Patents by Inventor Zhaowen ZHOU

Zhaowen 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).

  • Publication number: 20250226615
    Abstract: A cable fixing device includes a fixing component having a plurality of cable holes and a slot transversely running through the plurality of cable holes, and a locking component having a plurality of slot holes corresponding to the plurality of cable holes. The locking component is inserted into the slot of the fixing component and is movable between a pre-lock position and a final-lock position. One of the slot holes aligns with one of the cable holes and a cable is passable through the one of the cable holes and the one of the slot holes in the pre-lock position. The one of the slot holes is offset from the one of the cable holes in the final-lock position and an inner wall surface of the one of the slot holes presses against the cable passing through the one of the cable holes to lock the cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2025
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhihui (Vito) Tang, Feng (Charles) Wan, Zhaowen Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240426332
    Abstract: A connector component incudes an engagement hole adapted to engage with an elastic buckle of another connector component, and a pair of radial protrusions formed on an inner surface of the engagement hole. The connector component is rotatable around the elastic buckle inserted into the engagement hole between an assembly position and a disassembly position. The connector component is adapted such that, with the connector component is in the assembly position, the elastic buckle is not radially pressed by the radial protrusion and a radial interference amount between the elastic buckle and the engagement hole is equal to a predetermined interference amount. With the connector component in the disassembly position, the elastic buckle is radially pressed by the radial protrusion, and the radial interference amount between the elastic buckle and the engagement hole is less than the predetermined interference amount reducing an unlocking force required to unlock the elastic buckle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuanglin (Seven) Yuan, Feng (Charles) Wan, Zhaowen Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240429654
    Abstract: A connector housing assembly includes a housing, a top cover installed on the housing and formed with an elastic cantilever on its top wall, a lever member rotatably connected to the housing and rotatable between a locked position and an unlocked position, and a safety member. The safety member is movably installed on the top cover and movable between a safety position that is engaged with the lever member and an initial position that is separated from the lever member. When the safety member is in the safety position, the lever member is held in the locked position by the safety member, so that the lever member cannot be unlocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuanglin (Seven) Yuan, Feng (Charles) Wan, Zhaowen Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240347968
    Abstract: A connector housing includes a peripheral wall and a rack part formed on an outer surface of the peripheral wall. The rack part has an inner side and an outer side opposite the inner side in a width direction. The inner side of the rack part is connected to the peripheral wall. The rack part has a first tooth slot and a second tooth slot adjacent to the first tooth slot in a length direction. The first tooth slot meshes with a first tooth on a gear part of a mating connector and the second tooth slot meshes with a second tooth on the gear part. A slot width of the second tooth slot is smaller than the first tooth slot and prevents the first tooth with a tooth width larger than the slot width of the second tooth slot from engaging in the second tooth slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhihui (Vito) Tang, Feng (Charles) Wan, Zhaowen Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240136753
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing in which is provided at least one first terminal adapted to transmit a first current, at least one second terminal adapted to transmit a second current, and at least one third terminal adapted to transmit a signal. A total number of the at least one first terminal, the at least one second terminal, and the at least one third terminal is twenty-six.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Suzhou ) Ltd., Tyco Electronics ( Shanghai ) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Limin Gao, Feng (Charles) Wan, Zhaowen Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240088597
    Abstract: A connector module includes an insulator formed with a terminal slot for accommodating a terminal and a tool insertion port in communication with the terminal slot. A terminal locking member of the connector is installed on the insulator and movable between a pre locking position separated from the terminal and a final locking position engaged with the terminal. When the terminal locking member is in the pre locking position, the tool insertion port is not blocked by the terminal locking member to allow an operating tool to be inserted into the terminal slot through the tool insertion port to drive a locking spring of the terminal to an unlocking position separated from the insulator. With the terminal locking member in the final locking position, the tool insertion port is blocked by the terminal locking member to prevent the operating tool from being inserted into the terminal slot through the tool insertion port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics (Suzhou) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Feng (Charles) Wan, Zhaowen Zhou
  • Patent number: 10884613
    Abstract: A method and device for secondary input of text are disclosed. The method may include: detecting a touch action, if the touch action meets a triggering requirement for a candidate split mode, activating the candidate split mode, and in the candidate split mode, selecting and splitting one of candidate results into an acceptable part and a pending part, wherein the acceptable part is presented in a target text field and a new candidate is acquired based on the character string corresponding to the pending part. With the present disclosure, users are allowed to modify a candidate result at any time as desired by retaining an accepted part of the candidate result during the input process, so as to simplify the input process. This entails a more prompt and more efficient input feedback mechanism which simplifies the user's manipulation and improves the user's experience.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI CHULE (COOTEK) INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jialiang Wang, Hongbo Xue, Zhaowen Zhou, Kun Wu, Wenmao Zhang, Yun Dai, Yuan Mei
  • Publication number: 20190121533
    Abstract: A method and device for secondary input of text are disclosed. The method may include: detecting a touch action, if the touch action meets a triggering requirement for a candidate split mode, activating the candidate split mode, and in the candidate split mode, selecting and splitting one of candidate results into an acceptable part and a pending part, wherein the acceptable part is presented in a target text field and a new candidate is acquired based on the character string corresponding to the pending part. With the present disclosure, users are allowed to modify a candidate result at any time as desired by retaining an accepted part of the candidate result during the input process, so as to simplify the input process. This entails a more prompt and more efficient input feedback mechanism which simplifies the user's manipulation and improves the user's experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jialiang WANG, Hongbo XUE, Zhaowen ZHOU, Kun WU, Wenmao ZHANG, Yun DAI, Yuan MEI
  • Publication number: 20180373424
    Abstract: A method and a device for dynamically switching a keyboard background are disclosed. The method comprises: monitoring a parameter associated with switching the keyboard background and determining whether to trigger a dynamic switching of the keyboard background (S1); and when it is determined to trigger a dynamic switching of the keyboard background, obtaining an unused picture corresponding to a designated view from a respective background package and replacing a picture being currently used in the designated view with said unused picture (S2). Monitoring the associated parameters allows switching the background between predetermined pictures and hence provides a better personalized experience.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jiannan XIONG, Zhaowen ZHOU, Ni LIN, Haichao XIE, Xianmou CHEN, Yuan MEI, Wenjuan WANG
  • Publication number: 20160154891
    Abstract: An intelligent-predictable input method and an intelligent-predictable input system, wherein said method comprises: detecting an input signal; obtaining an input sequence according to said input signal, and based on said input signal, obtaining an input field selected by said input signal and associated attribute data of an application scenario that is corresponding to the input field; matching based on said input sequence and said associated attribute data, so as to obtain a matched candidate object. The present invention is aim to obtain an input result based on the consideration of the application scenario where said input is applied, so as to predict intelligently on a basis of an input sequence and acquire a candidate object that meets the user's expectation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Inventors: Kan ZHANG, Zhaowen ZHOU, Tao ZHAO, Yun DAI, Haichao XIE