Patents by Inventor Pizhi Zhao

Pizhi Zhao 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: 20240026505
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a 6xxx-series aluminum alloy sheet for an inner panel of a hood, and a preparation method and use thereof. The aluminum alloy sheet includes the following compositions in percentage by weight: 0.75%-0.95% of Si, 0.15%-0.35% of Mg, 0.2%-0.4% of Fe, 0.05%-0.2% of Mn, 0.06%-0.2% of Cr, less than or equal to 0.15% of Cu, and less than or equal to 0.15% of inevitable impurities in total amount, where each inevitable impurity is less than or equal to 0.05%, the balance is Al, and an atomic ratio of Mg to Si is (0.18-0.54):1. The sheet has high formability hood. After baking, the sheet has low yield strength on the premise of maintaining strength slightly exceeding strength requirement of a support structure, and further has a low strain rate sensitivity coefficient, satisfying the pedestrian protection requirement. The aluminum alloy sheet is conducive to recycle and remanufacture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaocheng SHI, Jingwei ZHAO, Pizhi ZHAO, Zhenshan LIU, Xiulei LI, Xiaoyu SONG, Xueguang DONG, Zhiqiang XU
  • Publication number: 20210347287
    Abstract: A vehicle-mounted refrigerator with a pull rod limiting structure, comprising a refrigerator body and a pull rod, wherein a pull rod connecting base is centrally arranged on an end face of the refrigerator body, pull rod connecting grooves are arranged on the top of both sides of the pull rod connecting base, two support legs of the pull rod are rotationally connected with the two pull rod connecting grooves respectively, and two side walls of the pull rod connecting base are configured with limiting projections which abut against side walls of the support legs when the pull rod is retracted to prevent the support legs from shaking. The invention has the advantages of simple structure and convenient use. The pull rod used can be limited when retracted so as to prevent it from shaking and making noises.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Gangqiang Fan, Shaohui Chen, Pizhi Zhao, Junjie Qin, Tao Zeng
  • Publication number: 20210296711
    Abstract: A solar rechargeable vehicle refrigerator with plug-in battery, comprising a refrigerator body (1), wherein one side of the refrigerator body (1) is provided with a battery compartment (7) and a battery pack (2) is inserted into the battery compartment (7); the front end of the battery pack (2) is centrally and symmetrically provided with a pair of unlocking buttons (3) which can relatively and transversely move, and a spring (4) is connected between two unlocking buttons (3) which are correspondingly connected with side lock rods (5), the outer ends (51) of the side lock rods (5) are inserted into the lock holes (71) on sides of the battery compartment (7). The invention has simple structure, and the battery pack can be easily taken out and fixed in place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: PIZHI ZHAO, Kunyong Huang, Tao Zeng, Junjie Qin, Shaohui Chen
  • Patent number: 10041154
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet includes an aluminum alloy substrate having a composition containing, by mass percentage, 3.0 to 4.0% of magnesium, 0.2 to 0.4% of manganese, 0.1 to 0.5% of iron, not less than 0.03% but less than 0.10% of copper, and less than 0.20% of silicon, with the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. A peak concentration of a copper concentration distribution in a thickness direction in a region at a depth of 15 nm to 200 nm from the surface of the aluminum alloy substrate is equal to or more than 0.15%, and the aluminum alloy substrate has a recrystallized structure with an average grain size of 15 ?m or less.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignees: NIPPON LIGHT METAL COMPANY, LTD., NISSAN MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirayama, Pizhi Zhao, Takeshi Handa, Toshiya Anami, Yusuke Nagaishi, Koji Itakura, Hirokazu Miyagawa, Tsutomu Hattori, Shigenori Yoshizawa, Akio Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 9695495
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet for motor vehicles is produced by casting a melt, containing 3.0-3.5 mass % Mg, 0.05-0.3 mass % Fe, 0.05-0.15 mass % Si, and less than 0.1 mass % Mn, a balance substantially being inevitable impurities and Al, into a slab having a thickness of 5 to 15 mm in a twin-belt caster so that cooling rate at ¼ depth of thickness of the slab is 20 to 200° C./sec; winding the cast thin slab into a coiled thin slab subjected to cold rolling with a roll having a surface roughness of 0.2 to 0.7 ?m Ra at a cold rolling reduction of 50 to 98%; subjecting the cold rolled sheet to final annealing either continuously in a CAL at a holding temperature of 400 to 520° C. within 5 minutes or in a batch annealing furnace at a holding temperature of 300 to 400° C. for 1 to 8 hours; and subjecting the resulting sheet to straightening with a leveler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: NIPPON LIGHT METAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pizhi Zhao, Toshiya Anami, Kazumitsu Mizushima, Akira Goto, Hitoshi Kazama, Kunihiro Yasunaga
  • Publication number: 20150114523
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet for motor vehicles is produced by casting a melt, containing 3.0-3.5 mass % Mg, 0.05-0.3 mass % Fe, 0.05-0.15 mass % Si, and less than 0.1 mass % Mn, a balance substantially being inevitable impurities and Al, into a slab having a thickness of 5 to 15 mm in a twin-belt caster so that cooling rate at ¼ depth of thickness of the slab is 20 to 200° C./sec; winding the cast thin slab into a coiled thin slab subjected to cold rolling with a roll having a surface roughness of 0.2 to 0.7 ?m Ra at a cold rolling reduction of 50 to 98%; subjecting the cold rolled sheet to final annealing either continuously in a CAL at a holding temperature of 400 to 520° C. within 5 minutes or in a batch annealing furnace at a holding temperature of 300 to 400° C. for 1 to 8 hours; and subjecting the resulting sheet to straightening with a leveler.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: NIPPON LIGHT METAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pizhi ZHAO, Toshiya ANAMI, Kazumitsu MIZUSHIMA, Akira GOTO, Hitoshi KAZAMA, Kunihiro YASUNAGA
  • Publication number: 20140166162
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet includes an aluminum alloy substrate having a composition containing, by mass percentage, 3.0 to 4.0% of magnesium, 0.2 to 0.4% of manganese, 0.1 to 0.5% of iron, not less than 0.03% but less than 0.10% of copper, and less than 0.20% of silicon, with the remainder being aluminum and unavoidable impurities. A peak concentration of a copper concentration distribution in a thickness direction in a region at a depth of 15 nm to 200 nm from the surface of the aluminum alloy substrate is equal to or more than 0.15%, and the aluminum alloy substrate has a recrystallized structure with an average grain size of 15 ?m or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2012
    Publication date: June 19, 2014
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Hirayama, Pizhi Zhao, Takeshi Handa, Toshiya Anami, Yusuke Nagaishi, Koji Itakura, Hirokazu Miyagawa, Tsutomu Hattori, Shigenori Yoshizawa, Akio Yoshizawa
  • Patent number: 8691031
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy sheet is manufactured by preparing a slab having a thickness of 5 to 15 mm with a continuous casting machine by a continuous casting process using molten alloy containing 0.40% to 0.65% of Mg, 0.50% to 0.75% of Si, 0.05% to 0.20% of Cr, and 0.10% to 0.40% of Fe, a remainder being Al; winding the slab into a coil; cold-rolling the slab into a sheet; subjecting the sheet to solution heat treatment in such a manner that the sheet is heated to a temperature of 530° C. to 560° C. at a heating rate of 10° C./sec or more and then maintained at the temperature for five seconds or more; quenching the sheet with water; coiling up the sheet; maintaining the sheet at a temperature of 60° C. to 110° C. for 3 to 12 hours; and then cooling the sheet to room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2014
    Assignees: Nippon Light Metal Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Co., Ltd., Novelis Inc.
    Inventors: Pizhi Zhao, Toshiya Anami, Ichiro Okamoto, Hitoshi Kazama, Kunihiro Yasunaga, Noboru Hayashi, Kevin Gatenby, Simon Barker, Edward Luce
  • Publication number: 20130307383
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy casting having high electric resistance, high toughness and high corrosion resistance and optimally usable in manufacturing of electric motor housings, and a method of manufacturing said aluminum alloy casting are provided. The aluminum alloy casting has a composition including Si: 11.0-13.0 mass %, Fe: 0.2-1.0 mass %, Mn: 0.2-2.2 mass %, Mg: 0.7-1.3 mass %, Cr: 0.5-1.3 mass % and Ti: 0.1-0.5 mass %, with the balance consisting of Al and unavoidable impurities, wherein the content of Cu as an unavoidable impurity is limited to 0.2 mass % or less. In some cases, heat treatments such as solution heat treatment or artificial aging hardening treatment are performed after casting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2011
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Satoru Suzuki, Atsushi Kishimoto, Pizhi Zhao, Kazuhiro Oda, Tomohiro Isobe
  • Patent number: 8524015
    Abstract: An aluminum-magnesium alloy sheet having a high strength prior to baking treatment, and having a high bake softening resistance. Contains, as a percentage of mass, 2-5% magnesium, more than 0.05% and 1.5% or less iron, 0.05-1.5% manganese, and crystal grain refiner, the remainder comprising aluminum and inevitable impurities, and among the inevitable impurities, less than 0.20% silicon being contained, the total amount of iron and manganese being greater than 0.3%, the amount of iron dissolved in solid solution being 50 ppm or greater, 5000 or more intermetallic compounds with a circle-equivalent diameter of 1-6 ?m existing per square millimeter, and the average diameter of the recrystallized grains being 20 ?m or smaller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Nippon Light Metal Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Pizhi Zhao, Masaru Shinohara
  • Patent number: D949632
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Foshan Alpicool Electric Appliance Co., LTD
    Inventors: Junlong Zhu, Jingcheng Chen, Zeyuan Qin, Pizhi Zhao, Junjie Qin, Tao Zeng, Shaohui Chen, Jianglong Shi
  • Patent number: D949781
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Foshan Alpicool Electric Appliance Co., LTD
    Inventors: Pizhi Zhao, Jingcheng Chen, Tao Zeng, Junjie Qin, Shaohui Chen
  • Patent number: D958201
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Pizhi Zhao, Tao Zeng, Junjie Qin, Kunyong Huang, Jingcheng Chen, Jingrui Chen
  • Patent number: D958202
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Jingcheng Chen, Gangqiang Fan, Pizhi Zhao, Junjie Qin, Tao Zeng
  • Patent number: D958845
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventors: Pizhi Zhao, Junjie Qin, Tao Zeng, Gangqiang Fan, Jingcheng Chen, Jingrui Chen
  • Patent number: D958846
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventors: Pizhi Zhao, Junjie Qin, Tao Zeng, Shengming He, Jingcheng Chen, Jingrui Chen
  • Patent number: D958847
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventors: Jingcheng Chen, Jingrui Chen, Shengming He, Pizhi Zhao, Junjie Qin, Tao Zeng
  • Patent number: D959508
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Inventors: Shengchang Yang, Jingrui Chen, Pizhi Zhao, Shaohui Chen, Junjie Qin, Tao Zeng
  • Patent number: D961629
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: FOSHAN ALPICOOL ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pizhi Zhao, Junjie Qin, Tao Zeng, Shengming He, Jingcheng Chen, Jingrui Chen
  • Patent number: D969176
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FOSHAN ALPICOOL ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Pizhi Zhao, Tao Zeng, Junjie Qin, Jingcheng Chen, Jingrui Chen, Gangqiang Fan