Patents by Inventor Chi Zhang

Chi Zhang 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: 20240353441
    Abstract: An ocean current detection device and method based on double-helix and double-core vibration fiber-optic cable, comprises a double-core fiber-optic cable and a ?-OTDR system; the double-core fiber-optic cable comprises a first and a second optical fiber core, provided symmetrically in the double helix structure. The terminate ends of the first and the second optical fiber core are connected, and the start end of the first or the second optical fiber core is connected with the ?-OTDR system. When measuring the ocean current characteristics in the target sea area, the double-core fiber-optic cable is provided underwater to generate vortex-induced vibration. The ?-OTDR system is provided for emitting laser towards the cable, receiving returned double-core vibration signals, extracting vibration characteristics from the double-core vibration signals to determine ocean current characteristics, including ocean current flow velocity and direction, to improve the detection accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Yixin Zhang, Chi Zhang, Xuping Zhang, Shuai Tong, Shun Wang, Chenyang Ding, Feng Wang
  • Publication number: 20240351999
    Abstract: The present invention belongs to the technical field of antibacterial drugs, and discloses a pyrrolylacylpiperidylamine compound and use thereof. The present invention in particular relates to a pyrrolylacylpiperidylamine compound and a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and use thereof in the preparation of a medicament for resisting infections with bacteria, mycoplasma or chlamydia.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Song WU, Wenxuan ZHANG, Xintong ZHAO, Qingyun YANG, Jing FENG, Jie ZHANG, Chi ZHANG, Zunsheng HAN, Tianlei LI, Jie XIA, Kun ZHANG, Bo LIU, Huihui SHAO, Yue WANG, Yuhua HU, Xinyu LUO, Hanyilan ZHANG, Xu LIAN, Zihao ZHU
  • Publication number: 20240354910
    Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods, and devices for image processing that support noise reduction in low-light video sequences. The noise reduction is accomplished through a cascaded set of operations that are configured based on each set of operations location within the cascaded pipeline. The cascade may be implemented as a series of cascaded image post-processing engines (IPEs) within an image signal processor (ISP).
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2021
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Quanmin Shen, Zhongshan Wang, Wen-Chun Feng, Chi Zhang
  • Patent number: 12123077
    Abstract: A method for preparing high-toughness heat-resistant aluminum alloy armature material, comprises: heating and melting an aluminum ingot into an aluminum liquid; adding the following elements to the aluminum solution in mass percent: Ce 6-12%, Y 5-9.5%, Zr 0.5-3%, Mg 0.1-2.5%, X 0.15-2.5%, Fe 0.15-0.25%, Mn 0.05-0.15%, and Si 0.1-0.5%; forming an alloy solution and casting same into an alloy ingot; processing the alloy ingot into spherical alloy powder; subjecting the spherical alloy powder to selective laser melting and solidification forming to produce nano-scale Al11Ce3, Al3(Y, Zr), and/or Al3X intermetallic compounds distributed in a net-like skeleton structure in an aluminum matrix. The material of the present disclosure has low density, high-temperature resistance, high energy absorption rate and excellent electrical conductivity, and excellent mechanical properties at room temperature and high temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Haiyan Gao, Haiyang Lv, Peng Peng, Yufei Wang, Mengmeng Wang, Yun Wu, Chi Zhang, Jun Wang, Baode Sun
  • Patent number: 12124297
    Abstract: A portable electronic device can include a housing defining an aperture and a display positioned in the aperture. The portable electronic device can include a number of components that can provide desired functionalities and levels of performance. For example, the device can include one or more couplers that interconnect various portions of the housing together. Additionally or alternatively, the portable electronic device can include one or more millimeter-wave antennas. Additionally, or alternatively, the electronic device can include one or more grounding elements or layers that reliably and electrically ground the display to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: APPLE INC.
    Inventors: Sayooj R. Pillai, Annie T. Zhang, Lucas R. Compton, John V. Abram, Heather M. Martin, Timothy J. McHenry, Chi Zhang, Kienan D. McCarty, Lee B. Hamstra, Trevor M. Cardiff, Tristan Sansbury, Erik A. Uttermann, Kevin K. Mayer
  • Patent number: 12114949
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and tangibly-implemented software instructions for supporting a teleoperated surgical system (TSS). A surgical input that includes monitored events of the TSS, is received. A current stage of the surgical procedure is autonomously determined based on the surgical input. A call for surgeon assistance may be detected, in response to which context-relevant assistance may be provided to a surgeon console of the TSS, the context-relevant assistance being stage-synchronized with the surgical procedure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: Intuitive Surgical Operations, Inc.
    Inventors: Anthony M. Jarc, Chi Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240336828
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an ultra-high temperature resistant cement slurry system for cementing and the preparation method and use thereof. The cement slurry system comprises cement, an ultra-high temperature strength stabilizer, an ultra-high temperature reinforcing material, a density regulator, an ultra-high temperature suspension stabilizer, a dispersant, a fluid loss additive, a retarder, a defoaming agent and water, wherein the ultra-high temperature suspension stabilizer comprises an ether-based starch, an aluminosilicate and a polyalcohol polymer. The method for preparing the cement slurry system includes dry mixing and wet mixing raw materials homogeneously, respectively, and then homogeneously mixing the dry mix and wet mix to obtain the cement slurry system. The present disclosure further provides use of the cement slurry system for cementing in deep wells and ultra-deep wells at high and ultra-high temperatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Jianzhou JIN, Lili CHEN, Yuchao GUO, Hua ZHANG, Fuchen LIU, Yong MA, Yao WANG, Xiaobing ZHANG, Jiaying ZHANG, Zishuai LIU, Haizhi ZHANG, Pu XU, Youzhi ZHENG, Yongjin YU, Congfeng QU, Fengzhong QI, Yong LI, Ming XU, Guifu WANG, Shuoqiong LIU, Chi ZHANG, Bin LYU, Chongfeng ZHOU, Zhiwei DING, Shunping ZHANG, Jiwei JIANG, Qin HAN, Yusi FENG, Chenyang ZHOU, Yiliu SUN, Songbing YAN
  • Patent number: 12102720
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds and related methods of their use. The compounds described herein are useful, e.g., as liposomal delivery vehicles to facilitate the delivery of encapsulated polynucleotides to target cells and subsequent transfection of said target cells, and in certain embodiments are characterized as having one or more properties that afford such compounds advantages relative to other similarly classified lipids.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Translate Bio, Inc.
    Inventors: Braydon Charles Guild, Michael Heartlein, Frank DeRosa, Jerry Chi Zhang
  • Patent number: 12107489
    Abstract: Provided are a soft-start method, a power converter system, and a household energy storage system, which are applied to the field of household energy storage technology and are used to improve the soft-start effect of a full-bridge resonant converter. The method includes the following manners: A soft-start process is configured as multiple operating periods, and a duty cycle is adjusted in periods and gradually increases; and in the soft-start process, according to the conversion of the duty cycle, a voltage is slowly output, and the value of the output voltage is gradually increased, so that the operating current in the soft-start process can be effectively controlled, thereby reducing the voltage stress of a power switch transistor when the power switch transistor is hard turned off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: FranklinWH Energy Storage Inc.
    Inventors: Hongtao Nie, Chi Zhang, Daqing Wang
  • Patent number: 12106027
    Abstract: The present disclosure refers to a method and a system of sudden water pollutant source detection by forward-inverse coupling, including: building an one-dimensional forward water quality simulation model of a river way according to acquired mechanical parameters and water quality parameters; according to the one-dimensional forward water quality simulation model of the river way, measuring and calculating each monitoring index by using an inverse optimization source-detection model; by constructing the one-dimensional forward water quality simulation model of the river way, using the inverse optimization source-detection model for measurement and calculation; and performing the Bayesian updating, in order to realize multi-information fusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Yu Li, Chi Zhang, Zhe Zhu
  • Patent number: 12107167
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a high-threshold power semiconductor device and a manufacturing method thereof. The high-threshold power semiconductor device includes, in sequence from bottom to top: a metal drain electrode, a substrate, a buffer layer, and a drift region; further including: a composite column body which is jointly formed by a drift region protrusion, a columnar p-region and a columnar n-region on the drift region, a channel layer, a passivation layer, a dielectric layer, a heavily doped semiconductor layer, a metal gate electrode and a source metal electrode. The composite column body is formed by sequentially depositing a p-type semiconductor layer and an n-type semiconductor layer on the drift region and then etching same. The channel layer and the passivation layer are formed in sequence by deposition. Thus, the above devices are divided into a cell region and a terminal region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Siyang Liu, Weifeng Sun, Chi Zhang, Shuxuan Xin, Shen Li, Le Qian, Chen Ge, Longxing Shi
  • Patent number: 12104175
    Abstract: Provided herein are compositions and methods for driving high expression of a transgene. Compositions and methods for driving high expression of a transgene comprising one or more human-derived regulatory elements, which, when operably linked to a transgene, can result in high expression of the transgene in one or more cell types or tissues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Encoded Therapeutics, Inc.
    Inventors: Kartik Ramamoorthi, Stephanie Tagliatela, Anne Tanenhaus, Andrew Young, Szu-Ying Chen, Chi Zhang, Stephanie Martin, David Oberkofler
  • Publication number: 20240313630
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a power conversion circuit and an energy storage system. The circuit includes at least one first active bridge and at least one second active bridge, where the at least one second active bridge includes a first bidirectional control switch, a second bidirectional control switch, a third bidirectional control switch and a fourth bidirectional control switch, and the at least one first active bridge includes a first switch, a second switch, an third switch and a fourth switch; at least one transformer, configured to couple the first active bridge with the second active bridge; a common port and a DC port; at least one first inductor; and a controller. The power conversion circuit includes a DC-AC power conversion mode, a first DC-DC power conversion mode, an AC-DC power conversion mode, and a second DC-DC power conversion mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaolong LUO, Bo YANG, Tao WANG, Chi ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12092470
    Abstract: A vehicle localization method and device, an electronic device and a storage medium. The vehicle localization method includes: acquiring an image of a scene where a vehicle is located, the image comprising a semantic element; determining an element category corresponding to the semantic element; matching the semantic element with a map element to acquire a matching result by a matching method corresponding to the element category; and determining localization information of the vehicle according to the matching result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: BEIJING XIAOMI MOBILE SOFTWARE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Wang, Chi Zhang, Hao Liu, Zhijun Xie, Kuiyuan Yang, Kun Guo, Rui Cai, Zhiwei Li
  • Patent number: 12078054
    Abstract: An experimental device and method for co-existence of overflow and lost circulation in a fractured formation during drilling of a deviated well are provided. An inner cavity of an outer pipe is provided with an inner pipe to form a deviated casing. An upper side of the outer pipe is provided with a mixture outlet. A middle-lower side of the outer pipe is provided with a leakage port and two overflow ports. The gap width can be changed by adjusting a bolt and a support block to be compatible with different types of fracture models. A gas injection system includes an air compressor and a gas flowmeter. An upper port of a liquid injection system is connected to a joint arranged at upper ends of the inner pipe and outer pipe through a water pump, a liquid flowmeter and a liquid regulating valve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM (EAST CHINA)
    Inventors: Bangtang Yin, Chi Zhang, Baojiang Sun, Zhiyuan Wang, Xuliang Zhang, Yonghai Gao, Xiaohui Sun, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 12065784
    Abstract: A structured tissue belt assembly including a supporting layer and a nonwoven web contacting layer. The supporting layer has a top surface and a bottom surface and is formed of monofilaments including one or more layers of warp yarns interwoven with weft yarns in a repeating pattern. At least one of: a) at least some of the warp yarns; or b) at least some of the weft yarns, include laser energy absorbent material, and at least one of: a) at least some of the warp yarns; or b) at least some of the weft yarns include laser energy scattering material. Laser welds attach the bottom surface of the web contacting layer to the top surface of the supporting layer at points where the web contacting layer contacts the at least one of: a) the at least some of the warp yarns; or b) the at least some of the weft yarns that include laser energy absorbent material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: First Quality Tissue Se, LLC
    Inventors: Chad Martin, Robbie Edmonds, Allan Manninen, Chi Zhang, Hongjian Zhou, James E. Sealey, II, Byrd Tyler Miller, IV, Marc Paul Begin, Justin S. Pence
  • Publication number: 20240266968
    Abstract: A three-phase AC-DC converter is provided that can offer a low total harmonic distortion (THD) of input current and good power factor with the capability of soft-switching of the active switches. In one aspect, a phase shift is introduced to the gate signal of one of the primary side active switches of the three-phase AC-DC converter and the gate signal of a corresponding one of the secondary side active switches of the three-phase AC-DC converter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chi ZHANG, Rudy WANG, Zhiyu SHEN, Peter BARBOSA, Sheng-Hua LI
  • Publication number: 20240264069
    Abstract: A shaft wall pressure corrosion test system includes a pressure bearing device, a confining pressure application device, and a seepage pressure application device. The confining pressure application device and the seepage pressure application device provide confining pressure and seepage pressure for the pressure bearing device, respectively, and keep the confining pressure and the seepage pressure constant on the pressure bearing device. In the system, axial pressure is applied to a piston by means of a hydraulic jack and is then transferred to a sample to complete axial pressure application. The confining pressure is applied to hydraulic oil by a manual pump in combination with an energy accumulator and then transferred to the sample to complete confining pressure application. The seepage pressure is applied to a corrosion solution by a water pump group in combination with an energy accumulator and then transferred to the sample to complete seepage pressure application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Tao HAN, Yong XUE, Tingting LUO, Yu ZHANG, Weihao YANG, Yansen WANG, Zhijiang YANG, Chi ZHANG, Tao ZHANG, Jiahui HUANG, Haipeng LI
  • Publication number: 20240241168
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a defect detection method and apparatus for a cushion layer of a cable, a device, and a storage medium. The method includes: obtaining specification parameters of a corrugated sheath of a to-be-detected cable, calculating a first volume of a cushion layer without deformation and a second volume of a deformed portion of the cushion layer when the cushion layer is deformed under stress, and calculating a stressed-state deformation ratio of the cushion layer based on the first volume and the second volume; obtaining a voltage, a current, an electrode area, an electrode distance, and an initial electrode distance of the cushion layer when the stressed-state deformation ratio is reached, and calculating volume resistivity of the cushion layer; and comparing the volume resistivity with a preset evaluation parameter to obtain a defect detection result of the cushion layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Shengchen Fang, Yang Yu, Weibo Li, Pengxian Song, Chun He, Chi Zhang, Qinghua Tang, Longji Li, Chunhui Zhang, Songyuan Li, Fei Lu, Lin Li, Lei Yang, Xiaoguang Wang, Xuliang Zhu, Minghui Duan, Haoming Wang, Wei Fan
  • Publication number: 20240243210
    Abstract: A photovoltaic module and a method for manufacturing the photovoltaic module are provided. A respective solar cell has a front surface and a rear surface opposite to the front surface, each of which has a plurality of electrodes formed thereon. Each connection member of the plurality of connection members is configured to connect two adjacent solar cells of the plurality of solar cells and has a first end portion disposed over the front surface of a first solar cell of the two adjacent solar cells and a second end portion disposed over the rear surface of a second solar cell of the two adjacent solar cells. Each encapsulation layer includes a first encapsulation sub-layer and a second encapsulation sub-layer, where flowability of the first encapsulation sub-layer is smaller than flowability of the second encapsulation sub-layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Inventors: Zhiqiu GUO, Liqin LIU, Chi ZHANG, Shiliang HUANG, Guohui HAO