Patents by Inventor Lihua Zhao

Lihua Zhao 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: 11969945
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system is described. The system includes a reader to 1) read an identifier from a three-dimensional (3D) System printed object that includes a storage element and 2) read a location of the 3D printed object within a build material bed. An extractor of the system extracts, based on the identifier, a post processing operation to execute on the 3D printed object. A controller of the system controls a post processing operation based on extracted post processing operation information and the location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kristopher J. Erickson, Jarrid Wittkopf, Rafael Ballagas, David Wayne George, Lihua Zhao, William J. Allen
  • Publication number: 20240136131
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a liquid-cooling radiating pipe and a vacuum interrupter with a built-in liquid-cooling radiating pipe, belonging to the field of vacuum circuit breakers. Based on an original structure of an vacuum interrupter, a liquid-cooling radiating pipe of a Tesla valve structure is arranged in a conductive rod of the vacuum interrupter with the built-in liquid-cooling radiating pipe, and liquid metal is used as a circulating coolant in the liquid-cooling radiating pipe, and by using the self-circulating flow of the liquid metal in the pipeline, the capacity of the conductive rod to dissipate heat to the outside is significantly increased, and the problem of excessive internal temperature rise of a vacuum circuit breaker is effectively solved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaolong HUANG, Tao SUN, Yiwei JI, Shangyu YANG, Zhiyun WU, Shuangwei ZHAO, Shenli JIA, Lihua ZHAO, Wenjun NING, Zhong WANG, Junwen REN
  • Patent number: 11958239
    Abstract: Apparatus to produce a three-dimensional object and methods of producing a three-dimensional object are described. In some examples, a first fluid comprising a colorant and a second fluid comprising an absorber to absorb electromagnetic radiation are applied on a layer of particulate material. Application of the second fluid to the layer of particulate material is in dependence on an ability of the first fluid to absorb the electromagnetic radiation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David Ramirez Muela, Lihua Zhao, Alejandro Manuel De Pena
  • Publication number: 20240116242
    Abstract: An example of a three-dimensional (3D) printing kit includes a build material composition, an epoxy agent to be applied to at least a portion of the build material composition during 3D printing, and a fusing agent to be applied to the at least the portion of the build material composition during 3D printing. The build material composition includes a polyamide having an amino functional group. The epoxy agent includes an epoxy having an epoxide functional group to react with the amino functional group of the polyamide in the at least the portion. The fusing agent includes an energy absorber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Adekunle Olubummo, Lihua Zhao, Aja Hartman
  • Publication number: 20240112283
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ecological governance method based on erosion prevention and control for a gentle slope farmland and relates to the technical field of ecological governance of farmlands. The ecological governance method based on erosion prevention and control for a gentle slope farmland includes the following steps: sampling a gentle slope farmland to investigate erosion thereof; and determining erosion of a gentle slope cultivated land and selecting a corresponding recovery strategy based on a detection result of a sample, a soil quality index (SQI), and a comprehensive vegetation quality index (VQI), where the recovery strategy includes a natural recovery method and a biological-farming comprehensive recovery method; enclosing the gentle slope cultivated land, fallowing the gentle slope cultivated land and reducing tillage; exterminating insect pests and poisonous weeds in the enclosed area; and turning over straws under soil by a cultivator. The growth of poisonous weeds is inhibited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Weiping Yan, Shaofeng Bian, Yongjun Wang, Hongxiang Zhao, Lihua Zhang, Baoyu Chen, Hongjun Wang, Tiehua Cao, Xuanhe Liang, Guobo Tan, Ning Sun, Chen Xu, Fei Li, Xiangmeng Meng, Jinghua Wang, Qingge Wang
  • Publication number: 20240082918
    Abstract: A three-dimensional printing kit can include a particulate build material with from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % copper-containing build particles having a D50 particle size distribution value from about 1 ?m to about 150 ?m, a binding agent including a build binder to apply to particulate build material layers to form a green body object, and a shaping composition to apply to a surface of the green body object and to control green body object deformation. The shaping composition can include from about 10 wt % to about 80 wt % liquid vehicle and from about 20 wt % to about 90 wt % metal shaping particles having a D50 particle size distribution value from about 100 nm to about 100 ?m. The metal shaping particles can be smaller than the copper-containing build particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: John Samuel Dilip JANGAM, Thomas Craig ANTHONY, Lihua ZHAO
  • Patent number: 11911825
    Abstract: In an example, a method is described that includes building a first layer of a three-dimensional heterogeneous object in a first plurality of passes of an additive manufacturing system. An electronic component is inserted directly into the first layer. The electronic component is then fused to the first layer in a second plurality of passes of the additive manufacturing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Kristopher J. Erickson, David George, Sterling Chaffins, Lihua Zhao
  • Patent number: 11904537
    Abstract: A system for forming a multiple layer object, the system including: a spreader to form a layer of polymer particles, the polymer particles having a melting temperature (Tm) of at least 250° C.; a fluid ejection head to selectively deposit a first fusing agent on a first portion of the layer and selectively deposit a second fusing agent on a second portion of the layer, wherein the fluid ejection head does not deposit the fusing agent on a third portion of the layer; and a heat source to heat the first portion and second portion, wherein the first portion is part of the multiple layer object and the second portion is not part of the multiple layer object and the second portion raises a temperature of polymer particles in a subsequent layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Kristopher J. Erickson, Lihua Zhao
  • Patent number: 11897193
    Abstract: An example of a build material slurry includes metallic particles having an individual particle size up to 20 ?m, from about 0.01 wt % up to 1 wt % of a water-soluble binder, based on a weight of the metallic particles, and water. The build material slurry is a ready-to-use three-dimensional (3D) printing build material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony, Lihua Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240042680
    Abstract: In an example, a three-dimensional (3D) printed part comprises a plurality of fused build material layers including exterior layers and interior layers. At least some of the interior layers include a composite portion having a miscible solid physically bonded to an amide functionality or an amine functionality of the build material. The miscible solid is a solid at a room temperature ranging from about 18° C. to about 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Paul Olubummo, Kristopher J. Erickson, Aja Hartman, Lihua Zhao
  • Patent number: 11890809
    Abstract: A 3D printing kit can include a powder bed material comprising from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % polymer particles, a fusing agent to selectively apply to the powder bed material, and a hardener to selectively apply to the powder bed material. The polymeric particles can include a polyalkylene backbone with both ethylene and propylene polymerized monomeric units with from 2 mol % to 15 mol % of the polymerized monomeric units include a grafted side chain having an epoxide moiety. The fusing agent can include water and a radiation absorber that absorbs electromagnetic energy and converts the electromagnetic energy to heat. The hardener can be present in the fusing agent or can be included in a hardening agent that is separate from the fusing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kyle Wycoff, Adekunle Olubummo, Maria del Carmen Querol Esparch, Laurent Herschke, Lihua Zhao
  • Patent number: 11887177
    Abstract: In one example in accordance with the present disclosure, a system is described. The system includes a reader to read an identifier associated with a part. An extractor of the system extracts, based on the identifier, sensor output data for the part. A transmitter of the system transmits a re-order request for the part based on the sensor output data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Kristopher J. Erickson, Jarrid Wittkopf, Rafael Ballagas, David Wayne George, Lihua Zhao, William J. Allen
  • Patent number: 11878346
    Abstract: According to examples, an object may include a shell including a polymer binder and build material powder; and a core at least partially encompassed by the shell, the core including build material powder and a metal nanoparticle binder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
    Inventors: Kristopher J. Erickson, Thomas C. Anthony, Lihua Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240017483
    Abstract: A particulate build material for three-dimensional printing can include from about 80 wt % to 100 wt % polymer particles having an average particle size from about 10 ?m to about 125 ?m. The polymer particles can have a polyolefin polymer backbone with from about 90 mol % to 100 mol % polypropylene polymeric units and from 0 mol % to about 10 mol % polyethylene polymeric units. The polymer particles can further include a crosslinkable component in the form of a maleic anhydride-containing side chain appended to the polyolefin polymer backbone, a thiol-containing side chain appended to the polyolefin polymer backbone, a glycidyl polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane compounded with the polyolefin polymer backbone, or a combination thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2020
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Inventors: ADEKUNLE OLUBUMMO, LIHUA ZHAO, LAURENT HERSCHKE
  • Publication number: 20240001446
    Abstract: A shaping composition for controlling deformation of a green body object can include from about 10 wt % to about 80 wt % liquid vehicle, and from about 10 wt % to about 90 wt % metal particulates. The metal particulates can include from about 35 wt % to about 90 wt % high melting point metal particles, from about 10 wt % to about 65 wt % aluminum alloy particles, and from about 0.1 wt % to about 10 wt % metal complex selected from an inorganic metal salt, an organic metal salt, or a metal oxide. The metal of the metal complex can include copper, iron, aluminum, chromium, titanium, cobalt, silver, gold, nickel, tin, or zinc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2020
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: John Samuel Dilip JANGAM, Thomas ANTHONY, Lihua ZHAO, James MCKINNELL
  • Publication number: 20240002964
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method and a system for determining the steel-tapping quantity of a converter, which consider that the working environment of the steel-making process of the converter is severe, the measurement is difficult and the interference of other factors is large, and provide a data-driven prediction model based on data, combine a Principal Component Analysis (PCA) with a RBF neural network, find the relation and the internal relation among variables by carrying out mathematical analysis on the related internal structure of the original variables, can quickly and accurately realize the prediction of the steel-tapping quantity of the converter, improve the component hit rate and the product stability in the steel-making process of the converter, are beneficial to realizing the control of narrow regions of steel-making components, save the alloying cost and have good application prospects in the field of ferrous metallurgy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Yanping BAO, Ruixuan ZHENG, Lihua ZHAO
  • Patent number: 11850791
    Abstract: In one example, a device for printing a three-dimensional object is described. The device may include at least one material application unit to deposit at least one material for a voxel of the three-dimensional object, a vertical cavity surface emitting laser array comprising a plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers, the plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers including a first vertical cavity surface emitting laser to operate at a first wavelength and a second vertical cavity surface emitting laser to operate at a second wavelength, and a processor to control a deposition of the at least one material for the voxel via the at least one material application unit and to control an application of electromagnetic energy via at least one of the plurality of vertical cavity surface emitting lasers to the voxel to alter at least one property of the at least one material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: David George, Chandrakant Patel, Lihua Zhao, Michael Renne Ty Tan
  • Patent number: 11840031
    Abstract: According to examples, an apparatus includes a processor and a memory on which is stored machine readable instructions. The instructions may cause the processor to identify an intended surface property level for a surface of a three-dimensional (3D) object, determine an amount of radiation to be applied as a flash of radiation onto the surface to obtain the intended surface property level, and output the determined amount of radiation to be applied as a flash of radiation, in which a radiation source is to flash apply the determined amount of radiation onto the surface of the 3D object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Krzysztof Nauka, Andrew E. Fitzhugh, Lihua Zhao
  • Patent number: 11840016
    Abstract: A device includes a coater, a dispenser, and a treatment portion. The coater is to coat, layer-by-layer, a build material relative to a build pad to form a 3D object. The dispenser is to at least dispense a fluid including a first at least potentially electrically conductive material in at least some selected locations of an external surface of the 3D object. The treatment portion is to treat the 3D object to substantially increase electrically conductivity on the external surface of the 3D object at the at least some selected locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Kristopher J. Erickson, Thomas C. Anthony, Lihua Zhao
  • Patent number: 11833750
    Abstract: An example of a three-dimensional (3D) printing kit includes a build material composition, an epoxy agent to be applied to at least a portion of the build material composition during 3D printing, and a fusing agent to be applied to the at least the portion of the build material composition during 3D printing. The build material composition includes a polyamide having an amino functional group. The epoxy agent includes an epoxy having an epoxide functional group to react with the amino functional group of the polyamide in the at least the portion. The fusing agent includes an energy absorber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Adekunle Olubummo, Lihua Zhao, Aja Hartman