Patents by Inventor Zhihui Xiao

Zhihui Xiao 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).

  • Automated brazing system
    Patent number: 8960522
    Abstract: An automated brazing system by which an apparatus is conveyed along a path defined through a brazing zone is provided and includes first and second sets of burners disposed within the brazing zone at first and second opposing sides of the path, respectively, to heat the components of the apparatus substantially uniformly at the first and second sides and to heat the components of the apparatus substantially uniformly along the brazing zone, such that each side of each of the components is heated to a substantially similar temperature as each side of each of the other components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Carrier Corporation
    Inventors: Michael F. Taras, Zhihui Xiao, Luis Felipe Avila, Jeffrey L. Jones
  • AUTOMATED BRAZING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140084043
    Abstract: An automated brazing system by which an apparatus is conveyed along a path defined through a brazing zone is provided and includes first and second sets of burners disposed within the brazing zone at first and second opposing sides of the path, respectively, to heat the components of the apparatus substantially uniformly at the first and second sides and to heat the components of the apparatus substantially uniformly along the brazing zone, such that each side of each of the components is heated to a substantially similar temperature as each side of each of the other components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Inventors: Michael F. Taras, Zhihui Xiao, Luis Felipe Avila, Jeffrey L. Jones