Patents by Inventor Jianfeng Zhang

Jianfeng 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: 10164790
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for implementing an industry internet field broadband bus, and in the method according to the invention, a bus controller and respective bus terminals transmit data in their respective time slices to thereby ensure timely and temporally determinist data transmission. Thus the embodiments of the invention implement a high-performance, highly reliable, and highly real-time method for implementing an industry internet field broadband bus. Moreover a transmission medium of the two-wire data transmission network can be a twisted pair or a shielded twisted pair so that the method according to the embodiment of the invention can be applicable to a traditional industry control facility using a bus, and thus can be highly universally applicable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2018
    Assignee: KYLAND TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jianfeng Zhang, Zhiwei Yan
  • Patent number: 10112874
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for uniformly coating metal nanoparticles without a carbon impurity on an oxide ceramic powder surface, which includes the steps of putting grinded and mixed a metal organic material and oxide ceramic powder into a rotational reaction chamber, then bubbling oxidizing gas under a rotational and heating condition to oxidize the metal organic material into a metal oxide, and finally bubbling reducing gas to reduce the metal oxide into nanoparticles in a metallic state, so as to implement the uniform coating of the nanoparticles in the metallic state, and avoid coarsening and growing problems of nanoparticles led by a long-term coating reaction under a high temperature. The present invention has a simple method and a short preparation period, and the metal nanoparticles prepared are uniformly dispersed and have wide application prospects in multiple fields like catalytic materials and conductive ceramics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: Hohai University
    Inventors: Jianfeng Zhang, Yuping Wu, Sheng Hong, Gaiye Li, Wenmin Guo
  • Patent number: 10106412
    Abstract: A method for preparation of a high-density hexagonal boron nitride (hBN) ceramic material is disclosed. According to the method, the surface of hBN powder is coated with an evenly-dispersed SiO2 nanoparticle layer using tetraethyl orthosilicate as a precursor, and then the high-density hBN ceramic material is obtained by pressureless sintering. The relative density of the prepared hBN ceramic material is over 80%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: HOHAI UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianfeng Zhang, Yuping Wu, Gaiye Li, Sheng Hong, Wenmin Guo
  • Publication number: 20180255470
    Abstract: A method includes determining signaling sequence data of a user according to signaling plane data of the user, the signaling plane data of the user includes N pieces of signaling data and a timestamp of each of the N pieces of signaling data, and each of the N pieces of signaling data includes a signaling type, determining a first probability value of occurrence of a first network event according to the signaling sequence data of the user and a first supervised prediction model, determining a second probability value of occurrence of the first network event according to expert feature data of the user and a second supervised prediction model, the expert feature data of the user represents a value of at least one preset feature of the user, and determining a predicted occurrence probability of the first network event according to the first probability value and the second probability value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2018
    Publication date: September 6, 2018
    Inventor: Jianfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10055033
    Abstract: An active capacitive stylus and methods for touch detection and feedback actuation thereof are disclosed. The active capacitive stylus includes a conductive tip, a signal processing module and a capacitor. The conductive tip is configured to detect a touch-screen actuation signal emitted from a touch screen and to transfer a feedback actuation signal output from the signal processing module. The signal processing module is configured to process the touch-screen actuation signal received by the conductive tip and to synchronously produce the feedback actuation signal. The capacitor is disposed between the conductive tip and the signal processing module and is configured to couple the touch-screen actuation signal obtained by the conductive tip to an input of the signal processing module during the detection and to isolate the feedback actuation signal during the feedback actuation. It is achievable to accurately determine the position of the conductive tip of the active capacitive stylus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2018
    Assignees: SHANGHAI YISHANG INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., IPEN TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jianfeng Zhang, Xitian Zhou
  • Publication number: 20180179070
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a preparation method of a sulfonated two-dimensional titanium carbide nanosheet, which comprises the following steps of preparing two-dimensional titanium carbide by using aluminum atomic layers in hydrofluoric acid chemical stripping layer-shaped titanium aluminum carbide; preparing sulfanilic acid diazosalt; conducting a sulfonation reaction between the two-dimensional titanium carbide and the sulfanilic acid diazosalt to prepare the sulfonated two-dimensional titanium carbide nanosheet. The sulfonated two-dimensional titanium carbide nano material prepared through the present invention has good dispersity in water and common organic solvents, and a single-layer or few-layer sulfonated two-dimensional titanium carbide nanosheet with large size and high quality can be obtained after ultrasonic treatment is performed on a dispersion liquid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 28, 2018
    Inventors: Jianfeng Zhang, Hongbing Wang, Yuping Wu, Xin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180171143
    Abstract: A silicone-based composition includes a silicone polymer and at least one acid neutralizer, wherein the silicone-based composition has a pH of at least about 5 after at least one dose of irradiation, when measured by a pH meter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jianfeng ZHANG, Brian J. Ward, Michael J. Tzivanis, Xipeng Liu, Alban Letailleur, Jian L. Ding
  • Publication number: 20180169622
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a preparation method of an alumina supported cerium oxide powder material. A cerium organometallic precursor is effectively decomposed into CeO2 nanoparticles at 500-700° C. in an oxygen atmosphere condition by using a chemical vapor deposition method, and the CeO2 nanoparticles are evenly dispersed on an Al2O3 support. The decomposition of the CeO2 precursor is accelerated by changing experimental parameters of reaction between organic materials and oxygen, so as to control the size and microstructure of powder, thereby achieving the preparation and even dispersion of cerium oxide nanoparticles, and avoiding the problem of generation of toxic waste liquor during reaction. The method of the present invention is simple, has a short preparation period, and the cerium oxide nanoparticles prepared are evenly dispersed, can be used as catalytic materials and functional materials, and have a broad application prospect in multiple fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jianfeng Zhang, Gaiye Li, Huiyang Cao, Xin Zhang, Wenmin Guo, Yuping Wu
  • Publication number: 20180169625
    Abstract: A preparation method of an alumina-carbon nano tube composite powder material includes the steps of using an organometallic precursor as a raw material, using metal nanoparticles formed on the surface of the alumina powder as a catalyst, and simultaneously feeding a carbonaceous gas such as methane and acetylene, so as to grow a carbon nano tube in situ, and obtain an alumina-metal nanoparticle-carbon nano tube composite powder material through a chemical vapor deposition method under a temperature condition of 400 to 800° C. Through changing various parameters such as the weight of the organic raw material, the flow or constituent of reactant gases and reaction temperature, the decomposition of the organic raw material and the generation of the metal nanoparticles and the carbon nano tube are adjusted, and the size and the microstructure of the powder are controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Jianfeng Zhang, Yunyi Liu, Gaiye Li, Yilin Su, Xiao Liang, Yuna Wu, Yuping Wu
  • Patent number: 9982809
    Abstract: A composite tube includes an inner layer including a silicone polymer, wherein the inner layer has a surface that defines a central lumen of the composite tube; an adhesive layer adjacent to the inner layer, wherein the adhesive layer includes an adhesive silicone material including a silicone polymer and an adhesion promoter, and an outer layer adjacent to the adhesive layer, wherein the outer layer includes a thermoplastic polymer having a functional group that forms a chemical bond with the adhesion promoter of the adhesive silicone material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 29, 2018
    Assignee: SAINT-GOBAIN PERFORMANCE PLASTICS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Adam P. Nadeau, Jianfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180144627
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and system for distributed redundancy control on an intelligent traffic network, the method includes: sending, by each communication control node, messages for electing a primary device to the other communication control nodes, and electing a primary device from the plurality of communication control nodes according to preset priorities of the communication control nodes, and backing up data of the communication control node in the primary device; and sending state detection messages to the other communication control nodes, if a response message of the communication control node to the state detection message indicates that the communication control node cannot control any action of a device served by the communication control node, controlling action of the device served by the communication control node, and adjusting control intervals of time of signaling lamps at junctions corresponding to the communication control nodes in a redundant network according to traffic flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Ping Li, Jianfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 9968667
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the decontamination of anthrax spores, prophylaxis and treatment of anthrax infections and, more particularly, to compounds that act as specific inhibitors of B. anthracis germination/outgrowth-associated proteins, methods and means for making such inhibitors and their use as pharmaceuticals and/or vaccines. The invention also relates to the prophylaxis and treatment of anthrax infections and, more particularly, to vaccines and compositions that comprise B. anthracis antigens, epitopes, proteins, or nucleic acid molecules, including anthrax protective antigen, anthrax lethal factor, anthrax edema factor and anthrax proteins associated with spore germination and outgrowth, as well as methods and means for making such compositions and their use pharmaceuticals and/or vaccines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Altimmune Inc.
    Inventors: Chun-Ming Huang, JianFeng Zhang, De-Chu Tang
  • Publication number: 20180128746
    Abstract: An apparatus and method which measure the concentration of suspended, dispersed or dissolved materials in a fluid. The invention utilizes two light emitters, a light filter or dichroic mirror, a lens and an imaging sensor. The apparatus evaluates the magnitude of the fluorescence light emitted by the materials when excited by a light of suitable wavelength, and uses the magnitude in a correlation to determine the concentration of the materials to be measured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventor: Jianfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20180100211
    Abstract: A steel, including: between 0.45 and 0.70 wt. % of carbon, between 0.10 and 0.50 wt. % of silicon, between 0.30 and 0.70 wt. % of manganese, between 0.20 and 0.60 wt. % of chromium, less than or equal to 0.025 wt. % of phosphorus, between 0.003 and 0.030 wt. % of sulfur, less than or equal to 0.1 wt. % of molybdenum, less than or equal to 0.2 wt. % of nickel, less than or equal to 0.04 wt. % of aluminum, less than or equal to 0.3 wt. % of copper, less than or equal to 0.001 wt. % of calcium, less than or equal to 0.003 wt. % of titanium, less than or equal to 0.001 wt. % of oxygen, less than or equal to 0.04 wt. % of arsenic, less than or equal to 0.03 wt. % of tin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2017
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Inventors: Min CHEN, Feng LI, Qing YIN, Jiaolong ZHAI, Ke GENG, Jianfeng ZHANG, Zhen HUANG, Jian BAO, Xiaojiang RUAN
  • Patent number: 9908567
    Abstract: An electric vehicle frame system, including two multi-cavity box type longitudinal beams which are arranged symmetrically and are made of an aluminum alloy material, and a multi-cavity transverse beam assembly which is connected between the two multi-cavity box type longitudinal beams and is made of aluminum alloy material, wherein the multi-cavity box type longitudinal beam is provided internally with multiple independent cavities, and the multi-cavity transverse beam assembly includes multiple transverse beams which are provided internally with multiple independent cavities; and further having a front bumper system and a rear bumper system which are respectively provided at both ends of the multi-cavity box type longitudinal beams, and a B pillar holder provided in the middle of the multi-cavity box type longitudinal beams.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ZHILUN DRIVING TECHNOLOGY FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shugang Gong, Mu Xie, Yinlong Kong, Weichun Li, Jianfeng Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170373872
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for implementing a real-time industrial internet field broadband bus, the method including: determining, by a bus controller, the number of bus terminals connected therewith; and allocating, by the bus controller, time slices for the bus terminals according to the number of bus terminals, and transmitting, by the bus controller, the time slices to the bus terminals so that the bus terminals operate in the allocated time slices. Moreover data are transmitted in the bus system by removing Ethernet/IP message header information to thereby reduce the length of the message, and shorten a transmission delay and a bus scan periodicity so as to improve the real-time characteristic of the bus system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Jianfeng ZHANG, Zhiwei YAN
  • Publication number: 20170373879
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for implementing an industry internet field broadband bus, and in the method according to the invention, a bus controller and respective bus terminals transmit data in their respective time slices to thereby ensure timely and temporally determinist data transmission. Thus the embodiments of the invention implement a high-performance, highly reliable, and highly real-time method for implementing an industry internet field broadband bus. Moreover a transmission medium of the two-wire data transmission network can be a twisted pair or a shielded twisted pair so that the method according to the embodiment of the invention can be applicable to a traditional industry control facility using a bus, and thus can be highly universally applicable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Jianfeng ZHANG, Zhiwei Yan
  • Publication number: 20170373880
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for managing configuration of an industrial internet field broadband bus, the method being applicable to a two-wire data transfer network in which a bus controller and respective bus terminals are synchronized in clock, and the bus controller allocates time slices for the respective bus terminals and the bus controller, so that the bus controller firstly acquires the configuration information, and determines the bus terminal corresponding to the configuration information, and then the bus controller transmits the configuration information to the bus terminal in the time slice occupied by the bus controller, when the bus controller need transmit configuration information to the respective bus terminals, to thereby make the bus terminal perform corresponding configuration operations according to the configuration information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Jianfeng ZHANG, Zhiwei Yan
  • Patent number: 9835293
    Abstract: Regasification systems and processes for converting liquid natural gas (LNG) from a liquid into a gaseous state are described. The process includes a closed-loop system that uses geothermal wells as a heat source. A warming fluid circulates through the closed-loop system coupled with a geothermal well and a LNG heat exchanger. The warming fluid is heated as it passes through the geothermal well and cooled as it passes through the LNG heat exchanger, thus heating and gasifying the LNG. The cooled warming fluid then returns to the geothermal well. The closed-loop system minimizing environmental impact by eliminating the need to discharge the warming fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: Fluor Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Clifford Neal Prescott, Jeff (Jianfeng) Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170292913
    Abstract: The invention is a system and method to measure oil content in water utilizing the fluorescence of oil emitted under excitation by laser. Oil and water mixture is transferred through the system to a measurement section in a microscope, which produces high resolution 3-dimensional images of the oil and water mixture with the fluorescence. The images are analyzed to calculate the amount of oil in water and oil droplets distribution. The image is also analyzed to distinguish oil coated solids from oil droplets, and to calculate the sizes and volumes of the solids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2017
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventor: Jianfeng Zhang