Patents by Inventor Chao A. Zhang

Chao A. 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: 12109751
    Abstract: A hollow body forming mold includes left and right half molds, a bottom of the left half mold is provided with a left avoidance slot, a bottom of the right half mold is provided with a right avoidance slot, a left bottom slider is disposed in the left avoidance slot, a right bottom slider is disposed in the right avoidance slot, and the left and right bottom sliders constitute a group of sliders. The mold design resolves a difficult problem that a fabrication hole exists during forming of a hollow body with a built-in component by using an existing conventional process. The hollow body forming method has the advantages of a short forming period, the high production efficiency, good combination between a built-in component and an inner wall of an fuel tank, and the high location stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: YAPP Automotive Systems Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lin Jiang, Songjun Xu, Dejun Gao, Jie Li, Xueji Ge, Chao Zhang, Wei Zhou
  • Patent number: 12109558
    Abstract: A multicomponent photocatalyst includes a reactive component optically, electronically, or thermally coupled to a plasmonic material. A method of performing a catalytic reaction includes loading a multicomponent photocatalyst including a reactive component optically, electronically, or thermally coupled to a plasmonic material into a reaction chamber; introducing molecular reactants into the reaction chamber; and illuminating the reaction chamber with a light source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: William Marsh Rice University
    Inventors: Nancy Jean Halas, Peter Nordlander, Hossein Robatjazi, Dayne Francis Swearer, Chao Zhang, Hangqi Zhao, Linan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240334841
    Abstract: The present invention discloses the low-stress niobium nitride (NbN) superconducting thin film and preparation method and application thereof. The preparation method includes the following steps: providing the metal Nb target and the Si-based substrates, fixing the Si-based substrate at room temperature, adjusting the mass flow ratio of N2/Ar to 20%-50%, the sputtering power to 50-400 W and the deposition pressure to 3.0-10.0 mTorr, NbN superconducting thin films with a stress range of-500 MPa˜500 MPa and a thickness of 70-150 nm were deposited on Si-based substrates. By synergistically controlling the mass flow rate ratio of N2/Ar, sputtering power, and deposition pressure, low stress NbN superconducting thin films can be easily and efficiently prepared. The stress range of the prepared NbN superconducting thin films meets the preparation requirements of superconducting dynamic inductance detectors, and can be mass-produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: LIHUI YANG, XIAOHANG ZHANG, CHAO ZHANG, RAN DUAN, ZHIFENG ZHAO, DI LI, SHILING YU, YI FENG
  • Publication number: 20240328552
    Abstract: A connector assembly is provided. The connector assembly includes a male connector for connecting with a female connector. The female connector includes: a housing; a first tubular body received within and fixed to the housing; and a locking sleeve rotatably sleeved outside the first tubular body and including a guiding groove and a locking groove. The guiding groove and the locking groove are arranged on a circumferential wall of the locking sleeve and are connected to each other. The male connector includes: a casing; and a second tubular body received within and fixed to the casing and including a locking protrusion arranged on an outer periphery thereof. The connector assembly is configured to realize the connecting and locking of the female connector and the male connector in a small operation space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventor: Chao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240330977
    Abstract: A keyword campaign automatically groups keywords for customized override bids for the keyword group. The keywords of a campaign may be analyzed by a computer model to predict membership in a category in addition to the likelihood that the bid of the keyword will be modified. The keyword groups may be automatically generated based on the predictions, and performance metrics are evaluated for the keyword groups at one or more modified bids. The performance metrics of the keyword groups at the modified bids may then be used to set override bids. The automatically generated keyword groups and performance metrics permit a sponsor to intelligently group and customize keyword bids with reduced interface interactions and without requiring individual keyword bid adjustments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Cheng Jia, Justin Miller, Yan Zhuang, Anvar Gazizov, Hassan Djirdeh, Aakarsh Madhavan, Brijendra Nag, Ji Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12104515
    Abstract: A method for operating a burner, comprising supplying a controlled quantity of combustion air to the burner, supplying a controlled quantity of fuel to the burner, igniting the air-fuel mixture in the burner, determining a pressure pulsation value in the exhaust gas downstream of the burner and/or in an air path upstream of the burner, and adjusting the quantity of combustion air and/or the fuel depending on the pressure pulsation value. Further proposed are a computing unit and a computer program product for performing such a method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Christian Disch, Erwin Schiele, Markus Deissler, Winfried Langer
  • Patent number: 12100462
    Abstract: In certain aspects, a memory device includes a memory cell array having rows of memory cells, word lines respectively coupled to the rows of memory cells, and a peripheral circuit coupled to the memory cell array through the word lines. Each memory cell is configured to store a piece of N-bits data in one of 2N levels, where N is an integer greater than 1. The level corresponds to one of 2N pieces of N-bits data. The peripheral circuit is configured to program, in a first pass, a target memory cell of the memory cells into one of x intermediate levels based on all pages of N pages of the piece of N-bits data to be stored in the target memory cell, where x is an integer smaller than 2N. The peripheral circuit is also configured to program, in a second pass after the first pass, the target memory cell into one of the 2N levels based on all pages of the N pages of the piece of N-bits data to be stored in the target memory cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: YANGTZE MEMORY TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Yueping Li, Haibo Li
  • Publication number: 20240303777
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for processing an image are disclosed. The method includes: segmenting both a first image and a second image and generating segmentation mask pairs, each segmentation mask pair having a segmentation mask of the first image and a segmentation mask of the second image; generating local homography matrices of the first image with respect to the second image, based on the segmentation mask pairs, the first image, and the second image; and generating a synthetic image obtained by aligning the first image with the second image, wherein the aligning is performed based on the local homography matrices, the segmentation mask pairs, the first image, and the second image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yasi WANG, Chao ZHANG, Hong LIU, Jingu HEO, Dong Kyung NAM, Qiang WANG, Lu XU
  • Patent number: 12087028
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for place recognition including: obtaining information identifying an image of a first scene; identifying a plurality of pixel clusters in the image; generating a set of feature vectors associated with the pixel clusters; generating a graph of the scene; adding a first edge between a first node and a second node in response to determining that a first property associated with a first pixel cluster is similar to a second property associated with a second pixel cluster; generating a vector representation of the graph; calculating a measure of similarity between the vector representation of the graph and a reference vector representation associated with a second scene; and determining that the first scene and the second scene are associated with a same place in response to determining that the measure of similarity is less than a threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventors: Chao Zhang, Ignas Budvytis, Stephan Liwicki
  • Publication number: 20240295569
    Abstract: A tuberculosis detection kit includes diagnostic reagents for 17 serum metabolites of patients with tuberculosis, the detecting reagent being used for quantitative detection of the 17 serum metabolites of the patients with tuberculosis, the 17 serum metabolites comprising D-Leucic acid, Leucinic acid, L-Cystine, MG(0:0/14:0/0:0), S-Lactoylglutathione, Octacosanoic acid, Cer(d18:1/12:0), Raffinose, LysoPC(20:1(11Z)/0:0), LysoPC(22:4(7Z,10Z,13Z,16Z)/0:0), PC(18:1(9Z)e/2:0), Torvoside G(TG(15:0/15:0/15:0)), CE(16:1(9Z)), all-trans-Heptaprenyl diphosphate, PC(15:0/16:0), NADP, TG(20:0/20:0/20:1(11Z)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Zhejiang SUKEAN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pintong HUANG, Yajing LIU, Yan SU, Chao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240295555
    Abstract: A kit for detecting drug-resistant tuberculosis, includes: detection reagents, configured to perform quantitative detection on 17 serum metabolites of patients with tuberculosis, the 17 serum metabolites comprising: taurine, homocysteine, uric acid, ascorbic acid, suberylglycine, uridine, dopamine 4-sulfate, inosinic acid, glyceraldehyde phosphate, [3-methoxy-4-(phosphoryl)phenyl]carbonyl sulfonic acid, nuclomedone, n4-cyclopropyl-6-(2,3-dichlorophenyl)-1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyrimidine-tetrachlorophthalic anhydride, malotilate, fulvic acid, and L-neopterin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: Zhejiang SUKEAN Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Pintong HUANG, Yajing LIU, Yan SU, Chao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240294876
    Abstract: The disclosure provides methods for the long-term expansion of granulocyte-macrophage progenitors, the granulocyte-macrophage progenitors generated therefrom, and uses of the granulocyte-macrophage progenitors thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Inventors: Qi-Long Ying, Zheng Guo, Shi Yue, Tai Nguyen, Jiaqi Tang, Chao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12076322
    Abstract: Compounds active on protein kinases are described, as well as methods of making and using such compounds to treat diseases and conditions associated with aberrant activity of protein kinases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: Plexxikon Inc.
    Inventors: Prabha N. Ibrahim, Chao Zhang, Wayne Spevak, Jiazhong Zhang, Guoxian Wu, Jack Lin, Hanna Cho, Marika Nespi, Songyuan Shi, Todd Ewing, Ying Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240290431
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a biomarker for detecting colorectal cancer and a use thereof. A metabolomics method is used to analyze metabolites with significant differences in urine of patients with colorectal cancer and normal people, such that a series of biomarkers capable of early predicting an occurrence risk of colorectal cancer are screened out, a group of biomarkers are further screened to construct a diagnostic model for colorectal cancer, and the model can be used for conveniently, non-invasively and effectively predicting whether an individual suffers from colorectal cancer, and meets clinical needs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Rongchang CHEN, Sheng QUAN, Chao ZHANG, Ziqing KONG, Pengyun LIU, Huafen LIU
  • Publication number: 20240287119
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a 3-phenoxybenzoic acid-glucuronic acid conjugate, and a preparation method and use thereof, and belongs to the technical field of pesticide detection. Compared with 3-phenoxybenzoic acid, the 3-phenoxybenzoic acid-glucuronic acid conjugate provided by the present disclosure features structural stability, high specificity, long limit of detection, and high content in urine, and can better serve as a marker that identifies whether an organism is killed due to pyrethroid pesticide poisoning. Namely, the 3-phenoxybenzoic acid-glucuronic acid conjugate can detect whether a toxicant (pyrethroid pesticides) is taken antemortem or exposed postmortem, and has an excellent application prospect in pyrethroid pesticide detection. The present disclosure provides a preparation method of a 3-phenoxybenzoic acid-glucuronic acid conjugate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Keming YUN, Zhuoyi WANG, Ying WANG, Yuping LU, Xianlian WANG, Hongliang SU, Chao ZHANG, Zhiwen WEI, Lele WANG, Ruili WANG
  • Publication number: 20240280021
    Abstract: The present application discloses a testing device and a testing method for multiple piston assembly of a cam-lobe hydraulic motor. N cylinder blocks are installed on the cylinder block base, and piston assemblies to be tested are installed on the cylinder blocks. A driving plate is installed on the cylinder block base, and N uniformly-distributed driving plate clamping grooves are formed in the driving plate. A cylinder block protrusion is arranged at the bottom of each cylinder block, and the cylinder block protrusions are clamped in the driving plate clamping grooves. When the driving plate is rotated, the N driving plate clamping grooves drive the N cylinder blocks to rotate synchronously through the cylinder block protrusions, to synchronously change the pressure angle between a driving shaft and each piston assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Bing XU, Xiaolong ZHANG, Huaizhi ZONG, Junhui ZHANG, Chao ZHANG, Yiming YUE, Danghui WANG
  • Publication number: 20240281122
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a content input method and apparatus for instant messaging software, and a device and a medium. The instant messaging software includes a first input box and a second input box, wherein the first input box and the second input box are switched by means of a switching control, and the sizes of the first t input box and the second input box are different. The method comprises: receiving target input content, which is input into a first input box, and displaying the target input content in the first input box; and in response to the triggering of a switching control, displaying the target input content in a second input box.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Jie YU, Chao ZHANG, Cheng JIANG, Luobin LI
  • Publication number: 20240280120
    Abstract: Provided is a design method for a self-compensation structure of a cam-lobe hydraulic motor plate distribution system, which comprises that follow steps: firstly, establishing a force balance equation, a pressure distribution equation and a flow balance equation for each balance chamber, setting a boundary condition, and setting an expected nominal clearance; selecting a fit clearance for simultaneous solutions, and obtaining a set of solutions of areas; taking a maximum value in this set of solutions as the median, and setting a set of area values in the optimization design; further solving changing curves of the nominal clearance and the total leakage of the distribution system with the rotation angle of the cylinder block, and calculating the average value of various curves after the operation is smooth, and designing the self-compensation structure based on selection of the optimal combination of the fit clearance and area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Chao ZHANG, Xiaolong ZHANG, Yu FANG, Huaizhi ZONG, Junhui ZHANG, Bing XU
  • Publication number: 20240282553
    Abstract: A base bias adjustment apparatus includes: a positive bias adjustment unit; a negative bias adjustment unit; and an anti-interference unit. A first terminal of the positive bias adjustment unit is grounded, and a second terminal of the positive bias adjustment unit is electrically connected to a base for adjusting a bias voltage of the base to have a positive bias voltage at the base. A first terminal of the negative bias adjustment unit is grounded, and a second terminal of the negative bias adjustment unit is electrically connected to the base through the anti-interference unit for adjusting the bias voltage of the base to have a negative bias voltage at the base. The anti-interference unit is electrically connected between the negative bias adjustment unit and the base for suppressing a current from a circuit between the positive bias adjustment unit and the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Chao ZHANG
  • Patent number: D1040076
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Inventor: Chao Zhang