Patents by Inventor Shurong Tian

Shurong Tian 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: 20240335828
    Abstract: A gas-phase aldehyde hydrogenation catalyst, a preparation method thereof and an application thereof, where the preparation method includes: mixing an aluminum salt, a first zinc salt, silica sol, a first precipitant and water, and performing a first aging treatment to obtain a first mixed solution; mixing a copper salt, a second zinc salt, a zinc powder and water, and performing an ultrasonic treatment to obtain a second mixed solution; mixing the first mixed solution, the second mixed solution and a second precipitant, and performing a second aging treatment to obtain a third mixed solution; adding boric acid into the third mixed solution, and performing a third aging treatment to obtain a fourth mixed solution; filtering the fourth mixed solution, and sequentially drying and roasting the obtained solid product to obtain a catalyst precursor; mixing and molding the catalyst precursor with a graphite to obtain a gas-phase aldehyde hydrogenation catalyst.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2024
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Shurong NI, Xianjun WU, Gang WANG, Endong XIA, Famin SUN, Zidong WANG, Yu LIANG, Hongyu TIAN, Ruifeng LI
  • Patent number: 11792954
    Abstract: A server drawer comprising a plurality of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) respectively containing heat-generating electronic devices. The server drawer further comprises a plurality of fans configured to convectively dissipate heat from the heat-generating electronic devices. The server drawer further comprises internal partitions isolating airflow between respective PCBs of the plurality of PCBs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Todd Edward Takken, Shurong Tian
  • Patent number: 11792911
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising chips mounted to a substrate, wherein one or more of the chips comprises a first height and one or more of the chips comprises a second height, wherein the first height is taller than the second height. A cold plate located above the plurality of chips, wherein the cold plate includes a bottom wall and a top wall, wherein the cold plate includes a plurality of cooling fins that are attached to the bottom wall of the cold plate, wherein the cold plate accommodates the plurality of chips, wherein the chips includes chips having the first height and the second height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shurong Tian, Todd Edward Takken
  • Publication number: 20230269899
    Abstract: A server drawer comprising a plurality of Printed Circuit Boards (PCBs) respectively containing heat-generating electronic devices. The server drawer further comprises a plurality of fans configured to convectively dissipate heat from the heat-generating electronic devices. The server drawer further comprises internal partitions isolating airflow between respective PCBs of the plurality of PCBs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Todd Edward Takken, Shurong Tian
  • Patent number: 11631635
    Abstract: A method includes attaching an integrated circuit chip module substrate to a printed circuit board (PCB). First region(s) of a bottom surface of the module include electrical contacts to the board, and second region(s) of the bottom surface of the module lack such contacts. Mechanical structures are assembled into the second regions. These structures allow lateral motion of the module relative to the board, and are sized and placed to inhibit bending of the second regions of the module towards the board under application of a vertical force on a top surface of the module. A package for an integrated circuit may be assembled using the method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shurong Tian, Todd Edward Takken
  • Patent number: 11621212
    Abstract: In an apparatus for coupling integrated circuits to printed circuit boards, a backing plate with manufactured features on the top surface includes a module lid; a planar structure; a device seated in the planar structure, with the module lid in contact with the top surface of the device; and a backing plate that contains manufactured features on one side. The backing plate is in contact with the planar structure, and a plurality of fastening mechanisms couple together the lid, the device, the planar structure, and the backing plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Yuan Yao, Shurong Tian, Todd Edward Takken
  • Publication number: 20220408544
    Abstract: An apparatus comprising chips mounted to a substrate, wherein one or more of the chips comprises a first height and one or more of the chips comprises a second height, wherein the first height is taller than the second height. A cold plate located above the plurality of chips, wherein the cold plate includes a bottom wall and a top wall, wherein the cold plate includes a plurality of cooling fins that are attached to the bottom wall of the cold plate, wherein the cold plate accommodates the plurality of chips, wherein the chips includes chips having the first height and the second height.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Shurong Tian, Todd Edward Takken
  • Patent number: 11497143
    Abstract: An assembled circuit board has a topology that defines positions, dimensions and power dissipation of components mounted to the circuit board, including a high power component and one or more low power components. A cold plate makes thermal contact to the high power component through a thermal interface material. A thermally conductive sheet overlays the circuit board and is formed to match the topology of the low power component or components. The sheet has a first portion that makes thermal contact with the cold plate and a second portion that overlays the low power component or components. The cold plate removes heat directly from the high power component and indirectly through the thermally conductive sheet from the low power component or components. The thermally conductive sheet conforms to the topology of the low power components either by preforming or by flexibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul W. Coteus, Mark D. Schultz, Todd E. Takken, Shurong Tian
  • Publication number: 20220330414
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a cabinet; an air-mover attached to the cabinet; a circuit board mounted in the cabinet; and an air-cooled heat sink attached in thermal contact with a heat-generating component on the circuit board. The heat sink includes a heat sink base; primary heat removal fins protruding from the heat sink base in a direction away from the circuit board; and secondary heat removal fins protruding from the heat sink base in a direction toward the circuit board. The air-mover is configured to force air between the primary heat removal fins and between the secondary heat removal fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Shurong Tian, Todd Edward Takken, Joshua M. Rubin
  • Patent number: 11439043
    Abstract: A single device having both thermal and alignment features is provided to mechanically align and more efficiently cool multiple heat generating components. The device includes one or more thermal structures and assembly alignment features, in which the one or more thermal structures make thermal contact with a plurality of heat generating components. The assembly alignment features control the positions of the heat generating components during assembly of the heat generating components onto a common substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shurong Tian, Todd E. Takken, Liam McAuliffe
  • Patent number: 11350544
    Abstract: A cold plate apparatus includes a top wall and a bottom wall that enclose a plenum for fluid flow; an inlet and an outlet each formed in one of the top wall or the bottom wall; a first active area within the plenum; a second active area within the plenum; and a partition that extends between the top wall and the bottom wall within the plenum and that separates the first active area from the second active area so that a portion of fluid flowing from the inlet to the outlet through the plenum flows through either the first active area or the second active area but not through both active areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shurong Tian, Todd Edward Takken
  • Publication number: 20220165488
    Abstract: An approach for reducing unwanted magnetic coupling with conductive elements by keeping the localized magnetic field in a transformer's or inductors magnetic gap far away from any conductive elements is provided. The approach includes the use of spacers to keep the localized magnetic field in a transformer's or inductor's magnetic gap far away from any conductive elements to reduce unwanted magnetic coupling with those conductive elements. The spacers can be made from materials including ferrite, conductors and non-conducting elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Yuan Yao, Todd Edward Takken, Xin Zhang, Andrew Ferencz, Shurong Tian
  • Patent number: 11243034
    Abstract: A cold plate structure, wherein a thermally active region includes fins metal injection molded in a single piece with a fin base sufficiently thin so that the active region mechanically conforms to the heat generating device that the cold plate cools. The fin base is formed as a common structure with a bottom wall of the cold plate, reducing thermal resistance between the device and the fins and also enhancing mechanical flexibility. Another cold plate structure can include multiple thermally active regions, with flexible outer walls and a reduced thickness between active regions, allowing for position variation between multiple heat generation devices that are cooled by the common cold plate. A common base having multiple physically separate active regions can be metal injection molded in a single step, or bases of multiple active regions can be formed individually and joined later to form a common single cold plate structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Todd E. Takken, Shurong Tian
  • Publication number: 20210307195
    Abstract: A cold plate apparatus includes a top wall and a bottom wall that enclose a plenum for fluid flow; an inlet and an outlet each formed in one of the top wall or the bottom wall; a first active area within the plenum; a second active area within the plenum; and a partition that extends between the top wall and the bottom wall within the plenum and that separates the first active area from the second active area so that a portion of fluid flowing from the inlet to the outlet through the plenum flows through either the first active area or the second active area but not through both active areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Shurong Tian, Todd Edward Takken
  • Patent number: 11131506
    Abstract: An method for forming a cooling apparatus for cooling an electronic component. The apparatus has a planar top member of a thermal energy conductive material and a parallel planar bottom member of the material, the planar bottom member including a surface having regions configured for heat exchange contact with the electronic component. The planar top member has a plurality of stamped indent formations at a plurality of locations, each indent formation providing a contact surface such that the planar top member is affixed to the bottom member by braze or solder at each contact surface. Alternatively, the planar bottom member also has a plurality of stamped indent formations in alignment with indent formations of the top member. The planar top member is affixed to the bottom member by brazing or soldering each respective contact surface of an indent formation of the planar top member to an opposing contact surface of a corresponding indent formation of the parallel planar bottom member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Paul W. Coteus, Shawn A. Hall, Mark D. Schultz, Todd E. Takken, Shurong Tian
  • Publication number: 20210217690
    Abstract: A method includes attaching an integrated circuit chip module substrate to a printed circuit board (PCB). First region(s) of a bottom surface of the module include electrical contacts to the board, and second region(s) of the bottom surface of the module lack such contacts. Mechanical structures are assembled into the second regions. These structures allow lateral motion of the module relative to the board, and are sized and placed to inhibit bending of the second regions of the module towards the board under application of a vertical force on a top surface of the module. A package for an integrated circuit may be assembled using the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Shurong Tian, Todd Edward TAKKEN
  • Patent number: 11058030
    Abstract: An apparatus includes a top wall and a bottom wall. The top wall and the bottom wall define and enclose a first fin area; a second fin area; and a flex region joining the first fin area to the second fin area. The flex region is connected in fluid communication with the interior of the first fin area and the interior of the second fin area. The flex region is bent or twisted at a nonzero angle around at least one axis relative to the broadest surfaces of the first and second fin areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Shurong Tian, Todd E. Takken
  • Patent number: 11056413
    Abstract: An inductor includes a conductor having a first end and a second end, wherein the first end, the second end, or both ends are configured to be mounted on a substrate and configured to receive a heat flow; and one or more magnetic cores surrounding a first portion of the conductor, the first portion of the conductor being intermediate the first end and the second end of the conductor. A second portion of the conductor not surrounded by the one or more magnetic cores is configured to transfer the heat flow from the conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Xin Zhang, Todd Takken, Shurong Tian, Yuan Yao
  • Publication number: 20210193557
    Abstract: In an apparatus for coupling integrated circuits to printed circuit boards, a backing plate with manufactured features on the top surface includes a module lid; a planar structure; a device seated in the planar structure, with the module lid in contact with the top surface of the device; and a backing plate that contains manufactured features on one side. The backing plate is in contact with the planar structure, and a plurality of fastening mechanisms couple together the lid, the device, the planar structure, and the backing plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Yuan Yao, Shurong Tian, Todd Edward Takken
  • Publication number: 20200375066
    Abstract: A single device having both thermal and alignment features is provided to mechanically align and more efficiently cool multiple heat generating components. The device includes one or more thermal structures and assembly alignment features, in which the one or more thermal structures make thermal contact with a plurality of heat generating components. The assembly alignment features control the positions of the heat generating components during assembly of the heat generating components onto a common substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Shurong Tian, Todd E. Takken, Liam McAuliffe