Patents by Inventor Zhongliang Zhu

Zhongliang 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).

  • Patent number: 11976209
    Abstract: Described herein is a (meth)acrylic copolymer including a polymeric backbone and at least two kinds of side chains (S1) and (S2) attached to the polymeric backbone, which are different from each other, namely one or more side chains (S1) including at least one tin-containing moiety and one or more side chains (S2) bearing at least one ester group of formula —O—C(?O)—R1, where R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, acyclic aliphatic residue having at least 18 carbon atoms, a method of preparing the copolymer, a method of using the copolymer as catalyst in crosslinking reactions in coating compositions and/or for lengthening the pot life of coating compositions and/or for lowering the curing temperatures of coating compositions, a coating composition including the copolymer and a method of coating a substrate including applying the coating composition to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: BASF COATINGS GMBH
    Inventor: Zhongliang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20240076431
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a method for producing materials having at least one carbamate functionality, carbamate-functional materials obtained from the process, coating compositions including said carbamate-functional materials, and a process for at least partially coating a substrate with the coating compositions. The method disclosed herein reduces unwanted transesterification which can occur as a side reaction by using a tertiary alkyl carbamate in combination with a tin catalyst and thus results in increased yields and purity of the carbamate-functional materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Inventors: Zhongliang ZHU, Donald H. Campbell
  • Publication number: 20240059926
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are coating compositions including at least one carbamate-functional poly(ethylene-acrylate) copolymer as binder and at least one crosslinking agent, a method of coating substrates with such coating compositions and coated substrates obtained by the method. Further disclosed herein is a method of using such coating compositions for improving the scratch resistance of coating layers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Zhongliang ZHU, Guergana TCHOLAKOVA, Donald H. Campbell, Werner-Alfons JUNG, Ivette Garcia Castro
  • Publication number: 20220010164
    Abstract: Described herein is a (meth)acrylic copolymer including a polymeric backbone and at least two kinds of side chains (S1) and (S2) attached to the polymeric backbone, which are different from each other, namely one or more side chains (S1) including at least one tin-containing moiety and one or more side chains (S2) bearing at least one ester group of formula —O—C(?O)—R1, where R1 is a linear or branched, saturated or unsaturated, acyclic aliphatic residue having at least 18 carbon atoms, a method of preparing the copolymer, a method of using the copolymer as catalyst in crosslinking reactions in coating compositions and/or for lengthening the pot life of coating compositions and/or for lowering the curing temperatures of coating compositions, a coating composition including the copolymer and a method of coating a substrate including applying the coating composition to a substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Inventor: Zhongliang Zhu
  • Patent number: 10810347
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a PCBA detection method and a system based on 3D AOI and AXI. The method includes: preconfiguring graphical data in a part physical database; obtaining CAD data related to a PCB based on design data input from PCB design software; converting the generated CAD data, and generating 3D basic graphical data to generate a 3D physical model; extracting BOM information from the design data, searching the part physical database for matched graphical data based on the BOM information, if the matched graphical data is found, generating a 3D physical model based on the graphical data; if the matched graphical data is not found, generating corresponding image data based on obtained created data, to generate a 3D physical model; and generating standard 3D detection prototype data, outputting the standard 3D detection prototype data to 3D AOI and AXI for detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Inventors: Shengjie Qian, Fengshou Liu, Pan Su, Zhongliang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20200250367
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a PCBA detection method and a system based on 3D AOI and AXI. The method includes: preconfiguring graphical data in a part physical database; obtaining CAD data related to a PCB based on design data input from PCB design software; converting the generated CAD data, and generating 3D basic graphical data to generate a 3D physical model; extracting BOM information from the design data, searching the part physical database for matched graphical data based on the BOM information, if the matched graphical data is found, generating a 3D physical model based on the graphical data; if the matched graphical data is not found, generating corresponding image data based on obtained created data, to generate a 3D physical model; and generating standard 3D detection prototype data, outputting the standard 3D detection prototype data to 3D AOI and AXI for detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2017
    Publication date: August 6, 2020
    Applicant: Vayo (Shanghai) Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shengjie QIAN, Fengshou LIU, Pan SU, Zhongliang ZHU
  • Patent number: 10421881
    Abstract: A process for PAI-based coating compositions. An embodiment of a method includes manufacturing a coating composition, the manufacturing of the coating composition including mixing a first solvent, the first being solvent being N-formyl morpholine (NFM), with a second solvent to form a first solution; dissolving polyamideimide or polyamide amic acid resin polymer (PAI) in the first solution; precipitating a PAI compound from to mixture of MEK and the first solution; and dissolving the PAI compound in a second solution to generate a coating solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: CYMER-DAYTON, LLC
    Inventors: Limor Ben-Asher, David Edward Noga, Zhongliang Zhu, Anderson Bouton
  • Patent number: 10301506
    Abstract: A process for preparing polymer. An embodiment of a method includes generating a resin solution including a first reaction solvent and a polymer resin dissolved therein; deploying the resin solution into a precipitation solvent contained in a chamber of a reaction vessel, wherein deploying the resin solution includes generating droplets of the resin solution; disturbing a resulting mixture of the resin solution and the precipitation solvent, wherein the mixture produces a precipitate; and generating a polymer powder from the mixture, including isolating the precipitate from a remaining portion of the mixture, and drying the isolated precipitate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2019
    Assignee: Cymer-Dayton, LLC
    Inventors: Limor Ben-Asher, David Edward Noga, Zhongliang Zhu, Anderson Bouton
  • Patent number: 10280335
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to preparation of polyamide-imide resins using N-Formyl Morpholine:3-Methoxy N,N-Dimethylpropanamide. An embodiment of a method includes generating a polymer solution using a polymerization process, the polymerization process including preparing a solvent including at least N-formylmorpholine (NFM) or a combination of NFM with 3-methoxy N,N-dimethylpropanamide (MDP) as a cosolvent, mixing methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and trimellitic anhydride (TMA) with the solvent to generate the polymer solution, and diluting the polymer solution by adding an NFM:MDP solvent mixture or MDP into the generated polymer solution. The method further includes processing the diluted polymer solution to generate polyamideimide polymer or a polyamide-amic acid resin polymer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: Cymer-Dayton, LLC
    Inventors: Limor Ben-Asher, David Edward Noga, Zhongliang Zhu, Anderson Bouton
  • Publication number: 20190112501
    Abstract: A process for PAI-based coating compositions. An embodiment of a method includes manufacturing a coating composition, the manufacturing of the coating composition including mixing a first solvent, the first being solvent being N-formyl morpholine (NFM), with a second solvent to form a first solution; dissolving polyamideimide or polyamide amic acid resin polymer (PAI) in the first solution; precipitating a PAI compound from to mixture of MEK and the first solution; and dissolving the PAI compound in a second solution to generate a coating solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Applicant: CYMER-DAYTON, LLC
    Inventors: Limor Ben-Asher, David Edward Noga, Zhongliang Zhu, Anderson Bouton
  • Patent number: 10106702
    Abstract: A process for PAI-based coating compositions. An embodiment of a method includes manufacturing a coating composition, the manufacturing of the coating composition including mixing a first solvent, the first being solvent being N-formyl morpholine (NFM), with a second solvent to form a first solution; dissolving polyamideimide or polyamide amic acid resin polymer (PAI) in the first solution; precipitating a PAI compound from a mixture of MEK and the first solution; and dissolving the PAI compound in a second solution to generate a coating solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: Cymer-Dayton, LLC
    Inventors: Limor Ben-Asher, David Edward Noga, Zhongliang Zhu, Anderson Bouton
  • Publication number: 20170349782
    Abstract: A process for PAI-based coating compositions. An embodiment of a method includes manufacturing a coating composition, the manufacturing of the coating composition including mixing a first solvent, the first being solvent being N-formyl morpholine (NFM), with a second solvent to form a first solution; dissolving polyamideimide or polyamide amic acid resin polymer (PAI) in the first solution; precipitating a PAI compound from a mixture of MEK and the first solution; and dissolving the PAI compound in a second solution to generate a coating solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Limor Ben-Asher, David Edward Noga, Zhongliang Zhu, Anderson Bouton
  • Publication number: 20170349706
    Abstract: Embodiments generally relate to preparation of polyamide-imide resins using N-Formyl Morpholine:3-Methoxy N,N-Dimethylpropanamide. An embodiment of a method includes generating a polymer solution using a polymerization process, the polymerization process including preparing a solvent including at least N-formylmorpholine (NFM) or a combination of NFM with 3-methoxy N,N-dimethylpropanamide (MDP) as a cosolvent, mixing methylene diphenyl diisocyanate (MDI) and trimellitic anhydride (TMA) with the solvent to generate the polymer solution, and diluting the polymer solution by adding an NFM:MDP solvent mixture or MDP into the generated polymer solution. The method further includes processing the diluted polymer solution to generate polyamideimide polymer or a polyamide-amic acid resin polymer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Limor Ben-Asher, David Edward Noga, Zhongliang Zhu, Anderson Bouton
  • Publication number: 20170349713
    Abstract: A process for preparing polymer. An embodiment of a method includes generating a resin solution including a first reaction solvent and a polymer resin dissolved therein; deploying the resin solution into a precipitation solvent contained in a chamber of a reaction vessel, wherein deploying the resin solution includes generating droplets of the resin solution; disturbing a resulting mixture of the resin solution and the precipitation solvent, wherein the mixture produces a precipitate; and generating a polymer powder from the mixture, including isolating the precipitate from a remaining portion of the mixture, and drying the isolated precipitate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Inventors: Limor Ben-Asher, David Edward Noga, Zhongliang Zhu, Anderson Bouton
  • Patent number: 9791851
    Abstract: The present invention provides a quick processing system and method for SMT equipment, that is: firstly read PCB design files and BOM files inputted, and generate core data including text data and graphic data of all components to be assembled; then search the component data matched with each component to be assembled in the local database on basis of the core data, and link the found component information with the corresponding component to be assembled, and mark the component information as an available component, and create component information on basis of the core data of the component to be assembled, and stored to the local database, then mark the component information as an available component, and recover the component information on basis of the graphic data in the core data as an error is checked out; finally output the validated component information to the SMT equipment system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: VAYO (SHANGHAI) TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shengjie Qian, Yongjian Qu, Fengshou Liu, Zhongliang Zhu
  • Patent number: 9532196
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for implementing an Unstructured Supplementary Service Data service, defining an access code and its corresponding menu or function, and menu or function corresponding to each response under each level of menu, the menu including menu content for prompting users, the method comprising: a user inputs a Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) character string to the Unstructured Supplementary Service Data Center (USSDC) at the system side; the USSDC processes the USSD character string and obtains an access code, if the access code corresponds to a menu, the USSDC returns menu content of the menu to the user, the user receives the menu content, or receives the menu content and interacts, according to the menu content, with the USSDC. By applying the method for implementing the USSD service of the present invention, a user can enter corresponding function flow by inputting information step by step according to menu prompts, which enables convenient use of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Zhongliang Zhu, Zhijun Zhou
  • Patent number: 9490480
    Abstract: Lithium-iron molecular precursor compounds, compositions and processes for making a cathode for lithium ion batteries. The molecular precursor compounds are soluble and provide processes to make stoichiometric cathode materials with solution-based processes. The cathode material can be, for example, a lithium iron oxide, a lithium iron phosphate, or a lithium iron silicate. Cathodes can be made as bulk material in a solid form or in solution, or in various forms including thin films.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Transtron Solutions LLC
    Inventors: Kyle L. Fujdala, Zhongliang Zhu, Paul R. Markoff Johnson
  • Patent number: 9042249
    Abstract: A provided method for processing a voice call includes: loading CAP operation libraries and algorithms of camel1 and camel2 to a service creation environment version of camel3; identifying a network type of camel and determining whether to modify IDP parameters according to the identified network type; triggering a service of a camel3 network type; the service identifying a network type of camel, in which a current call is located, based on an event number and IDP parameters; invoking, according to the identified network type of camel in which the current call is located, a CAP operation library and an algorithm of a corresponding camel to process parameter information in an IDP, and invoking a signalling of a corresponding network type in subsequent operations. By applying the solution, it is not required to update service products to be adaptive to the network type.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: ZTE Corporation
    Inventors: Xuesong Wei, Zhijun Zhou, Zhongliang Zhu
  • Publication number: 20150066180
    Abstract: The present invention provides a quick processing system and method for SMT equipment, that is: firstly read PCB design files and BOM files inputted, and generate core data including text data and graphic data of all components to be assembled; then search the component data matched with each component to be assembled in the local database on basis of the core data, and link the found component information with the corresponding component to be assembled, and mark the component information as an available component, and create component information on basis of the core data of the component to be assembled, and stored to the local database, then mark the component information as an available component, and recover the component information on basis of the graphic data in the core data as an error is checked out; finally output the validated component information to the SMT equipment system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: March 5, 2015
    Inventors: Shengjie Qian, Yongjian Qu, Fengshou Liu, Zhongliang Zhu
  • Patent number: 8883550
    Abstract: Processes for making a solar cell by depositing various layers of components on a substrate and converting the components into a thin film photovoltaic absorber material. Processes of this disclosure can be used to control the stoichiometry of metal atoms in making a solar cell for targeting a particular concentration and providing a gradient of metal atom concentration. A selenium layer can be used in annealing a thin film photovoltaic absorber material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Precursor Energetics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kyle L. Fujdala, Zhongliang Zhu, David Padowitz, Paul R. Markoff Johnson, Wayne A. Chomitz, Matthew C. Kuchta