Patents by Inventor Zan Wang

Zan Wang 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: 20260146928
    Abstract: Provided is a system for engineering geomechanical experimental testing of a reservoir rock mass, including a stress control unit, a temperature control unit and a rock sample holder. The stress control unit includes a rigid pressure-applying mechanism and a flexible pressure-applying mechanism. The rigid pressure-applying mechanism is configured to apply rigid pressure to a rock mass via an indenter and a pressing piece. The flexible pressure-applying mechanism is configured to apply flexible pressure to the rock mass by using a pressure medium. Rigid pressure application and flexible pressure application are integrated to simulate a stress status under an actual geological condition better, and uniformity of pressure application is also ensured. The temperature control unit is configured to control a temperature of the rock mass via a heating mechanism and a cooling mechanism. A method for engineering geomechanical experimental testing of a reservoir rock mass is further provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CAS
    Inventors: Shengwen QI, Bowen ZHENG, Wenjie HAO, Wang ZHANG, Bo WAN, Wei LU, Xiaokun HOU, Guangming LUO, Lina MA, Yongchao LI, Zan WANG, Weiwei ZHU, Jianing CONG, Guoliang LI, Yuran ZHANG, Songfeng GUO, Yu ZOU, Chao JIN, Ning LIANG, Xin YU
  • Publication number: 20260002852
    Abstract: Provided is a sample fixture for an indirect tensile test of rock mass, relating to the technical field of rock mass engineering geomechanics tests. The sample fixture includes an upper fixture, and a lower fixture located below the upper fixture. The upper fixture includes an upper fixing block, a ball head, and an upper knife. The lower fixture includes a lower fixing block, a telescopic positioning plate, and a lower knife. The ball head is in fit with a spherical groove on an upper surface of the upper fixing block to achieve the function of transferring pressure, thus ensuring loading strength acting on a sample. A loading force is transferred by using a cutting edge of the upper knife to make the pressure act on the sample intensively, thus ensuring point or linear loading required by the test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2024
    Publication date: January 1, 2026
    Inventors: Ning LIANG, Shengwen QI, Jianing CONG, Bowen ZHENG, Songfeng GUO, Yongchao LI, Lina MA, Wang ZHANG, Guoliang LI, Yanlong KONG, Yu ZOU, Xiaokun HOU, Zan WANG, Weiwei ZHU, Chao JIN, Wei LU, Guangming LUO, Xin YU, Xinyi GUO, Shuaihua SONG
  • Patent number: 12442795
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring structural deterioration of a reservoir rock mass under a long-time high-temperature condition, and a product are provided. The method includes: arranging ultrasonic transducers and fiber optic extrinsic Fabry-Perot interferometric (EFPI) sensors in a loading briquette; loading ultrasonic waves on a rock mass sample with the ultrasonic transducers; monitoring ultrasonic and acoustic emission signals at the rock mass sample with the fiber optic EFPI sensors; inverting a velocity model indicating a change of a wave velocity inside the rock mass sample over time by fast marching acoustic emission tomography using standard optimization (FaATSO) according to the ultrasonic and acoustic emission signals; and conducting joint inversion by a fast-marching method according to the velocity model, the acoustic emission signals, and observation data to determine a position of rock mass fracturing in the rock mass sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2025
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CAS
    Inventors: Shengwen Qi, Bowen Zheng, Guangming Luo, Wenjie Hao, Wei Lu, Yongchao Li, Guoliang Li, Wang Zhang, Bo Wan, Songfeng Guo, Ning Liang, Jianing Cong, Tianming Huang, Yanlong Kong, Xiaokun Hou, Zan Wang, Weiwei Zhu, Yu Zou, Lina Ma, Xin Yu
  • Patent number: 12437475
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for quantitatively characterizing development positions of geological disasters in slopes, and an electronic device. The method includes: acquiring a slope boundary of a target slope, and constructing a triangle matching the slope boundary, three vertices of the triangle are A, B and C respectively; acquiring, based on the triangle, slope terrain points within a range of triangle; assigning preset attribute information to each slope terrain point Di of the slope terrain points, the preset attribute information of each slope terrain point Di at least includes an angle attribute of each slope terrain point Di and a distance ratio attribute of each slope terrain point Di; and screening out disaster points from the slope terrain points, and plotting and displaying, based on angle attributes and distance ratio attributes of the disaster points, the disaster points in a preset area in a polar coordinate system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Yongchao Li, Shishu Zhang, Shengwen Qi, Yu Zou, Songfeng Guo, Bowen Zheng, Chunling Liu, Xinyi Guo, Fengjiao Tang, Xiao Lu, Xiaokun Hou, Zan Wang, Jianing Cong, Yue Yang, Wei Cheng, Huyue Zhan, Yonghua Yu, Naiwu He
  • Patent number: 12385897
    Abstract: A real-time quantitative characterization method, equipment and a medium for rock mass evolution are disclosed. The method includes: the multiphase field detection and monitoring data is fused; a deep learning model driven by physical principles is established based on the physical principles of fluid density; the deep learning model is trained using real-time fused data as input and corresponding evolution distribution images as output; a trained deep learning model is used to obtain an evolution distribution image based on multi-phase field detection and monitoring data of different time periods and types; a mathematical model is used to quantitatively characterize of physical and mechanical parameters in the whole process of progressive failure of the dynamic evolution of the rock mass based on the macroscopic mechanical parameters and evolution distribution images synchronized with multiphase field detection and monitoring data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2025
    Assignee: Institute of Geology and Geophysics, CAS
    Inventors: Zan Wang, Shengwen Qi, Bowen Zheng, Wang Zhang, Bo Wan, Xiaokun Hou, Wei Lu, Guangming Luo, Lina Ma, Yongchao Li, Guoliang Li, Yuran Zhang, Weiwei Zhu, Wenjie Hao, Songfeng Guo, Yu Zou, Jianing Cong, Chao Jin, Tianming Huang, Yanlong Kong
  • Patent number: 12203899
    Abstract: A sample mounting device for direct tensile test of rock mass is provided, which includes a first positioning stage, a second positioning stage, a first support piece, a second support piece, and a screw drive mechanism. The second positioning stage is arranged above the first positioning stage and capable of moving up and down, and cushion blocks for gluing with the rock mass are coaxially and detachably arranged at opposite ends of the first positioning stage and the second positioning stage, and a rock mass mounting area is formed between the two cushion blocks. A screw of the screw drive mechanism includes a first thread segment and a second thread segment with opposite thread directions. The first support piece is connected with the first thread segment through a nut seat, and the second support piece is connected with the second thread segment through a nut seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2024
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CAS, Yunnan Dianzhong Water Diversion Engineering Co.
    Inventors: Ning Liang, Jing Xu, Shufang Li, Tao Wang, Shengwen Qi, Jianing Cong, Bowen Zheng, Songfeng Guo, Xin Wang, Lina Ma, Shuaihua Song, Yongchao Li, Yu Zou, Xiaokun Hou, Zan Wang, Weiwei Zhu, Chao Jin, Tianming Huang, Yanlong Kong, Yuran Zhang
  • Patent number: 11828902
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-scale three-dimensional (3D) engineering geological model construction system and method. A regional geological model of a target region, a site geological model of each engineering site, and a drilling geological model of each drilling well are constructed. The geological model of each drilling well is superimposed to the site geological model of the corresponding engineering site in the way of step-by-step superimposition, and the site geological model of each engineering site fused with the drilling geological model is superimposed to the regional geological model of the target region. Thus, multi-scale geological model fusion of drilling well, engineering site, and regional mountain is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CAS
    Inventors: Bowen Zheng, Shengwen Qi, Zhendong Cui, Rixiang Zhu, Bo Wan, Wang Zhang, Yongchao Li, Songfeng Guo, Tianming Huang, Haijun Zhao, Zan Wang, Yan Zhang, Yanlong Kong, Lina Ma, Xiaokun Hou, Wei Lu, Lei Fu, Pingchuan Dong
  • Publication number: 20230364294
    Abstract: A fragrance device for an automotive air duct includes: a plurality of air deflection openings, a plurality of fragrance units, and a plurality of air deflectors. The air deflection openings are disposed on one side of the automotive air duct. Each of the fragrance units corresponds to one of the air deflection openings. The fragrance unit includes a fragrance shell and a fragrance piece. The fragrance piece is disposed in the fragrance shell, and each side of the fragrance shell communicates with the air deflection opening. The air deflector is located at the air deflection opening, and the air deflector is rotatably connected between the fragrance shell and the automotive air duct. The different fragrance units have the different fragrance pieces. The air deflection opening is matched with the air deflector, and the air deflector in a horizontal state is capable of sealing the air deflection opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Qiuhe REN, Zan WANG, Haodong HU
  • Patent number: 11733426
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a multi-scale three-dimensional (3D) engineering geological model construction system and method. A regional geological model of a target region, a site geological model of each engineering site, and a drilling geological model of each drilling well are constructed. The geological model of each drilling well is superimposed to the site geological model of the corresponding engineering site in the way of step-by-step superimposition, and the site geological model of each engineering site fused with the drilling geological model is superimposed to the regional geological model of the target region. Thus, multi-scale geological model fusion of drilling well, engineering site, and regional mountain is realized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS, CAS
    Inventors: Bowen Zheng, Shengwen Qi, Zhendong Cui, Rixiang Zhu, Bo Wan, Wang Zhang, Yongchao Li, Songfeng Guo, Tianming Huang, Haijun Zhao, Zan Wang, Yan Zhang, Yanlong Kong, Lina Ma, Xiaokun Hou, Wei Lu, Lei Fu, Pingchuan Dong
  • Patent number: 11451155
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a controller operative to: i) monitor a resonant voltage associated with a primary winding magnetically coupled to a secondary winding; ii) control a flow of current through the primary winding to produce an output voltage at the secondary winding; and iii) control magnetization of the primary winding with respect to a detected a zero crossing event associated with the monitored resonant voltage. The controller further controls a duration of activating a switch coupled to an auxiliary winding (which is magnetically coupled to the primary winding) based on a magnitude of the monitored resonant voltage and/or a magnitude of an input voltage supplied to the primary winding. The controller operates in different modes of magnetizing the primary winding such as at peaks or valleys of the monitored resonant voltage depending on a magnitude of the input voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Wee Tar Richard Ng, Zan Wang, Xiang Yuan
  • Publication number: 20220037985
    Abstract: An apparatus comprises a controller operative to: i) monitor a resonant voltage associated with a primary winding magnetically coupled to a secondary winding; ii) control a flow of current through the primary winding to produce an output voltage at the secondary winding; and iii) control magnetization of the primary winding with respect to a detected a zero crossing event associated with the monitored resonant voltage. The controller further controls a duration of activating a switch coupled to an auxiliary winding (which is magnetically coupled to the primary winding) based on a magnitude of the monitored resonant voltage and/or a magnitude of an input voltage supplied to the primary winding. The controller operates in different modes of magnetizing the primary winding such as at peaks or valleys of the monitored resonant voltage depending on a magnitude of the input voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Wee Tar Richard Ng, Zan Wang, Xiang Yuan
  • Patent number: 11053383
    Abstract: A cellulose/melamine-formaldehyde composite resin, the raw materials of the cellulose/melamine-formaldehyde composite resin comprise by weight percentage: 30-90% of melamine-formaldehyde resin, 5-60% of cellulose powder, 0.01-0.1% of curing agent, 0-20% of inorganic filler, 1-5% of surface modifier, 1-20% of dimer acid. A preparation method of the said cellulose/melamine-formaldehyde composite resin is also provided. The preparation method comprises the following steps: stirring the raw materials, then sieving and molding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ANHUI OGT NEW MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hailin Liu, Hewen Liu, Yangli Pan, Xiyang Yue, Zan Wang, Qingmeng Liu
  • Publication number: 20210198476
    Abstract: A cellulose/melamine-formaldehyde composite resin, the raw materials of the cellulose/melamine-formaldehyde composite resin comprise by weight percentage: 30-90% of melamine-formaldehyde resin, 5-60% of cellulose powder, 0.01-0.1% of curing agent, 0-20% of inorganic filler, 1-5% of surface modifier, 1-20% of dimer acid. A preparation method of the said cellulose/melamine-formaldehyde composite resin is also provided. The preparation method comprises the following steps: stirring the raw materials, then sieving and molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: ANHUI OGT NEW MATERIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hailin LIU, Hewen LIU, Yangli PAN, Xiyang YUE, Zan WANG, Qingmeng LIU
  • Patent number: 10804790
    Abstract: In some examples, a controller is configured to control a primary-side switch in a power converter circuit, and the controller includes a first node configured to receive a first signal indicating a current or a voltage through a primary side of a transformer of the power converter circuit. The controller also includes a second node configured to receive a second signal indicating a current or a voltage through a primary-side switch of the power converter circuit. The controller further includes processing circuitry configured to determine a target value for the second signal based on the first signal and generate the control signal for the primary-side switch based on the target value for the second signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Zan Wang, Wee Tar Richard Ng
  • Publication number: 20200112241
    Abstract: In some examples, a controller is configured to control a primary-side switch in a power converter circuit, and the controller includes a first node configured to receive a first signal indicating a current or a voltage through a primary side of a transformer of the power converter circuit. The controller also includes a second node configured to receive a second signal indicating a current or a voltage through a primary-side switch of the power converter circuit. The controller further includes processing circuitry configured to determine a target value for the second signal based on the first signal and generate the control signal for the primary-side switch based on the target value for the second signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Inventors: Zan Wang, Wee Tar Richard Ng
  • Patent number: 10516338
    Abstract: Voltage converter controllers, voltage converters and methods are discussed regarding the adjustment of an on-time of an auxiliary switch of a voltage converter. First and second voltages are measured before a primary switch of the voltage converter is turned on and while the primary switch is turned on, and the on-time is adjusted based on the voltages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Xiaowu Gong, Gerald Deboy, Yong Siang Teo, Zan Wang
  • Publication number: 20190149052
    Abstract: Voltage converter controllers, voltage converters and methods are discussed regarding the adjustment of an on-time of an auxiliary switch of a voltage converter. First and second voltages are measured before a primary switch of the voltage converter is turned on and while the primary switch is turned on, and the on-time is adjusted based on the voltages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2018
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Xiaowu Gong, Gerald Deboy, Yong Siang Teo, Zan Wang
  • Patent number: 9979299
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes activating, by a controller of a power converter, a switch of the power converter that controls an amount of energy provided by the power converter; receiving, by an input of the controller, a signal that represents an amount of current flowing through the switch; responsive to determining that the amount of current flowing through the switch is greater than or equal to a threshold amount of current, deactivating, by the controller, the switch; and responsive to determining that an amount of time elapsed since activation of the switch is greater than a threshold amount of time, deactivating, by the controller, the switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2018
    Assignee: Infineon Technologies Austria AG
    Inventors: Zan Wang, Wee Tar Richard Ng, Xiaowu Gong
  • Publication number: 20180097446
    Abstract: In one example, a method includes activating, by a controller of a power converter, a switch of the power converter that controls an amount of energy provided by the power converter; receiving, by an input of the controller, a signal that represents an amount of current flowing through the switch; responsive to determining that the amount of current flowing through the switch is greater than or equal to a threshold amount of current, deactivating, by the controller, the switch; and responsive to determining that an amount of time elapsed since activation of the switch is greater than a threshold amount of time, deactivating, by the controller, the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Zan Wang, Wee Tar Richard Ng, Xiaowu Gong
  • Publication number: 20140132606
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a three-dimensional man-machine interaction display and control method for power grid operation monitoring, which includes the following steps: drawing a picture in a two-dimensional plane by using a dual-buffer mechanism; reading the picture drawn in the two-dimensional plane, and drawing the picture in a three-dimensional space; detecting an interaction event in the three-dimensional space, and determining a type of a component in an operation panel; delivering the interaction event between the three-dimensional space and the two-dimensional plane, and processing the interaction event according to the component type; and reading the picture drawn by the component in the two-dimensional plane, and updating a corresponding image in the three-dimensional space. The present invention solves the problem of introducing the alarm images into the three-dimensional space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2013
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: BEIJING KEDONG ELECTRIC POWER CONTROL SYSTEM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Wen WANG, Lin ZHAO, Xuewei SHANG, Pai SUN, Zan WANG, Jianming YU, Liang ZHANG, Fenlan JIN, Shaoxin HU, Bo ZHANG, Liqing SUN, Xiaochun WANG, Lili WANG, Xin JIN, Yan LIU, Dachuang CHENG