Patents by Inventor Hongbin Ma
Hongbin Ma 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).
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Publication number: 20210137313Abstract: A heat exchanging liquid container system comprising a main body; a phase change material (PCM) module disposable within the main body; a PCM disposed within the PCM module; a liquid reservoir defined by the main body and/or the PCM module configured to have liquid disposed therein having a first temperature; and a temperature conditioning channel formed along a wall of the PCM module and/or through the PCM module such that the temperature conditioning channel is in thermal contact with the PCM. The temperature conditioning channel configured to provide a flow path through which the liquid can flow to dispense the liquid from the liquid reservoir such that the liquid will be in thermal contact with the PCM while being dispensed. The PCM configured to exchange thermal energy with the liquid and thereby condition the liquid to be dispensed at a second temperature that is within a desired temperature range.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 31, 2019Publication date: May 13, 2021Applicant: The Curators of the University of MissouriInventor: Hongbin MA
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Publication number: 20210078789Abstract: A thermal liquid container system comprising a main body, a phase change material (PCM) liner disposed within the main body having a PCM disposed therein, a liquid reservoir defined by PCM liner, a liquid dispensing partition disposed within the liquid reservoir such that the liquid reservoir is partitioned into a temperature conditioning channel and a liquid retention chamber, and a lid comprising a liquid ingress and a liquid dispensing opening, the temperature conditioning channel for placing a liquid passing therethrough in thermal contact with the PCM whereby thermal energy is exchanged between the liquid flowing through the temperature conditioning channel and the PCM such that the liquid is dispensed at a temperature that is within a desired temperature range determined by the selected PCM melting temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: The Curators of the University of MissouriInventor: Hongbin Ma
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Publication number: 20200400380Abstract: The present disclosure generally provides an oscillating heat pipe, wherein the oscillating heat pipe comprises a 3-phase working fluid that includes at least one liquid phase portion, at least one vapor phase portion, and at least one solid phase portion, wherein in addition to a phase change between liquid and vapor, there is also a phase change from solid to liquid during a heat transfer process involving the oscillating heat pipe.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 18, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: The Curators of the University of MissouriInventors: Hongbin Ma, Michael Merwin, Adalberto Aviles, Tingting Hao
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Publication number: 20200377272Abstract: A beverage container lid comprising a body having drinking hole and an air hole, and a slide-seal automatic Open and Close retention mechanism that comprises a sealing arm pivotally connected to the body, a movement and position retention linkage structured and operable to move the sealing arm between an Opened and a Closed position, a control mechanism slidingly disposed within the body and operably connected to the movement and position retention linkage such that movement of the control mechanism will control movement of the sealing arm between the Opened and Closed positions, and a biasing device structured and operable to exert constant force on the sealing arm, such that force exerted by the biasing device in combination with the structure and operation of the movement and position retention linkage will selectively retain the sealing arm in the Opened position and in the Closed position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: December 3, 2020Applicant: The Curators of the University of MissouriInventors: Hongbin Ma, Hao Bai, Michael Merwin, Christopher Vincent
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Publication number: 20200325659Abstract: A water production system including a radiative cooling/heating unit comprising an oscillating heat pipe (OHP) heat spreader, wherein the radiative cooling/heating unit lowers the temperature of the OHP heat spreader to a temperature below the temperature of the ambient environment in which the water production system is disposed. The system additionally including a first OHP heat exchanger thermally connected to the OHP heat spreader such that the first OHP heat exchanger will acquire substantially the same temperature as the OHP heat spreader, and a second OHP heat exchanger thermally connected to the OHP heat spreader such that the second OHP heat exchanger will acquire substantially the same temperature as the OHP heat spreader. The system further includes a rotatable OHP water absorption bed disposed in thermal contact with the radiative cooling/heating unit such that the OHP absorption bed will acquire substantially the same temperature as the OHP heat spreader.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 10, 2020Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: The Curators of the University of MissouriInventor: Hongbin Ma
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Publication number: 20200008623Abstract: A drinking container system with multiple temperature zones, wherein the container system includes a main body having a sidewall and a bottom that define a phase change material (PCM) module receptacle, and a phase change material (PCM) module having a sidewall that defines a beverage chamber. The PCM module is disposable within the PCM module receptacle such that a beverage egress flow path is defined between the main body sidewall and the PCM module sidewall. The flow path formed in the container can make the beverage achieve the desired drinking temperature. The PCM module sidewall is at least partially filled with a phase change material and is structured and operable to provide a plurality temperature zones within the beverage chamber. Each temperature zone is operable to maintain a temperature of a respective portion of a liquid disposed within the beverage chamber within a respective temperature range.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Applicant: The Curators of the University of MissouriInventors: Hongbin Ma, Michael Merwin, Hao Bai, Robert Riegler, Christopher Vincent, Susan Liu
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Publication number: 20180313553Abstract: A high efficiency, low noise thermoelectric dehumidifier that includes a heat pipe array, a condensing heat sink, an air intake duct, and a thermoelectric cooler. A first air flow is directed over the condensing heat sink that is cooled by the thermoelectric cool such that the first air flow is dehumidified by the cooled condensing heat sink. Heat is removed from a hot side of the thermoelectric cooler via the heat pipe array. A second air flow is directed over the heat pipe array such that the heat extracted from the hot side of the thermoelectric cooler is extracted and circulated back into the ambient environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2018Publication date: November 1, 2018Applicant: The Curators of the University of MissouriInventors: Hongbin Ma, Willard Hanson, Zaichun Feng
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Patent number: 10101059Abstract: A thermally driven heat pump includes a low temperature evaporator for evaporating cooling fluid to remove heat A first heat exchanger located at an outlet of a converging/diverging chamber of a first ejector receives a flow of primary fluid vapor and cooling fluid vapor ejected from the first ejector for condensing a portion of the cooling fluid vapor An absorber located in the first heat exchanger absorbs cooling fluid vapor into an absorbing fluid to reduce the pressure in the first heat exchanger A second heat exchanger located at an outlet of a converging/diverging chamber of a second ejector receives primary fluid vapor and cooling fluid vapor ejected from the second ejector for condensing the cooling fluid vapor and the primary fluid vapor A separator in communication with the second ejector, the low temperature evaporator and the primary fluid evaporator separates the primary fluid from the cooling fluid.Type: GrantFiled: November 26, 2008Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignees: The Curators of the University of Missouri, Thermavant Technologies LLCInventors: Hongbin Ma, Joseph A. Boswell, Peng Cheng
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Publication number: 20180171197Abstract: A heat exchanging thermal liquid container system that comprises a main body at least partially defining a liquid reservoir structured and operable to retain a liquid, and a phase change material (PCM) liner comprising a PCM liner PCM having a selected melting temperature, and/or at least one PCM pod. Each of the at least one PCM pod(s) comprising a respective PCM pod PCM having a respective selected melting temperature. Wherein the PCM liner and/or the at least one PCM pod are disposable within the liquid reservoir such that when a liquid is disposed within the liquid reservoir the liquid will contact at least one of the PCM liner and the at least one PCM pod such that thermal energy can be exchanged between the liquid and the respective at least one of the PCM liner PCM and the at least one PCM pod PCM.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2017Publication date: June 21, 2018Applicant: The Curators of the University of MissouriInventors: Hongbin Ma, Michael Merwin, Hao Bai, Xiaoqin Liu, Robert Riegler, Chris Vincent
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Patent number: 9327282Abstract: Described herein is a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst treatment system that includes a vanadium-based SCR catalyst contaminated with a water-soluble contaminant. The SCR catalyst treatment system also includes a water delivery system that is configured to apply water to the vanadium-based SCR catalyst to remove the water-soluble contaminant from the vanadium-based SCR catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2015Date of Patent: May 3, 2016Assignee: Cummins IP, Inc.Inventors: Aleksey Yezerets, Neal W. Currier, Xu Chen, Junhui Li, Krishna Kamasamudram, Hongbin Ma, Tamas Szailer, Cary Henry, Roger Fox
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Publication number: 20150231625Abstract: Described herein is a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst treatment system that includes a vanadium-based SCR catalyst contaminated with a water-soluble contaminant. The SCR catalyst treatment system also includes a water delivery system that is configured to apply water to the vanadium-based SCR catalyst to remove the water-soluble contaminant from the vanadium-based SCR catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2015Publication date: August 20, 2015Applicant: Cummins Inc.Inventors: Aleksey YEZERETS, Neal W. CURRIER, Xu CHEN, Junhui LI, Krishna KAMASAMUDRAM, Hongbin MA, Tamas SZAILER, Cary HENRY, Roger FOX
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Patent number: 9051862Abstract: Described herein is a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst treatment system that includes a vanadium-based SCR catalyst contaminated with a water-soluble contaminant. The SCR catalyst treatment system also includes a water delivery system that is configured to apply water to the vanadium-based SCR catalyst to remove the water-soluble contaminant from the vanadium-based SCR catalyst.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2013Date of Patent: June 9, 2015Assignee: CUMMINS IP, INC.Inventors: Aleksey Yezerets, Neal W. Currier, Xu Chen, Junhui Li, Krishna Kamasamudram, Hongbin Ma, Tamas Szailer, Cary Henry, Roger Fox
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Publication number: 20150107601Abstract: The present invention provides a new and improved positioning device for stabilizing a subject on an operation table without a clinician's manual fitting. The inventive positioning device comprises a mattress/pad with a shell filled with a substance and a vacuum outlet on the sidewall of the shell. The invention also provides a warming device for preventing hypothermia of a subject on an operation table. The inventive warming device comprises a single cavity or an array of closed cuboid cavities contained in a shell and filled with a phase change material (PCM) in a form of liquid, and a triggering means for activating nucleation of the phase change material, which leads to an exothermic crystallization of the material to start the heat emission. The invention further provides a combination device that performs positioning and warming functions simultaneously.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Inventors: Joshua Clay Arnone, Charles Matthew Sweat, Jr., Khushbu Jain, Paul S. Dale, Hongbin Ma
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Publication number: 20150072855Abstract: Described herein is a selective catalytic reduction (SCR) catalyst treatment system that includes a vanadium-based SCR catalyst contaminated with a water-soluble contaminant. The SCR catalyst treatment system also includes a water delivery system that is configured to apply water to the vanadium-based SCR catalyst to remove the water-soluble contaminant from the vanadium-based SCR catalyst.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2013Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: Aleksey Yezerets, Neal W. Currier, Xu Chen, Junhui Li, Krishna Kamasamudram, Hongbin Ma, Tamas Szailer, Cary Henry, Roger Fox
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Publication number: 20150072424Abstract: One aspect of the present invention is directed to an apparatus for cryogenically cooling a substance. The apparatus of the present invention includes a thin film evaporator comprising a microstructured surface and an applicator for dispensing a working fluid onto the microstructured surface. The apparatus preferably contains a pressure-controlled vessel enclosing the thin film evaporator and at least a portion of the applicator. In a second aspect, the present invention is directed to the method of using a thin film evaporator of the present invention to cryogenically cool a substance by forming a thin film layer of the working fluid on the microstructured surface of the thin film evaporator.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2014Publication date: March 12, 2015Inventors: HONGBIN MA, Fengmin Su, Xu Han, Hsiu-Hung Chen
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Patent number: 8933860Abstract: A thermal management system and method for active cooling of high speed seeker missile domes or radomes comprising bonding to an IR dome or RF radome a heat pipe system having effective thermal conductivity of 10-20,000 W/m*K and comprising one or more mechanically controlled oscillating heat pipes, employing supporting integrating structure including a surface bonded to the IR dome or RF radome that matches the coefficient of thermal expansion the dome or radome material and that of said one or more mechanically controlled oscillating heat pipes, and operating the heat pipe system to cool the IR dome or RF radome while the missile is in flight.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2013Date of Patent: January 13, 2015Assignees: Integral Laser Solutions, Inc., The Curators of the University of MissouriInventors: LaVerne Arthur Schlie, Hongbin Ma
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Publication number: 20140190666Abstract: A thermal management system and method for active cooling of high speed seeker missile domes or radomes comprising bonding to an IR dome or RF radome a heat pipe system having effective thermal conductivity of 10-20,000 W/m*K and comprising one or more mechanically controlled oscillating heat pipes, employing supporting integrating structure including a surface bonded to the IR dome or RF radome that matches the coefficient of thermal expansion the dome or radome material and that of said one or more mechanically controlled oscillating heat pipes, and operating the heat pipe system to cool the IR dome or RF radome while the missile is in flight.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2013Publication date: July 10, 2014Inventors: LaVerne Arthur Schlie, Hongbin Ma
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Patent number: 8763408Abstract: A hybrid thermoelectric-ejector active cooling system having an increased Coefficient of Performance (COP) when compared to typical thermoelectric cooling modules. A thermoelectric cooling module is integrated with an ejector cooling device so that heat from the thermoelectric cooling module is rejected to a high temperature evaporator of the ejector cooling device. This provides for a total COP greater than the sum of the COPs of the thermoelectric cooling module and ejector cooling device individually. For example, given 1 unit input power into the thermoelectric cooling module, the heat received by the cold side of the thermoelectric cooling module would be COPTEC×1; and the energy rejected by the hot side of the thermoelectric cooling module and to drive the ejector cooling device would be COPTEC+1. Thus, the cooling received by the low temperature evaporator of the ejector cooling device is COPEJ×(COPTEC+1); and therefore total COPTE-Ej-AC is COPEj+COPTEC+COPEj×COPTEC.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2010Date of Patent: July 1, 2014Assignee: The Curators of the University of MissouriInventors: Hongbin Ma, Peng Cheng, Joseph A. Boswell
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Patent number: 8509273Abstract: A thermal management apparatus and method for a solid-state laser system enabling the laser system to have near isothermal temperatures across and throughout a solid-state gain material, by mechanically controlling an oscillating heat pipe having effective thermal conductivity of 10-20,000 W/m*K; bonding a solid-state lasing crystal or ceramic to the mechanically controlled oscillating heat pipe; and providing a supporting structure including a surface bonded to the solid-state lasing crystal or ceramic that matches the coefficient of thermal expansion of both the solid-state lasing crystal or ceramic and the mechanically controlled oscillating heat pipe.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2012Date of Patent: August 13, 2013Assignees: Integral Laser Solutions, LLC, The Curators of the University of MissouriInventors: LaVerne Arthur Schlie, Hongbin Ma
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Publication number: 20130133871Abstract: A heat spreader has more than one thermal circuit to give better performance over a wider range of heat input regimes. Different working fluids may be used in the different thermal circuits. The thermal circuits may extend in three dimensions to improve the density of the channels in limited space.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2011Publication date: May 30, 2013Applicants: THERMAVANT TECHNOLOGIES LLC, THE CURATORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURIInventors: Hongbin Ma, Peng Cheng, Joseph A. Boswell