Patents by Inventor Mingfu Zhang

Mingfu 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).

  • Publication number: 20250088415
    Abstract: A network configuration method includes receiving, in response to a target electrical device being powered on, a hotspot activation instruction from a user, transmitting the hotspot activation instruction to a to-be-connected electrical device through a base station, to cause the to-be-connected electrical device to enter an automatic network configuration phase, and receiving a network connection instruction transmitted by a terminal device. The network connection instruction includes a wireless network identifier and a corresponding password. The method further includes transmitting the wireless network identifier and the corresponding password to the to-be-connected electrical device through the base station after the target electrical device has been successfully connected to a network based on the wireless network identifier and the corresponding password, to enable the to-be-connected electrical device to connect to a network based on the wireless network identifier and the corresponding password.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Mingfu JIN, Zhongcheng SU, Chenxi XUE, Huaizhou ZHANG, Jie ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250055402
    Abstract: An active heating method for an electric motor, an apparatus, a device, a storage medium and a program product. The method includes: receiving a heating instruction sent by a heat management system, where the heating instruction includes a heating power; inputting a current to the electric motor and adjusting a phase of three-phase pulses according to the heating power; continuously detecting an electric motor iron loss power, determining a difference between the electric motor iron loss power and the heating power, and adjusting a phase difference of the three-phase pulses according to the difference between the electric motor iron loss power and the heating power until the difference between the electric motor iron loss power and the heating power is less than a preset value, to realize active heating of the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicants: Viridi E-Mobility Technology (Ningbo) Co., Ltd., ZEEKR Automobile (Ningbo Hangzhou Bay New Zone) Co., Ltd., Zhejiang Geely Holding Group Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Mingfu LI, Xunjin XU, Yunhui ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12220879
    Abstract: A lightweight polymer-based composite product may include a polymer material body and a lightweight filler material that is embedded in the polymer. The polymer material body may be an in-situ polymerized polymer formed via casting of a reactive resin in a mold. The polymer may have a density of at least 1.0 g/cm3. The lightweight filler material may be concentrated on at least a portion of a first surface of the polymer material body. The lightweight filler material may have a density of between 0.1 and 1.0 g/cm3. The lightweight polymer-based composite product may have a density that is less than a comparable product that consists mainly of the polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Jieyu Hu, Lance Wang, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 12195621
    Abstract: A method of forming a binder composition includes providing a urea-formaldehyde resin and combining one or more starch compounds with the urea-formaldehyde resin to form a starch modified urea-formaldehyde resin. The one or more starch compounds may be combined with the urea-formaldehyde resin so that the starch modified urea-formaldehyde resin includes about 1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of the one or more starch compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Guodong Zheng, Mingfu Zhang, Luke Weith, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 12144127
    Abstract: A flexible display panel includes a flexible display body and a supporting structure disposed on a side of the flexible display body. The supporting structure includes a plurality of supporting layers disposed on a stack and a flexible layer disposed between each two adjacent supporting layers. An angle between at least one supporting layer of the plurality of supporting layers and a plane where a display surface of the flexible display body is located is greater than 0° and less than 90°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Hefei Visionox Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fengzhi Yu, Mingfu Zhang, Tao Zhou, Wenyi Zhao
  • Patent number: 12070933
    Abstract: A chopped roving thermoplastic composite sheet includes a web or mesh of chopped rovings and a thermoplastic resin that fully saturates the web or mesh of chopped rovings. The web or mesh of chopped rovings is not mechanically bonded and does not include a binder that bonds or adheres the chopped rovings together other than thermoplastic resin. As such, the thermoplastic resin and the web or mesh of chopped rovings are able to flow and conform to a mold or cavity when the chopped roving thermoplastic composite sheet is pressed within the mold or cavity and when the chopped roving thermoplastic composite sheet is heated to above the melting temperature of the thermoplastic resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Jawed Asrar
  • Publication number: 20240247419
    Abstract: Glass fiber products, including glass fiber mat and insulation products, are described. A glass fiber mat may include glass fibers and a binder. The binder may include cured products from a carbohydrate binder composition. The carbohydrate binder composition may include a carbohydrate, a nitrogen-containing compound, and a thickening agent. The carbohydrate binder composition may have a Brookfield viscosity of 7 to 50 centipoise at 20° C. as measured with a Brookfield viscometer using spindle 18 at 60 rpm. Glass fiber mats may include a component of a roofing shingle. Glass fiber mats may be a facer, battery separator, a filtration media, or a backing mat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Zhihua Guo, Uranchimeg Lester, Jawed Asrar, Kiarash Alavi, Mingfu Zhang
  • Patent number: 12023213
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a water flosser comprises a housing, a tooth irrigation portion, a water nozzle portion, a winding mechanism, and a water pipe configured to be bent and wound. The tooth irrigation portion is disposed in the housing and comprises a water inlet and a water outlet. The water nozzle portion is in communication with the water outlet of the tooth irrigation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: Xiamen Solex High-Tech Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhaojin Yin, Shuixiu Xie, Qinhui Tang, Mingfu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240190089
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing a thermoplastic prepreg product includes a belt or conveyor, a prepreg applicator that positions a thermoplastic prepreg atop the belt or conveyor, a foam applicator that applies a foam mixture atop the thermoplastic prepreg, a heating mechanism that heats the thermoplastic prepreg and the foam mixture to cause the foam mixture to react atop the thermoplastic prepreg, and a laminator that is configured to press the thermoplastic prepreg and foam mixture to control a thickness of the resulting thermoplastic prepreg product. The thermoplastic prepreg includes a fabric, mat, or web of fibers and a thermoplastic material that is impregnated within the fabric, mat, or web of fibers. The thermoplastic material is formed from in situ polymerization of monomers and oligomers. The foam mixture includes an isocyanate, a polyol blend, and a blowing agent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Inventors: Malay Nandi, Mingfu Zhang, Lance Wang, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 11952689
    Abstract: Processes of making a non-woven glass fiber mat are described. The process may include forming an aqueous dispersion of fibers. The process may also include passing the dispersion through a mat forming screen to form a wet mat. The process may further include applying a carbohydrate binder composition to the wet mat to form a binder-containing wet mat. The binder compositions may include a carbohydrate, a nitrogen-containing compound, and a thickening agent. The binder compositions may have a Brookfield viscosity of 7 to 50 centipoise at 20° C. The thickening agents may include modified celluloses such as hydroxyethyl cellulose (HEC) and carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), and polysaccharides such as xanthan gum, guar gum, and starches. The process may include curing the binder-containing wet mat to form the non-woven glass fiber mat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Zhihua Guo, Uranchimeg Lester, Jawed Asrar, Kiarash Alavi, Mingfu Zhang
  • Patent number: 11938691
    Abstract: A system for manufacturing a thermoplastic prepreg product includes a belt or conveyor, a prepreg applicator that positions a thermoplastic prepreg atop the belt or conveyor, a foam applicator that applies a foam mixture atop the thermoplastic prepreg, a heating mechanism that heats the thermoplastic prepreg and the foam mixture to cause the foam mixture to react atop the thermoplastic prepreg, and a laminator that is configured to press the thermoplastic prepreg and foam mixture to control a thickness of the resulting thermoplastic prepreg product. The thermoplastic prepreg includes a fabric, mat, or web of fibers and a thermoplastic material that is impregnated within the fabric, mat, or web of fibers. The thermoplastic material is formed from in situ polymerization of monomers and oligomers. The foam mixture includes an isocyanate, a polyol blend, and a blowing agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Malay Nandi, Mingfu Zhang, Lance Wang, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 11850809
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system for manufacturing a fully impregnated thermoplastic prepreg includes a mechanism for moving a fabric or mat and a drying mechanism that removes residual moisture from at least one surface of the fabric or mat. The system also includes a resin application mechanism that applies a reactive resin to the fabric or mat and a press mechanism that presses the coated fabric or mat to ensure that the resin fully saturates the fabric or mat. The system further includes a curing oven through which the coated fabric or mat is moved to polymerize the resin and thereby form a thermoplastic polymer so that upon exiting the oven, the fabric or mat is fully impregnated with the thermoplastic polymer. During at least a portion of the process, humidity in the vicinity of the coated fabric or mat is maintained at substantially zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Asheber Yohannes, Michael John Block, Jawed Asrar, Derek Cooper Bristol, Christopher P Sandoval, Matthew Walp, Edwing Chaparro-Chavez, Stanislav O Kukatin, Albert Patrick Faulkinbury, Christopher McBride, Bradley Ray Lockwood, Nicholas Gene Fitzpatrick
  • Publication number: 20230405877
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composite sheet may be composed of a polymer material matrix and a lightweight material that is disposed throughout the polymer material matrix. The polymer material matrix may extend continuously throughout a length, width, and thickness of the thermoplastic composite sheet. The polymer material matrix may be a fully polymerized thermoplastic material. The lightweight material may be fully saturated by the thermoplastic material of the polymer material matrix. The thermoplastic composite sheet may include between 50 and 99 weight percent of the thermoplastic material and between 1 and 50 weight percent of the lightweight material. The thermoplastic composite sheet may be free of reinforcing fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 11820044
    Abstract: A thermoplastic composite sheet may be composed of a polymer material matrix and a lightweight material that is disposed throughout the polymer material matrix. The polymer material matrix may extend continuously throughout a length, width, and thickness of the thermoplastic composite sheet. The polymer material matrix may be a fully polymerized thermoplastic material. The lightweight material may be fully saturated by the thermoplastic material of the polymer material matrix. The thermoplastic composite sheet may include between 50 and 99 weight percent of the thermoplastic material and between 1 and 50 weight percent of the lightweight material. The thermoplastic composite sheet may be free of reinforcing fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 11772336
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system for manufacturing a polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) prepreg includes a mechanism for continuously moving a fabric or mat and a resin application component that applies a methyl methacrylate (MMA) resin to the fabric or mat. The system also includes a press mechanism that presses the fabric or mat during the continuous movement subsequent to the application of the MMA resin to ensure that the MMA resin fully saturates the fabric or mat. The system further includes a curing oven through which the fabric or mat is continuously moved. The curing oven is maintained at a temperature of between 40° C. and 100° C. to polymerize the MMA resin and thereby form PMMA so that upon exiting the curing oven, the fabric or mat is fully impregnated with PMMA.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Asheber Yohannes, Michael John Block, Jawed Asrar, Derek Cooper Bristol, Christopher P Sandoval
  • Publication number: 20230295413
    Abstract: A method of forming a binder composition includes providing a urea-formaldehyde resin and combining one or more starch compounds with the urea-formaldehyde resin to form a starch modified urea-formaldehyde resin. The one or more starch compounds may be combined with the urea-formaldehyde resin so that the starch modified urea-formaldehyde resin includes about 1 wt. % to about 10 wt. % of the one or more starch compounds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Guodong Zheng, Mingfu Zhang, Luke Weith, Jawed Asrar
  • Publication number: 20230286228
    Abstract: A thermoplastic prepreg includes a mat, web, or fabric of fibers and hollow glass microspheres that are positioned atop the mat, web, or fabric of fibers or dispersed therein. The thermoplastic prepreg also includes a thermoplastic polymer that is fully impregnated through the mat, web, or fabric of fibers and the hollow glass microspheres so that the thermoplastic prepreg has a void content of less than 3% by volume of the thermoplastic prepreg. The thermoplastic material is polymerized monomers and oligomers in which greater than 90% by weight of the monomers or oligomers react to form the thermoplastic material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Jawed Asrar
  • Publication number: 20230255735
    Abstract: A controlling method of a water flosser, a water flosser control system, and a water flosser are provided. The controlling system comprises obtaining an oral image through an image acquiring device installed on the water flosser and controlling a water outlet nozzle of the water flosser to discharge water based on the oral image acquired by the image acquiring device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Wei LU, Mingfu ZHANG, Tiancheng LI
  • Publication number: 20230234305
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system for manufacturing a fully impregnated thermoplastic prepreg includes a mechanism for moving a fabric or mat and a drying mechanism that removes residual moisture from at least one surface of the fabric or mat. The system also includes a resin application mechanism that applies a reactive resin to the fabric or mat and a press mechanism that presses the coated fabric or mat to ensure that the resin fully saturates the fabric or mat. The system further includes a curing oven through which the coated fabric or mat is moved to polymerize the resin and thereby form a thermoplastic polymer so that upon exiting the oven, the fabric or mat is fully impregnated with the thermoplastic polymer. During at least a portion of the process, humidity in the vicinity of the coated fabric or mat is maintained at substantially zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Asheber Yohannes, Michael John Block, Jawed Asrar, Derek Cooper Bristol, Christopher P Sandoval
  • Publication number: 20230234306
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a system for manufacturing a fully impregnated thermoplastic prepreg includes a mechanism for moving a fabric or mat and a drying mechanism that removes residual moisture from at least one surface of the fabric or mat. The system also includes a resin application mechanism that applies a reactive resin to the fabric or mat and a press mechanism that presses the coated fabric or mat to ensure that the resin fully saturates the fabric or mat. The system further includes a curing oven through which the coated fabric or mat is moved to polymerize the resin and thereby form a thermoplastic polymer so that upon exiting the oven, the fabric or mat is fully impregnated with the thermoplastic polymer. During at least a portion of the process, humidity in the vicinity of the coated fabric or mat is maintained at substantially zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2023
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Asheber Yohannes, Michael John Block, Jawed Asrar, Derek Cooper Bristol, Christopher P. Sandoval