Patents by Inventor Yihui Zhang

Yihui Zhang 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: 11975989
    Abstract: An integrated method for clearance, collection and capture of internal pollutants and algae at the bottom of a lake include the following steps: selecting areas where the pollution level is high, and organic or inorganic particulate matter is prone to accumulation and carrying out trenching operations at the bottom of the lake to form a plurality of traps; and removing the sludge and algae inside the traps and clearing the sediment inside the traps, for subsequent internal pollution control when the surface-layer sludge on both sides of the traps almost fills up the traps. This method makes use of the hydrodynamic disturbances of waves formed by natural wind energy and lake currents to continuously transport sludge with a high pollution level and a small specific gravity and algae in the surface layer of the lake bottom, which are rich in organic debris, to artificially built traps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY & LIMNOLOGY, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Weiping Hu, Yihui Zhang, Jiancai Deng, Weiwei Xu
  • Publication number: 20240076860
    Abstract: An automatic faucet for a wash basin includes a control box. The control box includes a control box body, a solenoid valve, and a manual control member. Both the solenoid valve and the manual control member can control whether water flows out from a mixed water outlet of the control box body or not. The automatic faucet can realize a manually-operated spray function for use in an emergency when the solenoid valve fails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Xingui Zhang, Yihui Chen, Mouyong Lin
  • Publication number: 20240068214
    Abstract: A water discharge structure and a sensor-operated water discharge device are disclosed. The water discharge structure includes a valve core seat having independent cold water, hot water and sensor-operated mixed water flow channels. An accommodating chamber is disposed inside the sensor-operated mixed water flow channel for accommodating a solenoid valve that controls opening and closing of the sensor-operated mixed water flow channel. The valve core seat has a cold water outlet, a hot water outlet, a sensor-operated mixed water inlet and a mechanically-operated mixed water inlet that are located on a same end face of the valve core seat. It is convenient to assemble the valve core seat and the valve core of the sensor-operated water discharge device. The overall assembly of the sensor-operated water discharge device can be realized when it leaves the factory, and the installation operation can be simplified for the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: February 29, 2024
    Inventors: Xingui Zhang, Yihui Chen, Mouyong Lin
  • Publication number: 20220349924
    Abstract: The present invention disclosed a method for calculating an oscillation damping ratio of a power grid, and relates to the field of power system operation and control. When a power system oscillates, an oscillation period, two oscillation extreme points, and an oscillation direct current component start to be detected. Then an oscillation decay time constant is calculated according to the two oscillation extreme points and the oscillation direct current component. The oscillation damping ratio is calculated through the oscillation decay time constant and the oscillation period. Compared with a conventional fitting method, the conventional fitting method cannot calculate and analyze the oscillation damping ratio in a cast that a complete oscillation waveform is not obtained. The method proposed by the present inventive patent may complete the calculation of the oscillation damping ratio in a case of obtaining 2 pieces of data, so as to accelerate the speed of calculation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Yihui ZHANG, Libin WEN, Guangshi LIU, Qian DOU, Dongshan HUANG, Xiaoming WANG, Zhiyuan SUN, Guangling LU, Mingpo LI, Mosi LIU, Hao QIU, Xiaoyin QIU, Zhiyang YAO, Wei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20210309538
    Abstract: An integrated method for clearance, collection and capture of internal pollutants and algae at the bottom of a lake include the following steps: selecting areas where the pollution level is high, and organic or inorganic particulate matter is prone to accumulation and carrying out trenching operations at the bottom of the lake to form a plurality of traps; and removing the sludge and algae inside the traps and clearing the sediment inside the traps, for subsequent internal pollution control when the surface-layer sludge on both sides of the traps almost fills up the traps. This method makes use of the hydrodynamic disturbances of waves formed by natural wind energy and lake currents to continuously transport sludge with a high pollution level and a small specific gravity and algae in the surface layer of the lake bottom, which are rich in organic debris, to artificially built traps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Publication date: October 7, 2021
    Applicant: NANJING INSTITUTE OF GEOGRAPHY & LIMNOLOGY. CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Weiping Hu, Yihui Zhang, Jiancai Deng, Weiwei Xu
  • Patent number: 10840536
    Abstract: The present invention provides electronic systems, including device arrays, comprising functional device(s) and/or device component(s) at least partially enclosed via one or more containment chambers, such that the device(s) and/or device component(s) are at least partially, and optionally entirely, immersed in a containment fluid. Useful containment fluids for use in containment chambers of electronic devices of the invention include lubricants, electrolytes and/or electronically resistive fluids. In some embodiments, for example, electronic systems of the invention comprise one or more electronic devices and/or device components provided in free-standing and/or tethered configurations that decouple forces originating upon deformation, stretching or compression of a supporting substrate from the free standing or tethered device or device component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Northwestern University
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Sheng Xu, Jonathan A. Fan, Yonggang Huang, Yihui Zhang, Lin Jia
  • Patent number: 10538028
    Abstract: Origami- and Kirigami-inspired assembly of predetermined three-dimensional forms is presented in comprehensive theoretical and experimental studies, with examples of a broad range of topologies and material compositions. The resulting engineering options in the construction of functional 3D structures have important implications for advanced microsystem technologies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Northwestern University
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Sheng Xu, Zheng Yan, Yihui Zhang, Yonggang Huang
  • Patent number: 10192830
    Abstract: The present invention provides electronic circuits, devices and device components including one or more stretchable components, such as stretchable electrical interconnects, electrodes and/or semiconductor components. Stretchability of some of the present systems is achieved via a materials level integration of stretchable metallic or semiconducting structures with soft, elastomeric materials in a configuration allowing for elastic deformations to occur in a repeatable and well-defined way. The stretchable device geometries and hard-soft materials integration approaches of the invention provide a combination of advance electronic function and compliant mechanics supporting a broad range of device applications including sensing, actuation, power storage and communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Northwestern University
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Jonathan Fan, Woon-Hong Yeo, Yewang Su, Yonggang Huang, Yihui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170365557
    Abstract: The present invention provides electronic circuits, devices and device components including one or more stretchable components, such as stretchable electrical interconnects, electrodes and/or semiconductor components. Stretchability of some of the present systems is achieved via a materials level integration of stretchable metallic or semiconducting structures with soft, elastomeric materials in a configuration allowing for elastic deformations to occur in a repeatable and well-defined way. The stretchable device geometries and hard-soft materials integration approaches of the invention provide a combination of advance electronic function and compliant mechanics supporting a broad range of device applications including sensing, actuation, power storage and communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Jonathan FAN, Woon-Hong YEO, Yewang SU, Yonggang HUANG, Yihui ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9613911
    Abstract: The present invention provides electronic circuits, devices and device components including one or more stretchable components, such as stretchable electrical interconnects, electrodes and/or semiconductor components. Stretchability of some of the present systems is achieved via a materials level integration of stretchable metallic or semiconducting structures with soft, elastomeric materials in a configuration allowing for elastic deformations to occur in a repeatable and well-defined way. The stretchable device geometries and hard-soft materials integration approaches of the invention provide a combination of advance electronic function and compliant mechanics supporting a broad range of device applications including sensing, actuation, power storage and communications.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Northwestern University
    Inventors: John A. Rogers, Jonathan Fan, Woon-Hong Yeo, Yewang Su, Yonggang Huang, Yihui Zhang
  • Patent number: 9353380
    Abstract: A BrTCP24 gene for controlling the growth of Chinese cabbage and its applications. The BrTCP24 gene has the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 1, the whole length of which is 1221 bp. The gene is useful for improving the production of economic crop. As indicated by experimental results, the gene serves as a controlling gene for plant growth and has the function of down-regulating the plant growth. Through overexpressing the gene, a transgenic plant smaller than the wild one can be obtained. The gene of the invention can provide theory basis and gene source for breeding new varieties of crops.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: VEGETABLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SHANDONG, ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Jianwei Gao, Fengde Wang, Yihui Zhang, Lifeng Liu, Huayin Li, Libin Li, Lihua Wang, Cuihua Wang
  • Publication number: 20160136877
    Abstract: Origami- and Kirigami-inspired assembly of predetermined three-dimensional forms is presented in comprehensive theoretical and experimental studies, with examples of a broad range of topologies and material compositions. The resulting engineering options in the construction of functional 3D structures have important implications for advanced microsystem technologies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: May 19, 2016
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Sheng XU, Zheng YAN, Yihui ZHANG, Yonggang HUANG
  • Publication number: 20150380355
    Abstract: The present invention provides electronic circuits, devices and device components including one or more stretchable components, such as stretchable electrical interconnects, electrodes and/or semiconductor components. Stretchability of some of the present systems is achieved via a materials level integration of stretchable metallic or semiconducting structures with soft, elastomeric materials in a configuration allowing for elastic deformations to occur in a repeatable and well-defined way. The stretchable device geometries and hard-soft materials integration approaches of the invention provide a combination of advance electronic function and compliant mechanics supporting a broad range of device applications including sensing, actuation, power storage and communications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Jonathan FAN, Woon-Hong YEO, Yewang SU, Yonggang HUANG, Yihui ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20150373831
    Abstract: The present invention provides electronic systems, including device arrays, comprising functional device(s) and/or device component(s) at least partially enclosed via one or more containment chambers, such that the device(s) and/or device component(s) are at least partially, and optionally entirely, immersed in a containment fluid. Useful containment fluids for use in containment chambers of electronic devices of the invention include lubricants, electrolytes and/or electronically resistive fluids. In some embodiments, for example, electronic systems of the invention comprise one or more electronic devices and/or device components provided in free-standing and/or tethered configurations that decouple forces originating upon deformation, stretching or compression of a supporting substrate from the free standing or tethered device or device component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: John A. ROGERS, Sheng XU, Jonathan A. FAN, Yonggang HUANG, Yihui ZHANG, Lin JIA
  • Publication number: 20140364589
    Abstract: A BrTCP24 gene for controlling the growth of Chinese cabbage and its applications. The BrTCP24 gene has the nucleotide sequence shown in SEQ ID No. 1, the whole length of which is 1221 bp. The gene is useful for improving the production of economic crop. As indicated by experimental results, the gene serves as a controlling gene for plant growth and has the function of down-regulating the plant growth. Through overexpressing the gene, a transgenic plant smaller than the wild one can be obtained. The gene of the invention can provide theory basis and gene source for breeding new varieties of crops.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2013
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: VEGETABLE RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF SHANDONG, ACADEMY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES
    Inventors: Jianwei Gao, Fengde Wang, Yihui Zhang, Lifeng Liu, Huayin Li, Libin Li, Lihua Wang, Cuihua Wang