Patents by Inventor Zhangfeng Wang

Zhangfeng Wang 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: 11955613
    Abstract: Cathode material from exhausted lithium ion batteries are dissolved in a solution for extracting the useful elements Co (cobalt), Ni (nickel), Al (Aluminum) and Mn (manganese) to produce active cathode materials for new batteries. The solution includes compounds of desirable materials such as cobalt, nickel, aluminum and manganese dissolved as compounds from the exhausted cathode material of spent cells. Depending on a desired proportion, or ratio, of the desired materials, raw materials are added to the solution to achieve the desired ratio of the commingled compounds for the recycled cathode material for new cells. The desired materials precipitate out of solution without extensive heating or separation of the desired materials into individual compounds or elements. The resulting active cathode material has the predetermined ratio for use in new cells, and avoids high heat typically required to separate the useful elements because the desired materials remain commingled in solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Yan Wang, Eric Gratz, Qina Sa, Zhangfeng Zheng, Joseph Heelan, Kee-Chan Kim
  • Publication number: 20210189507
    Abstract: This invention discloses a primer, a kit and a method for testing Taihe black chicken egg. The described primer includes: as shown in SEQ ID No. 1, SEQ ID No. 2, SEQ ID No. 3 and SEQ ID No. 4. The described test method comprises the following steps: extract the genomic DNA of the egg to be tested, propagate the genomic DNA by two-step PCR, and perform genotyping according to the base at 68 bp of the gene sequence of the second-step PCR product. If the base at that site is G, the egg is a Taihe black chicken egg; if the base at that site is C, the egg is a non-Taihe black chicken egg. The variable site targeted by this invention is unique to Taihe black chicken egg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Jiguo Xu, Yousheng Rao, Min Zhou, Jing'e Ma, Xuenong Zhu, Yuwen Tan, Jishang Gong, Yanbei Yang, Yuanfei Li, Qiao Xu, Xinwei Xiong, Zhangfeng Wang, Zhiwu Chen, Tingchong Chen, Jianjun Peng