Patents by Inventor Qiang Yang
Qiang Yang 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).
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Patent number: 11912630Abstract: The present invention provides a method of preparing a recycled cementitious material by a phosphogypsum-assisted carbon sequestration pretreatment process. The method includes: (1) placing 100 mass parts of phosphogypsum, 1 to 2 mass parts of grinding aid, 10 to 20 mass parts of sodium-containing alkali component, 150 to 300 mass parts of zirconia balls, and 150 to 300 mass parts of water into a wet grinding tank for wet grinding. After 10 min to 30 min of wet grinding, introducing CO2 at a flow rate of 1.5 to 2.2 mass parts/min to keep a temperature of a wet grinding slurry below 40° C. When the wet grinding slurry reaches pH=10, ending the wet grinding and sieving out a wet grinding slurry; (2) mixing the wet grinding slurry with 700 to 1000 mass parts of slag and 100 to 350 mass parts of water to obtain a recycled cementitious material.Type: GrantFiled: May 23, 2023Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Hubei University Of TechnologyInventors: Jin Yang, Xiaolei Yu, Xingyang He, Ying Su, Mingchao Zhang, Qiang Zhang, Zhengqi Zheng, Hongbo Tan
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Publication number: 20240058773Abstract: The invention provides a device for enhancing liquid-liquid emulsification. The device includes a jet part and a mixing part connected to the jet part. The jet part includes a feed tee for feeding major and dispersed phases, wherein the feed tee includes a first port, a second port, and a third port. The first port is used for feeding the major phase, and the second port is equipped with an ejector for feeding the dispersed phase. The ejector consists of an ejector housing and an ejector inlet section, as well as a spiral structure, a flow-guided structure, and an ejector pin structure that are connected sequentially. The mixing part includes a mixer comprising a cylindrical mixer shell, a mixer inlet section, a mixer outlet section, as well as a spiral section, a cavity section, and a variable diameter section for enhancing emulsion breakup and dispersion. A method for enhancing liquid-liquid emulsification is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2021Publication date: February 22, 2024Applicant: East China University of Science and TechnologyInventors: Hao LU, Qiang YANG, Yudong LI, Yiqian LIU, Pinyi DAI, Shihan WU
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Patent number: 11855423Abstract: An apparatus for dismounting and mounting a high-voltage line T-connector in a hot-line operation includes a lifting platform, a four-axis platform and an end-effector mechanism; the four-axis platform and the end-effector mechanism are both electrically conductive structures; the four-axis platform is fixedly mounted on the top of the lifting platform, and an insulating layer is provided between the four-axis platform and the lifting platform; the four-axis platform is movable in the X direction, the Y direction, and the Z direction, and is rotatable around the Z direction; the four-axis platform is provided with an equipotential mechanism; the end-effector mechanism is detachably fastened to the four-axis platform; and a bolt loosening/tightening mechanism or a nut cutting device capable of moving in the X direction, the Y direction, and the Z direction is provided on the end-effector mechanism.Type: GrantFiled: June 5, 2020Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignee: CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYInventors: Gexiang Zhang, Qiang Yang, Ming Zhu, Jun Liu, Xiaozhao Jin, Jiawei Wang, Dapeng Zhang, Zhenyu Wang, Li Yang, Minyao Tan, Qiang Yang, Qiyu Liu, Qin Qin
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Patent number: 11845970Abstract: The present invention provides for recombinant Endo-S2 mutants (named Endo-S2 glycosynthases) that exhibit reduced hydrolysis activity and increased transglycosylation activity for the synthesis of glycoproteins wherein a desired sugar chain is added to a fucosylated or nonfucosylated GlcNAc-IgG acceptor. As such, the present invention allows for the synthesis and remodeling of therapeutic antibodies thereby providing for certain biological activities, such as, prolonged half-life time in vivo, less immunogenicity, enhanced in vivo activity, increased targeting ability, and/or ability to deliver a therapeutic agent.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: University of Maryland, College ParkInventors: Lai-Xi Wang, Qiang Yang, Tiezheng Li, Xin Tong
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Patent number: 11846825Abstract: Various embodiments include an interlock arrangement that may be used to attach a lens barrel to a lens carrier of a camera. In some embodiments, the interlock arrangement may restrict movement of the lens barrel relative to the lens carrier along at least an optical axis. In various examples, the interlock arrangement may include one or more grooves and one or more protrusions. For instance, a groove may be defined by the lens barrel or the lens carrier, and a protrusion may extend from the lens barrel or the lens carrier to at least partially into the groove. In some cases, the interlock arrangement may include an adhesive that at least partially fills gaps within the interlock arrangement between the lens barrel and the lens carrier. According to some embodiments, the interlock arrangement may include one or more recesses that provide inlets for the adhesive to be introduced to the gaps within the interlock arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aurelien R. Hubert, Qiang Yang, Yoshiyuki Takase
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Publication number: 20230392750Abstract: A high-pressure composite container is provided. At least a plastic-liner is provided with a plastic shell and a metal end encapsulated by the plastic shell. The plastic-liner of the sealing structure only consists of the plastic shell and the metal end, and the sealing structure is simple. The metal end and a bottle mouth valve jointly compress a sealing ring on the bottle mouth valve, so that the sealing ring forms a stable compression amount, and finally the high-pressure gas cylinder has excellent sealing performance. In addition, the metal end and the plastic shell are well positioned both axially and circumferentially. In the case of high and low pressure and temperature alternation, the relative positions of the metal end and the plastic shell do not change, and a sealing surface of the plastic shell does not deform and dislocate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: December 7, 2023Applicant: YAPP AUTOMOTIVE SYSTEMS CO., LTDInventors: Lin JIANG, Dejun GAO, Hao LV, Yiming WENG, Weidong SU, Xinlong LIANG, Zhengyun HU, Qiang YANG, Qiang LI
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Patent number: 11837744Abstract: A battery pack and an electrical consumer are provided. The battery pack includes multiple battery cells, box, and a handle. The box includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing and the second housing together define a first accommodation cavity and at least one second accommodation cavity, and each of the first housing and the second housing is provided with a first limiting portion at a top of each of the at least one second accommodation cavity. The handle includes a handle body, at least one connecting portion, and second limiting portions. The second limiting portions are connected with the handle body and/or the at least one connecting portion, the at least one connecting portion is disposed in the at least one second accommodation cavity respectively.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: Xiamen Hithium Energy Storage Technology Co., Ltd.Inventors: Qiang Yang, Weidong Xu, Nan Zhang
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Publication number: 20230360390Abstract: The present disclosure provides a transmission line defect identification method based on a saliency map and a semantic-embedded feature pyramid, including the following steps: step 1: cleaning and classifying a dataset; step 2: generating a super-resolution image for a small target of a transmission line by using an Electric Line-Enhanced Super-Resolution Generative Adversarial Network (EL-ESRGAN) model; step 3: performing image saliency detection on the dataset by constructing a U2-Net; step 4: performing data augmentation on the dataset by using GridMask and random cutout algorithms based on a saliency map, and generating a classified dataset; and step 5: performing image classification on a normal set and a defect set by using a ResNet34 classification algorithm and a deep semantic embedding (DSE)-based feature pyramid classification network.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 14, 2022Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Qiang Yang, Chao Su, Yuan Cao, Di Jiang, Hao Xu, Kaidi Qiu
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Publication number: 20230348947Abstract: The present invention provides for the use of recombinant Endo-S2 mutants (named Endo-S2 glycosynthases) that exhibit reduced hydrolysis activity and increased transglycosylation activity for the synthesis of glycoproteins wherein a desired sugar chain is added to a fucosylated or nonfucosylated GlcNAc-IgG acceptor. As such, the present invention allows for the synthesis and remodeling of therapeutic antibodies thereby providing for certain biological activities, such as, prolonged half-life time in vivo, less immunogenicity, enhanced in vivo activity, increased targeting ability, and/or ability to deliver a therapeutic agent.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Applicant: University of Maryland, College ParkInventors: Lai-Xi Wang, Qiang Yang, Tiezheng Li, Xin Tong
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Patent number: 11766704Abstract: A sea creature cleaning robot for an intake tunnel for a nuclear power plant includes a frame, cutter assemblies, and walking wheel assemblies; the frame is used for mounting and fixing cutter mounting seats and crawler wheels; the walking wheel assemblies mounted on the frame enable the entire device to normally walk in a tunnel; the cutter assemblies control the height of cutters by means of hydraulic cylinders to make the cutters contact the inner wall of the tunnel, and the hydraulic cylinders drive the saw-toothed cutters to move back and forth to remove sea creatures attached to the inner wall of the tunnel; the cutter assemblies are uniformly distributed on the frame, so as to ensure full coverage of the cleaning range of the cross section of the tunnel. The robot can clean sea creatures in tunnels in place of manual work to significantly improve the cleaning efficiency.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2020Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYInventors: Gexiang Zhang, Qiang Yang, Ming Zhu, Qiyu Liu, Qiang Yang, Xiaohong He, Minyao Tan, Li Yang, Jun Liu, Zhenyu Wang, Dapeng Zhang, Jiawei Wang, Xiang Chen, Xiaozhao Jin
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Publication number: 20230254244Abstract: This application discloses a path determining method and apparatus, and a computer storage medium, and pertains to the field of network technologies. An analysis device first determines a source network entity and a destination network entity on a knowledge graph of a target network, where the knowledge graph includes a plurality of knowledge graph triplets, each knowledge graph triplet includes two network entities and a relationship between the two network entities, and a type of the network entity is a device, an interface, a protocol, or a service. Then, the analysis device determines, on the knowledge graph, a transmission path from the source network entity to the destination network entity.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2023Publication date: August 10, 2023Inventors: Yanping CAO, Qiang YANG, Zhenwei ZHANG, Cairen WENG
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Publication number: 20230199313Abstract: In some embodiments, a camera actuator includes an actuator base, an autofocus voice coil motor, and an optical image stabilization voice coil motor. In some embodiments, the autofocus voice coil motor includes a lens carrier mounting attachment moveably mounted to the actuator base, a plurality of shared magnets mounted to the base, and an autofocus coil fixedly mounted to the lens carrier mounting attachment for producing forces for moving a lens carrier in a direction of an optical axis of one or more lenses of the lens carrier. In some embodiments, the optical image stabilization voice coil motor includes an image sensor carrier moveably mounted to the actuator to base, and optical image stabilization coils moveably mounted to the image sensor carrier within the magnetic fields of the shared magnets, for producing forces for moving the image sensor carrier in a plurality of directions orthogonal to the optical axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aurelien R. Hubert, Qiang Yang, Douglas S. Brodie, Scott W. Miller, Shashank Sharma
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Publication number: 20230142724Abstract: An apparatus for dismounting and mounting a high-voltage line T-connector in a hot-line operation is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a lifting platform (1), a four-axis platform (2) and an end-effector mechanism (3); the four-axis platform (2) and the end-effector mechanism (3) are both electrically conductive structures; the four-axis platform (2) is fixedly mounted on the top of the lifting platform (1), and an insulating layer is provided between the four-axis platform (2) and the lifting platform (1); the four-axis platform (2) is movable in the X direction, the Y direction, and the Z direction, and is rotatable around the Z direction; the four-axis platform (2) is provided with an equipotential mechanism (26); the end-effector mechanism (3) is detachably fastened to the four-axis platform (2); and a bolt loosening/tightening mechanism (312) or a nut cutting device (36) capable of moving in the X direction, the Y direction, and the Z direction is provided on the end-effector mechanism (3).Type: ApplicationFiled: June 5, 2020Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYInventors: Gexiang ZHANG, Qiang YANG, Ming ZHU, Jun LIU, Xiaozhao JIN, Jiawei WANG, Dapeng ZHANG, Zhenyu WANG, Li YANG, Minyao TAN, Qiang YANG, Qiyu LIU, Qin QIN
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Publication number: 20230122479Abstract: A sea creature cleaning robot for an intake tunnel for a nuclear power plant includes a frame, cutter assemblies, and walking wheel assemblies; the frame is used for mounting and fixing cutter mounting seats and crawler wheels; the walking wheel assemblies mounted on the frame enable the entire device to normally walk in a tunnel; the cutter assemblies control the height of cutters by means of hydraulic cylinders to make the cutters contact the inner wall of the tunnel, and the hydraulic cylinders drive the saw-toothed cutters to move back and forth to remove sea creatures attached to the inner wall of the tunnel; the cutter assemblies are uniformly distributed on the frame, so as to ensure full coverage of the cleaning range of the cross section of the tunnel. The robot can clean sea creatures in tunnels in place of manual work to significantly improve the cleaning efficiency.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2020Publication date: April 20, 2023Applicant: CHENGDU UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGYInventors: Gexiang ZHANG, Qiang YANG, Ming ZHU, Qiyu LIU, Qiang YANG, Xiaohong HE, Minyao TAN, Li YANG, Jun LIU, Zhenyu WANG, Dapeng ZHANG, Jiawei WANG, Xiang CHEN, Xiaozhao JIN
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Publication number: 20230060237Abstract: A battery pack and an electrical consumer are provided. The battery pack includes multiple battery cells, a box, and a handle. The box defines a first accommodation cavity and a second accommodation cavity, the second accommodation cavity is defined at a side of the first accommodation cavity, the multiple battery cells are accommodated in the first accommodation cavity, at least one reinforcing portion is disposed in the second accommodation cavity, and the at least one reinforcing portion protrudes from a top of the second accommodation cavity towards a bottom of the second accommodation cavity. The handle includes a handle body and a connecting portion. The connecting portion is connected with the handle body, the connecting portion defines at least one top-open groove at a top of the connecting portion, and the connecting portion is disposed in the second accommodation cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: XIAMEN HITHIUM ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Qiang Yang, Weidong Xu, Nan Zhang
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Publication number: 20230069051Abstract: A battery pack and an electrical consumer are provided. The battery pack includes multiple battery cells, box, and a handle. The box includes a first housing and a second housing. The first housing and the second housing together define a first accommodation cavity and at least one second accommodation cavity, and each of the first housing and the second housing is provided with a first limiting portion at a top of each of the at least one second accommodation cavity. The handle includes a handle body, at least one connecting portion, and second limiting portions. The second limiting portions are connected with the handle body and/or the at least one connecting portion, the at least one connecting portion is disposed in the at least one second accommodation cavity respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: XIAMEN HITHIUM ENERGY STORAGE TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.Inventors: Qiang Yang, Weidong Xu, Nan Zhang
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Patent number: 11579969Abstract: A verifying method for an error checking and correcting (ECC) circuit of a static random-access memory (SRAM) is provided. The SRAM comprises a storage unit, an ECC circuit and a checking circuit. The ECC circuit receives an original data and an output first data. The checking circuit obtains a second data according to an error-injecting mask. The checking circuit performs a bit operation on the first data and the second data to obtain a third data. The checking circuit writes the third data into a test target area of the storage unit and the written data as a fourth data. The checking circuit reads the fourth data from the test target area. The ECC circuit obtains a fifth data and an error message according to the fourth data. The checking circuit obtains the bit error detection result according to the error message and the second data.Type: GrantFiled: June 2, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: REALTEK SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.Inventors: Zhi-Qiang Yang, Jia-Jia Cai, Bin Chen, Dong Qiu
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Patent number: 11581351Abstract: A hybrid sensor shift platform for an optical image stabilization (OIS) actuator mechanism in compact camera modules includes two or more substrates. A top substrate is composed of an organic material (e.g., a resin) to reduce mass, reduce magnetic interaction with permanent magnets, and improve reliability. One or more lower substrates of the hybrid sensor shift platform are ceramic substrates that provide the benefits of ceramics for connection to the image sensor. The organic substrate is connected via a solder bond process to the lower ceramic substrate(s). The connection between the substrates is reinforced with an under-fill of epoxy that surrounds the solder bonds, thus creating a full interface between the substrates within the overlap.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2020Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aurelien R. Hubert, Jee Tung Tan, Steven Webster, Douglas S. Brodie, Qiang Yang, Masahito Morita
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Patent number: 11582388Abstract: In some embodiments, a camera actuator includes an actuator base, an autofocus voice coil motor, and an optical image stabilization voice coil motor. In some embodiments, the autofocus voice coil motor includes a lens carrier mounting attachment moveably mounted to the actuator base, a plurality of shared magnets mounted to the base, and an autofocus coil fixedly mounted to the lens carrier mounting attachment for producing forces for moving a lens carrier in a direction of an optical axis of one or more lenses of the lens carrier. In some embodiments, the optical image stabilization voice coil motor includes an image sensor carrier moveably mounted to the actuator base, and optical image stabilization coils moveably mounted to the image sensor carrier within the magnetic fields of the shared magnets, for producing forces for moving the image sensor carrier in a plurality of directions orthogonal to the optical axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Aurelien R. Hubert, Qiang Yang, Douglas S. Brodie, Scott W. Miller, Shashank Sharma
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Publication number: 20230022632Abstract: A microscopy imaging system comprises a fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy (FLIM) system comprising a pulsed light source configured to direct a plurality of excitation light pulses onto a sample, a photo detector configured to detect emitted fluorescent photons created by the plurality of excitation pulses interacting with the sample, and a FLIM data acquisition system configured to measure the time interval between the excitation light pulses and the detected emitted fluorescent photons, a scanning light microscopy (SLM) system comprising a SLM data acquisition system, a fast scanning mirror and a slow scanning mirror, wherein the mirrors are configured to scan the light pulses across the sample; and a data processing system communicatively connected to the FLIM and SLM systems. Microscopy imaging methods are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Qiang Yang, Jennifer Hunter, Keith Parkins