Patents by Inventor Xiaohua Joe Chen

Xiaohua Joe 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: 11867275
    Abstract: A belt tuning device to an accessory belt drive system (ABDS) that utilizes a torsional spring to connect the belt pulley to the shaft of a motor generator unit to isolate the system and allow the pulley to advance ahead of the motor or to be behind the motor. The tuning device also has a free running zone providing a decoupling function for the system, allowing the tuning device to be both a driver and a generator of power. The tuning device has all of the belt pulley, a spring retainer, a torsion spring, a stop ring, and a shaft fixed in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaohua Joe Chen, Anthony R. Mora, Peter Ward
  • Publication number: 20230167893
    Abstract: A belt tuning device to an accessory belt drive system (ABDS) that utilizes a torsional spring to connect the belt pulley to the shaft of a motor generator unit to isolate the system and allow the pulley to advance ahead of the motor or to be behind the motor. The tuning device also has a free running zone providing a decoupling function for the system, allowing the tuning device to be both a driver and a generator of power. The tuning device has all of the belt pulley, a spring retainer, a torsion spring, a stop ring, and a shaft fixed in relation to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaohua Joe CHEN, Anthony R. MORA, Peter WARD
  • Patent number: 11624434
    Abstract: An isolator comprising a pulley having a pulley stop, a plate attached to the pulley, a shaft, the pulley journalled to the shaft, a torsion spring attached to the shaft, a damping member attached to the torsion spring, the damping member disposed between the plate and the pulley, and the damping member compressing a damping fluid against the pulley stop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony R. Mora, Alexander Serkh, Keming Liu, Xiaohua Joe Chen
  • Patent number: 11549558
    Abstract: An isolator decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley journalled to the shaft, a one-way clutch engaged with the shaft, a spring carrier engaged with the one-way clutch, the spring carrier having a spring carrier surface, a torsion spring having a first end laser welded to the pulley and a second end laser welded to the spring carrier, the torsion spring having a volute with a width w, an annular spring support member having a spring support member outside surface, the annular spring support member independently moveable from the spring carrier and independently moveable from the shaft, a gap g between the annular spring support member and the spring carrier, the gap g being less than the width w, the first end comprising a first end coil, the first end coil bearing upon the spring support member outside surface, the first end coil laser welded to the spring support member outside surface, a torsion spring radial contraction limited by engagement with the spring carrier surface, and the gap g and the width w hav
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Ward, Xiaohua Joe Chen, Charles M. Sendegeya, Alexander Serkh, Yahya Hodjat, Essie Rahdar, Wanzhi Han
  • Publication number: 20200393033
    Abstract: An isolator comprising a pulley having a pulley stop, a plate attached to the pulley, a shaft, the pulley journalled to the shaft, a torsion spring attached to the shaft, a damping member attached to the torsion spring, the damping member disposed between the plate and the pulley, and the damping member compressing a damping fluid against the pulley stop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2019
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Anthony R. Mora, Alexander Serkh, Keming Liu, Xiaohua Joe Chen
  • Publication number: 20200393034
    Abstract: An isolator comprising a pulley and a shaft, the pulley journalled to the shaft, a load stop, a torsion spring, a damping member attached to the torsion spring, the damping member disposed between the load stop and the torsion spring, and the damping member compressing a damping fluid against the load stop; where the load stop is attached to the pulley or the shaft and the torsion spring is attached to the shaft or the pulley, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Anthony R. Mora, Alexander Serkh, Keming Liu, Xiaohua Joe Chen
  • Publication number: 20200040947
    Abstract: An isolator decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley journalled to the shaft, a one-way clutch engaged with the shaft, a spring carrier engaged with the one-way clutch, the spring carrier having a spring carrier surface, a torsion spring having a first end laser welded to the pulley and a second end laser welded to the spring carrier, the torsion spring having a volute with a width w, an annular spring support member having a spring support member outside surface, the annular spring support member independently moveable from the spring carrier and independently moveable from the shaft, a gap g between the annular spring support member and the spring carrier, the gap g being less than the width w, the first end comprising a first end coil, the first end coil bearing upon the spring support member outside surface, the first end coil laser welded to the spring support member outside surface, a torsion spring radial contraction limited by engagement with the spring carrier surface, and the gap g and the width w hav
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Peter Ward, Xiaohua Joe Chen, Charles M. Sendegeya, Alexander Serkh, Yahya Hodjat, Essie Rahdar, Wanzhi Han
  • Publication number: 20180010671
    Abstract: A tensioner comprising a base, a shaft press fit into the base, a pivot arm journalled to the shaft, the pivot arm having a first frustoconical portion and a frustoconical bushing disposed thereon, a pulley journalled to the pivot arm, a torsion spring engaged between the base and the pivot arm for biasing the pivot arm, a seal disposed between the base and pivot arm on the shaft, the shaft comprising a second frustoconical portion describing an apex angle ?, and the torsion spring applying an axial spring force to the pivot arm such that the first frustoconical portion is in pressing engagement with the second frustoconical portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2016
    Publication date: January 11, 2018
    Inventors: Xiaohua Joe Chen, Oliver Stegelmann, Piotr Dec, Rudy Pupulin, Wanzhi Han
  • Patent number: 8888622
    Abstract: An isolator decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley journalled to the shaft, a clutch carrier journalled to the shaft through a one-way clutch, a torsion spring engaged between the pulley and the clutch carrier, the torsion spring loadable in an unwinding direction, the torsion spring and the pulley having a predetermined clearance between a torsion spring outside diameter surface and a pulley inside diameter surface, and whereby the torsion spring outside diameter surface and a pulley inside diameter surface come into a progressive frictional engagement by torque load dependent radial expansion of the torsion spring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Gates Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaohua Joe Chen, John T. Harvey, Rudy Pupulin, Keming Liu, Alexander Serkh, Imtiaz Ali, Dean Schneider, Peter Ward
  • Publication number: 20130324335
    Abstract: An isolator decoupler comprising a shaft, a pulley journalled to the shaft, a clutch carrier journalled to the shaft through a one-way clutch, a torsion spring engaged between the pulley and the clutch carrier, the torsion spring loadable in an unwinding direction, the torsion spring and the pulley having a predetermined clearance between a torsion spring outside diameter surface and a pulley inside diameter surface, and whereby the torsion spring outside diameter surface and a pulley inside diameter surface come into a progressive frictional engagement by torque load dependent radial expansion of the torsion spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Xiaohua Joe Chen, John T. Harvey, Rudy Pupulin, Keming Liu, Alexander Serkh, Imtiaz Ali, Dean Schneider, Peter Ward