Patents by Inventor Lu Han

Lu Han 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: 20210159523
    Abstract: A fuel cell is provided including an anode configured to receive, and allow to pass through, an anode process gas, a cathode configured to receive, and allow to pass through, a cathode process gas, and an electrolyte matrix layer separating the anode and the cathode. One of the anode or the cathode has an extended edge seal chamber, and the fuel cell is configured to receive the anode process gas and the cathode process gas in substantially perpendicular directions relative to each other, and the extended edge seal chamber is configured to allow the anode process gas and the cathode process gas to pass through the anode and the cathode in substantially parallel flow paths.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Keith E. Davis, Lawrence J. Novacco, Lu Han, Brandon J. O'Neill, Frank Hershkowitz, Rodrigo F. Blanco Gutierrez, Yesim Igci
  • Publication number: 20210159534
    Abstract: A module assembly is provided including a fuel cell stack assembly, a heat exchanger, and a housing enclosing the fuel cell stack assembly and the heat exchanger. The heat exchanger is configured to receive process gas from an external source and output said process gas to the fuel cell stack assembly, and configured to receive process gas from the fuel cell stack assembly and output said process gas. A fuel cell power plant is provided including a module assembly with a first end, a racking structure configured to hold the module assembly, balance of plant equipment, and ducting configured to provide fluid communication between the balance of plant equipment and the first end of the module assembly. The module assembly and the racking structure are configured such that the module assembly may be removed from the racking structure in a direction away from the first end of the module assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Keith E. Davis, Frank Hershkowitz, Lu Han, Clay R. Sutton, Paul J. Rubas
  • Publication number: 20210052581
    Abstract: The present invention provides use of Tadalafil as a protein arginine methyltransferase 5 (PRMT5) inhibitor. The present invention finds out that Tadalafil is a PRMT5 inhibitor by virtually screening active compounds targeting PRMT5 based on crystal structure and information about active sites of PRMT5. The present invention not only confirms that Tadalafil can inhibit an enzymatic activity of PRMT5, but also confirms that Tadalafil alone can inhibit tumor growth in breast cancer and improve sensitivity to chemotherapy for breast cancer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 2, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Jian ZHANG, Ying Wu, Rui Ling, Suning Chen, Lu Han, Wenxia Zhou
  • Patent number: 10878438
    Abstract: Systems and methods for audio advertising user interaction are disclosed. A voice interactive device causes an advertising audio file to be played for a user. The user can express interest in the advertising content of the advertising audio file by speaking one of a plurality of predetermined intents. Based on expressed user response, one or more results can be provided to the user and/or to a user device. The results relate to advertising content of the advertising audio file.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: Spotify AB
    Inventors: Edward Yizhi Chen, Kevin Showkat, Sarah Raymond, Brenton Dale Laverty, Michelle Alexander, Lu Han, Colette Kolenda, Doug DeMarco
  • Patent number: 10841913
    Abstract: A method for determining a Guard Period (GP), including: after a terminal side accesses a cell, receiving, by the terminal side, at least one of the following information sent by a network side: a duration of an uplink service, a duration of a downlink service or a time length of a GP; determining, by the terminal side, a duration for sending the uplink service and a duration for receiving the downlink service according to the information; and sending, by the terminal side, the uplink service according to the duration of the uplink service, or receiving the downlink service according to the duration of the downlink service. A corresponding terminal and a corresponding non-transitory storage medium are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignees: China Mobile Communications Corporation, China Mobile Communication Ltd., Research Institute
    Inventors: Lijie Hu, Liang Xia, Lu Han
  • Publication number: 20200355272
    Abstract: A slip ring assembly includes a housing having a stator that rotatably supports a rotor. The rotor includes conductive disks that are electrically connected to respective conductors extending through a rotor shaft. The stator includes brushes that slidably and electrically engage the conductive disks. The one or more brushes are electrically connected to stator conductors extending at least partially through the stator. Electrical pathways are defined and extend from the stator conductors, the brushes, the conductive disks, and the respective conductors in the shaft. A smart board is connected to the stator and includes electronic components configured to monitor operation of the slip ring assembly and provide signals to an external source. The smart board is electrically connected to, and powered by, electrical power that is present and available on the stator conductors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Inventors: Anton A. Petrou, Lu Han, Matt Jakymiw
  • Publication number: 20200241494
    Abstract: A method of alarm of a screw-locking error includes retrieving a confidence interval of screw-locking parameter data of different screw specifications, setting locking parameter data of a screw-locking process according to a range of the confidence intervals, acquiring locking parameter data in real time, collating the acquired locking parameter data, analyzing the collated locking parameter data to obtain normal locking parameter data and abnormal locking parameter data, and analyzing the abnormal locking parameter data to obtain an error type of each abnormal locking parameter data. The abnormal locking parameter data and the corresponding error type of the abnormal locking parameter data are reported.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: WEN-SHOU TSENG, JUAN ZHANG, LU HAN, ZI-WEI GAO
  • Publication number: 20200232881
    Abstract: A rotary union adapted for connection on a support segment for a shaft includes a sensor disposed within a sensor housing, the sensor housing connected to the housing of the rotary union, and a sound conduit having first and second ends, the first end of the sound conduit being connected to the sensor housing, and the second end of the sound conduit being adapted to be connected to a second support segment for the shaft opposite the first support segment along the shaft, wherein the sensor includes a sensing element in physical contact with the first end of the sound conduit, the sensing element configured to provide a signal in response to vibration present along the sound conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Anton A. Petrou, Lu Han
  • Publication number: 20200176783
    Abstract: Cathode collector structures and/or corresponding cathode structures are provided that can allow for improved operation for a molten carbonate fuel cell when operated under conditions for elevated CO2 utilization. A cathode collector structure that provides an increased open area at the cathode surface can reduce or minimize the amount of alternative ion transport that occurs within the fuel cell. Additionally or alternately, grooves in the cathode surface can be used to increase the open area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Rosen, Timothy A. Barckholtz, Heather A. Elsen, Gabor Kiss, Lu Han, Thomas M. Smith, Sandipan K. Das, Chao-Yi Yuh, Carl A. Willman, Timothy C. Geary, Keith E. Davis, Abdelkader Hilmi, Lawrence J. Novacco
  • Publication number: 20200176800
    Abstract: A reforming element for a molten carbonate fuel cell stack and corresponding methods are provided that can reduce or minimize temperature differences within the fuel cell stack when operating the fuel cell stack with enhanced CO2 utilization. The reforming element can include at least one surface with a reforming catalyst deposited on the surface. A difference between the minimum and maximum reforming catalyst density and/or activity on a first portion of the at least one surface can be 20% to 75%, with the highest catalyst densities and/or activities being in proximity to the side of the fuel cell stack corresponding to at least one of the anode inlet and the cathode inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Everett J. O'Neal, Lu Han, Carla S. Pereira, Rodrigo F. Blanco Gutierrez, Timothy M. Healy, Carl A. Willman, Hossein Ghezel-Ayagh, Frank J. Dobek, JR.
  • Patent number: 10670262
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for enhancement of gaseous CLC in a fixed-bed process, marked by an increase in CO2 capture efficiency and oxygen carrier utilization, while reducing disadvantages of a conventional fixed-bed operation. The disclosed systems/methods provide a CLC fixed-bed reactor design in which the direction of the fuel gas is intermittently reversed during a single fuel oxidation step. In this reverse-flow mode, oxygen carrier reduction reactions are displaced over the ends of the reactor, which increases contact between fuel and oxidized solids and alleviates and/or mitigates problems of carbon deposition encountered by most oxygen carriers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: University of Connecticut
    Inventors: George M. Bollas, Lu Han, Brian Baillie
  • Patent number: 10593544
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for depositing a high-quality thin films of ultrawide bandgap oxide semiconductors at growth rates that are higher than possible using prior-art methods. Embodiments of the present invention employ LPCVD deposition using vapor formed by evaporating material as a precursor, where the material has a low vapor pressure at the growth temperature for the thin film. The vapor is carried to a reaction chamber by an inert gas, such as argon, where it mixes with a second precursor. The reaction chamber is held at a pressure that nucleation of the precursor materials occurs preferentially on the substrate surface rather than in vapor phase. The low vapor pressure of the material gives rise to growth rates on the substrate surface that a significantly faster than achievable using prior-art growth methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: Case Westen Reverse University
    Inventors: Hongping Zhao, Subrina Rafique, Lu Han
  • Patent number: 10528500
    Abstract: A data packet processing method comprises: receiving data packet including a key message; analyzing the key message; determining whether the data packet is a high priority data packet or a normal data packet according to a result of analyzing the first key message of the data packet; and executing an Rx high priority interrupt in response to determining that the data packet is the high priority data packet. The Rx high priority interrupt is to immediately transmit an interrupt signal to interrupt receiving of the data packets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.
    Inventors: Jun-Jiang Huang, Lu Xiong, Li He, Chun-Wei Gu, Lu Han, Sung-Kao Liu, Chun-Hao Lin, Xi-Cheng Shan, Guan-Yu Liu
  • Publication number: 20190370197
    Abstract: A data packet processing method comprises: receiving data packet including a key message; analyzing the key message; determining whether the data packet is a high priority data packet or a normal data packet according to a result of analyzing the first key message of the data packet; and executing an Rx high priority interrupt in response to determining that the data packet is the high priority data packet. The Rx high priority interrupt is to immediately transmit an interrupt signal to interrupt receiving of the data packets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: JUN-JIANG HUANG, LU XIONG, LI HE, CHUN-WEI GU, LU HAN, SUNG-KAO LIU, CHUN-HAO LIN, XI-CHENG SHAN, GUAN-YU LIU
  • Publication number: 20190370843
    Abstract: Systems and methods for audio advertising user interaction are disclosed. A voice interactive device causes an advertising audio file to be played for a user. The user can express interest in the advertising content of the advertising audio file by speaking one of a plurality of predetermined intents. Based on expressed user response, one or more results can be provided to the user and/or to a user device. The results relate to advertising content of the advertising audio file.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Edward Yizhi Chen, Kevin Showkat, Sarah Raymond, Brenton Dale Laverty, Michelle Alexander, Lu Han, Colette Kolenda, Doug DeMarco
  • Publication number: 20190355024
    Abstract: A call to action processor receives an entity datapoint containing data related to an entity, a campaign objective datapoint containing data associated with a campaign objective, at least one definite script element based on the campaign objective, and entity metadata containing data associated with the entity. The call to action further performs generating at least one variable script element based on the entity metadata, presenting to a device the at least one definite script element the at least one variable script element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Lu Han, Rachel M. Bittner
  • Publication number: 20190294690
    Abstract: A media content item recommendation system operates to assist a user to make a media content playlist. The system provides a set of suggestions that can be used to characterize a playlist, receive a user selection of one or more suggestions from the set of suggestions, and recommend a list of media content items for the playlist based on the user selection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Rafiel Joshua Yap Pastor, Lu Han, Mesfin Bekele Mekonnen
  • Patent number: 10320010
    Abstract: Disclosed is a thermal control system for a tramcar. The system includes a roof profile (11) arranged above a compartment roof of the tramcar (10); a fuel cell system (12) and an air-conditioning system (14) arranged above the roof profile (11); and a heat dissipating system (13) arranged above the roof profile (11), where the fuel cell system (12) communicates with the heat dissipating system (13) via a piping (16), and the piping (16) is arranged with a circulating pump (15) for pumping a coolant to the heat dissipating system. The thermal control system solves the problem of low heat dissipating efficiency of a fuel cell in the prior art.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: CRRC Tangshan Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bangcheng Sun, Minggao Li, Ming Li, Lu Han, Bin Liu, Xiaoyan Zang, Qi Li, Qiumin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190141680
    Abstract: A method for determining a Guard Period (GP), including: after a terminal side accesses a cell, receiving, by the terminal side, at least one of the following information sent by a network side: a duration of an uplink service, a duration of a downlink service or a time length of a GP; determining, by the terminal side, a duration for sending the uplink service and a duration for receiving the downlink service according to the information; and sending, by the terminal side, the uplink service according to the duration of the uplink service, or receiving the downlink service according to the duration of the downlink service. A corresponding terminal and a corresponding non-transitory storage medium are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Lijie HU, Liang XIA, Lu HAN
  • Publication number: 20190056423
    Abstract: The disclosed embodiments provide an adjoint analysis method and apparatus for data. A dimensionality reduction processing is performed on two-dimensional spatial data in original data of a target number to obtain one-dimensional spatial data of the target number; the one-dimensional spatial data of the target number and time data in the original data are converted into a comparable trajectory queue of the target number; and an adjoint similarity between the target number and other numbers is calculated based on the trajectory queue of the target number. In the present invention, the original data is simplified through the dimensionality reduction processing; fitting processing is no longer performed through a mathematic model, which reduces complexity and improves timeliness of the adjoint analysis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Xianshu DING, Yi LUO, Lu HAN, Linqiang WU