Patents by Inventor Sizhu You
Sizhu You 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: 20240191514Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to polymer structures, for example, suitable for construction products. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a thermoplastic construction product including a coextruded layer structure having a base layer including a first thermoplastic material, an outer layer including a second thermoplastic material, and an infrared-reflective intermediate layer that is coextruded with the base layer and the outer layer and is disposed between the base layer and the outer layer. In some embodiments the intermediate layer has a thickness of at least 30 micrometers. In some embodiments the infrared-reflective intermediate layer includes a reflective pigment dispersed in a matrix of one of the first thermoplastic material or the second thermoplastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2023Publication date: June 13, 2024Inventor: Sizhu You
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Publication number: 20240119663Abstract: Methods and systems for real-time visualization of building structures are disclosed. A computing system may calculate physical illumination characteristics for each of a plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements layered in simulation at specified surface locations of a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of a building structure, wherein the virtual 3D model is constructed based on data descriptive of the building structure. Each of the plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be associated with its calculated illumination characteristics in a database. A spatially-manipulable rendered image of the building structure may displayed on an interactive display in real-time based on the virtual 3D model. On the interactive display device, one or more of the plurality of the predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be rendered in real-time at respectively specified locations on the rendered image.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Brice Dubost, Sizhu You, Rachel Z. Pytel
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Patent number: 11893970Abstract: The disclosure relates to acoustic panels and methods for preparing them. The disclosure relates more particularly to panels having a porous facing and to methods for making such panels. One aspect of the disclosure is an acoustic panel comprising a base structure. The base structure has one or more edges, an outward major surface having a total area, and an inward major surface opposing the outward major surface. The base structure has a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of at least about 0.3. The panel includes a coating layer directly disposed on the outward major surface of the base structure, the coating layer being formed of an open-cell foam. The coating layer has an exterior major surface opposing the outward major surface of the base structure. The coating layer is substantially scattering for light in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm, and has an absorption coefficient of less than 0.5 for acoustic frequencies in the range of 100 Hz to 10,000 Hz.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings CorporationInventors: David Shackleford, Sizhu You, Steven Jacek, Phillip Evans, Alexis Rile, Michael J. Lembo
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Publication number: 20230331995Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods, devices and systems for insulation, e.g., of cavities associated with walls, ceilings, floors and other building structures, with foam insulation. In one aspect, the disclosure provides an expanding foam insulation material, the expanding foam insulation material being dispensable and expandable to provide an expanding foam insulation material having a maximum foam height; and no local pressure maximum of more than 500 Pa, wherein for each local pressure maximum in excess of 50 Pa, a time difference between a time of the local pressure maximum and a time of 95% maximum foam height is no more than 80 seconds. The expanding foam insulation material is desirably provided with Class A fire rating.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Nicholas Orf, Rachel Brown, Sizhu You, Brian ` Fogg
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Patent number: 11773203Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods, devices and systems for insulation, e.g., of cavities associated with walls, ceilings, floors and other building structures, with foam insulation. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for providing a cavity of a building with an expanded foam insulation.Type: GrantFiled: December 29, 2020Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: CertainTeed LLCInventors: Nicholas D. Orf, Choung-Houng Lai, Sizhu You
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Patent number: 11702845Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to polymer structures, for example, suitable for construction products. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a thermoplastic construction product including a coextruded layer structure having a base layer including a first thermoplastic material, an outer layer including a second thermoplastic material, and an infrared-reflective intermediate layer that is coextruded with the base layer and the outer layer and is disposed between the base layer and the outer layer. In some embodiments the intermediate layer has a thickness of at least 30 micrometers. In some embodiments the infrared-reflective intermediate layer includes a reflective pigment dispersed in a matrix of one of the first thermoplastic material or the second thermoplastic material.Type: GrantFiled: February 7, 2020Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: CertainTeed LLCInventor: Sizhu You
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Patent number: 11704866Abstract: Methods and systems for real-time visualization of building structures are disclosed. A computing system may calculate physical illumination characteristics for each of a plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements layered in simulation at specified surface locations of a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of a building structure, wherein the virtual 3D model is constructed based on data descriptive of the building structure. Each of the plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be associated with its calculated illumination characteristics in a database. A spatially-manipulable rendered image of the building structure may displayed on an interactive display in real-time based on the virtual 3D model. On the interactive display device, one or more of the plurality of the predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be rendered in real-time at respectively specified locations on the rendered image.Type: GrantFiled: December 7, 2021Date of Patent: July 18, 2023Assignee: CertainTeed LLCInventors: Brice Dubost, Sizhu You, Rachel Z. Pytel
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Publication number: 20230064323Abstract: The disclosure relates to acoustic panels and methods for preparing them. The disclosure relates more particularly to panels having a porous facing and to methods for making such panels. One aspect of the disclosure is an acoustic panel comprising a base structure. The base structure has one or more edges, an outward major surface having a total area, and an inward major surface opposing the outward major surface. The base structure has a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of at least about 0.3. The panel includes a coating layer directly disposed on the outward major surface of the base structure, the coating layer being formed of an open-cell foam. The coating layer has an exterior major surface opposing the outward major surface of the base structure. The coating layer is substantially scattering for light in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm, and has an absorption coefficient of less than 0.5 for acoustic frequencies in the range of 100 Hz to 10,000 Hz.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: David Shackleford, Sizhu You, Steven Jacek, Phillip Evans, Alexis Rile, Michael J. Lembo
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Publication number: 20230064161Abstract: The disclosure relates to acoustic panels and methods for preparing them. The disclosure relates more particularly to panels having a nonwoven facing and to methods for making such panels. One aspect of the disclosure is a method for preparing an acoustic panel comprising providing a base structure. The base structure has one or more edges, an outward major surface having a total are, and an inward major surface opposing the outward major surface. The base structure has a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of at least about 0.3. The method includes disposing directly against the outward major surface of the base structure a sprayable mixture comprising a plurality of fibers, one or more binders, and a dispersive medium. The method includes drying the disposed mixture to provide a facing layer disposed on the outward major surface of the base structure, the facing layer having an exterior major surface opposing the outward major surface of the base structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Steven Jacek, Sizhu You, Matthew Gacek, Michael J. Lembo
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Patent number: 11426758Abstract: The disclosure relates to acoustic panels and methods for preparing them. The disclosure relates more particularly to panels having a nonwoven facing and to methods for making such panels. A method for preparing an acoustic panel comprises providing a base structure. The base structure has one or more edges, an outward major surface having total area, and an inward major surface opposing the outward major surface. The base structure has a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of at least about 0.3. The method includes disposing directly against the outward major surface of the base structure a sprayable mixture comprising a plurality of fibers, one or more binders, and a dispersive medium. The method includes drying the disposed mixture to provide a facing layer disposed on the outward major surface of the base structure, the facing layer having an exterior major surface opposing the outward major surface of the base structure.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings CorporationInventors: Steven Jacek, Sizhu You, Matthew Gacek, Michael J. Lembo
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Patent number: 11423871Abstract: The disclosure relates to acoustic panels and methods for preparing them. The disclosure relates more particularly to panels having a porous facing and to methods for making such panels. One aspect of the disclosure is an acoustic panel comprising a base structure. The base structure has one or more edges, an outward major surface having a total area, and an inward major surface opposing the outward major surface. The base structure has a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of at least about 0.3. The panel includes a coating layer directly disposed on the outward major surface of the base structure, the coating layer being formed of an open-cell foam. The coating layer has an exterior major surface opposing the outward major surface of the base structure. The coating layer is substantially scattering for light in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm, and has an absorption coefficient of less than 0.5 for acoustic frequencies in the range of 100 Hz to 10,000 Hz.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2019Date of Patent: August 23, 2022Assignee: CertainTeed Ceilings CorporationInventors: David Shackleford, Sizhu You, Steven Jacek, Phillip Evans, Alexis Rile, Michael J. Lembo
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Patent number: 11403749Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to evaluating thermal properties of building surfaces. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a method of evaluating insulation in a cavity in a building surface. The method includes obtaining an infrared image of a first area of the building surface that covers the cavity, where the infrared image includes an array of digital pixel values. The infrared image is partitioned into a plurality of regions based on the digital pixel values. A shape of a first identified region is determined using a shape analysis algorithm and whether the first identified region corresponds to a first insulation void is recognized based on the determined shape of the first identified region.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: CertainTeed LLCInventors: Sizhu You, Todd P. Dinoia
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Publication number: 20220237858Abstract: Methods and systems for real-time visualization of building structures are disclosed. A computing system may calculate physical illumination characteristics for each of a plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements layered in simulation at specified surface locations of a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of a building structure, wherein the virtual 3D model is constructed based on data descriptive of the building structure. Each of the plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be associated with its calculated illumination characteristics in a database. A spatially-manipulable rendered image of the building structure may displayed on an interactive display in real-time based on the virtual 3D model. On the interactive display device, one or more of the plurality of the predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be rendered in real-time at respectively specified locations on the rendered image.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 7, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Inventors: Brice Dubost, Sizhu You, Rachel Z. Pytel
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Patent number: 11195324Abstract: Methods and systems for real-time visualization of building structures are disclosed. A computing system may calculate physical illumination characteristics for each of a plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements layered in simulation at specified surface locations of a virtual three-dimensional (3D) model of a building structure, wherein the virtual 3D model is constructed based on data descriptive of the building structure. Each of the plurality of predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be associated with its calculated illumination characteristics in a database. A spatially-manipulable rendered image of the building structure may displayed on an interactive display in real-time based on the virtual 3D model. On the interactive display device, one or more of the plurality of the predefined virtual external building-surface elements may be rendered in real-time at respectively specified locations on the rendered image.Type: GrantFiled: August 14, 2019Date of Patent: December 7, 2021Assignee: CertainTeed LLCInventors: Brice Dubost, Sizhu You, Rachel Z. Pytel
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Publication number: 20210198411Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods, devices and systems for insulation, e.g., of cavities associated with walls, ceilings, floors and other building structures, with foam insulation. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for providing a cavity of a building with an expanded foam insulation.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2020Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Nicholas D. Orf, Choung-Houng Lai, Sizhu You
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Publication number: 20210042911Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to evaluating thermal properties of building surfaces. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a method of evaluating insulation in a cavity in a building surface. The method includes obtaining an infrared image of a first area of the building surface that covers the cavity, where the infrared image includes an array of digital pixel values. The infrared image is partitioned into a plurality of regions based on the digital pixel values. A shape of a first identified region is determined using a shape analysis algorithm and whether the first identified region corresponds to a first insulation void is recognized based on the determined shape of the first identified region.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 7, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Inventors: Sizhu YOU, Todd P. DINOIA
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Publication number: 20200263423Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a surface structure for construction products, for example, suitable for construction products that cover visible interior surfaces, such as drywall and ceiling panels. The present disclosure relates more particularly to an interior surface construction product including a visible surface covered with a texture including surface features having a height in a range from 20 ?m to 2500 ?m. The visible surface has an average rotational derivative that is no greater than 1.2*a respective rotational derivative of a Lambertian surface under the same lighting and viewing conditions. The rotational derivative is the percentage change in radiance from the visible surface in a viewing direction when illuminated in an illumination direction as the surface rotates about an axis that is perpendicular to a plane defined by the viewing direction and the illumination direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Inventors: Garrett Loomis, Rachel Z. Pytel, Brice Dubost, Sizhu You, Vural Kara, Stephen W. Reynolds, Jennifer H. Czerepinski, Aditi Naik
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Publication number: 20200256065Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to polymer structures, for example, suitable for construction products. The present disclosure relates more particularly to a thermoplastic construction product including a coextruded layer structure having a base layer including a first thermoplastic material, an outer layer including a second thermoplastic material, and an infrared-reflective intermediate layer that is coextruded with the base layer and the outer layer and is disposed between the base layer and the outer layer. In some embodiments the intermediate layer has a thickness of at least 30 micrometers. In some embodiments the infrared-reflective intermediate layer includes a reflective pigment dispersed in a matrix of one of the first thermoplastic material or the second thermoplastic material.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 7, 2020Publication date: August 13, 2020Inventor: Sizhu You
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Publication number: 20200149297Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to methods, devices and systems for insulation, e.g., of cavities associated with walls, ceilings, floors and other building structures, with foam insulation. In one aspect, the disclosure provides a method for providing a cavity of a building with a predetermined amount of foam insulation. The method includes actuating a valve to begin dispensing foam insulation into the cavity, the actuation being performed by a user, the actuation by the user fixing a start time and/or a zero volume of a time and/or volume meter; then, dispensing the foam insulation from the insulation dispenser into the cavity as the time and/or volume meter counts time and/or volume dispensed; then when a predetermined time after the start time elapses or a predetermined volume of the foam insulation beyond the zero volume is dispensed as measured by the time and/or volume meter, actuating the valve to stop dispensing the foam insulation into the cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Sizhu You, Dennis Michaud, Jerome Arul, Timothy Briggs, Kyle Pina, Jonathan Wilson, Douglas Lamm, Amy Potts, Derek Riemer, Nick Casco, Mitch Brosnan, Denise Andreozzi
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Publication number: 20200027436Abstract: The disclosure relates to acoustic panels and methods for preparing them. The disclosure relates more particularly to panels having a porous facing and to methods for making such panels. One aspect of the disclosure is an acoustic panel comprising a base structure. The base structure has one or more edges, an outward major surface having a total area, and an inward major surface opposing the outward major surface. The base structure has a noise reduction coefficient (NRC) of at least about 0.3. The panel includes a coating layer directly disposed on the outward major surface of the base structure, the coating layer being formed of an open-cell foam. The coating layer has an exterior major surface opposing the outward major surface of the base structure. The coating layer is substantially scattering for light in the wavelength range of 380 nm to 780 nm, and has an absorption coefficient of less than 0.5 for acoustic frequencies in the range of 100 Hz to 10,000 Hz.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2019Publication date: January 23, 2020Inventors: David Shackleford, Sizhu You, Steven Jacek, Phillip Evans, Alexis Rile, Michael J. Lembo