Patents Assigned to University of the Sciences
  • Patent number: 11952768
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a fabricated concrete connection structure and a construction method, the structure including shear wall members. Tops of the shear wall members are fixedly connected to a plurality of connection female heads, and the plurality of connection female heads are arranged at equal intervals along length directions of the shear wall members. Reinforcing cage pre-formed holes penetrate through the tops and bottoms of the shear wall members. A plurality of connection male heads are arranged at equal intervals along the length directions of the shear wall members, and the plurality of connection male heads are in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of connection female heads. One sides of the bottoms of the shear wall members are fixedly connected to folding plates. The present disclosure can achieve the purpose of connecting the shear wall members conveniently and quickly, improving the efficiency and quality of construction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: North China University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Bo Liu, Juannong Chen, Lin Gao, Yankai Lu
  • Patent number: 11953512
    Abstract: An intelligent experimental device for collaborative mining of associated resources includes a signal transmission mechanism, a pressure maintaining mechanism, a feeding mechanism, and a reaction mechanism. The signal transmission mechanism includes a centralized controller, an annunciator, signal receivers, a power supply, a power cord, signal transmitters, and signal sensing valves. The pressure maintaining mechanism includes ambient and axial pressure oil chambers, ambient and axial pressure pumps, ambient and axial pressure liquid distribution tanks, a comprehensive pressure distribution pipe, and hydraulic transmission pipes. The feeding mechanism includes monitoring analyzers, temperature controllers, solution transfer pipes, seepage pumps, mixture conveying pipes, a comprehensive liquid distributor, an aggregate chamber, a liquid chamber, an oil chamber, a gas chamber, a mixing chamber and an analytical purifier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ANHUI UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tong Zhang, Xiang Yu, Yankun Ma, Yanfang Li, Liang Yuan, Zegong Liu
  • Patent number: 11952391
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure describe materials comprising a metal component, a first polytopic ligand, and a second polytopic ligand that associate to form an intricate mixed-linker structure with a merged-net. Embodiments of the present disclosure further describe methods of synthesizing intricate mixed-linker structure comprising: contacting a metal precursor, first ligand precursor, and second ligand precursor under reaction conditions sufficient to form an intricate mixed-linker structure with a merged net.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Hao Jiang, Mohamed Eddaoudi
  • Patent number: 11956016
    Abstract: A hybrid sensing-communication system includes a multicore optical fiber that includes first and second cores, a first communication device optically coupled to a first end of the first core of the multicore optical fiber, a second communication device optically coupled to a second end of the first core of the multicore optical fiber, a first sensing device optically coupled to a first end of the second core of the multicore optical fiber, and a second sensing device optically coupled to a second end of the second core of the multicore optical fiber. The first and second communication devices exclusively exchange communication data along the first core, the first and second sensing devices exclusively exchange sensing data along the second core, and the communication data is different from the sensing data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Boon Siew Ooi, Islam Ashry, Yuan Mao
  • Patent number: 11952299
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to the technical field of energy saving and consumption reduction, and in particular, to a gas-liquid recycling device. A gas-liquid recycling device and a method of using same provided by the disclosure includes a gas-collection hood, a gas delivery pipe and a liquid delivery pipe. A gas inlet port of the gas delivery pipe is connected to the gas collection hood, a gas outlet port of the gas delivery pipe is inserted into a liquid outlet port of the liquid delivery pipe, and a liquid inlet port is located at an end of the liquid delivery pipe opposite to the liquid outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SUZHOU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xiang Li, Yan Yuan, Yong Huang
  • Patent number: 11952484
    Abstract: An electrical responsive graphene-PVDF material and the manufacturing method thereof is disclosed in the present invention. The method includes three steps. Firstly, prepare a mother solution of PVDF. Then, add graphene powders into the mother solution of PVDF to prepare a graphene-PVDF slurry. At last, remove the solvent from the graphene-PVDF slurry to directly form an electrical responsive graphene-PVDF material. Due to the ability of transforming the non-electrical energy into the electrical energy, the electrical responsive graphene-PVDF material can be formed for many different applications in the form of individual film or of film with a substrate via various film formation methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Wei-Sung Hung, Jian-Xiang Huang
  • Patent number: 11954616
    Abstract: An intelligent stereo garage system based on Internet+ and a vehicle parking and pick-up method. The system includes a mobile APP (10), a cloud server (20), a computer system (30), a programmable logic controller (PLC) system (40), a stereo garage (50), and an all-in-one touch machine (60), where the all-in-one touch machine (60) is deployed next to the stereo garage (50), and the computer system (30) is deployed outside or inside the stereo garage (50). A fully-automatic parking method uses different parking and pick-up modes, which technically ensures that users can get their vehicles in time without hindering other users, and allows users to truly experience the system intelligence. This deeply embodies the smart city's idea of interconnecting everything with a mobile phone. The method largely solves problems such as parking difficulty, illegal parking, unauthorized charges, traffic jams, traffic noise, traffic accidents, and vehicle pollution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Shandong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Tao Sui, Chuanzhen Sun, Xiuzhi Liu, Shengrun Guo, Zhizhong Huo
  • Publication number: 20240110250
    Abstract: Methods, probe sets, kits, and compositions for gene deletion assays are disclosed. In some embodiments, the methods relate to preparing probes for a deletion assay, performing a deletion assay, or optimizing a deletion assay. In some embodiments, the methods and probe sets can provide reduced artifactual deletion frequency, for example, when analyzing samples subject to truncation artifacts. In some embodiments, the methods and probe sets can distinguish between small and large deletions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY AT KINGSTON, KINGSTON HEALTH SCIENCES CENTRE
    Inventors: Jeremy A. Squire, Maisa Yoshimoto
  • Patent number: 11948087
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a drop impact prediction method and system for heavy equipment airdrop based on a neural network. The drop impact prediction method includes the following steps: S1: acquiring a plurality of sets of sample data by using a finite element model for drop simulation of heavy equipment airdrop; S2: determining structural parameters of a BP neural network, and pre-processing the structural parameters; S3: constructing a BP neural network model; and S4: predicting a drop impact situation of heavy equipment airdrop in an actual application process by using the trained BP neural network model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Huazhong University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Renfu Li, Zhaojun Xi, Zhongda Wu, Yichao Li, Zhenlin Mei
  • Patent number: 11949039
    Abstract: A method of forming an optoelectronic semiconductor device involves providing an amorphous substrate. A transparent and conductive oxide layer is deposited on the amorphous substrate. The transparent and conductive oxide layer is annealed to form an annealed transparent and conductive oxide layer having a cubic-oriented and/or rhombohedral-oriented surface. A nanorod array is formed on the cubic-oriented and/or rhombohedral-oriented surface of the annealed transparent and conductive oxide layer. The annealing of the transparent conductive oxide layer and the formation of the nanorod array are performed using molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). The nanorods of the nanorod array comprise a group-III material and are non-polar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Boon S. Ooi, Aditya Prabaswara, Jung-Wook Min, Tien Khee Ng
  • Patent number: 11944937
    Abstract: A method for controlling a membrane distillation system includes determining whether there is a day time or a night time at a location of a solar collector system associated with the membrane distillation system; applying a first control mode during the day time to a flow velocity of a feed used by the membrane distillation system; and applying a second control mode, different from the first control scheme, during the night time, to the feed. The first control scheme is a model-free mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Taous Meriem Laleg, Paul Bendevis, Ayman Mustafa Karam
  • Patent number: 11944636
    Abstract: This invention discloses a medicinal composition includes a non-coding RNA molecule and an antibody targeting a tumor antigen for preventing and/or treating cancer. This invention uses the synergistic combination of a non-coding RNA molecule or its functional variant or homologue, and an antibody targeting a tumor antigen to prevent and/or treat cancer, thereby providing a novel and effective method in preventing and/or treating various cancers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: Macau University of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Zhi-Hong Jiang, Lee-Fong Yau, Tian-Tian Tong, Hao Huang, Kua Hu, Elaine Lai-Han Leung
  • Patent number: 11947003
    Abstract: A method for estimating a range of a moving target includes emitting, from a target, a first ultrasound signal T, wherein the first ultrasound signal T is generated based on a first differential Zadoff-Chu sequence x; receiving, at a receiver, a second ultrasound signal R, which corresponds to the first ultrasound signal T, wherein the second ultrasound signal R includes a second differential Zadoff-Chu sequence y; applying a maximum likelihood estimator to the first ultrasound signal T and the second ultrasound signal R to calculate an initial time of flight estimate taucorr; and calculating an initial range estimate dcorr of the target by multiplying the initial time of flight estimate taucorr with a speed of sound c. A differential Zadoff-Chu sequence is different from a Zadoff-Chu sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Mohammed Hussain Alsharif, Tareq Yousef Al-Naffouri, Mohamed Saadeldin, Mohamed Siala
  • Patent number: 11946845
    Abstract: A method for determining a three-dimensional tortuosity of a loose and broken rock-soil mass, includes the following steps: a particle grading curve of the loose and broken rock-soil mass is obtained by utilizing a particle size analysis, and followed by calculating an equivalent particle size and an average particle size; a porosity of the loose and broken rock-soil mass is obtained by utilizing a moisture content test, a density test, and a specific gravity test; the three-dimensional tortuosity of the loose and broken rock-soil mass is obtained by utilizing the equivalent particle size, the average particle size and the porosity of the loose and broken rock-soil mass. The method has the advantages of simple logic, accuracy and reliability, simple and fast parameter determination, and has high practical value and promotion value in the field of environmental protection and ecological restoration technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: KUNMING UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Zhi-quan Yang, Jia-jun Zhang, Jun-fan Xiong, Ying-yan Zhu, Yi Yang, Muhammad Asif Khan, Tian-bing Xiang, Bi-hua Zhang, Han-hua Xu, Jie Zhang, Shen-zhang Liu
  • Patent number: 11948732
    Abstract: A compression-molding method for a permanent includes: providing a drive coil to generate an electromagnetic force when a transient current is passed into the drive coil, so as to apply a molding compression force to magnetic powder under compression, and providing an orientation coil to generate an orientation magnetic field when a transient current is passed into the orientation coil, thereby providing the magnetic powder under compression with an anisotropic property; and synchronously passing the transient currents to the drive coil and the orientation coil to synchronously generate the electromagnetic force and the orientation magnetic field, thereby completing compression-molding of the permanent magnet, wherein a magnitude of the electromagnetic force and an intensity of the orientation magnetic field are respectively changed by changing peak values of the transient currents.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Liang Li, Yiliang Lv
  • Patent number: 11948400
    Abstract: An action detection method based on a human skeleton feature and a storage medium belong to the field of computer vision, and the method includes: for each person, extracting a series of body keypoints in every frame of the video as the human skeleton feature; calculating a body structure center point and approximating rigid motion area by using the human skeleton feature as a calculated value from the skeleton feature state, and predicting an estimated value in the next frame; performing target matching according to the estimated and calculated value, correlating the human skeleton feature belonging to the same target to obtain a skeleton feature sequence, and then correlating features of each keypoint in the temporal domain to obtain a spatial-temporal domain skeleton feature; inputting the skeleton feature into an action detection model to obtain an action category. In the disclosure, the accuracy of action detection is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Li Yu, Han Yu
  • Patent number: 11945973
    Abstract: The ionic liquid-based coating is a coating for both porous and nonporous materials. As non-limiting examples, a porous substrate coated with the ionic liquid-based coating may be used to disinfect and remove microorganisms from air and water, to provide an antimicrobial surface for preventing microbial contamination, or to enhance filtration efficiency of the porous material for airborne and waterborne particulate matter without increasing flow resistance. As a further non-limiting example, a nonporous substrate coated with the ionic liquid-based coating may be used to form a surface capable of self-disinfection from microorganisms contacting surface. The ionic liquid-based coating includes at least one ionic liquid, an adhesive, and at least one additive, which may be a disinfectant, a viscosity modifier, a pH buffer, a fragrance, or combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: THE HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: King Lun Yeung, Wei Han, Xizi Song, Joseph Kai Cho Kwan, Yutang Luo
  • Patent number: 11949103
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an anode electrode active material for a secondary battery containing nickel cobalt molybdenum oxide, an anode electrode for a secondary battery including the same, a secondary battery including the anode electrode for a secondary battery, and a method for manufacturing the same. The novel anode electrode material for a sodium secondary battery containing nickel cobalt molybdenum oxide according to the present disclosure allows intercalation/deintercalation reaction of sodium ion during charge/discharge and does not undergo significant volume change during the intercalation reaction because structure is maintained stably during repeated charge/discharge. As a result, electrode damage and electric short circuit are decreased and, thus, improved electrochemical characteristics can be achieved in long-life and high-rate capability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Dongguk University Industry—Academic Cooperation Foundation
    Inventors: Kyung Yoon Chung, Kyung-Wan Nam, Jaeho Park, Daniel Adjah Anang
  • Patent number: 11944682
    Abstract: Aggregation-induced emission-bacteriophage bioconjugate including a bacteriophage covalently bonded to at least one aggregation-induced emission luminogen via an optional linker, pharmaceutical compositions including the same, and methods of preparation and use thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: The Hong Kong University of Science and Technologyy
    Inventors: Benzhong Tang, Xuewen He
  • Patent number: 11945276
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a preview vehicle height control system and a method of controlling the same. The system includes a monitoring device configured to detect the road surface condition of a driving path of a vehicle, an active suspension configured to adjust a vehicle height, a memory configured to store a plurality of data maps distinguished based on a type of bump, each data map having a vehicle dynamic characteristic as an input and a tuning factor as an output, and a controller configured to derive the tuning factor based on a data map, among the plurality of data maps of the memory, corresponding to the bump detected by the monitoring device, derive a target vehicle height in a form of a Gaussian distribution by substituting the tuning factor, and control the active suspension to follow the derived target vehicle height.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, FOUNDATION FOR RESEARCH AND BUSINESS SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Youngil Sohn, Min Jun Kim, Sang Woo Hwang, Sehyun Chang, Jun Ho Seong, Yong Hwan Jeong, Seong Jin Yim