Patents by Inventor Wei Dong Gao

Wei Dong Gao 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).

  • Oil Field Pump Unit Hybrid Gear Reducer
    Publication number: 20140190297
    Abstract: An oilfield pumping unit two-stage transmission gear reducer includes a low speed stage having a low speed shaft configured to receive motion from an intermediate shaft. A first gear pair includes a low speed shaft double circular arc gear mounted on the low speed shaft and configured to be driven by an intermediate shaft double circular arc gear mounted on the intermediate shaft. A high speed stage includes a high speed shaft configured to receive motion from an intermediate shaft. A second gear pair has a high speed shaft involute gear mounted on the high-speed shaft and configured to be driving an intermediate shaft involute gear mounted on the intermediate shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Publication date: July 10, 2014
    Inventors: Wei Dong Gao, Liu Qiang
  • METHOD, KIT OR DIAGNOSTIC FOR THE DETECTION OF REAGENTS WHICH INDUCE ALTERED CONTRACTILITY
    Publication number: 20120231482
    Abstract: A method of screening for compounds that enhance or depress contractile function, based on measuring the formation of heterodimers of contractile fibers (e.g. Tm and actin, myosin heavy and myosin light chains), for example through disulfide bond formation. Diagnostic and prognostic methods and kits are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2010
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Christopher I. Murray, Jennifer E. Van Eyk, Nazareno Paolocci, Wei Dong Gao, Darren Brian Foster