Patents by Inventor Weifeng Bian

Weifeng Bian 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: 20240099542
    Abstract: A system adapted to detect rotation of at least two spray arms of a household appliance spaced along a longitudinal axis of the appliance includes a first detection magnet, a second detection magnet and a magnetic sensor. The first detection magnet is arranged on a first spray arm of the at least two spray arms. The second detection magnet is arranged on a second spray arm of the at least two spray arms. A magnetic field direction of the second detection magnet is different from a magnetic field direction of the first detection magnet. The magnetic sensor is arranged in the household appliance and is adapted to sense a motion status of the first detection magnet and the second detection magnet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weifeng Bian, Yongyao Cai, Shaoyong Wang, Lei Pan, Nicholas Langston, Stephen Descioli, Richard T. Shell
  • Publication number: 20230101670
    Abstract: A connector for electrical connection between a wire and a conductive load includes a housing and an elastic conductive component having a portion extending through the housing. The elastic conductive component is connectable to the wire. The elastic conductive component is movable up and down relative to the housing to connect with or separate from the conductive load, electrically connecting or disconnecting an electrical connection between the wire and the conductive load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Zhong, Tian (Sam) Xia, Weifeng Bian
  • Publication number: 20230074219
    Abstract: A sensor module includes a housing having a first cavity and a second cavity that are in communication with each other, a liquid level sensing module mounted on the housing and sensing liquid level related information when liquid flows into the second cavity, a turbidity sensing module mounted on a section of the housing having the first cavity, and a temperature sensing module integrated with the turbidity sensing module and sensing temperature related information of the liquid when the liquid flows into the first cavity. The turbidity sensing module includes a light transmitting unit and a light receiving unit that are located on opposite sides of the first cavity to allow light emitted from the light transmitting unit to pass through the first cavity and to be received by the light receiving unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Lei Pan, Weifeng Bian, Tian (Sam) Xia, Rajendra Pai
  • Patent number: 11177692
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus comprises a main body, a pivotal part pivotally connected to the main body, a first coil mounted on the main body, and a second coil mounted on the pivotal part. The first coil at least partly passes through the second coil to form an electromagnetic coupling between the first coil and the second coil that wirelessly supplies power between the main body and the pivotal part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Zhong, Chenxi Wang, Weifeng Bian
  • Publication number: 20210013686
    Abstract: An electrical connection assembly includes a first electrical connection module configured to be mounted on a fixed member and a second electrical connection module configured to be mounted on a moving member. The first electrical connection module has a first terminal and a second terminal. The first electrical connection module has a normally open switch. The second electrical connection module has a first contact pad and a second contact pad configured to be electrically connected with the first terminal and the second terminal, respectively. The second electrical connection module has a switch controller adapted to drive the normally open switch to a closed state when the first contact pad and the second contact pad are moved to a contact position in which the first contact pad and the second contact pad are in electrical contact with the first terminal and the second terminal, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Weifeng Bian, Pai Rajendra, Tian Xia
  • Publication number: 20200014242
    Abstract: An electrical apparatus comprises a main body, a pivotal part pivotally connected to the main body, a first coil mounted on the main body, and a second coil mounted on the pivotal part. The first coil at least partly passes through the second coil to form an electromagnetic coupling between the first coil and the second coil that wirelessly supplies power between the main body and the pivotal part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Yuan Zhong, Chenxi Wang, Weifeng Bian
  • Publication number: 20180107196
    Abstract: A method of detecting a status of a home appliance control system comprises collecting communication data transmitted on a communication bus of the home appliance bus control system and judging in real-time and online whether the collected communication data meet a preset alarm condition. The collection of the communication data is terminated if the collected communication data meet the preset alarm condition and the collection of the communication data is continued if the collected communication data do not meet the preset alarm condition. The method further comprises graphically displaying the collected communication data to obtain an actual test diagram of the collected communication data and analyzing the collected communication data based on the actual test diagram of the collected communication data to obtain an analysis result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2017
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Weifeng Bian, Yulin Feng, Yuming Song