Patents by Inventor Yule ZHOU

Yule ZHOU 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: 11370247
    Abstract: An automobile hub with a hollow rim includes a wheel disc and the rim with at least one hollow cavity, in which the rim includes at least two mutually nested rings and an axial end cap at the same ends of the at least two rings, and the hollow cavity consists of the rings and the axial end cap. The outer side of one end of the wheel disc includes axial rim mounting grooves, and the rim is inserted into the rim mounting grooves and fixed to the wheel disc through the end without the axial end cap. By employing the automobile hub with the hollow rim, the hub assembling method, and the automobile having the hub, the weight of the hub can be further reduced, and the hub has sufficient strength.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuan Cheng, Changhai Li, Xu Wang, Hongbiao Li, Lin Zhu, Zhen Li, Yule Zhou
  • Patent number: 11338614
    Abstract: A wheel and a rim with weight reduction sockets are provided. The rim is made of an aluminum alloy and includes an inner flange, a middle portion and an outer flange, the inner flange, middle portion and outer flange are all annular and are connected end to end to form a cylindrical rim, in which weight reduction sockets are provided on the outer surface of the middle portion of the rim; the weight reduction sockets are rectangular ones, and are arranged in lattices in turn; and 3-5 rows of weight reduction sockets are arranged annularly on the outer surface of the middle portion of the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zuo Xu, Xu Wang, Hanqi Wu, Zhen Li, Kaiqing Wang, Yule Zhou, Chuan Cheng, Changhai Li, Tiefeng Hu, Hui Chi
  • Patent number: 11338613
    Abstract: A wheel and a rim with weight reduction sockets are provided. The rim includes an inner flange, a middle portion and an outer flange, the inner flange, middle portion and outer flange are all annular and are connected end to end to form a cylindrical rim, in which the middle portion of the rim includes weight reduction sockets; and the weight reduction sockets are of regular hexagons, and are arranged adjacently on the outer side of the middle portion of the rim in the shape of a honeycomb. The weight of the hub is reduced by designing the weight reduction sockets in a specific shape for the outer rim of the hub and selecting the size of the weight reduction sockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zuo Xu, Zhen Li, Xu Wang, Kaiqing Wang, Yule Zhou, Chuan Cheng, Changhai Li, Tiefeng Hu, Hui Chi
  • Patent number: 11312175
    Abstract: An automobile wheel having a multilayer rim includes a wheel disc and a rim that is composed of at least two layers of metal rings by nesting, and a gap is preset between two adjacent metal rings; an outer side of one end of the wheel disc includes axial rim mounting grooves, and one end of the rim is inserted into the rim mounting grooves to fix the rim to the wheel disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuan Cheng, Changhai Li, Xu Wang, Hongbiao Li, Zhen Li, Yule Zhou, Zenglei He
  • Patent number: 11167587
    Abstract: A wheel and a rim with a weight reduction inner flange are provided. The rim includes an inner flange, a middle portion and an outer flange which are all annular and connected end to end to form an annular rim, in which the inner flange or the outer flange includes multiple groups of edge weight reduction sockets arranged side by side on one side of the inner cavity of a hub, and multiple groups of inner weight reduction sockets arranged side by side are provided inside the edge weight reduction sockets on the rim; a group of edge weight reduction sockets includes a first edge weight reduction socket and a second edge weight reduction socket at the edge of the inner flange or the outer flange, and the first edge weight reduction socket is in the shape of a right-angled triangle having round angles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zuo Xu, Zhen Li, Xu Wang, Kaiqing Wang, Yule Zhou, Chuan Cheng, Changhai Li, Tiefeng Hu, Hui Chi
  • Patent number: 11052703
    Abstract: A rim with an inner flange having strip weight reduction sockets and a wheel are provided. The rim includes the inner flange, a middle portion and an outer flange which are all annular and are connected end to end to form an annular rim, in which trapezoidal weight reduction sockets are provided on the inner wall of the inner flange; the bottom edges of the weight reduction sockets are flush with the edge of the inner flange; the top edge of each weight reduction socket has fillets; and the weight reduction sockets have a bottom edge length of 5-30 mm, a height of 15-60 mm, a top edge length of 5-15 mm, a base angle of 72-83°, and a depth of 1-5 mm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Zuo Xu, Guoyuan Xiong, Xu Wang, Zhen Li, Kaiqing Wang, Yule Zhou, Chuan Cheng, Changhai Li, Tiefeng Hu, Hui Chi
  • Publication number: 20200290396
    Abstract: An automobile hub with a hollow rim includes a wheel disc and the rim with at least one hollow cavity, in which the rim includes at least two mutually nested rings and an axial end cap at the same ends of the at least two rings, and the hollow cavity consists of the rings and the axial end cap. The outer side of one end of the wheel disc includes axial rim mounting grooves, and the rim is inserted into the rim mounting grooves and fixed to the wheel disc through the end without the axial end cap. By employing the automobile hub with the hollow rim, the hub assembling method, and the automobile having the hub, the weight of the hub can be further reduced, and the hub has sufficient strength.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Applicant: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuan CHENG, Changhai LI, Xu WANG, Hongbiao LI, Lin ZHU, Zhen LI, Yule ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20200254812
    Abstract: An automobile hub of a multilayer rim includes a wheel disc and a rim that is composed of at least two layers of metal rings by nesting, and a gap is preset between two adjacent metal rings; an outer side of one end of the wheel disc includes axial rim mounting grooves, and one end of the rim is inserted into the rim mounting grooves to fix the rim to the wheel disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chuan CHENG, Changhai LI, Xu WANG, Hongbiao LI, Zhen LI, Yule ZHOU, Zenglei HE
  • Patent number: 10493593
    Abstract: A wheel outer rim fillet dressing device, wherein after a wheel is roughly positioned, an electric cylinder drives a moving plate to descend to an appropriate position, an adjusting cylinder drives a second sliding table to move away from a first sliding table, the first sliding table moves synchronously with the second sliding table under the action of a second gear rack, thus the distance between a precision positioning post on the first sliding table and a precision positioning post on the second sliding table is adjusted, and the precision positioning posts contact a vertical surface of a cap seam allowance of the wheel and hold the wheel tightly. The adjusting cylinder is restarted, and the outer rim fillets can be dressed when the distance between first and second cutters for dressing wheel outer rim fillets is adjusted to an appropriate position and under the cooperation of the rotating wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: CITIC DICASTAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huiying Liu, Shan Ma, Yule Zhou, Junmeng Li, Xiaopeng Chen, Yongwang Zhao
  • Patent number: 10449600
    Abstract: A plunger for strengthening spoke root R angle cooling. A plunger main body is step-shaped and provided with a blind hole, and vent holes are uniformly distributed around the blind hole; an annular groove is formed in the plunger main body, and connects the blind hole with the vent holes; air outlet pipes are inserted into the blind hole, the distance between the air outlet pipes and the bottom of the blind hole is 1-1.5 times the radius of the blind hole, an annular air pipe connects the air inlet pipe with the air outlet pipes and distributes cooling air entering from an air inlet pipe to each air outlet pipe, and the diameter of the air inlet pipe is not smaller than two times that of the air outlet pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Inventors: Lin Zhu, Yule Zhou, Zhen Li
  • Publication number: 20190299706
    Abstract: A wheel and a rim with a weight reduction inner flange are provided. The rim includes an inner flange, a middle portion and an outer flange which are all annular and connected end to end to form an annular rim, in which the inner flange or the outer flange includes multiple groups of edge weight reduction sockets arranged side by side on one side of the inner cavity of a hub, and multiple groups of inner weight reduction sockets arranged side by side are provided inside the edge weight reduction sockets on the rim; a group of edge weight reduction sockets includes a first edge weight reduction socket and a second edge weight reduction socket at the edge of the inner flange or the outer flange, and the first edge weight reduction socket is in the shape of a right-angled triangle having round angles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Zhen LI, Xu WANG, Kaiqing WANG, Yule ZHOU, Chuan CHENG, Changhai LI, Tiefeng HU, Hui CHI
  • Publication number: 20190270338
    Abstract: A rim with an inner flange having strip weight reduction sockets and a wheel are provided. The rim includes the inner flange, a middle portion and an outer flange which are all annular and are connected end to end to form an annular rim, in which trapezoidal weight reduction sockets are provided on the inner wall of the inner flange; the bottom edges of the weight reduction sockets are flush with the edge of the inner flange; the top edge of each weight reduction socket has fillets; and the weight reduction sockets have a bottom edge length of 5-30 mm, a height of 15-60 mm, a top edge length of 5-15 mm, a base angle of 72-83°, and a depth of 1-5 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Xu WANG, Zhen LI, Kaiqing WANG, Yule ZHOU, Chuan CHENG, Changhai LI, Tiefeng HU, Hui CHI
  • Publication number: 20190270337
    Abstract: A wheel and a rim with weight reduction sockets are provided. The rim is made of an aluminum alloy and includes an inner flange, a middle portion and an outer flange, the inner flange, middle portion and outer flange are all annular and are connected end to end to form a cylindrical rim, in which weight reduction sockets are provided on the outer surface of the middle portion of the rim; the weight reduction sockets are rectangular ones, and are arranged in lattices in turn; and 3-5 rows of weight reduction sockets are arranged annularly on the outer surface of the middle portion of the rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Xu WANG, Zhen LI, Kaiqing WANG, Yule ZHOU, Chuan CHENG, Changhai LI, Tiefeng HU, Hui CHI
  • Publication number: 20190270336
    Abstract: A wheel and a rim with weight reduction sockets are provided. The rim includes an inner flange, a middle portion and an outer flange, the inner flange, middle portion and outer flange are all annular and are connected end to end to form a cylindrical rim, in which the middle portion of the rim includes weight reduction sockets; and the weight reduction sockets are of regular hexagons, and are arranged adjacently on the outer side of the middle portion of the rim in the shape of a honeycomb. The weight of the hub is reduced by designing the weight reduction sockets in a specific shape for the outer rim of the hub and selecting the size of the weight reduction sockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Zhen LI, Xu Wang, Kaiqing Wang, Yule Zhou, Chuan Cheng, Changhai Li, Tiefeng Hu, Hui Chi
  • Patent number: 10363610
    Abstract: A wheel bolt hole chamfer device is composed of a base, a support frame, a lower servo motor, a turntable, stop blocks, guide rails, strong springs, a driving friction wheel, driven shafts, driven friction wheels, chamfer cutters and the like. The device can be put into a production line as a fourth-procedure machining device, and bolt hole chamfers are no longer machined in three procedures, so that the three-procedure machining time is reduced; and after the fourth procedure for machining the bolt hole chamfers is supplemented, the machining time of a single wheel is shortened, and the efficiency is improved. The device integrates pitch diameter adjustment and rotating drive of the chamfer cutters, so that a drive system and a power system are greatly simplified, i.e., the manufacturing cost of the device is reduced, all bolt hole chamfers can be machined at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huiying Liu, Yule Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190193169
    Abstract: A wheel bolt hole chamfer device is composed of a base, a support frame, a lower servo motor, a turntable, stop blocks, guide rails, strong springs, a driving friction wheel, driven shafts, driven friction wheels, chamfer cutters and the like. The device can be put into a production line as a fourth-procedure machining device, and bolt hole chamfers are no longer machined in three procedures, so that the three-procedure machining time is reduced; and after the fourth procedure for machining the bolt hole chamfers is supplemented, the machining time of a single wheel is shortened, and the efficiency is improved. The device integrates pitch diameter adjustment and rotating drive of the chamfer cutters, so that a drive system and a power system are greatly simplified, i.e., the manufacturing cost of the device is reduced, all bolt hole chamfers can be machined at the same time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Inventors: Huiying Liu, Yule Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190160523
    Abstract: The present application provides a water-cooled mold for casting an aluminum alloy wheel, which is composed of a top mold, a side mold and a bottom mold, wherein a side mold insert is included between the side mold and the bottom mold, the inner surface of the side mold insert faces a cavity, and the upper surface and the lower surface are matched with the side mold frame respectively; the side mold insert is made of copper; the matching surface between the side mold insert and the side mold has a contact matching surface having a length of 10-15 mm at the edges of the inner ring and the outer ring respectively. And the side mold insert and the side mold form a gap which is 0.05-0.20 mm between the contact matching surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 30, 2019
    Applicant: CITIC Dicastal CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yule ZHOU, Zhen LI, Lin ZHU, Peng ZHOU, Shan MA, Changhai LI
  • Publication number: 20190061101
    Abstract: Disclosed is a wheel outer rim fillet dressing device, including a rough wheel positioning system, a precision wheel positioning system, a wheel rotating system and a cutter dressing system. After a wheel is roughly positioned, an electric cylinder drives a moving plate to descend to an appropriate position, an adjusting cylinder drives a right sliding table to move right, a left sliding table moves synchronously with right sliding table under the action of a second gear rack, thus the distance between a precision positioning post on left sliding table and a precision positioning post on right sliding table is adjusted, and precision positioning posts contact vertical surface of cap seam allowance of wheel and hold the wheel tightly. The adjusting cylinder is restarted, and outer rim fillets can be dressed when the distance between two dressing cutters is adjusted to an appropriate position and under the cooperation of rotating wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Huiying Liu, Shan Ma, Yule Zhou, Junmeng Li, Xiaopeng Chen, Yongwang Zhao
  • Publication number: 20180369901
    Abstract: A plunger for strengthening spoke root R angle cooling. A plunger main body is step-shaped and provided with a blind hole, and vent holes are uniformly distributed around the blind hole; an annular groove is formed in the plunger main body, and connects the blind hole with the vent holes; air outlet pipes are inserted into the blind hole, the distance between the air outlet pipes and the bottom of the blind hole is 1-1.5 times the radius of the blind hole, an annular air pipe connects the air inlet pipe with the air outlet pipes and distributes cooling air entering from an air inlet pipe to each air outlet pipe, and the diameter of the air inlet pipe is not smaller than two times that of the air outlet pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: CITIC Dicastal CO.,LTD
    Inventors: Lin ZHU, Yule ZHOU, Zhen LI