Patents by Inventor Hong Yi Zhu

Hong Yi 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).

  • Patent number: 7449883
    Abstract: In order to measure the temperature parameters of magnetic materials, in a process and an apparatus for measuring the characteristics of variation of magnetic induction of magnetic material with respect to temperature, a probe is provided at any one point A within the effective imaging range of an MR apparatus, the magnetic material to be tested also being provided at point A. The material is contacted directly with a heating unit, and a temperature sensor is attached to said magnetic material to be tested. The temperature control unit adjusts and controls the heating unit to heat the magnetic material to be tested based on the information collected by the temperature sensor. A processing unit of the MR system controls the probe at A in real-time and receiving the MR signals for feeding into the processing unit of the MR system, and the magnetic induction at A being obtained after the analysis of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventor: Hong Yi Zhu
  • Patent number: 7432708
    Abstract: In a temperature control method for magnetic field components of a permanent magnet arrangement of a magnetic resonance system, temperature stability of the magnetic field components is achieved by maintaining the temperature of the two sides of the magnetic field components constant, with a difference being maintained between the temperatures of the two sides of the magnetic field components so that a temperature gradient is formed within the magnetic field components. Once the temperature gradient is formed, dynamic temperature stability is established within the magnetic field component. When this dynamic temperature stability is broken by thermal disturbance, the temperature gradient allows the thermal disturbance to be quickly transmitted to the lower magnetic yoke and is further transmitted to the outside through the base of the magnetic resonance system so that the thermal disturbance is smoothed and dynamic temperature stability is reestablished.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Qiang He, Xiao Guang Liu, Hong Yi Zhu