair of poles extending from opposite ends of the yoke. The windings are wound on the yokes. Each pole has a curved surface and the surfaces of the poles cooperatively form an opening. The rotor is rotatably received in the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Yue Li, Mao Xiong Jiang, Li Sheng Liu, Jian Zhao, Yong Li
  • Publication number: 20130002088
    Abstract: A brush direct current motor has a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion for respectively connecting the positive and negative electrode of a direct current power source, a stator having a number of coils corresponding to N phases, a rotor, a current converting device and a spark suppression circuit. The spark suppression circuit has N branches. Each branch comprises a first diode and a second diode, the cathode of the first diode and the anode of the second diode are respectively connected to the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, the anode of the first diode and the cathode of the second diode are connected to a corresponding phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Inventors: Bao Ting Liu, Li Sheng Liu, Yue Li, Hong Jian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120274170
    Abstract: A brush direct current motor has a stator with a plurality of coils that correspond to a number of stator windings, a rotor with a number of poles, and a commutator. The commutator is connected to a first terminal of a direct current power source to convert the power into N phase alternating current. One end of each stator winding is connected to a respective phase of the alternating current via a brush and the other ends of the stator windings are connected to the second terminal of the direct current power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2012
    Publication date: November 1, 2012
    Inventors: Yue Li, Li Sheng Liu, Yong Qing Qi, Hong Jian Zhang
  • Publication number: 20120256507
    Abstract: A brush direct current motor has a stator with a plurality of coils that correspond to N phases, a rotor with 2P magnet poles and a current converting device for converting direct current power to N phases current and carrying the N phases of alternating current for the coils of the stator. The current converting device has a plurality of first and second bars alternately arranged with transiting plates along a brush path. Resistors connect the transiting plates to one of the adjacent bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2012
    Publication date: October 11, 2012
    Inventors: Yue Li, Li Sheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20120165609
    Abstract: A bending device includes a bendable unit which has a bendable body extending in a direction and a soft pipe extending in the same direction and fixed to the bendable body. The soft pipe is stretchable in said direction relative to the bendable body in response to changes of pressure inside the soft pipe, which results in the bendable body and the soft pipe bending.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2011
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Inventors: Li Sheng LIU, Yong Qing Qi
  • Patent number: 8193673
    Abstract: A brush motor includes a stator with 2P magnetic poles and a rotor which includes a rotor core, a commutator and windings wound on the rotor core. The rotor core includes N teeth with a slot formed between adjacent teeth. The commutator includes M segments represented by Z1 . . . ZX . . . ZY . . . ZM, wherein M, N, P, Y and X are integers and M is odd and greater than N. Each winding includes a start connected to a segment ZX and an end connected to another segment ZY. Each winding includes at least one coil wound about a corresponding tooth or set of teeth. Some of the windings include a plurality of coils wound on different teeth. The total number of turns of the coils for each winding is substantially the same. A winding unit consisting of a plurality of windings is connected between each pair of adjacent segments. ZX and ZY satisfy the following equation: |Y?X|=(M±1)/P.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Jian Zhao, Yong Li, Yue Li, Mao Xiong Jiang, Li Sheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20120097124
    Abstract: A starter motor for engine has a flywheel fixed to a shaft of the engine. A support is fixed relative to the engine. A space is formed between the flywheel and the support and a driving device is installed in the space. The driving device includes a stator fixed to the support and a rotor fixed to the flywheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2011
    Publication date: April 26, 2012
    Inventors: Guo Ji ZHANG, Jin Yun Gan, Li Sheng Liu, Yue Li
  • Patent number: 8113726
    Abstract: A display device comprises a housing, an image capture device and a screen mounted to the housing. A drive platform is mounted to the housing. The drive platform comprises: a rotatable part to which the image capture device is mounted; a stationary part having a chamber to receive the rotatable part and a capture window to expose the image capture device; and at least one piezoelectric motor which rotates the rotatable part to pan and tilt the image capture device within the capture window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2012
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Chuan Hui Fang, Li Sheng Liu, Zhi Song Wang
  • Publication number: 20110283897
    Abstract: A household appliance has a container for receiving working material and a housing that is isolated from the container by a wall. A rotatable working tool disposed inside the container. A motor for driving the working tool has a stator and a rotor. The stator is disposed within the housing so as to be isolated from the working material of the container. The rotor is disposed within the container and the working tool is preferably fixed to a shaft of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 24, 2011
    Inventors: Chuan Hui Fang, Li Sheng Liu, Yue Li, Liang Guan
  • Publication number: 20110133679
    Abstract: A two-phase BLDC motor comprises a stator and a rotor. The stator has a stator core and a two-phase winding wound on the stator core. The stator core comprises a plurality of teeth with slots formed between adjacent teeth. The rotor rotor has a plurality of magnetic poles formed by at least one permanent magnet. The windings are received in corresponding slots in such a way that each winding spans multiple teeth and the direction of current flowing through the windings in any one slot at any one time is the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2010
    Publication date: June 9, 2011
    Inventors: Yue LI, Li Sheng Liu
  • Publication number: 20110043067
    Abstract: A universal motor has a rotor and a stator. The stator comprises a pair of symmetrical C-shaped stator cores and two windings respectively wound on the stator cores. Each stator core comprises a yoke and a pair of poles extending from opposite ends of the yoke. The windings are wound on the yokes. Each pole has a curved surface and the surfaces of the poles cooperatively form an opening. The rotor is rotatably received in the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2010
    Publication date: February 24, 2011
    Inventors: Yue Li, Mao Xiong Jiang, Li Sheng Liu, Jian Zhao, Yong Li
  • Publication number: 20110012469
    Abstract: A brush motor includes a stator with 2P magnetic poles and a rotor which includes a rotor core, a commutator and windings wound on the rotor core. The rotor core includes N teeth with a slot formed between adjacent teeth. The commutator includes M segments represented by Z1 . . . ZX . . . ZY . . . ZM, wherein M, N, P, Y and X are integers and M is odd and greater than N. Each winding includes a start connected to a segment ZX and an end connected to another segment ZY. Each winding includes at least one coil wound about a corresponding tooth or set of teeth. Some of the windings include a plurality of coils wound on different teeth. The total number of turns of the coils for each winding is substantially the same. A winding unit consisting of a plurality of windings is connected between each pair of adjacent segments. ZX and ZY satisfy the following equation: |Y?X|=(M±1)/P.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Jian ZHAO, Yong LI, Yue LI, Mao Xiong JIANG, Li Sheng LIU
  • Publication number: 20100247090
    Abstract: A display device comprises a housing, an image capture device and a screen mounted to the housing. A drive platform is mounted to the housing. The drive platform comprises: a rotatable part to which the image capture device is mounted; a stationary part having a chamber to receive the rotatable part and a capture window to expose the image capture device; and at least one piezoelectric motor which rotates the rotatable part to pan and tilt the image capture device within the capture window.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2010
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Chuan Hui FANG, Li Sheng Liu, Zhi Song Wang