Patents by Inventor Cheng Zhao

Cheng Zhao 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A PORTABLE RADIO COMMUNICATION DEVICE IN A DUAL-WATCH MODE
    Publication number: 20160088448
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for operating a portable radio communication device is provided. The portable radio communication device receives communications on a primary channel and a secondary channel during a dual-watch mode of operation. The portable radio communication device determines whether the portable radio communication device is proximate to a subject. The portable radio communication device suppresses audio from communications of one of the two channels and plays audio from communications of the other channel when the portable communication device is proximate to the subject. Additionally, the portable radio communication device allows transmission to occur only over the channel in which communication is not suppressed when the portable communication device is proximate to the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2013
    Publication date: March 24, 2016
    Inventors: HUI-MIN HAN, MENG-KE DUAN, HAI-QING HU, HAN XIAO, LI-CHENG ZHAO
  • ALUMINUM BASED ELECTROACTIVE MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20160079592
    Abstract: An electroactive material including an aluminum nanoparticle core and a nanoshell surrounding the aluminum nanoparticle core as well as its methods of use and manufacture are described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 17, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicants: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Tsinghua University
    Inventors: Sa Li, Junjie Niu, Kang Pyo So, Chao Wang, Ju Li, Yu Cheng Zhao, Chang An Wang
  • METHOD AND DEVICE FOR IMPLEMENTATION DATA REDUNDANCY
    Publication number: 20160006461
    Abstract: Provided are a method and device for implementing data redundancy. The method includes: a storage strategy identifier of data to be stored is acquired; and the data to be stored is stored in a storage manner corresponding to the storage strategy identifier, wherein the storage strategy identifier is used for indicating the data to be stored is stored in at least one of the following storage manners: a copy redundancy processing manner and an eraser encoding and decoding processing manner. The problem of incapability of ensuring a higher storage space utilization rate in the related art is solved, so that the security and reliability of the data are ensured, meanwhile, the utilization rate of a storage space is increased, and data redundancy implementation flexibility is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 7, 2016
    Inventors: Dan YIN, Cheng ZHAO
  • Primary aluminum hydride battery
    Patent number: 8304121
    Abstract: A primary aluminum hydride cell and a battery formed with a plurality of the cells is described herein. The cells are constructed of an anode, a cathode and an aqueous electrolyte, and the anode comprises aluminum hydride and a conductive material. In some embodiments, the cathode comprises an air diffusion cathode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Grigorii Lev Soloveichik, John Patrick Lemmon, Ji-Cheng Zhao
  • Alkylated interleukin-18 compositions
    Patent number: 8168165
    Abstract: Alkylated interleukin-18 (IL-18), compositions comprising alkylated IL-18, kits comprising such compositions, methods of alkylating IL-18, and methods of using compositions comprising alkylated IL-18.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2012
    Assignee: Abbott Laboratories
    Inventors: Elaine Marie Brate, Tracey D. Rae, Cheng Zhao
  • High-temperature composite articles and associated methods of manufacture
    Patent number: 8153052
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for forming a refractory metal-intermetallic composite. The method includes providing a first powder comprising a refractory metal suitable for forming a metal phase; providing a second powder comprising a silicide precursor suitable for forming an intermetallic phase; blending the first powder and the second powder to form a powder blend; consolidating and mechanically deforming the powder blend at a first temperature; and reacting the powder blend at a second temperature to form the metal phase and the intermetallic phase of the refractory metal-intermetallic composite, wherein the second temperature is higher than the first temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Melvin Robert Jackson, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Judson Sloan Marte, Pazhayannur Ramanathan Subramanian, Ji-Cheng Zhao, Ann Melinda Ritter
  • Methods for preparing compositions which comprise magnesium borohydride, and related materials
    Patent number: 7906092
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a method for preparing magnesium borohydride. The method includes the step of reacting a metal borohydride with a metal salt composition in a solvent, to form a reaction mixture. The metal salt composition comprises at least one magnesium salt. The metal borohydride and the metal salt composition are insoluble in the solvent. The method further includes the step of grinding the reaction mixture to produce a composition that includes magnesium borohydride; and removing the solvent from the composition. Another embodiment of this invention relates to a new material. The material is an orthorhombic crystal phase of magnesium borohydride.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Grigorii Lev Soloveichik, Ji-Cheng Zhao
  • Hydrogen storage material and related system
    Patent number: 7901491
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hydrogen storage material comprising a metal hydride and an organic hydrogen carrier. Also disclosed herein is a hydrogen storage/fuel cell system which employs the hydrogen storage material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ji-Cheng Zhao, Grigorii Lev Soloveichik
  • Material for storage and production of hydrogen, and related methods and apparatus
    Patent number: 7833473
    Abstract: An apparatus, method, and material for storing and retrieving hydrogen are presented. The apparatus comprises a storage component, and this component comprises a hydrogen storage medium. The hydrogen storage medium comprises gallium. The method for storing and retrieving hydrogen comprises providing a source of hydrogen; providing a storage component, the component comprising a hydrogen storage medium, wherein the hydrogen storage medium comprises gallium; and exposing the medium to hydrogen from the source. The material comprises at least about 10 atom percent gallium, with the balance comprising at least one of aluminum and boron. The material is a metallic alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ji-Cheng Zhao, John Patrick Lemmon
  • ALKYLATED INTERLEUKIN-18 AND RELATED COMPOSITIONS, KITS, AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20100166702
    Abstract: Alkylated interleukin-18 (IL-18), compositions comprising alkylated IL-18, kits comprising such compositions, methods of alkylating IL-18, and methods of using compositions comprising alkylated IL-18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2009
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Applicant: ABBOTT LABORATORIES
    Inventors: Elaine Marie Brate, Tracey D. Rae, Cheng Zhao
  • NICKEL-CONTAINING ALLOYS, METHOD OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF AND ARTICLES DERIVED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20100135847
    Abstract: A nickel-containing alloy is disclosed. The alloy contains about 1.5 to about 4.5 weight percent aluminum; about 1.5 to about 4.5 weight percent titanium; about 0.8 to about 3 weight percent niobium; about 14 to about 28 weight percent chromium; up to about 0.2 weight percent zirconium; about 10 to about 23 weight percent cobalt; about 1 to about 3 weight percent tungsten; about 0.05 to about 0.2 weight percent carbon, about 0.002 to about 0.012 weight percent boron; and about 40 to about 70 weight percent nickel. The atomic ratio of aluminum to titanium is at least about 0.5. The alloy is also substantially free of tantalum. Related processes and articles are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Liang Jiang, Ji-Cheng Zhao, Ganjiang Feng
  • Method for repairing high temperature articles
    Patent number: 7722729
    Abstract: A method for repairing an article comprises providing an article, providing a repair material, and joining said repair material to said article. The repair material comprises, in atom percent, at least about 50% rhodium; up to about 49% of a first material, said first material comprising at least one of palladium, platinum, iridium, and combinations thereof; from about 1% to about 15% of a second material, said second material comprising at least one of tungsten, rhenium, and combinations thereof; and up to about 10% of a third material, said third material comprising at least one of ruthenium, chromium, and combinations thereof. The repair material comprises an A1-structured phase at temperatures greater than about 1000° C., in an amount of at least about 90% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Melvin Robert Jackson, Liang Jiang, Ji-Cheng Zhao, Canan Uslu Hardwicke
  • Diffusion barrier layer and methods of forming
    Publication number: 20100068556
    Abstract: A diffusion barrier coating includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a composition selected from the group consisting of a solid-solution alloy comprising rhenium and ruthenium wherein the ruthenium comprises about 50 atom % or less of the composition and where a total amount of rhenium and ruthenium is greater than 70 atom %; an intermetallic compound including at least one of Ru(TaAl) and Ru2TaAl, where Ru(TaAl) has a B2 structure and Ru2TaAl has a Heusler structure; and an oxide dispersed in a metallic matrix wherein greater than about 50 volume percent of the matrix comprises the oxide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Publication date: March 18, 2010
    Inventors: John Lemmon, Don Lipkin, Liang Jiang, Melvin Jackson, Ji-Cheng Zhao, Ann Ritter, Ramgopal Darolia, Daniel Lewis, Mark Gorman
  • Methods and devices for evaluating the thermal exposure of a metal article
    Patent number: 7654734
    Abstract: A method for evaluating the thermal exposure of a selected metal component which has been exposed to changing temperature conditions is described. The voltage distribution on a surface of the metal component, or on a metallic layer which lies over the component, is first obtained. The voltage distribution usually results from a compositional change in the metal component. The voltage distribution is then compared to a thermal exposure-voltage model which expresses voltage distribution as a function of exposure time and exposure temperature for a reference standard corresponding to the metal component. In this manner, the thermal exposure of the selected component can be obtained. A related device for evaluating the thermal exposure of a selected metal component is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Liang Jiang, Lawrence Bernard Kool, Melvin Robert Jackson, Canan Uslu Hardwicke, Ji-Cheng Zhao, Ann Melinda Ritter, Ching-Pang Lee
  • Primary aluminum hydride battery
    Publication number: 20090325070
    Abstract: A primary aluminum hydride cell and a battery formed with a plurality of the cells is described herein.. In some embodiments, the cells are constructed of: (a) an anode comprising aluminum hydride and a conductive material; (b) a cathode; and (c) an aqueous electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Grigorii Lev Soloveichik, John Patrick Lemmon, Ji-Cheng Zhao
  • Oxidation resistant coatings for molybdenum silicide-based composite articles
    Patent number: 7622150
    Abstract: An environmentally resistant coating comprising silicon, titanium, chromium, and a balance of niobium and molybdenum for turbine components formed from molybdenum silicide-based composites. The turbine component may further include a thermal barrier coating disposed upon an outer surface of the environmentally resistant coating comprising zirconia, stabilized zirconia, zircon, mullite, and combinations thereof. The molybdenum silicide-based composite turbine component coated with the environmentally resistant coating and thermal barrier coating is resistant to oxidation at temperatures in the range from about 2000° F. to about 2600° F. and to pesting at temperatures in the range from about 1000° F. to about 1800° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ji-Cheng Zhao, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Melvin Robert Jackson
  • HYDROGEN STORAGE MATERIAL AND RELATED SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20090246575
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a hydrogen storage material comprising a metal hydride and an organic hydrogen carrier. Also disclosed herein is a hydrogen storage/fuel cell system which employs the hydrogen storage material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2008
    Publication date: October 1, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ji-Cheng Zhao, Grigorii Lev Soloveichik
  • METHOD FOR REPAIRING HIGH TEMPERATURE ARTICLES
    Publication number: 20090053424
    Abstract: A method for repairing an article comprises providing an article, providing a repair material, and joining said repair material to said article. The repair material comprises, in atom percent, at least about 50% rhodium; up to about 49% of a first material, said first material comprising at least one of palladium, platinum, iridium, and combinations thereof; from about 1% to about 15% of a second material, said second material comprising at least one of tungsten, rhenium, and combinations thereof; and up to about 10% of a third material, said third material comprising at least one of ruthenium, chromium, and combinations thereof. The repair material comprises an A1-structured phase at temperatures greater than about 1000° C., in an amount of at least about 90% by volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2008
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Melvin Robert Jackson, Liang Jiang, Ji-Cheng Zhao, Canan Uslu Hardwicke
  • High temperature alloys, and articles made and repaired therewith
    Patent number: 7494619
    Abstract: An alloy, an article comprising the alloy, and methods for manufacturing and repairing an article that employ the alloy are presented. The alloy comprises, in atom percent, at least about 50% rhodium, up to about 49% of a first material, from about 1% to about 15% of a second material, and up to about 10% of a third material. The first material comprises at least one of palladium, platinum, iridium, and combinations thereof. The second material comprises at least one of tungsten, rhenium, and combinations thereof. The third material comprises at least one of ruthenium, chromium, and combinations thereof. The alloy comprises an A1-structured phase at temperatures greater than about 1000° C., in an amount of at least about 90% by volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Melvin Robert Jackson, Liang Jiang, Ji-Cheng Zhao, Canan Uslu Hardwicke
  • Methods for synthesis and evaluation of hydrogen storage compositions
    Patent number: 7445937
    Abstract: A method for identification and evaluation of the hydrogen storage capacity of materials is presented, the method comprising providing a plurality of materials, wherein the plurality of materials comprise an array of synthesized hydrides and analyzing hydrogen content in the plurality of materials.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Patrick Lemmon, Ji-Cheng Zhao, Tracey Marie Jordan, Vincent Scott Smentkowski