Patents by Inventor Wendy Zhang
Wendy Zhang 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: 20240121204Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods and systems for automatically providing a suggestion to delay sending a message that is being composed by a user to send to a chat participant using a chat feature of an application. The suggestion is sent in response to determining that one or more trigger conditions occurred. The suggestion includes a scheduled time to send the message. The methods and systems send the delayed message at the scheduled time.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Jiaoyan ZHANG, Wendy GUO, John Hay TAING, Vineet BATTA, Yury ISAKOV, Simon Chun Ho TAM, Jennifer Andrea NINO TAPIA, Matthew David WALL, Sean Michael LYNCH, Milena NATANOV, Angelina CONSTANCE
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Patent number: 11535211Abstract: A method of determining a homing position of a piston within a plunger assembly for a vehicle brake system at the beginning of an ignition cycle of the vehicle includes first providing a plunger assembly having a housing defining a bore therein. The plunger assembly includes a piston slidably disposed in the bore for pressurizing fluid within a pressure chamber when the piston is moved in a first direction. The plunger assembly further includes an electrically operated linear actuator for moving the piston within the bore. The method further includes providing electrical power to the linear actuator of the plunger assembly. The linear actuator is actuated to retract the piston in a second direction opposite the first direction towards an end stop. The piston engaging with the end stop is then detected.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2018Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: ZF Active Safety US Inc.Inventors: Wendy Zhang, Patrick Hartman, Weichao Kong
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Publication number: 20210061240Abstract: A method of determining a homing position of a piston within a plunger assembly for a vehicle brake system at the beginning of an ignition cycle of the vehicle includes first providing a plunger assembly having a housing defining a bore therein. The plunger assembly includes a piston slidably disposed in the bore for pressurizing fluid within a pressure chamber when the piston is moved in a first direction. The plunger assembly further includes an electrically operated linear actuator for moving the piston within the bore. The method further includes providing electrical power to the linear actuator of the plunger assembly. The linear actuator is actuated to retract the piston in a second direction opposite the first direction towards an end stop. The piston engaging with the end stop is then detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 31, 2018Publication date: March 4, 2021Applicant: ZF Active Safety US Inc.Inventors: Wendy Zhang, Patrick Hartman, Weichao Kong
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Publication number: 20200238967Abstract: A method of calibrating a solenoid actuated valve includes: providing a brake system including a fluid pressure source: providing a valve having a solenoid, and wherein the valve is in fluid communication with the fluid pressure source; operating the fluid pressure source to provide a constant flow of fluid to the valve; energizing the solenoid of the valve with a constant current such that fluid flows through the valve; measuring the pressure of the fluid flowing at the valve; adjusting the current sent to the solenoid until a predetermined pressure has been obtained; storing a nominal current value of the current required to obtain the predetermined pressure; and calibrating the valve by adding a correction offset factor to the nominal current value for future actuation of the solenoid of the valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2020Publication date: July 30, 2020Applicant: ZF Active Safety US Inc.Inventors: Wendy Zhang, Christian Chemnitz, Christoph Probst
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Patent number: 9756868Abstract: The invention relates to an oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions that can be aerated to produce foamed emulsions. The O/W emulsions of the present invention consist of: 20-45 wt. % water; 4-40 wt. % oil; 3-12 wt. % of cyclodextrin selected from alpha-cyclodextrin, beta-cyclodextrin and combinations thereof; 20-60 wt. % of saccharides selected from monosaccharides, disaccharides, non-cyclic oligosaccharides, sugar alcohols and combinations thereof; 0-30 wt. % of other edible ingredients; wherein the emulsion contains at least 80% of the saccharides by weight of water. The O/W emulsions of the present invention are capable of forming foamed emulsions with high firmness and excellent shape retaining properties. These foamed emulsions further offer the advantage that they exhibit excellent stability.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2015Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignee: CSM Bakery Solutions Europe Holding B.V.Inventors: Michael Hesler, Wendy Zhang
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Publication number: 20160338371Abstract: The invention relates to an oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions that can be aerated to produce foamed emulsions. The O/W emulsions of the present invention consist of: 20-45 wt. % water; 4-40 wt. % oil; 3-12 wt. % of cyclodextrin selected from alpha-cyclodextrin, beta-cyclodextrin and combinations thereof; 20-60 wt. % of saccharides selected from monosaccharides, disaccharides, non-cyclic oligosaccharides, sugar alcohols and combinations thereof; 0-30 wt. % of other edible ingredients; wherein the emulsion contains at least 80% of the saccharides by weight of water. The O/W emulsions of the present invention are capable of forming foamed emulsions with high firmness and excellent shape retaining properties. These foamed emulsions further offer the advantage that they exhibit excellent stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2016Publication date: November 24, 2016Applicant: CSM Bakery Solutions Europe Holding B.V.Inventors: Michael HESLER, Wendy ZHANG
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Publication number: 20160227807Abstract: The invention relates to an oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions that can be aerated to produce foamed emulsions. The O/W emulsions of the present invention consist of: 20-45 wt. % water; 4-40 wt. % oil; 3-12 wt. % of cyclodextrin selected from alpha-cyclodextrin, beta-cyclodextrin and combinations thereof; 20-60 wt. % of saccharides selected from monosaccharides, disaccharides, non-cyclic oligosaccharides, sugar alcohols and combinations thereof; 0-30 wt. % of other edible ingredients; wherein the emulsion contains at least 80% of the saccharides by weight of water. The O/W emulsions of the present invention are capable of forming foamed emulsions with high firmness and excellent shape retaining properties. These foamed emulsions further offer the advantage that they exhibit excellent stability.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2015Publication date: August 11, 2016Applicant: CSM Bakery Solutions Europe Holding B.V.Inventors: Michael HESLER, Wendy ZHANG
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Patent number: 7996162Abstract: The rates of change and difference between signals sensed at adjacent electronic module output ports are determined and compared to criteria to determine whether the output ports are shorted.Type: GrantFiled: September 3, 2008Date of Patent: August 9, 2011Assignee: Kelsey-Hayes CompanyInventors: Wendy Zhang, Arnold H. Spieker
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Publication number: 20060234051Abstract: A method and system for entraining fluids is provided. The method and system may be used to create filaments. As one example, a filament may be produced by entraining a first fluid within a second fluid by flowing a third fluid, the flowing third fluid at least partly constraining the second fluid in at least one dimension. As another example, a filament may be produced by entraining a first fluid within a second fluid based on a model of a dynamic response of the first and second fluids as functions of densities of the first and second fluids, viscosities of the first and second fluids, Reynolds numbers of the first and second fluids, and Weber numbers of the first and second fluids.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2006Publication date: October 19, 2006Inventors: Wendy Zhang, Eric Ginsburg, Alfonso Calvo, Jose Lopez-Herrera, Pascual Riesco-Chueca, Miguel-Angel Herrada-Gutierrez, Piotr Garstecki