Patents by Inventor Ping Chai

Ping Chai 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: 20240050184
    Abstract: An instrument holder and a method for aligning an instrument for accessing a target within a subject, comprising a first layer, a second layer, an instrument guide with an entry and an exit point, connecting between the two layers and configured to guide the instrument from the entry point to the exit point, wherein the instrument holder is transparent to an imaging system except that the first layer and second layer include markings that are visible by the imaging system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Inventors: Guohua ZENG, Qing Hui WU, Jian Ping CHAI, Kwong Thye SIOW, Teck Kheng LEE, Soo Leong FOO
  • Patent number: 10566116
    Abstract: A series of solid solutions AlFe2_xMnxB2 have been synthesized by arc-melting and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, and magnetic measurements. All the compounds adopt the parent AlFe2B2-type structure, in which infinite zigzag chains of B atoms are connected by Fe atoms into [Fe2B2] slabs that alternate with layers of Al atoms along the b axis. The parent AlFe2B2 is a ferromagnet with Tc=282 K. A systematic investigation of solid solutions AlFe2_xMnx.B2 showed a non-linear change in the structural and magnetic behavior. The ferromagnetic ordering temperature is gradually decreased as the Mn content (x) increases. The substitution of Mn for Fe offers a convenient method for the adjustment of the ferromagnetic ordering temperature of AlFe2B2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: The Florida State University Research Foundation, Inc.
    Inventors: Michael Shatruk, Xiaoyan Tan, Ping Chai
  • Publication number: 20180005736
    Abstract: A series of solid solutions AlFe2_xMnxB2 have been synthesized by arc-melting and characterized by powder X-ray diffraction, and magnetic measurements. All the compounds adopt the parent AlFe2B2-type structure, in which infinite zigzag chains of B atoms are connected by Fe atoms into [Fe2B2] slabs that alternate with layers of Al atoms along the b axis. The parent AlFe2B2 is a ferromagnet with Tc=282 K. A systematic investigation of solid solutions AlFe2_xMnx.B2 showed a non-linear change in the structural and magnetic behavior. The ferromagnetic ordering temperature is gradually decreased as the Mn content (x) increases. The substitution of Mn for Fe offers a convenient method for the adjustment of the ferromagnetic ordering temperature of AlFe2B2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2016
    Publication date: January 4, 2018
    Inventors: Michael Shatruk, Xiaoyan Tan, Ping Chai
  • Patent number: 6793840
    Abstract: An azeotropic mixture of perfluorobutylethylene and at least one of the group consisting of bromochloromethane, cyclopentane, cis-1,2 dichloroethylene, trans-1,2 dichloroethylene and dichloromethane useful for cleaning agents, blowing agents and certain of which are suitable for flash spinning of polyolefins to make plexifilamentary fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2004
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Hyunkook Shin, Chien-Ping Chai Kao, Thomas A. J. Schweiger
  • Publication number: 20040051074
    Abstract: An azeotropic mixture of perfluorobutylethylene and at least one of the group consisting of bromochloromethane, cyclopentane, cis-1,2 dichloroethylene, trans-1,2 dichloroethylene and dichloromethane useful for cleaning agents, blowing agents and certain of which are suitable for flash spinning of polyolefins to make plexifilamentary fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2003
    Publication date: March 18, 2004
    Inventors: Hyunkook Shin, Chien-Ping Chai Kao, Thomas A.J. Schweiger
  • Patent number: 6458249
    Abstract: Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) containing less than 10 parts-per-million molar impurities, e.g., tetrafluoromethane (PFC-14), is disclosed. Azeotropic and extractive distillation processes using entraining agents for separating NF3 and PFC-14 from each other and from mixtures with other electronics industry materials are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Ralph Newton Miller, Chien-Ping Chai Kao, Barry Asher Mahler
  • Publication number: 20020001560
    Abstract: Nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) containing less than 10 parts-per-million molar impurities, e.g., tetrafluoromethane (PFC-14), is disclosed. Azeotropic and extractive distillation processes using entraining agents for separating NF3 and PFC-14 from each other and from mixtures with other electronics industry materials are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 1998
    Publication date: January 3, 2002
    Inventors: RALPH NEWTON MILLER, BARRY ASHER MAHLER, CHIEN-PING CHAI KAO