Fang, IL
Aiqi Fang, Long Grove, IL US
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20110256606 | Methods and Compositions for Increasing Toxin Production - The invention provides methods and compositions (such as for example, culture media) for culturing | 10-20-2011 |
David Fang, Naperville, IL US
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20080218096 | Parasitic Capacitance Compensation System and Method - A parasitic capacitance compensation system and method, with a parasitic capacitance compensation circuit for an electronic ballast including a phase detector | 09-11-2008 |
Dianqi Fang, Dunlap, IL US
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20090194072 | Two wire intensified common rail fuel system - A fuel system includes a plurality of fuel injectors fluidly connected to a common rail. Each of the fuel injectors has at least one body component and includes an intensifier control valve for controlling movement of an intensifier piston, a needle control valve for controlling movement of a needle valve member, and exactly one electrical actuator coupled with the intensifier control valve and the needle control valve via a coupling linkage. The intensifier control valve and the needle control valve each include a valve member that is movable with respect to a valve seat. The electrical actuator includes an intermediate position during which the valve member of one of the intensifier control valve and the needle control valve is in contact with the respective valve seat, and the valve member of the other of the intensifier control valve and the needle control valve is out of contact with the respective valve seat. | 08-06-2009 |
20110220064 | FLUID INJECTOR WITH AUXILIARY FILLING ORIFICE - A common rail single fluid injection system including fuel injectors with the ability to produce multiple injection rate shapes. This is accomplished by including auxiliary filling orifices which selectively provide pressurized fluid to the check needle control chamber during injection events. In so doing, the speed and movement of the check needle is manipulated and differing injection rates may be achieved. | 09-15-2011 |
20140182552 | DUAL FUEL COMMON RAIL SYSTEM AND DIESEL ONLY METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A dual fuel common rail system may be operated in a regular mode in which a relatively large charge of gaseous fuel is ignited by compression igniting a relatively small injection quantity of liquid diesel fuel. The dual fuel system may be operated in a single fuel limp home mode in which liquid diesel fuel is injected at higher pressures. Over pressurization of the gaseous fuel side of the fuel system due to leaked liquid fuel is avoided by regularly injecting leaked liquid fuel, but not gaseous fuel, from the gaseous nozzle outlet set during the limp home mode of operation. | 07-03-2014 |
20140311451 | DUAL FUEL SYSTEM AND ENGINE SYSTEM OPERATING METHOD - A dual fuel system for an internal combustion engine includes a gaseous fuel subsystem and a liquid fuel subsystem. A plurality of fuel injectors each define a gaseous fuel passage fluidly connected to a gaseous fuel manifold of the gaseous fuel subsystem, a liquid fuel passage fluidly connected to a liquid fuel manifold of the liquid fuel subsystem, and a liquid fuel leak path from the liquid fuel passage to the gaseous fuel passage. A liquid fuel purging mechanism includes a drain conduit and at least one valve positioned fluidly between the drain conduit and the gaseous fuel manifold, and being adjustable to fluidly connect the drain conduit to the gaseous fuel manifold, to drain leaked liquid fuel to a low pressure outlet. | 10-23-2014 |
Dianqi Fang, Peoria, IL US
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20090165749 | Engine and control valve assembly having reduced variability in operation over time - A control valve assembly includes a one-piece valve movable between a first position at which the valve closes a seat defined by a housing and positioned fluidly between a fluid inlet and a first fluid outlet, and a second position at which the valve is out of contact with the seat. The valve includes an outer diameter having an annular seating shoulder located thereon which is configured to contact a frustoconical surface of the seat when the valve is at the first position, and the annular seating shoulder is further configured to deform in response to contacting the frustonical surface without changing a seating diameter associated therewith. Closing the seat with the annular seating shoulder reduces performance variability of the valve over time. | 07-02-2009 |
Dongping Fang, Naperville, IL US
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20140200872 | ONLINE LEARNING USING INFORMATION FUSION FOR EQUIPMENT PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE IN RAILWAY OPERATIONS - An aspect of an online learning system includes collecting data, via a computer processing device, from a plurality of data sources including multiple disparate detectors, the data including at least one of historical alarm data, failures, maintenance records, and environment observations. The data is stored in tables each corresponding to a subject of measurement. The online learning system also includes identifying common fields shared across the tables, merging at least a portion of the data across the tables having the common fields, and creating an integrated data model based on results of the merging. | 07-17-2014 |
20140200873 | ONLINE LEARNING USING INFORMATION FUSION FOR EQUIPMENT PREDICTIVE MAINTENANCE IN RAILWAY OPERATIONS - An aspect of an online learning system includes collecting data, via a computer processing device, from a plurality of data sources including multiple disparate detectors, the data including at least one of historical alarm data, failures, maintenance records, and environment observations. The data is stored in tables each corresponding to a subject of measurement. The online learning system also includes identifying common fields shared across the tables, merging at least a portion of the data across the tables having the common fields, and creating an integrated data model based on results of the merging. | 07-17-2014 |
Irene Fang, Barrington, IL US
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20110063209 | User Interface for Configuring Image Presentation - A user interface system determines image display presentation characteristics using a displayed image parameter selection control providing image parameter selection data, responsive to the received cursor command data. The displayed image parameter selection control includes a shape having an origin and one or more different sectors associated with one or more corresponding different sets of parameters determining image color or grayscale characteristics and a linear element lying along a line from the origin to a perimeter of the shape and being rotatable about the origin, (a) within a sector to select a value within a range of values determining a first image display characteristic and (b) between sectors to select one of the different sets of parameters determining image color or grayscale characteristics. A display processor initiates display of an image having display presentation characteristics determined by the image parameter selection data. | 03-17-2011 |
20130139110 | User Interface Image Navigation System for Use in Medical or Other Applications - A user interface medical image display navigation system comprises a user interface enabling a user to enter data and commands. A display processor generates data representing at least one display image window including, a current medical image, a navigation configuration element enabling user selection of a group of images for navigation, a navigation window concurrently displayed with the current medical image and an image element enabling a user to navigate through the user selected group and alter multiple reduced size medical images. The at least one display image window presents the multiple reduced size medical images of the user selected group in a row and column matrix including a reduced size current medical image. The multiple reduced size medical images are substantially smaller than the current medical image and enabling user selection of one of the reduced size medical images as a new current medical image. | 05-30-2013 |
Jianjun Fang, Long Grove, IL US
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20090172732 | Method and Apparatus for Providing a Dynamic Programming Guide Containing Future Times When On-Demand Broadcasting Requests Can be Satisfied - An audio-visual content service provider ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090172753 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate Providing On-Demand Access to Internet Media Content with Other Televised Content - An audio-visual content service provider ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090172760 | Method and Apparatus for Metadata-Based Conditioned Use of Audio-Visual Content - An audio-visual content service provider processor ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090172761 | Method and Apparatus to Facilitate the Local Recording of Audio-Visual Content, in the Absence of End User Requests, for Subsequent Re-Broadcasting - An audio-visual content service provider processor ( | 07-02-2009 |
20090307758 | Method and apparatus to facilitate using a multicast stream to provide on-demand streaming content - A streaming content-on-demand service provider ( | 12-10-2009 |
Joseph Fang, Barrington, IL US
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20080315079 | Symbia Head Position Correction: Apparatus and Method - A system and method provide for more accurate SPECT/CT image registration. CT data is utilized to establish a global spatial coordinate system of a common test phantom. The common test phantom is then used to obtain a set of point source nuclear images. Three-dimensional CT point source data is mapped to a two-dimensional image plane of corresponding point source data, to obtain a pair of intersecting projection cones that are used to obtain a set of detector head position correction parameters to correct detector head positioning in the CT coordinate system when obtaining SPECT projection images of the same object. | 12-25-2008 |
Joseph Y. Fang, Barrington, IL US
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20120281891 | Systems and Methods For Processing Image Pixels in a Nuclear Medicine Imaging System - A system and method for smoothing digital images using a non-orthogonal convolution kernel involves steps for rearranging and remapping input image data and the convolution kernel image from hexagonal coordinate mapping to orthogonal mapping of a memory space thus enabling implementation of a general box filter convolution strategy to smooth the input image. | 11-08-2012 |
20130058554 | Grid Computing on Radiology Network - A grid computing system and method is provided for medical data processing. The grid computing system comprises a software infrastructure, and an imaging device capable of interfacing with the software infrastructure over a distributed electronic network. Also included is a plurality of CPUs capable of interfacing with the software infrastructure over the network. The performance of the plurality of CPUs is dependent on balancing load. A large medical dataset is split onto several processing nodes of the plurality of CPUs, respectively, such that performance and power is increased. In the grid computing method, a grid is limited to a nuclear medicine or radiology network. A tight and easy configuration management of computing nodes, and a tight load balancing between standardized nodes are provided. An existing network of CPUs is utilized, such that the greatest benefit is provided at the lowest cost. | 03-07-2013 |
Mingming Fang, Naperville, IL US
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20100272769 | Virus-, Bacteria-, and Fungi-Interacting Layered Phyllosilicates and Methods of Use - Layered phyllosilicates are useful for adsorbing and/or binding to and, thereby, inactivating viruses, bacteria and fungi. Accordingly, provided herein are methods of inactivating a virus, bacteria or fungus and methods of treating a viral, bacterial or fungal infection. Methods of delivering a therapeutic agent to a mammalian subject and methods of inactivating a virus in the gastrointestinal tract of an animal are also provided. | 10-28-2010 |
20130294987 | Dry Processes, Apparatus Compositions and Systems for Reducing Mercury, Sulfur Oxides and HCl - Dry processes, apparatus, compositions and systems are provided for reducing emissions of mercury and optionally sulfur oxides and/or HCl. In an embodiment the copper-based mercury remediation composition comprises a copper ammonium complex having an empirical formula of C | 11-07-2013 |
20130336868 | Dry Processes, Apparatus, Compositions and Systems for Reducing Sulfur Oxides and HCl - Dry processes, apparatus, compositions and systems are provided for reducing emissions of sulfur oxides, and sulfur dioxide in particular, and/or HCl in a process employing a combination of a dolomite hydrate sorbent and a sorbent doping agent administered to achieve coverage of a three-dimensional cross section of a passage carrying SO | 12-19-2013 |
Nicholas Fang, Champaign, IL US
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20150309473 | High Resolution Projection Micro Stereolithography System And Method - A high-resolution PμSL system and method incorporating one or more of the following features with a standard PμSL system using a SLM projected digital image to form components in a stereolithographic bath: a far-field superlens for producing sub-diffraction-limited features, multiple spatial light modulators (SLM) to generate spatially-controlled three-dimensional interference holograms with nanoscale features, and the integration of microfluidic components into the resin bath of a PμSL system to fabricate microstructures of different materials. | 10-29-2015 |
Nicholas X. Fang, Champaign, IL US
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20090050487 | Direct Nanoscale Patterning of Metals Using Polymer Electrolytes - Disclosed herein are electrochemical fabrication platforms for making structures, arrays of structures and functional devices having selected nanosized and/or microsized physical dimensions, shapes and spatial orientations. Methods, systems and system components use an electrochemical stamping tool such as solid state polymeric electrolytes for generating patterns of relief and/or recessed features exhibiting excellent reproducibility, pattern fidelity and resolution on surfaces of solid state ionic conductors and in metal. Electrochemical stamping tools are capable high throughput patterning of large substrate areas, are compatible with commercially attractive manufacturing pathways to access a range of functional systems and devices including nano- and micro-electromechanical systems, sensors, energy storage devices, metal masks for printing, interconnects, and integrated electronic circuits. | 02-26-2009 |
20110033887 | Three-Dimensional Microfabricated Bioreactors with Embedded Capillary Network - In an aspect, the present invention uses projection micro stereolithography to generate three-dimensional microvessel networks that are capable of supporting and fostering growth of a cell population. For example, provided is a method of making a microvascularized bioreactor via layer-by-layer polymerization of a photocurable liquid composition with repeated patterns of illumination, wherein each layer corresponds to a layer of the desired microvessel network. The plurality of layers are assembled to make a microvascular network. Support structures having different etch rates than the structures that make up the network provides access to manufacturing arbitrary geometries that cannot be made by conventional methods. A cell population is introduced to the external wall of the network to obtain a microvascularized bioreactor. Provided are various methods and related bioreactors, wherein the network wall has a permeability to a biological material that varies within and along the network. | 02-10-2011 |
Shih-Chung Fang, Schaumburg, IL US
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20130227130 | MANAGING SERVICE LEVELS PROVIDED BY SERVICE PROVIDERS - A method and system for managing at least one service level of a service provided by a service provider to a customer of the service provider under a service level agreement. The service level agreement is a contract between the service provider and the customer. Measurement data and at least one adjudication element associated with a service level of the at least one service level are retrieved in an electronic format. The measurement data and the at least one adjudication element are stored in a datastore. The measurement data includes at least one data point measured on a respective resource that provides the service. The retrieved measurement data are adjudicated for the service level in accordance with the at least one adjudication element such that the adjudication generates a respective adjudicated data point for each data point of the measurement data. | 08-29-2013 |
Si J. Fang, Carpentersville, IL US
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20120119711 | HIGH VOLTAGE DC POWER GENERATION - A DC power generating system includes a permanent magnet generator (PMG), an active rectifier in electrical communication with the PMG, and a controller in electrical communication with the active rectifier, wherein the controller is configured to regulate d-q components of a stator current of the PMG in a synchronous reference frame. | 05-17-2012 |
20120126758 | HIGH VOLTAGE DC POWER GENERATION - A DC power system includes a permanent magnet generator (PMG), and an active rectifier in electrical communication with the PMG. The active rectifier is adapted to actively rectify power output from the PMG if the PMG is operating at low speed, and the active rectifier is further adapted to passively rectify power output from the PMG if the PMG is operating at high speed. | 05-24-2012 |
20120181892 | FLUX CANCELLATION IN A PERMANENT MAGNET GENERATOR - A permanent magnet comprises a primary winding, a secondary winding, a permanent magnet, an output terminal for connection to an external load, and a switching mechanism with two modes. In a first mode of the switching mechanism, the primary winding is connected between neutral and the output terminal, and the varying magnetic flux from the permanent magnet induces a nonzero voltage at the output terminal. In the second mode, the secondary winding provides a return path to neutral for the primary winding, thereby providing negligible voltage and current at the output terminal and substantially canceling change in magnetic flux from the permanent magnet. | 07-19-2012 |
Si Jian Fang, Carpentersville, IL US
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20080291707 | Universal AC high power inveter with galvanic isolation for linear and non-linear loads - A universal alternating current (AC) inverter system with galvanic isolation takes an unregulated direct current (DC) input and provides a high-quality AC output that may be used in conjunction with both linear and non-linear loads. The universal AC inverter system includes a DC-DC converter for converting an unregulated DC input to a regulated DC output, and a DC-AC inverter for converting the regulated DC output to a high-quality AC output. The DC-DC converter includes a DC link isolation high frequency transformer that provides galvanic isolation between the unregulated DC input and the AC output. To avoid saturation of the transformer, the controller for the DC-DC converter employs a DC offset correction loop that prevents accumulation of DC content on the primary side of the transformer. The universal AC inverter system includes a 4-phase inverter topology that converts the regulated DC voltage provided by the DC-DC converter to an AC output. An inverter controller employs a number of feedback loops that are used to control switches within the 4-phase inverter topology to provide a high-quality AC output voltage for both linear and non-linear loads, including a fast voltage control loop, a slow voltage control loop, a AC output capacitor current control loop, and a DC content control loop. | 11-27-2008 |
20110050184 | ACTIVE RECTIFICATION FOR A VARIABLE-FREQUENCY SYNCHRONOUS GENERATOR - An active rectifier controller decouples measurements of the phase and speed of a variable frequency synchronous generator from measurements of the AC output voltage. The active rectifier controller receives position information representative of the rotor position of the VFSG independent of a load connected to the VFSG that is used to determine the phase position and speed of the VFSG. Based on measurements of the generator speed and phase, the active rectifier controller controls the active rectifier to draw AC currents in-phase with the back-electromotive force (BEMF) voltage of the VFSG. | 03-03-2011 |
Yuhong Fang, Naperville, IL US
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20120112636 | ELECTRONIC BALLAST AND STARTUP METHOD - An electronic ballast and startup method including an electronic ballast operably connected to a lamp having a lamp filament, the electronic ballast having a timer ( | 05-10-2012 |
20130009565 | ELECTRONIC BALLAST FOR PARALLEL LAMP OPERATION WITH PROGRAM START - An electronic ballast for parallel lamp operation with program start including an electronic ballast for fluorescent lamps operably connected in parallel, each of the fluorescent lamps having lamp filaments. The electronic ballast includes a current fed self oscillating inverter ( | 01-10-2013 |
20130175950 | ELECTRONIC BALLAST WITH POWER THERMAL CUTBACK - An electronic ballast with power thermal cutback including an electronic ballast operably connected to provide power to a lamp, the electronic ballast having a PFC converter (HO) operable to receive a PFC input voltage ( | 07-11-2013 |
20140049161 | INSTANT START BALLAST SYSTEM - A program-start ballast ( | 02-20-2014 |
20140049175 | POWER SUPPLY CIRCUIT FOR A PFC CONVERTER - A PFC converter ( | 02-20-2014 |
20140292210 | LOW POWER STANDBY SHUTDOWN CIRCUIT - A shut down circuit is disclosed that allows an electronic device such as a lamp driver to be turned-off with a small signal current. The shut down circuit requires only few components and allows a low-power consumption standby state since some or all of functionality of the electronic device can be turned off. In the one embodiment related to a lamp driver, wires of a 0-10V interface or Dali or other existing interface wires can be used so that no additional wires are needed. In addition, the shutdown circuit is galvanically isolated which allows connection to almost any external supply (low or high voltage, AC or DC). | 10-02-2014 |
Zhiqiang Fang, Hawthorn Woods, IL US
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20080221377 | Methods for synthesis of carotenoids, including analogs, derivatives, and synthetic and biological intermediates - A method for synthesizing intermediates for use in the synthesis of carotenoid synthetic intermediates, carotenoid analogs, and/or carotenoid derivatives. The carotenoid analog, derivative, or intermediate may be administered to a subject for the inhibition and/or amelioration of any disease that involves production of reactive oxygen species, reactive nitrogen species, radicals and/or non-radicals. In some embodiments, the invention may include methods for synthesizing chemical compounds including an analog or derivative of a carotenoid. Carotenoid analogs or derivatives may include acyclic end groups. In some embodiments, a carotenoid analog or derivative may include at least one substituent. The substituent may enhance the solubility of the carotenoid analog or derivative such that the carotenoid analog or derivative at least partially dissolves in water. | 09-11-2008 |
20130323169 | THIOL-ENE CLICK CHEMISTRY FOR DRUG CONJUGATES - The present invention relates to linker molecules that readily conjugate cellular recognition ligand at one end and drug payload at the other, and are useful in treating or preventing cancer, an autoimmune disease, an inflammatory condition, a central nervous system disorder or an infection. The linker inker molecules of the invention are represented by Formula I, II and III; Linker-Drug compounds represented by Formula IV, V and VI; and Ligand-Linker-Drug conjugates represented by Formula VII, VIII and IX: | 12-05-2013 |