Patents by Inventor Wei Zhuang

Wei Zhuang 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).

  • Regulator valve with integrated direct acting solenoid
    Patent number: 9441732
    Abstract: A control valve for an automatic transmission includes a valve body including a chamber and a control pressure port, metering edges formed in the valve body at the control pressure port, a reference surface formed in the valve body, a spool displaceable along the chamber, and a solenoid module including a pin for displacing the spool, and located in the chamber by contact with the reference surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: FORD GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
    Inventors: Robert O. Burkhart, Derek Kinch, John Butwin, Anthony G. Koenings, Hrudaya Mahapatro, Wei Zhuang
  • Mesoporous composite titanium oxide and a preparation method
    Patent number: 9434621
    Abstract: A mesoporous composite titanium oxide, which is composed of a mesoporous titanium oxide, the outside surface and the wall of pores of the mesoporous titanium oxide are modified by inorganic matters; inorganic matter contains at least one element selected from carbon, silicon, sulphur, phosphorus and selenium in an amount of 0.01%-25%, on amount of the element mass, of the mass of said mesoporous composite titanium oxide material; at least one mean pore size of pore distribution of the mesoporous compound titanium oxide material is 3-15 nm, the specific surface area is 50-250 m2/g, and the pore volume is 0.05-0.4 cm3/g. As a catalyst carrier, the rate of conversion of the hydrodesulfurization reaction of the material reaches as high as 98 percent, and as a lithium ion battery cathode material, the specific capacity of the lithium ion battery cathode material reaches as high as 220 mAh/g.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2016
    Assignees: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY, NANJING TAIWEI TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhuhong Yang, Yudan Zhu, Xiaohua Lu, Changsong Wang, Licheng Li, Linghong Lv, Wei Zhuang, Chang Liu, Xin Feng
  • IMAGE SENSING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20160240569
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a back side illuminated (BSI) image sensor. BSI image sensor includes a semiconductive substrate, a dielectric layer over the semiconductive substrate, and a pixel region. The pixel region includes a transistor disposed at a front side of the semiconductive substrate. The transistor includes a gate structure and at least a source region or a drain region. The transistor is coupled to a contact disposed in the dielectric layer. An oxide layer covers the gate structure and at least the source region or the drain region. A nitride layer covers the gate structure and at least the source region or the drain region. A color filter is disposed at a back side of the semiconductive substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: TSUNG-HAN KUO, CHUNG-CHUAN TSENG, LI-HSIN CHU, ZHI-WEI ZHUANG
  • Perpendicular magnetic recording (PMR) write head with improved shapes of side shield and main pole
    Patent number: 9406317
    Abstract: A perpendicular magnetic recording writer is disclosed with a side shield separated from a write pole side by a gap layer at an air bearing surface (ABS) where the side shield has a first sidewall facing the write pole with an end at height (h1) from the ABS, and a second sidewall at height h1 that is parallel to the ABS. The write pole side is curved such that a first portion proximate to the ABS is at an angle of 0 to 40 degrees with respect to a center plane formed orthogonal to the ABS, and a second section proximate to a corner where the curved side connects with a flared main pole side is formed substantially parallel to the second sidewall. When h1 is 30-80 nm, and the corner is 80-150 nm from the ABS, overwrite is improved while cross-track field gradient is enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Yuhui Tang, Yaguang Wei, Jiun-Ting Lee, Ping-Wei Zhuang
  • ISOCYANATE PREPOLYMER COMPOSITION AND CROSSLINKED POLYURETHANE PREPARED THEREFROM
    Publication number: 20160145376
    Abstract: An isocyanate prepolymer composition and a crosslinked thermoplastic polyurethane composition are disclosed, preferably in the form of a fiber. Also disclosed is the process for preparing said prepolymer composition and crosslinked thermoplastic polyurethane. Both of the isocyanate prepolymer composition and crosslinked thermoplastic polyurethane show improved properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2014
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: BASF SE
    Inventors: Bin-Erik CHEN, Wei ZHUANG, DeHui YIN, Etsuhiro YAMAMOTO, Yasuyuki SUZUKI
  • Chroma automatic gain control
    Patent number: 9300934
    Abstract: A method for determining a chroma gain for a modulated chroma signal, comprises the steps: receiving the modulated chroma signal; generating a first chroma gain as a function of a color burst of the received modulated chroma signal; generating a second chroma gain as a function of a peak amplitude of the modulated chroma signal; and determining a final chroma gain for the received modulated chroma signal as a function of the first generated chroma gain and the second generated chroma gain, wherein the determined chroma gain is applied on the modulated chroma signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Amlogic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongjian Wang, Wei Zhuang, Xuyun Chen
  • Methods and systems for processing 3D video data
    Patent number: 9300944
    Abstract: A method for processing video data, comprises the steps of: decoding a stream of the video data; post-processing the decoded stream as a function of a video data packing format, wherein the decoded stream having first view pixels and second view pixels and wherein the first view pixels and the second view pixels are stored in line buffers according to the video data packing format; and outputting the post-processed stream to a display, wherein the line buffers output the first view pixels and the second view pixels to the display in a displayable format.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Amlogic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuyun Chen, Wei Zhuang, Dongjian Wang
  • REGULATOR VALVE WITH INTEGRATED DIRECT ACTING SOLENOID
    Publication number: 20160076642
    Abstract: A control valve for an automatic transmission includes a valve body and a solenoid module. The body has a chamber, control pressure port, exhaust port, and reference surface. Metering edges are formed in the body at the control port. A spring transmits force between first and second spools in the chamber. The solenoid module has a pin for displacing the first spool and is located by contact with the reference surface. The solenoid module also has a first stop surface limiting pin movement and a second stop surface contacting the reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: ROBERT O. BURKHART, DEREK KINCH, JOHN BUTWIN, ANTHONY G. KOENINGS, HRUDAYA MAHAPATRO, WEI ZHUANG
  • CACHE MANAGEMENT FOR MAP-REDUCE APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20160062900
    Abstract: A computer manages a cache for a MapReduce application based on a distributed file system that includes one or more storage medium by receiving a map request and receiving parameters for processing the map request. The parameters include a total data size to be processed, a size of each data record, and a number of map requests executing simultaneously. The computer determines a cache size for processing the map request, wherein the cache size is determined based on the received parameters for processing the map request and a machine learning model for a map request cache size and reads, based on the determined cache size, data from the one or more storage medium of the distributed file system into the cache. The computer processes the map request and writes an intermediate result data of the map request processing into the cache, based on the determined cache size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Junmei Qu, ChaoQiang Zhu, Wei Zhuang
  • Entity summarization and comparison
    Patent number: 9251249
    Abstract: An entity summarization system is described herein that mines the Internet and other data source to provide answers to questions such as the relative sentiment of users towards various brands. The system uses a controlled vocabulary list describing a specific aspect of entities of interest. Given an entity name, the system scans the whole content corpus to collect statistics on the words that occur most frequently in the context of the entity name, taking into account proximity information, to produce a weighted list of vocabulary terms describing the entity. Two entities can be compared by normalizing and comparing their weighted term lists. In some embodiments, the system performs these procedures efficiently by leveraging an N-gram web model. Thus, the system provides an automated way to compare two entities to derive information about how users feel about the entities at any given time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Pavel Dmitriev, Wei Zhuang
  • FILE STORAGE PROCESSING IN HDFS
    Publication number: 20150379024
    Abstract: A method and system for processing file storage is provided. The method includes receiving a file storage request and determining a file size of a file which is requested to be stored. In response to determining that the file is a small file, a request is sent to an HBase to store the file into the HBase. In response to determining that the file is a large file, a request is sent to a HDFS to store the file into the HDFS. Information associated with the file is stored in a record.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Yi Ge, Liang Liu, Junmei Qu, Wen Jun Yin, Wei Zhuang
  • MANAGING DATA STORAGE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20150378835
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method for managing a data storage system includes: in response to receiving a data object, sorting data records in the data object on the basis of a first query so as to form a first backup; causing the first backup to be stored in the data storage system; and cause to be stored, in an index of the data storage system, the first query and a first address of the first backup in the data storage system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Liang Liu, Junmei Qu, Wen Jun Yin, Wei Zhuang
  • MANAGING DATABASE
    Publication number: 20150347622
    Abstract: A method for managing a database, each item of data in the database being associated with a timestamp and a data point, the timestamps being used as row keys for rows of a table in the database, the method comprising: obtaining a behavior characteristic of a user based on a previous data access to the database by the user; partitioning columns in the table into column families based on the obtained behavior characteristic and system configuration of the database; and causing data in the database to be stored in respective column families at least in part based on the associated data point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Inventors: Li Li, Liang Liu, Junmei Qu, Wen Jun Yin, Wei Zhuang
  • MANAGING DATABASE
    Publication number: 20150278394
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and system for managing a database. According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a method for managing a database, each item of data in the database being associated with a timestamp and a data point, the timestamps being used as row keys for rows of a table in the database, the method comprising: obtaining a behavior characteristic of a user based on a previous data access to the database by the user; partitioning columns in the table into column families based on the obtained behavior characteristic and system configuration of the database; and causing data in the database to be stored in respective column families at least in part based on the associated data point. There is further disclosed a corresponding system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Li Li, Liang Liu, Junmei Qu, Wen Jun Yin, Wei Zhuang
  • TRANSPARENT POLYURETHANES WITH HIGH GLASS TRANSITION TEMPERATURE Tg
    Publication number: 20150246998
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a polyurethane exclusively composed of a polyisocyanate component and of a polyol component, where the polyisocyanate component consists of one or more polyisocyanates and the average NCO functionality per molecule of the polyisocyanate component is ?3, and the polyol component consists of one or more polyols and the average OH functionality per molecule of the polyol component is ?3 and its OH content is ?25% by weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Mathias Matner, Holger Casselmann, Wei Zhuang, Dirk Achten, Michael Ehlers
  • REGULATOR VALVE WITH INTEGRATED DIRECT ACTING SOLENOID
    Publication number: 20150184741
    Abstract: A control valve for an automatic transmission includes a valve body including a chamber and a control pressure port, metering edges formed in the valve body at the control pressure port, a reference surface formed in the valve body, a spool displaceable along the chamber, and a solenoid module including a pin for displacing the spool, and located in the chamber by contact with the reference surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Inventors: ROBERT O. BURKHART, DEREK KINCH, JOHN BUTWIN, ANTHONY G. KOENINGS, HRUDAYA MAHAPATRO, WEI ZHUANG
  • Regulator valve with integrated direct acting solenoid
    Patent number: 9010374
    Abstract: A control valve for an automatic transmission includes a valve body including a chamber and a control pressure port, metering edges formed in the valve body at the control pressure port, a reference surface formed in the valve body, a spool displaceable along the chamber, and a solenoid module including a pin for displacing the spool, and located in the chamber by contact with the reference surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert O. Burkhart, Derek Kinch, John Butwin, Anthony Koenings, Hrudaya Mahapatro, Wei Zhuang
  • Methods and Systems for Processing 3D Video Data
    Publication number: 20150097926
    Abstract: A method for processing video data, comprises the steps of: decoding a stream of the video data; post-processing the decoded stream as a function of a video data packing format, wherein the decoded stream having first view pixels and second view pixels and wherein the first view pixels and the second view pixels are stored in line buffers according to the video data packing format; and outputting the post-processed stream to a display, wherein the line buffers output the first view pixels and the second view pixels to the display in a displayable format.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Amlogic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xuyun Chen, Wei Zhuang, Dongjian Wang
  • Chroma Automatic Gain Control
    Publication number: 20150098023
    Abstract: A method for determining a chroma gain for a modulated chroma signal, comprises the steps: receiving the modulated chroma signal; generating a first chroma gain as a function of a color burst of the received modulated chroma signal; generating a second chroma gain as a function of a peak amplitude of the modulated chroma signal; and determining a final chroma gain for the received modulated chroma signal as a function of the first generated chroma gain and the second generated chroma gain, wherein the determined chroma gain is applied on the modulated chroma signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: Amlogic Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dongjian Wang, Wei Zhuang, Xuyun Chen
  • Latch valve for actuating a transmission control element
    Patent number: 8960232
    Abstract: A latch valve includes a first port containing line pressure, a second port containing control pressure, a third port located between the first and second ports, alternately connecting the first and second ports to a transmission control element, and a fourth port containing control pressure that tends to close the second port and open the first port in opposition to a spring force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Robert O. Burkhart, John Butwin, Derek Kinch, Hrudaya Mahapatro, Wei Zhuang, Anthony Koenings