Patents by Inventor Zheng Min

Zheng Min 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: 20240128531
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for recycling all types of lithium batteries. First, the lithium battery waste is acid-leached to obtain a solution containing most of metal ions. After filtering, the solution is separated from the remaining solids, and then the obtained solution is subjected to separate precipitation many times. After separately adjusting the pH value of the solution many times, adding precipitants with a high selectivity ratio, and matching with filtration and separation reaction, all ions in the lithium battery waste are sequentially precipitated in forms of iron phosphate (FePO4), aluminum hydroxide (Al(OH)3), manganese oxide (MnO2), dicobalt trioxide (cobalt oxide, Co2O3), nickel hydroxide (Ni(OH)2), and lithium carbonate (Li2CO3).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: Cleanaway Company Limited
    Inventors: CHIH-HUANG LAI, HSIN-FANG CHANG, TZU-MIN CHENG, YUNG-FA YANG, TSUNG-TIEN CHEN, ZHENG-YU CHENG, CHI-YUNG CHANG
  • Patent number: 11931055
    Abstract: An actuated telescoping system for navigation within a vascular lumen and thrombectomy of a thrombus. The system includes a tubular catheter member having an open distal end defining a catheter lumen, a vacuum source, a rotational drive system, a flexible shaft having a channel coupled to the rotational drive system for rotational movement in response thereto, and an optional guidewire selectively inserted at least partially within the flexible shaft. The flexible shaft is at least partially disposed within the tubular catheter member configured for uncoupled rotational and translational motion therein and to optionally define a corkscrew motion in response to rotational driving force by the drive system that results in formation of hydrodynamic vortices within the catheter lumen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Luis Emilio Savastano, Jeffrey Stephen Plott, Yang Liu, Yihao Zheng, Albert Jau-Min Shih
  • Patent number: 11674216
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing physical vapor deposition in a reactor chamber to form aluminum material on a substrate including: depositing a first aluminum layer atop a substrate to form a first aluminum region having a first grain size and a first temperature; and cooling the first aluminum region atop a substrate to a second temperature at a rate sufficient to increase the first grain size to a second grain size.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Siew Kit Hoi, Yaoying Zhong, Xinxin Wang, Zheng Min Clarence Chong
  • Patent number: 11557499
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for protecting parts of a process chamber from thermal cycling effects of deposited materials. In some embodiments, a method of protecting the part of the process chamber includes wet etching the part with a weak alkali or acid, cleaning the part by bead blasting, coating at least a portion of a surface of the part with a stress relief layer. The stress relief layer forms a continuous layer that is approximately 50 microns to approximately 250 microns thick and is configured to preserve a structural integrity of the part from the thermal cycling of aluminum deposited on the part. The method may also include wet cleaning of the part with a heated deionized water rinse after formation of the stress relief layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Yuichi Wada, Kok Wei Tan, Chul Nyoung Lee, Siew Kit Hoi, Xinxin Wang, Zheng Min Clarence Chong, Yaoying Zhong, Kok Seong Teo
  • Publication number: 20220122871
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for protecting parts of a process chamber from thermal cycling effects of deposited materials. In some embodiments, a method of protecting the part of the process chamber includes wet etching the part with a weak alkali or acid, cleaning the part by bead blasting, coating at least a portion of a surface of the part with a stress relief layer. The stress relief layer forms a continuous layer that is approximately 50 microns to approximately 250 microns thick and is configured to preserve a structural integrity of the part from the thermal cycling of aluminum deposited on the part. The method may also include wet cleaning of the part with a heated deionized water rinse after formation of the stress relief layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2020
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Yuichi WADA, Kok Wei TAN, Chul Nyoung LEE, Siew Kit HOI, Xinxin WANG, Zheng Min Clarence CHONG, Yaoying ZHONG, Kok Seong TEO
  • Publication number: 20210325219
    Abstract: A thermal probe assembly includes an RTD element having an electrical resistance that varies with temperature. A plurality of leadwires is operably coupled to the RTD element. The RTD element is disposed within a sheath and spaced from a distal end of the sheath by a distance selected to provide vibration resistance to the RTD element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory R. STROM, Zheng MIN
  • Publication number: 20210189545
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for performing physical vapor deposition in a reactor chamber to form aluminum material on a substrate including: depositing a first aluminum layer atop a substrate to form a first aluminum region having a first grain size and a first temperature; and cooling the first aluminum region atop a substrate to a second temperature at a rate sufficient to increase the first grain size to a second grain size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2020
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Inventors: Siew Kit HOI, Yaoying ZHONG, Xinxin WANG, Zheng Min Clarence CHONG
  • Patent number: 10638231
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a diaphragm structure of a loudspeaker, including a surround and an annular body. The surround is annular and has an inner rim and an outer rim relative to the inner rim. The annular body disposed on the inner rim of the surround is integrally formed by a plurality of rigid reinforcing units arranged in a circle. Each rigid reinforcing unit includes a first side edge, a second side edge, and two third side edges connected to the first side edge and the second side edge. The two third side edges are formed by a plurality of first reference points at different height positions, and heights of the first reference points asymmetrically and gradually decrease from the middle towards the first side edge and the second side edge to form a substantially upward curve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: TYMPHANY ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY (HUIZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zheng Min Wang, Zhi Chen
  • Publication number: 20190379979
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a diaphragm structure of a loudspeaker, including a surround and an annular body. The surround is annular and has an inner rim and an outer rim relative to the inner rim. The annular body disposed on the inner rim of the surround is integrally formed by a plurality of rigid reinforcing units arranged in a circle. Each rigid reinforcing unit includes a first side edge, a second side edge, and two third side edges connected to the first side edge and the second side edge. The two third side edges are formed by a plurality of first reference points at different height positions, and heights of the first reference points asymmetrically and gradually decrease from the middle towards the first side edge and the second side edge to form a substantially upward curve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Publication date: December 12, 2019
    Inventors: Zheng Min WANG, Zhi CHEN
  • Patent number: 9236068
    Abstract: A hard bias (HB) structure for producing longitudinal bias to stabilize a free layer in an adjacent spin valve is disclosed and includes a composite seed layer made of at least Ta and a metal layer having a fcc(111) or hcp(001) texture to enhance perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in an overlying (Co/Ni)x laminated layer. The (Co/Ni)x HB layer deposition involves low power and high Ar pressure to avoid damaging Co/Ni interfaces and thereby preserves PMA. A capping layer is formed on the HB layer to protect against etchants in subsequent process steps. After initialization, magnetization direction in the HB layer is perpendicular to the sidewalls of the spin valve and generates an Mrt value that is greater than from an equivalent thickness of CoPt. A non-magnetic metal separation layer may be formed on the capping layer and spin valve to provide an electrical connection between top and bottom shields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2016
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhang Kunliang, Li Min, Zhou Yuchen, Zheng Min
  • Publication number: 20140258283
    Abstract: In a file searching method using a computing device, the computing device connects to one or more terminal devices. An electronic file is obtained from a database when a file name is inputted from one of the terminal devices, and the file is analyzed to obtain a title and text content of the file. One or more keywords are extracted from each of the text content of the file using a term frequency-inverse document frequency (TF-IDF) rule. One or more interested terms are obtained from the keywords according to an importance factor of each of the keywords. The method obtains search results from the database according to the interested terms, and ranks the files according to a relevance degree between each file in the search results and the interested terms. The computing device sends the files with a ranking order to the terminal device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicants: HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD., GDS SOFTWARE (SHENZHEN) CO.,LTD
    Inventors: JEN-HSIUNG CHARNG, CHI-LING LIN, CHIEN-WEI LEE, I-CHEN LEE, ZHENG-MIN OU
  • Patent number: 8734620
    Abstract: A method for producing a hard bias (HB) structure that stabilizes a free layer in an adjacent spin valve is disclosed. The HB structure includes a composite seed layer and a metal layer having a fcc(111) or hcp(001) texture to enhance perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in an overlying (Co/Ni)x laminate. (Co/Ni)x deposition involves low power and high Ar pressure to avoid damaging Co/Ni interfaces and thereby preserves PMA. A capping layer is formed on the HB layer to protect against etchants in subsequent processing. After initialization, HB magnetization direction is perpendicular to the sidewalls of the spin valve and generates an Mrt value that is greater than from an equivalent thickness of CoPt. A non-magnetic metal separation layer may be formed on the capping layer and spin valve to provide an electrical connection between top and bottom shields.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Headway Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhang Kunliang, Li Min, Zhou Yuchen, Zheng Min
  • Publication number: 20140037989
    Abstract: A hard bias (HB) structure for producing longitudinal bias to stabilize a free layer in an adjacent spin valve is disclosed and includes a composite seed layer made of at least Ta and a metal layer having a fcc(111) or hcp(001) texture to enhance perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in an overlying (Co/Ni)x laminated layer. The (Co/Ni)x HB layer deposition involves low power and high Ar pressure to avoid damaging Co/Ni interfaces and thereby preserves PMA. A capping layer is formed on the HB layer to protect against etchants in subsequent process steps. After initialization, magnetization direction in the HB layer is perpendicular to the sidewalls of the spin valve and generates an Mrt value that is greater than from an equivalent thickness of CoPt. A non-magnetic metal separation layer may be formed on the capping layer and spin valve to provide an electrical connection between top and bottom shields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Zhang Kunliang, Li Min, Zhou Yuchen, Zheng Min
  • Publication number: 20140037836
    Abstract: A method for producing a hard bias (HB) structure that stabilizes a free layer in an adjacent spin valve is disclosed. The HB structure includes a composite seed layer and a metal layer having a fcc(111) or hcp(001) texture to enhance perpendicular magnetic anisotropy (PMA) in an overlying (Co/Ni)x laminate. (Co/Ni)x deposition involves low power and high Ar pressure to avoid damaging Co/Ni interfaces and thereby preserves PMA. A capping layer is formed on the HB layer to protect against etchants in subsequent processing. After initialization, HB magnetization direction is perpendicular to the sidewalls of the spin valve and generates an Mrt value that is greater than from an equivalent thickness of CoPt. A non-magnetic metal separation layer may be formed on the capping layer and spin valve to provide an electrical connection between top and bottom shields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Applicant: HEADWAY TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Zhang Kunliang, Li Min, Zhou Yuchen, Zheng Min
  • Patent number: 8325968
    Abstract: A speaker includes a magnetic circuit defining a magnetic gap, a diaphragm defining a central part and peripheral part surrounded the central part of the diaphragm, a coil defining an end suspended in the magnetic gap, an elastic plate defining a central flat coupled to the central part of the diaphragm and a side coupled to another end of the coil. And the side of the elastic plate comprises a first part extending perpendicularly from the central flat toward the peripheral part of the diaphragm and a second part extending parallel to the central flat for coupling another end of the coil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignees: AAC Acoustic Technologies (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd., American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng-Min Pan, Bing-Ke Zhu
  • Publication number: 20110150265
    Abstract: A speaker includes a magnetic circuit defining a magnetic gap, a diaphragm defining a central part and peripheral part surrounded the central part of the diaphragm, a coil defining an end suspended in the magnetic gap, an elastic plate defining a central flat coupled to the central part of the diaphragm and a side coupled to another end of the coil. And the side of the elastic plate comprises a first part extending perpendicularly from the central flat toward the peripheral part of the diaphragm and a second part extending parallel to the central flat for coupling another end of the coil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2010
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Zheng-Min Pan, Bing-Ke Zhu
  • Publication number: 20090312884
    Abstract: Described is a method for power sharing of a display wall, in particular of a LED display wall having a plurality of display modules, and a plurality of N power supply units, each for driving a number of display modules, whereby during a failure of a first power supply unit of the plurality of N power supply units, the outputs of other power supply units are linked together such that the module or modules driven by the first and failed power supply continue(s) to operate, by redistribution of power from the other power supply units. Power sharing is also described in the context of a method for controlling the status of a display wall, in particular of a LED display wall, controlled by a central unit. The method includes collecting status and/or diagnostic information of the display wall inputted to the central unit; converting the status and/or diagnostic information to a picture; and displaying the picture on the display wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2008
    Publication date: December 17, 2009
    Inventors: Zheng Min Li, Ben Liang Li, Le Xiao, Paul Ryckaert, Chang Bin Jiang
  • Patent number: 7099489
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multifunctional device, which is particularly applicable to a twin magnet loop (called TML) transducer with both vibrating and sound functions. The present invention integrates an inner and an outer magnet loop of TML into one device, which can be used as a vibrator and a speaker. A disc-shaped pole core, a flange bowl-shaped magnetic transfer, an annular pole piece, a cylindrical magnet and an annular magnet constitute the inner and outer magnetic loops; wherein the disc-shaped pole core is placed on the cylindrical magnet and centered with the flange bowl-shaped magnetic transfer; the annular magnet and the annular pole piece are overlaid together under the ring of the flange bowl-shaped magnetic transfer; the entire of the TML assembly is connected with a housing base via a resilient plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Assignee: American Audio Components Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Min Pan, Jiazheng Sha, Pan Da Sheng, Le Ping Dong
  • Publication number: 20040208338
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multifunctional device, which is particularly applicable to a twin magnet loop (called TML) transducer with both vibrating and sound functions. The present invention integrates an inner and an outer magnet loop of TML into one device, which can be used as a vibrator and a speaker. A disc-shaped pole core, a flange bowl-shaped magnetic transfer, an annular pole piece, a cylindrical magnet and an annular magnet constitute the inner and outer magnetic loops; wherein the disc-shaped pole core is placed on the cylindrical magnet and centered with the flange bowl-shaped magnetic transfer; the annular magnet and the annular pole piece are overlaid together under the ring of the flange bowl-shaped magnetic transfer; the entire of the TML assembly is connected with a housing base via a resilient plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2004
    Publication date: October 21, 2004
    Inventors: Zheng Min Pan, Jia Zheng Sha, Pan Da Sheng, Le Ping Dong
  • Publication number: 20040076307
    Abstract: A novel electromagnetic acoustic device with twin magnetic loops is disclosed. The electro-acoustic device of the present invention comprises a magnetic transfer, a magnetic column (2), an annular magnet (4), an annular pole piece (5) and a pole piece (3). The magnetic transfer comprises a first, “cup-shaped”, round housing (11, 12) and its flange (13), which is the second annular. The first round housing (11, 12), the magnetic column (2), the pole piece (3) form the first magnetic loop. On the other side of the round housing, the housing flange, the annular magnet (4) and the annular pole piece (5) form the second magnetic loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2002
    Publication date: April 22, 2004
    Applicant: American Audio Components, Inc.
    Inventors: Zheng Min Pan, Jiazheng Sha, Pan Da Sheng