Patents by Inventor Zhiqiang Shi

Zhiqiang Shi 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: 11976984
    Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the technical field of power electronic converters, and discloses a method and a system for predicting a junction temperature of a power semiconductor module in the full life cycle and a terminal. The method includes the steps: arranging an NTC thermistor network to monitor the temperature of each area inside the power module when the power module works; obtaining data for training the neural network by utilizing finite element simulation or experiments, and building a neural network model among the temperature of the NTC resistor network, a water flow rate, an aging factor and the junction temperature of the chip under working conditions. The present disclosure improves the junction temperature prediction accuracy of areas with relatively large errors comprehensively and realizes the high-precision junction temperature prediction under all working conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Wang, Yayong Yang, Guoqing Xin, Xiaojie Shi, Yong Kang
  • Patent number: 11967907
    Abstract: The invention proposed a space vector pulse width modulation (SVPWM) method for any level cascaded H-bridge inverter. The multilevel space vector diagram is re-divided, and the coordinates of the nearest three vectors (NTVs) are directly obtained by judging the position of the reference vector. The duty cycles of the NTVs is calculated through additional vector which is equivalent to the reference vector. Then, the switching states are obtained by zero-sequence component and coordinate transformation, and the desired reference vector is synthesized for the SVPWM modulation. The invention realizes multilevel modulation in Cartesian coordinates without any iterative calculation, and the calculation is independent of the level number. Furthermore, the locating of the reference vector and the calculation of the duty cycles are simplified, and the calculation complexity is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tingna Shi, Huan Yao, Yan Yan, Guozheng Zhang, Zhiqiang Wang, Changliang Xia
  • Patent number: 11963447
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing a thermoelectric thick film. The method includes: determining a brittle-to-ductile transition temperature of a thermoelectric material; rolling the blocky thermoelectric material within a temperature range above the brittle-to-ductile transition temperature and below a melting point; parameters of the rolling being as follows: a linear speed of rollers is 0.01 mm/s to 10 mm/s, preferably 0.1 mm/s to 5 mm/s, and an amount of pressing each time of the rollers is controlled at 0.0005 mm to 0.1 mm, preferably 0.001 mm to 0.05 mm; repeating the rolling until a thermoelectric thick film with a specified thickness is obtained; and annealing the obtained thermoelectric thick film; a temperature of the annealing being 100° C. to 800° C., preferably 300° C. to 500° C., and a duration of the annealing being 10 to 500 hours, preferably 100 to 300 hours.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF CERAMICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xun Shi, Pengfei Qiu, Zhiqiang Gao, Lidong Chen, Shiqi Yang, Qingyu Yang
  • Publication number: 20240109715
    Abstract: A pressure storage type spray pump is provided, which is capable of achieving continuous spraying with a simple and small structure and low cost, and has good safety performance. The spray pump includes a main column and a cylinder body, wherein a fluid channel extending in an axial direction is formed inside the main column, and the cylinder body accommodates a working liquid. The spray pump further includes a one-way valve mechanism, a storage chamber, and an upper elastic mechanism. The upper elastic mechanism displaces towards the maximum compression position when the main column is pressed, so that the storage chamber is in fluid communication with the fluid channel; and the upper elastic mechanism displaces towards the initial position when the main column is released.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventor: Zhiqiang SHI
  • Publication number: 20240110376
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to plaster boards and methods for making them. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a plaster board comprising one or more continuous layers of material disposed within a body of hardened plaster material, the first side and second side of each continuous layer of material being substantially covered by the hardened plaster material. In certain such embodiments, each continuous layer of material includes a polymer (e.g., a damping polymer) disposed on a carrier sheet. Another aspect of the disclosure relates to a method for making a plaster board that involves drying a wet body of plaster material while a continuous layer of material or precursor therefor is disposed within it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Shi, Aldo Glean
  • Publication number: 20240100208
    Abstract: An innovative equipment system comprises a tap water reservoir system, a disinfectant reactor system, a pump system, a disinfection and safety door spraying system, a sewage recycling system and a sewage treatment system, wherein the tap water reservoir system is mainly configured to store tap water in advance according to actual cargo volumes and disinfection requirements, and generally in tons; and the disinfectant reactor system comprises boron-doped diamond electrode modules, a reactor indicating lamp module, a visible reactor, a smart control screen, at least one water tank and a structure protection module. The Innovative disinfection and sterilization equipment system can easily kill bacteria and viruses such as Escherichia coli, Staphylococcus aureus, Salmonella typhimurium, and new coronavirus in a short time and enhance disinfection efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Pengzhou LEI, Yihao ZHANG, Lingli SUN, Junhong CHEN, Yingqiang ZHAO, Bo WANG, Xiangye ZENG, Zhanjun ZHANG, Jiandong ZHANG, Zhiqiang SHI
  • Patent number: 11753817
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to plaster boards and methods for making them. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a plaster board comprising one or more continuous layers of material disposed within a body of hardened plaster material, the first side and second side of each continuous layer of material being substantially covered by the hardened plaster material. In certain such embodiments, each continuous layer of material includes a polymer (e.g., a damping polymer) disposed on a carrier sheet. Another aspect of the disclosure relates to a method for making a plaster board that involves drying a wet body of plaster material while a continuous layer of material or precursor therefor is disposed within it.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: CertainTeed Gypsum, Inc.
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Shi, Aldo Glean
  • Publication number: 20230180840
    Abstract: A vaporization core for heating and vaporizing an aerosol-generation substrate includes: a first substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface being provided with a first microgroove array, the first microgroove array including a plurality of first microgrooves, the plurality of first microgrooves guiding a flowing of an aerosol-generation substrate, the first substrate including a dense material; and a first heating element arranged on the second surface for heating the first substrate to vaporize the aerosol-generation substrate in the plurality of first microgrooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Ming LV, Zhiqiang SHI, Yue JIANG
  • Publication number: 20220338543
    Abstract: A heating body for heating a vaporized aerosol generation substrate includes: a substrate layer having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface; a heating layer formed on the first surface and/or the second surface; and a plurality of through holes having a capillary force. Each through hole of the plurality of through holes is elongated and extends through the first surface to the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Zhiqiang SHI, Guangwu TANG, Xianjun FU
  • Publication number: 20220097344
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a plaster board comprising a first layer of hardened plaster material comprising a first surface and an opposed second surface, a second layer of hardened plaster material comprising a first surface and an opposed second surface, wherein the first surface of the second layer faces the first surface of the first layer, and a viscoelastic interlayer disposed between the first surface of the first layer and the first surface of the second layer, wherein the interlayer includes a score-and-snap element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Aldo Glean, Zhiqiang Shi, Xuejuan Xu, Ying Wang, Choung-Houng Lai, James Dimitrakopoulos, Jia Liu, John Langlois, Eric Dong, Gabriel Guyard, Mithun N. Kamath, Phillip Evans, Donald J. Beaudry
  • Publication number: 20200370293
    Abstract: A sound absorbing panel and method therefor comprising providing a first sheet of photosensitive material, applying a first mask having a first plurality of features to the first sheet of photosensitive material, exposing the masked material to ultraviolet light, heating the first sheet of photosensitive material to form crystals in exposed portions of the first sheet, and etching the crystals to form a second plurality of features in the first sheet of photosensitive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Nicholas Francis Borrelli, Zhiqiang Shi
  • Patent number: 10477320
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are speaker assemblies and acoustic devices comprising a panel having a long side and a short side, at least one transducer configured to excite the panel at a plurality of excitation locations on the panel to generate a wave having a wave front substantially perpendicular to the long side and propagating toward the short side of the panel and, optionally, at least one attenuating component mounted to the panel. Methods for generating an acoustic sound are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov, David Ralph Maack, Zhiqiang Shi
  • Publication number: 20180330709
    Abstract: Metal-organic framework materials can be used as acoustic attenuation materials. A sound attenuation material includes a metal-organic framework material that attenuates audible frequency sound incident thereon. The sound attenuating material can be used in acoustic applications such as building construction materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Inventors: B. Peter McGrail, Satish K. Nune, Ki Won Jung, Gaurav V. Pattarkine, Michael S. Urso, Peter Mayer, Zhiqiang Shi
  • Publication number: 20180171626
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to plaster boards and methods for making them. For example, one aspect of the disclosure is a plaster board comprising one or more continuous layers of material disposed within a body of hardened plaster material, the first side and second side of each continuous layer of material being substantially covered by the hardened plaster material. In certain such embodiments, each continuous layer of material includes a polymer (e.g., a damping polymer) disposed on a carrier sheet. Another aspect of the disclosure relates to a method for making a plaster board that involves drying a wet body of plaster material while a continuous layer of material or precursor therefor is disposed within it.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Shi, Aldo Glean
  • Patent number: 9878934
    Abstract: Methods of conveying a glass ribbon are provided that each includes the step of conveying the glass ribbon over a support device with a cushion of fluid supporting the glass ribbon over the support device. Each method further includes the step of monitoring a physical contact event between the glass ribbon and the support device by detecting an acoustic signal associated with the physical contact event. In further examples, glass ribbon conveying apparatus are provided that each includes a support device configured to support a glass ribbon over the support device with a cushion of fluid. Each apparatus further includes an acoustic sensor configured to monitor a physical contact event between the glass ribbon and the support device by detecting an acoustic signal associated with the physical contact event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Shi, Ningli Yang, Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20170295432
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are speaker assemblies and acoustic devices comprising a panel having a long side and a short side, at least one transducer configured to excite the panel at a plurality of excitation locations on the panel to generate a wave having a wave front substantially perpendicular to the long side and propagating toward the short side of the panel and, optionally, at least one attenuating component mounted to the panel. Methods for generating an acoustic sound are also disclosed herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Dmitri Vladislavovich Kuksenkov, David Ralph Maack, Zhiqiang Shi
  • Publication number: 20170225426
    Abstract: A gypsum panel has a gypsum body with a length L along an x-axis, a width W along a y-axis, and a thickness T along a z-axis. The gypsum body includes at least one core embedded at least partially within the gypsum body. Examples of the core include a hollow, open cell structure having walled elements. The walled elements have axes that can be substantially parallel to each other and the z-axis. The walled elements may be substantially filled with a same material as the gypsum body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Aldo GLEAN, Zhiqiang SHI
  • Patent number: 9619064
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a device with an integrated acoustics function that includes a patterned touch screen cover, an acoustic thin film, a plurality of electrodes, and a substrate. In some embodiments, the substrate is coupled to the acoustic thin film and reduces heat loss from the acoustic thin film through the substrate. The acoustic thin film may be coupled to the patterned touch screen cover and conducts an oscillating electrical current provided by the plurality of electrodes, thereby acting as a nano-scale acoustic generator. In still some embodiments, the patterned touch screen cover provides an array of microspeakers and a viewing area, where the array of microspeakers is disposed around a perimeter of the patterned touch screen cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2017
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventor: Zhiqiang Shi
  • Publication number: 20160075589
    Abstract: Methods of conveying a glass ribbon are provided that each includes the step of conveying the glass ribbon over a support device with a cushion of fluid supporting the glass ribbon over the support device. Each method further includes the step of monitoring a physical contact event between the glass ribbon and the support device by detecting an acoustic signal associated with the physical contact event. In further examples, glass ribbon conveying apparatus are provided that each includes a support device configured to support a glass ribbon over the support device with a cushion of fluid. Each apparatus further includes an acoustic sensor configured to monitor a physical contact event between the glass ribbon and the support device by detecting an acoustic signal associated with the physical contact event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Zhiqiang Shi, Ningli Yang, Rui Zhang
  • Publication number: 20150301668
    Abstract: Embodiments disclosed herein include a device with an integrated acoustics function that includes a patterned touch screen cover, an acoustic thin film, a plurality of electrodes, and a substrate. In some embodiments, the substrate is coupled to the acoustic thin film and reduces heat loss from the acoustic thin film through the substrate. The acoustic thin film may be coupled to the patterned touch screen cover and conducts an oscillating electrical current provided by the plurality of electrodes, thereby acting as a nano-scale acoustic generator. In still some embodiments, the patterned touch screen cover provides an array of microspeakers and a viewing area, where the array of microspeakers is disposed around a perimeter of the patterned touch screen cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: October 22, 2015
    Applicant: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Zhiqiang Shi