Patents by Inventor Yihua Zhang

Yihua 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).

  • Publication number: 20230415134
    Abstract: An improved hydroisomerization catalyst system and process for making a base oil product using a combined catalyst system comprising SSZ-91 molecular sieve and SSZ-95 molecular sieve. The catalyst system and process generally involves the use of a catalyst comprising an SSZ-91 molecular sieve and a separate catalyst comprising an SSZ-95 molecular sieve to produce dewaxed base oil products by sequentially contacting the catalysts with a hydrocarbon feedstock. The catalyst system and process provide improved base oil yield along with other beneficial base oil properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Yihua ZHANG, Guan Dao LEI
  • Publication number: 20230395166
    Abstract: Techniques for preventing read disturb in NAND memory devices are described. In one example, reads are tracked for sub-groups. When the number of reads to a sub-group meets a threshold, the data at the wordline on which the threshold was met is moved along with the data at neighboring wordlines to an SLC block without moving the entire block. The performance impact and write amplification impact of read disturb mitigation can be significantly reduced while maintaining some data continuity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Applicant: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arun Sitaram ATHREYA, Shankar NATARAJAN, Sriram NATARAJAN, Yihua ZHANG, Suresh NAGARAJAN
  • Patent number: 11814352
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses salts formed by 2-(1-acyloxy-n-pentyl)benzoic acid and basic amino acid or aminoguanidine, a preparation method thereof, pharmaceutical preparations containing these salts, and application thereof in preparation of drugs for preventing or treating ischemic cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, resisting thrombosis and improving cardio-cerebral circulation disorders. The compound of the present disclosure has excellent water solubility, aqueous solution stability and pharmacokinetic properties, also has significant anti-platelet aggregation, anti-thrombosis, anti-cerebral ischemia and neuroprotective activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: JIANGSU KANION PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yihua Zhang, Wei Xiao, Zhangjian Huang, Jianbing Wu, Jiayi Zhu, Zhenzhong Wang, Tuanjie Wang
  • Publication number: 20230348798
    Abstract: An improved process and catalyst system for making a base oil product and for improving base oil cloud point and pour point characteristics, while also providing good product yields. The process and catalyst system generally involves the use of a layered catalyst system comprising an SSZ-91 catalyst and an SSZ-32X catalyst arranged to sequentially contact a hydrocarbon feedstock with both catalysts and thereby provide dewaxed base oil products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Applicant: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Subhasis BHATTACHARYA, Yihua ZHANG, Guan-Dao LEI, Ajit R. PRADHAN
  • Publication number: 20230338934
    Abstract: The present application pertains to family of new crystalline molecular sieves designated SSZ-92. Molecular sieve SSZ-92 is structurally similar to sieves falling within the ZSM-48 family of molecular sieves and is characterized as having magnesium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Adeola Florence OJO, Yihua ZHANG, Guan-Dao LEI, Howard S. LACHEEN
  • Patent number: 11783893
    Abstract: Programming a multilevel cell (MLC) nonvolatile (NV) media can be performed with internal buffer reuse to reduce the need for external buffering. The internal buffer is on the same die as the NV media to be programmed, along with a volatile memory to store data to program. The internal buffer is to read and program data for the NV media. Programming of the NV media includes staging first partial pages in the buffer for program, reading second partial pages from the NV media to the volatile memory, storing second partial pages in the buffer, and programming the NV media with the first partial pages and the second partial pages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Shankar Natarajan, Suresh Nagarajan, Aliasgar S. Madraswala, Yihua Zhang
  • Patent number: 11769557
    Abstract: Techniques for preventing read disturb in NAND memory devices are described. In one example, reads are tracked for sub-groups. When the number of reads to a sub-group meets a threshold, the data at the wordline on which the threshold was met is moved along with the data at neighboring wordlines to an SLC block without moving the entire block. The performance impact and write amplification impact of read disturb mitigation can be significantly reduced while maintaining some data continuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Arun Sitaram Athreya, Shankar Natarajan, Sriram Natarajan, Yihua Zhang, Suresh Nagarajan
  • Patent number: 11762570
    Abstract: Direct data transfer between devices having a shared bus may be implemented with reduced involvement from a controller associated with the devices. A controller, a source memory device, and a target memory device may be coupled with a shared bus. The controller may identify a source address at the source memory device for data to be transferred to the target memory device. The controller also may identify a target address in the target memory device, and initiate a data transfer directly from the source to the target through a command that is received at both the source and the target memory device. In response to the command, the source memory device may read data out to the bus, and the target memory may read the data from the bus and store the data starting at the target address without further commands from the controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventors: Yihua Zhang, James Cooke
  • Publication number: 20230265350
    Abstract: An improved process and catalyst system for making a base oil product and for reducing base oil aromatics content, while also providing good product yields. The process and catalyst system generally involves the use of a bimetallic SSZ-91 catalyst by contacting the catalyst with a hydrocarbon feedstock to provide dewaxed base oil products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Yihua ZHANG, Adeola OJO, Guan-Dao LEI
  • Patent number: 11679987
    Abstract: A family of new crystalline molecular sieves designated SSZ-91 is disclosed, as are methods for making SSZ-91 and uses for SSZ-91. Molecular sieve SSZ-91 is structurally similar to sieves falling within the ZSM-48 family of molecular sieves, and is characterized as: (1) having a low degree of faulting, (2) a low aspect ratio that inhibits hydrocracking as compared to conventional ZSM-48 materials having an aspect ratio of greater than 8, and (3) is substantially phase pure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: CHEVRON U.S.A. INC.
    Inventors: Adeola Florence Ojo, Dan Xie, Yihua Zhang, Guan-Dao Lei
  • Patent number: 11559789
    Abstract: An improved hydrotreating catalyst and process for making a base oil product wherein the catalyst comprises a base extrudate that includes a high nanopore volume amorphous silica alumina (ASA) and a second amorphous silica alumina. The catalyst and process generally involve the use of a base extrudate comprising the high nanopore volume ASA and the second ASA in a catalyst to produce hydrotreated dewaxed base oil products by contacting the catalyst with a hydrocarbon feedstock. The catalyst base extrudate advantageously comprises a first amorphous silica alumina having a pore volume in the 11-20 nm pore diameter range of 0.2 to 1.0 cc/g and a second amorphous silica alumina having a pore volume in the 11-20 nm pore diameter range of 0.02 to 0.2 cc/g, with the base extrudate formed from the amorphous silica alumina and the alumina having a total pore volume in the 2-50 nm pore diameter range of 0.12 to 1.80 cc/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Yihua Zhang, Guan-Dao Lei, Bi-Zeng Zhan
  • Publication number: 20220305471
    Abstract: The present application pertains to family of new crystalline molecular sieves designated SSZ-92. Molecular sieve SSZ-92 is structurally similar to sieves falling within the ZSM-48 family of molecular sieves and is characterized as having magnesium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Adeola Florence OJO, Yihua ZHANG, Guan-Dao LEI, Howard S. LACHEEN
  • Publication number: 20220288565
    Abstract: An improved hydrotreating catalyst and process for making a base oil product wherein the catalyst comprises a base extrudate that includes a high nanopore volume amorphous silica alumina (ASA) and an alumina. The catalyst and process generally involve the use of a high nanopore volume ASA/alumina based catalyst to produce hydrotreated dewaxed base oil products by contacting the catalyst with a hydrocarbon feedstock. The catalyst base extrudate advantageously comprises an amorphous silica alumina having a pore volume in the 11-20 nm pore diameter range of 0.2 to 0.9 cc/g and an alumina having a pore volume in the 11-20 nm pore diameter range of 0.01 to 1.0 cc/g, with the base extrudate formed from the amorphous silica alumina and the alumina having a total pore volume in the 2-50 nm pore diameter range of 0.12 to 1.80 cc/g. The catalyst further comprises at least one modifier element from Groups 6 to 10 and Group 14 of the Periodic Table. The catalyst and process provide improved aromatics saturation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yihua ZHANG, Guan-Dao LEI
  • Publication number: 20220288566
    Abstract: An improved hydrotreating catalyst and process for making a base oil product wherein the catalyst comprises a base extrudate that includes a high nanopore volume amorphous silica alumina (ASA) and a second amorphous silica alumina. The catalyst and process generally involve the use of a base extrudate comprising the high nanopore volume ASA and the second ASA in a catalyst to produce hydrotreated dewaxed base oil products by contacting the catalyst with a hydrocarbon feedstock. The catalyst base extrudate advantageously comprises a first amorphous silica alumina having a pore volume in the 11-20 nm pore diameter range of 0.2 to 1.0 cc/g and a second amorphous silica alumina having a pore volume in the 11-20 nm pore diameter range of 0.02 to 0.2 cc/g, with the base extrudate formed from the amorphous silica alumina and the alumina having a total pore volume in the 2-50 nm pore diameter range of 0.12 to 1.80 cc/g.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Yihua ZHANG, Guan-Dao LEI, Bi-Zeng ZHAN
  • Patent number: 11441085
    Abstract: Provided in one embodiment is an improved and more flexible process for preparing a finished base oil or a white oil product comprising passing a dewaxed base oil product to a distillation column and separating the dewaxed base oil product into fuel and base oil product streams. The base oil product streams are tested to determine if they meet desired specifications. Base oil product streams that meet the desired minimum base oil specifications are passed to a hydrofinishing reactor to prepare a white oil product, or passed to direct sale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Kenny Peinado, Jay Parekh, Jifei Jia, Yihua Zhang, Guan-Dao Lei, Guang Zhang
  • Patent number: 11396631
    Abstract: A process for preparing a base oil from a waxy hydrocarbon feedstock is provided. The process comprises passing the hydrocarbon feedstock to a distillation column prior to dewaxing in order to recover a heavy wax cut. The heavy wax is then hydrocracked to lower boiling compounds which can be better isomerized to a base oil with an acceptable cloud point. The base oil yield is also increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Parekh, Jifei Jia, Guan-Dao Lei, Kenny Peinado, Yihua Zhang, Shanying Lee
  • Publication number: 20220228074
    Abstract: Described are processes to produce base oils with one more improved properties, e.g., lower aromatics, economically and/or efficiently. In some embodiments the processes comprise a step that reduces the amount of residual refractory sulfur compounds prior to or simultaneous with a hydrofinishing step which advantageously provides base oils with lower aromatics than comparable processes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Yihua ZHANG, Guan-Dao LEI
  • Publication number: 20220219152
    Abstract: A hydroisomerization catalyst comprising a molecular sieve belonging to the ZSM-48 family of zeolites; an inorganic oxide support; one or more first modifiers selected from Groups 8 to 10; and one or more second modifiers selected from the group consisting of calcium (Ca), chromium (Cr), magnesium (Mg), lanthanum (La), barium (Ba), praseodymium (Pr), strontium (Sr), potassium (K) and neodymium (Nd). The molecular sieve comprises: a silicon oxide to aluminum oxide mole ratio of about 40 to about 220; at least about 70% polytype 6 of the total ZSM-48-type material present in the product; and an additional EUO-type molecular sieve phase in an amount of between about 0 and about 7.0 percent by weight of the total product. The molecular sieve has a morphology characterized as polycrystalline aggregates comprising crystallites collectively having an average aspect ratio of between about 1 and about 8.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yihua ZHANG, Adeola Florence OJO, Guan-Dao LEI
  • Publication number: 20220204874
    Abstract: Provided in one embodiment is an improved and more flexible process for preparing a finished base oil or a white oil product comprising passing a dewaxed base oil product to a distillation column and separating the dewaxed base oil product into fuel and base oil product streams. The base oil product streams are tested to determine if they meet desired specifications. Base oil product streams that meet the desired minimum base oil specifications are passed to a hydrofinishing reactor to prepare a white oil product, or passed to direct sale.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Kenny Peinado, Jay Parekh, Jifei Jia, Yihua Zhang, Guan-Dao Lei, Guang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220204876
    Abstract: Provided is a process for preparing base oil from a waxy hydrocarbon feedstock by contacting the hydrocarbon feedstock in a hydroisomerization zone under hydroisomerization conditions. The reaction is in the presence of hydrogen and an inert gas, with the total pressure in the hydroisomerization zone being at least 400 psig. A product from the hydroisomerization zone is collected and separated into base oil products and fuel products. The inert gas can comprise any suitable inert gas, but is generally nitrogen, methane or argon. Nitrogen is used in one embodiment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.
    Inventors: Kenny Peinado, Jifei Jia, Guan-Dao Lei, Jay Parekh, Yihua Zhang