Patents by Inventor QINING SUN

QINING SUN 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: 20250114967
    Abstract: A multi-layer engineered-wood composite panel or board with a core strand layer, with one or both top and bottom surface layers formed with “fluffy” fiber layers. The fibers may be synthetic or natural. The fibers have anti-settling characteristics. The fibers may be micro-fibrillated cellulose and subsequent cellulose elemental fibrils processed to reduce lignocellulosic recalcitrance and allow the structural integrity of cell walls to be loosened and fibers to be unfolded and exposed. The processed fibers when used as a surface layer provide a denser, smoother and more uniform surface than that obtained with particle-based products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: QINING SUN, CHRISTINA M. YOUNGERS, MINA ESKANDER, KEITH T. QUISENBERRY, RYLIE BARLING, ANDREW DAY, ADAM J. STUBBS
  • Publication number: 20230313533
    Abstract: A multi-layered integrated roofing plank or panel with a base layer comprising engineered or manufactured wood, a water resistant barrier layer covering at least the outer face of the base layer, and at least one of the edges of the base layer. A texturizing material also may be affixed to, or integrated with, the water resistant barrier layer. The edges of the roofing plank or panel may be configured as part of a joint with adjacent planks or panels, including, but not limited to, shiplap joints, tongue-and-groove joints, bead-and-cove joints, butt joints, or combinations or variations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: SARATH VEGA-GUTIERREZ, JARROD KEVIN LINE, QINING SUN, LUKE MICHAS, FELICIA FANCHER, RYLIE BARLING, WILLIAM H. BAIRD
  • Publication number: 20230249377
    Abstract: Thermally-modified panels, boards, and flooring manufactured from engineered wood, including, but not limited to, oriented-strand board (OSB). These products may be in the form of a sub-floor panel or substrate, a board, a panel, a combined panel, tile, or similar form. Heat treatment or thermal modification of wood or wood-based composites provides wood-based products with improved water resistance, dimensional stability, microbial resistance, and related biological durability with reduced use of harmful chemicals and/or the elimination of hazardous chemical pretreatments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: JESSE SCHMITZ, JARROD KEVIN LINE, KEITH T. QUISENBERRY, QINING SUN, MINA ESKANDER
  • Publication number: 20230083013
    Abstract: A method to manufacture, on one or more production or manufacturing lines, an integrated roofing product, such as a roofing panel or roofing plank. A blank panel of engineered wood is cut or sawn into a plurality of raw planks or raw panels, each with an outer face, an inner face, a top edge, and a bottom edge. Each raw plank or panel is then processed by cutting or routing a profile into the top edge, the bottom edge, or both; affixing a gasket seal to the profile in the top edge or the bottom edge, or both; coating at least some or all of the outer face with a silicone-based or silicone-containing coating; applying a mix of granules and/or sand to the silicone-based coating while wet; and curing the coated plank or panel. A plurality of panels or planks can then be installed on a roofing structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventors: JARROD KEVIN LINE, LUKE MICHAS, SARATH VEGA-GUTIERREZ, FELICIA FANCHER, RYLIE BARLING, WILLIAM H. BAIRD, QINING SUN
  • Publication number: 20230030903
    Abstract: An engineered wood product with at least one engineered-wood substrate or core layer (such as, but not limited to, OSB), with a connectivity layer configured to reflect RF signals (e.g., wifi and/or cellular signals), thereby enhancing connectivity in adjacent or proximate spaces or areas. The connectivity layer may be a metallic material, such as, but not limited to, aluminum or copper. The layer may be a sheet or film or foil of the metallic material applied to the surface(s), or integrated into the interior, of the substrate or core layer. The layer also may be a coating or deposited layer. A connectivity layer may be “sandwiched” between two or more engineered-wood substrates, thereby forming a composite panel or product. The surface of the connectivity layer may be embossed or patterned.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: JESSE SCHMITZ, JARROD KEVIN LINE, LOUIS ESCOBEDO, QINING SUN