Patents by Inventor Chenming Zhang

Chenming 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: 20260262330
    Abstract: A back-contact solar cell is provided. The back-contact solar cell includes: a solar cell base, a back surface of the solar cell base including a first edge region, a central region, and a second edge region; first finger electrodes and second finger electrodes located in the central region and alternately arranged; an edge busbar located in the first edge region or the second edge region and connected to the first finger electrodes or the second finger electrodes; an edge solder pad located on a portion of at least one finger electrode adjacent to the first edge region or the second edge region; and a connecting member, an orthographic projection of the connecting member on the back surface having a wavy shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2025
    Publication date: September 3, 2026
    Inventors: Chenming ZHANG, Zhipeng XIA, Sitian LU, Jide HUANG, Changming LIU, Xinyu ZHANG, Hao JIN
  • Publication number: 20260198129
    Abstract: A back-contact cell and a photovoltaic module are provided. The back-contact cell includes: a cell base; a plurality of busbars, at least one edge pad, a plurality of intermediate pads, at least one first interconnect line, a plurality of second interconnect lines, which are disposed on the cell base. The plurality of busbars include two edge busbars and a plurality of intermediate busbars positioned between the two edge busbars. A respective edge pad of the at least one edge pad is closest to and electrically connected to one of the two edge busbars via a respective one of the plurality of first interconnect line, intermediate pads in a respective column are in direct contact with a respective intermediate busbar, a respective edge busbar of the two edge busbars is electrically connected to at least one intermediate busbar of the plurality of intermediate busbars via one or more second interconnect lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2026
    Publication date: July 9, 2026
    Inventors: Chenming ZHANG, Zhipeng XIA, Sitian LU, Jide HUANG, Changming LIU, Xinyu ZHANG, Hao JIN
  • Patent number: 12264512
    Abstract: An actuator device includes: a meshing unit configured to mesh with and release a striker, the meshing unit including a latch; an actuator unit including a motor; an output lever configured to rotate to transmit driving force of the motor in the actuator unit to the meshing unit to drive the meshing unit; and a support member both ends of which are coupled to the meshing unit, the support member being configured to support the actuator unit, wherein the output lever is separated from the support member when viewed from an approaching/separating direction of the striker with respect to the meshing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU ACT CORPORATION
    Inventors: Minetaka Katagawa, Yohei Tsuchiya, Chenming Zhang
  • Patent number: 11658677
    Abstract: A system and method of replicating and cancelling chopping folding error in delta-sigma modulators. The modulator may include a loop filter coupled to a quantizer providing a digital signal, chopper circuitry that chops analog signals of the loop filter at a chopping frequency, and chopping folding error cancellation circuitry that replicates and cancels a chopping folding error of the chopper circuitry to provide a corrected digital signal. A digital chopper or multiplier chops the digital signal to provide a chopped digital signal, and the chopped digital signal is either amplified or multiplied by a gain value or digitally filtered to replicate the chopping folding error, which is then subtracted from the digital signal for correction. The timing and duty cycle of the chopping frequency may be adjusted. Timing and duty cycle adjustment may be calibrated along with the filtering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Lucien Johannes Breems, Marcello Ganzerli, Chenming Zhang, Pierluigi Cenci
  • Publication number: 20230102232
    Abstract: A system and method of replicating and cancelling chopping folding error in delta-sigma modulators. The modulator may include a loop filter coupled to a quantizer providing a digital signal, chopper circuitry that chops analog signals of the loop filter at a chopping frequency, and chopping folding error cancellation circuitry that replicates and cancels a chopping folding error of the chopper circuitry to provide a corrected digital signal. A digital chopper or multiplier chops the digital signal to provide a chopped digital signal, and the chopped digital signal is either amplified or multiplied by a gain value or digitally filtered to replicate the chopping folding error, which is then subtracted from the digital signal for correction. The timing and duty cycle of the chopping frequency may be adjusted. Timing and duty cycle adjustment may be calibrated along with the filtering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Lucien Johannes Breems, Marcello Ganzerli, Chenming Zhang, Pierluigi Cenci
  • Patent number: 11606102
    Abstract: A sigma delta modulator comprises an input configured to receive an input analog signal; a summing junction configured to subtract a feedback analog signal from the input analog signal; a first stage including a low pass filter coupled to the summing junction, wherein the low pass filter is configured to generate a first filtered signal; a second stage coupled to the low pass filter, configured to generate a second filtered signal by an active filter; a back-end stage coupled to the second stage, wherein the back-end stage comprises an analog to digital converter configured to convert the 2nd filtered signal to a digital output signal by sampling at a predetermined sampling frequency (fs); and a feedback path for routing the digital output signal to the summing junction, wherein the feedback path comprises a digital to analog converters, DAC, converting the digital output signal to the feedback analog signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: NXP B.V.
    Inventors: Chenming Zhang, Marcello Ganzerli, Pierluigi Cenci, Lucien Johannes Breems
  • Publication number: 20220416809
    Abstract: A sigma delta modulator comprises an input configured to receive an input analog signal; a summing junction configured to subtract a feedback analog signal from the input analog signal; a first stage including a low pass filter coupled to the summing junction, wherein the low pass filter is configured to generate a first filtered signal; a second stage coupled to the low pass filter, configured to generate a second filtered signal by an active filter; a back-end stage coupled to the second stage, wherein the back-end stage comprises an analog to digital converter configured to convert the 2nd filtered signal to a digital output signal by sampling at a predetermined sampling frequency(fs); and a feedback path for routing the digital output signal to the summing junction, wherein the feedback path comprises a digital to analog converters, DAC, converting the digital output signal to the feedback analog signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Chenming Zhang, Marcello Ganzerli, Pierluigi Cenci, Lucien Johannes Breems
  • Patent number: D970417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Chenming Zhang, Tome Jovanoski
  • Patent number: D1027783
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Chenming Zhang, Irina Zavatski
  • Patent number: D1046687
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Mark T Allen, Timothy A Doyle, Tome Jovanoski, Chenming Zhang, Gregory A Howell, Joshua T Holly, Nicolas Ren Stone
  • Patent number: D1058436
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A Doyle, Chenming Zhang, Gregory A Howell, Mark T Allen
  • Patent number: D1127655
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2026
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A Doyle, Chenming Zhang, Gregory A Howell, Mark T Allen
  • Patent number: D1128534
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A Doyle, Chenming Zhang, Gregory A Howell, Mark T Allen
  • Patent number: D1128535
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2026
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A Doyle, Chenming Zhang, Gregory A Howell, Mark T Allen
  • Patent number: D1129322
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2026
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A Doyle, Chenming Zhang, Gregory A Howell, Mark T Allen
  • Patent number: D1130211
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A Doyle, Chenming Zhang, Gregory A Howell, Mark T Allen
  • Patent number: D1131282
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Mark T Allen, Gregory A Howell, Timothy A Doyle, Chenming Zhang
  • Patent number: D1131326
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2026
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A Doyle, Chenming Zhang, Gregory A Howell, Mark T Allen
  • Patent number: D1144072
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A Doyle, Chenming Zhang, Gregory A Howell, Mark T Allen
  • Patent number: D1144073
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2026
    Assignee: FCA US LLC
    Inventors: Timothy A Doyle, Chenming Zhang, Gregory A Howell, Mark T Allen