Patents by Inventor Hongmin (Bob) Zhang

Hongmin (Bob) 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: 20190333943
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a signal line, an electro-static lead-out line, and an electro-static discharge unit including a first thin film transistor, a third thin film transistor and a fourth thin film transistor; a drain electrode and a gate electrode of the first thin film transistor are connected to the signal line; a source electrode of the first thin film transistor, a gate electrode of the third thin film transistor and a gate electrode of the fourth thin film transistor are connected to a first node; a drain electrode of the third thin film transistor and a drain electrode of the fourth thin film transistor are connected to the signal line; a source electrode of the third thin film transistor and a source electrode of the fourth thin film transistor are connected to the electro-static lead-out line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Ying WANG, Hongmin LI, Liqing LIAO, Li SUN
  • Patent number: 10459568
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a shift register, a driving method thereof, a gate driving circuit and a display apparatus. The shift register includes a pull-up sub-circuit, an output sub-circuit and a touch and hold sub-circuit, wherein the touch and hold sub-circuit is electrically connected to a first touch signal terminal, a second touch signal terminal, a second node, a second power supply terminal, and a second output terminal, and is configured to store a potential at the second node and output the potential at the second node to the second output terminal under control of signals from the first touch signal terminal and the second touch signal terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Li Sun, Jian Tao, Hongmin Li, Fengjing Tang
  • Publication number: 20190325463
    Abstract: Embodiments of a pricing solution system for product line pricing under discrete mixed multinomial logit demand are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: Arizona Board of Regents on behalf of Arizona State University
    Inventors: Hongmin Li, Scott Webster
  • Patent number: 10451074
    Abstract: An electric pump is provided, which includes a housing, a shaft, a rotor assembly and a stop assembly. The shaft is fixed to the housing, the rotor assembly is rotatable about the shaft, and the rotor assembly is sleeved on the shaft. The stop assembly is configured to limit the position of the rotor assembly in the chamber. The stop assembly includes a first stop and a second stop, the first stop is fixed with respect to a second portion of the shaft, and the second stop is fixed with respect to a first portion of the shaft. No relative movement occurs between the stop assembly and the shaft, which reduces the abrasion between the stop assembly and the shaft resulted from friction, and facilitates improving a service life of the stop assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongxiang Shi, Junfeng Bao, Hongmin Song
  • Patent number: 10441588
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to chemical compounds, methods for their discovery, and their therapeutic and research use. In particular, the present disclosure provides compounds as therapeutic agents against bacterial infections (e.g., biofilms). The present disclosure also provides topical formulations for use in methods for treating bacterial infections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignees: Curators of the University of Missouri, Nanova, Inc.
    Inventors: Hongmin Sun, David W. Anderson, Feng Qi
  • Publication number: 20190309859
    Abstract: A flow control apparatus for a heat exchange system of a vehicle, including a housing, a valve cartridge assembly, and a control part. A first protrusion is provided on the housing; correspondingly, a second protrusion is provided on a shell of the control part; the first protrusion and the second protrusion are assembled and engaged; a first valve plate is sealed from a second valve plate, so that the seal performance of a product can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: Hangzhou Sanhua Research Institute Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yumin Yu, Huayuan Jiang, Zhi Wu, Yaoyao Zhang, Hongmin Lu
  • Publication number: 20190312065
    Abstract: A switching element, a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and a display device are provided. The switching element includes: a base substrate; a first thin-film transistor (TFT), disposed on the base substrate; and a second TFT, disposed on the first TFT, wherein the first TFT includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and the first TFT and the second TFT share the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicants: Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liqing Liao, Hongmin Li, Ying Wang, Dong Wang
  • Publication number: 20190287446
    Abstract: A shift register unit, a driving method, a gate drive circuit and a display device are provided. The shift register unit includes: an input sub-circuit used to control an electric potential of the pull-up node, an output sub-circuit used to input a first clock signal from a first clock signal terminal to the output terminal, a pull-down control sub-circuit used to control an electric potential of the pull-down node, a pull-down sub-circuit used to control electric potentials of the pull-up node and the output terminal, a first reset control sub-circuit used to control an electric potential of the second control node under control of the first control node and a reset signal from the reset signal terminal and a reset sub-circuit used to control the electric potential of the pull-up node. The shift register unit improves the noise reduction efficiency at the output terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Liqing Liao, Hongmin Li, Dong Wang, Fengjing Tang
  • Patent number: 10412573
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a near-field wireless communication service processing method performed at a first computing device. While running a social networking application, the first computing device listens to a near-field wireless communication signal broadcasted by a second computing device. After detecting the near-field wireless communication signal broadcasted by the second computing device, first computing device processes the near-field wireless communication signal to obtain identification information associated with the second computing device. The first computing device sends the identification information associated with the second computing device to a remote server supporting the social networking application and obtains a preset service page corresponding to the identification information associated with the second computing device from the server, and displays the preset service page within the social networking application on the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kai Ma, Maohua Chen, Mo Zhao, Zhenxi Qiu, Xiaoming Wu, Nan Cheng, Xiaohui Zheng, Junxiong Chen, Jinheng Xie, Zhe Cheng, Le Yu, Shuhui Mei, Chi Zhang, Huiqin Yang, Yao Qin, Shunfu Ye, Tao Zhang, Wenrong Tang, Yangbin Huang, Ming He, Chaoxiong Diao, Pengbo Zhang, Guanqiao Su, Hongmin Zheng, Xiaojuan Zhang, Zhejin Huang, Xiaoyang Qian, Zhongming Guo, Xiaoyi Fang, Yang Zuo, Yan Dai
  • Publication number: 20190272884
    Abstract: A shift register circuit, a driving method, a gate driving circuit, and a display device are provided. The shift register circuit includes a clock signal adjustment circuit and a self-control conduction circuit; the clock signal adjustment circuit includes a first clock signal input terminal, a second clock signal input terminal, and a clock signal adjustment output terminal; the clock signal adjusting circuit is configured to, in the case that the first clock signal and the second clock signal are both at a second level, output a first level via a clock signal adjustment output terminal; the self-control conduction circuit is configured to, in the case that the pull-up node is at the first level, control the clock signal adjustment output terminal connect with a pull-up node, or in the case that the pull-up node is at a second level, disconnect the clock signal adjustment output terminal from the pull-up node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicants: HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liqing LIAO, Hongmin LI, Zhifu DONG, Silin FENG
  • Patent number: 10399068
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an SCM-10 molecular sieve, a process for producing same and use thereof. The molecular sieve has an empirical chemical composition as illustrated by the formula “the first oxide·the second oxide”, wherein the ratio by molar of the first oxide to the second oxide is less than 40, the first oxide is at least one selected from the group consisting of silica and germanium dioxide, the second oxide is at least one selected from the group consisting of alumina, boron oxide, iron oxide, gallium oxide, titanium oxide, rare earth oxides, indium oxide and vanadium oxide. The molecular sieve has specific XRD pattern and can be used as an adsorbent or a catalyst for converting an organic compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM PROCESSING, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Weimin Yang, Zhendong Wang, Hongmin Sun, Bin Zhang, Yi Luo
  • Publication number: 20190251891
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a shift register unit, a driving method of shift register units, a gate driving circuit and a display panel. The shift register unit includes: an input module, a pull-up module, a storage capacitor, an output module configured to transmit a first voltage signal to a signal output terminal under the control of the first voltage signal; and an output control module configured to transmit the first voltage signal or a second power signal to the signal output terminal under the control of the voltage signal of the pull-up node and a first selection signal, and to transmit the first voltage signal or the second power signal to the signal output terminal under the control of the voltage signal of the pull-up node and a second selection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Fengjing TANG, Zhifu DONG, Jian TAO, Hongmin LI
  • Publication number: 20190251887
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application disclose a shift register unit and a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit and a method for driving the same, and a display apparatus. The shift register unit comprises an input sub-circuit connected to an input signal terminal and a pull-up control node, and configured to charge the pull-up control node under control of an input signal; and an output sub-circuit connected to the pull-up control node, a clock signal terminal, a first voltage terminal, and an output signal terminal, and configured to output a first constant voltage to the output signal terminal under control of a clock signal and the pull-up control node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Wei Xue, Jian Tao, Hongmin Li, Ying Wang
  • Patent number: 10380935
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a gate driving circuit, a gate driving method and a display method. The gate driving circuit includes a pull-up node control circuitry, a pull-down node control circuitry, a display storage circuitry, a compensation storage circuitry and a compensation storage control circuitry. The compensation storage control circuitry is connected to an input terminal, a pull-down control voltage terminal, a pull-up node, a pull-down node, and a second terminal of the compensation storage circuitry, and configured to enable the pull-down control voltage terminal to be electrically connected to the second terminal of the compensation storage circuitry under the control of the input terminal so as to charge the compensation storage circuitry, and enable the second terminal of the compensation storage circuitry to be electrically connected to the pull-up node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liqing Liao, Hongmin Li, Ping Song
  • Publication number: 20190237023
    Abstract: A shift register and a method for driving the same, a gate driving circuit and a display device. The shift register includes: an input sub-circuit configured to provide a signal at the signal input terminal to the pull-up node under control of the first clock signal terminal; an output sub-circuit configured to provide a clock signal at the second clock signal terminal to the signal output terminal under control of the pull-up node; and a pull-down sub-circuit configured to provide a signal at the power supply terminal to the signal output terminal under control of the third clock signal terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Inventors: Ying WANG, Meng LI, Hongmin LI, Dong WANG, Fengjing TANG
  • Publication number: 20190221163
    Abstract: A shift register circuit includes an input terminal, a reset terminal, a first scan voltage terminal, a second scan voltage terminal, a first reference voltage terminal, a second reference voltage terminal, a clock terminal, an output terminal, an input circuit, a first control circuit, a second control circuit, and an output circuit. The first control circuit is configured to supply a second reference voltage applied at the second reference voltage terminal to a first node and bring the second reference voltage terminal into conduction with the output terminal in response to a second node being at an active potential. The second control circuit is configured to supply a first reference voltage applied at the first reference voltage terminal to the first node and bring the first reference voltage terminal into conduction with the output terminal in response to a third node being at an active potential.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Inventors: Wei XUE, Hongmin LI, Zhifu DONG, Fengjing TANG
  • Patent number: 10355029
    Abstract: A switching element, a manufacturing method thereof, an array substrate and a display device are provided. The switching element includes: a base substrate; a first thin-film transistor (TFT), disposed on the base substrate; and a second TFT, disposed on the first TFT, wherein the first TFT includes a first electrode and a second electrode, and the first TFT and the second TFT share the first electrode and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignees: BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd., Hefei BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Liqing Liao, Hongmin Li, Ying Wang, Dong Wang
  • Patent number: 10343151
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a molecular sieve having the SFE structure, a process for producing same and use thereof. The process includes a step of crystallizing a mixture comprising a first oxide source, a second oxide source, an organic template and water to obtain a molecular sieve having the SFE structure, wherein the organic template is preferably 4-dimethylamino pyridine. As compared with the prior art, the process exhibits such merits as significantly reduced crystallization duration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SHANGHAI RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROCHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY, SINOPEC
    Inventors: Weimin Yang, Zhendong Wang, Hongmin Sun, Bin Zhang, Yi Luo
  • Publication number: 20190206504
    Abstract: A shift register, a driving method, a gate driving circuit and a display device are provided. The shift register includes: a reset circuit, a latch circuit, an output control circuit, and an output circuit which are series connected in sequence. The reset circuit is configured to provide an input signal from the input signal end for the pull-up node under the control of a reset signal from the reset signal end; the latch circuit is respectively connected to the input signal end and the pull-up node, and is configured to control the potential of the pull-up node; the output control circuit is respectively connected to the pull-up node, a dock signal end, and a control node, and is configured to control the potential of the control node; and the output circuit is respectively connected to the control node and an output end, and is configured to control the potential of the output end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Jian Tao, Zhifu Dong, Hongmin Li
  • Publication number: 20190206352
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a shift register and a driving method thereof and a gate driving circuit. The shift register comprises an inputting circuit, a first outputting circuit, and a second outputting circuit. The first outputting circuit may comprise a first pulling-up sub-circuit, a first outputting sub-circuit, a first pulling-down sub-circuit, and a switching sub-circuit. A controlling terminal of switching sub-circuit is coupled to a controlling terminal of the first pulling-up sub-circuit. An inputting terminal of the switching sub-circuit is coupled to the outputting terminal of a first outputting sub-circuit. The second outputting circuit may comprise a second pulling-up sub-circuit, a second outputting sub-circuit, and a second pulling-down sub-circuit. An inputting terminal of the second pulling-up sub-circuit is coupled to an outputting terminal of the switching sub-circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Ying Wang, Meng Li, Xun Pu, Hongmin Li