Patents by Inventor Di Zhu

Di Zhu 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: 20240289029
    Abstract: A data writing method, a memory storage device, and a memory control circuit unit are disclosed. The method includes the following. A write command is received from a host system. The write command instructs storing of first data belonging to a first logical unit. In response to the first data being first type data, the first data is stored in a first type physical unit according to the write command and first count information corresponding to a first logical range is updated. The first logical unit belongs to the first logical range. In response to the first count information meeting a preset condition, the first data is moved from the first type physical unit to a second type physical unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: Hefei Core Storage Electronic Limited
    Inventors: Wei Zhong, Kai-Di Zhu, Zhi Wang, Xiaoyang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240279148
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a preparation method of carotenoid agent. The preparation method provided in present disclosure includes: mixing a suspended organic dispersion phase of a carotenoid crystal with a first organic solvent in a spiral coil of a coil heat exchanger to form a mixed solution, with the carotenoid crystal in the suspended organic phase of the carotenoid crystal being dissolved in the first organic solvent to obtain an oil phase matrix of the carotenoid dissolution solution, wherein the temperature inside the spiral coil is from 50° C. to 70° C. In the present disclosure, the carotenoid crystal is dissolved in the first organic solvent at 50° C. to 70° C., effectively avoiding the drawbacks of isomerization reaction of the carotenoid agent when it is dissolved in traditional preparation methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventors: Di ZHOU, Xinde XU, Yalong BAI, Qinghua YU, Lanfang ZHU, Yongqi WANG
  • Publication number: 20240264755
    Abstract: A valid node management method, a memory storage device and a memory control circuit unit are disclosed. The method includes: establishing a valid node management table corresponding to a first physical management unit; storing valid node management data in the valid node management table, wherein the valid node management data reflects a distribution status of a valid node in the first physical management unit; receiving an operation command from a host system, wherein the operation command is configured to change a data storage status of the first physical management unit; and updating the valid node management data in the valid node management table in response to the operation command.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Hefei Core Storage Electronic Limited
    Inventors: Wei Zhong, Kai-Di Zhu, Zhi Wang, Xiaoyang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240249722
    Abstract: Remote automated assistant component(s) generate client device notification(s) based on a received IoT state change notification that indicates a change in at least one state associated with at least one IoT device. The generated client device notification(s) can each indicate the change in state associated with the at least one IoT device, and can optionally indicate the at least one IoT device. Further, the remote automated assistant component(s) can identify candidate assistant client devices that are associated with the at least one IoT device, and determine whether each of the one or more of the candidate assistant client device(s) should render a corresponding client device notification.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: David Roy Schairer, Sumer Mohammed, Mark Spates, IV, Prem Kumar, Chi Yeung Jonathan Ng, Di Zhu, Steven Clark
  • Patent number: 12023750
    Abstract: Disclosed are a multi-channel electrochemical machining device and method for a blisk, and relate to the technical field of blisk electrochemical machining. The multi-channel electrochemical machining device for a blisk comprises an electrolytic bath used for accommodating an electrolyte, a blisk workpiece, a tube electrode and a top cover plate. The top cover plate is located above the blisk workpiece. An electrolysis chamber used for the tube electrode to electrolyze the blisk workpiece is formed between the lower surface of the top cover plate and the surface of the blisk workpiece. The electrolysis chamber communicates with the electrolytic bath. A drainage seam communicating the electrolysis chamber and the electrolytic bath along the axial direction of the blisk workpiece is formed in the upper surface of the top cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics
    Inventors: Jia Liu, Shuanglu Duan, Di Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240181932
    Abstract: A method for detecting a thermal event of a battery, such as a traction battery of an electrified vehicle, includes monitoring a voltage of a group of parallel-connected cells of the battery. In response to confirming that the voltage of the group has a voltage rebound, a thermal event of the battery is detected. The detection of the thermal event may further depend on detection of a deviation of another operating parameter, such as temperature or pressure, of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Di ZHU, Benjamin A. TABATOWSKI-BUSH, Patterson Kaduvinal ABRAHAM
  • Patent number: 11978506
    Abstract: This document describes a spatial light modulator that comprises a pixel array having a plurality of pixels whereby each pixel in this array is communicatively coupled to a digital pixel circuit which are in turn all coupled to a bit-plane control circuit. The bit-plane control circuit is configured to generate, using a Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) algorithm, bit-plane signals that are used to control the sample and hold functions performed by each of the digital pixel circuits so that the pixel array may carry out its scanning function accurately and in a power efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: AGENCY FOR SCIENCE, TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH
    Inventors: Di Zhu, Kevin Tshun Chuan Chai, Aarthy Mani, Anh Tuan Do
  • Publication number: 20240128548
    Abstract: Exemplary thermal barrier systems are provided for traction battery packs. Exemplary battery thermal barrier systems may include one or more thermal barrier structures that are positioned between neighboring groupings of battery cells of a cell bank and/or elsewhere within a battery array of the traction battery pack. The thermal barrier structures may include a foam-insulation-foam multi-layer structure, an insulation-foam-insulation multi-layer structure, or an insulation-foam multi-layer structure. The thermal barrier structures are designed to manage cell-to-cell transfers of heat and electrical energy during battery thermal events.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Di Zhu, Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala, Jeffrey Charles Cowell, Brian Utley, Stefan Paul Pototschnik
  • Publication number: 20240113360
    Abstract: Methods and systems are provided for reducing contactor freezing. In one example, a system may include a contactor comprising a set of conductors and a phase change material. The phase change material is coupled to a first conductor of the set of conductors and is not positioned between the set of conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Vivek Kumar, Di Zhu, Sumanth Reddy Dadam
  • Patent number: 11948574
    Abstract: Remote automated assistant component(s) generate client device notification(s) based on a received IoT state change notification that indicates a change in at least one state associated with at least one IoT device. The generated client device notification(s) can each indicate the change in state associated with the at least one IoT device, and can optionally indicate the at least one IoT device. Further, the remote automated assistant component(s) can identify candidate assistant client devices that are associated with the at least one IoT device, and determine whether each of the one or more of the candidate assistant client device(s) should render a corresponding client device notification.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: GOOGLE LLC
    Inventors: David Roy Schairer, Sumer Mohammed, Mark Spates, IV, Prem Kumar, Chi Yeung Jonathan Ng, Di Zhu, Steven Clark
  • Publication number: 20240083303
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to an electrified vehicle configured to identify a battery condition, such as a thermal event and/or an open circuit event, by classifying a data set, and a corresponding method. In some aspects, the techniques described herein relate to an electrified vehicle, including: a battery pack; a sensor configured to generate signals indicative of a property of the battery pack; and a computing system including a controller and a classification model, wherein the controller is configured to interpret the signals from the sensor to obtain a data set corresponding to the properties of the battery pack over a period of time, and wherein the controller is configured to use the classification model to classify the data set as a thermal event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Di Zhu, Benjamin A. Tabatowski-Bush
  • Publication number: 20240088499
    Abstract: A battery pack assembly includes a first cell stack having a first side and a second side. The first side is transverse to the second side. A second cell stack is adjacent the first side of first cell stack. A divider has a barrier portion and an attachment portion. The barrier portion is disposed between the first side of the first cell stack and the second cell stack. The attachment portion is secured directly to the second side of the first cell stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Di Zhu, Christopher Steven Baldwin, John Peter Bilezikjian, Bhaskara Rao Boddakayala, Mohammadreza Eftekhari, Giriraj Srinivasan, Gene Willi
  • Patent number: 11916250
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a battery assembly of an electrified vehicle, and in particular to a battery pack with a vent gas passageway. An example battery assembly includes a battery array having a plurality of battery cells. Each of the battery cells includes a vent configured to release vent gas from a respective one of the battery cells. Further, the battery assembly includes an enclosure assembly surrounding the battery array, and a vent gas passageway within the enclosure assembly. The vent gas passageway includes a plurality of inlet ports, and each of the inlet ports is substantially aligned with a respective one of the vents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Di Zhu, June Ren, Yafeng Wang
  • Publication number: 20240039112
    Abstract: A traction battery pack venting system includes at least one battery cell configured to provide a venting area to vent gases in response to a predetermined condition. The system further includes an enclosure for the at least one battery cell, wherein the enclosure has a surface that faces the venting area. A plurality of textured forms are spaced across the surface to spread vented gas over the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Di Zhu, John Peter Bilezikjian, Christopher Steven Baldwin
  • Patent number: 11878360
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrochemical machining device and a method for a blisk using an electrode array, which relate to the technical field of electrochemical machining. The electrochemical machining device comprises an outer ring-shaped rotating ring, an inner ring-shaped base and a plurality of cathode rods. An inner diameter of the outer ring-shaped rotating ring is larger than an outer diameter of the inner ring-shaped base, and an inner diameter of the inner ring-shaped base is larger than an outer diameter of the blisk. The outer ring-shaped rotating ring and the inner ring-shaped base are coaxially arranged. Middle parts of the cathode rods are connected with the inner ring-shaped base, outer ends of the cathode rods are rotatably connected with the outer ring-shaped rotating ring, and inner ends of the cathode rods are provided with trepanning cathode pieces or radial feeding electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Di Zhu, Shuanglu Duan, Jia Liu, Dong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240005984
    Abstract: This document describes a spatial light modulator that comprises a pixel array having a plurality of pixels whereby each pixel in this array is communicatively coupled to a digital pixel circuit which are in turn all coupled to a bit-plane control circuit. The bit-plane control circuit is configured to generate, using a Pulse Code Modulation (PCM) algorithm, bit-plane signals that are used to control the sample and hold functions performed by each of the digital pixel circuits so that the pixel array may carry out its scanning function accurately and in a power efficient manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Di ZHU, Kevin Tshun Chuan CHAI, Aarthy MANI, Anh Tuan DO
  • Patent number: 11850968
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a traction battery and a cell monitor associated with battery cell strings each having associated connected battery cells. Each monitor is configured to generate a compressed encoded representation of the traction battery cell voltage measurements using artificial intelligence, such as a neural network. A battery controller in communication with each cell monitor receives the compressed encoded representation and generates reconstructed battery cell voltage measurements and controls the traction battery in response to the reconstructed traction battery cell voltage measurements. An unencoded battery cell voltage measurement may be communicated with the compressed encoded representation of the battery cell voltage measurements and used to validate the reconstructed measurements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Di Zhu, Jeffrey Joseph Campbell, Gyouho Cho
  • Patent number: 11814451
    Abstract: The present disclosure may generally relate to the field of polymer synthesis and provide a method for preparing branched poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) at room temperature by inverse emulsion polymerization. The method may include: using benzoyl peroxide as an oxidant, and 2-methyl-N-[3-(methyl-phenyl-amino)-propyl]-acrylamide as a reductant monomer to form a redox initiation system, water, and toluene as media, a nonionic surfactant as an emulsifier, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate as a monomer, reacting at room temperature and normal pressure to obtain branched poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate). In the present disclosure, the polymerization system may be simple and stable, and the synthesis and purification of the reductant monomer may be simple, greatly reducing the polymerization cost. The reaction may not need temperature control and pressure control, with low energy consumption, easy operation, and less impact on the environment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wenyan Huang, Bibiao Jiang, Li Jiang, Hongjun Yang, Qimin Jiang, Xiaoqiang Xue, Di Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230356313
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an electrochemical machining device and a method for a blisk using an electrode array, which relate to the technical field of electrochemical machining. The electrochemical machining device comprises an outer ring-shaped rotating ring, an inner ring-shaped base and a plurality of cathode rods. An inner diameter of the outer ring-shaped rotating ring is larger than an outer diameter of the inner ring-shaped base, and an inner diameter of the inner ring-shaped base is larger than an outer diameter of the blisk. The outer ring-shaped rotating ring and the inner ring-shaped base are coaxially arranged. Middle parts of the cathode rods are connected with the inner ring-shaped base, outer ends of the cathode rods are rotatably connected with the outer ring-shaped rotating ring, and inner ends of the cathode rods are provided with trepanning cathode pieces or radial feeding electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Di ZHU, Shuanglu DUAN, Jia LIU, Dong ZHU
  • Publication number: 20230339031
    Abstract: Disclosed are a multi-channel electrochemical machining device and method for a blisk, and relate to the technical field of blisk electrochemical machining. The multi-channel electrochemical machining device for a blisk comprises an electrolytic bath used for accommodating an electrolyte, a blisk workpiece, a tube electrode and a top cover plate. The top cover plate is located above the blisk workpiece. An electrolysis chamber used for the tube electrode to electrolyze the blisk workpiece is formed between the lower surface of the top cover plate and the surface of the blisk workpiece. The electrolysis chamber communicates with the electrolytic bath. A drainage seam communicating the electrolysis chamber and the electrolytic bath along the axial direction of the blisk workpiece is formed in the upper surface of the top cover plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Jia LIU, Shuanglu DUAN, Di ZHU