Patents by Inventor Wei Tang

Wei Tang 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: 10913084
    Abstract: An electronic showerhead device for automatically controlling water flow includes a showerhead body, a presence detector located within the showerhead body, a first water channel providing a primary water stream exiting the showerhead body, and a second water channel providing a secondary water stream exiting the showerhead body. Turning on a main water valve turns on the second water channel, while the first water channel remains off. Interruption of the presence interrogation beam area by a person or an object turns on the first water channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: OASENSE
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Tang, Kuan-Teh Li, Natalie Rowan, Evan Schneider
  • Patent number: 10913473
    Abstract: A dolly includes an actuated platform and obstruction sensor as well as a camera and a depth sensor. The eye height of a user is determined according to outputs of the camera and depth sensor. The platform is then moved to an elbow height determined based on the eye height and the depth sensor is moved to a position above the platform. In response to detecting obstruction of the obstruction sensor, the platform is lowered. Upon completion of loading, the platform is lowered to a lowest position. A stand may be retracted upon lowering of the platform to its lowest position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jamel Seagraves, Chih-Wei Tang, Sudipto Aich
  • Patent number: 10901282
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thin film transistor (TFT) substrate and a manufacturing method thereof. The TFT substrate include a TFT; a flat layer to cover the TFT; an opening hole defined in the flat layer and corresponding to a drain of the TFT; a bottom of the opening hole to retain a part of the flat layer for forming a flat layer sheet; a first metal layer formed on the flat layer; a first insulating layer formed on the first metal; a second metal formed on the first insulating layer and pass through the flat layer sheet for electrically connecting to the drain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Gaiping Lu, Jiawei Zhang, Wei Tang
  • Publication number: 20210014678
    Abstract: Various approaches allow for shared transportation reservations and related actions to be made based on a user's proximity to a shared transportation station. Data is received concerning the user's computing device, such as a vehicle, a mobile device, an internet-connected device, or a cellular network-connected device. Approaches can use a variety of data formats, including image data, location coordinates, or wirelessly-transmitted data. Based on such data and a criterion such as a threshold proximity to the station, the user's account status is determined and access to same authorized. Via the account, numerous actions may be taken, including automatically triggering a transport mode reservation or return, prompting the user to reserve or return the shared transportation, or debiting the user per a fee associated with the transportation reservation. Further, neural network techniques may be applied to train a model for generating related recommendations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2018
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jamel SEAGRAVES, Chih-Wei TANG, Sudipto AICH, Beaudry KOCK
  • Publication number: 20210005089
    Abstract: An intelligent bicycle sharing system, or other vehicle sharing system, is able to provide helpful bicycle availability indications based on historical data and user proximity. Historical data can be collected over time as users use the bicycle sharing system. For example, the historical data may include how many bicycles are checked at out a given time and how many remain at a given location. In some embodiments, an indication may be provided to the user as the user approaches the vehicle sharing system. The indication may provide information regarding the availability of bicycles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Jamel SEAGRAVES, Chih-Wei TANG, Sudipto AICH, Beaudry KOCK
  • Publication number: 20210004119
    Abstract: A touch array substrate and a touch display panel are provided, including a base substrate, a TFT layer, a flat layer, a metal wiring layer, an insulating layer, a bottom transparent electrode, a passivation layer and a top transparent electrode. The metal wiring layer includes a touch signal line, a dummy wiring and a connection wiring connecting the touch signal line and the dummy wiring. The critical dimension of the connection wiring is smaller than the critical dimensions of the touch signal line and the dummy wiring, or a portion of the connection wiring close to the first via is bent away from the first via, to enlarge the distance between the connection wiring and the first via. The connection wiring is prevented from falling into the first via and contacting the TFT layer, and the top transparent electrode and the bottom transparent electrode are prevented from being directly short-circuited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Inventors: Wei TANG, Gaiping Lu
  • Publication number: 20200410375
    Abstract: An intelligent bicycle sharing system, or other vehicle sharing system, is able to provide helpful bicycle availability predictions based on historical data, including various utilization statistics. Historical data can be collected over time as users use the bicycle sharing system. For example, the historical data may include the number of available bicycles at various locations and times, as well as contextual data associated with the locations and times. Contextual data may include data regarding the weather, local events, season, day of the week or year, news events, among other environmental factors that may or may not influence bicycle utilization. In some embodiments, a model, such as a machine learning model (e.g., neural network) may be trained using the historical data as training data such that the model can predict bicycle availability for a certain future time and location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2018
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Inventors: Jamel SEAGRAVES, Chih-wei TANG, Sudipto AICH, Beaudry KOCK
  • Patent number: 10879499
    Abstract: The present disclosure proposes a display module, a manufacturing method, and an electronic device. The display module includes a display panel, a polarizing layer on the display panel, a cover layer on the polarizing layer, and an adhesive layer between the polarizing layer and the cover layer. The adhesive layer is a viscosity-releasing adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Semiconductor Display Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Wei Tang
  • Patent number: 10879081
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for reducing and eliminating defects in tungsten film are disclosed herein. In the present disclosure, reducing or eliminating oxidation of a first surface of a tungsten film having a predetermined first thickness disposed upon a substrate and within a plurality of trenches is disclosed. The plurality of trenches include a predetermined depth, and a width of less than 20 nanometers. The predetermined first thickness of the tungsten film is substantially uniform throughout the plurality of trenches such that the predetermined first thickness of the tungsten film does not substantially change to a second thickness when the first surface is contacted with air or oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Guoqiang Jian, Wei Tang, Chi-Chou Lin, Paul F. Ma, Kai Wu, Vikash Banthia, Mei Chang, Jia Ye, Wenyu Zhang, Jing Zhou
  • Publication number: 20200384512
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a single-drive bidirectional-crawling pipe-cleaning robot, including a front body assembly, a transmission assembly, and a rear body assembly. The transmission assembly is driven by a single power source, and a transmission effect of a connecting rod mechanism, a gear mechanism, and an equal-dwell cam mechanism is used to implement alternate retraction and support of the front body assembly and the rear body assembly in a radial direction and a telescopic motion in an axial direction between the front body assembly and the rear body assembly and at the same time implement synchronous rotation of a dredging cutter head, so as to implement bidirectional crawling and pipe cleaning work of the robot along a pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicants: China University of Mining and Technology, XUZHOU ZHIRUN MINING EQUIPMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD
    Inventors: Songyong LIU, Qizhi XIE, Hongxiang JIANG, Hongzhuang WU, Cheng CHENG, Wei LI, Gang SHEN, Wei TANG, Houguang LIU, Jianhua YANG
  • Patent number: 10852176
    Abstract: A water fullness alarm device may include an alarm switch, a bracket, and a float. The alarm switch may include an alarm switch body and a switch button disposed on the alarm switch body, where the switch button is adjacent to an elastic piece, and where a first end of the elastic piece is fixed on the alarm switch body and a second end of the elastic piece is free. The bracket may be rotatable, where a first end of the bracket is connected with the float, and where a second end of the bracket is propped against the elastic piece. The first end and the second end may be integrally formed such that the second end swings synchronously with the first end around an axis when the bracket rotates, where the second end drives the elastic piece to trigger the switch button when the bracket rotates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignees: HISENSE HOME APPLIANCES GROUP CO., LTD., Hisense (Guangdong) Air Conditioner Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bingxiang Liang, Yufeng Tan, Jianguo Zhu, Minzhu Huang, Wei Tang
  • Patent number: 10845638
    Abstract: The application provides a color film substrate, a flexible liquid crystal display panel and a preparation method. The color film substrate includes a flexible substrate, a photoresist layer, an alignment layer and black matrix walls. By disposing the three-dimensional black matrix walls with liquid crystal-holding chambers on the color film substrate, liquid crystals can be fixed in the holding chambers for avoiding the uneven cell gap caused by the displacement of the liquid crystals. Thus, the application solves the problem that an existing flexible liquid crystal display panel has severe displacement of the liquid crystals under stress.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianlong Huang, Wei Tang
  • Patent number: 10826468
    Abstract: An active damping circuit of dead time oscillation includes a damping unit, a main switch, a voltage biased unit, an auxiliary switch, and a voltage determining unit. The main switch is coupled to the damping unit. The voltage biased unit is coupled to the damping unit and the main switch, and the voltage biased unit provides a drive voltage to the main switch. The auxiliary switch is coupled to the voltage biased unit. The voltage determining unit is coupled to the auxiliary switch, the voltage biased unit, and the damping unit, and the voltage determining unit provides a threshold voltage. When a voltage across two ends of a winding of a transformer is less than the threshold voltage, the auxiliary switch is turned off so that the drive voltage turns on the main switch and enable the damping unit to suppress the dead time oscillation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Asian Power Devices Inc.
    Inventors: Ganghong Liu, Wei Tang
  • Patent number: 10821862
    Abstract: A vehicle seating assembly includes a cushion and a trim layer. A permeable heater is disposed between the cushion and the trim layer. An air mover is in fluid communication with the permeable heater. The permeable heater and the air mover are operable to respectively heat or cool a seating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel Russman, Daniel Boccuccia, Chih-Wei Tang
  • Publication number: 20200339777
    Abstract: A recycled PET foam material and a manufacturing method thereof are characterized in that a recycled material can be used. The manufacturing method includes the following steps: uniformly mixing PET resin, chain extender, antioxidant, flame retardant and heat stabilizer, and then mixing with a twin-screw extruder to obtain a foam PET resin. The PET foaming material obtained is a material having the advantages of light weight, large rigidity, high specific strength, good electrical insulation, good sound insulation and the like, low raw material cost, simple manufacturing process and environmental protection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Inventors: TE-CHAO LIAO, CHING-YAO YUAN, WEI-TANG LIAO
  • Publication number: 20200325086
    Abstract: In a process for producing a methyl-substituted biphenyl compound, at least one methyl-substituted cyclohexylbenzene compound of the formula: wherein each of m and n is independently 1, 2, or 3, is contacted with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to produce a hydrogenation reaction product comprising at least one methyl-substituted bicyclohexane compound, and the methyl-substituted bicyclohexane compound is then contacted with a dehydrogenation catalyst to produce a dehydrogenation reaction product comprising at least one methyl-substituted biphenyl compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Inventors: Jihad M. Dakka, Lorenzo C. Decaul, Michael P. Lanci, Wei Tang
  • Publication number: 20200319972
    Abstract: A secondary controller receives, from a central storage controller, a command comprising information associated with a RAID rebuild operation to reconstruct data stored at a storage system. In response to receiving the information associated with the RAID rebuild operation, the secondary controller transmits a request to a set of storage devices of the storage system for other data and parity data associated with the data to be reconstructed and receives the other data and the parity data from the set of storage devices. The secondary controller reconstructs the data based on the other data, the parity data, and the information associated with the RAID rebuild operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventors: Wei Tang, Andrew R. Bernat
  • Publication number: 20200319501
    Abstract: The application provides a color film substrate, a flexible liquid crystal display panel and a preparation method. The color film substrate includes a flexible substrate, a photoresist layer, an alignment layer and black matrix walls. By disposing the three-dimensional black matrix walls with liquid crystal-holding chambers on the color film substrate, liquid crystals can be fixed in the holding chambers for avoiding the uneven cell gap caused by the displacement of the liquid crystals. Thus, the application solves the problem that an existing flexible liquid crystal display panel has severe displacement of the liquid crystals under stress.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jianlong HUANG, Wei Tang
  • Patent number: D907306
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Inventor: Wei Tang
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    Patent number: D908389
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 26, 2021
    Assignee: SICHUAN WEIMEIYI E-COMMERCE CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Wei Tang