Patents by Inventor Zhongde FAN

Zhongde FAN 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).

  • Patent number: 11969943
    Abstract: A hot bed deformation tolerance structure for a large-sized continuous fiber high-temperature 3D printer is provided. Size changes caused by thermal expansion of a hot bed are compensated through motion coordination of a secured hot bed support assembly and a motion device, especially for an aluminum alloy material. A Z-direction motion structure of this structure is fixedly mounted with a frame and works at room temperature. A compensation motion module is fixedly mounted with a Z axis and incompletely secured with the hot bed support assembly, and works at room temperature with the Z axis. The hot bed support assembly is incompletely secured and partially in a high-temperature chamber, with a maximum working temperature of 300° C. The hot bed support assembly retains motion redundancy in a direction of thermal expansion deformation, tolerates thermal deformation through a linear motion module, and compensates for metal deformation through horizontal motion coordination.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Yiwei Chen, Jinghua Zheng, Zhongde Shan, Wenzhe Song, Congze Fan, Hao Zhang
  • Patent number: 11926098
    Abstract: A wire feeding mechanism suitable for fused deposition Additive Manufacturing (AM) of a flexible wire is provided, which includes a support housing. A melting nozzle is arranged at the lower end of the support housing, a hook is connected to the inner wall of the top end of the support housing, a connecting rod is connected to the inner wall of one side of the support housing, a wire drawing mechanism is connected to one end of the connecting rod, the wire drawing mechanism is located at the lower end of the hook, a limiting mechanism and a wire guide mechanism are connected to the inner wall of one side of the support housing, the limiting mechanism is located at the lower end of the wire drawing mechanism, the wire guide mechanism is located at the lower end of the limiting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Zhongde Shan, Congze Fan, Wenzhe Song, Yiwei Chen, Jinghua Zheng, Linlin Luo
  • Patent number: 11911961
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing device for an aerospace truss includes a raw material input unit, a longitudinal beam forming unit, a longitudinal beam traction unit, a cross beam forming unit and a truss support unit. The raw material input unit stores pre-impregnated wires and pre-impregnated tapes, and a motor drives rollers to convey the pre-impregnated wires and the pre-impregnated tapes forward; the longitudinal beam forming unit is composed of three sets of forming molds, and the pre-impregnated tapes form V-shaped longitudinal beams through heating molds; a stepper motor used in the longitudinal beam traction unit drives three sets of roller traction devices through steering gears to pull formed longitudinal beams; the cross beam forming unit is composed of a motion module and a printing module, and a truss cross beam is printed through a 3D printing method of molten deposition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Zhongde Shan, Congze Fan, Jinghua Zheng, Wenzhe Song, Yiwei Chen, Kai Liu
  • Publication number: 20230340767
    Abstract: The present utility model provides a magnetic suspension drain, comprising a first connecting member and a second connecting member that are connected with each other and adapted to respective connection to a drain opening of a drain device and a drain pipe. The magnetic suspension drain further comprises a magnetic suspension inner core arranged in the first connecting member, and the magnetic suspension inner core comprises a rotary floating rod and a rotary sealing cover. The rotary floating rod is provided with a first magnet, and a repulsive second magnet is provided inside the first connecting member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: Lixil (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhongde Fan, Li Jiang, Junyan Xu, Tiantao Li
  • Patent number: 11753807
    Abstract: The present utility model relates to the field of manufacture of sanitary wares, and provides a toilet. The toilet includes a seat body with a sewage accommodating bowl, and a cistern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: LIXIL (China) Investment Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Zhongde Fan, Li Jiang, Tiantao Li, Yongze Liu, Xiaolong He
  • Publication number: 20210404159
    Abstract: The present utility model relates to the field of manufacture of sanitary wares, and provides a toilet. The toilet includes a seat body with a sewage accommodating bowl, and a cistern.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Lixil (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhongde Fan, Li Jiang, Tiantao Li, Yongze Liu, Xiaolong He
  • Patent number: 10877493
    Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring a water level in a plumbing element. The monitoring system has a sensor unit, which includes at least one sensor for detecting a measured value and with the aid of which a water level in a receiving space of the plumbing element may be ascertained. A plumbing element is also provided that comprises a receiving space for accommodating water and at least one water outlet for emptying the water from the receiving space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Dirk Limberg, Zhongde Fan
  • Publication number: 20180364743
    Abstract: A monitoring system for monitoring a water level in a plumbing element. The monitoring system has a sensor unit, which includes at least one sensor for detecting a measured value and with the aid of which a water level in a receiving space of the plumbing element may be ascertained. A plumbing element is also provided that comprises a receiving space for accommodating water and at least one water outlet for emptying the water from the receiving space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: Grohe AG
    Inventors: Dirk LIMBERG, Zhongde FAN