Patents by Inventor Wen Li

Wen Li 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).

  • CLEANING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20140216499
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a substrate such as semiconductor substrate for IC fabrication is described that includes cleaning the semiconductor substrate with a mixture of ozone and one of an acid and a base. Exemplary acids and bases include HCl, HF, and NH4OH. The cleaning mixture may further include de-ionized water. In an embodiment, the mixture is sprayed onto a heated substrate surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING COMPANY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chia-Wen Li, Bo-Wei Chou, Shao-Yen Ku, Chen Ming-Jung
  • SEPARATORS FOR LITHIUM-SULFUR BATTERIES
    Publication number: 20140217992
    Abstract: This invention, in some variations, provides a separator for a lithium-sulfur battery, comprising a porous substrate that is permeable to lithium ions; and a lithium-ion-conducting metal oxide layer on the substrate, wherein the metal oxide layer includes deposits of sulfur that are intentionally introduced prior to battery operation. The deposits of sulfur may be derived from treatment of the metal oxide layer with one or more sulfur-containing precursors (e.g., lithium polysulfides) prior to operation of the lithium-sulfur battery. Other variations provide a method of charging a lithium-sulfur battery that includes the disclosed separator, the charging being accomplished by continuously applying a substantially constant voltage to the lithium-sulfur battery until the battery charging current is at or below a selected current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2013
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Applicant: HRL Laboratories, LLC
    Inventors: Wen LI, Ping LIU, Jocelyn HICKS-GARNER
  • Detector modules and methods of manufacturing
    Patent number: 8798229
    Abstract: Detector modules and methods of manufacturing are provided. One detector module includes a detector having a silicon wafer structure formed from a first layer having a first resistivity and a second layer having a second resistivity, wherein the first resistivity is greater than the second resistivity. The detector further includes a photosensor device provided with the first layer on a first side of the silicon wafer and one or more readout electronics provided with the second layer on a second side of the silicon wafer, with the first side being a different side than the second side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wen Li, Naresh Kesavan Rao, Abdelaziz Ikhlef, Jeffrey Kautzer
  • METHOD FOR INTEGRATING AND DISPLAYING MULTIPLE DIFFERENT IMAGES SIMULTANEOUSLY IN A SINGLE MAIN-WINDOW ON THE SCREEN OF A DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20140215381
    Abstract: A method for integrating and displaying multiple different images simultaneously in a single main-window on a screen of a display is executed in a system with a split screen layout displaying images in sub windows, comprising steps as follows: continuously select multiple focal windows on the split screen layout with a pointer tool; click an image join icon included in the system to activate an image join process; click an export icon included in the system to integrate images in the focal windows into a main-window for display. The method further comprises a step to set up attributes of images to be displayed in the focal windows. According to the steps, the multiple images on a split screen layout are clicked, chosen and integrated into a single main-window based on configured export conditions for a user's check and management.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2014
    Publication date: July 31, 2014
    Applicant: ACTI CORPORATION
    Inventors: YAN-HAO HUANG, CHING-WEN LI
  • DYNAMIC CONTROL METHOD FOR RESIZING SUB-WINDOWS ON A SCREEN OF A DISPLAY
    Publication number: 20140208262
    Abstract: A dynamic control method for resizing sub-windows on a screen of a display is based on an intuitive drag-and-drop action to enlarge/shrink a sub-window and executed in a monitoring system, comprising steps as follows: pick a focal window, which presents a drag pane with at least a scale icon on its border, on a first split screen layout via a pointer tool; pick and hold one of the at least a scale icon as a drag origin with the pointer tool and activate a drag action from the drag origin to enlarge the drag pane to approximately match a corresponding first sub-window on a second split screen layout; after completing the drag action, the first sub-window is displayed on the screen and a channel image in the focal window will be transmitted to the corresponding first sub-window on the second split screen layout
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: Acti Corporation
    Inventors: YAN-HAO HUANG, CHING-WEN LI
  • Fluid specimen collection device
    Patent number: 8771607
    Abstract: A drug test device for bodily fluids, such as urine, includes a cup and a removable lid which houses one or more test strips. The lid is releasably locked onto the cup so as to align dipping ends of the test strips exposed through an underside of the lid with a position stabilizer, thereby causing the dipping ends to be located downwardly and submerged in fluid when the device is placed on its side in a reactive position. The position stabilizer may comprise a sidewall indentation that reduces the internal volume of the cup and keeps the cup from rolling when placed on its side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 8, 2014
    Inventors: Raphael Wong, Kerkong Tung, Wen Li
  • Electrochemical process and device for hydrogen generation and storage
    Patent number: 8764966
    Abstract: Both the reaction of hydride-forming compositions with hydrogen to form hydrides, and the decomposition of such hydrides to release hydrogen may be promoted electrochemically. These reactions may be conducted reversibly, and if performed in a suitable cell, the cell will serve as a hydrogen storage and release device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2014
    Assignee: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: John J. Vajo, Wen Li, Ping Liu, Frederick E. Pinkerton
  • Pattern recognition for integrated circuit design
    Patent number: 8751976
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides one embodiment of an integrated circuit (IC) method. The method includes building a pattern bank including a pattern having an area of interest. The method further includes recognizing that the pattern of the pattern bank corresponds to a pattern of an IC design layout. The method further includes identifying an area of interest of the pattern of the IC design layout that corresponds to the area of interest of the pattern of the pattern bank. The method further includes performing pattern recognition dissection on the area of interest of the pattern of the IC design layout to dissect the area of interest of the pattern of the IC design layout into a plurality of segments. The method further includes after performing pattern recognition dissection, producing a modified IC design layout.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2014
    Inventors: Cheng-Lung Tsai, Jui-Hsuan Feng, Sheng-Wen Lin, Wen-Li Cheng, Wen-Chun Huang, Ru-Gun Liu
  • TABLET COMPUTER ASSEMBLY, ACCESSORY THEREOF, AND TABLET COMPUTER INPUT METHOD
    Publication number: 20140145958
    Abstract: A tablet computer assembly is provided and includes a tablet computer and an accessory. The tablet computer has a display screen and a first connection portion. The accessory has a second connection portion. The second connection portion is configured for pivoting on the first connection portion of the tablet computer, such that the tablet computer and the accessory are selectively separated or integrated as a single piece. The accessory is rotated relative to the tablet computer, and rotates along an axis direction which is the extending direction of the second connection portion. The accessory has a virtual keyboard forming device located on a surface of the accessory, and the virtual keyboard forming device is to form a keyboard image having a plurality of virtual keys. The keyboard image is displayed on a bearing surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicants: Inventec Corporation, Inventec (Pudong) Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Caroline ZHANG, Wen LI, Jockey LI
  • Photodiode array and methods of fabrication
    Patent number: 8736008
    Abstract: Photodiode arrays and methods of fabrication are provided. One photodiode array includes a silicon wafer having a first surface and an opposite second surface and a plurality of conductive vias through the silicon wafer. The photodiode array further includes a patterned doped epitaxial layer on the first surface, wherein the patterned doped epitaxial layer and the substrate form a plurality of diode junctions. A patterned etching defines an array of the diode junctions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Abdelaziz Ikhlef, Wen Li
  • Driver Integrated Circuit
    Publication number: 20140125398
    Abstract: Provided is a configuration of a driver integrated circuit that can output a voltage exceeding the withstand voltage of a process, and that satisfies required apparatus performance (high speed and high voltage). A differential input circuit, a level shift circuit, and an output circuit are manufactured by the same process and divided and disposed on three or more chips with different substrate potentials (sub-potentials). By setting different applied voltages to the substrates of the chips, an output voltage greater than the process withstand voltage can be provided (see FIG. 2).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: Hitachi, Ltd.
    Inventors: Wen Li, Norio Chujo, Masami Makuuchi, Takehito Kamimura
  • Labels Having an Information Dye
    Publication number: 20140084089
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to labels having one or more information dyes and methods for their use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: Avery Demmison Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas LANEY, Wen-Li A. CHEN, Chieh-Wen CHEN
  • METAL HYDRIDES WITH EMBEDDED METAL STRUCTURES FOR HYDROGEN STORAGE
    Publication number: 20140076743
    Abstract: One illustrative embodiment includes materials and devices including an integrated hydrogen storage structure including a plurality of continuously connected thermally conductive elongated members, the elongated members including continuously connected openings between the elongated members; and, a metal hydride material contacting the elongated members and disposed within the connected openings and surrounding the elongated members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations LLC
    Inventors: Wen Li, John J. Vajo, Alan J. Jacobsen, Mei Cai, Martin P. Sulic
  • PHOTOCATALYTIC METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF ELECTROCATALYST MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20140080038
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods of preparing metal particles on a support material, including platinum-containing nanoparticles on a carbon support. Such materials can be used as electrocatalysts, for example as improved electrocatalysts in proton exchange membrane fuel cells (PEM-FCs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2013
    Publication date: March 20, 2014
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Sandia Corporation, Toyota Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Tochi Tudor Nwoga, Kazuo Kawahara, Wen Li, Yujiang Song, John A. Shelnutt, James E. Miller, Craig John Medforth, Yukiyoshi Ueno, Tetsuo Kawamura
  • CLEANING DEVICE
    Publication number: 20140060592
    Abstract: A cleaning device includes a first linearly driving assembly, a second linearly driving assembly, a rotation driving assembly, and a sprayer connected one by one in that order. The first linearly driving assembly drives the second linearly driving assembly, the rotation driving assembly, and the sprayer to move along a first direction. The second linearly driving assembly drives the rotation driving assembly and the sprayer to move along a second direction. The rotation driving assembly rotates the sprayer along an axis perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Publication date: March 6, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., HONG FU JIN PRECISION INDUSTRY (ShenZhen) CO., LTD .
    Inventors: HAI-FENG PAN, WEN-LI WANG, TIAN-FENG HUANG, HAO-CHUNG LEE
  • Polypropylene based fibers and nonwovens
    Patent number: 8663799
    Abstract: The present invention relates to fibers and nonwovens made from plasticized polyolefin compositions comprising a polyolefin, a non-functionalized hydrocarbon plasticizer and a slip agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2014
    Assignee: ExxonMobil Chemical Patents Inc.
    Inventors: Chon Yie Lin, Bryan Robert Chapman, Chia Yung Cheng, William Michael Ferry, Michael Brian Kelly, Bruce Robert Lundmark, Wen Li
  • Method for manufacturing indium tin oxide nanowires
    Patent number: 8652648
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing indium tin oxide nanowires by preparing a solution that includes an indium-containing species, a tin-containing species and a polymeric material, wherein the solution has a molar ratio of tin to indium in a range from about 5 to about 15 percent, electrospinning fibers using the solution, and heating the fibers to a calcination temperature and maintaining the fibers at the calcination temperature for a predetermined calcination time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Chaoyin Zhou, Amanda Phelps, Richard W. Burns, Wen Li
  • PHOTOCATALYTIC METHODS FOR PREPARATION OF ELECTROCATALYST MATERIALS
    Publication number: 20140031193
    Abstract: The invention relates to methods and structures of metal particles on a support material, including platinum-containing nanoparticles on a carbon support. Such materials can be used as electrocatalysts, for example as improved electrocatalysts in polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cells (PEM-FCs).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicants: Toyota Motor Engineering & Manufacturing North America, Inc., Sandia Corporation, Operator of Sandia National Laboratories, Toyota Motor Corporation
    Inventors: Wen Li, Tetsuo Kawamura, Tetsuo Nagami, Hiroaki Takahashi, John Muldoon, John A. Shelnutt, Yujiang Song, James E. Miller, Michael A. Hickner, Craig John Medforth
  • PRINTING STRUCTURE OF A WATER PIPE
    Publication number: 20140027004
    Abstract: A printing structure of a water pipe contains a body having a plastic layer formed around an outer rim of the body and a printing layer integrally formed with and around the plastic layer, wherein the printing layer has a color pattern or a graphic pattern transfer printed thereon. The printing water pipe has a variety of patterns on the body thereof so as to provide pattern options to the customer. In addition, the pattern on the body of the water pipe allows being printed based on the users' requirement, thus obtaining customization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Inventor: Wen-Li KUO
  • MEASURING/INSPECTING APPARATUS AND MEASURING/INSPECTING METHOD
    Publication number: 20140008534
    Abstract: Technique capable of achieving shortening of settling time, which is caused by ringing, etc. of a blanking control signal is provided. A measuring/inspecting apparatus is configured to have a main blanking unit and a correction blanking control unit as a high-speed switching control unit of an electron beam. During the period of switching of a main blanking control signal from ON to OFF, a correction blanking control signal is applied in real time in synchronization with the switching. The ringing, etc. caused by the main blanking are corrected so as to be cancelled out by that, the settling time is shortened as a result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2013
    Publication date: January 9, 2014
    Inventors: Wen LI, Hisafumi IMURA, Hajime KAWANO, Hiroyuki TAKAHASHI