Patents by Inventor Erika Zhu

Erika 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: 20240141498
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to methods of correlating zones of processing chambers, and related systems and methods. In one implementation, a method of correlating zones of a processing chamber includes partitioning the processing volume into a plurality of zones along a first direction of the processing volume and a second direction of the processing volume. The second direction intersects the first direction. The plurality of zones have a first zone number (m), and a second zone number (n). The method includes determining a group number. The determining of the group number includes multiplying a first value by a second value. The first value correlates to a first zone number (m) of a plurality of zones and the second value correlates to a second zone number (n) of the plurality of zones. The method includes grouping the zones into groups having a number that is equal to the group number.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Zuoming ZHU, Ala MORADIAN, Shu-Kwan LAU, Manjunath SUBBANNA, Errol Antonio C. SANCHEZ, Abhishek DUBE, Erika R. WARRICK, Martin Jeffrey SALINAS, Chandra MOHAPATRA
  • Patent number: 11186670
    Abstract: The present application discloses a polyol system for preparing polyurethane comprising: i) at least one active chain extender having at least two groups that can react with an isocyanate, wherein at least one group that can react with an isocyanate is free primary —NH2 group; ii) at least one active chain extender having three groups that can react with an isocyanate, wherein at least one group that can react with an isocyanate is free primary —OH group, and iii) at least one polyether polyol starting from an amine. The polyol system according to the present disclosure is phase-stable without layering and capable of releasing mold quickly after reacting with an isocyanate to produce polyurethane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: COVESTRO INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY GMBH & CO. KG
    Inventors: Erika Zhu, Ling Shi, Hua Lu, Jun Li, Chenxi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210123901
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a quality inspection method for polyurethane samples, an electronic nose device and a storage medium. The quality inspection method for a polyurethane sample comprises the following steps: comparing measured spectrum information of a polyurethane sample to be inspected to reference spectrum information of a plurality of inspected polyurethane samples to determine the reference spectrum information with a predetermined confidence interval to which the measured spectrum information conforms, wherein each of the reference spectrum information is associated with property information of corresponding inspected polyurethane samples; and obtaining a quality inspection result of the polyurethane sample to be inspected on the basis of the property information associated with the determined reference spectrum information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2019
    Publication date: April 29, 2021
    Applicant: Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Erika ZHU, Irene LI
  • Publication number: 20200324529
    Abstract: This present disclosure relates to a polyurethane laminated molding article, the polyurethane laminated molding article comprising a core layer and a reinforcing fiber layer disposed on at least one side of the core layer, the reinforcing fiber layer being formed by applying a polyurethane resin composition on one or more layer(s) of reinforcing fiber felt or reinforcing fiber fabric and curing the polyurethane resin. The polyurethane laminated molding article provided by the present disclosure has good demoulding properties and enables a high productivity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Erika Zhu, Jun Li
  • Publication number: 20200087452
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of a low odor polyether polyol, including: a) providing a basic polyether polyol which comprises one or more aldehyde compounds in an amount of lower than 2 wt. %, based on the amount of said basic polyether polyol as 100 wt. %; b) adding to said basic polyether polyol an aldehyde trapping agent and said aldehyde trapping agent is reacted with said one or more aldehyde compounds to remove said one or more aldehyde compounds, wherein said aldehyde trapping agent is in an amount of 0.1 to 5 wt. %, based on the weight of said basic polyether polyol as 100 wt. %; and c) removing the excess aldehyde trapping agent to obtain said low odor polyether polyol. The present invention also relates to the low odor polyether polyol prepared by said method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Chenxi ZHANG, Erika ZHU, Liang XUE
  • Publication number: 20200062886
    Abstract: The present application discloses a polyol system for preparing polyurethane comprising: i) at least one active chain extender having at least two groups that can react with an isocyanate, wherein at least one group that can react with an isocyanate is free primary —NH2 group; ii) at least one active chain extender having three groups that can react with an isocyanate, wherein at least one group that can react with an isocyanate is free primary —OH group, and iii) at least one polyether polyol starting from an amine. The polyol system according to the present disclosure is phase-stable without layering and capable of releasing mold quickly after reacting with an isocyanate to produce polyurethane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Erika Zhu, Ling Shi, Hua Lu, Jun Li, Chenxi Zhang