Patents by Inventor Sheng Ye

Sheng Ye 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: 12140730
    Abstract: An optical film includes an organic solid crystal film formed of a contiguous organic solid crystal having a first dimension no less than 100 micrometer and a second dimension distinct from the first dimension no less than one centimeter. Methods for making the organic solid crystal film are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Tingling Rao, Tanya Malhotra, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Lafe Joseph Purvis, II, Sandeep Rekhi, Arman Boromand, Sheng Ye, Oleg Yaroshchuk, Anurag Tyagi
  • Publication number: 20240367699
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adjustable torsion bar system and an anti-roll method, the adjustable torsion bar system is formed through the adjustable hydraulic connecting rods; and by controlling the flow of the liquid media, the characteristics of the hydraulic connecting rods are changed so that the length of the connecting rods has the characteristics of unchanged, unidirectional follow-up elongation or unidirectional follow-up shortening. Thus, the anti-rolling torsion bar system can provide the bidirectional anti-rolling torque or unidirectional anti-rolling torque to satisfy the safety driving requirements of the railway vehicle on different rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Applicant: Zhuzhou Times New Material Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haitao CHENG, Yan LUO, Jun ZHOU, Wei LI, Canhui CHEN, Sheng LIN, Te YE, Huan LIU, Xiang YIN, Wensong LIU
  • Publication number: 20240332079
    Abstract: A dicing method, a bonding method and a die are disclosed, in the die, a protective structure is formed, which at least covers a top surface of a functional layer, and substrate dicing is carried out along the thickness of dicing lanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Guoliang YE, Sheng HU, Qiong ZHAN, Jun ZHOU, Peng SUN
  • Publication number: 20240318029
    Abstract: A barrier coating for optical devices or elements that comprises poly(1H, 1H,6H,6H-perfluorohexyl diacrylate) (pFHDA) and has desirable characteristics such as oil permeation protection, increased transparency, and thermal stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Wyatt Tenhaeff, Yineng Zhao, Sheng Ye, Andrew Ouderkirk
  • Patent number: 12085232
    Abstract: A hydrogen refueling station based on low-temperature and high-pressure graded hydrogen storage includes: a liquid hydrogen storage tank, n?2 hydrogen storage vessels that are low-temperature and high-pressure vessels, a booster pump and a high-pressure vaporizer, disposed between the storage tank and the storage vessels. A temperature value and a maximum pressure value of gaseous hydrogen stored in the storage vessels are Tn and Pn; when n=2, T1<T2, P1<P2; and when n?3, T1< . . . T(n-1)<Tn, P1< . . . P(n-1)<Pn. A main refueling pipe is configured to communicate the hydrogen storage vessels with the hydrogen dispenser. A refueling controller is configured to, based on an ascending order of the temperature values, sequentially control corresponding hydrogen storage vessels to communicate with the hydrogen dispenser for participation in a refueling operation. A gaseous hydrogen refueling method based on the hydrogen refueling station is further provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jinyang Zheng, Yehong Yu, Zhengli Hua, Chaohua Gu, Sheng Ye
  • Publication number: 20240264473
    Abstract: A device includes a substrate, an alignment structure disposed on the substrate, and a layer of a birefringent medium disposed on the alignment structure. The birefringent medium has an extraordinary refractive index, an ordinary refractive index different from the extraordinary refractive index, and an intermediate refractive index between the extraordinary refractive index and the ordinary refractive index. Molecules of the birefringent medium are configured to form helical structures having a helical axis. The layer is configured with an out-of-plane principal refractive index along the helical axis, and two equal in-plane principal refractive indices within a plane perpendicular to the helical axis. The out-of-plane principal refractive index is equal to the intermediate refractive index, and is substantially the same as the two equal in-plane principal refractive indices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventors: Yuge HUANG, Tingling RAO, Sheng YE, Junren WANG, Lu LU, Hsien-Hui CHENG
  • Publication number: 20240240007
    Abstract: A polymer article includes an at least partially disentangled polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) family member composition and is characterized by an elastic modulus of at least 4 GPa and an electromechanical coupling factor (k31) of at least 0.1 at room temperature. A method of manufacturing such a polymer article may include forming an at least partially disentangled polymer composition into a polymer thin film or fiber, applying a tensile stress to the polymer article in an amount effective to induce a stretch ratio of at least approximately 5 in the thin film or fiber, and applying an electric field across a thickness dimension of the polymer article. Annealing and poling steps may separately or simultaneously accompany and/or follow the act of stretching.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Sheng Ye, Abhirup Dutta, Hao Mei, Lafe Joseph Purvis, II, Arman Boromand, Jing Chen, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Kristy Alana Jost
  • Patent number: 12031019
    Abstract: An optically clear, high strength, high modulus, and high thermal conductivity polyethylene thin film may be formed from a crystallizable polymer and an additive configured to interact with the crystallizable polymer to facilitate crystallite alignment and, in some examples, create a higher crystalline content within the polyethylene thin film. The polyethylene thin film may be characterized by a bimodal molecular weight distribution where the molecular weight of the additive may be less than approximately 5% of the molecular weight of the crystallizable polymer. Example crystallizable polymers may include high molecular weight polyethylene, high density polyethylene, and ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene. Example additives may include low molecular weight polyethylene and polyethylene oligomers. The polyethylene thin film may be characterized by a Young's modulus of at least approximately 10 GPa, a tensile strength of at least approximately 0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Ye, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Arman Boromand, Christopher Stipe, Hao Mei, Christopher Yuan Ting Liao
  • Publication number: 20240210611
    Abstract: A lightguide with partially reflective slanted polarization-selective bulk mirrors is disclosed. The lightguide may be used in a near-eye display with a polarized image source. The polarization-selective bulk mirrors reflect light of the polarized image source, and fully transmit light of the orthogonal polarization, causing the mirrors to be less conspicuous to an external viewer while preserving high efficiency of delivery of the image light to the viewer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Miaomiao Xu, Ying Geng, Sheng Ye, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Zhaoyu Nie
  • Patent number: 11987677
    Abstract: A mechanically and piezoelectrically anisotropic polymer thin film is formed from a crystallizable polymer and an additive configured to interact with the polymer to facilitate chain alignment and, in some examples, create a higher crystalline content within the polymer thin film. The polymer thin film and its method of manufacture may be characterized by a bimodal molecular weight distribution where the molecular weight of the additive may be less than approximately 5% of the molecular weight of the crystallizable polymer. Example polymers may include vinylidene fluoride, trifluoroethylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, and vinyl fluoride. Example additives may occupy up to approximately 60 wt. % of the polymer thin film. The polymer thin film may be characterized by a piezoelectric coefficient (d31) of at least approximately 5 pC/N or an electromechanical coupling factor (k31) of at least approximately 0.1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Sheng Ye, Hao Mei, Cody Wayne Weyhrich, Arman Boromand, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Emma Rae Mullen, Christopher Stipe, Nagi Hosni Elabbasi, Rui Jian
  • Publication number: 20240142687
    Abstract: A lighting assembly may include a light source and a reflective polarizer overlapping the light source. A portion of light that is incident on the reflective polarizer may not pass through the reflective polarizer and may be reflected back to the light source. The light source may include at least one of a light emitting diode (LED), a micro-LED, an organic light emitting diode (OLED), a micro-OLED, a liquid crystal on silicon (LCoS), or an fLCoS light source. The reflective polarizer may include a polymer birefringent multilayer structure of alternating first layers and second layers. The first layers may each include an isotropic polymer thin film the second layers each include an anisotropic polymer thin film. Various other devices, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Sheng Ye, Zhaoyu Nie, Tanya Malhotra, Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Ehsan Vadiee, Andrew John Ouderkirk
  • Publication number: 20240142677
    Abstract: A notched filter includes a multilayer having alternating first and second polymer layers, the first polymer layers each including an isotropic polymer thin film having in-plane refractive indices n1x and n1y, and the second polymer layers each including an isotropic or anisotropic polymer thin film having in-plane refractive indices n2x and n2y, where a thickness of each successive first polymer layer decreases with increasing distance from a centerline of the multilayer, and a thickness of each successive second polymer layer increases with increasing distance from the centerline. Such a filter may be configured to reflect incident light having a desired polarization state within a predetermined and relatively narrow band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Zhaoyu Nie, Sheng Ye, Liliana Ruiz Diaz, Weihua Gao, Spencer Allan Wells, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Arman Boromand, Junren Wang, Tingling Rao, Lafe Joseph Purvis, II, Hend Baza
  • Publication number: 20240130239
    Abstract: An actuator assembly includes a primary electrode, a secondary electrode overlapping at least a portion of the primary electrode, and an electroactive polymer layer disposed between the primary electrode and the secondary electrode, where the electroactive polymer layer includes a non-vertical (e.g., sloped) sidewall with respect to a major surface of at least one of the electrodes. The electroactive polymer layer may be characterized by a non-axisymmetric shape with respect to an axis that is oriented orthogonal to an electrode major surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Kenneth Alexander Diest, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Renate Eva Klementine Landig, Katherine Marie Smyth, Spencer Allan Wells, Tingling Rao, Sheng Ye, Eric Collier Schmitt, Nagi Hosni Elabbasi, Bachir Ahmed Abeid
  • Publication number: 20240121882
    Abstract: A thermoplastic interposer formed of ordered polymer sheets that may be configured to act as an interconnect and as a thermal energy spreader. In examples, the thermoplastic interposer may include one or more extensions or wings to further dissipate heat. In examples, laser direct structuring (LDS) may be used to form or more through silicon vias (TSVs) or through-chip vias. In examples, the ordered polymer sheets may be extruded via a roll-to-roll process, stacked, and processed to form a laminate interposer structure that makes up the interposer. In examples, the thermoplastic interposer may be used in multi-layer structures interconnecting two or more board assemblies such as printed circuit boards (PCB)s.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Brian Toleno, Michael Nikkhoo, Arman Boromand, Sheng Ye, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Jonathan Robert Peterson
  • Publication number: 20240116238
    Abstract: A method of forming a uniaxially oriented crystalline polymer article includes heating a segment of a crystallizable polymer article to a first temperature, applying a stress to the crystallizable polymer article in an amount effective to induce a positive strain within the segment of the crystallizable polymer article, and heating the segment of the crystallizable polymer article to a second temperature greater than the first temperature while continuing to apply the stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Andrew John Ouderkirk, Nagi Hosni Elabbasi, Sheng Ye, Arman Boromand, Jing Chen
  • Publication number: 20240094445
    Abstract: A liquid lens with flexible transparent active layers on both sides of a fluid is transformed along two distinct deformation axes. The flexible transparent active layers include piezoelectric materials that actuate the lens in response to applied voltage(s). The piezoelectric properties and actuation mechanism of the transparent layers are arranged to deform the lens cylindrically along different axes resulting in a net spherical deformation or a combination of spherical and cylindrical deformation with substantially less distortion than spherically deforming layers. The piezoelectric active layers may be polymer or ceramic with isotropic or anisotropic mechanical stiffness. Alternatively, a pair of transparent, internal layers are positioned between the front and rear surfaces. The active layers, front and/or rear, are dual layers affixed together with an adhesive or single layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicant: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Nagi ELABBASI, Christopher Yuan Ting LIAO, Jonathan Robert PETERSON, Sheng YE, Eugene CHO, Spencer Allan WELLS, Andrew John OUDERKIRK, Emma MULLEN
  • Publication number: 20240084121
    Abstract: A mechanically and piezoelectrically anisotropic polymer article is formed from a crystallizable fluoropolymer and a nucleating agent. The polymer article may be a thin film or a fiber, for example. A crystalline phase may constitute at least approximately 50% of the polymer article. In certain examples, a fluoropolymer may include vinylidene fluoride, trifluoroethylene, chlorotrifluoroethylene, hexafluoropropylene, and vinyl fluoride. The polymer article may include up to approximately 10 wt. % of the nucleating agent. Such a polymer article is optically transparent, has an elastic modulus of at least approximately 3 GPa, and an electromechanical coupling factor (k31) of at least approximately 0.15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Sheng Ye, Jinghui Yang, Rui Jian, Hao Mei, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Stephen Hsieh, Alexander Keener, Jonathan Robert Peterson
  • Publication number: 20240069265
    Abstract: A multilayer polymer thin film includes an anti-reflective coating directly overlying a reflective polarizer stack. The reflective polarizer stack includes alternating first and second polymer layers, where the first layers include an isotropic polymer thin film and the second layers include an anisotropic polymer thin film. The anti-reflective coating (ARC) includes alternating third and fourth layers, where the third layers include an isotropic polymer thin film or an anisotropic polymer thin film and the fourth layers include an isotropic polymer thin film. The multilayer polymer thin film may be formed by co-extrusion where the reflective polarizer stack and the anti-reflective coating are formed simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Weihua Gao, Sheng Ye, Silvio Grespan, Aiqing Chen, Rongzhi Huang, Christopher Yuan Ting Liao, Andrew John Ouderkirk, Zhaoyu Nie, Liliana Ruiz Diaz
  • Patent number: 11912801
    Abstract: A curable composition is provided comprising a urethane (meth)acrylate oligomer, a urethane (urea) phosphonate ad-hesion promoter, optionally reactive diluents, and an initiator. The use of the urethane (urea) phosphonate adhesion promotor provides better ageing stability and adhesion, as measured by T-peel adhesion test, than the use of other conventional adhesion promotors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Ying Lin, Sheng Ye, Thomas P. Klun, Semra Colak Atan, Jerald K. Rasmussen
  • Patent number: D1014064
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Linhai Ziye Leisure Products Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sheng Ye