Patents by Inventor Mai DU

Mai DU 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: 11938974
    Abstract: A series-parallel monorail hoist based on an oil-electric hybrid power and a controlling method thereof. The monorail hoist includes a cabin, a hydraulic driving system, a lifting beam, a gear track driving and energy storage system, and a speed adaptive control system connected in series with each other and travelling on a track. The monorail hoist is capable of implementing an independent drive by an electric motor or a diesel engine in an endurance mode, a hybrid drive of the electric motor and the diesel engine in a transportation mode, and a hybrid drive of the diesel engine and a flywheel energy storage system in a climbing mode, according to different operating conditions that include conditions of an upslope, a downslope and a load. Power requirements for the monorail hoist under various operating conditions are satisfied, and the excess energy is recovered during the process of travelling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, XUZHOU LIREN MONORAIL TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhencai Zhu, Hao Lu, Yuxing Peng, Gongbo Zhou, Yu Tang, Hua Chen, Zaigang Xu, Mingzhong Wang, Mai Du, Fuping Zheng
  • Publication number: 20240043247
    Abstract: A high-precision positioning system for a monorail hoist in a mine includes two gear carriers symmetrically arranged on both sides of an I-beam track. Each of the gear carriers includes a positioning wheel and a plurality of travelling wheels. The travelling wheels are travelling on an upper end face of a bottom plate of the I-beam track, and the positioning wheel is in engagement transmission with a rack at a lower end of the bottom plate of the I-beam track. The gear carriers include an installation bracket and a connecting seat configured to connect the monorail hoist. The installation bracket includes an inertial measuring unit and a single-chip microcomputer that are electrically connected with each other. The positioning wheel includes a rotation angle sensor and the rotation angle sensor is electrically connected to the single-chip microcomputer. A headstock at both ends of the monorail hoist includes a coordinate updating unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Hao LU, Zhencai ZHU, Yidong ZHANG, Yuxing PENG, Yu TANG, Hua CHEN, Zaigang XU, Mingzhong WANG, Mai DU, Hengzhen HU, Fuping ZHENG
  • Publication number: 20230303130
    Abstract: A series-parallel monorail hoist based on an oil-electric hybrid power and a controlling method thereof. The monorail hoist includes a cabin, a hydraulic driving system, a lifting beam, a gear track driving and energy storage system, and a speed adaptive control system connected in series with each other and travelling on a track. The monorail hoist is capable of implementing an independent drive by an electric motor or a diesel engine in an endurance mode, a hybrid drive of the electric motor and the diesel engine in a transportation mode, and a hybrid drive of the diesel engine and a flywheel energy storage system in a climbing mode, according to different operating conditions that include conditions of an upslope, a downslope and a load. Power requirements for the monorail hoist under various operating conditions are satisfied, and the excess energy is recovered during the process of travelling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2022
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Hao LU, Zhencai ZHU, Yidong ZHANG, Hua CHEN, Zaigang XU, Mingzhong WANG, Mai DU, Hengzhen HU, Fuping ZHENG
  • Patent number: 11738973
    Abstract: A gear-track-detachable driving device in a monorail crane for a steep slope includes a driving mechanism, a traveling mechanism, a four-bar linkage mechanism, a connection mechanism, a meshing track plate and transition track plates. The driving mechanism includes driving motors, meshing gears, a bearing rod, and a bearing plate. The traveling mechanism includes traveling wheels, clamping wheels, a shell and telescopic struts. The linkage mechanism includes first and second rockers, a linkage, and a cylinder. The connection mechanism includes fixation plates, a connection plate and connection bolts. When the crane travels to the slope front, the cylinder drives the linkage mechanism to send the meshing gears onto the transition track and adjusts the linkage mechanism into a dead point state, and the telescopic struts are locked. After the crane enters the slope, the meshing gears cooperate with the meshing track plate to provide an auxiliary drive for the crane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Assignees: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, XUZHOU LIREN MONORAIL TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Lu, Zhencai Zhu, Yidong Zhang, Yuxing Peng, Mai Du, Hengzhen Hu, Fuping Zheng, Yu Tang
  • Patent number: 11691854
    Abstract: A bidirectional anti-slipping apparatus includes a vehicle following stabilizing mechanism, a track, and two front and rear sets of locking mechanisms with opposite directions. The vehicle following stabilizing mechanism includes a protective shell, a middle vehicle capable of sliding and a hydraulic cylinder configured to control the middle vehicle to slide are arranged in the protective shell, a front vehicle and a rear vehicle are respectively fixed at two front and rear ends of the protective shell. Each locking mechanism includes two left and right groups of ratchet devices, each of the ratchet devices includes a fixing rod, a plurality of inner ratchet wheels capable of rotating unidirectionally are respectively fixed at two ends of the fixing rod on one side of the fixing rod proximate to the track, the inner ratchet wheels on the two front and rear sets of locking mechanisms rotate in opposite directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignees: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY, XUZHOU LIREN MONORAIL TRANSPORTATION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hao Lu, Zhencai Zhu, Yidong Zhang, Yuxing Peng, Mai Du, Hengzhen Hu, Fuping Zheng, Yu Tang
  • Publication number: 20230192453
    Abstract: A gear-track-detachable driving device in a monorail crane for a steep slope includes a driving mechanism, a traveling mechanism, a four-bar linkage mechanism, a connection mechanism, a meshing track plate and transition track plates. The driving mechanism includes driving motors, meshing gears, a bearing rod, and a bearing plate. The traveling mechanism includes traveling wheels, clamping wheels, a shell and telescopic struts. The linkage mechanism includes first and second rockers, a linkage, and a cylinder. The connection mechanism includes fixation plates, a connection plate and connection bolts. When the crane travels to the slope front, the cylinder drives the linkage mechanism to send the meshing gears onto the transition track and adjusts the linkage mechanism into a dead point state, and the telescopic struts are locked. After the crane enters the slope, the meshing gears cooperate with the meshing track plate to provide an auxiliary drive for the crane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Hao LU, Zhencai ZHU, Yidong ZHANG, Yuxing PENG, Mai DU, Hengzhen HU, Fuping ZHENG, Yu TANG
  • Publication number: 20230150799
    Abstract: A bidirectional anti-slipping apparatus includes a vehicle following stabilizing mechanism, a track, and two front and rear sets of locking mechanisms with opposite directions. The vehicle following stabilizing mechanism includes a protective shell, a middle vehicle capable of sliding and a hydraulic cylinder configured to control the middle vehicle to slide are arranged in the protective shell, a front vehicle and a rear vehicle are respectively fixed at two front and rear ends of the protective shell. Each locking mechanism includes two left and right groups of ratchet devices, each of the ratchet devices includes a fixing rod, a plurality of inner ratchet wheels capable of rotating unidirectionally are respectively fixed at two ends of the fixing rod on one side of the fixing rod proximate to the track, the inner ratchet wheels on the two front and rear sets of locking mechanisms rotate in opposite directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Inventors: Hao LU, Zhencai ZHU, Yidong ZHANG, Yuxing PENG, Mai DU, Hengzhen HU, Fuping ZHENG, Yu TANG