Patents by Inventor Qiong Zhou

Qiong Zhou 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: 10405431
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board with reduced ion migration from signal-carrying elements which are coated against corrosion includes an insulating layer, a wiring area, a copper electroplating layer, a nickel electroplating layer, a cover film, and a gold chemical-plating layer. The wiring area is formed on the insulating layer. The copper electroplating layer formed on the wiring area has a first portion and a second portion. The nickel electroplating layer is formed on at least the first portion and exposes sidewalls of the first portion. The cover film is formed on the second portion and fills in gaps of the copper electroplating layer. The gold chemical-plating layer is formed on top surface of the nickel electroplating layer and the sidewalls of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: Avary Holding (Shenzhen) CO., Limited., HongQiSheng Precision Electronics (QinHuangDao) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Zhou, Rui-Wu Liu, Qiong Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190194402
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid antioxidant composition used for raw rubbers comprising 5% to 30% by weight of at least one aromatic amine-based antioxidant agent, 20% to 70% by weight of at least one hindered phenol-based antioxidant agent, 0% to 40% by weight of at least one phosphite-based antioxidant agent; and 20% to 40% by weight of at least one solvent having boiling point higher than 185° C. and freezing point lower than ?10° C. under 101.325 KPa, the weight percentage of component a), b), c) or d) is based on the total weight of antioxidant composition, wherein the mixture of component a), b) and c) is liquid at 25° C. under 101.325 KPa. The present invention also provides a liquid antioxidant composition comprising 5% to 20% by weight of solid aromatic amine-based antioxidant agent, 20% to 50% by weight of solid hindered phenol-based antioxidant agent, 0% to 30% by weight of solid phosphite-based antioxidant agent and 30% to 40% by weight of solvent having boiling point higher than 185° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2017
    Publication date: June 27, 2019
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Yi Qiong ZHOU, Chang Liang FAN, Guo Liang YUAN, Zhong Yi ZHOU
  • Patent number: 10287520
    Abstract: A system including a quench system that may cool a syngas generated in a gasification chamber. The quench system includes a quench chamber, a dip tube that may direct the syngas from the gasification chamber into a quench liquid in the quench chamber to cool the syngas and to generate a first cooled syngas, and a draft tube disposed circumferentially about the dip tube and configured to receive the first cooled syngas in a first direction along a first passage. The first passage is disposed between a first wall of the dip tube and a second wall of the draft tube. The quench system also includes a droplet tube that may receive the first cooled syngas from the first passage. The droplet tube includes a third wall that may redirect a flow of the first cooled syngas in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Qiong Zhou, Yichuan Fang
  • Patent number: 10234210
    Abstract: A system includes a radiant syngas cooler which receives and cools syngas generated in a gasifier. The radiant syngas cooler includes an outer shell of the radiant syngas cooler defining an annular space of the radiant syngas cooler and a heat exchange tube of the radiant syngas cooler positioned within the annular space and configured to flow a cooling medium. The heat exchange tube is configured to enable heat exchange between the syngas and the cooling medium to cool the syngas. The radiant syngas cooler includes a downcomer tube of the radiant syngas cooler which supplies the cooling medium to the heat exchange tube, where the downcomer tube includes a downflow portion positioned outside of the annular space of the radiant syngas cooler. The downflow portion is fluidly coupled to a header, and the header fluidly couples the downcomer tube to the heat exchange tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Pallab Karmakar, Lien-Yan Chen, Qiong Zhou
  • Patent number: 10221067
    Abstract: A syngas cooler is configured to cool a syngas. The syngas cooler includes a superheater heat exchanger, which further includes a first header configured to receive saturated steam, a second header configured to discharge superheated steam, and a first group of tubes directly coupled to and vertically extending between the first and second headers. Each tube of the first group of tubes includes an outer surface that interfaces with the syngas and a respective length between the first and second headers, and each tube of the first group of tubes does not contact another tube along the respective length to enable a flow of the syngas around each tube's outer surface along its respective length and between each tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lien-Yan Chen, Qiong Zhou, Rajeshwar Sripada
  • Publication number: 20180368265
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board with reduced ion migration from signal-carrying elements which are coated against corrosion includes an insulating layer, a wiring area, a copper electroplating layer, a nickel electroplating layer, a cover film, and a gold chemical-plating layer. The wiring area is formed on the insulating layer. The copper electroplating layer formed on the wiring area has a first portion and a second portion. The nickel electroplating layer is formed on at least the first portion and exposes sidewalls of the first portion. The cover film is formed on the second portion and fills in gaps of the copper electroplating layer. The gold chemical-plating layer is formed on top surface of the nickel electroplating layer and the sidewalls of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicants: Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited., HongQiSheng Precision Electronics (QinHuangDao) Co .,Ltd.
    Inventors: LEI ZHOU, RUI-WU LIU, QIONG ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20180310412
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board with reduced ion migration from signal-carrying elements which are coated against corrosion includes an insulating layer, a wiring area, a copper electroplating layer, a nickel electroplating layer, a cover film, and a gold chemical-plating layer. The wiring area is formed on the insulating layer. The copper electroplating layer formed on the wiring area has a first portion and a second portion. The nickel electroplating layer is formed on at least the first portion and exposes sidewalls of the first portion. The cover film is formed on the second portion and fills in gaps of the copper electroplating layer. The gold chemical-plating layer is formed on top surface of the nickel electroplating layer and the sidewalls of the first portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: LEI ZHOU, RUI-WU LIU, QIONG ZHOU
  • Patent number: 10111336
    Abstract: A flexible printed circuit board with reduced ion migration from signal-carrying elements which are coated against corrosion includes an insulating layer, a wiring area, a copper electroplating layer, a nickel electroplating layer, a cover film, and a gold chemical-plating layer. The wiring area is formed on the insulating layer. The copper electroplating layer formed on the wiring area has a first portion and a second portion. The nickel electroplating layer is formed on at least the first portion and exposes sidewalls of the first portion. The cover film is formed on the second portion and fills in gaps of the copper electroplating layer. The gold chemical-plating layer is formed on top surface of the nickel electroplating layer and the sidewalls of the first portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignees: Avary Holding (Shenzhen) Co., Limited., HongQiSheng Precision Electronics (QinHuangDao) Co
    Inventors: Lei Zhou, Rui-Wu Liu, Qiong Zhou
  • Publication number: 20180223200
    Abstract: A system including a quench system that may cool a syngas generated in a gasification chamber. The quench system includes a quench chamber, a dip tube that may direct the syngas from the gasification chamber into a quench liquid in the quench chamber to cool the syngas and to generate a first cooled syngas, and a draft tube disposed circumferentially about the dip tube and configured to receive the first cooled syngas in a first direction along a first passage. The first passage is disposed between a first wall of the dip tube and a second wall of the draft tube. The quench system also includes a droplet tube that may receive the first cooled syngas from the first passage. The droplet tube includes a third wall that may redirect a flow of the first cooled syngas in a second direction different from the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Qiong Zhou, Yichuan Fang
  • Publication number: 20180187108
    Abstract: A syngas cooler is configured to cool a syngas. The syngas cooler includes a superheater heat exchanger, which further includes a first header configured to receive saturated steam, a second header configured to discharge superheated steam, and a first group of tubes directly coupled to and vertically extending between the first and second headers. Each tube of the first group of tubes includes an outer surface that interfaces with the syngas and a respective length between the first and second headers, and each tube of the first group of tubes does not contact another tube along the respective length to enable a flow of the syngas around each tube's outer surface along its respective length and between each tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Lien-Yan Chen, Qiong Zhou, Rajeshwar Sripada
  • Publication number: 20180058762
    Abstract: A system includes a radiant syngas cooler which receives and cools syngas generated in a gasifier. The radiant syngas cooler includes an outer shell of the radiant syngas cooler defining an annular space of the radiant syngas cooler and a heat exchange tube of the radiant syngas cooler positioned within the annular space and configured to flow a cooling medium. The heat exchange tube is configured to enable heat exchange between the syngas and the cooling medium to cool the syngas. The radiant syngas cooler includes a downcomer tube of the radiant syngas cooler which supplies the cooling medium to the heat exchange tube, where the downcomer tube includes a downflow portion positioned outside of the annular space of the radiant syngas cooler. The downflow portion is fluidly coupled to a header, and the header fluidly couples the downcomer tube to the heat exchange tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Pallab Karmakar, Lien-Yan Chen, Qiong Zhou
  • Patent number: 9868856
    Abstract: A mineral-compatible cationic emulsion composition with polymer stabilizers, and methods for utilizing same in paving and other applications is disclosed. In one aspect, a bitumen-in-water emulsion composition includes at least one bitumen material, at least one polymer stabilizer, at least one emulsifier, and water, where the emulsifier is a cationic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, or a mixture of both, and the polymer stabilizer is a natural or synthetic cationic polymer consisting of alkylene polyamines, alkyl polyamines, polyquaternary polymers, polyvinylamine, polyvinylimidazoline, polyester polyquaternary polymers, polyether polyquaternary polymers, or mixtures thereof. The inclusion of polymer stabilizer in the cationic emulsion increases the stability of the emulsion and increases the compatibility of the cationic emulsion with negatively charged minerals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V.
    Inventors: Ralph Franklin, Qiong Zhou
  • Patent number: 9803260
    Abstract: A process for recovery of precious metals from ores or concentrates containing refractory carbonaceous material by cyanidation leaching. The process involves addition to the ores or concentrates at least one cationic surfactant before or during the addition of cyanide-containing solution. The agent enables the recovery of precious metals by cyanidation from high preg-robbing carbonaceous ores and improves the recovery of precious metals by cyanidation from medium to low preg-robbing carbonaceous ores. The agent also prevents froth and foaming formation during the cyanidation process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Qiong Zhou, Junhua Jiang, Yeonuk Choi
  • Publication number: 20170267865
    Abstract: A mineral-compatible cationic emulsion composition with polymer stabilizers, and methods for utilizing same in paving and other applications is disclosed. In one aspect, a bitumen-in-water emulsion composition includes at least one bitumen material, at least one polymer stabilizer, at least one emulsifier, and water, where the emulsifier is a cationic surfactant, an amphoteric surfactant, or a mixture of both, and the polymer stabilizer is a natural or synthetic cationic polymer consisting of alkylene polyamines, alkyl polyamines, polyquaternary polymers, polyvinylamine, polyvinylimidazoline, polyester polyquaternary polymers, polyether polyquaternary polymers, or mixtures thereof. The inclusion of polymer stabilizer in the cationic emulsion increases the stability of the emulsion and increases the compatibility of the cationic emulsion with negatively charged minerals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2015
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Ralph FRANKLIN, Qiong ZHOU
  • Patent number: 9745480
    Abstract: A method renders the surface of bitumen materials to be non-tacky, and minimize or eliminate the loss of the bitumen materials to traffic. The method may also be used on top of prime coat and fog seal, to reduce tackiness of bitumen materials from cured bitumen emulsions, and to decrease unnecessary and unwanted tracking by passing traffic.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2017
    Assignee: AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS INTERNATIONAL B.V.
    Inventors: Qiong Zhou, Alan Duncan James, Ralph Franklin, Christine Cornelia Gorsuch
  • Publication number: 20170073531
    Abstract: The method according to the present invention renders the surface of bitumen materials to be non-tacky, and minimize or eliminate the loss of the bitumen materials to traffic. The method according to the present invention may also be used on top of prime coat and fog seal, to reduce tackiness of bitumen materials from cured bitumen emulsions, and to decrease unnecessary and unwanted tracking by passing traffic.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Qiong Zhou, Alan Duncan James, Ralph Franklin, Christine Cornelia Gorsuch
  • Publication number: 20160024613
    Abstract: A process for recovery of precious metals from ores or concentrates containing refractory carbonaceous material by cyanidation leaching. The process involves addition to the ores or concentrates at least one cationic surfactant before or during the addition of cyanide-containing solution. The agent enables the recovery of precious metals by cyanidation from high preg-robbing carbonaceous ores and improves the recovery of precious metals by cyanidation from medium to low preg-robbing carbonaceous ores. The agent also prevents froth and foaming formation during the cyanidation process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: Akzo Nobel Chemicals International B.V.
    Inventors: Qiong Zhou, Junhua Jiang, Yeonuk Choi
  • Patent number: 9003796
    Abstract: A system includes a heat exchanger and an organic Rankine cycle system. The heat exchanger is configured to exchange heat between extraction air from a power block and nitrogen from an air separation unit. The organic Rankine cycle system is coupled to the heat exchanger. In addition, the organic Rankine cycle system is configured to convert heat from the extraction air into work.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Qiong Zhou, Deila Peng, Arnaldo Frydman, Thomas Glen Cobb
  • Patent number: 8951313
    Abstract: The present application thus provides a gasifier cooling system for cooling a flow of hot syngas from a gasifier. The gasifier cooling system may include a radiant syngas cooler, a quench chamber, and a convective syngas cooler such that the flow of syngas flows through the quench chamber or the convective syngas cooler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Qiong Zhou, Wei Chen, Thomas Glen Cobb, Jennifer Lucia Ramirez, Hsien-Chin William Yen
  • Patent number: 8631660
    Abstract: The present application and the resultant patent provide an integrated gasification combined cycle system. The integrated gasification combined cycle system may include a gas turbine engine, one or more power plant components, one or more carbon dioxide compressors, and a vapor absorption chiller. The vapor absorption chiller is driven by a waste heat source flow from the carbon dioxide compressors to produce a chilling medium flow to cool the power plant components.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bhaskar Pemmi, Anil Kumar Sharma, Rajarshi Saha, Indrajit Mazumder, Qiong Zhou, Christopher Michael Robbins, Paul Roberts Scarboro, Ann Verwilst Driscoll