Patents by Inventor Hongwei Zhang

Hongwei 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).

  • Patent number: 11095185
    Abstract: A motor assembly is provided, which includes a motor having a stator and a rotor rotatable relative to the stator, and a filter unit mounted to an outside of the motor. The filter unit includes an insulating housing and at least one filter element arranged in the housing and electrically connected to the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Johnson Electric International AG
    Inventors: Hongwei Zhang, Lingdong Jin, Fosheng Zou
  • Publication number: 20210213392
    Abstract: A high-performance thin-film composite polyamide membrane upcycled from a substrate fouled with a biopolymer and a preparation method thereof are provided. The method includes fouling the substrate preferably with the biopolymer to obtain a composite of the substrate and a biopolymer foulant layer; then immersing the composite into a first solution formed by dissolving a polyamine monomer in water, followed by taking the composite out of the first solution and removing excess droplets from a surface of the composite; then immersing the composite treated in the previous step into a second solution formed by dissolving an acyl chloride monomer in n-hexane for interfacial polymerization to form a rejection layer on the surface of the composite; and after completion of the reaction, taking the composite out of the second solution, followed by drying and heat treatment, to obtain the target polyamide membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Applicants: Tongji University, Tianjin Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Zhiwei WANG, Ruobin DAI, Hongwei ZHANG, Liang WANG, Hongyi HAN, Tianlin WANG
  • Publication number: 20210198123
    Abstract: A flexible electrocatalytic membrane for removing nitrate from water, a preparation method and use thereof are provided. The method of the present invention includes dropwise adding an aramid fiber solution into deionized water to prepare an aramid nanofiber sol, then reacting an ethanol solution containing 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene and ferric nitrate with the aramid nanofiber sol to prepare a conductive aramid nanofiber sol, and finally dropwise adding MXene nanosheets ultrasonically pretreated by a tetramethylammonium hydroxide solution into the conductive aramid nanofiber sol to prepare the flexible electrocatalytic membrane. The prepared flexible electrocatalytic membrane possesses good mechanical strength and flexibility, and can not only effectively remove nitrate but also avoid failure of electrocatalytic materials due to surface fouling in the process of electrocatalytic reduction of nitrate, and thus has a long service life.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: Tongji University, Tianjin Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Zhiwei WANG, Yang LI, Hongwei ZHANG, Jie WANG, Xueye WANG
  • Publication number: 20210198575
    Abstract: A liquid crystal mixture applied in light modulating devices includes at least one compound selected from the group of compounds of formula I, at least one compound selected from the group of compounds of formula II and/or formula III, and at least one chiral compound. A light modulating device includes the liquid crystal mixture, where the light modulating device has reduced haze in the transparent state while increased opacity in the light scattering state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: Smart Liquid Crystal Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongwei Zhang, Hui Xu, Fei Wang, Jiuzhi Xue
  • Publication number: 20210198122
    Abstract: A device for decomplexation and enhanced removal of copper based on self-induced Fenton-like reaction constructed by electrochemistry coupled with membrane separation is disclosed. The device includes a reactor, two electrocatalytic anodes capable of generating hydroxyl radicals, an electrocatalytic cathode membrane assembly, a direct current power supply, an aeration system, an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe. The device of the present invention has a simple construction. Using this device to treat industrial wastewater containing copper complexes under specific conditions allows the decomplexation and the removal of the industrial wastewater containing the copper complexes to be simultaneously realized at a low consumption and a high efficiency. The coupling of electrochemistry with membrane separation can be achieved to protect the cathode from being contaminated by pollutants in the sewage and prolong the service life of the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicants: Tongji University, Tianjin Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Zhiwei WANG, Hongwei ZHANG, Liang WANG, Jiayi LI, Xueye WANG, Mei CHEN, Ruobin DAI
  • Publication number: 20210060497
    Abstract: A thin-film composite polyamide reverse osmosis membrane with anti-bacterial and anti-biofouling effects and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. The preparation method includes: dissolving a highly water-stable metal organic framework CuBTTri in an n-hexane solution containing trimesoyl chloride by ultrasonic wave, immersing a polyethersulfone ultrafiltration membrane in an aqueous solution of m-phenylene diamine and taking out, and then immersing the ultrafiltration membrane in the trimesoyl chloride-n-hexane solution containing the aforementioned metal organic framework for reaction and modification, so as to obtain the thin-film composite polyamide reverse osmosis membrane. The resulting composite reverse osmosis membrane integrated with the anti-bacterial metal organic framework CuBTTri has a high reverse osmosis membrane permeability and possesses greatly improved and persistent anti-bacterial and anti-biofouling properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Applicants: Tongji University, Tianjin Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Zhiwei WANG, Yue WEN, Hongwei ZHANG, Jie WANG, Yingqing CHEN, Zhichao WU
  • Publication number: 20210029721
    Abstract: A distributed sensing and control network includes a plurality of sensing/control nodes, each of the sensing/control nodes includes a sensor, a local controller, a local memory and a wireless transmitter/receiver. The local memory stores instructions for implementing a multiscale networking protocol for wireless transmissions. The multiscale networking protocol controls at least a first factor at a first timescale and at least a second factor at a second timescale, distinct from the first timescale. The at least a first factor includes an instantiated physical-ratio-K (PRK) interference model for wireless transmissions. The at least a second factor includes at least one of a channel assignment, a node transmission signal power control, a node transmission rate control, a real-time scheduling control, and a local signal map stored in the local memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2020
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Inventor: Hongwei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200406199
    Abstract: A nanofiltration membrane with a high flux for selectively removing hydrophobic endocrine disrupting chemicals and a preparation method thereof are provided. The method includes the following steps: immersing a porous support layer into a first solution, removing excess droplets from a surface of the support layer after taking the support layer out of the first solution, and then immersing the support layer attached with the first solution into a second solution for an interfacial polymerization reaction, followed by washing after completion of the reaction to obtain the subject nanofiltration membrane. The first solution is an aqueous solution containing a polyamine monomer and an acid binding agent, and the second solution is an organic solution containing an acid chloride monomer and a metal-organic framework.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicants: Tongji University, Tianjin Polytechnic University
    Inventors: Zhiwei WANG, Ruobin DAI, Hongwei ZHANG, Liang WANG, Qiaoying WANG, Zhichao WU
  • Publication number: 20200372158
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of software management and is intended to invent a blockchain-based software version data management system and an establishing method thereof. The system mainly comprises a data acquisition module, a data transmission module and a data consensus module, wherein the data acquisition module involves data generation, data splicing, and data encapsulation, and provides functions such as acquisition of software version data and structural processing function; the data transmission module involves data communication, data parsing and data forwarding and provides a transmission function for the software version data; the data consensus module involves block synchronization, data verification and consensus mechanism and provides reliability test for the software version data, system new block generation and node data synchronization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Applicant: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jinsong WANG, Hongwei ZHANG, Zening ZHAO, Sheng LIN
  • Patent number: 10751792
    Abstract: A continuous precision forming device and process for an amorphous alloy is provided. By means of the device, when a melting platform with an alloy melt is rotated from the melting position to a position just below the forming mould (9), temperature of the alloy melt can be in the range of the overcooled liquid zone temperature of the alloy melt, and then a loading rod (7) drives the forming mould (9) to proceed with pressing forming. According to the process, press-forming is carried out in a certain temperature interval in the amorphous alloy melt solidification process, and the heating, cooling, solidification and forming in the forming process are coordinated, such that continuous forming of the amorphous alloy is achieved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: DONGGUAN EONTEC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haifeng Zhang, Huameng Fu, Aimin Wang, Zhengwang Zhu, Hong Li, Hongwei Zhang, Yeung Tak Lugee Li, Weirong Li
  • Patent number: 10757719
    Abstract: A distributed sensing and control network includes a plurality of sensing/control nodes, each of the sensing/control nodes includes a sensor, a local controller, a local memory and a wireless transmitter/receiver. The local memory stores instructions for implementing a multiscale networking protocol for wireless transmissions. The multiscale networking protocol controls at least a first factor at a first timescale and at least a second factor at a second timescale, distinct from the first timescale. The at least a first factor includes an instantiated physical-ratio-K (PRK) interference model for wireless transmissions. The at least a second factor includes at least one of a channel assignment, a node transmission signal power control, a node transmission rate control, a real-time scheduling control, and a local signal map stored in the local memory.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Wayne State University
    Inventor: Hongwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10731178
    Abstract: The invention in some aspects relates to recombinant adeno-associated viruses useful for targeting transgenes to CNS tissue, and compositions comprising the same, and methods of use thereof. In some aspects, the invention provides methods and compositions for treating CNS-related disorders.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: University of Massachusetts
    Inventors: Guangping Gao, Hongwei Zhang, Hongyan Wang, Zuoshang Xu
  • Publication number: 20200149093
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for nucleic acid amplification, detection, and genotyping techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule having a target-specific primer sequence; an anti-tag sequence 5? of the target-specific primer sequence; a tag sequence 5? of the anti-tag sequence; and a blocker between the anti-tag sequence and the tag sequence is disclosed. Compositions containing such a nucleic acid molecule and methods of using such a nucleic acid molecule are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2020
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: LUMINEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas F. WHITMAN, Hongwei ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10598315
    Abstract: A lighting device is provided, which includes a first lighting unit, a heat-dissipating unit heat-conductively connected to the first lighting unit; a second lighting unit, a second heat-dissipating unit heat-conductively connected to the second lighting unit; and a driver electrically connected with the first lighting unit and the second lighting unit. Furthermore, a method of assembling a lighting device is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: LEDVANCE GMBH
    Inventors: Haitao Wen, Jun Liu, Ran Lin, HongWei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10577647
    Abstract: Methods and compositions for nucleic acid amplification, detection, and genotyping techniques are disclosed. In one embodiment, a nucleic acid molecule having a target-specific primer sequence; an anti-tag sequence 5? of the target-specific primer sequence; a tag sequence 5? of the anti-tag sequence; and a blocker between the anti-tag sequence and the tag sequence is disclosed. Compositions containing such a nucleic acid molecule and methods of using such a nucleic acid molecule are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: LUMINEX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Douglas F. Whitman, Hongwei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20200047245
    Abstract: A continuous precision forming device and process for an amorphous alloy or a composite material thereof is provided. By means of the device, when a melting platform with an alloy melt is rotated from the melting position to a position just below the forming mould (9), temperature of the alloy melt can be in the range of the overcooled liquid zone temperature of the alloy melt, and then a loading rod (7) drives the forming mould (9) to proceed with pressing forming. According to the process, press-forming is carried out in a certain temperature interval in the amorphous alloy melt solidification process, and the heating, cooling, solidification and forming in the forming process are coordinated, such that continuous forming of the amorphous alloy is achieved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Haifeng ZHANG, Huameng FU, Aimin WANG, Zhengwang ZHU, Hong LI, Hongwei ZHANG, Yeung Tak Lugee LI, Weirong LI
  • Publication number: 20200049302
    Abstract: The present application discloses an apparatus and a method for detecting flaws in a wall of a metallic pipe containing a fluid. The apparatus includes a collapsible supporting structure for supporting the apparatus, wherein an axis of the apparatus is at or near an axis of the metallic pipe; a plurality of sensors for sensing magnetic field signal from the metallic pipe, the plurality of sensors configured to be distributed around an inner circumference of the pipe without contacting a surface of an inner wall of the metallic pipe; a processing module for receiving sensed data from the plurality of the sensors; and one or more battery module for electrically powering the plurality of sensors and the processing module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Peter O. Paulson, Jeffrey Chak-Fai Kwan, Hongwei Zhang, Ran Wu, Xiangjie Kong
  • Patent number: 10558911
    Abstract: An information processing apparatus including inter-class node insertion means for inserting an input vector into a network as an inter-class insertion node. The apparatus further includes a winner node learning time calculation means for incrementing, when an edge is connected between a first winner node and a second winner node, learning time of a node for the first winner node by a predetermined value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: SOINN INC.
    Inventors: Osamu Hasegawa, Hongwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10538890
    Abstract: A hydraulic ship lift, including: a mechanical synchronizing system; a stabilizing and equalizing hydraulic driving system; and a self-feedback stabilizing system. The stabilizing and equalizing hydraulic driving system includes first resistance equalizing members arranged at corners of branch water pipes or/and second resistance equalizing members arranged at bifurcated pipes, circular forced ventilating mechanisms arranged at front of water delivery valves of a water delivery main pipe, and pressure-stabilizing and vibration-reducing boxes arranged behind the water delivery valves. The self-feedback stabilizing system includes a plurality of guide wheels; each guide wheel of the self-feedback stabilizing system is fixed on a ship reception chamber through a supporting mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: HUANENG LANCANG RIVER HYDROPOWER INC., POWER CHINA KUNMING ENGINEERING CORPORATION LIMITED, NANJING HYDRAULIC RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINA INSTITUTE OF WATER RESOURCES AND HYDROPOWER RESEARCH
    Inventors: Hongqi Ma, Yaan Hu, Zongliang Zhang, Xianghua Yuan, Zejiang Xiang, Yongping Al, Yimin Chuan, Guanqun Nan, Rui Zou, Zhaoxin Chen, Xiaolin Hu, Hongtao Zhang, Haibin Xiao, Qun Huang, Keheng Zhou, Xuexing Cao, Zichong Li, Renchao Ma, Yinan Cao, Yun Ling, Sisi Xie, Junyang Yu, Zhonghua Li, Yun Li, Guoxiang Xuan, Xin Wang, Xiujun Yan, Shu Xue, Chao Guo, Yue Huang, Yihong Wu, Rui Zhang, Dong Zhang, Jinxiong Zhang, Wenyuan Zhang, Hongwei Zhang, Jianbiao Gao
  • Publication number: 20200008116
    Abstract: A cell selection method and user equipment (UE) are provided. The cell selection method is applied to the UE. The cell selection method includes the steps of obtaining a candidate cell group; selecting a first candidate cell sub-group from the candidate cell group according to the communication ability supported by each candidate cell of the candidate cell group; and selecting a camping cell of the UE from the first candidate cell sub-group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2019
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Inventors: Hongwei ZHANG, Xiaochi ZHAO, Xiao DANG, Quanping WANG, Tsung-Ming LEE