Patents by Inventor Zhenping WAN

Zhenping WAN 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: 20230198340
    Abstract: A motor having multiple cooling flow channels, includes a housing, a stator, and a rotor. The stator comprises a winding. The housing comprises a cooling liquid inlet, an arc-shaped flow channel, and a cooling liquid outlet; the arc-shaped flow channel is defined around the housing and connected to the stator core; the rotor comprises a rotor flow channel; both the rotor flow channel and the arc-shaped flow channel are communicated with the cooling liquid inlet and outlet; and the rotor flow channel and the arc-shaped flow channel respectively correspond to two ends of the winding. A cooling liquid enters the arc-shaped flow channel for cooling the housing and a stator core of the motor, and enters the rotor flow channel for cooling the rotor. The cooling liquid flows through the rotor flow channel and the arc-shaped flow channel for respectively cooling the ends of the winding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicants: South China University of Technology, KINETEK DE SHENG (SHUNDE) MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhao LUO, Zhenping WAN, Xuesong HU, Rongsheng XI, Peili XIE, Maoxing HE
  • Patent number: 11619455
    Abstract: An outer finned tube includes a tube body, an outer wall of the tube body is provided with outer fins spirally arranged in an extension direction of the tube body; grid fins are arranged between two adjacent spiral parts of the outer fins correspondingly; two ends of each grid fin are connected to the two adjacent spiral parts of the corresponding outer fin respectively; a gap is kept between each grid fin and the outer wall of the tube body; and the plurality of grid fins are spaced in the extension direction of the tube body. An enhancing cavity is formed in an area defined by the outer wall of the tube body, inner walls of the grid fins and the outer fins in an encircling way, which can form a larger degree of superheat, provides a nucleation point for a boiling/condensation process and improves a heat exchange performance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: South China University of Technology
    Inventors: Zicong He, Zhenping Wan, Hanping Chen, Xiqian Song, Guanghui Zhan
  • Publication number: 20230013643
    Abstract: An attitude adjustment apparatus for a self-propelled bio-inspired robotic fish includes a fish body, where the fish body includes: a housing; a center-of-gravity adjustment assembly, located in the housing to adjust a center of gravity of the fish body, and including at least one counterweight and a screw-slider mechanism that drives the counterweight to move in a head-to-tail direction; and a suction and drainage system, located in the housing to adjust a weight of the fish body, and including a ballast tank and a water control assembly for controlling a water level in the ballast tank. The center-of-gravity adjustment assembly is combined with the suction and drainage system to rapidly change the weight and center of gravity of the fish body, so as to quickly adjust the pitching attitude and heaving state of the robotic fish.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicant: South China University of Technology
    Inventors: Zhenping WAN, Jiahao YU, Xuesong HU, Guangquan HUANG, Guanyuan HUANG, Hang ZHAO, Liujie DONG, Zhao LUO
  • Publication number: 20220241909
    Abstract: A method for sealing a high-temperature heat pipe includes: (1) necking and reducing two ends of the heat pipe separately, so as to obtain a necked end and a reduced end; (2) sealing the necked end by laser welding or electron beam welding; (3) placing the heat pipe in an inert gas glove box, and pouring a working medium without impurities into the heat pipe; (4) heating the heat pipe, connecting the reduced end to a vacuum pump, pumping gas inside the heat pipe by the vacuum pump to vacuumize the heat pipe, such that pressure in an inner cavity of the heat pipe reaches a target pressure, and flattening the reduced end; and (5) sealing an opening of the flattened reduced end by electron beam welding or laser welding, so as to obtain the high-temperature heat pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhenping WAN, Zicong HE, Jinhu ZOU, Longsheng LU, Yong TANG
  • Patent number: 11389912
    Abstract: A method for sealing a high-temperature heat pipe includes: (1) necking and reducing two ends of the heat pipe separately, so as to obtain a necked end and a reduced end; (2) sealing the necked end by laser welding or electron beam welding; (3) placing the heat pipe in an inert gas glove box, and pouring a working medium without impurities into the heat pipe; (4) heating the heat pipe, connecting the reduced end to a vacuum pump, pumping gas inside the heat pipe by the vacuum pump to vacuumize the heat pipe, such that pressure in an inner cavity of the heat pipe reaches a target pressure, and flattening the reduced end; and (5) sealing an opening of the flattened reduced end by electron beam welding or laser welding, so as to obtain the high-temperature heat pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhenping Wan, Zicong He, Jinhu Zou, Longsheng Lu, Yong Tang
  • Publication number: 20210348854
    Abstract: An outer finned tube includes a tube body, an outer wall of the tube body is provided with outer tins spirally arranged in an extension direction of the tube body; grid fins are arranged between two adjacent spiral parts of the outer fins correspondingly; two ends of each grid fin are connected to the two adjacent spiral parts of the corresponding outer fin respectively; a gap is kept between each grid fin and the outer wall of the tube body; and the plurality of grid fins are spaced in the extension direction of the tube body. An enhancing cavity is formed in an area defined by the outer wall of the tube body, inner walls of the grid fins and the outer tins in an encircling way, which can form a larger degree of superheat, provides a nucleation point for a boiling/condensation process and improves a heat exchange performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Applicant: South China University of Technology
    Inventors: Zicong HE, Zhenping WAN, Hanping CHEN, Xiqian SONG, Guanghui ZHAN
  • Patent number: 10807145
    Abstract: A device for forming inside three-dimensional finned tube by multi-edge ploughing and extruding, comprises a machine frame, a machine head, a supporting mechanism, an axial feeding mechanism and a cutter assembly for forming inside fins. The machine head, the supporting mechanism and the axial feeding mechanism are axially mounted on the machine frame in sequence. The cutter assembly for forming inside fins is mounted on the feeding mechanism. One end of a metal tube to be machined for forming inside three-dimensional fins is clamped on a chunk of a rotary main shaft of the machine head, and the other end thereof is placed on the supporting mechanism. The rotary main shaft of the machine head provides the rotation power for the metal tube, and the axial feeding mechanism drives the cutter assembly to move linearly along a coaxial line of the metal tube and the cutter assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: Zhenping Wan, Shufeng Huang, Shuiping Zou, Longsheng Lu, Yong Tang
  • Patent number: 10734867
    Abstract: A high thermal conductivity stator component for vehicle motor based on 3D phase change heat pipe technology of the present invention includes a casing, a 3D phase change heat pipe, a stator core and a stator winding; the casing includes assembly passages for the 3D phase change heat pipe; the 3D phase change heat pipe assembly passages are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the casing body; a condensation section of the 3D phase change heat pipe is assembled in the assembly passages of the casing body, and an evaporation section is bonded to the stator winding. The present invention provides a high thermal conductivity stator component for vehicle motor with a simple structure, convenient installation, wide application and low cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Yong Tang, Yalong Sun, Wei Yuan, Longsheng Lu, Zongtao Li, Zhenping Wan
  • Publication number: 20190326797
    Abstract: A high thermal conductivity stator component for vehicle motor based on 3D phase change heat pipe technology of the present invention includes a casing, a 3D phase change heat pipe, a stator core and a stator winding; the casing includes assembly passages for the 3D phase change heat pipe; the 3D phase change heat pipe assembly passages are symmetrically arranged on both sides of the casing body; a condensation section of the 3D phase change heat pipe is assembled in the assembly passages of the casing body, and an evaporation section is bonded to the stator winding. The present invention provides a high thermal conductivity stator component for vehicle motor with a simple structure, convenient installation, wide application and low cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Inventors: Yong TANG, Yalong SUN, Wei YUAN, Longsheng LU, Zongtao LI, Zhenping WAN
  • Publication number: 20190039115
    Abstract: A device for forming inside three-dimensional finned tube by multi-edge ploughing and extruding, comprises a machine frame, a machine head, a supporting mechanism, an axial feeding mechanism and a cutter assembly for forming inside fins. The machine head, the supporting mechanism and the axial feeding mechanism are axially mounted on the machine frame in sequence. The cutter assembly for forming inside fins is mounted on the feeding mechanism. One end of a metal tube to be machined for forming inside three-dimensional fins is clamped on a chunk of a rotary main shaft of the machine head, and the other end thereof is placed on the supporting mechanism. The rotary main shaft of the machine head provides the rotation power for the metal tube, and the axial feeding mechanism drives the cutter assembly to move linearly along a coaxial line of the metal tube and the cutter assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2018
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Zhenping WAN, Shufeng HUANG, Shuiping ZOU, Longsheng LU, Yong TANG