Patents by Inventor Tieqiang CHEN

Tieqiang CHEN 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: 11905577
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a magnesium alloy for wheels, comprising in mass percentage: Al: 2-3.0 wt. %; Zn: 0.5-1.0 wt. %; Mn: 0.3-0.5 wt. %; Ce: 0.15-0.3 wt. %; La: 0.05-0.1 wt. %, the balance is Mg. The magnesium alloy of the present invention takes Al element and Mn element as main alloying elements, supplemented by trace Ce and La elements as alloying process, and the nano-scale Mn-rich precipitated phase obtained during homogenization and the segregation of rare earth elements Ce and La at the interface and grain boundary of Mn-rich precipitated phase are used to inhibit the coarsening during extrusion and forging, so as to improve the strength and plastic deformation ability of the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixin Huang, Zuo Xu, Meng Li, Tieqiang Chen, Hanqi Wu, Qingzhu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11745252
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method of producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub, comprises the following steps: step 1, heating a magnesium alloy bar to 350-430° C. and keeping the temperature for 20 minutes; step 2, initially forging and forming the bar under a forging press, the forging speed is 6-15 mm/s; step 3, finally forging and forming the bar under a forging press, and the forging speed is 5-8 mm/s; step 4, testing the microstructure and material properties of the final forged blank to obtain the layered material property distribution on the thickness of the blank; step 5, according to the layered material property distribution on the thickness of the blank obtained in step 4, selecting the part that meets the requirements to make a magnesium alloy wheel hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixin Huang, Zuo Xu, Decai Kong, Jingru Shen, Meng Li, Tieqiang Chen, Qingzhu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230194171
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses an aluminum alloy material smelting device, comprising a furnace, a cutter packing device with a stirring shaft, a packing basket, a cutter-type stirring head, the stirring shaft connected with the packing basket, the bottom of the packing basket connected with a cutter-type stirring head, the cutter-type stirring head comprising a plurality of stirring blades, one end of the stirring blades connected with the bottom of the packing basket, the other end connected with each other on the central axis of the packing basket, and the side wall of the packing basket provided with a liquid passage hole to form liquid exchange with the solution outside the packing basket; the rotation of the cutter-type stirring head forming a solution vortex to accelerate the diffusion of added elements, and the vortex only formed under the stirring head, which will not damage the covering film formed on the surface of aluminum alloy, effectively prevent the scum on the surface from being involved in the sol
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Lixin Huang, Meng Li, Tieqiang Chen, Liguang Xie, Jinwei Liu, Xiusong Dong, Dan Yao
  • Patent number: 11660659
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses the forging process of a magnesium alloy wheel hub comprises the following steps: step 1, heating a magnesium alloy bar to 350-420° C. and keeping the temperature for 20 minutes; step 2, forging and forming the bar under a 6000-ton forging press, and controlling the forging process in sections. The forging process of the disclosure adopts sectional control, different forging process parameters are adopted in different forging stages, so that magnesium alloy bars can exert maximum forgeability in different deformation stages, make magnesium alloy deformation process more continuous, make forging process easier, obtain forged magnesium alloy wheel hub with excellent properties, and greatly improve forging process and processing efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lixin Huang, Zhihua Zhu, Liguang Xie, Hanqi Wu, Meng Li, Tieqiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20230074156
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a magnesium alloy for wheels, comprising in mass percentage: Al: 2-3.0 wt. %; Zn: 0.5-1.0 wt. %; Mn: 0.3-0.5 wt. %; Ce: 0.15-0.3 wt. %; La: 0.05-0.1 wt. %, the balance is Mg. The magnesium alloy of the present invention takes Al element and Mn element as main alloying elements, supplemented by trace Ce and La elements as alloying process, and the nano-scale Mn-rich precipitated phase obtained during homogenization and the segregation of rare earth elements Ce and La at the interface and grain boundary of Mn-rich precipitated phase are used to inhibit the coarsening during extrusion and forging, so as to improve the strength and plastic deformation ability of the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Lixin Huang, Zuo Xu, Meng Li, Tieqiang Chen, Hanqi Wu, Qingzhu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230071499
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses the forging process of a magnesium alloy wheel hub comprises the following steps: step 1, heating a magnesium alloy bar to 350-420° C. and keeping the temperature for 20 minutes; step 2, forging and forming the bar under a 6000-ton forging press, and controlling the forging process in sections. The forging process of the disclosure adopts sectional control, different forging process parameters are adopted in different forging stages, so that magnesium alloy bars can exert maximum forgeability in different deformation stages, make magnesium alloy deformation process more continuous, make forging process easier, obtain forged magnesium alloy wheel hub with excellent properties, and greatly improve forging process and processing efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Lixin Huang, Zhihua Zhu, Liguang Xie, Hanqi Wu, Meng Li, Tieqiang Chen
  • Publication number: 20220410252
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method of producing a magnesium alloy wheel hub, comprises the following steps: step 1, heating a magnesium alloy bar to 350-430° C. and keeping the temperature for 20 minutes; step 2, initially forging and forming the bar under a forging press, the forging speed is 6-15 mm/s; step 3, finally forging and forming the bar under a forging press, and the forging speed is 5-8 mm/s; step 4, testing the microstructure and material properties of the final forged blank to obtain the layered material property distribution on the thickness of the blank; step 5, according to the layered material property distribution on the thickness of the blank obtained in step 4, selecting the part that meets the requirements to make a magnesium alloy wheel hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Lixin Huang, Zuo Xu, Decai Kong, Jingru Shen, Meng Li, Tieqiang Chen, Qingzhu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220307118
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a method for manufacturing special purpose vehicle wheels by using 7000 series aluminum alloys, comprising the following steps: step 1, smelting 7000 series aluminum alloys in a smelting furnace; step 2, making the solution obtained in step 1 into an aluminum alloy ingot blank through a spraying and forming process; step 3, extruding the aluminum alloy ingot blank of step 2 to obtain an extrusion bar; step 4, sawing the extrusion bar into blanks and heating them; step 5, rolling the blank into a cake; step 6, putting the cake into a press for forging and forming; step 7, spinning and forming the wheel rim. The wheel manufactured by the method for manufacturing special vehicle wheels with 7000 series aluminum alloys in the present disclosure has high and stable conductivity, qualified impact test and good bending and radial fatigue performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Tieqiang Chen, Zuo Xu, Zhihua Zhu, Qingzhu Zhang, Lixin Huang, Meng Li
  • Publication number: 20220097175
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for extending service life of a sacrificial-layer-free aluminum alloy wheel by laser shock, comprising: performing finite element analysis each position of the wheel under actual working conditions; connecting the to-be-peened wheel to a fixture on a robot; determining laser shock peening parameters; upon laser shock, performing cleaning treatment on the shocked wheel to remove surface ablating; and performing paint spraying treatment on the processed aluminum alloy wheel. The method provided by the present disclosure can not only improve surface hardness of the aluminum alloy wheel, but also form a residual compressive stress layer on a subsurface, thereby restraining crack propagation, prolonging the service life of an aluminum alloy wheel hub and improving stability of the hub.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bowen Xue, Tieqiang Chen, Decai Kong, Yong Liu
  • Patent number: 11207760
    Abstract: A thermal treatment and shot peening method for a wheel, including: heating a wheel blank to T1, and preserving the heat for t1; fast heating the wheel blank to T2, and preserving the heat for t2; performing quenching treatment, wherein a quenching medium is at temperature of T3, and the quenching transfer time is t3; performing aging treatment at aging temperature of T4, and preserving the heat for t4; performing first-stage shot peening; and performing second-stage shot peening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tieqiang Chen, Chunhai Liu, Zuo Xu
  • Publication number: 20200298372
    Abstract: A thermal treatment and shot peening method for a wheel, including: heating a wheel blank to T1, and preserving the heat for t1; fast heating the wheel blank to T2, and preserving the heat for t2; performing quenching treatment, wherein a quenching medium is at temperature of T3, and the quenching transfer time is t3; performing aging treatment at aging temperature of T4, and preserving the heat for t4; performing first-stage shot peening; and performing second-stage shot peening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Tieqiang CHEN, Chunhai LIU