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: 20170298196
    Abstract: Methods of making fiber-resin compositions are described. The methods may include the providing of a thermoplastic resin to an extruder, where the thermoplastic resin may include at least one reactive moiety capable of forming a covalent bond with a coupling agent on a plurality of reactive fibers. The methods may further include combining the thermoplastic resin with the plurality of reactive fibers also supplied to the extruder. The reactive fibers are sized with the coupling agent that reacts with the thermoplastic resin to form the fiber-resin composition, which may be extruded from the extruder. Methods of making fiber-reinforced composite articles from the fiber-resin composition are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Michael J Block, Mingfu Zhang, Asheber Yohannes, Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Jawed Asrar
  • Publication number: 20170274395
    Abstract: An outlet device with fan-shaped pulsating particle water includes an inlet portion and an outlet portion; the inlet portion comprises at least two inlet holes evenly rotatably symmetrically arranged; the outlet portion comprises an outlet hole; the projection of the outlet hole on the plane of the inlet portion partially coincides with the inlet hole to form a flow down area; water flows to the outlet holes from the flow down area, the flowing direction doesn't change; water flowing to the outlet holes from the rest area of the inlet holes rotates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wencong XU, Minghao CHEN, Mingfu ZHANG, Wenxing CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170252758
    Abstract: An outlet device with slow vortex rotating water includes a diverter and an outlet body; the side surface of the diverter has at least two spiral accelerating grooves extending along the axial direction; the bottom surface of the diverter is disposed with a column shaped collision chamber concaved in the axial direction; the spiral accelerating grooves are evenly arranged about the axes of the collision chamber at the side surface of the diverter, the end of the spiral accelerating groove extends to the bottom surface of the diverter to connect to the side wall of the collision chamber; the outlet body has an accommodating chamber and a vortex rotating chamber connected to each other in the axial direction; the diverter is disposed in the accommodating chamber; the vortex rotating chamber is a ball-crown body, the flat end face is connected to the bottom end of the accommodating chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicant: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde LIN, Shigang WANG, Mingfu ZHANG, Wenxing CHEN
  • Patent number: 9725564
    Abstract: Methods of making fiber-resin compositions are described. The methods may include the providing of a thermoplastic resin to an extruder, where the thermoplastic resin may include at least one reactive moiety capable of forming a covalent bond with a coupling agent on a plurality of reactive fibers. The methods may further include combining the thermoplastic resin with the plurality of reactive fibers also supplied to the extruder. The reactive fibers are sized with the coupling agent that reacts with the thermoplastic resin to form the fiber-resin composition, which may be extruded from the extruder. Methods of making fiber-reinforced composite articles from the fiber-resin composition are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Michael J Block, Mingfu Zhang, Asheber Yohannes, Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Jawed Asrar
  • Patent number: 9725563
    Abstract: Methods of making a fiber-reinforced composite are described. The methods may include applying a sizing composition to a plurality of fibers to make sized fibers, where the sizing composition may include at least one of a curing agent or an accelerator for a resin composition. The sized fibers may be contacted with the resin composition to form a resin-fiber amalgam, where the resin composition includes 50 wt. % or less of a total amount of the curing agent and the accelerator that is also present on the sized fibers. The resin-fiber amalgam may then be cured to form the fiber-reinforced composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Jawed Asrar, Asheber Yohannes, Klaus Friedrich Gleich
  • Publication number: 20170173603
    Abstract: A remote switch combination shower head includes a first shower head, a second shower head and a switch mechanism, wherein further comprising a fixing seat assembled to a support arm, the fixing seat is disposed with an inlet waterway connected to the support arm, a first diversion waterway and a second diversion waterway; the first shower head is assembled to the fixing seat and is capable of connecting to the first diversion waterway; the second shower head is a hand shower head connected to the second diversion waterway by a flexible pipe; the switch mechanism comprises a switch component and an operation component, the switch component is disposed to the fixing seat and is coupled to the inlet waterway, the first diversion waterway and the second diversion waterway, so that the waterways are switched by the movement of the switch component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD., Huasong Zhou
    Inventors: Fengde LIN, Mingfu ZHANG, Wenxing CHEN
  • Patent number: 9683085
    Abstract: One-part binder compositions are described that may include a protein and a crosslinking combination. The crosslinking combination may include at least a first crosslinking compound and a second crosslinking compound. The first and second crosslinking compounds are individually crosslinkable with each other and with the protein. Examples of the protein include soy protein. Fiber products and methods of making the fiber products are also described. The fiber products may include organic fibers, inorganic fibers, or both, in a cured thermoset binder based on solutions of the one-part binder compositions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2017
    Assignee: Johns Manville
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Jawed Asrar, Zhihua Guo, Kiarash Alavi
  • Publication number: 20170165684
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination showerhead with push button switching comprising fixing holder, two showerheads and switching mechanism. The first showerhead is mounted to fixing holder; fixing holder comprises inlet passage connected to supporting arm and two diversion passages connected to two showerheads respectively; switching mechanism comprises diversion plate, valve core, push button and elastomer. Diversion plate is connected to fixing holder movably and cooperated with inlet and diversion passages to switching waterway by predetermined angle rotating. Valve core is slidably connected to fixing holder and connected to diversion plate in transmission way to drive diversion plate to rotate by back-and-forth sliding. Push button is movably connected to fixing holder and connected to valve core in transmission way to drive valve core to slide by user's pushing. The combination showerhead is novel and convenient for one-handed operation with reasonable layout and compact structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde LIN, Mingfu ZHANG, Wenxing CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170165682
    Abstract: A combination showerhead with swing button switching includes a fixing holder mounted to supporting arm, a first showerhead mounted to the fixing holder, a second showerhead and a switching mechanism. The fixing holder comprises an inlet passage and at least two diversion passages of which one is connected to the second showerhead and others are connected to the first showerhead. The switching mechanism includes a diversion plate, an eccentric component and a swing button. The diversion plate is capable of rotating relative to the fixing holder and cooperating with the inlet passage and the diversion passages to switching waterway. The eccentric component is fixed on the diversion plate. The swing button can swing relative to the fixing holder and can be connected to the eccentric component. The swinging of the swing button drives the diversion plate to rotate through transmission of the eccentric component and the swing button.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde LIN, Mingfu ZHANG, Jincan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170165686
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination showerhead with rotary button switching comprising fixing holder, two showerheads and switching mechanism. The fixing holder comprises an inlet passage and at least two diversion passages of which one is connected to the second showerhead and others are connected to the first showerhead. The switching mechanism comprises diversion plate, rotary button and transmission mechanism Diversion plate is rotatably connected to fixing holder and cooperated with inlet and diversion passages to switching waterway by rotating. The rotary button is rotatably connected to fixing holder for user's operation. The transmission mechanism is connected to diversion plate and rotary button in transmission way. The combination showerhead is of reasonable layout, compact structure and easy operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde LIN, Mingfu ZHANG, Xi HUANG
  • Publication number: 20170165685
    Abstract: A combination showerhead with dial button switching includes a fixing seat, two shower heads and a switch mechanism. The fixing seat has an inlet waterway and at least two diversion waterways. The switch mechanism includes a water diversion plate, a valve spool, a dial button and an elastic body. The water diversion plate is movably connected to the fixing seat and coupled to the inlet waterway and the diversion waterways, so that the plate rotates in a preset angle to switch the waterways. The valve spool is connected to the fixing seat and to the water diversion plate, so that the valve spool slides to drive the water diversion plate to rotate in a preset angle. The dial button has a cam portion and is rotatably connected to the fixing seat. The valve spool abuts against the periphery surface of the cam portion. The elastic body resets the valve spool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde LIN, Mingfu ZHANG, Jincan ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20170165683
    Abstract: The present invention is provided with an overhead shower head with backside switch, and the overhead shower head has a main body. The front end of the main body is disposed with an accommodating chamber to accommodate an outlet cover component, and the rear end is disposed with a dial button component at an eccentric position. The main body is disposed with a through hole. The water diversion body is disposed with two outlets to form a first function waterway and a second function waterway with the inlet joint. The dial button component comprises a first rotating shaft disposed at an eccentric position, and a dial button linked to the first rotating shaft and a sealing element linked to the dial button. The present invention is provided with an overhead shower head with a short switch route to switch the outlet functions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Fengde LIN, Mingfu ZHANG, Wenxing CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170167121
    Abstract: The present invention provides a combination showerhead with press button switching comprising fixing holder, two showerheads and switching mechanism. The first showerhead is mounted to fixing holder; fixing holder comprises an inlet passage and two diversion passages. The switching mechanism comprises diversion plate, transmission mechanism, sliding block and press button. Diversion plate is connected to fixing holder movably and cooperated with inlet and diversion passages to switching waterway by predetermined angle rotating. Sliding block is slidably connected to fixing holder; the transmission mechanism is connected between the diversion plate and the sliding block in transmission way so that back-and-forth sliding of sliding block drives diversion plate to rotate step-by-step in predetermined angle. Press button is movably connected to fixing holder and connected to sliding block in transmission way to drive sliding block to slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde LIN, Mingfu ZHANG, Wenxing CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170158558
    Abstract: A curable formaldehyde-free binding composition for use with fiberglass is provided. Such curable composition comprises an aldehyde or ketone and an amine salt of an inorganic acid. The composition when applied to fiberglass is cured to form a water-insoluble binder which exhibits good adhesion to glass. In a preferred embodiment the composition when applied to fiberglass provides a sufficient blackness required in facer products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Bernd Christensen, Kiarash Alavi, Souvik Nandi, Jawed Asrar, Mingfu Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170120264
    Abstract: A multifunctional shower head includes a shower head main body, a dial button component, a cyclic witch component and a water stop switch component. The dial button component includes a dial button exposed out of the shower head main body and a switch fitting element and a water stop fitting element linked to the dial button; when the dial button moves to one side, the water stop fitting element moves away from the water stop switch component and the switch fitting element to abuts against the cyclic switch component. Driving a water diversion plate of the cyclic switch component to rotate, changes the relative position of the water diversion plate and the water diversion body. When the dial button moves to another side, the switch fitting element moves away from the cyclic switch component and the water stop fitting element abuts against the water stop switch component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde LIN, Mingfu ZHANG, Wenxing CHEN
  • Publication number: 20170121474
    Abstract: Methods of making a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composite are described. The methods may include applying a sizing composition to a plurality of fibers to make sized fibers, where the sizing composition may include at least one curative for a thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer. The sized fibers may be contacted with a thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition to form a resin-fiber amalgam, where the thermoplastic polyurethane prepolymer composition includes 50 wt. % or less of a total amount of the curative that is also present on the sized fibers. The resin-fiber amalgam may then be cured to form the fiber-reinforced thermoplastic polyurethane composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Asheber Yohannes, Michael J. Block, Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Jawed Asrar
  • Publication number: 20170120261
    Abstract: An outlet switch device includes a fixing portion, a switch mechanism, a driving mechanism and an elastic body. The fixing portion is disposed with an inlet waterway and at least two diversion waterways. The switch mechanism includes a water diversion plate, a first driving mechanism and a valve shaft. The first driving mechanism connects the water diversion plate and the valve shaft, so that when the valve shaft slides one round, the water diversion plate rotates in a constant angle, the water diversion plate rotates to switch the diversion waterways to connect to the inlet waterway; the driving mechanism comprises an operation button and a second driving mechanism, the operation button is movably connected to the fixing portion for user to operate, the second driving mechanism is connected to the valve shaft in driving way, and the operation button moves to drive the valve shaft to slide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Huasong ZHOU, Fengde LIN, Mingfu ZHANG, Daliang YANG
  • Publication number: 20170120544
    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: January 18, 2017
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Mingfu Zhang, Klaus Friedrich Gleich, Asheber Yohannes, Michael John Block, Jawed Asrar, Derek Cooper Bristol, Christopher P Sandoval
  • Publication number: 20170100727
    Abstract: A waterway switch device with a shower head includes a fixation portion, a switch mechanism and a driving mechanism. The fixation portion has an inlet waterway and at least two diversion waterways. The switch mechanism is assembled in the fixation portion and comprises a water diversion plate, a first driving mechanism and a valve shaft, the water diversion plate can move with respect to the fixation portion, the valve shaft can slide with respect to the fixation portion, the first driving mechanism is connected to the water diversion plate and the valve shaft, the valve shaft sliding one round can drive the water diversion plate to rotate at a certain angle, the water diversion plate rotates to make the diversion waterways switched to connect to the inlet waterway; the driving mechanism comprises a rotation shaft and a second driving mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Applicants: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengde LIN, Wenxing CHEN, Mingfu ZHANG, Huasong ZHOU
  • Patent number: 9615697
    Abstract: A combined pilot valve mechanism and a shower system are applied with the combined pilot valve mechanism. By switching to close the control hole, the first water diversion hole or the second water diversion hole to control the pressures of the pressure cavity, the valve spool is driven to move to alternately close the first outlet or the second outlet, so that the inlet waterway is switched to connect to the first outlet waterway, the first water diversion hole or the second water diversion hole. As the shower system is applied with a combined pilot valve mechanism, which utilizes the control hole to switch the waterways, thus preventing the main pipe from great water pressure. The diameter of the control hole can be smaller, so that the water pressure of the button mechanism can be ignored, only friction and light elastic force of the spring exist.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignees: XIAMEN SOLEX HIGH-TECH INDUSTRIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yulin Wu, Mingfu Zhang, Bin Cao, Huasong Zhou