Patents by Inventor Qun Fan

Qun Fan 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: 7635533
    Abstract: An improved metal alloy composition for a fuel cell catalyst containing platinum, manganese, and cobalt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 22, 2009
    Assignees: Symyx Solutions, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushike Kaisha
    Inventors: Qun Fan, Peter Strasser, Alexander Gorer, Martin Devenney, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Daniel M. Giaquinta, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Kenta Urata, Kazuhiko Iwasaki, Hiroichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7608560
    Abstract: A fuel cell catalyst comprising platinum, titanium and tungsten. In one or more embodiments, the concentration of platinum is less than 60 atomic percent, and/or the concentration of titanium is at least 20 atomic percent, and/or the concentration of tungsten is at least 25 atomic percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignees: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Qun Fan, Peter Strasser, Alexander Gorer, Martin Devenney, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Daniel M. Giaquinta, Kenta Urata, Hiroichi Fukuda, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Keith James Cendak
  • Patent number: 7577866
    Abstract: Described are techniques for performing data recovery processing for two failed devices included in a set of devices. It is determined whether the two failed devices are each one of the data devices, a horizontal parity device, or a diagonal parity device. Each of the data devices is partitioned into N?1 data segments. The horizontal parity device includes N horizontal parity segments each including parity information for a horizontal grouping of N?1 of the data segments. The diagonal parity device includes N diagonal parity segments each including parity information for a diagonal grouping of N?1 of the data segments. Recovery processing is performed to recover two failed devices in accordance with the diagonal parity device, the horizontal parity device, and the data devices.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Qun Fan, Ofer E. Michael
  • Patent number: 7479343
    Abstract: A fuel cell electrocatalyst that contains platinum, indium, and at least one of tungsten, iron, and manganese.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2009
    Assignees: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Martin Devenney, Alexander Gorer, Peter Strasser, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Daniel M. Giaquinta, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis
  • Patent number: 7472221
    Abstract: Accessing data memory includes writing data to a first memory location and to a second memory location in response to a request to write data to a memory address that corresponds to both locations, where the first and second memory locations are mirrored, in response to a request to read data from the memory address, reading data from the first memory location or the second memory location based on load balancing, and accessing data from the second memory location in response to a request to access data at the memory address when memory hardware corresponding to the first memory location has failed. Accessing the data memory may include requesting access to a specific one of the first and second memory locations. The memory address may contain a portion that is common to both the first memory location and the second memory location. Hardware coupled to the memory may cause data written using the memory address to be automatically written to the first memory location and the second memory location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome J. Cartmell, Qun Fan, Steven T. McClure, Robert DeCrescenzo, Haim Kopylovitz, Eli Shagam
  • Patent number: 7422994
    Abstract: A composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, copper and tungsten, or an oxide, carbide and/or salt of one or more of platinum, copper and tungsten, wherein the sum of the concentrations of platinum, copper and tungsten, or an oxide, carbide and/or salt thereof, is greater than 90 atomic percent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2008
    Assignees: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Konstantinos Chondroudis, Alexander Gorer, Peter Strasser, Martin Devenney, Qun Fan, Daniel M. Giaquinta, Keith James Cendak, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Kenta Urata
  • Publication number: 20080166623
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, nickel, and iron, wherein (i) the concentration of platinum is greater than 50 atomic percent, the concentration of nickel is less than 15 atomic percent and/or the concentration of iron is greater than 30 atomic percent, or (ii) the concentration of platinum is greater than 70 atomic percent and less than about 90 atomic percent. The present invention is further directed to a process for preparing such a catalyst composition from a catalyst precursor composition comprising platinum, nickel, and iron, wherein the concentration of platinum therein is less than 50 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2004
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicants: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keith James Cendak, Jennifer N. Cendak, Peter Strasser, Alexander Gorer, Martin Devenney, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Daniel M. Giaquinta, Kenta Urata, Kazuhiko Iwasaki, Hiroichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20080044719
    Abstract: A composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, copper and titanium, or an oxide, carbide and/or salt of one or more of platinum, copper and titanium, wherein the sum of the concentrations of platinum, copper and titanium, including an oxide, carbide and/or salt thereof, is greater than about 90 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2006
    Publication date: February 21, 2008
    Applicants: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Alexander Gorer, Peter Strasser, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Daniel Giaquinta, Keith Cendak, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Kenta Urata
  • Patent number: 7302526
    Abstract: Handling a faulting memory of a pair of mirrored memories includes initially causing a non-faulting memory of the pair of mirrored memories to service all read and write operations for the pair of mirrored memories, determining that hardware corresponding to the faulting memory of the pair of mirrored memories has been successfully replaced to provide a new memory, in response to the new memory being provided, causing data to be copied from the non-faulting memory to the new memory while data is being read to and written from the non-faulting memory, and, in response to successful copying to the new memory, causing writes to be performed to both memories of the pair of mirrored memories and selecting one of the pair of mirrored memories for read operations when one or more read operations are performed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: EMC Corporation
    Inventors: Jerome J. Cartmell, Qun Fan, Steven T. McClure, Robert DeCrescenzo, Haim Kopylovitz, Eli Shagam
  • Publication number: 20070054802
    Abstract: A fuel cell electrocatalyst that contains platinum, vanadium, and iron. In one embodiment, the fuel cell electrocatalyst has a concentration of platinum that is less than 50 atomic percent. In another embodiment, the fuel cell electrocatalyst has a concentration of vanadium that is greater than 25 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: March 8, 2007
    Applicants: Symyx Technolgies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Daniel Giaquinta, Alexander Gorer, Martin Devenney, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Peter Strasser, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Keith Cendak
  • Publication number: 20070042259
    Abstract: A fuel cell catalyst comprising platinum, titanium and tungsten. In one or more embodiments, the concentration of platinum is less than 60 atomic percent, and/or the concentration of titanium is at least 20 atomic percent, and/or the concentration of tungsten is at least 25 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2004
    Publication date: February 22, 2007
    Applicants: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Qun Fan, Peter Strasser, Alexander Gorer, Martin Devenney, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Daniel Giaquinta, Kenta Urata, Hiroichi Fukuda, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Keith Cendak
  • Publication number: 20070037696
    Abstract: A composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, palladium and titanium, or an oxide, carbide and/or salt of one or more of platinum, palladium and titanium, wherein the sum of the concentrations of platinum, palladium and titanium, including an oxide, carbide and/or salt thereof, is greater than about 90 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2006
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicants: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Alexander Gorer, Peter Strasser, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Daniel Giaquinta, Keith Cendak, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Kenta Urata
  • Publication number: 20070037039
    Abstract: A composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, copper and tungsten, or an oxide, carbide and/or salt of one or more of platinum, copper and tungsten, wherein the sum of the concentrations of platinum, copper and tungsten, or an oxide, carbide and/or salt thereof, is greater than 90 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2005
    Publication date: February 15, 2007
    Applicants: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Konstantinos Chondroudis, Alexander Gorer, Peter Strasser, Martin Devenney, Qun Fan, Daniel Giaquinta, Keith Cendak, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Kenta Urata
  • Publication number: 20060251952
    Abstract: A fuel cell catalyst comprising platinum, chromium, and copper, nickel or a combination thereof. In one or more embodiments, the concentration of platinum is less than 50 atomic percent, and/or the concentration of chromium is less than 30 atomic percent, and/or the concentration of copper, nickel, or a combination thereof is at least 35 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2004
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Konstantinos Chondroudis, Alexander Gorer, Martin Devenney, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Daniel Gianquinta, Kenta Urata, Hiroichi Fukuda, Qun Fan, Peter Strasser, Keith Cendak
  • Patent number: 7101639
    Abstract: An improved metal alloy fuel cell electrocatalyst composition containing platinum, rhodium, molybdenum, and nickel iron or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2006
    Assignees: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Alexander Gorer, Peter Strasser, Martin Devenney, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Daniel M. Giaquinta, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Kenta Urata, Kazuhiko Iwasaki, Hiroichi Fukuda
  • Patent number: 7040091
    Abstract: A multilevel speed regulation jack includes an input oil cylinder, an output oil cylinder, and a fluid conduit member between the cylinders. The output oil cylinder includes a cylinder body containing an annular space and a tube piston, which fits in the annular space. A sliding sleeve of the tube piston is movably positioned in the annular space. An annular in-flow oil chamber is formed between the end annular surface of the tube piston and the cylinder body, and a central in-flow oil chamber is formed between the inner central surface of the piston and the cylinder body. The fluid conduit member includes at least two parallel fluid channels connected to the central in-flow oil chamber and the annular in-flow oil chamber, respectively. A control valve in one of the fluid channels opens/closes the channel. The jack can automatically switch between different jacking speeds based on the load sensed by the system and therefore has a high jacking efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2006
    Inventor: Qun Fan
  • Publication number: 20060058185
    Abstract: A composition for use as a catalyst in, for example, a fuel cell, the composition comprising platinum, copper, and nickel, wherein the concentration of platinum therein is greater than 50 atomic percent and less than 80 atomic percent, and further wherein the sum of the concentrations of platinum, copper and nickel is greater than 95 atomic percent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2005
    Publication date: March 16, 2006
    Applicants: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Keith Cendak, Alexander Gorer, Peter Strasser, Martin Devenney, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Daniel Giaquinta, Kenta Urata, Hiroyuki Oyanagi
  • Publication number: 20060019825
    Abstract: Abstract of the Disclosure A fuel cell electrocatalyst that contains platinum, indium, and at least one of tungsten, iron, and manganese.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: January 26, 2006
    Applicants: Symyx Technologies, Inc., Honda Giken Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: MARTIN DEVENNEY, Alexander Gorer, Peter Strasser, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Daniel Giaquinta, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis
  • Publication number: 20050227128
    Abstract: A fuel cell catalyst containing platinum, zinc, and at least one of nickel and iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2003
    Publication date: October 13, 2005
    Inventors: Martin Devenney, Peter Strasser, Alexander Gorer, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Daniel Giaquinta, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Kenta Urata, Kazuhiko Iwasaki, Hiroichi Fukuda
  • Publication number: 20050170222
    Abstract: An improved metal alloy composition for a fuel cell catalyst containing platinum, nickel, and manganese or iron.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2003
    Publication date: August 4, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Strasser, Alexander Gorer, Martin Devenney, Ting He, Hiroyuki Oyanagi, Qun Fan, Konstantinos Chondroudis, Daniel Giaquinta, Kenta Urata, Kazuhiko Iwasaki, Hiroichi Fukuda