Patents by Inventor Bu Qing Zhang

Bu Qing 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).

  • Patent number: 12205764
    Abstract: A suspension apparatus for a superconducting magnet, comprising a support tray and at least two suspension assemblies. The support tray has at least one through-hole and comprises at least two mounting parts. The at least two suspension assemblies pass through the support tray via the through-hole. Each of the suspension assemblies is connected to one of the mounting parts. The suspension apparatus is easy to install. Furthermore, a superconducting magnet comprising the suspension apparatus, and a magnetic resonance imaging device, are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Lei Xiao, Bu Qing Zhang, Zong Fang Chen, Edward Wedderburn Kershaw, Trevor Bryan Husband, Melanie Rigby, Nicholas Mann
  • Publication number: 20220093299
    Abstract: A suspension apparatus for a superconducting magnet, comprising a support tray and at least two suspension assemblies. The support tray has at least one through-hole and comprises at least two mounting parts. The at least two suspension assemblies pass through the support tray via the through-hole. Each of the suspension assemblies is connected to one of the mounting parts. The suspension apparatus is easy to install. Furthermore, a superconducting magnet comprising the suspension apparatus, and a magnetic resonance imaging device, are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: Siemens Healthcare GmbH
    Inventors: Lei Xiao, Bu Qing Zhang, Zong Fang Chen, Edward Wedderburn Kershaw, Trevor Bryan Husband, Melanie Rigby, Nicholas Mann
  • Patent number: 10241167
    Abstract: A tensioning apparatus for supporting a low-temperature apparatus in a vacuum vessel of a superconducting magnet of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, has a main body that has a fixed end for fixing the main body, and a free end, a locating piece, situated between the fixed end and the free end; and an adjusting piece having a supporting part, supported between the free end and the locating piece, and an operating part, connected to the supporting part, and operable for adjusting the length of the supporting part in the direction of extension of the main body and thereby tensioning the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Healthcare Limited
    Inventors: Edward Wedderburn Kershaw, Nicholas Mann, Bu Qing Zhang, Shao Kun Zhao
  • Patent number: 10185004
    Abstract: A thermal radiation shield for a superconducting magnet has an inner tube, an outer tube arranged around the periphery of the inner tube, and an annular end cap disposed therebetween, and connected in a fixed manner to an edge of the inner tube by an inner edge of the annular end cap. A first toothed part is formed at an outer edge of the annular end cap, the first toothed part being connected by meshing with a second toothed part formed by an edge of the outer tube. The annular end cap with a toothed structure allows only a simple cutting process on raw material to be performed in order to obtain the annular end cap and the first toothed part formed at the outer edge thereof, thereby avoiding complex punching, spinning and similar processes, and saving production costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens PLC
    Inventors: Li Kai Huang, Edward Wedderburn Kershaw, Nicholas Mann, Hai Tao Xiu, Bu Qing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160231398
    Abstract: A tensioning apparatus for supporting a low-temperature apparatus in a vacuum vessel of a superconducting magnet of a magnetic resonance imaging apparatus, has a main body that has a fixed end for fixing the main body, and a free end, a locating piece, situated between the fixed end and the free end; and an adjusting piece having a supporting part, supported between the free end and the locating piece, and an operating part, connected to the supporting part, and operable for adjusting the length of the supporting part in the direction of extension of the main body and thereby tensioning the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Shenzhen Magnetic Resonance Ltd.
    Inventors: Edward Wedderburn Kershaw, Nicholas Mann, Bu Qing Zhang, Shao Kun Zhao
  • Publication number: 20160202332
    Abstract: A thermal radiation shield for a superconducting magnet has an inner tube, an outer tube arranged around the periphery of the inner tube, and an annular end cap disposed therebetween, and connected in a fixed manner to an edge of the inner tube by an inner edge of the annular end cap. A first toothed part is formed at an outer edge of the annular end cap, the first toothed part being connected by meshing with a second toothed part formed by an edge of the outer tube. The annular end cap with a toothed structure allows only a simple cutting process on raw material to be performed in order to obtain the annular end cap and the first toothed part formed at the outer edge thereof, thereby avoiding complex punching, spinning and similar processes, and saving production costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Shenzhen Magnetic Resonance Ltd.
    Inventors: Li Kai Huang, Edward Wedderburn Kershaw, Nicholas Mann, Hai Tao Xiu, Bu Qing Zhang
  • Patent number: 8917153
    Abstract: A supported pot magnet has a magnet coil and a coil former, with the coil former being made of a non-metallic material having a thermal contraction coefficient the same as that of the magnet coil. The supported pot magnet also has a cooling circulator composed of two identical separate components with a semi-cylindrical shape, each having multiple cooling tubes, a refrigerant inlet tube, a refrigerant outlet tube, and multiple clamps. The cooling tubes have a semicircular shape and mate with the slots, and are provided thereon with heat conducting members that are vertically disposed at an inner side of the cooling tubes. The refrigerant inlet tube and outlet tube are vertically mounted at two ends of the cooling tubes, in communication with the cooling tubes. The clamps are disposed on the refrigerant inlet tube and outlet tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignees: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft, Siemens Shenzhen Magnetic Resonance Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Yang, Bu Qing Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130321109
    Abstract: A supported pot magnet has a magnet coil and a coil former, with the coil former being made of a non-metallic material having a thermal contraction coefficient the same as that of the magnet coil. The supported pot magnet also has a cooling circulator composed of two identical separate components with a semi-cylindrical shape, each having multiple cooling tubes, a refrigerant inlet tube, a refrigerant outlet tube, and multiple clamps. The cooling tubes have a semicircular shape and mate with the slots, and are provided thereon with heat conducting members that are vertically disposed at an inner side of the cooling tubes. The refrigerant inlet tube and outlet tube are vertically mounted at two ends of the cooling tubes, in communication with the cooling tubes. The clamps are disposed on the refrigerant inlet tube and outlet tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Inventors: Lei Yang, Bu Qing Zhang