Patents by Inventor Ningsheng Zhang

Ningsheng 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: 20240078883
    Abstract: A security device may include a housing and a wireless signal generator. The housing may include an engagement assembly configured to be operably coupled to a curved surface of a product. The wireless signal generator may be disposed within the housing, and the wireless signal generator may be configured to output a wireless signal for detection by theft deterrence equipment. The engagement assembly may include a curved base and a plurality of flexible wings. The plurality of flexible wings may be configured to provide an adjustable coupling surface that flexes to conform to surfaces of products having different curvatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventor: Ningsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11790752
    Abstract: A security device includes a plunger switch with a plunger that moves to extend through an aperture in the housing and a removable protective backing coupled to an adhesive pad that initially maintains the plunger in the depressed position and the security device in an inventory state. In the inventory state, processing circuitry of the security device is configured to take no action in response to a deactivator sensor detecting a deactivator sign. The processing circuitry being configured to control operation of a sounder based on a current state of the processing circuitry and signaling from the plunger switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: Edge Security Products, LLC
    Inventor: Ningsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11756393
    Abstract: A security device is provided that includes an electronic article surveillance tag that may be configured to resonate to provide a wireless response signal to a deactivator to trigger generation of a deactivation field. Further, the security device may include tamper detection circuitry which may include a tamper sensor configured to generate a tamper signal in response to detecting a tamper event, a deactivation sensor configured to generate a deactivation signal in response to detecting the deactivation field, and a sounder. In this regard, the tamper detection circuitry may be configured to deactivate the tamper detection circuitry in response to receiving the deactivation signal from the deactivation sensor such that receipt of the tamper signal after deactivation of the tamper detection circuitry does not trigger the sounder to emit the alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: EDGE SECURITY PRODUCTS LLC
    Inventors: Ningsheng Zhang, David P. Christianson
  • Publication number: 20230059956
    Abstract: A security device includes a plunger switch with a plunger that moves to extend through an aperture in the housing and a removable protective backing coupled to an adhesive pad that initially maintains the plunger in the depressed position and the security device in an inventory state. In the inventory state, processing circuitry of the security device is configured to take no action in response to a deactivator sensor detecting a deactivator sign. The processing circuitry being configured to control operation of a sounder based on a current state of the processing circuitry and signaling from the plunger switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventor: Ningsheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220139178
    Abstract: A security device is provided that includes an electronic article surveillance tag that may be configured to resonate to provide a wireless response signal to a deactivator to trigger generation of a deactivation field. Further, the security device may include tamper detection circuitry which may include a tamper sensor configured to generate a tamper signal in response to detecting a tamper event, a deactivation sensor configured to generate a deactivation signal in response to detecting the deactivation field, and a sounder. In this regard, the tamper detection circuitry may be configured to deactivate the tamper detection circuitry in response to receiving the deactivation signal from the deactivation sensor such that receipt of the tamper signal after deactivation of the tamper detection circuitry does not trigger the sounder to emit the alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2022
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Ningsheng Zhang, David P. Christianson
  • Patent number: 11250677
    Abstract: A security device is provided that includes an electronic article surveillance tag that may be configured to resonate to provide a wireless response signal to a deactivator to trigger generation of a deactivation field. Further, the security device may include tamper detection circuitry which may include a tamper sensor configured to generate a tamper signal in response to detecting a tamper event, a deactivation sensor configured to generate a deactivation signal in response to detecting the deactivation field, and a sounder. In this regard, the tamper detection circuitry may be configured to deactivate the tamper detection circuitry in response to receiving the deactivation signal from the deactivation sensor such that receipt of the tamper signal after deactivation of the tamper detection circuitry does not trigger the sounder to emit the alarm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Edge Security Products, LLC
    Inventors: Ningsheng Zhang, David P. Christianson
  • Patent number: 11164433
    Abstract: A box edge security device, for a merchandise box having adjacent structural portions connected together along an edge, includes an edge cleat and a tag assembly. The edge cleat is adapted to be attached around an edge of a merchandise box, the merchandise box having a first structural portion and a second structural portion that are connected to one another along the edge, such that a first portion of the edge cleat is disposed against the first structural portion of the merchandise box and a second portion of the edge cleat is disposed against the second structural portion of the merchandise box. The tag assembly interlocks with the edge cleat and includes an electronics assembly, contained within a housing, that forms at least part of an alarm system. The electronics assembly may include an electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: Edge Security Products, LLC
    Inventor: Ningsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11077775
    Abstract: A convertible child safety seat may include a body configured to support an occupant, a base portion operably coupled to the body to support the body where the base portion is configured to be disposed on a vehicle seat base of a vehicle seat in either a forward facing configuration or a rearward facing configuration, and a multi-position anti-rebound bar. The anti-rebound bar may be operably coupled to the base portion or the body such that the anti-rebound bar is pivotable between at least a first position to provide a first function in the rearward facing configuration and a second position to provide a second function different than the first function in the forward facing configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: BRITAX CHILD SAFETY, INC.
    Inventors: Joel Hyrum Bennett, Brandon Cory Hoover, Adam Mark Will, Ningsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11037421
    Abstract: A security device is provided that includes a seal and a tag assembly. The seal may be configured to be attached to a merchandise box. The tag assembly may include housing and an electronics assembly disposed within the housing. The housing of the tag assembly may be configured to slide onto the seal via sliding engagement between the housing and the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: EDGE SECURITY PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Ningsheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210174656
    Abstract: A box edge security device, for a merchandise box having adjacent structural portions connected together along an edge, includes an edge cleat and a tag assembly. The edge cleat is adapted to be attached around an edge of a merchandise box, the merchandise box having a first structural portion and a second structural portion that are connected to one another along the edge, such that a first portion of the edge cleat is disposed against the first structural portion of the merchandise box and a second portion of the edge cleat is disposed against the second structural portion of the merchandise box. The tag assembly interlocks with the edge cleat and includes an electronics assembly, contained within a housing, that forms at least part of an alarm system. The electronics assembly may include an electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventor: Ningsheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200202691
    Abstract: A security device is provided that includes a seal and a tag assembly. The seal may be configured to be attached to a merchandise box. The tag assembly may include housing and an electronics assembly disposed within the housing. The housing of the tag assembly may be configured to slide onto the seal via sliding engagement between the housing and the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventor: Ningsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10593178
    Abstract: A box edge security device, for a merchandise box that includes having adjacent structural portions connected together along an edge, includes an edge seal and a tag assembly. The edge seal is adapted to be attached around an edge of a merchandise box, the merchandise box having a first structural portion and a second structural portion that are connected to one another along the edge, such that a first portion of the edge seal is disposed against the first structural portion of the merchandise box and a second portion of the edge seal is disposed against the second structural portion of the merchandise box. The tag assembly interlocks with the edge seal and includes an electronics assembly, contained within a housing, that forms at least part of an alarm system. The electronics assembly may include an electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: EDGE SECURITY PRODUCTS, LLC
    Inventor: Ningsheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200043308
    Abstract: A security device is provided that includes an electronic article surveillance tag that may be configured to resonate to provide a wireless response signal to a deactivator to trigger generation of a deactivation field. Further, the security device may include tamper detection circuitry which may include a tamper sensor configured to generate a tamper signal in response to detecting a tamper event, a deactivation sensor configured to generate a deactivation signal in response to detecting the deactivation field, and a sounder. In this regard, the tamper detection circuitry may be configured to deactivate the tamper detection circuitry in response to receiving the deactivation signal from the deactivation sensor such that receipt of the tamper signal after deactivation of the tamper detection circuitry does not trigger the sounder to emit the alarm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Ningsheng Zhang, David P. Christianson
  • Publication number: 20190135141
    Abstract: A convertible child safety seat may include a body configured to support an occupant, a base portion operably coupled to the body to support the body where the base portion is configured to be disposed on a vehicle seat base of a vehicle seat in either a forward facing configuration or a rearward facing configuration, and a multi-position anti-rebound bar. The anti-rebound bar may be operably coupled to the base portion or the body such that the anti-rebound bar is pivotable between at least a first position to provide a first function in the rearward facing configuration and a second position to provide a second function different than the first function in the forward facing configuration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Joel Hyrum Bennett, Brandon Cory Hoover, Adam Mark Will, Ningsheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180357872
    Abstract: A box edge security device, for a merchandise box that includes having adjacent structural portions connected together along an edge, includes an edge seal and a tag assembly. The edge seal is adapted to be attached around an edge of a merchandise box, the merchandise box having a first structural portion and a second structural portion that are connected to one another along the edge, such that a first portion of the edge seal is disposed against the first structural portion of the merchandise box and a second portion of the edge seal is disposed against the second structural portion of the merchandise box. The tag assembly interlocks with the edge seal and includes an electronics assembly, contained within a housing, that forms at least part of an alarm system. The electronics assembly may include an electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Inventor: Ningsheng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9934665
    Abstract: A box edge security device, for a merchandise box that includes having adjacent structural portions connected together along an edge, includes an edge seal and a tag assembly. The edge seal is adapted to be attached around an edge of a merchandise box, the merchandise box having a first structural portion and a second structural portion that are connected to one another along the edge, such that a first portion of the edge seal is disposed against the first structural portion of the merchandise box and a second portion of the edge seal is disposed against the second structural portion of the merchandise box. The tag assembly interlocks with the edge seal and includes an electronics assembly, contained within a housing, that forms at least part of an alarm system. The electronics assembly may include an electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Inventor: Ningsheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180082555
    Abstract: A box edge security device, for a merchandise box that includes having adjacent structural portions connected together along an edge, includes an edge seal and a tag assembly. The edge seal is adapted to be attached around an edge of a merchandise box, the merchandise box having a first structural portion and a second structural portion that are connected to one another along the edge, such that a first portion of the edge seal is disposed against the first structural portion of the merchandise box and a second portion of the edge seal is disposed against the second structural portion of the merchandise box. The tag assembly interlocks with the edge seal and includes an electronics assembly, contained within a housing, that forms at least part of an alarm system. The electronics assembly may include an electronic article surveillance (EAS) tag.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2016
    Publication date: March 22, 2018
    Inventor: Ningsheng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9805563
    Abstract: A security device includes: a housing having a plug receptacle; a spool rotatably coupled to the housing; a locking mechanism having a locked state and an unlocked state, the locked state preventing the spool from rotating in a first direction, and the unlocked state allowing rotation of the spool in the first direction and in a second direction; a plug having an inserted position and a removed position with respect to the plug receptacle, the inserted position maintaining the locking mechanism in the locked state, and the removed position allowing alteration of the locking mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state; a cable coupled to the spool and to the plug; an alarm circuit which activates an alarm upon sensing discontinuity of the cable and/or the plug moving from the inserted position to the removed position, the alarm circuit coupled to and rotating with the spool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ningsheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170162014
    Abstract: A security device includes: a housing having a plug receptacle; a spool rotatably coupled to the housing; a locking mechanism having a locked state and an unlocked state, the locked state preventing the spool from rotating in a first direction, and the unlocked state allowing rotation of the spool in the first direction and in a second direction; a plug having an inserted position and a removed position with respect to the plug receptacle, the inserted position maintaining the locking mechanism in the locked state, and the removed position allowing alteration of the locking mechanism from the locked state to the unlocked state; a cable coupled to the spool and to the plug; an alarm circuit which activates an alarm upon sensing discontinuity of the cable and/or the plug moving from the inserted position to the removed position, the alarm circuit coupled to and rotating with the spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Ningsheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9234371
    Abstract: A security device may include a spool, locking mechanism, button, plug, and latch. The spool is configured to either wind or unwind a cable for wrapping around an object. The locking mechanism is configured to partially lock the spool. The button may be used to move the locking mechanism between locked and unlocked positions. The button may be blocked by inserting a plug into a housing of the device such that the button cannot be activated to unlock the spool. The plug may be secured to the housing through the latch that prevents the unauthorized removal of the plug. For an enhanced locking feature, the latch and the plug may be configured to require at least two forces to move the latch and free the plug. The spool, locking mechanism, and button may be stacked along a common axis to provide a more compacted design.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Checkpoint Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian V. Conti, Ningsheng Zhang