Patents by Inventor Hao Zhu

Hao 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).

  • Publication number: 20220345947
    Abstract: A system and method for managing Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) continuity. The system and method include transmitting, by a wireless communication device through a first distributed unit (DU) of a wireless communication node to a central unit (CU) of the wireless communication node, a first message. The first DU corresponds to a first subset of a plurality of MBMS services of the CU. The first message indicates a second subset of the plurality of MBMS services that corresponds to a second DU of the wireless communication node. The system and method include receiving, by the wireless communication device from the CU in response to transmitting the first message, a second message including MBMS scheduling information. The system and method include performing, by the wireless communication device, a handover procedure from the first DU to the second DU.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Kun CAO, Tao QI, Feng XIE, Hao ZHU
  • Publication number: 20220337367
    Abstract: A system and method for multicast/broadcast service data synchronization. In some embodiments, the method includes transmitting, by a first network node, synchronization information to a second network node. In some embodiments, the synchronization information indicating a plurality of information elements configured to transmit Multicast/Broadcast Service (MBS) data on a user plane over an interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2022
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hao ZHU, Tao QI, Feng XIE, Kun CAO, Zijiang MA
  • Publication number: 20220333971
    Abstract: An arrangement includes a pipeline and a Coriolis volumetric flow meter for measuring a mass flow rate of a medium flowing through the pipeline. A first pressure sensor is attached at an inlet-side of the pipeline and a second pressure sensor is attached at an outlet-side of the pipeline, or wherein a differential pressure sensor is configured to detect a difference between an inlet-side and an outlet-side. The pressure sensors and/or the differential pressure sensor are configured to measure a media pressure and to determine, for each differential pressure, a volumetric flow velocity of the medium through the pipeline. A first monitoring sensor is attached at an inlet-side portion of the pipeline and a second monitoring sensor is attached at an outlet-side portion of the pipeline, wherein the monitoring sensors are configured to monitor a measurement variable different from the media pressure to identify a static media state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Alfred Rieder, Hao Zhu, Wolfgang Drahm, Andreas Güttler
  • Publication number: 20220334038
    Abstract: A measuring device for determining the density, the mass flow and/or the viscosity of a gas-charged liquid includes an oscillator, having a media-conducting measuring tube and two vibrational modes having media-density-dependent natural frequencies; an exciter for exciting the two vibrational modes; a vibrational sensor for detecting vibrations of the oscillator; and an operating and evaluating circuit to apply an excitation signal to the exciter, detect signals of the vibration sensor, determine current values of the natural frequencies of the two vibrational modes of the oscillator and fluctuations of the natural frequencies. The operating and evaluating circuit is designed to determine a first media state value, wherein the operating and evaluating circuit is furthermore designed to determine a second media state value which represents a gas charge of the medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2020
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Hao Zhu, Michael Wiesmann
  • Publication number: 20220322581
    Abstract: A cooling system for a datacenter device is disclosed. Fins are provided between a first plate and a second plate to dissipate a first amount of heat to an environment in a first configuration of the fins. The first plate is movable relative to the second plate to expose a surface area of the fins to the environment in a second configuration of the fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaozhuo CAI, Shuanghu YAN, Dinghai YI, Hao ZHU, Yonghua FU
  • Publication number: 20220309017
    Abstract: A multi-format graphics process unit (GPU) docking board is disclosed. The multi-format GPU docking board includes a first switch to enable communication between a first format (GPU) board and a second format GPU board, and a second switch to enable communication between a central processing unit (CPU) and the first format GPU board and between the CPU and the second format GPU board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaozhuo CAI, Shuanghu YAN, Hao ZHU, Dinghai YI
  • Publication number: 20220290797
    Abstract: Display assemblies for supporting displays on stands or support arms have mount portions to removably attach to the displays using magnetic assemblies and latches. The magnetic assemblies and latches can improve user experience and allow the display to be installed on a support arm from the viewing side of the display and without having to see or reach behind the display. Magnetic structures can center a mount portion of the support arm and a recess of the display and can attract them to each other. Laterally-extending latches can ensure the display is not inadvertently removed. Locking mechanisms can prevent the display from being rotated to a portrait orientation when sufficient space around the display and the necessary user intent is not provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Kristopher P. Laurent, Bradley J. Hamel, Brett W. Degner, David H. Narajowski, Hao Zhu, Lauren M. Farrell, Sunita Venkatesh, Peter N. Jeziorek, Edward T. Sweet, David A. Jungquist, Karen Y. Cheng, Xiang Zhang, Danny L. McBroom, Michael D. McBroom, Laura M. DeForest
  • Publication number: 20220291032
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a measuring device for characterizing a non-homogeneous, flowable medium, and for determining the density, the mass flow rate and/or the viscosity of the medium measuring tube for guiding the medium natural frequency of which depends on the density of the medium. An exciter for exciting the mode of oscillation and an operation and evaluation circuit designed to apply an excitation signal to the exciter, to capture signals from the oscillation sensor, to determine current values of the natural frequency of the oscillator and fluctuations of the natural frequency on the basis of the signals from the oscillation sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Hao Zhu, Alfred Rieder, Yaoying Lin
  • Patent number: 11440628
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a floating hydrophyte planting device, comprising a height-adjustable support, a buoyant rope, a planting net rope, a stabilizing rope and hydrophytes. The height-adjustable support comprises a fixed part and a movable part. The fixed part comprises columns and inclined stayed and fixed steel wires. A sawtooth groove is arranged on one side face of the column in the height direction and has multiple notches at different heights. The movable part comprises a twisting pull rod. The twisting pull rod is provided with a cross locking column vertical to the body of the twisting pull rod. The locking column is limited in the notch. After the twisting pull rod is twisted, the cross locking column may separate from the notch; after the twisting pull rod moves in the vertical direction and is twisted again, the cross locking column is limited in another notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: FISHERY MACHINERY AND INSTRUMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE, CHINESE ACADEMY OF FISHERY SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xingguo Liu, Xiaolong Chen, Hao Zhu, Zixin Gao, Keju Li
  • Patent number: 11428559
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a mass flow meter according to the Coriolis principle, comprising two measuring tube pairs which have different usage mode natural frequencies, an exciter for exciting flexural vibrations and a vibration sensor pair for detecting flexural vibrations; and comprising a circuit for driving the exciters and for detecting signals of the vibration sensors, for determining flow-dependent phase differences between the signals of the inlet-side and outlet-side vibration sensors and for determining mass flow measurement values based on the flow-dependent phase differences, wherein the circuit is configured to perform, when determining the mass flow measurement values based on the flow-dependent phase differences, a zero-point correction for the first measuring tube pair and/or the second measuring tube pair using signal amplitude ratios of the measuring tube pairs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventor: Hao Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220265356
    Abstract: A ray-free dental X-ray periapical film virtual imaging method based on virtual reality (VR) includes: constructing a VR positioning system, and tracing a position of a tracker bonded bound with a tube of a dental film machine and a spatial attitude matrix in real time; scanning and reconstructing a digital three-dimensional (3D) model of dentition; respectively setting different materials and transparency for a shell of a tooth model and an internal pulp cavity; constructing a virtual environment of a simulated oral cavity; assigning an attitude and position of the tracker to a virtual camera by using a network communication module, and controlling the virtual camera to move; placing the tracker in a specific position and orientation to calibrate so as to obtain a position coordinate of a dentition model in the virtual environment; and aligning the tube to teeth, and rendering a virtual periapical film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Xun CAO, Yidi ZHANG, Hao ZHU, Zhuoyi LIAO, Weibin SUN
  • Patent number: 11424573
    Abstract: Connectors that have a low profile, can form strong and reliable connections despite connection alignment errors, and can be readily manufactured. One example can provide a connector receptacle having a magnetic array arranged to provide a strong attachment that allows the use of a low profile connector receptacle and connector insert. The magnetic array can include magnets and magnetic elements, where the magnetic elements can be magnetically conductive pole-pieces. Each pole piece can have magnets at two of its sides. Another example can provide contacts for a connector insert that can have more than one contacting surface to connect to a contact of a connector receptacle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Mahmoud R. Amini, Ayoub Yari Boroujeni, John C. DiFonzo, Bradley J. Hamel, George Tziviskos, Hao Zhu, Paul Hack, Jean-March Gery
  • Publication number: 20220240551
    Abstract: A method for rapid low-salted pickling of aquatic products is disclosed, which includes preliminary processing of raw materials, bacteria-reducing treatment of plasma activation gas, marinade adding and plasma treatment, cyclic bacteria-reducing treatment with the plasma activation gas and vacuum pickling. The marinade adding and plasma treatment include respectively injecting the marinade and plasma working gas into a tumbler, with a flow rate of ionic working gas injected into the tumbler of 1.5-2 L/min and a flow rate of a pickling solution of 0.5-0.8 L/min: and at the same time, starting a plasma power supply, and performing low-temperature plasma treatment on the aquatic products to be pickled, with a plasma treatment voltage of 12000-15000 V, a current of 60-80 mA, a frequency of 8-10 kHz, which is a second bacteria-reducing treatment, with plasma treatment time of 15-20 min.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 4, 2022
    Applicant: Zhejiang University of Technology
    Inventors: Xuxia ZHOU, Yuting DING, Zhigang KE, Yicheng DING, Wenjie WANG, Qi ZHANG, Hao ZHU, Yushan CHU
  • Publication number: 20220236160
    Abstract: A measuring transducer includes a tube assembly including two pair of structurally identical tubes, each connected at their respective ends to each of two flow dividers, thereby forming four parallel flow paths, and each including alternating, adjoining straight and arcuate segments, wherein each of the first and third arcuate segments has a segment length corresponding to an extended length of a virtual center line of the segment, an arc radius corresponding to a radius of the virtual center line and a center point angle corresponding to a ratio between the segment length and the arc radius, such that each of the first arcuate segments are identical in both shape and size, and such that each of the third arcuate segments are identical in both shape and size, wherein the measuring transducer further includes an exciter assembly and a sensor assembly, each connected to the tube assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Inventors: Hao Zhu, Gerhard Eckert, Ennio Bitto, Alfred Rieder, Marc Werner
  • Patent number: 11378225
    Abstract: Display assemblies for supporting displays on stands or support arms have mount portions to removably attach to the displays using magnetic assemblies and latches. The magnetic assemblies and latches can improve user experience and allow the display to be installed on a support arm from the viewing side of the display and without having to see or reach behind the display. Magnetic structures can center a mount portion of the support arm and a recess of the display and can attract them to each other. Laterally-extending latches can ensure the display is not inadvertently removed. Locking mechanisms can prevent the display from being rotated to a portrait orientation when sufficient space around the display and the necessary user intent is not provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Kristopher P. Laurent, Bradley J. Hamel, Brett W. Degner, David H. Narajowski, Hao Zhu, Lauren M. Farrell, Sunita Venkatesh, Peter N. Jeziorek, Edward T. Sweet, David A. Jungquist, Karen Y. Cheng, Xiang Zhang, Danny L. McBroom, Michael D. McBroom, Laura M. DeForest
  • Patent number: 11378432
    Abstract: The Coriolis flowmeter according to the present disclosure includes: a measuring sensor including a bent measuring tube mirror-symmetrical with respect to a transverse plane, wherein a measuring tube center line runs in a longitudinal plane oriented perpendicular to the transverse plane, wherein an equatorial surface runs perpendicular to the longitudinal plane along the measuring tube center line; an exciter for exciting measuring tube bending vibrations; a first pair of vibration sensors for capturing the bending vibrations of the measuring tube; and an operating and evaluation circuit for driving the exciter, for capturing signals from the vibration sensors, and for determining a mass flow measured value, wherein the measuring sensor has a second pair of vibration sensors, which are arranged in a mirror-symmetrical manner with respect to the transverse plane, wherein the first pair of vibration sensors is separated from the second pair of vibration sensors by the equatorial surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Hao Zhu, Alfred Rieder
  • Patent number: 11381892
    Abstract: An enclosure may be provided with a housing. The housing may have an opening that separates and joins along a seam. A magnetic closure may have a pair of mating flexible magnetic members such as flexible rings or strips that run along the seam. Magnetic-field shunts may be provided in the flexible magnetic members. Multiple magnetic elements may be formed along the length of each magnetic member to form a multipole permanent magnet. Magnetic attraction may be varied along the lengths of the magnetic members and may be varied as a function of the separation between opposing magnet members. A magnetic clasp may be provided on the housing. The magnetic clasp may have attracting magnets to help close the opening in the housing. Protruding clasp portions may be formed from flexible material and may have embedded magnets configured to repel each other to facilitate use of the clasp.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Timothy W. Scales, Kodiak D. Burke, Linda D. Benavente-Notaro, Nicholas R. Trincia, Benjamin A. Stevenson, Clayton McCoy, Donald L. Olmstead, Hao Zhu, William H. Chui, Jack Pickup
  • Publication number: 20220206067
    Abstract: A method for testing a device under test, the device under test being a measuring instrument to measure a physical parameter of a fluid, includes: performing a plurality of valid test runs, wherein a valid test run includes: exposing the device under test and a reference measuring instrument to the fluid under a set of influences, the set of influences being defined by influence parameters; monitoring the influence parameters; obtaining a reference value for the physical parameter from the reference measuring instrument; and obtaining a test value for the physical parameter from the device under test, wherein a test run is invalidated if influence parameters do not meet specified test requirements for the influence parameters; and then evaluating a plurality of test values originating from the plurality of valid test runs with respect to at least one of accuracy, repeatability and reproducibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Inventors: Jerry E. Stevens, Hao Zhu, Marcel Braun
  • Patent number: 11353510
    Abstract: A method for testing a device under test, the device under test being a measuring instrument to measure a physical parameter of a fluid, includes: performing a plurality of valid test runs, wherein a valid test run includes: exposing the device under test and a reference measuring instrument to the fluid under a set of influences, the set of influences being defined by influence parameters; monitoring the influence parameters; obtaining a reference value for the physical parameter from the reference measuring instrument; and obtaining a test value for the physical parameter from the device under test, wherein a test run is invalidated if influence parameters do not meet specified test requirements for the influence parameters; and then evaluating a plurality of test values originating from the plurality of valid test runs with respect to at least one of accuracy, repeatability and reproducibility.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: ENDRESS+HAUSER FLOWTEC AG
    Inventors: Jerry E. Stevens, Hao Zhu, Marcel Braun
  • Patent number: 11331737
    Abstract: A device for insulating a cathode surface in electrochemical machining is provided. The cathode surface insulation device is characterized in that super-hydrophobic micro-structures are prepared in regions to be insulated on the cathode surface, so as to realize selective insulation of the surface of the tool cathode, and thereby achieve objects of constraining an electrical field in the processing area, reducing stray corrosion and side surface taper, and improving processing efficiency and accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Kun Xu, Wenrong Shen, Zhaoyang Zhang, Hao Zhu, Xueren Dai, Qinming Gu