Patents Assigned to INSTITUTE
  • Patent number: 12273054
    Abstract: An electric valve/door, and a control apparatus and method thereof are provided. The electric valve/door includes a control apparatus. The control apparatus includes an alternating current (AC) asynchronous motor, a transmission device, and a valve driver. The valve driver is connected to the AC asynchronous motor. The AC asynchronous motor is connected to the valve/door through the transmission device. The valve driver is configured to collect information of a real-time torque of the AC asynchronous motor or the valve/door during operation, and take a set torque of the valve driver as an input and the real-time torque as a feedback to immediately correct an output torque of the valve driver or a limit value of the output torque by using a proportional-integral-derivative (PID) control algorithm, to meet requirements for response speed and control precision of each stage in opening and closing processes of the valve/door.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: BEIJING RAYMOND-CBE NUCLEAR EQUIPMENT TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE CO , LTD.
    Inventors: Wen Zhou, Zhanguo Zhao, Dapeng Zhang, Gang Zhao, Tao Zhu, Zeping Wang
  • Patent number: 12269838
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a mannuronic diacid oligosaccharide composition, comprising a mannuronic diacid of Formula (III) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, wherein n is an integer from 1 to 9, m is 0, 1 or 2, and m? is 0 or 1, and wherein the total weight of mannuronic diacids wherein n=1-5 is 80-95% of the total weight of the composition, and the ratio of the total weight of mannuronic diacids wherein n=1-3 to the total weight of mannuronic diacids wherein n=4-7 is between 1.0 and 3.5.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: GREEN VALLEY (SHANGHAI) PHARMACEUTICALS CO., LTD., SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF MATERIA MEDICA, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Meiyu Geng, Jian Ding, Zhenqing Zhang, Zhongping Xiao, Xiaoguang Du, Xianliang Xin
  • Patent number: 12270979
    Abstract: This disclosure relates to a digital holographic microscope which is robust to an external environment. According to an aspect of the present embodiment, there is provided an optical system for a digital holographic microscope, the optical system including a beam splitter which reflects a light radiated from a light source toward an object, or passes a light reflected from and traveling from the object; an objective lens focusing the light reflected by the beam splitter on the object; a transflective mirror which is located on the surface of the objective lens and is determined to be transparent or reflective depending on a polarization direction of a light incident to the transflective mirror; and a wave plate which converts the light passing through the beam splitter into a circularly polarized light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Korea Photonics Technology Institute
    Inventors: Seon Kyu Yoon, Jin Su Lee, Sung Kuk Chun
  • Patent number: 12272826
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the problem of providing: a porous carbon structure that has a high micropore volume and can be self-contained; a manufacturing method therefor; a positive electrode material using the same; and a battery (particularly an air battery) using the same. The present invention is a porous carbon structure that is for a positive electrode for an air battery and has voids and a skeleton formed by incorporating carbon, the porous carbon structure satisfying all of the following conditions (a) to (d). (a) The t-plot external specific surface area is within the range of 300 m2/g to 1600 m2/g; (b) the total volume of micropores having a diameter of 1 nm to 200 nm is within the range of 1.2 cm3/g to 7.0 cm3/g; (c) the total volume of micropores having a diameter of 1 nm to 1000 nm is within the range of 2.3 cm3/g to 10.0 cm3/g; and (d) the overall porosity is within the range of 80% to 99%.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Eiki Yasukawa, Takashi Kameda, Shoichi Matsuda, Shoji Yamaguchi, Shin Kimura, Kimihiko Ito, Yoshimi Kubo
  • Patent number: 12268139
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a water recycling type greenhouse, including a greenhouse body; a water collection device is arranged in the greenhouse body; the water collection device is provided with an air inlet and an air outlet; a condensation portion and a reheating portion are arranged in the water collection device; and the water recycling type greenhouse further includes an energy supply system. Air in the greenhouse body can be poured into the water collection device from the air inlet, flow through the condensation portion and the reheating portion in sequence, and finally be discharged into the greenhouse body again from the air outlet. When the heated air is discharged into the greenhouse body again, a decrease of the temperature of the greenhouse is not likely to occur, and normal growth of plants is not easily affected.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Institute of Urban Agriculture, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
    Inventors: Wanlai Zhou, Qichang Yang, Zhiyong Qi, Wei Lu, Bo Zhou, Nan Wang
  • Patent number: 12269003
    Abstract: An extracellular vesicle separation method, a colloidal particle, and a preparation method thereof are provided. The colloidal particle is used for extracellular vesicle separation, and includes 2 wt % to 6 wt % of agarose. The colloidal particle has a particle size of 25 ?m to 500 ?m, and is surface-modified with biocompatible molecules. The biocompatible molecules include sodium carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC), methyl cellulose (MC), glycine, aspartic acid, glutamic acid, bovine serum albumin (BSA), fetal bovine serum (FBS), or a combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Yu-Fang Yen, Chien-An Chen, Cheng-Tai Chen
  • Patent number: 12272879
    Abstract: A method of estimating a channel of a base station in a communication system using an IRS may comprise: receiving a first signal through a direct path between a terminal and the base station from the terminal and a second signal through an indirect path through the IRS from the terminal; estimating a first angle of arrival of the second signal received from the IRS; estimating a second angle of arrival of a signal transmitted to the IRS by the terminal based on the estimated first angle of arrival; estimating a third angle of arrival of the first signal received from the terminal based on the estimated first angle of arrival; and estimating path gains on the direct path and the indirect path based on the estimated first angle of arrival to the estimated third angle of arrival.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Young Seog Song, Eun Young Choi, Song Noh, Kyung Sik Seo
  • Patent number: 12269786
    Abstract: A process for producing propylene involves dehydration of isopropanol. The dehydration process includes a step of subjecting a starting material containing isopropanol to a dehydration reaction in the presence of a dehydration catalyst comprising alumina to produce a product containing propylene. The starting material has a water content of 0.1 to 10.0 wt % (relative to 100 wt % of the total mass of the starting material), and the product has a total content of C2 unsaturated impurities and C3-C4 unsaturated impurities of 80 ppm or less (relative to 100 wt % of the total mass of the product).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignees: CHINA PETROLEUM & CHEMICAL CORPORATION, SINOPEC DALIAN RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF PETROLEUM AND PETROCHEMICALS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kai Qiao, Feng Zhou, Xiuna Yang, Huixia Ma, Rui Jiang, Shumei Zhang, Ping Jin, Shaozhong Peng
  • Patent number: 12270638
    Abstract: A measurement system including an excitation light source, an image sensor, and a calculator is provided. The excitation light source is configured to emit an excitation light beam. The image sensor is configured to record an image of the excitation light beam passing through a glass substrate having a plurality of vias. The image is a 2D interference pattern. The calculator is electrically connected to the image sensor. The calculator analyzes a 3D geometric-structure image of the vias in the glass substrate according to the image. A measurement method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Hsiang-Chun Wei, Chun-Wei Lo, Chung-Lun Kuo, Chih-Hsiang Liu
  • Publication number: 20250113016
    Abstract: Disclosed are methods and apparatuses for decoding an image. A method includes receiving a bitstream obtained by encoding the image; dividing a first coding block into a plurality of second coding blocks; generating a prediction block of a second coding block based on syntax information obtained from the bitstream; and reconstructing the second coding block based on the prediction block and a residual block of the second coding block, the residual block being obtained by performing a dequantization and an inverse-transform on quantized transform coefficients from the bitstream. The first coding block has a recursive division structure. The first coding block is divided based on at least one of a quad tree division, a binary tree division or a triple tree division.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: B1 INSTITUTE OF IMAGE TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventor: Ki Baek KIM
  • Publication number: 20250113673
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a light-emitting device having at least one or more light emission colors having a specific correlated color temperature, which includes a light-emitting element including a first luminescent material and a second luminescent material, in which the second luminescent material contains at least one or more phosphors and one or more other phosphors each having an emission peak in a different wavelength region; in at least one of the light emission colors having the specific correlated color temperature, when an emission intensity at a wavelength ?1 where an emission intensity of an emission spectrum is maximum at 600 nm or more and 700 nm or less is A, and an emission intensity at 700 nm is C, C/A is 0.25 or less; and the one or more other phosphors include at least a phosphor containing a crystal phase having a specified composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicants: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation, National Institute for Materials Science
    Inventors: Yuhei Inata, Tomoyuki Kurushima, Naoto Hirosaki
  • Publication number: 20250113681
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first array substrate and multiple light-emitting elements. A light-emitting element includes a first binding electrode and a second binding electrode. The first array substrate includes multiple pixel disposition regions. A pixel disposition region includes a first pad and/or a second pad. The first binding electrode is electrically connected to the first pad, and the second binding electrode is electrically connected to the second pad. The area of the projection of the first pad on the plane on which the display panel is located is greater than or equal to N times the area of the projection of the first binding electrode on the plane, and/or the area of the projection of the second pad on the plane is greater than or equal to N times the area of the projection of the second binding electrode on the plane, where N?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Tianma Advanced Display Technology Institute (Xiamen) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Finley KONG, Kerui XI, Bo ZHOU, Jingfeng GUO, Ying LIU
  • Publication number: 20250112807
    Abstract: A circuit comprising a first Fourier Transform block operable to perform a Fourier Transform and having a first input configured for receiving an I signal and a second input configured for receiving a Q signal; a first plurality of n of outputs for I channels and Q channels each comprising a different frequency bin output from the Fourier Transform; I and Q summing blocks comprising a set of connector lines connecting an ith one of I channels with an ith one of the Q channels; an inverse Fourier Transform block connected to the summing blocks and operable to perform an inverse Fourier Transform; a correlator for correlating the outputs of the inverse Fourier Transform; a Fourier Transform block for Fourier Transforming the correlator output; a comparator for comparing the correlation term to zero; and an error correction circuit for tuning the magnitude and phase of the I and Q channels using the comparator output as feedback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: California Institute of Technology
    Inventors: Adrian J. Tang, Goutam Chattopadhyay, Omkar Pradhan, Subash Khanal
  • Publication number: 20250108327
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides regenerative sorbent membranes and membrane assemblies for direct air capture (DAC) systems for CO2 capture, wherein the sorbent membranes have a conductive film disposed thereon. The conductive film provides a means for direct heating of the sorbent membrane to desorb captured CO2 and regenerate the membrane. The conductive films are comprised of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and a polymeric binder. Methods of making a regenerative sorbent membrane for direct air capture systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Krenar SHQAU, Katherine M. PALMER, Philip DENEN, Amy HEINTZ, Kevin YUGULIS, David R. CHASE
  • Publication number: 20250108513
    Abstract: A robot calibration method based on pose constraint and force sensing includes the following steps: establishing a kinematic model, a geometric error model, and a non-geometric error model; installing an end calibration device to an end of a robot, and installing to the geometric constraint device into a working space of the robot; dragging the robot, constraining various calibration spheres of the end calibration device into various V-shaped grooves on the geometric constraint device to achieve pose constraint; then dragging the calibration spheres to V-shaped grooves on different surfaces, and calibrating a geometric parameter error of the robot using a deviation between a nominal end pose measured twice and an actual value; reading an end force by a force sensor to calibrate the non-geometric error model; identifying kinematic model parameters of a corresponding robot; and compensating an identified kinematic model parameter error to a controller of the robot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Guilin YANG, Jianhui HE, Silu CHEN, Hongyu WAN, Jingbo LUO, Ye TANG, Zhihui ZHANG, Qingying CHEN, Chi ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20250109327
    Abstract: A method for preparing a lignin adhesive and a product thereof are provided. The method includes: treating a wood fiber raw material with a mixed solution; after the treatment, adding an organic solvent to perform a solid-liquid separation while stirring, subjecting an obtained liquid to a rotary evaporation to remove the organic solvent, and washing and drying the product to obtain the lignin adhesive. The method can remove a large amount of lignin from wood fiber raw materials at a low temperature, and in the process of lignin removal, the lignin adhesive is formed by the cross-linking reaction with the solvent in the system, realizing the separation of lignin and the formation of lignin adhesive simultaneously. And the method is simple, has low cost and high yield, and can realize the large-scale preparation of lignin adhesive and the efficient removal of lignin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL INDUSTRY OF FOREST PRODUCTS, CAF
    Inventors: Chen HUANG, Fangmin LIANG, Xuelian ZHOU, Jinyuan CHENG, Yunni ZHAN, Wencan MA, Xuze LIU, Yongjun DENG, Guigan FANG
  • Publication number: 20250109485
    Abstract: A low-friction long-life ultra-lattice composite coating as well as a preparation method and use thereof are provided. The ultra-lattice composite coating includes a titanium transition layer, a TiNx bearing layer, a TiNx/MoS2 gradient transition layer, a MoS2/Me gradient transition layer and a MoS2/Me ultra-lattice layer which are successively formed on the surface of a matrix; wherein, in a direction gradually far away from the matrix, the content of MoS2 in the TiNx/MoS2 gradient transition layer is increasing, and the content of MoS2 in the MoS2/Me gradient transition layer is decreasing. The ultra-lattice composite coating has excellent mechanical property and tribological performance, with a vacuum friction coefficient being below 0.02 and a friction life exceeding 4×106 revolutions, which can meet the requirements on ultra-low friction and ultra-long service life for aerospace vehicles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: NINGBO INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS TECHNOLOGY AND ENGINEERING, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Jibin PU, Yanbin SHI, Haixin WANG
  • Publication number: 20250109508
    Abstract: A method and a device for preparing a trivalent chromium salt by electrochemical oxidation of ferrochrome in an acidic system are provided. The method includes: putting ferrochrome as an anode and placing the anode into an acidic electrolyte together with a cathode, and then turning on a power supply for electrolysis reaction, until an electrolysis completion solution containing the trivalent chromium salt and a trivalent iron salt is directly prepared. Compared with the prior art, the one-step electrochemical synthesis of the trivalent chromium salt solution can be achieved without a hexavalent chromium salt stage, avoiding the generation of chromium-containing waste residue, shortening the process flow and significantly improving the production efficiency of the trivalent chromium salt; furthermore, the reaction can be carried out at room temperature and normal pressure without the use of fine chromium iron powders and a high-concentration acidic electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: QINGHAI INSTITUTE OF SALT LAKES, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Bo LI, Haitao FENG, Yaping DONG, Xinqian LI, Shuqi LI, Zhengrong NIU, Wu LI
  • Publication number: 20250110296
    Abstract: An optical coupling module, including a transmission optical fiber and at least one pump optical fiber, is provided. The transmission optical fiber has a central shaft extending along a longitudinal direction and includes a first transmission flat portion, a second transmission flat portion, and a transmission tapered portion. The transmission tapered portion is connected between the first transmission flat portion and the second transmission flat portion. The at least one pump optical fiber extends along the longitudinal direction and includes a pump flat portion and a pump tapered portion. The pump flat portion is disposed on the first transmission flat portion. The pump tapered portion is connected to the pump flat portion. A distance from an outer surface of the pump tapered portion to the central shaft gradually decreases from adjacent to the pump flat portion toward a direction away from the pump flat portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Applicant: Industrial Technology Research Institute
    Inventors: Tsung-Jun Ho, Yu-Cheng Song, Kuo-Teng Tsai, Ying-Hui Yang
  • Patent number: D1069969
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Raphael Joseph Welsh, Douglas A. Thornton, Daniel A. Perkins, Micah Blue, Amy M. Heintz, Daniel G. Loesch