Patents by Inventor Weidong Liu

Weidong Liu 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: 12285921
    Abstract: A skin manufacturing post-treatment method for an automobile collision dummy includes: forming a first pouring portion on a skin layer to be treated, and forming a patching recess by grinding the first pouring portion; obtaining an epidermis layer to be treated, and arranging a heating assembly above the patching recess, where the heating assembly is attached to an interior of the patching recess, and the epidermis layer; and simultaneously heating, by the heating assembly, the patching recess and the epidermis layer to be treated. In this way, the epidermis layer to be treated and an inner wall of the patching recess can be simultaneously heated at the first preset temperature, the epidermis layer to be treated and the inner wall of the patching recess are consistent in temperature, and a connection strength between the epidermis layer to be treated and the inner wall of the patching recess is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD., CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongqiang Wu, Zhixin Liu, Weidong Liu, Tianyi Hao, Kai Wang, Hanxiao Zhang, Hongyang Qi, Peng Liu, Nan Zhang
  • Patent number: 12269227
    Abstract: A skin manufacturing post-treatment device for an automobile collision dummy device includes a post-treatment mechanism, where the post-treatment mechanism includes a rotary operation table that is provided with a cutting station, a grinding station, a skin patching station and a removal station in a circumferential direction; the cutting station is configured to cut an injection molding residual material on a surface of a dummy skin, and the grinding station is configured to grind a cut position to form a frustum-shaped patching recess; and the skin patching station is configured to fill the patching recess with a welding skin patching material, and the removal station is configured to clean a skin patching position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD., CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhixin Liu, Haitao Zhu, Tianyi Hao, Yongqiang Wu, Weidong Liu, Kai Wang, Hanxiao Zhang, Weinan Ju, Shuo Zhao, Bosong Liu
  • Patent number: 12247895
    Abstract: A method for predicting dummy head injury during an automobile collision includes: enabling a dummy head to collide with a rigid flat plate; obtaining a first data set in a collision process; calculating the maximum contact force of the dummy head and the rigid flat plate in the collision process according to the first data set; dividing a duration of the collision process into a plurality of time intervals; and calculating an injury value of the dummy head in each time interval according to the maximum contact force, and selecting the maximum injury value as a target injury value. The method provided by the present application may realize prediction for the head injury under different scene working conditions, and has the advantages of being simple in test flow, and high in prediction precision.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2025
    Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD., CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Weidong Liu, Zhixin Liu, Yongqiang Wu, Tianyi Hao, Haitao Zhu, Kai Wang, Peng Liu, Hongyang Qi, Weixiao Li
  • Publication number: 20250050567
    Abstract: A one-time injection molding preparation method to imitate human bone samples is proposed, and a material database and a bone simulation model library are established that can effectively determine materials and the design process through the finite element method. In the polymer thermoplastic material, the filler with a higher density than the polymer material is first added, After granulation, it is mixed with a foaming agent or a filler with a lower density than the polymer thermoplastic materials. A human bone-like sample is obtained through one-time injection molding technology. This method saves experimental and labor costs and can be produced with traditional processing equipment. The sample is close to the density, hardness, and strength of real human bones, and is more consistent with the morphology and properties of real human bones than samples composed of multiple materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventor: Weidong LIU
  • Publication number: 20250000321
    Abstract: Provided are a cleaning device and a control method, a cleaning device and a detection apparatus. The cleaning device includes a device body, which includes a cleaning module acting on an object to be cleaned (M); a humidity detection mechanism provided in the device body and in contact with the object to be cleaned (M), to detect a humidity of the object to be cleaned (M); and a control module provided in the device body and connected to the humidity detection mechanism to perform control processing according to humidity data detected and obtained by the humidity detection mechanism. The humidity detection for the object to be cleaned (M) is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Applicant: TINECO INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jian HUANG, Weidong LIU, Zhikang LIU, Xiaoyong WANG, Tao XU, Zhen CHEN, Rendi WU, Dehua ZHOU, Chunfeng ZHOU, Yin TANG, Hongbin JIANG, Yuan WANG
  • Publication number: 20240398192
    Abstract: Provided in the present disclosure are a cleaning apparatus, a cleaning device, and a changeover valve assembly. The cleaning apparatus includes a main body, a vacuum motor and a heating air output assembly, where an axial direction of the vacuum motor is parallel to a forward direction of the main body, an air inlet end of the vacuum motor is arranged on one side of the vacuum motor facing the forward direction, and projections of the air inlet end of the vacuum motor and the heating air outlet assembly on a horizontal plane at least partially coincide, such that the efficiency of sewage recovery can be improved, and sewage residue in an area that is cleaned is thus reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: TINECO INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shuwei GUO, Weidong LIU, Zhen HAN, Peng XIA, Yisong WANG, Chunhao WU, Zhen CHEN, Chunfeng ZHOU
  • Patent number: 12140418
    Abstract: Disclosed are a tool and a method for measuring a parallelism and coaxiality of a rotating shaft of shoulder joint of a crash dummy, relating to the technical field of vehicle safety crash testing dummies. The measuring tool and a method can efficiently and accurately measure the coaxiality and parallelism of the rotating shaft of shoulder joint of the crash dummy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD., CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongqiang Wu, Zhixin Liu, Weidong Liu, Shihang Chen, Kai Wang, Hanxiao Zhang, Tianyi Hao
  • Patent number: 12066288
    Abstract: Disclosed are a tool and a method for measuring a perpendicularity and an angle of a femur of a vehicle crash dummy. The tool includes: a base, where the base is provided with a guide ring gear; and a clamp assembly, where the clamp assembly is configured to clamp a femur part. A measurement assembly can measure the perpendicularity and the angle of the femur part conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD., CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhixin Liu, Mei Lu, Weidong Liu, Yongqiang Wu, Zhi Li, Zihe Meng, Kai Wang, Hanxiao Zhang, Ye Hao, Manli Liu
  • Patent number: 12062299
    Abstract: A method for measuring a relationship between crash dummy chest compression and a safety belt load, includes: controlling, when a dummy is fixed in a preset posture on a fixed bed in a test platform via a safety belt in a safety belt restraint apparatus, a chest cover plate in the test platform to move so as to maintain a preset relative position between the chest cover plate and the dummy; controlling an impact apparatus to pull the safety belt in each pulling force to be measured, and determining a target displacement value of each measuring point on the dummy and a target pulling force between the impact apparatus and the safety belt after a first preset duration; and determining a target pulling force-displacement curve corresponding to each measuring point according to each target displacement value and each target pulling force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD, CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Zhixin Liu, Weidong Liu, Yaodong Xie, Hai Liu, Hanxiao Zhang, Jing Li
  • Patent number: 12055460
    Abstract: Disclosed are a tool and a method for measuring a parallelism and an angle of a shank skeleton of a vehicle crash dummy. The tool includes: a fixation seat, where a magnetic fastener is arranged on the fixation seat and configured to mount a shank U-shaped member; and a movement assembly that is configured to drive a measurement assembly to move, so as to change a relative position of a measurement end of the measurement assembly and the shank U-shaped member. The condition that the measurement assembly directly comes into contact with the shank U-shaped member, and damages a surface of the shank U-shaped member is avoided while making an entire measurement process more convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD., CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Zhixin Liu, Weidong Liu, Yongqiang Wu, Mai Yao, Kai Wang, Hanxiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12044538
    Abstract: The present invention relates to method and apparatus for recommending a charging station, the method includes: determining, based on personal preference information of a user of an electric vehicle, a specific area reachable by the electric vehicle and suitable for charging the electric vehicle, when receiving a request for searching for a charging station for the electric vehicle; recommending a suitable charging station located in the specific area to the electric vehicle for charging. A suitable charging station may be recommended to the electric vehicle for charging with the method and apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: VOLKSWAGEN AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Xin Zhang, Ning Duan, Wei Sun, Hang Gao, Weidong Liu
  • Publication number: 20240227591
    Abstract: A method and system for charging control, and a vehicle. The method includes: when a first end of a switching circuit is connected to external power supply, acquiring a phase voltage and a line voltage of any two-phase first terminals in M phases of first terminals; determining a power supply mode of the external power supply according to the phase voltage and the line voltage; and controlling the switching circuit and a charging circuit to charge a target battery according to the power supply mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Weidong Liu, Chao Wang, Xinghui Wang
  • Publication number: 20240203291
    Abstract: A method for impact test on a lower abdomen of a vehicle crash test dummy includes: controlling an arc-shaped hammer head to impact a lower abdomen of a preset dummy at a preset speed; obtaining displacements from a displacement sensor, wherein the displacements are generated by the lower abdomen of the preset dummy and the arc-shaped hammer head during the impact; obtaining a pressure from a pressure sensor, wherein the pressure is borne by the lower abdomen of the preset dummy during the impact; and determining, based on the displacements and the pressure, whether the preset dummy satisfies a biological simulation standard. The method is capable of testing whether the current dummy satisfies the biological simulation standard, so as to ensure the accuracy of test data in subsequent vehicle crash tests using the dummy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicants: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD, CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hua ZHOU, Zhixin LIU, Weidong LIU, Yuechen JI, Kai WANG, Hong CHEN, Hai LIU, Bingxu DUAN
  • Publication number: 20240194090
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a chest of a vehicle crash dummy, includes: controlling, under each preset test condition, a pressing apparatus to press down a chest of a target crash dummy with a target pressing speed and a target pressing distance corresponding to the preset test condition, obtaining an actual force-displacement curve under each preset test condition, obtaining a standard force-displacement curve of a chest of a standard crash dummy under each preset test condition, and determining, according to the actual force-displacement curve and the standard force-displacement curve under each preset test condition, whether the chest of the target crash dummy satisfies a biological simulation standard. Through collecting information under various preset test conditions, various complicated conditions of impact on the chest can be more effectively simulated in a crash test by using the method, which improves the accuracy of determining the biological simulation standard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicants: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD, CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhixin LIU, Hanxiao ZHANG, Kai WANG, Weidong LIU, Yongqiang WU, Minghao XIE, Ye HAO, Shengyu QIAO
  • Publication number: 20240185741
    Abstract: A method for measuring a relationship between crash dummy chest compression and a safety belt load, includes: controlling, when a dummy is fixed in a preset posture on a fixed bed in a test platform via a safety belt in a safety belt restraint apparatus, a chest cover plate in the test platform to move so as to maintain a preset relative position between the chest cover plate and the dummy; controlling an impact apparatus to pull the safety belt in each pulling force to be measured, and determining a target displacement value of each measuring point on the dummy and a target pulling force between the impact apparatus and the safety belt after a first preset duration; and determining a target pulling force-displacement curve corresponding to each measuring point according to each target displacement value and each target pulling force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicants: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD, CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hua ZHOU, Zhixin LIU, Weidong LIU, Yaodong XIE, Hai LIU, Hanxiao ZHANG, Jing LI
  • Publication number: 20240180381
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a cleaning device, which includes a power module, a vacuum cleaner module, and a surface wet cleaner module. The power module includes a power assembly and a motor assembly that are connected to each other. The vacuum cleaner module includes an air suction assembly, a dust collection assembly, and a filter assembly that are sequentially communicated, and the vacuum cleaner module has a first mounting position that is configured to be connected and matched with the power module. The surface wet cleaner module includes a floor brush and a body, and the body has a second mounting position that is configured to be connected and matched with the power module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: TINECO INTELLIGENT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yazhou DANG, Qinwen LIU, Zhe CAO, Zhen HAN, Shaohua CHEN, Jianlong WANG, Boyi CHEN, Yuping LI, Haofeng KU, Jianfeng WANG, Fei CAO, Jun LIU, Jianhua CAO, Anbo LI, Chunfeng ZHOU, Jiaxin XU, Sihao BAN, Weidong LIU
  • Patent number: 12002378
    Abstract: A method for calibrating a chest of a vehicle crash dummy, includes: controlling, under each preset test condition, a pressing apparatus to press down a chest of a target crash dummy with a target pressing speed and a target pressing distance corresponding to the preset test condition, obtaining an actual force-displacement curve under each preset test condition, obtaining a standard force-displacement curve of a chest of a standard crash dummy under each preset test condition, and determining, according to the actual force-displacement curve and the standard force-displacement curve under each preset test condition, whether the chest of the target crash dummy satisfies a biological simulation standard. Through collecting information under various preset test conditions, various complicated conditions of impact on the chest can be more effectively simulated in a crash test by using the method, which improves the accuracy of determining the biological simulation standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD, CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhixin Liu, Hanxiao Zhang, Kai Wang, Weidong Liu, Yongqiang Wu, Minghao Xie, Ye Hao, Shenghua Qiao
  • Patent number: 11996008
    Abstract: A method for determining a peak position of lower extremity injury in a crash test dummy includes: controlling the movement of the collision surface until the control point of the collision surface and the first designated collision point of the dummy's lower extremity form a line parallel to the direction of the vehicle acceleration, with a predetermined distance between the control point and the first designated collision point. A collision simulation calculation is performed to obtain the first tibial index curve, the first knee displacement curve, and the first thigh force curve. Similarly, the second designated collision point is used to obtain the second tibial index curve, the second knee displacement curve, and the second thigh force curve. Then, the injury values are calculated, and by comparing the injury values at different positions, the peak position is determined.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD, CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zhixin Liu, Hanxiao Zhang, Weidong Liu, Yongqiang Wu, Kai Wang, Tianyi Hao
  • Patent number: 11996009
    Abstract: A method for impact test on a lower abdomen of a vehicle crash test dummy includes: controlling an arc-shaped hammer head to impact a lower abdomen of a preset dummy at a preset speed; obtaining displacements from a displacement sensor, wherein the displacements are generated by the lower abdomen of the preset dummy and the arc-shaped hammer head during the impact; obtaining a pressure from a pressure sensor, wherein the pressure is borne by the lower abdomen of the preset dummy during the impact; and determining, based on the displacements and the pressure, whether the preset dummy satisfies a biological simulation standard. The method is capable of testing whether the current dummy satisfies the biological simulation standard, so as to ensure the accuracy of test data in subsequent vehicle crash tests using the dummy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD, CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Zhixin Liu, Weidong Liu, Yuechen Ji, Kai Wang, Hong Chen, Hai Liu, Bingxu Duan
  • Patent number: 11994449
    Abstract: A method for testing the lumbar spine performance of a crash test dummy includes the following steps: selecting a lumbar spine performance test item; collecting data of at least one preset physical quantity during the collision process between the pendulum and the energy-absorbing buffer block through sensors on the lumbar spine assembly; determining whether the data of each preset physical quantity is within the corresponding data channel; if the data of each preset physical quantity is within the corresponding data channel, the lumbar spine assembly is deemed qualified for the current lumbar spine performance test item. This disclosure evaluates the quality of the lumbar spine performance of crash test dummies, allowing only those with better lumbar spine performance to participate in crash tests, and therefore improving the consistency and accuracy of different crash test dummies' response in crash tests.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD, CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD
    Inventors: Hua Zhou, Zhixin Liu, Weidong Liu, Changqing Yu, Kai Wang, Hanxiao Zhang