Patents by Inventor Cheng Zhang

Cheng 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: 11220733
    Abstract: The present application provides a low carbon martensitic high temperature strength steel and a preparation method thereof, wherein the chemical composition of the low carbon martensitic high temperature strength steel are: C: 0.10-0.25 wt %, Cr: 10.0-13.0 wt %, Ni: 2.0-3.2 wt %, Mo: 1.50-2.50 wt %, Si?0.60 wt %, Mn?0.60 wt %, W: 0.4-0.8 wt %, V: 0.1-0.5 wt %, Co: 0.3-0.6 wt %, Al: 0.3-1.0 wt %, Nb: 0.01-0.2 wt %, and a balance of Fe. The high temperature strength steel of the present application achieves high strength at high temperature by simultaneously precipitating both nano-coherent carbides and intermetallic compounds. It has an excellent toughness, and can be used for certain structural parts under special working conditions, such as aero-engines to increase its service life and service temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: University of Science and Technology Beijing
    Inventors: Jinfeng Huang, Jin Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Chao Zhao, Yong Lian, Jianqiang Li, Cheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11219980
    Abstract: An angle grinder includes a housing, an output shaft, and a motor. The motor includes a stator assembly, a rotor assembly including a motor shaft configured to rotate about a first axis, a commutator, and a carbon brush. The commutator includes a bushing, configured to connect the commutator to the motor shaft, a plurality of commutator segments, sequentially distributed in a circumferential direction around the first axis and arranged around the bushing, and an insulating member, configured to bond the bushing and the plurality of commutator segments so as to constitute a whole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2022
    Assignee: Nanjing Chevron Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Chungui Zou, Guoliang Shi, Junmin Fu
  • Publication number: 20220001263
    Abstract: A disclosed feedback method for a smart wearable device includes the following steps: acquiring characterized information of a current motion; searching the database to determine whether corresponding characterized information of motion is found in a database based on the acquired characterized information; prompting to notify that the user's motion is correct, recording the acquired characterized information to have a segmented data, and inserting the segmented data into to the database if the corresponding characterized information is found; and prompting to notify that the user's motion is incorrect if the corresponding characterized information is not found. A motion detector implementing the method and a smart wearable device are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2021
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Qi-Jing You, Shao-Xiong Xu, Fei Cai, Zheng-Jie Jiang
  • Publication number: 20210406765
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method of training a model comprising a sequence of stages, each stage in the sequence comprises: a VAE comprising a respective first encoder arranged to encode a respective subset of the real-world features into a respective latent space representation, and a respective first decoder arranged to decode from the respective latent space representation to a respective decoded version of the respective set of real-world features; at least each but the last stage in the sequence comprises: a respective second decoder arranged to decode from the respective latent space representation to predict one or more respective actions; and each successive stage in the sequence following the first stage, each succeeding a respective preceding stage in the sequence, further comprises: a sequential network arranged to transform from the latent representation from the preceding stage to the latent space representation of the successive stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Cheng ZHANG, Yingzhen LI, Sebastian TSCHIATSCHEK, Haiyan YIN, Jooyeon KIM
  • Publication number: 20210397470
    Abstract: Virtualized computing instances, such as virtual machines, in a virtualized computing environment are provisioned using a tree-based template structure. The tree-based template structure includes a base node and multiple nodes linked to the base node. Each of the multiple nodes includes at least one component that represents a delta relative to the base node. By matching the requirements and role of a virtualized computing instance to be provisioned with the content(s) of a particular node, the particular node can be selected for cloning/creating the virtualized computing instance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 23, 2021
    Applicant: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Jian ZHANG, Cheng ZHANG, Wenwu PENG, Jun WANG
  • Patent number: 11199561
    Abstract: Motion windows are generated from a query activity sequence. For each of the motion windows in the query activity sequence, a corresponding motion window in the reference activity sequence is found. One or more difference calculations are performed between the motion windows of the query activity sequence and the corresponding motion windows in the reference activity sequence based on at least one criterion associated with physical meaning. Abnormality of the motion windows is determined based on the one or more difference calculations. A standardized evaluation result of the query activity sequence is output based on the detected abnormal motion windows in the query activity sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Robert Bosch GmbH
    Inventors: Lincan Zou, Liu Ren, Huan Song, Cheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11200630
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes: an information management unit that registers boarding information on a user regarding boarding acquired by a check-in procedure of the user; and a deadline setting unit that, based on the boarding information, sets a deadline for a procedure of the user up to the boarding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Osamu Sakaguchi, Tomohiro Hatae, Cheng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11196932
    Abstract: A control method is applied in the mobile terminal. The mobile terminal includes a terminal body and a camera assembly, the camera assembly is disposed inside the terminal body and is movable relative to the terminal body to move out of the terminal body. The mobile terminal displays a first interface, acquires interface information of the first interface; determines a second interface based on the interface information of the first interface, wherein the second interface is a next interface following the first interface and forecasted by the mobile terminal; determines whether a function supported by the second interface requires the camera assembly to be activated; and controls the camera assembly to move out of the terminal body in response to the function supported by the second interface requiring the camera assembly to be activated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Assignee: GUANGDONG OPPO MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS CORP., LTD.
    Inventor: Cheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210363603
    Abstract: The present application provides a hot-work die steel and a preparation method thereof, wherein the chemical constituents of the hot-work die steel in mass percentage are as follows: C: 0.20-0.32 wt %, Si: ?0.5 wt %, Mn: ?0.5 wt %, Cr: 1.5-2.8 wt %, Mo: 1.5-2.5 wt %, W: 0.5-1.2 wt %, Ni: 0.5-1.6 wt %, V: 0.15-0.7 wt %, Nb: 0.01-0.1 wt %, and a balance of iron, wherein an alloying degree is 5-7%; a tensile strength of the hot-work die steel at 700° C. is 560-700 MPa; a value of hardness of the hot-work die steel at room temperature is 32-38 HRC after holding at 700° C. for 3-5 h; and the hot-work die steel has an elongation of 14% to 16% at room temperature, a percentage reduction of area of 48% to 65%, and an impact toughness of 52-63 J at room temperature. The hot-work die steel of the present application has an excellent thermal stability as well as a good plasticity and a toughness at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: University of Science and Technology Beijing
    Inventors: Jinfeng HUANG, Jin ZHANG, Cheng ZHANG, Chao ZHAO, Yong LIAN, Jianqiang LI, Cheng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11182624
    Abstract: A method and system for constructing a transverse topological relationship and a memory are provided. In the method, lane group data in a high-definition map is acquired; for each lane group, a shared boundary line group of two adjacent lanes is sequentially extracted, and the number of parallel boundary line elements is determined; if the number is 1, a transverse topological relationship between the two adjacent lanes is not generated, otherwise the number and types of boundary line units on the parallel boundary line elements are determined; and if the number of the boundary line units is 1, the transverse topological relationship between the two adjacent lanes is generated, otherwise segmentation processing is performed on the lane group along a lane direction, and the transverse topological relationship between two adjacent lanes in each of segments, which are obtained by the segmentation processing on the lane group, is sequentially generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: WUHHAN KOTEL BIG DATE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Xiaoyan Liu, Fen Liu
  • Patent number: 11180431
    Abstract: A turbulent fluidized bed reactor, device and method for preparing para-xylene and co-producing light olefins from methanol and/or dimethyl ether and toluene, resolving or improving the competition problem between an MTO reaction and an alkylation reaction during the process of producing para-xylene and co-producing light olefins from methanol and/or dimethyl ether and toluene, and achieving a synergistic effect between the MTO reaction and the alkylation reaction. By controlling the mass transfer and reaction, competition between the MTO reaction and the alkylation reaction is coordinated and optimized to facilitate a synergistic effect of the two reactions, so that the conversion rate of toluene, the yield of para-xylene, and the selectivity of light olefins are increased. The turbulent fluidized bed reactor includes a first reactor feed distributor and a number of second reactor feed distributors and are arranged sequentially along the gas flow direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Mao Ye, Tao Zhang, Zhongmin Liu, Jinling Zhang, Hailong Tang, Jinming Jia, Changqing He, Xiangao Wang, Cheng Zhang, Hua Li, Yinfeng Zhao, Chenggong Li
  • Patent number: 11180820
    Abstract: The present application provides a hot-work die steel and a preparation method thereof wherein the chemical constituents of the hot-work die steel in mass percentage are as follows: C: 0.20-0.32 wt %, Si: ?0.5 wt %, Mn: ?0.5 wt %, Cr: 1.5-2.8 wt %, Mo: 1.5-2.5 wt %, W: 0.5-1.2 wt %, Ni: 0.5-1.6 wt %, V: 0.15-0.7 wt %, Nb: 0.01-0.1 wt %, and a balance of iron, wherein an alloying degree is 5-7%; a tensile strength of the hot-work die steel at 700° C. is 560-700 MPa; a value of hardness of the hot-work die steel at room temperature is 32-38 HRC after holding at 700° C. for 3-5 h; and the hot-work die steel has an elongation of 14% to 16% at room temperature, a percentage reduction of area of 48% to 65%, and an impact toughness of 52-63 J at room temperature. The hot-work die steel of the present application has an excellent thermal stability as well as a good plasticity and a toughness at room temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: University of Science and Technology Beijing
    Inventors: Jinfeng Huang, Jin Zhang, Cheng Zhang, Chao Zhao, Yong Lian, Jianqiang Li, Cheng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210353626
    Abstract: Provided herein are modulators of beta-adrenergic receptors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Roger K. SUNAHARA, Mary J. CLARK, Brian K. KOBILKA, Cheng ZHANG, Xiangyu LIU, Peter GMEINER, Anne STÖSSEL, Harald HÜBNER, Daniela DENGLER, Markus STANEK, Brian S. SHOICHET, Magdalena KORCZYNSKA, Jacob P. MAHONEY, Jonas KAINDL
  • Publication number: 20210358577
    Abstract: In a first stage, training each of a plurality of first variational auto encoders, VAEs, each comprising: a respective first encoder arranged to encode a respective subset of one or more features of a feature space into a respective first latent representation, and a respective first decoder arranged to decode from the respective latent representation back to a decoded version of the respective subset of the feature space, wherein different subsets comprise features of different types of data. In a second stage following the first stage, training a second VAE comprising: a second encoder arranged to encode a plurality of inputs into a second latent representation, and a second decoder arranged to decode the second latent representation into decoded versions of the first latent representations, wherein each of the plurality of inputs comprises a combination of a different respective one of feature subsets with the respective first latent representation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Cheng ZHANG, Chao MA, Richard Eric TURNER, José Miguel HERNÁNDEZ LOBATO, Sebastian TSCHIATSCHEK
  • Publication number: 20210349597
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a position detection system, which comprising a power module, a detection module, a control module, and a pulse module. The power module is configured to supply power. The detection module comprises a key detection circuit and a force detection circuit. The control module is electrically connected to the power module and the detection module, and configured to process the key detection data detected by the key detection circuit and the force detection data detected by the force detection circuit and output a key signal and a force signal. The pulse module is connected to the control module, and configured to acquire start references of the key signal and the force signal output by the control module, and convert the key signal and the force signal to digital signals by form coding and send the digital signals to a tablet. The present discloses further provides a digital stylus using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yong Luo, Peng Cheng Zhang, Shi Hua Wu, Zhou Hong Wang
  • Patent number: 11167775
    Abstract: Disclosed are devices, systems and methods for an audio assistant in an autonomous or semi-autonomous vehicle. In one aspect the informational audio assistant receives a first set of data from a vehicle sensor and identifies an object or condition using the data from the vehicle sensor. Audio is generated representative of a perceived danger of an object or condition. A second set of data from the vehicle sensor subsystem is received and the informational audio assistant determines whether an increased danger exists based on a comparison of the first set of data to the second set of data. The informational audio assistant will apply a sound profile to the generated audio based on the increased danger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2021
    Assignee: TUSIMPLE, INC.
    Inventors: Cheng Zhang, Xiaodi Hou, Sven Kratz
  • Publication number: 20210339411
    Abstract: A cutter including a cutting head and an adjustable handle pivotally coupled to the cutting head. The adjustable handle includes a first adjustment assembly to change a length the adjustable handle extends from the cutting head. The adjustable handle also includes a second adjustment assembly to change the position of the adjustable handle with respect to the cutting head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Jacob Feuerstein, Christopher S. Hoppe, Anthony S. Graykowski, Cheng Zhang Li
  • Publication number: 20210339886
    Abstract: A method for calculating an optimal wheel position control angle of passenger boarding bridge automatic docking system includes collecting ranging information of a sensor to rotate the bridgehead direction via a distance measuring sensor on both sides of the bridgehead of the passenger boarding bridge, making the bridgehead parallel to the aircraft fuselage; collecting information of an aircraft door by a camera at the bridge head of the passenger boarding bridge to obtain a center position D of the aircraft door; in an ideal docking situation, the aircraft door should appear at the bridge head position as D?; the position where D? is projected vertically onto the aircraft fuselage is D?, that is, the line segment DD? is the horizontal distance deviation between the current passenger boarding bridge and the aircraft door, the line segment D?D? is the distance between the current boarding bridge and the aircraft fuselage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2021
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Run YE, Bin YAN, Cheng ZHANG, Xuemei HE, Xiaojia ZHOU
  • Patent number: 11161085
    Abstract: A turbulent fluidized bed reactor, device and method for preparing para-xylene and co-producing light olefins from methanol and/or dimethyl ether and benzene, resolving or improving the competition problem between an MTO reaction and an alkylation reaction during the process of producing para-xylene and co-producing light olefins from methanol and/or dimethyl ether and benzene, and achieving a synergistic effect between the MTO reaction and the alkylation reaction. By controlling the mass transfer and reaction, competition between the MTO reaction and the alkylation reaction is coordinated and optimized to facilitate a synergistic effect of the two reactions, so that the conversion rate of benzene, the yield of para-xylene, and the selectivity of light olefins are increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 2, 2021
    Assignee: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Mao Ye, Zhongmin Liu, Jinling Zhang, Hailong Tang, Jinming Jia, Changqing He, Xiangao Wang, Cheng Zhang, Hua Li, Yinfeng Zhao, Chenggong Li
  • Patent number: 11148201
    Abstract: Aluminum-boron nitride nanotube composites and methods of making thereof are disclosed herein. In at least one specific embodiment, the method can include: at least partially coating boron nitride nanotubes with aluminum to make an aluminum-boron nitride nanotube layered structure, where the at least partially coating is performed by sputter deposition, and where the boron nitride nanotubes have a length of about 100 ?m to about 300 ?m; sintering the aluminum-boron nitride nanotube layered structure to make an aluminum-boron nitride nanotube pellet, where the sintering is performed by spark plasma sintering; and rolling the aluminum-boron nitride nanotube pellet to make the aluminum-boron nitride nanotube composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Arvind Agarwal, Benjamin Boesl, Pranjal Nautiyal, Chris Rudolf, Cheng Zhang