Patents by Inventor Hong Liang

Hong Liang 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).

  • System and method for enhancing search relevancy using semantic keys
    Patent number: 9396262
    Abstract: A method, computer-usable medium, and a computer system for searching for webpages are disclosed. Embodiments of the present invention provide a convenient and efficient mechanism for filtering results from a keyword search using semantic keys and semantic sub-keys, thereby enabling an increased number of irrelevant results to be filtered from a keyword search. The search query may be parsed to determine the focus of the query, where the focus may be used determine at least one semantic key for the search query. Each semantic key may be associated with at least one semantic sub-key, where the semantic keys and/or the semantic sub-keys may be used to filter the results of the keyword search. As such, broader keyword searches may be performed to include a larger number of relevant results, where the filtering mechanisms of the present invention may then filter an increased number of irrelevant results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: LEXXE PTY LTD
    Inventor: Hong Liang Qiao
  • Low profile connector
    Patent number: 9378436
    Abstract: An electrical connector comprises an insulative unit, a shielding shell, a plurality of terminals and a card ejecting mechanism. The card ejecting mechanism comprises a shaft member, a lever member and a push rod. The shaft member has a base portion fixed to the insulative unit and a shaft portion extending from the base portion and protruding from the insulative unit. The lever member has an operating portion, a pushing portion and a shaft hole positioned between the operating portion and the pushing portion. The shaft hole receives the shaft portion therein and the lever member can rotate about the shaft portion between two positions. The push rod is provided correspondingly to the operating portion and slides under pushing from an external force to push the operating portion, so as to allow the lever member to rotate from the receiving position to the pushing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Hong Liang Wang, Shang-Xiu Zeng, Kian Heng Lim
  • Decorative door skin composite article
    Patent number: 9352486
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite article is disclosed that involves providing a press having first and second platens, a cellulosic fiber substrate having a first thickness, and a layer of material such as a wood veneer, foil, or non-creped paper, where the layer of material has a thickness less than the thickness of the cellulosic fiber substrate. A layer of bonding material is placed onto the cellulosic fiber substrate or the layer of material, and the layer of material is placed onto the cellulosic fiber substrate so that the bonding material is between the layer of material and the cellulosic fiber substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: Bei-Hong Liang, Karine Luetgert, Henry Coghlan, John Peter Walsh, Geoffrey B. Hardwick
  • Exhaust System with Exhaust Gas Recirculation and Multiple Turbochargers, and Method for Operating Same
    Publication number: 20160146097
    Abstract: An exhaust system includes a first turbine having an inlet that is fluidly coupled to an exhaust conduit; a valve assembly having an inlet port, a first outlet port, and a second outlet port, the inlet port of the valve assembly being in fluid communication with the exhaust conduit; a second turbine having an inlet that is fluidly coupled to the first outlet port of the valve assembly via a first outlet port conduit, and fluidly coupled to an outlet of the first turbine via a first turbine outlet conduit; and a controller operatively coupled to the valve assembly. The valve assembly has a first configuration that blocks fluid communication between the inlet port and the first outlet port, and the valve assembly has a second configuration that effects fluid communication between the inlet port and the first outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Xinyu Ge, Hong Liang Liang
  • Automated door assembly, press, and adhesive therefor
    Patent number: 9346185
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method of making a door having first and second door skins and an internal frame. The top and bottom surfaces of the frame are coated with an adhesive and the frame is placed on a first door skin. The second door skin is then placed on the opposite surface of the frame. The assembled components are then pressed to bond the first and second door skins to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: Bei-Hong Liang, Michael MacDonald, Geoffrey Hardwick, Robert Ritchie, George Cucchi, Bruce Fedio
  • MICRO SIM CARD CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20160111801
    Abstract: An electronic card connector comprises a terminal seat and a metal shell. The terminal seat comprises an insulative body having a plurality of receiving recessed portions and a plurality of terminals. The terminals can have a fixed unit, a pair of resilient arms, a contact portion and a soldering portion. The pair of the resilient arms extend into the corresponding receiving recessed portion and are spaced apart from each other and are jointed with each other at distal ends, the contact portion is formed at the joint portion of the pair of resilient arms and the soldering portion is positioned between the pair of resilient arms. The metal shell comprises a top plate and a resilient press unit. The resilient press unit comprises a resilient piece that includes two protruding portions that each obliquely intersect a card insertion direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Shang-Xiu ZENG, Hong Liang WANG, Kian Heng LIM
  • Automated door assembly, press, and adhesive therefor
    Patent number: 9314983
    Abstract: Provided is a system and method of making a door having first and second door skins and an internal frame. The top and bottom surfaces of the frame are coated with an adhesive and the frame is placed on a first door skin. The second door skin is then placed on the opposite surface of the frame. The assembled components are then pressed to bond the first and second door skins to the frame with a press having upper and lower dies configured to impart a larger compression force toward a central area of the door skins. Wear resistant belts or membranes are provided to protect the door skins from being marred by the upper and lower dies during the pressing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2016
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: Bei-Hong Liang, George Cucchi
  • Surface treatment method for substrate and housing manufactured by the same
    Patent number: 9308551
    Abstract: A surface treatment method for substrate includes: spraying liquid is provided, the spraying liquid includes silane coupling agent, leveling agent, isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, acetic acid and water; a substrate having a metallic coating disposed thereon is provided; the spraying liquid is sprayed on the metallic coating, and then spraying liquid is baked to form a transparent protecting layer on the metallic coating; and a painting layer is formed on the protecting layer. The housing formed by the surface treatment method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignees: SHENZHEN FUTAIHONG PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., FIH (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Shu-Xiang Zhou, Hong-Liang Wang, He-Xian Lin
  • PC33718E
    Publication number: 20160096898
    Abstract: The present invention provides antagonizing antibodies, antigen-binding portions thereof, and aptamers that bind to proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9). Also provided are antibodies directed to peptides, in which the antibodies bind to PCSK9. The invention further provides a method of obtaining such antibodies and antibody-encoding nucleic acid. The invention further relates to therapeutic methods for use of these antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof to reduce LDL-cholesterol levels and/or for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disease, including treatment of hypercholesterolemia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2015
    Publication date: April 7, 2016
    Applicants: PFIZER INC., RINAT NEUROSCIENCE CORP.
    Inventors: Hong LIANG, Yasmina Noubia ABDICHE, Javier Fernando CHAPARRO RIGGERS, Bruce Charles GOMES, Julie Jia Li HAWKINS, Jaume PONS, Xiayang QIU, Pavel STROP, Yuli WANG
  • UNIVERSAL SERIAL BUS CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20160093992
    Abstract: The instant disclosure provides a USB connector that comprises a shell element, a printed circuit board (PCB), and a USB head. The USB head is arranged at an end of the shell element. The USB head has a board slot arranged therein. Two opposite surfaces of the PCB each have a plurality of conductive contacts disposed thereon. The PCB is disposed in the board slot. The USB connector can be in electrical contact with a USB female receptacle via the conductive contacts on opposite surfaces of the PCB. The USB connector can be used directly without distinguishing the appropriate side of the USB connector to plug into a female USB receptacle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventor: HONG LIANG ZHOU
  • Door, deep draw molded door facing and methods of forming door and facing
    Patent number: 9296123
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a wood composite panel having a major planar portion, at least one panel portion, and an inwardly extending contoured portion surrounding the panel portion and interconnecting the major planar portion and the panel portion. The contoured portion defines an inter-relationship between a vector angle and a deep draw depth that achieve a satisfactory stretch factor. The present invention also relates to a door having the disclosed wood composite door facings, and methods of forming the facing and door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: Bei Hong Liang, Jason M. Walsh, Steven K. Lynch, Mark A. Ruggie, Richard D. Trubey, Henry M. Coghlan
  • Reverse molded plant-on panel component, method of manufacture, and method of decorating a door therewith
    Patent number: 9284772
    Abstract: A reverse molded, plant-on decorative panel component comprises a panel portion lying on a first plane, a skirt portion, and a contoured portion. The skirt portion has a first surface adapted to be exteriorly disposed and an opposite second surface adapted to be interiorly disposed in order to be adhesively secured to a planar surface. The contoured portion extends outwardly from and surrounds the panel portion and interconnects and is integral with the panel portion and the skirt portion. The skirt portion extends peripherally about the contoured portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2016
    Assignee: Masonite Corporation
    Inventors: Steven K. Lynch, Dale E. Schafernak, Karine Luetgert, Bei-Hong Liang, Lee Braddock
  • Flow reduction for bleed air systems
    Patent number: 9272787
    Abstract: A valve control system includes a valve connected to regulate flow of a medium provided to an output and a sensor connected to monitor a feedback value associated with the medium. A controller modulates the valve based on a comparison of a reference value to the feedback value provided by the sensor. The controller detects saturation of the valve if the error between the monitored feedback value and reference value exceeds a threshold. In response to detected saturation, the controller reduces the reference value to a value less than the monitored feedback value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Lyndsay Morgan Couture, Erin G. Kline, Jeffrey Ernst, Antonio G. Daniele, Hong Liang
  • Electric Coolant Pump
    Publication number: 20160047395
    Abstract: An electric coolant pump includes a housing, a motor received in the housing, an impeller for driving coolant, and a control unit for controlling the motor. The control unit and the impeller are arranged at opposite ends of the motor. The motor includes a sleeve, a stator mounted around the sleeve, and a rotor rotatably received in the sleeve. The impeller is fixed to the rotor. A radial gap is formed between the sleeve and the rotor. The sleeve includes a plurality of ribs extending from an internal surface of the sleeve into the gap. At least a portion of the ribs of the sleeve guide the coolant towards the control unit to absorb heat generated by the control unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2015
    Publication date: February 18, 2016
    Inventors: Hong Liang ZHANG, Guan Yin LIANG, An Bang CHEN, Yan Ping REN, Rui Feng QIN
  • ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20160036172
    Abstract: An electrical connector which comprises a tray, a terminal module, an upper cover and a detecting switch. The tray comprises a pushing block. The upper cover cooperates with the terminal module to define an insertion space extending along a front-rear direction for insertion of the tray. The detecting switch comprises a detecting terminal. The detecting terminal is provided at one side of the insertion space. The detecting terminal comprises a tail, an elastic arm extending forwards and an insulative pushed block provided at a front end of the elastic arm. The elastic arm comprises a contact. The pushing block of the tray pushes the insulative pushed block of the detecting terminal so as to make the elastic arm of the detecting terminal and the contact displaced elastically in an up-down direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Hong-Liang Wang, Shang-Xiu Zeng, Kian-Heng Lim
  • TERMINAL AND ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR
    Publication number: 20160036146
    Abstract: A terminal and an electrical connector are disclosed and the terminal comprises a tail, an elastic arm, a contact and a front guiding member. The elastic arm is connected to the tail. The contact is positioned at a distal end of the elastic arm. The contact comprises a front guiding surface extending forwards and downwards. The front guiding member extends forwards from the elastic arm. The front guiding member comprises a front guiding portion that extends forwards and downwards. An extending direction of the elastic arm and an extending direction of the front guiding member intersected at an angle. The front guiding portion is positioned in front of the front guiding surface of the contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2015
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: Molex, LLC
    Inventors: Hong-Liang WANG, Shang-Xiu Zeng, Kian-Heng Lim
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SCORING TEXTS
    Publication number: 20150379015
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method, computer-readable medium and system for scoring a text are disclosed. Themes within one or more texts may be determined and used to score each text, where an overall score for each text may indicate a respective importance and/or value of each text. The score for each text may be determined based upon a number of themes, type of themes, frequency of theme elements associated with the themes, distribution of theme elements associated with the themes, location of themes in the text, some combination thereof, etc. In this manner, the importance or value of one or more texts may be determined more accurately using information within each text with reduced reliance upon external information. Additionally, more relevant search results can be returned to a user by using internal information to perform ranking operations and/or filtering operations associated with a search.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventor: Hong Liang Qiao
  • Electric Pump
    Publication number: 20150349594
    Abstract: An electric pump includes a pump housing, a motor and an impeller. The impeller is driven by the motor. The pump housing has an inlet and an outlet. The motor includes a stator and a rotor with an air gap formed there between. The stator includes a stator core having a yoke and teeth extending radially inwardly from the yoke. A stator winding is wound about each tooth. The teeth include a plurality of first teeth and a plurality of second teeth that are alternately arranged. Grooves are formed in the outer surface of the yoke corresponding to each of the first teeth, and the first teeth and the second teeth have different shapes, such that the stator core has a symmetrically distributed magnetic circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Hong Liang ZHANG, Chuang YU, Dai Gang LI, Yan Ping REN
  • SEQUENTIAL STRUCTURE EXTRACTION BY FUNCTIONAL SPECIFICATION
    Publication number: 20150317422
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for structure analysis of a circuit design is described. In one exemplary embodiment, a functional specification of a circuit design is received, where the functional specification based on a behavior layer abstraction. In addition, design codes for the circuit design is received, where the each of the design codes is based on a behavior layer abstraction. Furthermore, the design codes are searched for one or more of the design codes that satisfy the functional specification. This search is performed in the behavior layer abstraction. Each of the design codes that satisfy the functional specification is recognized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Inventors: Naiyong Jin, Hong Liang
  • PCSK9 antagonists
    Patent number: 9175093
    Abstract: The present invention provides antagonizing antibodies, antigen-binding portions thereof, and aptamers that bind to proprotein convertase subtilisin kexin type 9 (PCSK9). Also provided are antibodies directed to peptides, in which the antibodies bind to PCSK9. The invention further provides a method of obtaining such antibodies and antibody-encoding nucleic acid. The invention further relates to therapeutic methods for use of these antibodies and antigen-binding portions thereof to reduce LDL-cholesterol levels and/or for the treatment and/or prevention of cardiovascular disease, including treatment of hypercholesterolemia.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignees: RINAT NEUROSCIENCE CORP., PFIZER INC.
    Inventors: Hong Liang, Yasmina Noubia Abdiche, Javier Fernando Chaparro Riggers, Bruce Charles Gomes, Julie Jia Li Hawkins, Jaume Pons, Xiayang Qiu, Pavel Strop, Yuli Wang