Patents by Inventor Zhizhong Guan

Zhizhong Guan 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).

  • Asymmetric cable-membrane tensegrity structure of opening type, method of constructing the same and method of designing the same
    Patent number: 9892213
    Abstract: A cable-membrane tensegrity structure which is asymmetric, and construction method and design method thereof are provided. The cable-membrane tensegrity structure comprises a central opening and is formed by a ring cable (4) and three layers of radial cables comprising a suspension cable (1), a ridge cable (2) and a valley cable (3), wherein the suspension cable (1) is located above the ridge cable (2), the ridge cable (2) is located above the valley cable (3), wherein one end of each of the suspension cable (1), the ridge cable (2) and the valley cable (3) is connected to the ring cable (4), and the other end of each of the suspension cable (1), the ridge cable (2) and the valley cable (3) is connected to a peripheral supporting structure (7), wherein a coating membrane (5) is tensioned between the ridge cable (2) and the valley cable (3) that are adjacent to each other and function as a skeleton to tension the coating membrane (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: CHINA AVIATION PLANNING & CONSTRUCTION DEVELOPMENT
    Inventors: Jiaqi Ge, Guojun Zhang, Shu Wang, Mansheng Zhang, Zhizhong Guan, Ling Zhang, Botao Ma