Patents by Inventor Ying Zhong

Ying Zhong 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: 20250001917
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell and a buffering part. The seat shell includes a backrest portion having a front surface and at least one sidewall arranged at a side of the front surface, and an opening is formed in the sidewall. The buffering part is arranged at the sidewall, the buffering part being rotatable relative to the sidewall between a first position and a second position, wherein the buffering part is positioned at the sidewall such that during a sideways collision the buffering part urges the sidewall to bend inwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2024
    Publication date: January 2, 2025
    Inventors: Xiao Long Mo, Da Liang Zhang, Zheng-Wen Guo, Ying-Zhong Chen
  • Patent number: 12145316
    Abstract: This invention relates to a method and apparatus for creating a three-dimensional structure from a binder-free powder. A corona discharge (plasma) generator forms a controllable electric field, positioning the binder-free powder within the influence of the electric field generated by the corona discharge generator, and activating the corona discharge generator to attract the binder-free powder into a three-dimensional structure. The corona discharge generator includes a grounded bottom substrate and a top substrate elevated above the bottom substrate in a substantially parallel planar orientation. The binder-free powder is placed in the interstitial space between the bottom substrate and the top substrate. An electrode above the top substrate, in electrical communication with the bottom substrate and coupled to a voltage power supply, creates the electrical field. The resulting three-dimensional structure is formed far more rapidly than known additive manufacturing techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: University of South Florida
    Inventors: Ying Zhong, Zijian Weng
  • Publication number: 20240245176
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wristband and a wrist wearable device. The wristband includes a wristband body portion, a connecting portion, and a memory metal portion. One end of the wristband body portion is connected to the connecting portion, the connecting portion is connected to one end of a device body of a wrist wearable device, and another end of the wristband body portion is a free end. The memory metal portion is provided on the wristband body portion and has an arc-shaped memory state in a natural state, so that the wristband body portion is naturally maintained in an arc shape, and the wristband is naturally maintained in a wearing state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Jianning ZHANG, Qingru SHAO, Huaying FENG, Cheng ZHAO, Ying ZHONG, Rui GUO, Yao XUE, Chao ZHANG, Yawei LI
  • Patent number: 12000766
    Abstract: An automatically-cleanable thickening performance evaluation instrument for drilling LCMs includes a cleaning device, a kettle body, a thickening motor, a heating component, a test ending component, a top cover, and a bottom cover, where upper and lower ends of the kettle body are both opened; the kettle body is arranged in a third bearing inner race, a third bearing outer race is connected to a first limb, and the first limb is configured to limit a position of the kettle body; and the kettle body is detachably connected to the thickening motor and driven by the thickening motor to rotate. The instrument can realize electric heating and air pressurization to simulate the underground environment, and the kettle body can be completely sealed, such that a measured thickening time is close to an actual thickening time. Moreover, the instrument can be automatically cleaned at the end of a test.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2024
    Assignee: CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jiping She, Hao Zhang, Yang Yang, Bin Yang, Yang Li, Jianjun Ni, Shiyu Zhang, Ying Zhong
  • Patent number: 11974640
    Abstract: Disclosed is wristband and wrist wearable device, including: a wristband body portion, one end is connected to one end of a device body of a wrist wearable device, and the other end is a free end; and a memory metal portion, which is arranged on the wristband body portion and has an arc-shaped memory state in a natural state, so that the wristband body portion is naturally maintained in an arc shape. The memory metal portion comprises a strip-shaped memory metal piece including a first metal segment, a second metal segment, and a third metal segment that are sequentially connected, the first metal segment and the third metal segment extend along a length direction of the wristband body portion in parallel, the second metal segment is arranged at the free end of the wristband body portion and is provided with at least one bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: GOERTEK INC.
    Inventors: Jianning Zhang, Qingru Shao, Huaying Feng, Cheng Zhao, Ying Zhong, Rui Guo, Yao Xue, Chao Zhang, Yawei Li
  • Publication number: 20240083991
    Abstract: Antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof, that specifically bind to bone morphogenetic protein-9 (BMP9) are provided. Embodiments include uses, and associated methods of using the antibodies, and antigen-binding fragments thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicants: Pfizer Inc., The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc., The General Hospital Corporation
    Inventors: Paul B. Yu, James Reasoner Apgar, Susan Adam Benard, Stephen Peter Berasi, Christine Huard, Oleg Victorovich Kovalenko, Lidia Mosyak, Xianchun Tang, Kathleen Elisabeth Tumelty, Luca Troncone, Ying Zhong
  • Patent number: 11912933
    Abstract: The invention provides a suspension modifier directly added into fracturing fluid for real-time proppant modification during fracturing and the application thereof, relating to the field of oil and gas production technologies. The suspension modifier is a controlled release nanoemulsion and comprises surface hydrophobic modifier, surfactant, cosurfactant and water. The suspension modifier is directly added into clear-water or active-water fracturing fluid while the proppant is added into water. After stirring, the suspension modifier is capable of self-assembling and being adsorbed on the proppant surface, so that the proppant surface becomes hydrophobic and aerophilic. The invention no longer requires the proppant to be pretreated, and the bubble-suspended proppant can be obtained directly by adding the suspension modifier to the clear-water or active-water fracturing fluid, and meanwhile adding the proppant to the fracturing fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: Chengdu University of Technology
    Inventors: Bo Yang, Yu Liu, Hao Zhang, Di Yang, Min Ren, Yang Yang, Ying Zhong, Bin Yang, Jiping She
  • Publication number: 20230359989
    Abstract: Food waste and loss is avoided by performing accommodation of foodstuffs. A foodstuff management apparatus of the present invention includes an inventory allocation section that determines, on the basis of information to the effect that allocation of a foodstuff to a grocery store has been cancelled and a condition of the foodstuff or circumstances of other grocery store, the other grocery store to which the foodstuff can be reallocated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Toru YASUMURA, Keisuke HORIUCHI, Masahiro TOYAMA, Misato FUKAMI, Ying ZHONG
  • Publication number: 20230339373
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell and a buffering part. The seat shell includes a backrest portion having a front surface and at least one sidewall arranged at a side of the front surface, and an opening is formed in the sidewall. The buffering part is arranged at the sidewall, the buffering part being rotatable relative to the sidewall between a first position and a second position, wherein the buffering part is positioned at the sidewall such that during a sideways collision the buffering part urges the sidewall to bend inwardly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Xiao Long Mo, Da Liang Zhang, Zheng-Wen Guo, Ying-Zhong Chen
  • Patent number: 11745629
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell and a buffering part. The seat shell includes a backrest portion and two sidewalls, the backrest portion having a front surface facing forward that is suitable to provide support for a child's back, the two sidewalls being respectively disposed at a left and a right side of the seat shell for restricting sideways movements of a child who sits in the seat shell, one of the two sidewalls having a sidewall portion located in front of the front surface. The buffering part is connected with the seat shell, the buffering part being operable to protrude sideways at an outer side of the sidewall portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: BAMBINO PREZIOSO SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Xiao Long Mo, Da Liang Zhang, Zheng-Wen Guo, Ying-Zhong Chen
  • Publication number: 20230166549
    Abstract: The invention relates to a non-contact printing method and system as well as to a printed sensor. The method includes the steps of disposing a substrate (130) between a discharge electrode (110) and a printing material (140) such that the substrate (130) is spaced apart from the printing material (140); and activating the discharge electrode (110) to generate an electric field between the substrate (130) and the printing material (140), wherein the printing material (140) moves onto a surface (132) of the substrate (130) when the electric field attracts the printing material (140) to the surface (132) of the substrate (130). A corresponding printing system and printed sensor are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Inventors: Ying Zhong, Long Wang, Rui Kou
  • Patent number: 11650194
    Abstract: A dynamic damage evaluation instrument of drilling fluid based on a glass core includes a controller and a support. A kettle body is provided on the support, a well for receiving drilling fluid is provided inside the kettle body, and a well cover is provided at an upper end of the kettle body. A core holding assembly communicating with the well is provided at a side of the kettle body, and a metering assembly is movably provided at the other end of the core holding assembly. A stirrer for stirring drilling fluid is provided inside the well, and a power component for driving the stirrer is provided outside the kettle body. A data detection hole for mounting a temperature and pressure sensor and a pressurization hole for mounting a pressurization device are formed on the well cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Chengdu University of Technology
    Inventors: Jiping She, Hao Zhang, Bin Yang, Yang Yang, Yang Li, Jianjun Ni, Gege Teng, Ying Zhong
  • Publication number: 20230020875
    Abstract: Disclosed is wristband and wrist wearable device, including: a wristband body portion, one end is connected to one end of a device body of a wrist wearable device, and the other end is a free end; and a memory metal portion, which is arranged on the wristband body portion and has an arc-shaped memory state in a natural state, so that the wristband body portion is naturally maintained in an arc shape. The memory metal portion comprises a strip-shaped memory metal piece including a first metal segment, a second metal segment, and a third metal segment that are sequentially connected, the first metal segment and the third metal segment extend along a length direction of the wristband body portion in parallel, the second metal segment is arranged at the free end of the wristband body portion and is provided with at least one bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Jianning ZHANG, Qingru SHAO, Huaying FENG, Cheng ZHAO, Ying ZHONG, Rui GUO, Yao XUE, Chao ZHANG, Yawei LI
  • Publication number: 20230008746
    Abstract: An automatically-cleanable thickening performance evaluation instrument for drilling LCMs includes a cleaning device, a kettle body, a thickening motor, a heating component, a test ending component, a top cover, and a bottom cover, where upper and lower ends of the kettle body are both opened; the kettle body is arranged in a third bearing inner race, a third bearing outer race is connected to a first limb, and the first limb is configured to limit a position of the kettle body; and the kettle body is detachably connected to the thickening motor and driven by the thickening motor to rotate. The instrument can realize electric heating and air pressurization to simulate the underground environment, and the kettle body can be completely sealed, such that a measured thickening time is close to an actual thickening time. Moreover, the instrument can be automatically cleaned at the end of a test.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: Chengdu University of Technology
    Inventors: Jiping SHE, Hao ZHANG, Yang YANG, Bin YANG, Yang LI, Jianjun NI, Shiyu ZHANG, Ying ZHONG
  • Publication number: 20220233132
    Abstract: One or more EMG sensors are configured to sense surface-EMG data indicative of muscle movement of the patient; and transmit surface-EMG data. A controller can identify at least one parameter of the surface-EMG data; compare the parameter to a corresponding dystonia-threshold-value; responsive to a determination that the parameter is greater than the corresponding dystonia-threshold-value: issue a visual-engagement command to a visual unit; and issue a tactile-engagement command to a tactile unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Stephanie Lutton Carey, Arsany Boles Gad, Jordyn Elizabeth Bizzell, Juan Sanchez-Ramos, Sang-Hie Lee, Ying Zhong
  • Publication number: 20220229039
    Abstract: A dynamic damage evaluation instrument of drilling fluid based on a glass core includes a controller and a support. A kettle body is provided on the support, a well for receiving drilling fluid is provided inside the kettle body, and a well cover is provided at an upper end of the kettle body. A core holding assembly communicating with the well is provided at a side of the kettle body, and a metering assembly is movably provided at the other end of the core holding assembly. A stirrer for stirring drilling fluid is provided inside the well, and a power component for driving the stirrer is provided outside the kettle body. A data detection hole for mounting a temperature and pressure sensor and a pressurization hole for mounting a pressurization device are formed on the well cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: Chengdu University of Technology
    Inventors: Jiping SHE, Hao ZHANG, Bin YANG, Yang YANG, Yang LI, Jianjun NI, Gege TENG, Ying ZHONG
  • Patent number: 11333524
    Abstract: An information management system collects and manages information on a charging stand that allows a user to effectively utilize the time during charging. The information management system acquires, from a probe information management device that stores location information of a vehicle and battery residual capacity information of a battery provided in the vehicle, the location information of the vehicle and the battery residual capacity of the vehicle; and acquires, from a user operation terminal operated by a user who gets on the vehicle, destination information indicating a location of a destination of the vehicle input by the user and information on what the user wants to do during charging of the vehicle. A storage unit stores the location information of the vehicle and the battery residual capacity information in association with the destination information of the vehicle and the information on what the user wants to do during the charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: HITACHI, LTD.
    Inventors: Ying Zhong, Shuji Soga, Atsuko Bandou, Iwao Tanuma, Satoshi Murata, Shogo Takada, Michiki Nakano
  • Publication number: 20210290799
    Abstract: A method for treating an article, the method including generating a corona discharge from an electrode; providing an article within the corona discharge; and exposing the article to the corona discharge to disinfect and/or electrically charge the article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Ying Zhong, Libin Ye, Siriam Sundar Shankara Narayanan, Vladislav Paley, Xudong Wang
  • Publication number: 20210284049
    Abstract: A child safety seat includes a seat shell and a buffering part. The seat shell includes a backrest portion and two sidewalls, the backrest portion having a front surface facing forward that is suitable to provide support for a child's back, the two sidewalls being respectively disposed at a left and a right side of the seat shell for restricting sideways movements of a child who sits in the seat shell, one of the two sidewalls having a sidewall portion located in front of the front surface. The buffering part is connected with the seat shell, the buffering part being operable to protrude sideways at an outer side of the sidewall portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Xiao Long MO, Da Liang ZHANG, Zheng-Wen GUO, Ying-Zhong CHEN
  • Patent number: 11110682
    Abstract: A multilayer structure comprising solid layers and defining at least one gap that separates the solid layers to form an alternating pattern of the solid layers and the at least one gap in the structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Yu Qiao, Ying Zhong