Patents by Inventor Wenzhi Li

Wenzhi 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).

  • Publication number: 20250036247
    Abstract: A display panel and a display device. The display panel includes a display layer and a touch layer. A touch electrode in the touch layer includes metal frames. An orthographic projection of the metal frame on the display panel is located at a periphery of an orthographic projection of a pixel opening on the display panel. The metal frame includes a first metal frame. Light-emitting elements are configured to emit light with a first color. The first metal frame includes a first bar and a second bar in a first direction. A fracture is located between adjacent touch electrodes and includes a first fracture. One first fracture is located in the first bar of a first metal frame, and another first fracture is located in the first bar or the second bar of another first metal frame. The first direction is parallel to the display panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: XIAMEN TIANMA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenzhi LI, Huangyao WU
  • Publication number: 20250008348
    Abstract: An adaptive optimization method for a 5G weight value includes: mapping 5G MR sample points to grid elements of a 3D grid; identifying a type of each grid element; determining a weight value combination; determining a first coverage value based on a first path loss for a center grid element of the business distribution center grid cluster and each weight value combination, determining a first coverage improvement value based on the first coverage value, determining from the weight value combination an initial weight value combination; determining a second coverage value for a weak depth coverage grid element based on a second path loss and each initial weight value combination, determining a second coverage improvement value based on the second coverage value, and determining, from the initial weight value combination, a final weight value combination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Wentao Zhu, Feng Gao, Wenzhi Li, Xidian Wang, Yuan Wu, Chenxi Zhang, Fei Liu, Kankan Jin, Jinpeng Xu, Minghao Gao, Shimeng Wang, Yonghong Zhao, Yu Qiu, Jiajia Hao
  • Patent number: 12151938
    Abstract: Copper-filled carbon nanotubes and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition can be used to synthesize vertically aligned carbon nanotubes filled with copper nanowires. The copper filling can occur concurrently with the carbon nanotube growth, and the carbon nanotubes can be completely filled by copper. The filling of Cu inside the CNTs can be controlled by tuning the synthesis temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Arun Thapa
  • Patent number: 11932966
    Abstract: Filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. An in situ chemical vapor deposition technique can be used to synthesize CNTs filled with metal sulfide nanowires. The CNTs can be completely and continuously filled with the metal sulfide fillers up to several micrometers in length. The filled CNTs can be easily collected from the substrates used for synthesis using a simple ultrasonication method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Yuba Poudel
  • Patent number: 11929504
    Abstract: Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) (e.g., multi-walled VACNTs and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. VACNTs can be synthesized on nickel foam (Ni—F), for example by using a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) technique. A wet chemical method can then be used to coat on the VACNTs a layer of nanoparticles, such as tin oxide (SnO2) nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Arun Thapa
  • Publication number: 20230339581
    Abstract: An “outboard pontoon” semisubmersible floating platform for the use of offshore applications has a hull configuration including vertical deck support columns and a horizontally disposed pontoon structure. The vertical columns support the deck structure at upper ends and adjoin pontoon at their lower ends. Under the premise of ensuring platform stability, structural feasibility, and structural cost efficiency, the pontoon is horizontally extrapolated as far as possible radially outward from platform center in the horizontal plan while the elevation of the bottom of columns ranges anywhere from the pontoon bottom to the top surface of the pontoon. The vertical columns are adjoined to the pontoon from its inner periphery and the central vertical axis of each column resides a distance inward from the closest point of the center line of the pontoon. This arrangement makes part of pontoon become the “outboard pontoon” which is the important concept introduced by this invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Katherine Yixin Li, Xiaoling Hu
  • Publication number: 20230203712
    Abstract: Filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. An in situ chemical vapor deposition technique can be used to synthesize CNTs filled with metal sulfide nanowires. The CNTs can be completely and continuously filled with the metal sulfide fillers up to several micrometers in length. The filled CNTs can be easily collected from the substrates used for synthesis using a simple ultrasonication method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2023
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Yuba Poudel
  • Publication number: 20230085275
    Abstract: Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) (e.g., multi-walled VACNTs and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. VACNTs can be synthesized on nickel foam (Ni—F), for example by using a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) technique. A wet chemical method can then be used to coat on the VACNTs a layer of nanoparticles, such as tin oxide (SnO2) nanoparticles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Arun Thapa
  • Patent number: 11572636
    Abstract: Filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. An in situ chemical vapor deposition technique can be used to synthesize CNTs filled with metal sulfide nanowires. The CNTs can be completely and continuously filled with the metal sulfide fillers up to several micrometers in length. The filled CNTs can be easily collected from the substrates used for synthesis using a simple ultrasonication method.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Yuba Poudel
  • Patent number: 11476464
    Abstract: Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes (VACNTs) (e.g., multi-walled VACNTs and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. VACNTs can be synthesized on nickel foam (Ni—F), for example by using a plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) technique. A wet chemical method can then be used to coat on the VACNTs a layer of nanoparticles, such as tin oxide (SnO2) nanoparticles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Arun Thapa
  • Patent number: 11417885
    Abstract: Filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs), methods of synthesizing the same, and lithium-ion batteries comprising the same are provided. In situ methods (e.g., chemical vapor deposition techniques) can be used to synthesize CNTs (e.g., multi-walled CNTs) filled with metal sulfide nanowires. The CNTs can be completely (or nearly completely) and continuously (or nearly continuously) filled with the metal sulfide fillers up to several micrometers in length. The filled CNTs can be synthesized on a carbon substrate. A lithium-ion battery can comprise a cathode, an anode comprising filled CNTs as described herein, and an electrolyte in contact with the cathode and/or the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Yuba Poudel
  • Patent number: 11377412
    Abstract: A catalyst for catalytic oxidation of furfural to prepare maleic acid is composed of a carbon nitride doped with a potassium salt. A method for preparing the catalyst includes mixing the potassium salt, a precursor of the carbon nitride and a solvent to obtain a mixture, and drying and calcining the mixture to obtain the catalyst. A use of the catalyst in catalytic oxidation of furfural to prepare maleic acid, wherein the maleic acid is prepared by the step of oxidizing furfural in a solvent in the presence of the catalyst. The invention has the advantages that by using the method provided by the invention to prepare maleic acid, the conversion rate of furfural can be 99% or more and the yield of maleic acid can be up to 70.40%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: HEFEI ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Tao Yang
  • Patent number: 11296319
    Abstract: Filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs), methods of synthesizing the same, and lithium-ion batteries comprising the same are provided. In situ methods (e.g., chemical vapor deposition techniques) can be used to synthesize CNTs (e.g., multi-walled CNTs) filled with metal sulfide nanowires. The CNTs can be completely (or nearly completely) and continuously (or nearly continuously) filled with the metal sulfide fillers up to several micrometers in length. The filled CNTs can be synthesized on a carbon substrate. A lithium-ion battery can comprise a cathode, an anode comprising filled CNTs as described herein, and an electrolyte in contact with the cathode and/or the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: THE FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY BOARD OF TRUSTEES
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Yuba Poudel
  • Patent number: 11235314
    Abstract: A catalyst for catalytic oxidation of furfural to prepare maleic acid, relating to the technical field of renewable energy. The catalyst is a mixture of a bromide and a base. A method for preparing the catalyst in catalytic oxidation of furfural to prepare maleic acid. The method includes: mixing the furfural, the bromide-base, an oxidant and a solvent to carry out a reaction to obtain the maleic acid. The present invention has the advantages that the method has a relatively high conversion rate of furfural and a relatively high yield of maleic acid, the conversion rate of furfural is up to 99%, the yield of maleic acid is up to 68.04%; and the catalyst has a high catalytic selectivity and reusability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: HEFEI ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Tao Yang, Mingxue Su, Jianru Ma
  • Publication number: 20220024768
    Abstract: Copper-filled carbon nanotubes and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition can be used to synthesize vertically aligned carbon nanotubes filled with copper nanowires. The copper filling can occur concurrently with the carbon nanotube growth, and the carbon nanotubes can be completely filled by copper. The filling of Cu inside the CNTs can be controlled by tuning the synthesis temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Applicant: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Arun Thapa
  • Publication number: 20210324537
    Abstract: Filled carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. An in situ chemical vapor deposition technique can be used to synthesize CNTs filled with metal sulfide nanowires. The CNTs can be completely and continuously filled with the metal sulfide fillers up to several micrometers in length. The filled CNTs can be easily collected from the substrates used for synthesis using a simple ultrasonication method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Yuba Poudel
  • Publication number: 20210154647
    Abstract: A catalyst for catalytic oxidation of furfural to prepare maleic acid, relating to the technical field of renewable energy. The catalyst is a mixture of a bromide and a base. A method for preparing the catalyst in catalytic oxidation of furfural to prepare maleic acid. The method includes: mixing the furfural, the bromide-base, an oxidant and a solvent to carry out a reaction to obtain the maleic acid. The present invention has the advantages that the method has a relatively high conversion rate of furfural and a relatively high yield of maleic acid, the conversion rate of furfural is up to 99%, the yield of maleic acid is up to 68.04%; and the catalyst has a high catalytic selectivity and reusability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Applicant: HEFEI ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wenzhi LI, Tao YANG, Mingxue SU, Jianru MA
  • Publication number: 20210129118
    Abstract: A catalyst for catalytic oxidation of furfural to prepare maleic acid is composed of a carbon nitride doped with a potassium salt. A method for preparing the catalyst includes mixing the potassium salt, a precursor of the carbon nitride and a solvent to obtain a mixture, and drying and calcining the mixture to obtain the catalyst. A use of the catalyst in catalytic oxidation of furfural to prepare maleic acid, wherein the maleic acid is prepared by the step of oxidizing furfural in a solvent in the presence of the catalyst. The invention has the advantages that by using the method provided by the invention to prepare maleic acid, the conversion rate of furfural can be 99% or more and the yield of maleic acid can be up to 70.40%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: HEFEI ENERGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Wenzhi LI, Tao YANG
  • Patent number: 10968103
    Abstract: Copper-filled carbon nanotubes and methods of synthesizing the same are provided. Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition can be used to synthesize vertically aligned carbon nanotubes filled with copper nanowires. The copper filling can occur concurrently with the carbon nanotube growth, and the carbon nanotubes can be completely filled by copper. The filling of Cu inside the CNTs can be controlled by tuning the synthesis temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventors: Wenzhi Li, Arun Thapa
  • Patent number: 10961123
    Abstract: Methods and devices to synthesize vertically aligned carbon nanotube (VACNT) arrays directly on a catalytic conductive substrate without addition of an external metallic catalyst layer and without any pretreatment to the substrate surface using a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method are provided. A method comprises providing a catalytic conductive substrate, that has not been pretreated through a plasma enhanced chemical vapor deposition (PECVD) method or other methods, to a PECVD device, etching the catalytic conductive substrate to form catalytically active nano-features on the surface of the catalytic conductive substrate, and growing vertically aligned carbon nanotubes on the surface of the catalytic conductive substrate, without an external metallic catalyst layer, by providing a carbon source gas to the catalytic conductive substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: The Florida International University Board of Trustees
    Inventor: Wenzhi Li