Patents by Inventor Min Zou

Min Zou 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: 11976367
    Abstract: A dual phase magnetic component, along with methods of its formation, is provided. The dual phase magnetic component may include an intermixed first region and second region formed from a single material, with the first region having a magnetic area and a diffused metal therein, and with the second region having a non-magnetic area. The second region generally has greater than 0.1 weight % of nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Shenyan Huang, Steve John Buresh, Min Zou, Wanming Zhang, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian, Deborah D. Whitis
  • Publication number: 20240124753
    Abstract: Embodiments pertain to a system with a first surface and a second surface operational to associate with one another, where at least one of the first surface and the second surface includes an adhesive layer and a graphite layer positioned on the adhesive layer, and where the graphite layer reduces friction between the first surface and the second surface while the adhesive layer maintains the position of the graphite layer on at least the first surface and the second surface. Additional embodiments pertain to methods of modifying a system that includes a first surface and a second surface by applying an adhesive material to at least one of the first surface and the second surface to form an adhesive layer on at least one of the first surface and the second surface; and applying a graphite material onto the adhesive layer to form a graphite layer on the adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Min Zou, Sujan K. Ghosh, Josue A. Goss
  • Publication number: 20240094140
    Abstract: An on-line detection system for defects of an MEA is provided. The detection system includes a workbench, two connecting rods are arranged inside the workbench, two ends of the two connecting rods are both connected to two side walls of the workbench by means of bearings, and conveying rollers are fixedly arranged outside the two connecting rods in a sleeving manner. One side of the workbench is fixedly provided with a first electric motor, and an output end of the first electric motor is fixedly connected to one of the connecting rods. Belt pulleys are fixedly arranged outside the two connecting rods in a sleeving manner, and a belt is arranged outside the two belt pulleys in a sleeving manner. A hollow roller is arranged on an inner side of the workbench, and a plurality of exhaust holes are provided in a top of the hollow roller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: China University of Petroleum (East China)
    Inventors: Min WANG, Jiexin ZOU, Mingbo WU, Han HU, Zhongtao LI, Debin KONG, Guanxiong WANG
  • Patent number: 11926880
    Abstract: Methods for forming a dual-phase magnetic component from an initial component comprising a non-magnetic austenite composition are provided. The method may include: forming a coating on a portion of the surface of the initial component to form a masked area while leaving an unmasked area thereon. Thereafter the initial component may be heated to a treatment temperature such that nitrogen diffuses out of the unmasked area of the initial component to transform the non-magnetic austenite composition to a magnetic phase in the unmasked area. Thereafter, the initial component may be cooled from the treatment temperature to form a dual-phase magnetic component having a magnetic region corresponding to the unmasked area and a non-magnetic region corresponding to the masked area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Shenyan Huang, Min Zou, Steve John Buresh, Wanming Zhang, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian
  • Patent number: 11917894
    Abstract: Provided are a method for preparing an organic electroluminescent device, an organic electroluminescent device and a display apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: GUANGZHOU NEW VISION OPTO-ELECTRONIC TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianhua Zou, Miao Xu, Hong Tao, Lei Wang, Hongmeng Li, Wencong Liu, Hua Xu, Min Li, Junbiao Peng
  • Publication number: 20230257864
    Abstract: A dual phase magnetic component, along with methods of its formation, is provided. The dual phase magnetic component may include an intermixed first region and second region formed from a single material, with the first region having a magnetic area and a diffused metal therein, and with the second region having a non-magnetic area. The second region generally has greater than 0.1 weight % of nitrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Shenyan Huang, Steve John Buresh, Min Zou, Wanming Zhang, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian, Deborah D. Whitis
  • Publication number: 20230260687
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing dual phase soft magnetic components include combining a plurality of soft ferromagnetic particles with a plurality of paramagnetic particles to form a component structure, wherein the plurality of soft ferromagnetic particles each comprise an electrically insulative coating, and, heat treating the component structure to consolidate the plurality of soft ferromagnetic particles with the plurality of paramagnetic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Wanming Zhang, Ananda Barua, Shenyan Huang, Changjie Sun, Vandana Prabhakar Rallabandi, Anthony Joseph Vinciquerra, Min Zou
  • Publication number: 20230260686
    Abstract: A bulk dual phase soft magnetic component having a three-dimensional magnetic flux and its manufacturing methods are described herein. The methods can include combining a first powder material with a second powder material to form a component structure, wherein the first powder material comprises a plurality of first particles each comprising a first core and a reactive coating, and wherein the second powder material comprises a plurality of second particles each comprising a second core and a non-reactive coating, and, consolidating the component structure to join the plurality of first particles with the plurality of second particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Shenyan Huang, Min Zou, Wanming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11661646
    Abstract: A dual phase magnetic component, along with methods of its formation, is provided. The dual phase magnetic component may include an intermixed first region and second region formed from a single material, with the first region having a magnetic area and a diffused metal therein, and with the second region having a non-magnetic area. The second region generally has greater than 0.1 weight % of nitrogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Comapny
    Inventors: Shenyan Huang, Steve John Buresh, Min Zou, Wanming Zhang, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian, Deborah D. Whitis
  • Publication number: 20220340987
    Abstract: Methods for forming a dual-phase magnetic component from an initial component comprising a non-magnetic austenite composition are provided. The method may include: forming a coating on a portion of the surface of the initial component to form a masked area while leaving an unmasked area thereon. Thereafter the initial component may be heated to a treatment temperature such that nitrogen diffuses out of the unmasked area of the initial component to transform the non-magnetic austenite composition to a magnetic phase in the unmasked area. Thereafter, the initial component may be cooled from the treatment temperature to form a dual-phase magnetic component having a magnetic region corresponding to the unmasked area and a non-magnetic region corresponding to the masked area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shenyan Huang, Min Zou, Steve John Buresh, Wanming Zhang, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian
  • Publication number: 20220341020
    Abstract: A dual phase magnetic component, along with methods of its formation, is provided. The dual phase magnetic component may include an intermixed first region and second region formed from a single material, with the first region having a magnetic area and a diffused metal therein, and with the second region having a non-magnetic area. The second region generally has greater than 0.1 weight % of nitrogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Shenyan Huang, Steve John Buresh, Min Zou, Wanming Zhang, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian, Deborah D. Whitis
  • Patent number: 11462344
    Abstract: A method of heat-treating an additively-manufactured ferromagnetic component is presented. The additively-manufactured ferromagnetic component includes a metal alloy having iron and cobalt. The method of heat-treating is performed such that a saturation flux density of a heat-treated ferromagnetic component is greater than a saturation flux density of an as-formed ferromagnetic component. The heat-treated ferromagnetic component has a microstructure having an average grain size of substantially all grains in a range of about 0.1 micron to about 25 microns. A ferromagnetic component is also presented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raghavendra Rao Adharapurapu, Sudeep Pradhan Sadananda Rao, Reshma Saira Mathew, Min Zou
  • Publication number: 20220251395
    Abstract: A composite comprising: substrate having thereon an intermediate layer and a diamond-like carbon (DLC) top layer on said intermediate layer, with increased adhesion strength to DLC and other hard coatings, and which provides a buffer layer for adjusting the uneven expansion/compression behavior of DLC coatings and substrates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS
    Inventors: Dipankar Choudhury, Min Zou
  • Patent number: 11296301
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to display screens and manufacturing methods of display screens. The display screen includes a packaged component, a non-display area including an effective package area adjacent to the packaged component, and a package shadow area located at a periphery of the effective package area. The package shadow area includes a supporting substrate defining a groove for disconnecting a thin film package structure formed on the support substrate. The thin film package structure is disconnected at the groove.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignees: YUNGU (GU'AN) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yao Li, Chuang Chen, Weijie Gu, Fengzhi Yu, Jin Li, Min Zou, Xiaoxu Hu
  • Patent number: 11252270
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of manufacturing a display screen and a special-shaped display screen. The method of manufacturing the display screen includes the following steps: processing the display screen by a material-reduction process to form the display screen with a first mounting groove; and processing the first mounting groove by a material-reduction process to form a second mounting groove. The display screen includes opposite disposed upper and lower surfaces, the first mounting groove and the second mounting groove extend through the upper surface and the lower surface, and a curvature radius of an orthographic projection of the second arcuate transition surface on a plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: KUNSHAN GO-VISIONOX OPTO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Min Zou, Xiaoxu Hu
  • Publication number: 20220032585
    Abstract: A method of making a component of an electric machine using an additive manufacturing process is disclosed. The method includes forming a first lamina of a conductive material, building a first layer of a second material on a first surface of the first lamina, treating the second material on the first surface of the first lamina to define a first insulative layer, and building on the first insulative layer a second lamina of a conductive material. The steps can be repeated iteratively until a desired thickness or number of layers is reached.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Inventors: Lili Zhang, Michael Joseph O'Brien, Cathleen Ann Hoel, Min Zou, Raghavendra Adharapurapu
  • Patent number: 11185612
    Abstract: The present invention relates to methods of fabricating PCU/UHMWPE blended filaments and medical implantable structures using 3D printing of polymeric material, such as PCU/UHMWPE blend structures. The 3D printer dispenses said polymeric material in a layer-by-layer manner to create said medical implant. Polymeric material is dispensed at up to 100% infill. In one embodiment, the layer-by-layer dispensing is at a reduced speed for the bottom and top 1 to 10 layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: Board Of Trustees Of The University Of Arkansas
    Inventors: Raissa Araujo Borges, Min Zou
  • Publication number: 20210367199
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to display screens and manufacturing methods of display screens. The display screen includes a packaged component, a non-display area including an effective package area adjacent to the packaged component, and a package shadow area located at a periphery of the effective package area. The package shadow area includes a supporting substrate defining a groove for disconnecting a thin film package structure formed on the support substrate. The thin film package structure is disconnected at the groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Inventors: Yao LI, Chuang CHEN, Weijie GU, Fengzhi YU, Jin LI, Min ZOU, Xiaoxu HU
  • Publication number: 20210313541
    Abstract: The present application discloses a display panel including an array substrate, an encapsulation cover plate, an encapsulation layer, and a reinforcement component. The array substrate includes an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area; the encapsulation layer is disposed between the array substrate and the encapsulation cover plate, and disposed on the non-active area of the array substrate; the encapsulation layer includes an arc-shaped corner; the reinforcement component is disposed between the array substrate and the encapsulation cover plate and disposed outside of the encapsulation layer away from the active area, and the reinforcement component is disposed at one side of the arc-shaped corner away from the active area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Inventor: Min ZOU
  • Patent number: D975228
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventor: Min Zou