Patents by Inventor ZHAOYANG ZENG

ZHAOYANG ZENG 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).

  • Methods and systems for coolant system
    Patent number: 10690042
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling coolant flow through parallel branches of a coolant circuit including an AC condenser and a charge air cooler. Flow is apportioned responsive to an AC head pressure and a CAC temperature to reduce parasitic losses and improve fuel economy. The flow is apportioned via adjustments to a coolant pump output and a proportioning valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Amey Y. Karnik, John Smiley, III, Zhaoyang Zeng, David Karl Bidner
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR COOLANT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20180087450
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for controlling coolant flow through parallel branches of a coolant circuit including an AC condenser and a charge air cooler. Flow is apportioned responsive to an AC head pressure and a CAC temperature to reduce parasitic losses and improve fuel economy. The flow is apportioned via adjustments to a coolant pump output and a proportioning valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Amey Y. Karnik, John Smiley, III, Zhaoyang Zeng, David Karl Bidner
  • Method to protect the exhaust manifold from overheating using heat pipe
    Patent number: 8806858
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an engine is disclosed herein. The exhaust system includes a catalytic converter, an exhaust manifold upstream from the catalytic converter, and a heat pipe in thermal contact with the exhaust manifold and atmosphere. The system further includes a phase changing material that passively absorbs heat after catalytic light-off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Shiguang Zhou, Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Jeffrey Scott Hepburn, Donald S. Masch, Zhaoyang Zeng, James Patrick O'Neill, Danrich Henry Demitroff
  • METHOD TO PROTECT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD FROM OVERHEATING USING HEAT PIPE
    Publication number: 20130186076
    Abstract: An exhaust system for an engine is disclosed herein. The exhaust system includes a catalytic converter, an exhaust manifold upstream from the catalytic converter, and a heat pipe in thermal contact with the exhaust manifold and atmosphere. The system further includes a phase changing material that passively absorbs heat after catalytic light-off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Shiguang (Steven) Zhou, Michael Levin, Furqan Zafar Shaikh, Jeffrey Scott Hepburn, Donald S. Masch, Zhaoyang Zeng, James Patrick O'Neill, Danrich Henry Demitroff
  • CONNECTOR TERMINAL
    Publication number: 20120329308
    Abstract: A connector terminal includes a main body having at least one contact section extended from a first end of the main body; a first cable connecting unit horizontally located above an opposite second end of the main body; and a second cable connecting unit vertically extended from an end of the first cable connecting unit in a direction opposite to the main body. With the above structure, the connector terminal can be used with either a 90-degree connector or a 180-degree connector, and to electrically connect cables to the 90-degree connector via the first cable connecting unit or to the 180-degree connector via the second cable connecting unit. Therefore, the connector terminal provides good applicability, and the costs for manufacturing and storing connector terminals can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Inventors: SHIH-HUNG CHEN, LUNG-HAO SUN, ZHAOYANG ZENG