Recent Patents on Engineering - Volume 18, Issue 8, 2024

Background: The suspension has the role of transmitting and carrying the forces and moments between the wheels and the frame and controlling the wheel runout, thus providing the car with good comfort and operational stability. Objective: Through the analysis of the current situation of suspension research, summarize the research route and specific technical solutions of suspension patents, and finally prospect the futur Read More

Background: With the rapid development of China's economy and the accelerating process of agricultural mechanization, agricultural machinery has become increasingly popular in agricultural production activities. At the same time, problems in agricultural machinery management have gradually been exposed, hindering the development of modern agriculture. Objective: This study aimed to discuss the development tren Read More

Background: Pole-climbing robots are a type of application robot commonly used for quality inspection, cleaning, and maintenance of utility poles, high voltage lines, bridge cables, transmission pipelines, and other important facilities with a certain height. The working conditions are often harsh and dangerous, making manual participation unsafe. The pole-climbing robot can provide a platform for maintenance and cleaning wor Read More

Background: For a long time, product packaging has been used as an instruction manual to connect consumers and factories. Product packaging is an important column in product image display and information presentation. However, missing prints, misprints, and surface stains during the manufacture of packaging bags will cause consumers to misunderstand product information. Based on machine vision, image processin Read More

Background: Pneumatic conveying is the use of air flow energy to transport granular materials in the direction of airflow in a closed pipeline, which involves the disadvantages of low conveying efficiency and easy deposition of particles. Objective: It is necessary to develop pneumatic conveying devices to reduce particle deposition, promote particles to enter the flow field again to accelerate, and achieve the effect of extending t Read More

Background: As the coal mining industry becomes more mechanized, it leads to a large number of coal dust particles suspended in the air, polluting the surrounding environment, accompanied by an increase in fine-grained low-rank coal particles and a low recovery rate of a large amount of organic matter in the particles, wasting resources. Objective: The study of particle wettability can have an impact on spray dust reductio Read More

Background: As the lightest metal structural material in engineering, magnesium alloy has excellent mechanical properties, such as high specific strength, high specific stiffness, good damping performance, and good machinability. It is widely used in the fields of precision parts, automobiles, aerospace, and military. However, poor friction and wear performance are significant magnesium defects of the alloys, which make its u Read More

Aim: The solar wing undertakes the important task of providing energy for spacecraft. The deployment test of the solar wing in a zero gravity environment using a zero gravity system on the ground is an important link to ensure the safe and stable deployment of the solar wing in space. This article briefly describes the development process and research progress of solar wings, introduces the ground zero gravity test met Read More

Hydrocyclone separator is a widely used equipment in the field of liquid-solid separation due to its simple structure, convenient operation, and high separation efficiency. This paper provides a comprehensive review of the working principles, application areas, design optimization, and performance evaluation of hydrocyclone separators, while discussing their future development trends. In addition, particular attention h Read More

Objective: The study aims to address the significance of fins in enhancing the heat transfer rate of engine cylinders and highlight their applications and advancements in various fields. Methods: Thermal analysis of fins using ANSYS Workbench is an invaluable tool for engineers and researchers in determining and optimizing the heat transfer characteristics of finned structures. ANSYS Workbench provides a comprehensive platfo Read More

Background: Life nowadays is full of stress due to lifestyle changes and the modernera race. Almost everyone around us is suffering from stress and anxiety. Mostly, stress identification is done by medical practitioners in a very late stage in which suitable help measures cannot be provided and hence result in suicides or early age deaths due to cardiac arrest, etc. One major reason behind the delay is the time required in str Read More

A typographical error appeared in terms of repetition of sentences in the manuscript titled “Recent Patents of Micro-arc Oxidation Technology”, 2024; 18(6): e300423216386 [1]. Original: Liu et al. [90] provided a method for micro-arc oxidation of electrolytes and reducing the brittleness of microporous ceramic film. By adding chitin nanowhiskers and Nacetylated chitosan into the electrolyte, the toughness of the ceramic fil Read More

An error appeared in the citation of Tables 2 and 3 in the manuscript titled “Current Status of Patent Research on Picking End Effector”, 2024; 18(6): e190523217074 [1]. Original: Li [69] developed a self-triggering apple picking and collecting machine, which consists of five parts: a selftriggering gripper, a telescopic adjustment device, a rotary turntable, a collecting device, and a floor car. The gripper part innovatively adopts a se Read More