Patents by Inventor Weiming Ma
Weiming Ma 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).
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Patent number: 12247352Abstract: A steel cord and a manufacturing process are disclosed. The steel cord includes a steel core wire located in the center and having a diameter of d; and M sheath-layer steel wires arranged around the steel core wire in the center, tangent to the steel core wire, and having a diameter of d1, at least two gaps L existing between the M sheath-layer steel wires, where M is 4; d, d1, and L satisfy the following relationship: 0.420<(d/d1)<0.800, d1 is between 0.20 mm and 0.44 mm, and L?0.0008 mm. The steel cord of the present invention may allow rubber to be fully penetrated into the gaps, thereby reducing air content in the steel cord, avoiding point contact friction between the layers of steel wires due to insufficient rubber penetration, and further solving the problem of failure of the bearing capacity of the steel cord due to abrasion.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2021Date of Patent: March 11, 2025Assignee: Jiangsu Xingda Steel Tyre Cord Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Aiping Wang, Nianpeng Zhao, Weiming Ma, Xianghui Liu, Chundong Pan, Cunjun Zhao
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Patent number: 12234343Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a curable composition for an encapsulant film, the curable composition comprising: (A) a polyolefin; (B) a fumed alumina; (C) an organic peroxide; (D) a silane coupling agent; (E) a crosslinking co-agent; and, optionally, (F) an additive component comprising a UV stabilizer, wherein the polyolefin has a volume resistivity of less than 4.0E+15 ohm·cm. The present disclosure further relates to an encapsulant film made from such a curable composition and a PV module containing such an encapsulant film.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 25, 2025Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Yunfeng Yang, Brian M. Habersberger, Weiming Ma, Yuyan Li, Hong Yang, Chao He
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Patent number: 12138828Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pellet. In an embodiment, the pellet includes a body having a first end and an opposing second end. The body is composed of a polymeric material. The body has a length and a diameter (body diameter). A channel having a diameter (channel diameter), extends through the body from the first end to the second end. The pellet has a channel diameter-to-body diameter ratio from 0.05 to 0.45. The present disclosure also provides a process for soaking the pellet in a liquid additive and forming a loaded pellet with the additive in the pellet body.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignees: Dow Global Technologies LLC, Dow Silicones CorporationInventors: Wenyi Huang, Nicholas J. Horstman, Jeffrey D. Wenzel, Qian Gou, Yabin Sun, Mohamed Esseghir, Yunfeng Yang, Yonghua Gong, Weiming Ma, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Hong Yang
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Patent number: 12086802Abstract: A method for mediating an atomic swap includes: receiving a swap request from a first computing device including a first address associated with a first blockchain and a network identifier associated with a second blockchain; identifying a second computing device using the network identifier and a second address associated with the second blockchain; generating a proof value and a hashlock using the proof value; transmitting (i) the hashlock and second address to the first computing device, and (ii) the hashlock and first address to the second computing device; verifying a first blockchain transaction on the first blockchain for transfer to the first address, and a second blockchain transaction on the second blockchain for transfer to the second address; and transmitting the proof value to blockchains node associated with the first and second blockchains.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2023Date of Patent: September 10, 2024Assignee: MASTERCARD ASIA/PACIFIC PTE. LTD.Inventors: Srinath Ravinathan, Donghao Huang, Hancong Guan, Karl Cheng, Phuoc Hoang Long Le, Weiming Ma
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Patent number: 12077643Abstract: An encapsulant film is made from a composition comprising (A) a non-polar ethylene-based polymer having a density of 0.850 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc; (B) an organic peroxide; (C) a silane coupling agent; and (D) a co-agent comprising triallyl phosphate.Type: GrantFiled: October 3, 2022Date of Patent: September 3, 2024Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Chao He, Bharat I. Chaudhary, Brian M. Habersberger, Hong Yang, Weiming Ma, Yuyan Li
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Publication number: 20240279437Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an encapsulant film made from a curable composition comprising: (A) a polyolefin polymer; (B) an organic peroxide; (C) a silane coupling agent; and (D) a co-agent comprising a monocyclic organosiloxane of formula (I).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: August 22, 2024Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Yunfeng Yang, Chao He, Weiming MA, Hongyu Chen, Yabin Sun, Kainan Zhang, Jeffrey M. Cogen, Timothy J. Person, Yuyan Li, Hong Yang
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Patent number: 12006068Abstract: A space launch system and method through electromagnetic pushing. The space launch system comprises an energy storage subsystem, an energy conversion subsystem, a linear motor subsystem, and a control maintenance subsystem. The space launch system converts the electric energy into an electromagnetic force. Through the electromagnetic force, a rocket is pushed to be accelerated to a certain speed along an electromagnetic launching track to realize the launching of the rocket.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2022Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignee: NAVAL UNIVERSITY OF ENGINEERINGInventors: Weiming Ma, Yuxing Zhang, Mingyuan Zhang, Xiangming Zhang, Weichao Li, Xinlin Long, Chen Deng
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Patent number: 12000086Abstract: A compact steel cord is provided. The cord includes a core-filament I steel wire with a diameter of d0, and four middle-layer M steel wires with a diameter of d1 and eight outer-layer O steel wires with a diameter of d2 that are twisted around the core-filament I steel wire in the same lay direction and the same lay length. Gaps L are reserved between the outer-layer O steel wires, an average width of the gaps L is not smaller than 0.02 mm, and the total size of the gaps L is larger than d0 and smaller than d1. The steel cord of a stable structure can be obtained by controlling the proportion of the sizes of all layers of monofilaments, the rubber coating performance of a tire cord can also be improved, the corrosion resistance, fatigue resistance, impact resistance and adhesion retention of a tire are improved.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2021Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Jiangsu Xingda Steel Tyre Cord Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiang Liu, Aiping Wang, Weiming Ma, Nianpeng Zhao, Xianghui Liu, Zengguang Ke, Hengxiang Cao
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Publication number: 20240100813Abstract: A lamination film structure including a combination of: (a) at least one first layer of an oriented polyethylene film and (b) at least one second layer of a blown or cast polyethylene film, wherein the first oriented polyethylene film layer is laminated with the second blown or cast polyethylene film layer; and wherein the blown or cast polyethylene film of component (b) is a blown polyethylene film or a cast polyethylene film comprising a formulated resin including a combination or mixture of: (bi) a predetermined amount of a post-consumer recycled resin sourced from a recycled high density polyethylene resin; and (bii) a predetermined amount of a polyethylene resin; a process for making the above lamination film structure; and a film or article made from a recyclate of the above lamination film structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Shenglong Chen, Weiming Ma, Jingyi Xu
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Publication number: 20240068159Abstract: A compact steel cord is provided. The cord includes a core-filament I steel wire with a diameter of d0, and four middle-layer M steel wires with a diameter of d1 and eight outer-layer O steel wires with a diameter of d2 that are twisted around the core-filament I steel wire in the same lay direction and the same lay length. Gaps L are reserved between the outer-layer O steel wires, an average width of the gaps L is not smaller than 0.02 mm, and the total size of the gaps L is larger than d0 and smaller than d1. The steel cord of a stable structure can be obtained by controlling the proportion of the sizes of all layers of monofilaments, the rubber coating performance of a tire cord can also be improved, the corrosion resistance, fatigue resistance, impact resistance and adhesion retention of a tire are improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2021Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicant: Jiangsu Xingda Steel Tyre Cord Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiang LIU, Aiping WANG, Weiming MA, Nianpeng ZHAO, Xianghui LIU, Zengguang KE, Hengxiang CAO
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Publication number: 20240044075Abstract: A steel cord and a manufacturing process are disclosed. The steel cord includes a steel core wire located in the center and having a diameter of d; and M sheath-layer steel wires arranged around the steel core wire in the center, tangent to the steel core wire, and having a diameter of d1, at least two gaps L existing between the M sheath-layer steel wires, where M is 4; d, d1, and L satisfy the following relationship: 0.420<(d/d1)<0.800, d1 is between 0.20 mm and 0.44 mm, and L?0.0008 mm. The steel cord of the present invention may allow rubber to be fully penetrated into the gaps, thereby reducing air content in the steel cord, avoiding point contact friction between the layers of steel wires due to insufficient rubber penetration, and further solving the problem of failure of the bearing capacity of the steel cord due to abrasion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 30, 2021Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: Jiangsu Xingda Steel Tyre Cord Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiang LIU, Aiping WANG, Nianpeng ZHAO, Weiming MA, Xianghui LIU, Chundong PAN, Cunjun ZHAO
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Publication number: 20230368197Abstract: A method for mediating an atomic swap includes: receiving a swap request from a first computing device including a first address associated with a first blockchain and a network identifier associated with a second blockchain; identifying a second computing device using the network identifier and a second address associated with the second blockchain; generating a proof value and a hashlock using the proof value; transmitting (i) the hashlock and second address to the first computing device, and (ii) the hashlock and first address to the second computing device; verifying a first blockchain transaction on the first blockchain for transfer to the first address, and a second blockchain transaction on the second blockchain for transfer to the second address; and transmitting the proof value to blockchains node associated with the first and second blockchains.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Srinath RAVINATHAN, Donghao HUANG, Hancong GUAN, Karl CHENG, Phuoc Hoang Long LE, Weiming MA
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Patent number: 11748749Abstract: A method for mediating an atomic swap includes: receiving a swap request from a first computing device including a first address associated with a first blockchain and a network identifier associated with a second blockchain; identifying a second computing device using the network identifier and a second address associated with the second blockchain; generating a proof value and a hashlock using the proof value; transmitting (i) the hashlock and second address to the first computing device, and (ii) the hashlock and first address to the second computing device; verifying a first blockchain transaction on the first blockchain for transfer to the first address, and a second blockchain transaction on the second blockchain for transfer to the second address; and transmitting the proof value to blockchains node associated with the first and second blockchains.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 5, 2023Assignee: MASTERCARD ASIA/PACIFIC PTE. LTD.Inventors: Srinath Ravinathan, Donghao Huang, Hancong Guan, Karl Cheng, Phuoc Hoang Long Le, Weiming Ma
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Publication number: 20230192973Abstract: A shrink film comprising a monolayer or multi-layer film having at least one layer comprising a formulated resin; wherein the formulated resin comprises: a post-consumer recycled resin sourced from recycled high density polyethylene (HDPE) resin; wherein the post-consumer recycled resin has a density of from 0.94 g/cc to 0.97 g/cc, and a melt index, 12, of from 0.2 g/10 min to 1 g/10 min, and (i) a low density polyethylene (LDPE) wherein the LDPE has a density of from 0.915 g/cc to 0.925 g/cc and a melt index, 12, of from 0.1 g/10 min to 1 g/10 min, or (ii) a linear low density polyethylene (LLDPE) wherein the LLDPE has a density of from 0.915 g/cc to 0.945 g/cc and a melt index, 12, from 0.1 g/10 min to 1 g/10 min, or (iii) a combination of (i) and (ii).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2021Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Weiming Ma, Shenglong Chen, Jichang Feng, Danielle Sook Leng Lee, Suny Markose, Nimisha Pathare
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Publication number: 20230153807Abstract: A system and method for processing digital payments using a smart chip payment acceptance module associated with an Internet of Things (IoT) or vending device via a virtual EMV terminal process for cloud-based digital payment transactions. A short-range communication channel is provided between a mobile user device and the payment acceptance module. The mobile user device includes a wallet application with an integrated merchant application used to create a payment transaction. An unlock device enables digital secure remote payments (DSRP). A smart chip server connected to a payment gateway can generate an encrypted proof of payment (POP) message indicating completion of the payment transaction. The user can complete the payment transaction using the integrated wallet application within the user device in an online or offline mode of the vend device for seamless interaction with the system by a new user as well as improved flexibility for merchants and consumers.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2022Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Weiming MA, Teck Yong TAN, Donghao HUANG, Rasika Chandana KARUNAPALA, Arie GANAPATHI, Dendy Liuswanto GUNAWAN, Srinath RAVINATHAN
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Patent number: 11613634Abstract: An encapsulant film is made from a composition comprising (A) a non-polar ethylene-based polymer; (B) an organic peroxide; (C) a silane coupling agent; and (D) a co-agent comprising a compound of Structure I wherein R1-R6 each is independently selected from the group consisting of hydrogen, a C1-C8 hydrocarbyl group, a C1-C36 substituted hydrocarbyl group, and combinations thereof.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2017Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Assignee: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Hong Yang, Weiming Ma, Yonghua Gong, Lisa S. Madenjian, Yabin Sun, Yuyan Li, Brian M. Habersberger
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Publication number: 20230059546Abstract: Various implementations described herein are directed to a method for providing access control via an access server. In one implementation, a card or token onboarding request is received from a merchant server. Onboarding is initiated based on the received card or token onboarding request. An access initiation request is received from an access terminal. The access initiation request includes at least a card or token of a consumer. A mapping is created based on the access initiation request. Access is provided via the access terminal, in response to an access request, based on the mapping.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Donghao Huang, Weiming Ma, Dendy Gunawan, Bensam Joyson
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Publication number: 20230047706Abstract: An encapsulant film is made from a composition comprising (A) a non-polar ethylene-based polymer having a density of 0.850 g/cc to 0.890 g/cc; (B) an organic peroxide; (C) a silane coupling agent; and (D) a co-agent comprising triallyl phosphate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 3, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Inventors: Chao He, Bharat I. Chaudhary, Brian M. Habersberger, Hong Yang, Weiming Ma, Yuyan Li
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Publication number: 20220405742Abstract: A method for mediating an atomic swap includes: receiving a swap request from a first computing device including a first address associated with a first blockchain and a network identifier associated with a second blockchain; identifying a second computing device using the network identifier and a second address associated with the second blockchain; generating a proof value and a hashlock using the proof value; transmitting (i) the hashlock and second address to the first computing device, and (ii) the hashlock and first address to the second computing device; verifying a first blockchain transaction on the first blockchain for transfer to the first address, and a second blockchain transaction on the second blockchain for transfer to the second address; and transmitting the proof value to blockchains node associated with the first and second blockchains.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: MASTERCARD ASIA/PACIFIC PTE. LTD.Inventors: Srinath RAVINATHAN, Donghao HUANG, Hancong GUAN, Karl CHENG, Phuoc Hoang Long LE, Weiming MA
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Publication number: 20220380576Abstract: A composition comprising the following: a) an ethylene/alpha-olefin/interpolymer; b) a peroxide; c) a “Si-containing compound” selected from the following (i) through (v): (i), where each R is independently selected from a C1-C3 alkyl, and n is from 1 to 16; (ii), where each R is independently methyl or ethyl, and n is from 1 to 18; (iii), where each R is independently methyl or ethyl; (iv) a vinyl oligomericsiloxane; or (v) any combination of (i) through (iv).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: Dow Global Technologies LLCInventors: Yuyan Li, Weiming Ma, Hong Yang, Yunfeng Yang