Patents by Inventor Na Xu

Na Xu 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: 20240169961
    Abstract: Provided are a method and apparatus for determining an audio, an electronic device, and a storage medium. The method includes: a chord corresponding to an input audio is determined in response to receiving the input audio; at least one to-be-selected arrangement style is determined according to the chord and/or a melody attribute of the input audio; at least one to-be-selected arrangement template associated with a target arrangement style is displayed based on a trigger operation to the at least one to-be-selected arrangement style; and a target audio is played based on a trigger operation to the at least one to-be-selected arrangement template.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2023
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Inventors: Shuai YUAN, Bochen LI, Qiuhong XU, Na ZHAO, Zhengyi FANG, Peidao LI, Shengli WANG
  • Publication number: 20240158726
    Abstract: This provides a flexible, porous, dissolvable solid sheet article containing a cationic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2024
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Dan XU, Hongsing TAN, Juan YANG, Na HOU, Carl David MAC NAMARA, Yongli PAN
  • Patent number: 11955323
    Abstract: The present invention provides a device for blocking plasma backflow in a process chamber to protect an air inlet structure, comprising an air inlet nozzle tightly connected to an air inlet flange. The inner cavity of the air inlet nozzle is provided with an air inlet guide body, wherein the air inlet guide body has an upper structure, a middle structure, and a lower structure, the upper, middle, and lower structures are an integrated structure, the upper, middle, and lower structures are all cylindrical, the cross-sectional diameter of the upper structure is smaller than that of the middle structure, a gas gathering area is arranged between the middle structure and the lower structure, and the middle structure and the lower structure are connected by the gas gathering area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU LEUVEN INSTRUMENTS CO. LTD
    Inventors: Na Li, Dongdong Hu, Xiaobo Liu, Haiyang Liu, Shiran Cheng, Song Guo, Zhihao Wu, Kaidong Xu
  • Publication number: 20240113326
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a vanadium electrolyte, a preparation method and use thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Xiongwei WU, Hui XU, Hao XIE, Shanguang LV, Xuewen WU, Na FU
  • Patent number: 11912962
    Abstract: This provides a flexible, porous, dissolvable solid sheet article containing a cationic surfactant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Dan Xu, Hongsing Tan, Juan Yang, Na Hou, Carl David Mac Namara, Yongli Pan
  • Publication number: 20240059928
    Abstract: The invention relates to a two-component coating system and a preparation method and use thereof, as well as grout or caulk comprising the coating system. The two-component coating system comprises component A comprising a polyaspartic acid ester and component B comprising a polyisocyanate, wherein the polyisocyanate has isocyanate functionality of not less than 4, and the polyisocyanate comprises allophanate groups and isocyanurate groups, and the ratio of moles of the allophanate groups to the sum of moles of the isocyanurate groups and the allophanate groups is of not less than 65:100. The two-component coating system of the present invention forms a coating with small bubble area and good resistance to yellowing and to stain resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Ling Yang, Mei Yao, Hao Liu, Jinqi Li, Jianping Shen, Na Xu
  • Publication number: 20240010783
    Abstract: The invention relates to a water-dispersible modified polyisocyanate and use thereof, especially as a crosslinking component in water-soluble or water-dispersible coating compositions. The water-dispersible modified polyisocyanate can be obtained by the reaction of a system comprising a water-dispersible polyisocyanate and an isocyanate-reactive component; wherein the viscosity of the water-dispersible modified polyisocyanate is 3000 mPa·s-11000 mPa·s, which is measured with a MV-DIN rotor according to DIN EN ISO 3219:1994-10 at 23° C. and a shear rate of 10 s?1. The modified polyisocyanate according to the present invention has good manual stirring behavior and good dispersibility, and the coating formed by the coating composition containing the modified polyisocyanate has high gloss and good transparency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2021
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Hao Liu, Yaguang Ma, Na Xu, Tian Xia, Karsten Danielmeier, Raul Pires, Hans-Josef Laas
  • Patent number: 11746232
    Abstract: A method of preparing a vinyl collagen microsphere polyamide fiber composite material includes the following steps: step 1: modifying a collagen with methacrylic anhydride to obtain a vinyl collagen, then emulsifying and cross-linking the vinyl collagen to obtain vinyl collagen microspheres; step 2: treating a polyamide fiber substrate with formaldehyde to obtain a hydroxylated polyamide fiber substrate, treating the hydroxylated polyamide fiber with (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane (MPS) to obtain a sulfhydrylated polyamide fiber substrate; and step 3: modifying the sulfhydrylated polyamide fiber substrate with the vinyl collagen microspheres to obtain the vinyl collagen microsphere polyamide fiber composite material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Na Xu, Yanmei Xing, Xuechuan Wang
  • Publication number: 20230276126
    Abstract: An imaging device according to the present technology includes a user operation detection unit that detects an operation of a user for focus control, a focus position movement detection unit that detects movement of a focus position based on the operation of the user detected by the user operation detection unit, a depth information detection unit that detects depth information in a focus control target area, and a focus control unit that sets a target focus position on the basis of the movement of the focus position and the depth information. Thus, a technology for executing focus control more in accordance with a user's intention is proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Inventors: SEIICHI INOMATA, NA XU
  • Publication number: 20230235256
    Abstract: Disclosed is a laundry composition comprising a plurality of particles, wherein the particle comprises 30 to 95% of polyethylene glycol by weight of the particle, surfactant selected from anionic surfactant, nonionic surfactant, or a combination thereof, and occlusions of gas and wherein the surfactant is anionic surfactant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicant: Conopco, Inc., d/b/a UNILEVER
    Inventors: Yanchao CHEN, Jiemin GE, Jun SHEN, Na XU
  • Publication number: 20220270627
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method and an apparatus for audio processing and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining an audio mixing feature of a target object, in which the audio mixing feature at least includes: a voiceprint feature and a pitch feature of the target object; and determining a target audio matching with the target object in the mixed audio according to the audio mixing feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2021
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Na XU, Yongtao JIA, Linzhang WANG
  • Patent number: 11407852
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified polyisocyanate and use thereof, in particular as a crosslinking component of water-soluble or water-dispersible coatings. The modified polyisocyanate is obtained by a reaction of a system comprising the following components: at least an aminosulfonic acid; at least a polyisocyanate; at least a tertiary amine; and optionally a polyether alcohol containing an ethylene oxide group. The modified polyisocyanate comprises at least an iminooxadiazinedione structure and at least an isocyanurate structure, the weight ratio of the iminooxadiazinedione structure to the isocyanurate structure being 1:300 to 1:5. The amount of sulfonate group of the modified polyisocyanate is 0.75% by weight to 1.1% by weight, based on the amount of the modified polyisocyanate as 100% by weight. The viscosity thereof is 500 mPa·s to 10000 mPa·s, as determined according to DIN EN ISO 3219:1994-10 at a temperature of 23° C. and a shear rate of 10 s?1.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Covestro Intellectual Property GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Hao Liu, Na Xu, Guoping Shi, Yaguang Ma, Tian Xia
  • Publication number: 20220213318
    Abstract: A method of preparing a vinyl collagen microsphere polyamide fiber composite material includes the following steps: step 1: modifying a collagen with methacrylic anhydride to obtain a vinyl collagen, then emulsifying and cross-linking the vinyl collagen to obtain vinyl collagen microspheres; step 2: treating a polyamide fiber substrate with formaldehyde to obtain a hydroxylated polyamide fiber substrate, treating the hydroxylated polyamide fiber with (3-mercaptopropyl)trimethoxysilane (MPS) to obtain a sulfhydrylated polyamide fiber substrate; and step 3: modifying the sulfhydrylated polyamide fiber substrate with the vinyl collagen microspheres to obtain the vinyl collagen microsphere polyamide fiber composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Applicant: SHAANXI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Na XU, Yanmei XING, Xuechuan WANG
  • Publication number: 20210355264
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a modified polyisocyanate and use thereof, in particular as a crosslinking component of water-soluble or water-dispersible coatings. The modified polyisocyanate is obtained by a reaction of a system comprising the following components: at least an aminosulfonic acid; at least a polyisocyanate; at least a tertiary amine; and optionally a polyether alcohol containing an ethylene oxide group. The modified polyisocyanate comprises at least an iminooxadiazinedione structure and at least an isocyanurate structure, the weight ratio of the iminooxadiazinedione structure to the isocyanurate structure being 1:300 to 1:5. The amount of sulfonate group of the modified polyisocyanate is 0.75% by weight to 1.1% by weight, based on the amount of the modified polyisocyanate as 100% by weight. The viscosity thereof is 500 mPa·s to 10000 mPa·s, as determined according to DIN EN ISO 3219:1994-10 at a temperature of 23° C. and a shear rate of 10 s?1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Hao Liu, Na Xu, Guoping Shi, Yaguang Ma, Tian Xia
  • Publication number: 20210130530
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polyisocyanate mixture comprising a polyisocyanate component A) having aliphatically and/or cycloaliphatically bonded isocyanate groups and a polyisocyanate component B) having araliphatically and/or aromatically bonded isocyanate groups, characterized in that the polyisocyanate component A) comprises at least 0.85% by weight of sulfonate groups (calculated as SO3; molar weight=80 g/mol) in chemically bonded form and the proportion of the polyisocyanate component B) is 7 to 43% by weight of the total amount of the components A) and B). The invention further relates to the use thereof and also coating compositions comprising the polyisocyanate mixture and also the substrates coated with these coating compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Hans-Josef Laas, Christoph Irle, Eva Tejada Rosales, Na Xu, Ling Yang
  • Patent number: 10982391
    Abstract: A method of enhancing paper strength properties is provided. The method comprises treating a paper sheet precursor with a polyaluminum salt, and a strengthening agent, wherein the strengthening agent comprises a dialdehyde-modified polyacrylamide copolymer and a polyacrylamide copolymer. The polyaluminum salt may be polyaluminum chloride. The methods have been demonstrated to provide, among other things, improvements in retention, strength, and dewatering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Meng Zhang, Yulin Zhao, Na Xu
  • Publication number: 20210079153
    Abstract: The invention relates to an aromatic allophanate polyisocyanate based on aromatic diisocyanates, containing a) ?15 mol-% of allophanate groups, based on the sum of urethane, allophanate and isocyanurate groups, b) ?50 mol-% of isocyanurate groups, based on the sum of urethane, allophanate and isocyanurate groups and c) ?1.5% by weight of monomeric diisocyanates, based on the total weight of the aromatic allophanate polyisocyanate. Furthermore, the invention relates to a process for producing aromatic allophanate polyisocyanates and their use in polyisocyanate compositions or two-component systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Christoph Irle, Dieter Mager, Hongchao Li, Hao Liu, Ling Yang, Na Xu, Guoping Shi
  • Patent number: 10704201
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a dry strength agent composition, use of an amine-containing cationic polymer for enhancing the dry strength of paper, and a method for enhancing the dry strength of paper. The dry strength agent composition includes at least two components. The first component is an amine-containing cationic polymer and the second component may be one or more anionic or amphoteric polymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: ECOLAB USA INC.
    Inventors: Yulin Zhao, Chunhao Wang, Na Xu, Jun Li, Meng Zhang
  • Patent number: D995172
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: Suzhou Cahaya Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Na Xu
  • Patent number: D999197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: Suzhou Cahaya Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Na Xu