Patents by Inventor Nianqing Zhou

Nianqing Zhou 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: 20210070260
    Abstract: An operator interface for a wheel brake control system in a vehicle includes a handle configured for coupling to a fixed reference frame in the vehicle. The handle is configured for movement relative to the fixed reference frame about a pivot axis between a neutral position and one or more input positions. One or more inertial sensors are disposed within the handle. Each sensor is configured to generate an inertial measurement signal indicative of a value of a corresponding inertial measurement associated with movement of the handle and the sensor between the neutral position and the input positions. A controller disposed within the handle is configured to generate an operator command signal responsive to the inertial measurement signals. The operator command signal is configured to cause application or release of a brake in the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel P. Zula, Nianqing Zhou, Vadim V. Nikiforov, Rajkumar Senthilkumar, Péter Gyetván
  • Patent number: 10871501
    Abstract: A wheel speed sensor includes a housing having a longitudinal axis. The housing receives a speed measurement instrument and faces an exciter ring upon insertion into an opening in a sensor mounting block spaced from the excite ring such that the instrument senses rotation of the exciter ring. A plurality of springs are mounted in the housing and project radially outwardly therefrom with at least a subset of the springs engaging a surface of the opening in the sensor mounting block. Each spring has first and second ends over molded by the housing and an intermediate section between the first and second ends spaced from a radially outer surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2020
    Assignee: Bendix Commercial Vehicle Systems LLC
    Inventors: Nianqing Zhou, Daniel Peter Zula, Jack Dunlap Mason
  • Publication number: 20200191820
    Abstract: A wheel speed sensor includes a housing having a longitudinal axis. The housing receives a speed measurement instrument and faces an exciter ring upon insertion into an opening in a sensor mounting block spaced from the excite ring such that the instrument senses rotation of the exciter ring. A plurality of springs are mounted in the housing and project radially outwardly therefrom with at least a subset of the springs engaging a surface of the opening in the sensor mounting block. Each spring has first and second ends over molded by the housing and an intermediate section between the first and second ends spaced from a radially outer surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Nianqing Zhou, Daniel Peter Zula, Jack Dunlap Mason
  • Patent number: 9435998
    Abstract: A beam director comprising; a first reflector mounted towards the center of a horizontal rotatable platform, the platform rotatable by an actuator, the beam director configured to receive a vertical beam from a beam source perpendicular to the ratable platform and the first reflector configured to rotate the beam as the platform rotates and to reflect the beam horizontally to a second reflector mounted on the rotatable platform; the second reflector configured to reflect the beam vertically towards a work surface so that when the beam is activated and the actuator rotates the platform, the vertical beam strikes the rotating first reflector rotating the beam as the platform rotates and reflects the beam to the second reflector which reflects the beam to the work surface; the beam then following a curve path relative to the work surface and trace out an arc on the work surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Inventors: Charles Bibas, Deon Pieter Hugo, Nianqing Zhou