Patents by Inventor Rui Feng

Rui Feng 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: 9240690
    Abstract: A power transfer device is provided. The power transfer device includes a circuit arrangement including a primary side having a primary coil; a secondary side having a secondary coil inductively coupled to the primary coil and a load transformation unit; wherein the load transformation unit includes an inductor and a capacitor; wherein the secondary coil, the inductor and the capacitor respectively includes a first terminal and a second terminal; wherein the first terminal of the secondary coil is coupled to the first terminal of the capacitor, the second terminal of the capacitor is coupled to the first terminal of the inductor, and the second terminal of the inductor is coupled to the second terminal of the secondary coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Rui-Feng Xue, Jia Hao Cheong, Hyouk-Kyu Cha, Minkyu Je
  • Publication number: 20160005695
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a package structure is provided, which includes the steps of: providing a base portion having at least an electronic element embedded therein and at least a positioning unit formed around a periphery of the electronic element, wherein the positioning unit protrudes from or is flush with a surface of the base portion; and forming at least a circuit layer on the surface of the base portion and the electronic element. The circuit layer is aligned and connected to the electronic element through the positioning unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Applicant: SILICONWARE PRECISION INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui-Feng Tai, Hsiao-Chun Huang, Chun-Hung Lu, Hsi-Chang Hsu, Shih-Ching Chen
  • Publication number: 20150381019
    Abstract: A brush assembly for a brush motor includes a support member, brush holders, at least four brushes respectively mounted to the brush holders, and first and second motor terminals for connecting with an external power supply. A first filter circuit is connected between the first motor terminal and corresponding first brushes. A second filter circuit is connected between the second motor terminal and corresponding second brushes. The first and second motor terminals and the first and second filter circuits are mounted in a region defined by two corresponding adjacent brushes forming an angle greater than 60 degrees but less than 180 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Rui Feng QIN, Ji Yu LIANG, Kwok Kuen TSE, Xin Hui GUAN, Shu Hai YUAN
  • Publication number: 20150361611
    Abstract: An electrothermal device adapted for heating water into steam includes a heating plate including a heating base wall, an ironing plate mounted below the heating plate and including an ironing base wall and a spacing chamber, and a separating member. The heating base wall has a main perforation unit extending therethrough. The ironing base wall is spaced apart from the heating base wall, and has a secondary perforation unit communicating with the main perforation unit to allow the steam from the heating plate to pass through the ironing plate. The spacing chamber is formed between the heating base wall and the ironing base wall. The separating member is disposed on one of the heating base wall and the ironing base wall for separating the spacing chamber from the main perforation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2015
    Publication date: December 17, 2015
    Inventor: Rui-Feng Cai
  • Publication number: 20150326099
    Abstract: An electric power steering assembly includes a motor which includes a brush assembly. The brush assembly includes a brush base, a plurality of brush units and a plurality of fixing units for fixing the brush units to the brush base. The brush unit includes a brush, a guide rail and a spring. The rail includes two guiding arms, a closed end interconnecting the guiding arms and wings extending from free ends of the guiding arms. Grooves in the brush receive the guiding arms. The fixing unit includes a first fixture and a second fixture. The closed end of the guide rail engages the first fixture. The second fixture includes two columns spaced from each other. Each column defines a slot in a top end. Protrusions extend from a side of each slot to lock the wings in the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Rui Feng QIN, Yi JING, Hai Feng SHI
  • Patent number: 9178395
    Abstract: A traction motor for an electric vehicle, comprises a stator and a rotor rotatably mounted to the stator. The rotor comprises a rotor core and magnets fixed to the rotor core. The rotor core has 2P rotor poles formed by the magnets, P being an integer greater than one. The stator comprises a stator core having S teeth and field windings wound on the teeth, S being equal to 3·m·P where m is the number of phases. Field windings of each phase comprises P winding units. Each the winding unit comprises a first coil and a second coil connected in series. The first coils have a larger coil pitch and a greater number of turns compared to the second coils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Rui Feng Qin, Chang Jin Zhou, Ling Yang
  • Publication number: 20150307123
    Abstract: A housing assembly has a housing having an open end. A plurality of magnets are fixed to an inner surface of the housing. A magnet holder supports the magnets against movement in the axial and circumferential directions. A cover is mounted in the magnet holder for fixing the magnets in the radial direction. The cover is resiliently deformed when assembled to the magnet holder and magnets, and abuts and resiliently urges the magnets towards the inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2015
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Hai Feng SHI, Rui Feng QIN, Yan Bing LI, Dong Qiang ZANG
  • Publication number: 20150280497
    Abstract: An electric motor has a polygon stator core. The polygon stator core includes yoke portions and teeth extending inwardly from the yoke portions. A winding slot is formed between adjacent teeth. Adjacent yoke portions are interconnected by a connecting portion. The winding slots include first winding slots and second winding slots of different shapes. The ratio of the area of a first winding slot to the area of a second winding slot is greater than or equal to 0.9 but less than or equal to 1.1. By changing the shape of the stator core, the size of the winding slots may be increased without increasing the radial dimension of the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Rui Feng QIN, Fei LIU, Hong Liang ZHANG, Jiang Cheng XIAO, Hai Qiang ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20150248564
    Abstract: Sensitive data is protected in a software product. A source file of the software product is compiled to generate an object file, in which the source file includes at least one piece of sensitive data marked with a specific identifier. The object file has a secure data section for saving storage information of the at least one piece of sensitive data at compile-time and run-time. The object file is linked to generate an executable file. The executable file updates the secure data section at run-time. Sensitive data is also protected when a core dump is generated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Rui Feng, Shuang Shuang Jia, Da Fei Shi, Lijun Wei
  • Publication number: 20150210253
    Abstract: An actuator for an electric parking brake system has an outer housing. A planetary gear train and an electric motor are disposed in the outer housing. At least one gear connects the motor to the planetary gear train. The planetary gear train comprises a multi-stage planetary gear mechanism. A gear housing accommodates the planetary gear mechanism. The planetary gear train further comprises a centering pin extending through the gear mechanism, such that the planetary gear mechanism rotates about the centering pin. Each stage has a sun gear, a ring gear, a plurality of planet gears meshed with the sun gear and ring gear, and a planet carrier rotatably supporting the planet gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Publication date: July 30, 2015
    Inventors: Fa Yun QI, Li Nan LI, Jin An NIE, Rui Feng QIN
  • Patent number: 8937421
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator, a rotor, and multiple brushes. The stator forms multiple poles. The number of brushes is less than the number of stator poles. The rotor includes a commutator, windings, and equalizing units. The commutator includes segments electrically connected with the windings. Each of the equalizing units is electrically connected with multiple equipotential segments to make the equipotential segments have the same potential. Multiple parallel circuits are formed between the equipotential segments by the equalizing unit. The brushes are arranged to slidably contact the segments of the commutator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Rui Feng Qin, Fei Liu, Ji Yu Liang
  • Publication number: 20140368076
    Abstract: An electric motor includes a stator having multiple magnetic poles and a rotor rotatably mounted to the stator. The rotor includes a shaft, a commutator and a rotor core fixed to the shaft; and windings wound on the rotor core and electrically connected to the commutator. The rotor core is formed by stacking a plurality of laminations. Each lamination includes an inner ring having a hole for fixing the shaft; an outer ring radially spaced from the inner ring; multiple teeth extending outwardly from the outer ring, and multiple ribs connecting the inner ring to the outer ring. Each rib has a width w measured in a circumferential direction of the lamination. The number of ribs is n. The width w and the number n satisfy the formula: 0.75?n×w2?64, where the width w is measured in millimeters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Rui Feng Qin, Di WANG, Ji Yu LIANG, Guo Dong REN, Yong Bin LI, Xiao Wu XIE, Yao ZHAO, Xian Ming WU, Sheng HAN
  • Patent number: 8810995
    Abstract: An electrochemical capacitor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a membrane, and an electrolyte. The first electrode includes a carbon nanotube composite. The carbon nanotube composite includes a free-standing carbon nanotube structure, and a plurality of nano grains located on the carbon nanotube structure. The membrane is located between the first electrode and the second electrode, to separate the first electrode from the second electrode. The first electrode, the second electrode, and the membrane are disposed in the electrolyte.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui-Feng Zhou, Chui-Zhou Meng, Kai Liu, Kai-Li Jiang, Chang-Hong Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Publication number: 20140210299
    Abstract: A commutated DC motor (10) includes a stator (12) and a rotor (14) mounted in the stator (12). The stator (12) has 2P magnetic poles, wherein P is an integer greater than 1. The rotor (14) includes a rotor shaft (81) with a rotor core (85), and a commutator (83) fixed thereto. The rotor core (85) has multiple teeth defining m×P slots therebetween, wherein m is an odd integer greater than 1. The commutator (83) has k×m×P segments, wherein k is 1 or 2. A rotor winding (87) formed by winding a single continuous wire is received in the slots of the rotor core (85) and connected to the segments of the commutator (83), and has k×m winding units. Each winding unit includes P coils in series connection and is directly connected to only two segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Rui Feng QIN, Fei LIU, Ji Yu LIANG, Shu Hai YUAN, Xin Hui GUAN
  • Publication number: 20140163641
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, there is provided a muscle stimulation system for effecting appendage movement, the muscle stimulation system comprising: first transceiver circuitry; at least one first implantable stimulation device for implantation adjacent to one or more first muscles responsible for the appendage movement, the first implantable stimulation device configured to be wirelessly activated by the first transceiver circuitry; second transceiver circuitry; at least one second implantable stimulation device for implantation adjacent to one or more second muscles responsible for the appendage movement, the second implantable stimulation device configured to be wirelessly activated by the second transceiver circuitry; and a base station configured to wirelessly communicate with both the first transceiver circuitry and the second transceiver circuitry to receive and transmit signals that causes coordinated activation of the first implantable stimulation device and/or the second implantable s
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2013
    Publication date: June 12, 2014
    Applicants: National University of Singapore, Agency for Science, Technology and Research
    Inventors: Lei Yao, Yong Ping Xu, Minkyu Je, Rui-Feng Xue
  • Patent number: 8668896
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for making a twisted carbon nanotube wire. Two opposite ends of the at least one carbon nanotube film is clamped by two clamps. The two clamps is pulled along two reversed directions to stretch the at least one carbon nanotube film. The at least one carbon nanotube film is twisted by rotating the two clamps while the at least one carbon nanotube film is in a straightening state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2014
    Assignees: Tsinghua University, Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kai Liu, Rui-Feng Zhou, Ying-Hui Sun, Kai-Li Jiang, Liang Liu, Shou-Shan Fan
  • Publication number: 20140064973
    Abstract: Disclosed are mechanisms for an impeller (10, 20, 40) and method of reducing noise levels while driving fluids with impellers. Exemplary implementations include a hub (21, 41) and multiple blades (22) separably attached to or inseparably formed on the hub. The hub may be used to effectively reduce noise levels during operations of the impeller by having a first cylindrical feature (261), a first number of first ribs (27, 47, 706), and a second number of second ribs (281, 48, 708), while maintaining substantially similar mechanical properties or operational characteristics. The hub may further optionally include a second substantially cylindrical feature (704) that is separably attached to or is inseparably formed on the hub to further enhance one or more properties or characteristics of the hub while serving to reduce the noise level of the impeller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicant: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Guodong REN, Anbang CHEN, Di WANG, Rui Feng QIN
  • Publication number: 20130329773
    Abstract: According to embodiments of the present invention, a receiver is provided. The receiver includes an envelope detector configured to generate a waveform corresponding to an envelope of a signal received by the receiver, a carrier recovery circuit configured to generate a carrier signal based on the waveform, wherein the carrier signal has a frequency corresponding to a center frequency of the received signal, and a template generator configured to generate a local template signal based on the waveform, the local template signal including a plurality of pulses. According to further embodiments of the present invention, a method of controlling a receiver is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2013
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Kuang-Wei Cheng, Zhiming Chen, Yuanjin Zheng, Rui-Feng Xue, Minkyu Je
  • Patent number: 8539176
    Abstract: A data storage device accepts queued read and write commands that have deadlines. The queued read and write commands are requests to access the data storage device. The deadlines of the queued read and write commands can be advisory deadlines or mandatory deadlines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: HGST Netherlands B.V.
    Inventors: Donald Joseph Molaro, Frank Rui-Feng Chu, Jorge Campello de Souza, Atsushi Kanamaru, Tadahisa Kawa, Damien C. D. Le Moal
  • Patent number: 8519585
    Abstract: An engine cooling system incorporates a cooling fan module having a motor and a fan driven by the motor. The motor has a motor housing and two end caps disposed at respective ends of the motor housing. Each of the end caps has at least one axial hole to allow air to flow through the motor to dissipate heat from inside the motor. The motor also has a dust screen disposed inside the motor and adjacent each of the axial holes for preventing external particles entering the motor through the axial hole. Each dust screen has a plurality of apertures to allow air to flow through the motor but prevents dust particles entering the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Johnson Electric S.A.
    Inventors: Rui Feng Qin, Xin Hui Guan