Patents by Inventor Lan Huang

Lan Huang 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: 6461425
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to cementitious dry cast mixtures for forming cementitious articles, particularly a cementitious dry cast mixture containing a dispersant, wherein said dispersant is a derivatized polycarboxylate dispersant which is a polymer comprising units derived from at least a substituted carboxylic acid monomer or substituted ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and optionally including at least one of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, an N-polyoxyalkylene maleimide, and a condensation product of an unsubstituted carboxylic acid monomer and an alkoxypolyoxyalkylene primary amine substituted carboxylic acid monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: MBT Holding AG
    Inventors: Heath Brown, Jeffrey R. Bury, Lan Huang, Runhai Lu, Jesse Osborne, Ken Sroka, Thomas M. Vickers, Jr.
  • Patent number: 6364382
    Abstract: A drawing plate structure of a latch of an auxiliary lock includes a drawing plate having a top portion extended toward one side, thereby forming a top flat portion. A lock tongue is provided with a slot, and the top flat portion of the drawing plate is inserted into the slot of the lock tongue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2002
    Assignee: Taiwan Fu Hsing Indusrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Mu-Lan Huang, Chao-Ming Huang
  • Publication number: 20010023654
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to cementitious dry cast mixtures for forming cementitious articles, particularly a cementitious dry cast mixture containing a dispersant, wherein said dispersant is a derivatized polycarboxylate dispersant which is a polymer comprising units derived from at least a substituted carboxylic acid monomer or substituted ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and optionally including at least one of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, an N-polyoxyalkylene maleimide, and a condensation product of an unsubstituted carboxylic acid monomer and an alkoxypolyoxyalkylene primary amine substituted carboxylic acid monomer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2001
    Publication date: September 27, 2001
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Bury, Jesse Osborne, Thomas M. Vickers, Kenneth Sroka, Runhai Lu, Lan Huang, Heath Brown
  • Patent number: 6267814
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to cementitious dry cast mixtures for forming cementitious articles, particularly a cementitious dry cast mixture containing a dispersant, wherein said dispersant is a derivatized polycarboxylate dispersant which is a polymer comprising units derived from at least a substituted carboxylic acid monomer or substituted ethylenically unsaturated monomer, and optionally including at least one of an unsaturated hydrocarbon, an N-polyoxyalkylene maleimide, and a condensation product of an unsubstituted carboxylic acid monomer and an alkoxypolyoxyalkylene primary amine substituted carboxylic acid monomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2001
    Assignee: MBT Holding AG
    Inventors: Jeffrey R. Bury, Jesse Osborne, Thomas M. Vickers, Jr., Ken Sroka, Runhai Lu, Lan Huang, Heath Brown
  • Patent number: 5895525
    Abstract: Rapid setting cementitious compositions comprise hydraulic cement and at least 4% by weight based on the weight of the cement of a water-soluble malate or citramalate such as an alkali metal malate or alkali metal citramalate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 1997
    Date of Patent: April 20, 1999
    Assignee: MBT Holding AG
    Inventors: Lan Huang, Stephen A. Farrington
  • Patent number: 5634972
    Abstract: A method of controlling the hydration of a cementitious composition comprising the steps of:i) providing a cementitious composition containing an amount of a neutralized salt of an alpha-monohydroxy carboxylic acid effective to retard the cementitious composition, said carboxylic acid containing two or more carboxylic acid groups, and subsequently,ii) adding an additional amount of said neutralized salt of an alpha monohydroxy carboxylic acid or a second neutralized salt of an alpha monohydroxy carboxylic acid in an amount sufficient to activate hydration of the retarded cementitious composition, said cementitious composition comprising hydraulic binder and water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1997
    Assignee: Sandoz Ltd.
    Inventors: John T. Pacanovsky, Lan Huang, Frank T. Gay, Samy M. Shendy
  • Patent number: 5591259
    Abstract: Rapid setting cementitious compositions comprise hydraulic cement and at least 4% by weight based on the weight of the cement of a water-soluble malate or citramalate such as an alkali metal malate or alkali metal citramalate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: January 7, 1997
    Assignee: Sandoz Ltd.
    Inventors: Lan Huang, Stephen A. Farrington
  • Patent number: 4940925
    Abstract: A visual navigation system provides absolute position information to multiple automatically guided vehicles (AGVs) such as mobile robots. The beacon-equipped AGVs emit light visible to overhead television cameras. The beacons are arranged and controlled so that the vision systems can acquire, measure, and report the locations of multiple AGVs. The system controller incorporates a programmable "factory map", or knowledge base, of allowable paths of travel for the AGVs, which navigate by dead reckoning with periodic position updates from the visual navigation system. The visual navigation system notifies the autonomous AGVs and the system controller when an AGV strays from its command path. The combination of computer controls in the elements of the system provides the means to stop and to recover straying AGVs. The navigation system visually monitors normal AGV travel, off-course corrections, "lost" AGV searches, and recovery. Thus, it provides closed-loop, servo-like operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 10, 1990
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: Martin A. Wand, Anh V. Ho, Chuan-Fu Lin, Phen-Lan Huang, John P. Williston, Haradon J. Rice, Thomas J. Doty
  • Patent number: 4926103
    Abstract: The invention is a method of dynamic collision avoidance for multiple automatically guided vehicles (AGVs) on bidirectional paths. It calculates windows, or areas of computer memory, against which it matches the reported positions of AGVs. The invention acts on information from a central data base in which the factory or operating space of the AGVs is mapped and from AGV position updates supplied by an independently operating visual navigation system. The invention dynamically calculates the locations and dimensions of the windows for each position update. Since these position updates occur in real time, many times each second, the invention provides the means for the AGV system's controller to prevent collisions between the AGVs and other objects without minimizing the degrees of freedom of AGV movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 1988
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Texas Instruments Incorporated
    Inventors: David F. Summerville, John P. Williston, Martin A. Wand, Thomas J. Doty, Haradon J. Rice, Phen-Lan Huang