Patents by Inventor An Li

An Li 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).

  • Patent number: 11933204
    Abstract: An engine component comprises one or more thermal barrier coatings applied to one or more areas of the engine component. The thermal barrier coatings reduce the temperature rate of change of the areas to which the thermal barrier coating is applied. Reducing the temperature rate of change can help reduce lattice structure damage caused by different temperatures in different areas of the engine component. The thermal barrier coating can be applied as a monolithic layer on a surface of the engine component or can be applied in different areas using patterns. The patterns allow for the tuning of the performance characteristics (temperature rate of change) of the areas of the engine component and can help reduce defect propagation, such as cracks, in the thermal barrier coating from one area of the thermal barrier coating to other areas of the thermal barrier coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.
    Inventors: Chad Palmer Koci, Kenth I. Svensson, Eric Donald Wiebrecht, Venkatesan Veeriah, Qingzhong Li, Suresh Babu Chennagowni
  • Publication number: 20240085005
    Abstract: Apparatus and methods for deployment of fixtures. The apparatus may include a system for controlling deployed fixtures. The system may receive user commands different devices in different formats. The fixtures may be independently addressable. The fixtures may be magnetically supported by a fixture support. A brace may join two or more fixture supports without reducing space available to support fixtures. The brace may join a fixture support to a fixture support accessory. An accessory may include a variable-angle junction. The fixture may include articulating joints for controlling the direction of a beam. The fixture may include a lens having an electrically controllable beam spread angle. The fixture may be stowable in the fixture support. The fixture may be slidable along a cord to adjust a height of the fixture. The fixture may include an extendable ring. The system may coordinate motions of the fixtures to follow a target. The fixture may include an elongated board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Sean Tham, Peter Vancorenland, Michael Sabolcik, Voravit Puvanakijjakorn, Jonathan Ian Hoffman, Dimauro Andrade Edwards, Dunping Hu, Jianqiu Hu, Lu Zhongliang, Zou Sikang, Li Renyun, Du Lin, Zhou Wenjie, Wu Chong, Wu Limei, Gong Xingping, Li Jinqiang
  • Publication number: 20240082977
    Abstract: A fully-automatic aluminum thermal-spraying corrosion prevention production line based on robots and visual recognition is provided. The production line comprises an automatic feeding system comprising feeding carrying and conveying mechanisms; a laser derusting system comprising a derusting robot, a laser cleaning nozzle and derusting conveying mechanisms; an aluminum thermal-spraying system comprising an aluminum spraying robot and an aluminum thermal-spraying gun; an automatic rolling system comprising a rolling pedestal, a first rolling wheel, a second rolling wheel and a rolling drive mechanism; a laser cutting system; and a discharging and stacking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: GUIZHOU POWER GRID CO., LTD
    Inventors: Bo LI, Zhuoyi LIU, Jun LIU, Jingxin TU, Zhiqing ZHANG, Xi FANG, Shifeng LIU, Xianwu ZENG, Dan YANG, Jinke LU, Wei DU
  • Publication number: 20240082833
    Abstract: The present invention provides a supported metal catalyst with synergistic sites, a preparation method therefor and an application thereof. The preparation method of this catalyst is to utilize the unsaturated cubane-like structure, M cation with catalytic activity is introduced into the cluster core unit. By using the vertex vacancy as the capturing center, and adjusting the impregnation temperature to maximize the loading of the cluster precursor, as well as depending on the electrostatic adsorption of the support and the confinement of the cluster structural unit, the number of S vacancies and the distance between S vacancies and Miso sites are effectively controlled through liquid phase reduction and atmosphere treatment at room temperature to obtain supported X3MSx/Al2O3 catalyst with Miso-Vs synergistic sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Yanan Liu, Dianqing Li, He Yu, Ning Li
  • Publication number: 20240082001
    Abstract: A native leaflet treatment system and method for treating native heart valve leaflets before heart valve repair or replacement procedure. The treatment system includes a delivery apparatus configured to enter the heart, and a native leaflet treatment device stored in the delivery apparatus in a compressed state. The treatment device includes a clamping structure, which is configured to retain at least a portion of the native leaflets in the deployed state. The treatment device is delivered into the heart using the delivery apparatus, and released near the native heart valve, where the treatment device expands and the clamping structure captures and holds the native leaflet, such that the native leaflets will no longer block blood flow. This improves the dynamics of the blood flow which facilitates subsequent surgical procedures (minimally-invasive surgery or open surgery) for heart valve repair or replacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: Sinomed Cardiovita Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Jianhua Sun, Tianzhu Li, Jianxiang Ma, Jinhong Zhao, Lei Meng
  • Publication number: 20240084976
    Abstract: The embodiment of the present disclosure provides a method and an Internet of Things (IoT) system for gas loss control based on a smart gas platform. The method is executed by a smart gas device management platform of the IoT system. The method includes: obtaining gas delivery parameters of a preset point in a gas pipeline branch; obtaining gas data corresponding to the gas pipeline branch; determining a gas loss rate of the gas pipeline branch based on the gas delivery parameters and the gas data; and in response to the gas loss rate satisfying a first predetermined condition, adjusting a pressure of a gas pipeline network.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: CHENGDU QINCHUAN IOT TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zehua SHAO, Yong LI, Junyan ZHOU
  • Publication number: 20240086589
    Abstract: An early warning method for safety production risk of tailings pond based on risk ranking is provided. The early warning method includes: monitoring and collecting internal basic data of a tailings pond in real-time, and performing a basic monitoring and a basic early warning; collecting geographical location data, meteorological data, and historical geological disaster data of an area where the tailings pond is located; performing risk ranking on a safety production risk of the tailings pond, thereby obtaining a risk level of the tailings pond; and collecting case data of global tailings pond accidents and hazard degree data thereof, acquiring accident solution strategies for the global tailings pond accidents, performing management and monitoring on the tailings pond, setting parameters in a process of the basic monitoring, and performing a ranked early warning on the safety production risk of the tailings pond based on the risk level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Youliang Chen, Haigang Li, Shigen Fu, Yanyu Chu, Qing Wang, Shouyin Wang, Zhentao Li, Yi Liu, Xiangliang Tian, Tao Chen, Jia Li, Xiaolong Zheng, Pangfeng Guo, Shuang Chen
  • Publication number: 20240087057
    Abstract: A power consumption monitoring device includes a sensor, a storage, and a processor. The sensor is configured to detect a power-consuming device quantity and a power consumption amount. The storage is configured to store the power-consuming device quantity and the power consumption amount. The processor is communicatively connected to the sensor and the storage. The processor is configured to calculate a power-consuming device idling indicator based on the power-consuming device quantity and the power consumption amount in a monitoring time interval, wherein the power-consuming device idling indicator is used for indicating a deviation status of the power-consuming device quantity and the power consumption amount. The processor is further configured to determine whether the power-consuming device idling indicator exceeds a warning threshold. In response to the power-consuming device idling indicator exceeding the warning threshold, the processor is further configured to generate a warning message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Wei-Chao CHEN, Ming-Chi CHANG, Chih-Pin WEI, Ke-Li WU, Hua-Hsiu CHIANG, Yu-Lun CHANG
  • Publication number: 20240086110
    Abstract: A data storage method includes: in response to a stream ID carried by an IO write request of a host satisfying a first preset condition, writing data corresponding to the IO write request into a first storage unit; and in response to the stream ID carried by the IO write request satisfying a second preset condition, writing the data corresponding to the IO write request into a second storage unit, wherein the stream ID indicates write latency requirement information of the data corresponding to the IO write request, wherein a data write latency indicated by the stream ID satisfying the first preset condition is less than the data write latency indicated by the stream ID satisfying the second preset condition, wherein a read and write performance of the first storage unit is higher than the read and write performance of the second storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Bei QI, Kun Zhang, Kun Dou, Ruyi Zhang, Zongyuan Zhang, Yutao Li, Dan Cao, Tianyi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240086283
    Abstract: The method includes: A first device obtains an auxiliary device of the first device; the first device divides to-be-backed up data into N data sets, where N is a quantity of backup devices, and the backup devices include the first device and the auxiliary device of the first device; the first device sends backup information to the auxiliary device, where the backup information includes a data set allocated to the auxiliary device, and the backup information indicates the auxiliary device to send the received data set to a preset cloud platform; and the first device sends a data set allocated to the first device to the preset cloud platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Xuefeng LI
  • Publication number: 20240086612
    Abstract: An IC device includes first through third rows of fin field-effect transistors (FinFETs), wherein the second row is between and adjacent to each of the first and third rows, the FinFETs of the first row are one of an n-type or p-type, the FinFETs of the second and third rows are the other of the n-type or p-type, the FinFETs of the first and third rows include a first total number of fins, and the FinFETs of the second row include a second total number of fins one greater or fewer than the first total number of fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Po-Hsiang HUANG, Fong-Yuan CHANG, Clement Hsingjen WANN, Chih-Hsin KO, Sheng-Hsiung CHEN, Li-Chun TIEN, Chia-Ming HSU
  • Publication number: 20240084598
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a roofing system. In some embodiments, the roofing system includes a roofing membrane, which may include a cap, a scrim, and a core. In some embodiments, the roofing system may also include an adhesive film, which may include a first adhesive layer adhered to the roofing membrane, a second adhesive layer configured to adhere the roofing membrane to a roofing substrate, and a barrier layer positioned between the first and second adhesive layers. Methods of manufacturing roofing systems are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Li-Ying Yang
  • Publication number: 20240083847
    Abstract: DCAF15 is a substrate recognition (adaptor) protein of E3 ubiquitin ligase. Disclosed herein are compounds that recruit ubiquitin ligase CRL4DCAF15, to a target RNA recognition motif (RRM), causing its degradation. Also disclosed herein are compositions and methods of use in treating associated disorders and diseases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: DANA-FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE, INC.
    Inventors: Nathanael S. Gray, Eric Fischer, Hojong Yoon, Tinghu Zhang, Tyler Faust, Katherine Donovan, Quan Cai, Zhengnian Li
  • Publication number: 20240089984
    Abstract: Provided is a method for configuring TCI state in a multi-TRP system. The method comprises: acquiring PDCCH-related information according to a monitored search space and a corresponding control resource set (CORESET), wherein the CORESET is configured with one activated transmission configuration indicator (TCI) state or two active TCI states, and each active TCI state comprises a transmission beam-related parameter; and a UE receiving a PDCCH by using a reception beam corresponding to the TCI state. By means of the method, a UE can receive a PDCCH by flexibly using a reception beam corresponding to one active TCI state or reception beams corresponding to two active TCI states, depending on an implementation situation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: JRD COMMUNICATION (SHENZHEN) LTD.
    Inventors: Tian LI, Jia SHENG
  • Publication number: 20240081417
    Abstract: An atomization core assembly (10A), an atomizer (100) and an electronic atomization device (300).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: BAOFENG XIE, ZHONGLI XU, YONGHAI LI
  • Publication number: 20240089426
    Abstract: A method of and device for controlling multi-line intra prediction using a non-zero reference line. The method includes determining whether an intra prediction mode of a first neighboring block of a current block is an angular mode, determining whether an intra prediction mode of a second neighboring block of the current block is an angular mode, and generating a Most Probable Mode (MPM) list of the current block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: TENCENT AMERICA LLC
    Inventors: Liang ZHAO, Xin ZHAO, Xiang LI, Shan LIU
  • Publication number: 20240083275
    Abstract: A vehicle has an energy conversion apparatus. The energy conversion apparatus includes a first switch module and a second switch module, and configures the second switch module between a power battery and a voltage transformation module. When the first switch module is closed, the power battery, the first switch module, an energy storage module, and an external power supply module form a first charging loop. When the second switch module is closed, the power battery, the second switch module, the voltage transformation module, the energy storage module, and the external power supply module form a second charging loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Xiangxiang LI, Weicheng LI, Lei SHI, Mingwen CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240084987
    Abstract: Flameless candles are described that improve the mounts used to support the flame sheet. The improved mounts can include a support base or a hook for movably supporting a flame sheet. The enhanced mounts improve the manufacturing of the assembly of the flameless candle and also enable the flame element to have a more natural flame-like flicker of light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventor: Xiaofeng Li
  • Publication number: 20240083677
    Abstract: An apparatus of salt cavern gas storage without cushion gas includes: a salt cavern; sediments; a drainage assembly; a gas injection and production pipe; a debrining string, one end of which is connected to the drainage assembly, and the other end of which protrudes from the ground to be connected to a water source assembly; a communicating assembly, which is used to make the gas injection and production pipe be in communication with the debrining string on the ground. A closed loop is formed by making the gas injection and production pipe and the debrining string be in communication with each other on the ground through the communicating assembly, thus the non-cushion gas injection-production operation of sediment particles in the salt cavern is realized.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF ROCK AND SOIL MECHANICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xilin SHI, Xinxing WEI, Yinping LI, Hongling MA, Peng LI, Chunhe YANG, Weizheng BAI
  • Publication number: 20240087585
    Abstract: This application disclose an encoding method and apparatus, a decoding method and apparatus, a device, a storage medium, and a computer program, and relate to the field of encoding and decoding technologies. In this method, a first latent variable is scaled based on a first variable scale factor, to obtain a second latent variable, and a quantity of coding bits of an entropy coding result of the second latent variable meets a preset encoding rate condition. This ensures that a quantity of coding bits of an entropy coding result of a latent variable corresponding to each frame of media data can meet the preset encoding rate condition, that is, the quantity of coding bits of the entropy coding result of the latent variable corresponding to each frame of media data can be basically consistent, instead of dynamically changing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Bingyin XIA, Jiawei LI, Zhe WANG