Patents by Inventor Ping Zhang

Ping 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).

  • Patent number: 7891391
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tire having a lug and groove configured rubber tread having an outer rubber cap layer with a running surface and an underlying specialized transition rubber layer. The transition rubber layer is specialized in a sense of containing at least one of partially depolymerized rubber, particulate pre-cured rubber and coal dust. The outer tread cap layer is comprised of ground-contacting tread lugs with the tread running surface and associated tread grooves positioned between said tread lugs. The tread grooves may extend radially inward through the outer tread cap layer and, optionally, into the transition tread layer. The rubber tread configuration may also optionally also include a tread base rubber layer underlying the transition rubber layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2006
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2011
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Paul Harry Sandstrom, Kuo-Chih Hua, Marc Weydert, Joseph Kevin Hubbell, Ping Zhang, Douglas Andrew Till
  • Publication number: 20110024011
    Abstract: This invention discloses a tire which is comprised of a generally toroidal-shaped carcass with an outer circumferential tread, two spaced beads, at least one ply extending from bead to bead and sidewalls extending radially from and connecting said tread to said beads, wherein said tread is adapted to be ground-contacting, and wherein said tread is comprised of (1) a filler, (2) a cured rubbery polymer, and (3) core-shell particles which are comprised of (a) a crosslinked elastomeric core consisting essentially of repeat units that are derived from at least one conjugated diolefin monomer and from 15 weight percent to 30 weight percent at least one crosslinking monomer, wherein the crosslinked elastomeric core is a polymeric composition having a glass transition temperature which is within the range of ?20° C. to 20° C., and (b) a polymeric shell which is derived from at least one vinyl aromatic monomer, wherein the polymeric shell has a glass transition temperature which is within the range of 50° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2010
    Publication date: February 3, 2011
    Applicant: THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Sean Castner, Lei Zheng, Feng Anne Xie, Ping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20110001443
    Abstract: A system is used to measure a fan rotational speed. The system includes a main controller, a first socket coupled to the linear fan, a second socket connected to the main controller, and an optical fiber amplifier connected to the main controller. A PWM (pulse width module) fan is coupled to the second socket, the PWM fan sends a first rotational speed signal, which represent a rotation speed of the PWM fan, to the main controller via the second socket. The optical fiber amplifier is capable of radiating light on fan blades of the linear fan, and sensing light reflected by the fan blades to count a rotational speed of the linear fan, and generating a second rotational speed signal which represents a rotational speed of the linear fan. The optical fiber amplifier sends the second rotational speed signal to the main controller.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2009
    Publication date: January 6, 2011
    Applicants: HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO.,LTD., HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: LING-YU XIE, KUN-LUNG WU, SHENG-CHUNG HUANG, SAN-YONG YANG, XIN-PING ZHANG, JING LIU
  • Patent number: 7863421
    Abstract: Conjugates of a Factor VIII moiety and one or more water-soluble polymers are provided. Typically, the water-soluble polymer is poly(ethylene glycol) or a derivative thereof. Also provided are compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of making the conjugates, and methods of administering compositions comprising the conjugates to a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2011
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Mary J. Bossard, Michael D. Bentley, Ping Zhang
  • Patent number: 7858749
    Abstract: Conjugates of a Factor VIII moiety and one or more water-soluble polymers are provided. Typically, the water-soluble polymer is poly(ethylene glycol) or a derivative thereof. Also provided are compositions comprising the conjugates, methods of making the conjugates, and methods of administering compositions comprising the conjugates to a patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2010
    Assignee: Nektar Therapeutics
    Inventors: Mary J. Bossard, Michael D. Bentley, Ping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100316904
    Abstract: A self flame-retardant lithium ion battery and case thereof formed of plastic with halogens are provided. In one embodiment, the plastic with halogens is selected from the group consisting of PVC (polyvinyl chloride), PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride), PTFE (polytetrafluoethylene), CPVC (chlorinated polyvinyl chloride), CPE (chlorinated polyethylene), and any combinations thereof. In another embodiment, the plastic with halogens is a mixture of a first material selected from the group consisting of PVC, PVDF, PTFE, CPVC, CPE, and any combinations thereof, and a second material selected from the group consisting of PP (polypropylene), PE (polyethylene), PB (polybutylene), and any combinations thereof. Electrolyte in the battery has hexamethyldisilazane (HMDS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Publication date: December 16, 2010
    Inventor: Gui Ping Zhang
  • Patent number: 7851284
    Abstract: A high electron mobility transistor including: a GaN material system based heterostructure; a passivating nitride layer over the heterostructure and defining a plurality of openings; and a plurality of electrical contacts for the heterostructure and formed through the openings.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2010
    Assignee: Lockheed Martin Corporation
    Inventors: An-Ping Zhang, James Kretchmer, Edmund Kaminsky, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100305863
    Abstract: To characterize an earth subterranean structure using a measurement assembly including electromagnetic (EM) receivers and one or more EM sources, measured voltage data collected by EM receivers in response to transmission by one or more EM sources is received. Based on a model, predicted EM data is computed. Inversion is iteratively performed according to a function that computes a difference between the measured voltage data and a product of a term containing the predicted EM data and a term containing distortion data that accounts at least for distortion effect by an environment of the measurement assembly. The inversion is iteratively performed to solve for parameters of the model and the distortion data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: December 2, 2010
    Inventors: Aria Abubakar, Tarek Habashy, David Alumbaugh, Ping Zhang, Guozhong Gao, Jianguo Liu
  • Patent number: 7843270
    Abstract: A low noise amplifier circuit including a front end voltage sensing and matching amplification circuit, a gain circuit and a combining circuit is disclosed. The front end voltage sensing and matching amplification circuit includes an input and two outputs and provides a matched signal at each output. The gain circuit includes two inputs, each input being respectively coupled to at least one of the two outputs of the front end voltage sensing and matching amplification circuit. The gain circuit further includes two outputs and an output signal is provided at each output of the gain circuit. The combining circuit combines the two output signals of the gain circuit. The combining circuit includes two inputs, each input is respectively coupled to at least one of the two outputs of the gain circuit. The combining circuit further includes an output providing a combined signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: Nanyang Technological University
    Inventors: Qiang Li, Yue Ping Zhang
  • Patent number: 7838112
    Abstract: This invention discloses a process for synthesizing a modified crosslinked elastomeric particle which comprises a two-step polymerization of a conjugated diolefin monomer and a vinyl aromatic monomer by emulsion polymerization, wherein the particle is synthesized by the steps of (1) polymerizing a conjugated diolefin monomer, alone or in combination with a vinyl aromatic monomer, and optionally a crosslinking monomer, to create a crosslinked elastomeric core having residual double bonds and an outer surface; (2) polymerizing a monomer of a vinyl aromatic monomer, alone or in combination with a diolefin monomer, to create a polymeric shell, wherein the polymeric shell is grafted to the outer surface of the polymeric core by reacting with the residual double bonds of the polymeric core; and (3) coagulating the core-shell emulsion latex solution to recover the particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
    Inventors: Eric Sean Castner, Lei Zheng, Feng Anne Xie, Ping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100277177
    Abstract: Methods and related systems are described for analyzing electromagnetic survey data. Electromagnetic survey data of a subterranean formation is obtained using at least a downhole transceiver deployed in a borehole and a transceiver positioned on the surface, or in the same or another borehole. Limits are defined for casing correction coefficients that account for effects of the borehole casing. A constrained inversion process is performed solving for the casing correction coefficients within the defined limits, and for one or more parameters of a model representing attributes, such as resistivity, of the subterranean formation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: David L. Alumbaugh, Cyrille Levesque, Ping Zhang, Guozhong Gao
  • Publication number: 20100266177
    Abstract: A signal processing method is provided and involves iteratively deconvoluting at least one digital signal data set with respect to time. A signal processor is also provided that can perform a signal processing method for iteratively deconvoluting at least one digital signal data set. Also provided is an instruction set readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by a machine to perform a signal processing method of iteratively deconvoluting at least one digital signal data set. Also provided is a data set readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a data set computed by a signal processing method for iteratively deconvoluting at least one digital signal data set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2009
    Publication date: October 21, 2010
    Applicant: APPLIED BIOSYSTEMS, LLC
    Inventors: Xiao-Ping Zhang, Daniel B. Allison
  • Publication number: 20100237946
    Abstract: A low noise amplifier circuit including a front end voltage sensing and matching amplification circuit, a gain circuit and a combining circuit is disclosed. The front end voltage sensing and matching amplification circuit includes an input and two outputs and provides a matched signal at each output. The gain circuit includes two inputs, each input being respectively coupled to at least one of the two outputs of the front end voltage sensing and matching amplification circuit. The gain circuit further includes two outputs and an output signal is provided at each output of the gain circuit. The combining circuit combines the two output signals of the gain circuit. The combining circuit includes two inputs, each input is respectively coupled to at least one of the two outputs of the gain circuit. The combining circuit further includes an output providing a combined signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2006
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qiang Li, Yue Ping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100226527
    Abstract: Method determining lookup table (“LUT”) for embedding watermark. For each quantization cell, calculating probabilities that signal point falls into cell. Selecting cell by probabilities. Setting LUT value to watermark value with largest probability, subject to run constraint. For remaining cells, repeating selecting and setting steps. Other method determining quantization ensemble by calculating probability density function for signal points where the watermark value to be embedded. Distortion and robustness functions are formulated. Given robustness or distortion is selected. Functions optimized, and ensemble of quantizers determined with parameters that comply. Other method quantizing in association with lossy compression. Strength of compression determined. Adapting strength of watermark with strength of compression by a mapping. Other method selecting points for embedding watermark. Determine threshold between large and small signal points using statistical method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Xiao-ping Zhang, Kan Li
  • Publication number: 20100219513
    Abstract: An integrated circuit structure is disclosed. The integrated circuit structure includes a first package substrate including a radiating element, the radiating element having a radiating element connection extending from the radiating element. The integrated circuit structure further includes a first chip positioned adjacent to the radiating element connection, the first chip having a first chip connection on a surface of the first chip, wherein the first chip connection forms a capacitive coupling with the radiating element connection. A method of forming an integrated circuit structure is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2008
    Publication date: September 2, 2010
    Applicant: NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yue Ping Zhang, Mei Sun
  • Publication number: 20100200402
    Abstract: A device is presented that includes a chip having a plurality of wells that are optionally connected by capillary channels, and a manifold member configured to be disposed over the chip for equalizing pressure over the wells and capillary channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2008
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Applicant: WAKO PURE CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, LTD.
    Inventors: Chen Li, Samuel Chan, Jian Ping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100200139
    Abstract: A pneumatic rubber tire having an integral rubber innerliner containing anchored hollow glass microspheres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2009
    Publication date: August 12, 2010
    Inventors: Roger Neil Beers, Aaron Scott Puhale, David John Zanzig, Paul Harry Sandstrom, Ping Zhang, George Frank Balogh, Joseph Kevin Hubbell
  • Publication number: 20100195514
    Abstract: A technique for operating a wireless communications system that supports multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) communications between a base station and multiple mobile stations involves generating inter-cell interference information at the mobile stations and providing the inter-cell interference information to the base station. The base station uses the inter-cell interference information to calculate channel quality indicators (CQIs) and then makes scheduling decisions in response to the CQIs. Data is transmitted from the base station to the mobile stations according to the scheduling decisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: August 5, 2010
    Inventors: Kai Xu, Chen Zixiong, Ni Ma, Kai Sun, Bei Zhou, Ying Wang, Ping Zhang
  • Publication number: 20100190885
    Abstract: The invention relates to a tire having at least one component of a rubber composition comprised of at least one conjugated diene-based elastomer which contains silica reinforcement together with use of a combination of coupling agents for the silica. The coupling agent combination is comprised of blocked alkoxyorganomercaptosilane and unblocked alkoxyorganomercaptosilane coupling agents. Such tire component may be, for example, a tire tread.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2009
    Publication date: July 29, 2010
    Inventors: Kuo-Chih Hua, Ping Zhang
  • Patent number: 7756642
    Abstract: To characterize an earth subterranean structure using a measurement assembly including electromagnetic (EM) receivers and one or more EM sources, measured voltage data collected by EM receivers in response to transmission by one or more EM sources is received. Based on a model, predicted EM data is computed. Inversion is iteratively performed according to a function that computes a difference between the measured voltage data and a product of a term containing the predicted EM data and a term containing distortion data that accounts at least for distortion effect by an environment of the measurement assembly. The inversion is iteratively performed to solve for parameters of the model and the distortion data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: Schlumberger Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Aria Abubakar, Tarek Habashy, David Alumbaugh, Ping Zhang, Guozhong Gao, Jianguo Liu