Patents by Inventor Zhen Ma

Zhen Ma 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: 10770244
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control modular assembly (130) for a switch, wherein the control modular assembly comprises: a driving mechanism comprising an output shaft (122); a control unit coupled to the driving mechanism and configured to receive and process a signal for controlling the switch so as to control a movement of the output shaft (122) of the driving mechanism; and an operating member coupled to the output shaft (122); wherein the control modular assembly (130) is detachably coupled to an internal functional assembly (160) of the switch, so that the operating member can be driven by the output shaft (122) to move within a given movement range in response to the signal for controlling the switch, such that the operating state of the switch is controlled by controlling the internal functional assembly (160). Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a switch (300) comprising the control modular assembly (130).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Schneider Electric (Australia) Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Fuhua Shan, Zhen Ma
  • Patent number: 10763059
    Abstract: Embodiments of present disclosure provide a switch panel assembly comprising: a cover including a body and an first opening formed on the body; and a first button received in the first opening and switchable between a first position and a second position; the first button being coplanar with the cover while in the first position and being non-coplanar with the cover while in the second position. The first button of the switch panel assembly according to embodiments of the present disclosure is coplanar with the cover in one of the on or off status, which leads to a better appearance of the switch assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Schneider Electric (Australia) Pty Ltd
    Inventors: Dahai Zhang, Zhen Ma, Pei Shang
  • Patent number: 10761723
    Abstract: A mobile terminal displaying a virtual keyboard obtains a direction in which a mobile terminal is inclined and displays a modified virtual keyboard in correspondence to the obtained inclination direction. The virtual keyboard comprises a plurality of virtual keyboard regions. The mobile terminal displays the virtual keyboard in which at least one of the plurality of virtual keyboard regions is enlarged and other non-enlarged virtual keyboard regions are reduced based on the obtained inclination direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Zhen Ma
  • Publication number: 20200211790
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a bracket, a functional module and a mounting method of an electrical device. The bracket described herein includes a body comprising a supporting portion adapted to support a functional component of the electrical device, a first coupling portion and a second coupling portion symmetrically arranged on the body with respect to a longitudinal axis of the supporting portion, and the second coupling portion is adapted to be coupled with the first coupling portion of a further bracket of the same specification to form a bracket set. The bracket described herein can be interlocked together, and the mounting component and the bracket are integrally formed. As a result, the appearance of the electrical device is improved, more mounting screws are saved, the mounting steps of the electrical device are reduced, and the mounting efficiency of the electrical device is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
    Inventors: Dahai ZHANG, Zhen MA, Pei SHANG
  • Publication number: 20200126739
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a switch. The switch comprises a switching assembly comprising a switching member adapted to move between at least two positions to control an operation state of the switch; and a driving member coupled to the switching member and operable to rotate to drive a movement of the switching member; and an operating assembly separated from and detachably arranged on the switching assembly and operable to cause the driving member to rotate. By providing the switch comprising a switching assembly and an operating assembly separated from each other, any one of the switching assembly and the operating assembly can be replaced separately without changing the overall height of the switch. This significantly increases the flexibility to personalize the switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: Schneider Electric (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Fuhua SHAN, Dahai ZHANG, Zhen MA
  • Patent number: 10630799
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for pushing information. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: acquiring a user identifier of each user visiting a first target area within a preset period of time; for each user identifier, determining address information corresponding to the user identifier according to the user identifier and a preset corresponding list of the user identifier and the address information; determining, in response to determining the address information being located in a second target area, a user indicated by the user identifier belonging to the second target area; determining a number of users belonging to the second target area as a first number; and generating push information based on the first number, and pushing the push information. The embodiment is conductive to improving the timeliness of the people flow status in the first target area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2020
    Assignee: BAIDU ONLINE NETWORK TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhen Ma
  • Publication number: 20200043683
    Abstract: Embodiments of present disclosure provide a switch panel assembly comprising: a cover including a body and an first opening formed on the body; and a first button received in the first opening and switchable between a first position and a second position; the first button being coplanar with the cover while in the first position and being non-coplanar with the cover while in the second position. The first button of the switch panel assembly according to embodiments of the present disclosure is coplanar with the cover in one of the on or off status, which leads to a better appearance of the switch assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventors: Dahai ZHANG, Zhen MA, Pei SHANG
  • Publication number: 20200044428
    Abstract: Embodiments of present disclosure provide a socket cover, a socket assembly and associated manufacturing method. The socket cover comprises: a panel comprising an outer surface and an inner surface opposite to one another; a flange around the panel and extending inwardly in a direction perpendicular to the panel; and a plurality of through holes formed on the panel and having sizes and shapes matching respective socket holes of a socket module, the plurality of through holes adapted to align with respective socket holes when the socket cover is connected to the socket module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: Schneider Electric (Australia) Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Dahai ZHANG, Zhen MA, Pei SHANG
  • Publication number: 20200024576
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a 3-dimensional filamentous fiber matrix, systems comprising the matrix, and methods for using the matrix and the systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2017
    Publication date: January 23, 2020
    Inventors: Kevin E. Healy, Zhen Ma
  • Publication number: 20190333724
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control modular assembly (130) for a switch, wherein the control modular assembly comprises: a driving mechanism comprising an output shaft (122); a control unit coupled to the driving mechanism and configured to receive and process a signal for controlling the switch so as to control a movement of the output shaft (122) of the driving mechanism; and an operating member coupled to the output shaft (122); wherein the control modular assembly (130) is detachably coupled to an internal functional assembly (160) of the switch, so that the operating member can be driven by the output shaft (122) to move within a given movement range in response to the signal for controlling the switch, such that the operating state of the switch is controlled by controlling the internal functional assembly (160). Embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a switch (300) comprising the control modular assembly (130).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
    Inventors: Fuhua SHAN, Zhen MA
  • Publication number: 20190334135
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control modular assembly for a switch. The control modular assembly according to embodiments of the present disclosure comprises: a base housing (203) adapted to carry an operating member for controlling the switch and formed with a base housing notch (206) at an edge of the base housing (203); a first battery (100) being rechargeable and operable to be detachably mounted in the base housing (203) through the base housing notch (206), thereby supplying electric power to the operating member; and a second battery (205) arranged within the base housing (203) to supply electric power to the operating member when the first battery (100) is taken out of the control modular assembly (200), wherein the second battery (205) is chargeable by the first battery (100).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Applicant: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
    Inventors: Fuhua SHAN, Zhen MA
  • Publication number: 20190330577
    Abstract: Methods of using thermostable serine proteases are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2017
    Publication date: October 31, 2019
    Inventors: Jacob Flyvholm Cramer, Marc Anton Bernhard Kolkman, Zhen Ma, Martijn Scheffers, Stepan Shipovskov, Marco Van Brussel-Zwijnen, Shukun Yu
  • Patent number: 10365960
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a watchdog timer to enable collection of crash data is provided. Upon execution of certain operations, a source thread of an application initiates a watchdog thread that periodically sample state of data relating to the application. Should the operation not complete within a watchdog timeout period, the watchdog thread invokes a crash function to collect additional state data. At least a portion of the state data is stored for later analysis and debugging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: Google LLC
    Inventors: Ryan Perry, Jeffrey Hall Seibert, Jr., Zhen Ma, Matt Massicotte
  • Publication number: 20190014186
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method and apparatus for pushing information. A specific embodiment of the method comprises: acquiring a user identifier of each user visiting a first target area within a preset period of time; for each user identifier, determining address information corresponding to the user identifier according to the user identifier and a preset corresponding list of the user identifier and the address information; determining, in response to determining the address information being located in a second target area, a user indicated by the user identifier belonging to the second target area; determining a number of users belonging to the second target area as a first number; and generating push information based on the first number, and pushing the push information. The embodiment is conductive to improving the timeliness of the people flow status in the first target area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Inventor: Zhen Ma
  • Patent number: 9921902
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a watchdog timer to enable collection of crash data is provided. Upon execution of certain operations, a source thread of an application initiates a watchdog thread that periodically sample state of data relating to the application. Should the operation not complete within a watchdog timeout period, the watchdog thread invokes a crash function to collect additional state data. At least a portion of the state data is stored for later analysis and debugging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan Perry, Jeffrey Hall Seibert, Jr., Zhen Ma, Matt Massicotte
  • Publication number: 20170269987
    Abstract: A system and method for providing a watchdog timer to enable collection of crash data is provided. Upon execution of certain operations, a source thread of an application initiates a watchdog thread that periodically sample state of data relating to the application. Should the operation not complete within a watchdog timeout period, the watchdog thread invokes a crash function to collect additional state data. At least a portion of the state data is stored for later analysis and debugging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan Perry, Jeffrey Hall Seibert, JR., Zhen Ma, Matt Massicotte
  • Patent number: 9698694
    Abstract: Control circuits are provided for regulating an output voltage of a switched mode power supply having a variable input voltage and at least one power switch. The control circuits are operable to generate a comparison voltage based on the output voltage of the switched mode power supply and a duty cycle of a control signal provided to the at least one power switch, determine a reference voltage based on whether the generated comparison voltage falls within one of a plurality of voltage ranges, and adjust the duty cycle of the control signal provided to the at least one power switch of the switched mode power supply as a function of the determined reference voltage and the output voltage. Each voltage range is associated with a different reference voltage. Switched mode power supplies including the control circuits and methods implemented by the control circuits are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2017
    Assignee: ASTEC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
    Inventors: Mao Xi Xiang, Jian Zhen Ma, YuanDong He, HongLian Fang
  • Patent number: 9680456
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and a high-voltage tolerance circuit are provided. The DAC includes a high-voltage tolerance circuit. The high-voltage tolerance circuit is configured to generate a reference voltage, and select the reference voltage or a first power-source voltage to control the node voltage of each branch of an operational amplifier circuit of the high-voltage tolerance circuit according the logical signal level of an input signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2017
    Assignee: VIA ALLIANCE SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Zhen Ma
  • Publication number: 20170163249
    Abstract: A digital-to-analog converter (DAC) and a high-voltage tolerance circuit are provided. The DAC includes a high-voltage tolerance circuit. The high-voltage tolerance circuit is configured to generate a reference voltage, and select the reference voltage or a first power-source voltage to control the node voltage of each branch of an operational amplifier circuit of the high-voltage tolerance circuit according the logical signal level of an input signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Zhen MA
  • Patent number: D860950
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: SCHNEIDER ELECTRIC (AUSTRALIA) PTY LTD
    Inventors: Zhen Ma, Fuhua Shan, Dahai Zhang, Pei Shang, Qilian Du