Patents by Inventor Cen Xie

Cen Xie 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).

  • Publication number: 20200403336
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing; and plural contacts secured to the insulative housing, each contact having a generally U-shaped part and a soldering part, the U-shaped part having a first contacting portion, a second contacting portion, and a connecting portion between the first contacting portion and the second contacting portion, wherein each of the first and second contacting portions has an outer contacting face, and one of the first and second contacting portions extends from the connecting portion to incline toward the other contacting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: CEN XIE, ZHI-WEI HE
  • Patent number: 10233209
    Abstract: Disclosed are inhibitors of the farnesoid X receptor, for example of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R4, X, Y, Z, m, and n are as defined herein, which are useful in treating or preventing obesity, type 2 diabetes/insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a mammal in need thereof. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a pharmaceutically suitable carrier and at least one compound of the invention, a method of method of inhibiting a farnesoid X receptor in a mammal, and a method of treating or preventing obesity in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignees: The United States of America, As represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Frank J. Gonzalez, Changtao Jiang, Cen Xie, Andrew D. Patterson, Fei Li, James B. Mitchell, Shantu Amin, Dhimant Desai
  • Patent number: 9847606
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the tongue portion having a plurality of terminal-receiving slots, a respective separating wall being disposed between every two neighboring terminal-receiving slots, at least one separating wall having an extending portion extending backwardly along an insertion direction to be located behind respective rear ends of the other separating walls; a number of terminals retained in the insulative housing and including a row of first contacts, each first contact having a pair of gaps located forwardly of the extending portion along the insertion direction; a metallic shielding plate retained in the insulative housing; and a shielding shell attached to the insulative housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: FOXCONN INTERCONNECT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Cen Xie, Ming-Qi Ge, Xian-Dong Bao
  • Publication number: 20170271821
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes: an insulative housing having a base portion and a tongue portion extending forwardly from the base portion, the tongue portion having a plurality of terminal-receiving slots, a respective separating wall being disposed between every two neighboring terminal-receiving slots, at least one separating wall having an extending portion extending backwardly along an insertion direction to be located behind respective rear ends of the other separating walls; a number of terminals retained in the insulative housing and including a row of first contacts, each first contact having a pair of gaps located forwardly of the extending portion along the insertion direction; a metallic shielding plate retained in the insulative housing; and a shielding shell attached to the insulative housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: CEN XIE, MING-QI GE, XIAN-DONG BAO
  • Publication number: 20170152283
    Abstract: Disclosed are inhibitors of the farnesoid X receptor, for example of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R4, X, Y, Z, m, and n are as defined herein, which are useful in treating or preventing obesity, type 2 diabetes/insulin resistance and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a mammal in need thereof. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a pharmaceutically suitable carrier and at least one compound of the invention, a method of method of inhibiting a farnesoid X receptor in a mammal, and a method of treating or preventing obesity in a mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2016
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicants: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Dept. of Health and Human Services, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Frank J. Gonzalez, Changtao Jiang, Cen Xie, Andrew D. Patterson, Fei Li, James B. Mitchell, Shantu Amin, Dhimant Desai
  • Patent number: 9540415
    Abstract: Disclosed are inhibitors of the farnesoid X receptor, for example of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R4, X, Y, Z, m, and n are as defined herein, which are useful in treating or preventing obesity, type 2 diabetes/insulin resistance and non alcoholic fatty liver disease in a mammal in need thereof. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a pharmaceutically suitable carrier and at least Cone compound of the invention, a method of method of inhibiting a farnesoid X receptor in a mammal, and a method of treating or preventing obesity in a mammal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2017
    Assignees: The United States of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Services, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Frank J. Gonzalez, Changtao Jiang, Cen Xie, Andrew D. Patterson, Fei Li, James B. Mitchell
  • Publication number: 20160159851
    Abstract: Disclosed are inhibitors of the farnesoid X receptor, for example of formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R4, X, Y, Z, m, and n are as defined herein, which are useful in treating or preventing obesity, type 2 diabetes/insulin resistance and non alcoholic fatty liver disease in a mammal in need thereof. Also disclosed is a composition comprising a pharmaceutically suitable carrier and at least Cone compound of the invention, a method of method of inhibiting a farnesoid X receptor in a mammal, and a method of treating or preventing obesity in a mammal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Applicants: The United Sates of America, as represented by the Secretary, Department of Health and Human Service, The Penn State Research Foundation
    Inventors: Frank J. Gonzalez, Changtao Jiang, Cen Xie, Andrew D. Patterson, Fei Li, James B. Mitchell, Shantu Amin, Dhimant Desai