Patents by Inventor Xueyuan Zhu

Xueyuan Zhu 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: 12289068
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a direct drive transmission system and a control method. The direct drive transmission system includes: a base plate, guide rails, a plurality of stators, a mover, a plurality of drivers, and a controller. The plurality of stators are configured to drive the mover to slide on the guide rails. A transmission line composed of the plurality of stators is configured to have at least one low-accuracy segment and at least one high-accuracy segment connected to each other. The direct drive transmission system further includes at least one first switching signal device and a plurality of second switching signal devices. The at least one first switching signal device aligns with a respective second switching signal device, and each second switching signal device is electrically connected to a respective driver or the plurality of second switching signal devices are all electrically connected to the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: AAC Technologies (Nanjing) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Weiling Shi, Xueyuan Zhu, Shun Guo, Lin Qian
  • Publication number: 20250125690
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linear driving apparatus. The linear driving apparatus includes: stators; rotors slidably arranged on the stators; a driving component configured to drive the rotors to slide along an extension direction of the stators; first position feedback units provided with one first position feedback unit provided with a marking signal; and second position feedback units arranged on the stators and spaced apart. The second position feedback units is configured to read position information of the first position feedback units and read the marking signal. The linear driving apparatus in the present disclosure can simplify a manner of identifying the rotor without additional sensors, thereby reducing costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Lin Qian, Weiling Shi, Min Chen, Shun Guo, Xueyuan Zhu, Yu Huang
  • Publication number: 20250125756
    Abstract: A method for controlling a direct drive transmission system and related devices. The method includes: S1: starting direct drive transmission system for overall zero returning; S2: reading a zero signal of the first incremental position feedback means identified by a corresponding second incremental position feedback means; S3: determining whether any actuator reads two zero signals; if yes, performing step S4; otherwise, returning to step S1; S4: determining according to a distance between two zero signals fed back by the actuator that the corresponding mover has completed zero returning, and further completing zero returning of the direct drive transmission system; and S5: acquiring, by the controller based on the direct drive transmission system after zero returning, position information of the movers, and driving the movers to move. Compared with the related art, the present disclosure has good position feedback effect, high positioning accuracy, and good drive control effect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Lin Qian, Shun Guo, Xueyuan Zhu, Min Chen, Weiling Shi, Yu Qin
  • Publication number: 20250119044
    Abstract: A direct-drive system, including a base provided with a guide rail and a stator assembly; and at least one slide spaced from the base and fixed to the base by means of the guide rail. A mover assembly arranged opposite to the stator assembly is fixed to the at least one slide, and the mover assembly interacts with the stator assembly to drive the at least one slide to slide on the guide rail. An orthographic projection of the guide rail onto the base along a sliding direction of the at least one slide falls at least partially at an outer side of the base. The guide rail structure is first contacted when the modules are spliced, so as to ensure smooth sliding of the direct-drive system and reduce the difficulty of assembly and maintenance of the system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Weiling Shi, Yu Qin, Min Chen, Xueyuan Zhu
  • Patent number: 12237787
    Abstract: A method for controlling a direct drive system, including: S1: outputting, by the actuator, a current to the winding of the stator corresponding to the actuator to cause the windings to drive the mover corresponding to the windings to move in a single direction along the guide rail; S2: sensing a position of the second position feedback means through the first position feedback means, and acquiring position information of the mover relative to the stator; and S3: changing a drive mode of the actuator according to the position information, so that the actuator adjusts, according to the drive mode, magnitude of the current outputted to the windings of the stator corresponding to the actuator. The above solution can reduce a number of power modules used in the direct drive system, so as to reduce overall manufacturing and use costs of the direct drive system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Chen, Lin Qian, Weiling Shi, Xueyuan Zhu, Shun Guo
  • Publication number: 20240418977
    Abstract: The switching apparatus, configured to switch an objective lens of a microscope, includes a base, a rotation drive module secured onto the base, a transmission module connected to the rotation drive module, and a turntable fixedly connected to the transmission module and the objective lens. The transmission module includes a housing fixed onto the base, a coupler with one end detachably secured to an output shaft of the rotation drive module, a double lead worm fixedly connected to another end of the coupler, and a worm gear in mesh engagement with the double lead worm. The worm gear is fixedly connected to the turntable, and by disconnecting the coupler from the output shaft and rotating the coupler, the double lead worm moves along an axial direction to change a mesh engagement clearance between the double lead worm and the worm gear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Xingyu Li, Rui Zhang, Jin Hu, Xueyuan Zhu
  • Patent number: 12155327
    Abstract: A method for controlling a multi-mover direct drive transmission system and related devices, including: S1: detecting a real-time position of the mover units movable in the feedback segments; S2: determining whether the mover unit enters junction region between the feedback and transition segments: if yes, calculating, by using preset algorithm, an electrical angle at which the mover unit moves in the transition segment, and determining real-time position of the mover unit through the electrical angle; and setting cooperative control mode of the stator windings in a range of the transition segment according to the real-time position of the mover unit; and S3: determining whether the mover unit enters the junction region between the transition segment and the feedback segment: if yes, feeding back real-time position of the mover unit through the displacement sensor of the feedback segment. The above solution has a good control effect, low costs, and low mounting requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Chen, Xueyuan Zhu, Shun Guo, Lin Qian, Weiling Shi, Wanlun Wang
  • Patent number: 12081149
    Abstract: A multi-mover direct drive transmission system, including: stator unit formed by stator segments and includes frame and coil windings; mover units movable relative to the stator unit and each includes mover slidably connected to the stator unit and movable relative to the frame, and magnet fixed to the mover; and actuators. The magnet is arranged opposite to and spaced from the coil winding, and the coil winding drives the magnet to drive the mover. The frame includes feedback segments and transition segments. The stator unit further includes hall elements. The hall element outputs a hall signal according to a magnetic field variation detected. The actuator calculates an electrical angle and calculates a drive current, the coil winding drives the magnet to move to realize position correction. The multi-mover direct drive transmission system has a simple structure, a small number of components, and is simple and easy-to-implement the motion control method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: AAC Microtech (Changzhou) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin Qian, Yu Qin, Min Chen, Weiling Shi, Shun Guo, Xueyuan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240217123
    Abstract: Provided is a three-axis robot including a base plate, a first guiding unit extending along first direction, a first slider, a first driver driving the first slider to move along first direction, a second guiding unit extending along second direction, a second slider, a second driver driving the second slider to move along second direction, a third guiding unit extending along third direction, and the first, second and third directions are perpendicular to each other, a third slider, and a third driver driving the third slider to move along third direction. The first guiding unit and the first driver are provided on the base plate, the second guiding unit and the second driver are provided on the first slider, and the third guiding unit and the third driver are provided on the second slider, so that the three-axis robot has compact structure, improved rigidity and occupies less space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Chongdeng Wu, Xueyuan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240219169
    Abstract: A thickness detecting device and a thickness detecting method are provided. The thickness detecting device includes: a mounting base provided with first and second mounting grooves; an image acquisition device movably mounted in the first mounting groove; and a light source movably mounted in the second mounting groove. The first and second mounting grooves extend along first and second directions, respectively. A preset angle is formed between a shooting direction of the image acquisition device and the second direction, the preset angle increases and decreases as the image acquisition device moves along the first direction. The light source can move along the second direction to be adjacent to or far away from a workpiece to be detected. By adopting the light source and image acquisition device that are separated, it is unnecessary to scan during the thickness detection, thereby shortening the detection time and improving the detection efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yiren Cao, Chongdeng Wu, Xueyuan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240217095
    Abstract: A single axis robot includes: a base plate, a first guiding unit extending along a first direction, a first slider, a driver, a second guiding unit extending along a second direction, a second slider and a third guiding unit extending along a third direction. The first end of the first slider is connected to the first guiding unit to realize guiding fitting. The driver is connected to the first slider. The second guiding unit is provided at a second end of the first slider. A first end of the second slider and the second end of the first slider form guiding fitting. A plane of the third direction is perpendicular to a plane of the first direction. With the first and second sliders and the first, second and third guiding units, the movement along the axial direction of the driving screw is converted into movement in a direction perpendicular thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Chongdeng Wu, Qihuan Zhu, Xueyuan Zhu, Shun Guo, Weiling Shi
  • Publication number: 20240213869
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides direct drive system, including stator, a primary assembly, mover, secondary assembly, and first magnetic yoke. One side of stator being provided with first magnetic yoke. The primary assembly is arranged on first magnetic yoke. The mover has first support surface and second support surface. First support surface and second support surface are arranged on two opposite sides of stator. The secondary assembly is arranged on first support surface. The secondary assembly faces primary assembly, first gap is formed between secondary assembly and primary assembly. A magnetic field loop is formed among secondary assembly, primary assembly, and first magnetic yoke. The side of stator away from first magnetic yoke faces second support surface. Second support surface is to support a work table surface. The direct drive system is reasonable in structure design, can better protect primary assembly and secondary assembly, and has high stability and reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Yu Qin, Weiling Shi, Xueyuan Zhu, Min Chen
  • Publication number: 20240213902
    Abstract: A method for controlling a direct drive system, including: S1: outputting, by the actuator, a current to the winding of the stator corresponding to the actuator to cause the windings to drive the mover corresponding to the windings to move in a single direction along the guide rail; S2: sensing a position of the second position feedback means through the first position feedback means, and acquiring position information of the mover relative to the stator; and S3: changing a drive mode of the actuator according to the position information, so that the actuator adjusts, according to the drive mode, magnitude of the current outputted to the windings of the stator corresponding to the actuator. The above solution can reduce a number of power modules used in the direct drive system, so as to reduce overall manufacturing and use costs of the direct drive system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Min Chen, Lin Qian, Weiling Shi, Xueyuan Zhu, Shun Guo
  • Publication number: 20240213900
    Abstract: A multi-mover direct drive transmission system, including: stator unit formed by stator segments and includes frame and coil windings; mover units movable relative to the stator unit and each includes mover slidably connected to the stator unit and movable relative to the frame, and magnet fixed to the mover; and actuators. The magnet is arranged opposite to and spaced from the coil winding, and the coil winding drives the magnet to drive the mover. The frame includes feedback segments and transition segments. The stator unit further includes hall elements. The hall element outputs a hall signal according to a magnetic field variation detected. The actuator calculates an electrical angle and calculates a drive current, the coil winding drives the magnet to move to realize position correction. The multi-mover direct drive transmission system has a simple structure, a small number of components, and is simple and easy-to-implement the motion control method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Lin Qian, Yu Qin, Min Chen, Weiling Shi, Shun Guo, Xueyuan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240213901
    Abstract: A method for controlling a multi-mover direct drive transmission system and related devices, including: S1: detecting a real-time position of the mover units movable in the feedback segments; S2: determining whether the mover unit enters junction region between the feedback and transition segments: if yes, calculating, by using preset algorithm, an electrical angle at which the mover unit moves in the transition segment, and determining real-time position of the mover unit through the electrical angle; and setting cooperative control mode of the stator windings in a range of the transition segment according to the real-time position of the mover unit; and S3: determining whether the mover unit enters the junction region between the transition segment and the feedback segment: if yes, feeding back real-time position of the mover unit through the displacement sensor of the feedback segment. The above solution has a good control effect, low costs, and low mounting requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Min Chen, Xueyuan Zhu, Shun Guo, Lin Qian, Weiling Shi, Wanlun Wang
  • Publication number: 20240195338
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a direct drive transmission system and a control method. The direct drive transmission system includes: a base plate, guide rails, a plurality of stators, a mover, a first position feedback device, a plurality of second position feedback devices, a plurality of drivers, and a controller. The first position feedback device aligns with a respective second position feedback device. The plurality of stators are configured to drive the mover to slide on the guide rails. The plurality of second position feedback devices are arranged at intervals and are electrically connected to the controller. The controller is configured to control driving operations of the plurality of drivers according to effective position information fed back by the plurality of second position feedback devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Shun Guo, Weiling Shi, Lin Qian, Xueyuan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240194402
    Abstract: Provided are a device and method for molding magnetic powder. The device includes a frame, a mold lifting mechanism, a plate pressing mechanism, a punch mechanism and a height locking mechanism. The mold lifting mechanism includes a mold and a first driving member for moving the mold up and down. The plate pressing mechanism includes a pressing plate and a second driving member for moving the pressing plate up and down. The punch mechanism includes a punch and a third driving member for moving the punch up and down. The height locking mechanism includes a first locking piece for locking the pressing plate and a second locking piece for locking the punch. The mold reciprocates upward and downward, such that a filling density of the magnetic powder is kept uniform, and the density distribution difference of the magnetic powder in a height direction is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Chunjing Wan, Lin Qian, Xueyuan Zhu, Qihuan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240185462
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for calibrating a position of a mover in a direct drive transmission system. In response to receiving an arriving signal for a mover corresponding to a preset detection station, an image acquisition device disposed above the detection station is controlled to acquire an image of the mover; feature recognition is performed on the image of the mover, and an actual coordinate position of a preset feature image area is acquired in the image of the mover; a mover-arriving detection result is generated based on the actual coordinate position; and a calibration signal for the position of the mover is generated based on the mover-arriving detection result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2023
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Xueyuan Zhu, Lin Qian, Weiling Shi, Shun Guo
  • Publication number: 20240178736
    Abstract: The multi-mover direct drive transmission system includes multiple stator units, a guide rail, multiple mover units, and a controller. Each of the multiple stator units includes a stator, a winding, a photoelectric switch, a reading head, and a driver. Each of the multiple mover units includes a mover, and a magnetic steel, two stoppers, and a grating ruler. Each of the two stoppers are configured to pass and block the photoelectric switch. The grating ruler is arranged opposite to the reading head, and the reading head is configured to read information from the grating ruler in real-time. The controller is configured to obtain the reading signal and two zero signals from the photoelectric switch by the driver. Compared with the conventional art, the multi-mover direct drive transmission system of the present invention has simple structure, high positioning accuracy, and easy to use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Shun Guo, Weiling Shi, Lin Qian, Xueyuan Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240178779
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linear drive device, which includes: a stator including a stator body and a plurality of coils. The linear drive device further includes a rotor including a rotor body supported on the stator body, and a magnetic steel fixed on the rotor body, a first position feedback unit fixed on the rotor body, and multiple drivers. The multiple coils arranged in series or parallel are electrically connected to one of the multiple drivers, while remaining coils not arranged in series or parallel are divided into multiple groups, and multiple coils in each of the multiple groups are electrically connected to the other driver. The linear drive device further includes a controller electrically connected to the multiple drivers. The linear drive device in the present disclosure not only saves the number of drivers, but also reduces the difficulty of controlling the entire control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2023
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Weiling Shi, Xueyuan Zhu, Shun Guo, Lin Qian