Patents by Inventor Jianmin Zhang

Jianmin 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: 9551282
    Abstract: The present application provides a media pad for cooling an inlet air flow to a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The media pad may include a first media sheet with a chevron corrugated surface having a first mist eliminator and a second media sheet with a wavy corrugated surface having a second mist eliminator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jianmin Zhang, Bradly Aaron Kippel
  • Patent number: 9541211
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve includes a housing and a thermostatic actuating element, and the thermostatic actuating element includes a main body in which a thermosensitive substance is provided. The housing has an open end which is closed by a cap assembly. The thermostatic valve includes a first elastic element and a second elastic element, wherein the first elastic element is provided at a side of the cap assembly, and has one end abutting against the cap assembly, and another end directly abutting against or indirectly abutting against the piston at least during a moving process; the second elastic element is provided at a side of the third port, and has one end abutting against an inner wall or a bottom wall of the cavity of the housing, and another end abutting against the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignee: Zhejiang Sanhua Automotive Components Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haoming Qiu, Bin Yin, Jianmin Zhang, Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 9478491
    Abstract: Integrated circuit packages with openings surrounding a conductive via on a substrate layer are disclosed. An integrated circuit package may include a substrate layer with upper and lower surfaces. A conductive via may extend between the upper and lower surfaces of the substrate layer. The integrated circuit package further includes multiple openings in the substrate layer that may be distributed evenly in the substrate layer surrounding the conductive via. The multiple openings reduce signal insertion loss of the conductive via.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Jianmin Zhang, Myung June Lee
  • Patent number: 9470150
    Abstract: The present application provides a power augmentation system for use with a gas turbine engine. The power augmentation system may include a compressor discharge manifold, an inlet bleed heat system in communication with the compressor discharge manifold via an inlet bleed heat line, and an auxiliary compressor in communication with the compressor discharge manifold via the inlet bleed heat line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jianmin Zhang, Tailai Hu, Bradly Aaron Kippel
  • Patent number: 9441542
    Abstract: The present application provides an inlet air cooling system for cooling a flow air in a gas turbine engine. The inlet air cooling system may include an inlet filter house, a transition piece, an inlet duct, and an inlet ultrasonic water atomization system positioned about the inlet filter house, the transition piece, or the inlet duct to cool the flow of air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jianmin Zhang, Brad Kippel, James Tomey, Matthew Johnson
  • Patent number: 9425149
    Abstract: An integrated circuit package substrate may include a core layer and dielectric layers formed on top and bottom surfaces of the core layer. Routing traces such as stripline structures may be formed in some of the dielectric layers, whereas plated through hole (PTH) structures may be formed through the core layer. A first pair of PTHs that carry a first differential signal may be orthogonally intertwined with a second pair of PTHs that carry a second differential signal. Solder balls formed at the surface of the package substrate may include a first pair of solder balls that convey a first differential signal that is orthogonally intertwined with respect to a second pair of solder balls that convey a second differential signal. The package substrate may be mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB). Differential PCB vias could use the same BGA orthogonal pattern described above.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: Altera Corporation
    Inventors: Xiaohong Jiang, Jianming Huang, Hong Shi, Jianmin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20160237902
    Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine system, including an air intake system that includes a housing, a first plurality of air conditioning coils, a second plurality of air conditioning coils that is downstream relative to the first plurality, and a baffle extending between each of the first and second pluralities of air conditioning coils, wherein the baffle is configured to direct an air flow through the first or second pluralities of air conditioning coils in a closed position, and the baffle is configured to enable air flow to bypass the first and second pluralities of coils in an opened position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Jianmin Zhang, Brady Aaron Kippel, Yongjiang Hao, Douglas Scott Byrd, Hua Zhang
  • Patent number: 9372011
    Abstract: A heat exchanger and a gas-fired furnace including the same are provided. The heat exchanger includes at least two heat exchange shell enclosures; and at least three rows of heat exchange tubes arranged along a furnace air flow path. Each of the heat exchange tubes defines a leaving-tube-end and an entering-tube-end, two adjacent rows are spaced from each other, the at least three rows of heat exchange tubes are connected in a leaving-tube-end to entering-tube-end fashion sequentially via the at least two heat exchange shell enclosures to define a substantially serpentine flue gas passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2016
    Assignee: GD MIDEA HEATING & VENTILATING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chaojing Chen, Jianmin Zhang, Junhua He, Feihang Li
  • Patent number: 9359914
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an assembly including a fibrous medium having a plurality of substantially corrugated channels therein, the plurality of substantially corrugated channels being permeable to a flow of fluid therethrough; a distributor in contact with the fibrous medium, and including an aperture therein for transmitting a liquid coolant through the distributor; and at least two acoustic shields coupled to the fibrous medium and proximal to opposing sides of the distributor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Joshua Shane Sater, Jianmin Zhang
  • Patent number: 9321325
    Abstract: A thermal management system for an electric vehicle includes a device for cooling one or more heat generating components, an in-cabin heat exchanger, and a heat pump device. The heat pump device includes a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a throttling element, and a second heat exchanger which are connected through pipelines and form a first loop. The first heat exchanger and the second heat exchanger are both dual channel exchangers. The device for cooling one or more heat generating components forms a second loop with the second channel of the first heat exchanger, and forms a third loop with the second channel of the second heat exchanger. The in-cabin heat exchanger forms a fourth loop with the second channel of the second heat exchanger. Only one of the second, third, and fourth loops is not shut off at any given time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: HANGZHOU SANHUA RESEARCH INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rongrong Zhang, Yu He, Hui Wang, Jianmin Zhang, Chuliang Shi
  • Publication number: 20160108816
    Abstract: The present application provides a media pad for cooling an inlet air flow to a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The media pad may include a first media sheet with a chevron corrugated surface having a first mist eliminator and a second media sheet with a wavy corrugated surface having a second mist eliminator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: Jianmin Zhang, Bradly Aaron Kippel
  • Publication number: 20160053637
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide an assembly including a fibrous medium having a plurality of substantially corrugated channels therein, the plurality of substantially corrugated channels being permeable to a flow of fluid therethrough; a distributor in contact with the fibrous medium, and including an aperture therein for transmitting a liquid coolant through the distributor; and at least two acoustic shields coupled to the fibrous medium and proximal to opposing sides of the distributor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Inventors: Hua Zhang, Valery Ivanovich Ponyavin, Joshua Shane Sater, Jianmin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150377569
    Abstract: The present application provides an inlet heat exchanger for cooling an inlet air flow in a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The inlet air exchanger may include a media pad with a number of media sheets having a substantially three-dimensional contoured shape made from non-woven synthetic fibers and a heat exchange medium flowing from a top to a bottom of the media pad to exchange heat with the inlet air flow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Jianmin Zhang, Brad Aaron Kippel
  • Publication number: 20150308338
    Abstract: An integrated coil and fin system in a gas turbine inlet. The integrated system includes at least one wavy, non-planar, fin integrated with at least one heating/cooling coil, wherein the at least one coil is configured to heat or cool air moving through the gas turbine inlet, and wherein the at least one non-planar fin is configured to remove moisture in the air moving through the gas turbine inlet. In one embodiment, at least one hook can be included at an end or along a length of at least one non-planar fin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2013
    Publication date: October 29, 2015
    Inventors: Yongjiang Hao, Doug Scott Byrd, Brad Aaron Kippel, Jianmin Zhang
  • Patent number: 9157333
    Abstract: The present application provides an inlet bleed heat system for supplying a flow of bleed air to a flow of incoming air into a compressor of a gas turbine engine. The inlet bleed heat system may include an air knife and a silencer panel. The air knife may include a compressor bleed air port in communication with the flow of bleed air and a discharge gap to discharge the flow of bleed air into the flow of incoming air. The air knife may and the silencer panel may form an integrated air knife/silencer panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Yongjiang Hao, Douglas Scott Byrd, Hua Zhang, Bradly Aaron Kippel, Jianmin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150274665
    Abstract: Provided are compounds of Formula I which are derivatives of 3-Hydroxypyridin-4-ones. The compounds may be used in treatment of a medical condition related to a toxic concentration of iron. The compounds may be used for preparation of a medicament for treatment of a medical condition related to a toxic concentration of iron. The medical condition related to a toxic concentration of iron may be selected from the group consisting of: cancer, pulmonary disease, progressive kidney disease and Frederich's Ataxia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Tim Fat TAM, Regis LEUNG-TOUNG, Yingsheng WANG, Yanqing ZHAO, Tao XIN, Birenkumar SHAH, Blaise N'ZEMBA, Jolanta Maria WODZINSKA, Maryna PREMYSLOVA, Jianmin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150204453
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve includes a housing and a thermostatic actuating element, and the thermostatic actuating element includes a main body in which a thermosensitive substance is provided. The housing has an open end which is closed by a cap assembly. The thermostatic valve includes a first elastic element and a second elastic element, wherein the first elastic element is provided at a side of the cap assembly, and has one end abutting against the cap assembly, and another end directly abutting against or indirectly abutting against the piston at least during a moving process; the second elastic element is provided at a side of the third port, and has one end abutting against an inner wall or a bottom wall of the cavity of the housing, and another end abutting against the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 23, 2015
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haoming Qiu, Bin Yin, Jianmin Zhang, Hui Wang
  • Publication number: 20150185738
    Abstract: A thermostatic valve includes a housing internally provided with a receiving cavity and a thermostatic actuating element mounted in the receiving cavity. The receiving cavity is in communication with the exterior through at least three ports such as a first connecting port, a second connecting port, and a third connecting port. The thermostatic actuating element is mounted in the housing via two elastic members. An annular sealing collar which is fixedly mounted is provided in the receiving cavity. At least most of the thermostatic actuating element is located between the third port and the sealing collar. Such arrangement may ensure the temperature of the transmission oil when having a low temperature can rise rapidly and ensure the lubrication performance of a transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: ZHEJIANG SANHUA AUTOMOTIVE COMPONENTS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Haoming Qiu, Bin Yin, Jianmin Zhang, Hui Wang
  • Patent number: 9068671
    Abstract: An aerated swirling vertical shaft with double volute chambers comprises an upper volute chamber (2) and a first shrinking section (3) beneath the upper volute chamber (2), a venting passage (4) outside the upper volute chamber (2), a vertical shaft section (7) beneath the first shrinking section (3), as well as an aerated lower volute chamber (5) and a second shrinking section (6) communicated with the aerated lower volute chamber (5) between the first shrinking section (3) and the vertical shaft section (7), wherein the upper end of the aerated lower volute chamber (5) is connected with the first shrinking section (3), the lower end of the second shrinking section (6) is connected with the vertical shaft section (7); the upper end of the venting passage (4) is communicated with the atmosphere and the lower end is communicated with the aerated lower volute chamber (5).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Sichuan University
    Inventors: Jianmin Zhang, Weilin Xu, Shanjun Liu, Wei Wang, Jingxue Qu, Jun Deng, Zhong Tian, Jiangang Chen, Gang Lei, Yu Ren
  • Publication number: 20150152785
    Abstract: An air intake hood for channeling an incoming air flow downward in a filter house. The intake hood includes an inlet that is inclined.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2013
    Publication date: June 4, 2015
    Applicant: BHA Altair, LLC
    Inventors: Rajesh Prabhakaran Saraswathi, Bradly Aaron Kippel, Jianmin Zhang, Arun Eapen Mathew