Patents by Inventor Zhencai Zhu
Zhencai 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).
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Publication number: 20230192453Abstract: A gear-track-detachable driving device in a monorail crane for a steep slope includes a driving mechanism, a traveling mechanism, a four-bar linkage mechanism, a connection mechanism, a meshing track plate and transition track plates. The driving mechanism includes driving motors, meshing gears, a bearing rod, and a bearing plate. The traveling mechanism includes traveling wheels, clamping wheels, a shell and telescopic struts. The linkage mechanism includes first and second rockers, a linkage, and a cylinder. The connection mechanism includes fixation plates, a connection plate and connection bolts. When the crane travels to the slope front, the cylinder drives the linkage mechanism to send the meshing gears onto the transition track and adjusts the linkage mechanism into a dead point state, and the telescopic struts are locked. After the crane enters the slope, the meshing gears cooperate with the meshing track plate to provide an auxiliary drive for the crane.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Inventors: Hao LU, Zhencai ZHU, Yidong ZHANG, Yuxing PENG, Mai DU, Hengzhen HU, Fuping ZHENG, Yu TANG
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Publication number: 20230169471Abstract: An intelligent reliability evaluation and service life prediction method for a kilometer deep well hoist brake, the method including: the establishment of a digital twin model for a hoist brake, data acquisition and synchronization, and reliability evaluation and service life prediction, wherein the digital twin model for the hoist brake can accurately reflect actual physical characteristics of the hoist brake, the data acquisition and synchronization can realize real-time mapping between a physical entity of the hoist brake and the digital twin model therefor, and furthermore, on the basis of the digital twin model for the hoist brake, the reliability evaluation and service life prediction are realized. Digital twin technology is combined with a reliability analysis method, so that real-time updating of reliability evaluation and service life prediction of the hoist brake are realized.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2021Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: China University of Mining and TechnologyInventors: Hao LU, Zhencai ZHU, Yuxing PENG, Gongbo ZHOU, Gang SHEN, Yu TANG, Xiang LI, Wei WANG
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Publication number: 20230150799Abstract: A bidirectional anti-slipping apparatus includes a vehicle following stabilizing mechanism, a track, and two front and rear sets of locking mechanisms with opposite directions. The vehicle following stabilizing mechanism includes a protective shell, a middle vehicle capable of sliding and a hydraulic cylinder configured to control the middle vehicle to slide are arranged in the protective shell, a front vehicle and a rear vehicle are respectively fixed at two front and rear ends of the protective shell. Each locking mechanism includes two left and right groups of ratchet devices, each of the ratchet devices includes a fixing rod, a plurality of inner ratchet wheels capable of rotating unidirectionally are respectively fixed at two ends of the fixing rod on one side of the fixing rod proximate to the track, the inner ratchet wheels on the two front and rear sets of locking mechanisms rotate in opposite directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2023Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Hao LU, Zhencai ZHU, Yidong ZHANG, Yuxing PENG, Mai DU, Hengzhen HU, Fuping ZHENG, Yu TANG
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Publication number: 20230127366Abstract: An apparatus includes a current excitation source, a roadheader telescopic protection cylinder, an electric rotating apparatus, auxiliary cutting teeth, a cutting head entity, a transmission shaft, an optical fiber ring protective housing, an optical fiber ring, an optical fiber current sensor control unit and a recovery electrode. The apparatus transmits an auxiliary current Ie and a monitoring current Id to a coal seam. The auxiliary current Ie and the monitoring current Id are homologous currents that are incompatible, and the auxiliary current Ie squeezes the monitoring current Id, so the monitoring current Id monitors the environment of the coal seam. The monitoring current Id flows to the coal seam as, and a return current If flows through the transmission shaft and a roadheader expansion part. The optical fiber ring measures the return current If, when the roadheader is heading forward and encounters abnormal geological bodies.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Shaoyi XU, Zhencai ZHU, Wei LI, Wenting LU, Gang SHEN, Songyong LIU, Fangfang XING, Hongxiang JIANG, Lei SI
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Publication number: 20230118041Abstract: The present disclosure provides a system for monitoring a scraper chain based on a measurement on transmittance of a torsion spring and a method thereof. The system includes a sprocket-wheel torsion detection device, a fixing device, a wireless receiver, an A/D converter and an industrial computer. In the method, the relative torsion of the two sprocket wheels is converted into the density change of the torsion spring, the light transmission area is converted into the current value by the laser sensing panel, a varying range of the torsion spring is calculated by the industrial computer through the preset threshold and its own program to monitor the operating conditions of the chain. The method has a novel concept, a stable and reliable system, and a high promotion value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Hao LU, Hui JIANG, Zhencai ZHU, Guohua CAO, Yuxing PENG, Gongbo ZHOU, Gang SHEN, Fan JIANG, Yu TANG, Xiang LI, Wei WANG
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Patent number: 11440740Abstract: A frictional force monitoring system for middle troughs of a scraper conveyor, comprising a scraper conveyor system and a sensing detection system. The scraper conveyor system consists of a machine body, middle troughs, thrust lugs, scrapers, a double chain, a sprocket, a speed reducer, an electric motor and a frequency converter. The sensing monitoring system consists of force receiving modules, a three-dimensional force sensor, and a pre-embedded temperature sensor. The frictional force monitoring system is able to monitor impact loads, frictional forces, friction coefficients, temperature, etc. between an annular chain, coal bulk, and middle troughs of the scraper conveyor under complex and severe operating conditions, and to provide the technical means for the design, safety early-warning and health evaluation of the scraper conveyor, and can provide a data basis for studying friction wear and fatigue breaking mechanism of middle troughs of a scraper machine.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 13, 2022Assignee: China University of Mining and TechnologyInventors: Dagang Wang, Ruixin Wang, Zhencai Zhu, Huilong Zhu, Gang Shen, Xiang Li, Yu Tang
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Patent number: 11402196Abstract: Disclosed is a device and method for distributed detection of straightness of a working face of a scraper conveyor based on optical fiber sensing. The device includes a broadband light source, a first optical fiber circulator array, a second optical fiber circulator array, a collimator array, a reflecting film array, a third optical fiber circulator array, and an optical path analyzer. During transmission of light emitted from the broadband light source, the light with different wavelengths is separated via several optical gratings etched on a single-mode optical fiber (SMF), and reaches reflecting films adhered to the working face of the scraper conveyor through first optical fiber circulators, second optical fiber circulators, and collimators. The light with the different wavelengths is then reflected back from the reflecting films, enters the SMF through third optical fiber circulators, and finally enters the optical path analyzer.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: China University of Mining and TechnologyInventors: Shaoyi Xu, Zhencai Zhu, Wei Li, Yuqiao Wang, Fangfang Xing, Hongyu Xue, Qiang Peng, Feng Dong, Guang Chen
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Patent number: 11371522Abstract: Disclosed is a permanent magnet direct-drive slurry pump based on gas film drag reduction, which includes a permanent magnet motor, a main shaft, an impeller, and a valve block. The permanent magnet motor includes a housing, a stator core, stator windings, a rotor core, and a permanent magnet. The rotor core and the impeller share the main shaft, and an airflow channel is provided inside the main shaft. The impeller includes a front cover plate, a back cover plate, and blades. The blades are modularly manufactured, and blade gas jet holes and hemispherical pits are provided on the pressure surface. The airflow channel in the main shaft is communicated with the blade gas-jet holes. The valve block is disposed at the tail end of the main shaft so as to control gas exhaust and prevent liquid from entering the shaft. The present invention has such advantages as a small size, high efficiency, and strong wear resistance.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2020Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignees: China University of Mining and Technology, SHANDONG ZHANGQIU BLOWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Fangwei Xie, Shupeng Fang, Zuzhi Tian, Gang Shen, Zhencai Zhu, Haifang Zhang, Honglei Li, Chunjie Xu, Wancai Zhou
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Publication number: 20220154733Abstract: Disclosed is a permanent magnet direct-drive slurry pump based on gas film drag reduction, which includes a permanent magnet motor, a main shaft, an impeller, and a valve block. The permanent magnet motor includes a housing, a stator core, stator windings, a rotor core, and a permanent magnet. The rotor core and the impeller share the main shaft, and an airflow channel is provided inside the main shaft. The impeller includes a front cover plate, a back cover plate, and blades. The blades are modularly manufactured, and blade gas jet holes and hemispherical pits are provided on the pressure surface. The airflow channel in the main shaft is communicated with the blade gas-jet holes. The valve block is disposed at the tail end of the main shaft so as to control gas exhaust and prevent liquid from entering the shaft. The present invention has such advantages as a small size, high efficiency, and strong wear resistance.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2020Publication date: May 19, 2022Applicants: China University of Mining and Technology, SHANDONG ZHANGQIU BLOWER CO., LTD.Inventors: Fangwei XIE, Shupeng FANG, Zuzhi TIAN, Gang SHEN, Zhencai ZHU, Haifang ZHANG, Honglei LI, Chunjie XU, Wancai ZHOU
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Publication number: 20220144554Abstract: Disclosed is a device and method for distributed detection of straightness of a working face of a scraper conveyor based on optical fiber sensing. The device includes a broadband light source, a first optical fiber circulator array, a second optical fiber circulator array, a collimator array, a reflecting film array, a third optical fiber circulator array, and an optical path analyzer. During transmission of light emitted from the broadband light source, the light with different wavelengths is separated via several optical gratings etched on a single-mode optical fiber (SMF), and reaches reflecting films adhered to the working face of the scraper conveyor through first optical fiber circulators, second optical fiber circulators, and collimators. The light with the different wavelengths is then reflected back from the reflecting films, enters the SMF through third optical fiber circulators, and finally enters the optical path analyzer.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2020Publication date: May 12, 2022Applicant: China University of Mining and TechnologyInventors: Shaoyi XU, Zhencai ZHU, Wei LI, Yuqiao WANG, Fangfang XING, Hongyu XUE, Qiang PENG, Feng DONG, Guang CHEN
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Patent number: 11305946Abstract: The present invention discloses a drive system of a scraper conveyor and a control method. The drive system includes a nose sprocket, a tail sprocket, a nose sprocket drive mechanism, and a tail sprocket drive mechanism, where the nose sprocket drive mechanism is a hydraulic motor I, and the tail sprocket drive mechanism is a hydraulic motor II; and a hydraulic system that drives the hydraulic motor I and a hydraulic system that drives the hydraulic motor II include same hydraulic elements, and both include a three-position four-way solenoid directional valve, a two-position two-way solenoid directional valve, a two-position three-way solenoid directional valve, an accumulator, and an oil supplement valve group. The present invention is applicable to rapid starting and stopping of the scraper conveyor in a heavy load status while adjusting chain tension in real time, thereby resolving a power imbalance problem in a dual-drive system, and has a simple structure and a long service life.Type: GrantFiled: April 10, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignees: China University of Mining and Technology, JIANGSU TIANMING MACHINERY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Gang Shen, Zhencai Zhu, Kaiyu Dai, Yu Tang, Xiang Li, Yuxing Peng, Hao Lu, Guohua Cao, Gongbo Zhou, Wei Li, Fan Jiang
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Patent number: 11307025Abstract: A device and method for detecting an angle of a shearer rocker arm based on optical fiber sensing. The device includes an optical system and a mechanical system. The optical system includes a broadband light source, a polarizer, collimating lenses, a gradient-rotation media plate, a polarization beam splitter, and a data processing module. The mechanical system includes a connecting base, connecting rods, a slider, a bracket, and a sensor housing. When the shearer operates, the rocker arm converts rotation angle information to linear displacement related to a gradient refractive index by using a connecting rod mechanism, and a position on the gradient-rotation media plate through which linearly polarized light produced by the optical system passes also changes. Due to an optical rotation effect, corresponding rotation angles of a plane of polarization that are formed after the light passing through the gradient-rotation media plate also vary.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Shaoyi Xu, Zhencai Zhu, Wei Li, Fangfang Xing, Yuqiao Wang, Hongyu Xue, Qiang Peng, Guang Chen, Feng Dong
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Publication number: 20220073283Abstract: A frictional force monitoring system for middle troughs of a scraper conveyor, comprising a scraper conveyor system and a sensing detection system. The scraper conveyor system consists of a machine body, middle troughs, thrust lugs, scrapers, a double chain, a sprocket, a speed reducer, an electric motor and a frequency converter. The sensing monitoring system consists of force receiving modules, a three-dimensional force sensor, and a pre-embedded temperature sensor. The frictional force monitoring system is able to monitor impact loads, frictional forces, friction coefficients, temperature, etc. between an annular chain, coal bulk, and middle troughs of the scraper conveyor under complex and severe operating conditions, and to provide the technical means for the design, safety early-warning and health evaluation of the scraper conveyor, and can provide a data basis for studying friction wear and fatigue breaking mechanism of middle troughs of a scraper machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 26, 2019Publication date: March 10, 2022Applicant: China University of Mining and TechnologyInventors: Dagang WANG, Ruixin WANG, Zhencai ZHU, Huilong ZHU, Gang SHEN, Xiang LI, Yu TANG
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Publication number: 20220063927Abstract: The present invention discloses a drive system of a scraper conveyor and a control method. The drive system includes a nose sprocket, a tail sprocket, a nose sprocket drive mechanism, and a tail sprocket drive mechanism, where the nose sprocket drive mechanism is a hydraulic motor I, and the tail sprocket drive mechanism is a hydraulic motor II; and a hydraulic system that drives the hydraulic motor I and a hydraulic system that drives the hydraulic motor II include same hydraulic elements, and both include a three-position four-way solenoid directional valve, a two-position two-way solenoid directional valve, a two-position three-way solenoid directional valve, an accumulator, and an oil supplement valve group. The present invention is applicable to rapid starting and stopping of the scraper conveyor in a heavy load status while adjusting chain tension in real time, thereby resolving a power imbalance problem in a dual-drive system, and has a simple structure and a long service life.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: March 3, 2022Applicants: China University of Mining and Technology, JIANGSU TIANMING MACHINERY GROUP CO., LTD.Inventors: Gang SHEN, Zhencai ZHU, Kaiyu DAI, Yu TANG, Xiang LI, Yuxing PENG, Hao LU, Guohua CAO, Gongbo ZHOU, Wei LI, Fan JIANG
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Publication number: 20220042793Abstract: A device and method for detecting an angle of a shearer rocker arm based on optical fiber sensing. The device includes an optical system and a mechanical system. The optical system includes a broadband light source, a polarizer, collimating lenses, a gradient-rotation media plate, a polarization beam splitter, and a data processing module. The mechanical system includes a connecting base, connecting rods, a slider, a bracket, and a sensor housing. When the shearer operates, the rocker arm converts rotation angle information to linear displacement related to a gradient refractive index by using a connecting rod mechanism, and a position on the gradient-rotation media plate through which linearly polarized light produced by the optical system passes also changes. Due to an optical rotation effect, corresponding rotation angles of a plane of polarization that are formed after the light passing through the gradient-rotation media plate also vary.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2020Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Shaoyi XU, Zhencai ZHU, Wei LI, Fangfang XING, Yuqiao WANG, Hongyu XUE, Qiang PENG, Guang CHEN, Feng DONG
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Patent number: 11215046Abstract: Disclosed are a wellbore inspection system and method for an ultra-deep vertical shaft. The wellbore inspection system includes a wire rope moving system, inspection robots, a visual image acquisition system, a wireless communication module, a central control system, and an image post-processing system of an upper computer. The wire rope moving system includes a surface wire rope guide rail, an underground wire rope guide rail, a surface wire rope moving device, an underground wire rope moving device, and a wire rope. The visual image acquisition system includes explosion-proof cameras. After image information acquired by the explosion-proof cameras is processed by a lower computer, the processed image is transmitted by a wireless image transmission module to the image post-processing system of the upper computer. The central control system is connected to the inspection robots and the wire rope moving system, and the inspection robots are connected to the central control system.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: January 4, 2022Assignee: China University of Mining and TechnologyInventors: Gongbo Zhou, Chaoquan Tang, Zhencai Zhu, Hongwei Tang, Zhenzhi He, Gang Zhang, Wei Li, Fan Jiang
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Patent number: 11199092Abstract: The present invention discloses a hard rock roadway and tunnel boring machine with actively rotating hobs, including a rack provided with a crawler track unit. The rack is provided with a hydraulic power unit and a high-pressure abrasive jet generation system connected therewith. A transmission box is fixedly arranged at one of ends of the rack. The transmission box is provided with two input shafts and one output shaft. The input shafts are connected with planetary reduction mechanisms. Input ends of the planetary reduction mechanisms are connected with cantilever disc driving motors. A cantilever disc is fixed to the output shaft. Four cantilevers are hinged to the cantilever disc. Cantilever driving motors are further arranged on the cantilever disc. Actively rotating hob devices are arranged at ends of the cantilevers away from the cantilever disc. The transmission box is further provided with rotary sealing devices.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: China University of Mining and TechnologyInventors: Hongxiang Jiang, Songyong Liu, Zhencai Zhu, Changlong Du
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Patent number: 11155419Abstract: The present invention discloses a dynamic reliability evaluation method for coupling faults of a middle trough of a scraper conveyor. Approximation precision of a moment-based saddlepoint approximation method and a function attribute of dynamic t-copula are fully utilized, and the dynamic reliability evaluation method for the coupling faults of the middle trough of the scraper conveyor is provided, so that dynamic correlation between failure modes of the middle trough of the scraper conveyor under a small sample condition is more accurately described, and accuracy of dynamic reliability evaluation of the coupling faults of the middle trough of the scraper conveyor is improved.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: China University of Mining and TechnologyInventors: Hao Lu, Zhencai Zhu, Fan Jiang, Wei Li, Yuxing Peng, Gongbo Zhou, Gang Shen, Dagang Wang, Yu Tang, Xiang Li
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Patent number: 11155275Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention are a rope climbing robot capable of surmounting an obstacle and an obstacle surmounting method thereof. The rope climbing robot includes a robot body. The robot body includes a shell, a drive module and a guide module. The shell is longitudinally cut into an even number of shell segments, and is laterally cut into a corresponding drive housing segment and a corresponding guide housing segment according to mounting positions of the drive module and the guide module in the shell. There is at least one guide module and at least one guide housing segment, and a shell opening mechanism is further mounted in the shell. The shell opening mechanism includes a first shell opening mechanism configured to open/close the guide housing segment and a second shell opening mechanism configured to open/close the drive housing segment.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2019Date of Patent: October 26, 2021Assignee: China University of Mining and TechnologyInventors: Gongbo Zhou, Hongwei Tang, Chaoquan Tang, Zhencai Zhu, Zhenzhi He, Wei Li, Fan Jiang
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Publication number: 20210316946Abstract: The present invention discloses a dynamic reliability evaluation method for coupling faults of a middle trough of a scraper conveyor. Approximation precision of a moment-based saddlepoint approximation method and a function attribute of dynamic t-copula are fully utilized, and the dynamic reliability evaluation method for the coupling faults of the middle trough of the scraper conveyor is provided, so that dynamic correlation between failure modes of the middle trough of the scraper conveyor under a small sample condition is more accurately described, and accuracy of dynamic reliability evaluation of the coupling faults of the middle trough of the scraper conveyor is improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2019Publication date: October 14, 2021Applicant: China University of Mining and TechnologyInventors: Hao LU, Zhencai ZHU, Fan JIANG, Wei LI, Yuxing PENG, Gongbo ZHOU, Gang SHEN, Dagang WANG, Yu TANG, Xiang LI