Patents by Inventor Yongfa Zhu

Yongfa Zhu 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: 20250105751
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a converter and an electronic device that incorporates the converter. The converter includes: an input terminal, a first inverter circuit, a first transformer, a first rectifier circuit, and an output terminal. The first transformer includes a first primary-side winding and a first secondary-side winding. The input terminal is connected to a first terminal of the first inverter circuit, a second terminal of the first inverter circuit is connected to the first primary-side winding, and the first rectifier circuit is connected between the first secondary-side winding and the output terminal. A third terminal of the first inverter circuit is connected to the output terminal; or a third terminal of the first inverter circuit is connected to the first secondary-side winding. In this disclosure, a loss of the converter can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Yongfa ZHU, Zhiqiang ZENG, Xiangyuan DENG, Jinsen CAI, Benhu LI, Haitao CHEN, Chengfeng JIANG
  • Patent number: 12203182
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a preparation method and application of a non-noble metal single atom catalyst, and belongs to the technical fields of chemistry, chemical engineering and material science. According to the disclosure, cheap raw materials and simple method are used to prepare the single atom catalyst. In essence, metal is anchored on light-absorbing carrier in a single atom form under irradiation to produce the single atom catalyst. In the disclosure, the non-noble metal single atom catalyst is prepared by using a photochemical synthetic route for the first time. The single atom catalyst synthesized in the disclosure is dispersed on the surface of photoactive substance. Using nickel single atom as a co-catalyst in photocatalytic water splitting to produce hydrogen, the cost is low and the catalytic efficiency is greatly improved compared with other types of non-noble metal modified composite photocatalysts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: Jiangnan University
    Inventors: Yuming Dong, Guangli Wang, Pingping Jiang, Huizhen Zhang, Liang Jian, Ji Li, Yongfa Zhu, Chengsi Pan, Jinze Lv, Yan Leng, Pingbo Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240356381
    Abstract: This application provides a wireless charging transmitting apparatus, a wireless charging receiving apparatus, and a system thereof. The wireless charging transmitting apparatus includes an inverter circuit, a first transmitting plate, and a second transmitting plate. The wireless charging receiving apparatus includes a first receiving plate, a second receiving plate, and a rectifier circuit. An input end of the inverter circuit is connected to a direct current power supply, a first output end of the inverter circuit is connected to the first transmitting plate, and a second output end of the inverter circuit is connected to the second transmitting plate. A first contact is disposed on the first transmitting plate, and a second contact is disposed on the first receiving plate. When the first contact is in contact with the second contact, the first transmitting plate establishes an electrical connection to the first receiving plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Shaojie FENG, Zhongnan QIAN, Yongfa ZHU, Xiaowei CHEN, Quanhao SUN, Zhiqiang DUAN, Jiangtao YANG
  • Patent number: 12057730
    Abstract: This application provides a charging pad used in a wireless charger. The charging pad can be wound. Specifically, the charging pad includes a rigid region and a flexible region, and a structure of the rigid region is different from a structure of the flexible region. A rigid support plate is disposed in the rigid region, and a metal line in the flexible region is in a metal hinge structure or is a bendable metal conducting wire. In addition, this application further provides a wireless charger to which the charging pad is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfa Zhu, Xiaowei Chen, Jin Qiu, Xueyan Huang, Tao Ding
  • Patent number: 12020857
    Abstract: A coil module includes a first planar coil winding and a second planar coil winding. A first coil of the first planar coil winding includes a first outer side part and a first inner side part. A first coil of the second planar coil winding includes a second outer side part and a second inner side part. An end part of the first outer side part is connected to an end part of the second inner side part, and an end part of the second outer side part is connected to an end part of the first inner side part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changsheng Pei, Yongfa Zhu, Zhiqiang Zeng
  • Patent number: 11978583
    Abstract: A coil module includes a first planar coil winding that includes a plurality of turns of coils, at least one turn of first coil in the plurality of turns of coils includes at least one first cutting opening, and the first cutting opening divides the first coil into a first outer side part and a first inner side part along an extension direction of the coil, and a first target side part includes a first cutting groove, the first target side part is at least one of the first outer side part and the first inner side part, an extension direction of the first cutting groove is the same as an extension direction of the first target side part, and a width of a single first cutting groove is less than or equal to a width of a single first cutting opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfa Zhu, Xiaowei Chen, Tao Ding, Zhiqiang Zeng, Chang Yang, Zhaodong He
  • Patent number: 11923690
    Abstract: A wireless charging apparatus for a wireless power transmission system and a method are provided. The apparatus includes a voltage conversion circuit, an excitation coil, n first resonance coils, and a controller, where n is greater than or equal to 3. The voltage conversion circuit is connected to the excitation coil and converts a power grid voltage into a high-frequency alternating current voltage. The excitation coil generates a magnetic field based on the high-frequency alternating current voltage. The n first resonance coils are arranged in different directions and conducts the magnetic field, and the controller monitors power statuses of the first resonance coils, and enable or disable the first resonance coils based on the power statuses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hongliang Chen, Wei Chen, Changsheng Pei, Yongfa Zhu
  • Patent number: 11916399
    Abstract: This application describes a coil. The coil includes an output terminal, an input terminal, and a wire-winding part that is connected between the output terminal and the input terminal. A slot is disposed on at least a part of the wire-winding part, and a depth of the slot in any direction of a cross section of the wire-winding part is less than or equal to a distance between two points that are the farthest away from each other on the cross section of the wire-winding part. The wire-winding part is a metal conductor made through spiral winding. The input terminal and the output terminal are configured to connect the wire-winding part to an external circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changsheng Pei, Yongfa Zhu, Heqian Yang, Jinsen Cai
  • Patent number: 11887773
    Abstract: A coil winding includes a first part of coils and a second part of coils located on opposite sides of an insulation layer, where the first part of coils comprises a first segment of conducting wire, and the second part of coils comprises a second segment of conducting wire. The first segment of conducting wire and the second segment of conducting wire each includes N cutting openings. Both the first segment of conducting wire and the second segment of conducting wire are divided into N+1 sub conducting wires by the N cutting openings. The N+1 sub conducting wires in the first segment of conducting wire and the N+1 sub conducting wires in the second segment of conducting wire are electrically coupled in a one-to-one manner to form N+1 pairs of sub conducting wires including a crossover structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfa Zhu, Xiaowei Chen, Zhiqiang Zeng
  • Patent number: 11870274
    Abstract: A wireless charging device is disclosed, which includes: a charging pad and a first controller. The charging pad includes a plurality of charging units, the plurality of charging units include a first charging unit and a second charging unit. When a first electromagnetic coupling strength between the first charging unit and the to-be-charged device is greater than or equal to a first threshold, the first controller is configured to control the first charging unit to separately charge the to-be-charged device. When both the second electromagnetic coupling strength between the second charging unit and the to-be-charged device and the first electromagnetic coupling strength are less than a first threshold, and are greater than or equal to a second threshold, the first controller is configured to control the first charging unit and the second charging unit to jointly charge the target to-be-charged device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yongfa Zhu, Tao Ding, Heqian Yang, Changsheng Pei, Zhi Zhang
  • Patent number: 11837877
    Abstract: This application discloses a coil module, which includes: an insulation layer, a first planar coil winding, and a second planar coil winding, one turn of coil of the first planar coil winding includes a first portion, a second portion, and a first connection part, and one turn of coil of the second planar coil winding includes a third portion, a fourth portion, and a second connection part. The first connection portion connects an outer side part of the first portion and an inner side part of the second portion, the second connection portion connects an inner side part of the third portion and an outer side part of the fourth portion, and there is an overlap between a projection of the first connection portion on a plane of the insulation layer and a projection of the second connection portion on the plane of the insulation layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changsheng Pei, Yongfa Zhu, Zhiqiang Zeng, Xiaowei Chen
  • Publication number: 20230344343
    Abstract: This application provides a conversion circuit, a switch-mode power supply, and an electronic device. The conversion circuit mainly includes a first branch circuit and a second branch circuit. Input sides of the first branch circuit and the second branch circuit are connected in series, and output sides of the first branch circuit and the second branch circuit are connected in parallel; or input sides of the first branch circuit and the second branch circuit are connected in parallel, and output sides of the first branch circuit and the second branch circuit are connected in series. This implementation helps improve efficiency of the conversion circuit. When an inductor is disposed in the conversion circuit, a size of the inductor is further reduced, to improve integration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Yongfa ZHU, Zhiqiang ZENG, Jinsen CAI, Heqian YANG, Xiaowei CHEN, Tao DING
  • Patent number: 11796709
    Abstract: A detection coil includes a first group of coils, a second group of coils, and a third group of coils that are continuously wound and coaxial, and the second group of coils is located between the first group of coils and the third group of coils. A coil that generates the first magnetic field is coaxial with the first group of coils, the second group of coils, and the third group of coils. A sum of the induced electromotive forces of the first group of coils, the second group of coils, and the third group of coils is zero. When a metal foreign matter exists, a sum of the induced electromotive forces of the first group of coils, the second group of coils, and the third group of coils is not zero.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mou He, Wei Chen, Yongfa Zhu
  • Patent number: 11735956
    Abstract: A wireless charging system includes a transmitter and a receiver, the transmitter includes a transmitter coil and a first series matching capacitor, the transmitter coil is connected to the first series matching capacitor in series to form a first oscillation circuit, and the first oscillation circuit is configured to transfer power to the receiver, and the receiver includes a receiver coil and a second series matching capacitor, the receiver coil is connected to the second series matching capacitor in series to form a second oscillation circuit, and the second oscillation circuit is configured to receive the power transferred by the first oscillation circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Changsheng Pei, Zhiqiang Zeng, Yongfa Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230103280
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a wireless charging system. The wireless charging system includes a first electronic device, a wireless charging device, and a second electronic device. The wireless charging device is located between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The wireless charging device is an auxiliary device of the first electronic device and is physically connected to the first electronic device, the wireless charging device includes a receiver circuit and a housing, the receiver circuit includes a receiver coil, and the receiver coil is located on an inner side of the housing. The first electronic device is configured to: charge the wireless charging device, charge the second electronic device through the wireless charging device, and receive power from the second electronic device through the wireless charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Tao DING, Yongfa ZHU, Zhensheng CHEN, Kaijun LIU
  • Publication number: 20220416167
    Abstract: An osmium-containing conjugated polymer and methods thereof. A structural formula of the osmium-containing conjugated polymer is formula I, a reaction formula of the osmium-containing conjugated polymer is a formula II.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Haiping Xia, Shiyan Chen, Xiang Gao, Ying Zhang, Yanan Liu, Yongfa Zhu, Lixia Peng, Yapeng Cai, Qingde Zhuo, Liulin Yang, Xumin He, Hong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11532420
    Abstract: A thin film inductor is disclosed, which includes a thin film magnetic core. The thin film magnetic core includes at least one magnetic thin film. In each magnetic thin film, at least one type-1 gap is provided. A length direction of the type-1 gap is parallel to a direction of hard magnetization of the magnetic thin film. If the thin film magnetic core comprises at least two magnetic thin films, the at least two magnetic thin films are laminated and overlap each other. A sum of widths of all type-1 gaps in each magnetic thin film is the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Heqian Yang, Yongfa Zhu, Xiaolong Luo
  • Publication number: 20220340423
    Abstract: A photothermal catalytic method for production of hydrogen peroxide without a sacrificial reagent on the basis of a porphyrin-based supermolecule is provided. The method includes the following steps: uniformly mixing a porphyrin-based supermolecule photocatalyst with a concentration of 0.3-1.5 g/L with ultrapure water, conducting irradiation with a visible light for a period of time under stirring at a temperature of 40-80° C. and an O2 flow rate of 50-150 mL/min, and then filtering and concentrating a reaction liquid to obtain an aqueous hydrogen peroxide solution with a high concentration. According to the new photothermal catalytic method for preparing the hydrogen peroxide provided in the present disclosure, no organic solvent (such as ethanol, isopropanol and benzyl alcohol) is used as a sacrificial reagent, and the method is environmentally friendly and free of pollution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Chengsi Pan, Yaning Zhang, Yongfa Zhu, Gaoming Bian, Yuming Dong, Ying Zhang, Yang Lou
  • Publication number: 20220278557
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a wireless charging system. The wireless charging system includes a first electronic device, a wireless charging device, and a second electronic device. The wireless charging device is located between the first electronic device and the second electronic device. The wireless charging device is an auxiliary device of the first electronic device and is physically connected to the first electronic device, the wireless charging device includes a receiver circuit and a housing, the receiver circuit includes a receiver coil, and the receiver coil is located on an inner side of the housing. The first electronic device is configured to: charge the wireless charging device, charge the second electronic device through the wireless charging device, and receive power from the second electronic device through the wireless charging device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Inventors: Tao DING, Yongfa ZHU, Zhensheng CHEN, Kaijun LIU
  • Publication number: 20220216734
    Abstract: This application discloses a wireless charging system, and pertains to the field of wireless charging technologies. The system includes: a transmit apparatus and a receive apparatus; the transmit apparatus includes an inverter circuit and two transmit electrodes, an input terminal of the inverter circuit is connected to a direct-current power supply, and two output terminals of the inverter circuit are connected to the two transmit electrodes respectively; the receive apparatus includes two receive electrodes and a rectifier circuit, two input terminals of the rectifier circuit are connected to the two receive electrodes respectively, and an output terminal of the rectifier circuit is connected to a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: Shaojie FENG, Zhiqiang ZENG, Yongfa ZHU, Jin QIU