Patents by Inventor Dan Geng

Dan Geng 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: 20260142342
    Abstract: Embodiments provide a battery cell having a cylindrical housing with a first end and a second end opposite the first end, wherein the second end is enclosed. The battery cell also includes an electrode assembly positioned within the housing between the first end and the second end. The electrode assembly includes an anode, a cathode, and one or more separator sheets. The battery cell further includes a conductor configured to electrically couple one of the anode or the cathode to the housing. The conductor includes a first side facing the electrode assembly, a second side opposite the first side and facing the housing, and an embossed portion for improving a welding operation for welding the conductor to the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: May 21, 2026
    Inventors: Dan GENG, Denis Gaston FAUTEUX, Jin Wei LI, Chi LIANG
  • Publication number: 20260122385
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to methods, devices, apparatuses, and media for passive optical network activation. According to example embodiments of the present disclosure, a first apparatus receives, from a second apparatus, a key control message during a process of a key exchange. The key control message indicates the first apparatus to: generate a key by applying a cipher algorithm to be used and transmit the key, or confirm a key corresponding to a currently used cipher algorithm. The key control message further indicates the first apparatus to generate a key report based on the key control message, and transmit the key report to the second apparatus. In this way, the key and the cipher algorithm in the communication process of the first apparatuses and the second apparatuses can be matched, and the channel working stability is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Dan GENG, Werner VAN HOOF, Hai Jun LU
  • Publication number: 20260058329
    Abstract: A battery cell includes a housing (14), a terminal (30) coupled to the housing (14), an electrode assembly (18) positioned within the housing (14), a conductor (38) including a first portion (74) coupled to the electrode assembly (18) and a second portion (78) coupled to the terminal (30), and one or more fuses coupled to the conductor (38) and situated at least partially between the first and second portions. The first and second portions of the conductor (38) are folded in opposite directions to form the conductor into an S-shape, and the one or more fuses are rated for interrupting current flow between the terminal (30) and the electrode assembly (18) in response to an overcurrent event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Publication date: February 26, 2026
    Inventors: Dan GENG, Denis Gaston FAUTEUX, Jin Wei LI, Chi LIANG
  • Publication number: 20250386125
    Abstract: Example embodiments of the disclosure relate to a method, a device, an apparatus, and medium for passive optical network activation. According to example embodiments of the present disclosure, a first apparatus transmits first information to a second apparatus. The first information indicates a first random delay value generated at the first apparatus and a first serial number of the first apparatus. The first apparatus also receives second information from the second apparatus. The second information indicates an identity assigned by the second apparatus and one or more of a second random delay value or a second serial number. In this way, the serial number may be prevented from being stolen by malicious device, and meanwhile, it may be ensured that the first apparatus may accurately recognize the identity assigned to the first apparatus by the second apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2025
    Publication date: December 18, 2025
    Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Dan GENG, Hai Jun LU, Yannick SILLIS, Frank VAN DER PUTTEN, Werner VAN HOOF
  • Publication number: 20250309509
    Abstract: A cylindrical battery with expansion tape including an outer housing and a wound core accommodated in the outer housing, wherein the wound core is obtained by winding and flattening a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet and a separator. The wound core includes a positive electrode end face and a negative electrode end face, and expansion tape is wound around an outer periphery of the wound core. At least at a positive electrode end of the wound core, before expansion of the expansion tape, the top of the expansion tape is level with or higher than the top of the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2025
    Publication date: October 2, 2025
    Inventors: Kun WU, Jia Qing WU, Dan GENG, Jin Wei LI
  • Patent number: 12431368
    Abstract: A method of controlling a pressure in a process chamber of a semiconductor heat treatment device includes: obtaining an actual pressure value in the process chamber; determining a first valve opening value for controlling opening an exhaust valve according to a difference between the actual pressure value and a preset target pressure value; determining a first valve opening change value according to the first valve opening value and a current valve opening value; determining whether the first valve opening change value is within a preset fluctuation range of a valve opening change value corresponding to a current process stage; and in response to the first valve opening change value being within the fluctuation range, adjusting opening of an exhaust valve according to the first valve opening value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2025
    Assignee: BEIJING NAURA MICROELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yan Jia, Dan Geng, Zhimin Chen
  • Publication number: 20250246771
    Abstract: [A] current collector with embossed bumps, includes a central region and edge regions, the central region being used for welding to the housing of the battery; the central region is provided with a plurality of embossed bumps in a cross array distribution. In one embodiment, the number of embossed bumps in each row is sequentially cross-distributed in odd and even numbers. In one embodiment, the embossed bumps in the odd number row are located on the symmetry axis of the two embossed bumps in the even number row. In one embodiment, three adjacent embossed bumps are distributed in an equilateral triangle. This embossed bumps design can increase the melting area of the weld by 24%, thereby increasing the welding strength at the bottom and increasing the welding firmness, and meanwhile reduce the internal resistance of the bottom welding point by 22%, thereby reducing the dissipation of electrical energy due to the internal resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Kun WU, Dan GENG, Jia Qing WU
  • Publication number: 20250226557
    Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell comprising a jelly roll assembly comprising an anode sheet, a cathode sheet, a rubbing region formed at an uncoated region at the end of one of the anode sheet and the cathode sheet. The cylindrical battery cell further includes one or more separator sheets that separate the anode from the cathode and a header, a weld plate that provides an electrical connection between the jelly roll assembly and the header, and an outer housing and an insulator that separates the jelly roll assembly from the outer housing. The insulator includes a neck portion, an angular portion, a skirt portion, and a tapered portion. The neck portion is positioned between the outer housing and an extension portion of the weld plate. The angular portion is positioned between the neck portion and the skirt portion and positioned between the rubbing region and the outer housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2022
    Publication date: July 10, 2025
    Inventors: Dan GENG, Denis Gaston FAUTEUX, Jin Wei LI
  • Publication number: 20250174843
    Abstract: A current collecting plate for a positive electrode of a battery unit, the current collecting plate comprising a first connecting portion, the first connecting portion being formed as a main body portion of the current collecting plate, and the first connecting portion being used for being welded to a positive electrode of a battery unit; a second connecting portion that is arranged in the middle of the main body portion; and a narrow portion that connects the first connecting portion and the second connecting portion, the narrow portion extending through a virtual center of the main body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: May 29, 2025
    Inventors: Jin Wei LI, Dan GENG
  • Publication number: 20250132350
    Abstract: A battery current collector plate and a battery, the current collector plate comprising a current collector plate body and a weld zone, the current collector plate body having a first face for contacting a rolled core, and a second face opposite the first face; at least a portion of the second face is provided with the weld zone, and the weld zone has a lower laser reflectivity than the first face. In the present utility model, the weld zone of low laser reflectivity is provided on the current collector plate, such that a surface of the current collector plate absorbs laser energy more effectively, thereby increasing the efficiency and precision of welding. At the same time, the weld zone of low laser reflectivity can also reduce the temperature and the amount of heat generated during laser welding, thereby safeguarding the performance and stability of a rolled core assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Jin Wei LI, Dan GENG
  • Publication number: 20250112339
    Abstract: A current collecting plate for a negative electrode of a battery unit. The current collecting plate comprises: a main body part that forms a main body of the current collecting plate; a welding region that is arranged at the approximate center of the main body part; and a connecting part that connects the welding region to the main body part, wherein in addition to being connected to the connecting part, the welding region is separated from the main body part by a through opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Jin Wei LI, Dan GENG
  • Publication number: 20250038246
    Abstract: A battery electrode sheet, a cylindrical battery, and a method for manufacturing same. The battery electrode sheet comprises a coated zone coated with an electrode material, and a bare foil zone, the bare foil zone being provided with multiple oblique slots and multiple oblique protrusions in an alternating manner. The cylindrical battery comprises a positive electrode sheet, a negative electrode sheet and a separator, the positive electrode sheet and/or the negative electrode sheet being the battery electrode sheet. The method for manufacturing a cylindrical battery comprises flattening positive/negative electrode end faces of a cell, wherein the direction of flattening is the same as the direction of inclination of oblique protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Dan GENG, Kun WU, Jin Wei LI
  • Publication number: 20250023215
    Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell. The cylindrical battery cell includes an anode, a cathode, one or more separator sheets that separates the anode from the cathode, an electrolyte and a cylindrical housing. The anode, the one or more separator sheets, and the cathode are rolled together to form a roll and the anode, the cathode and the one or more separators form concentric layers within the roll. The roll is seated in the cylindrical housing. At least one of the anode and the cathode includes a plurality of apertures formed from an inner radial surface of the roll to an outer radial surface of the roll. The plurality of apertures form passageways that are configured to facilitate a flow of the electrolyte within the roll such that the electrolyte flows into the roll.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Dan GENG, Denis FAUTEUX, Jin Wei LI
  • Publication number: 20240414459
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an optical line terminal (OLT), an optical network unit (ONU), communication methods, communication apparatuses, and computer-readable media. In an exemplary method, the OLT determines an optical communication capability of the OLT which includes at least one of the following: at least two upstream wavelength options supported by the OLT, a passive optical network (PON) mode associated with the OLT, and an upstream modulation format used by the OLT. In the method, the OLT further transmits, to the ONU, at least one indicator indicating the optical communication capability. In this way, the OLT can negotiate the optical communication capability with the ONU, thus avoiding data transmission failures or performance degradation caused by device incompatibility.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2024
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Applicant: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Dan GENG, Hai Jun LU, Werner VAN HOOF
  • Publication number: 20240405189
    Abstract: An electrode sheet for a lithium ion battery, comprising a coated part coated with an electrode material along a length direction of the sheet and an uncoated part uncoated with the electrode material, wherein the sheet comprises a sheet head and a sheet tail; the uncoated part of the sheet head is provided with a head notch; and the uncoated part of the sheet tail is provided with a tail notch. In the present invention, notches of specific shapes and sizes are provided in the uncoated parts of the head and tail ends of the electrode sheet, respectively, which can diminish the problem of a tab end face becoming larger in diameter, protruded outward or folded when flattened, and diminish the problem of a center hole being blocked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Ke LU, Dan GENG, Jin Wei LI
  • Publication number: 20240355646
    Abstract: A method of controlling a pressure in a process chamber of a semiconductor heat treatment device includes: obtaining an actual pressure value in the process chamber; determining a first valve opening value for controlling opening an exhaust valve according to a difference between the actual pressure value and a preset target pressure value; determining a first valve opening change value according to the first valve opening value and a current valve opening value; determining whether the first valve opening change value is within a preset fluctuation range of a valve opening change value corresponding to a current process stage; and in response to the first valve opening change value being within the fluctuation range, adjusting opening of an exhaust valve according to the first valve opening value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Yan JIA, Dan GENG, Zhimin CHEN
  • Patent number: 12126947
    Abstract: In response to a first channel associated with a first OLT and a second channel associated with a second OLT being enabled for target traffic, a traffic scheduler for scheduling the target traffic is determined by the first OLT. The first channel and the second channel correspond to a first wavelength and a second wavelength, respectively. The first OLT transmits channel configurations and offset information to an ONU, based on scheduling of a first group of data units and a second group of data units of the target traffic by the traffic scheduler on the first channel and the second channel, respectively. The channel configurations indicate channel identifications associated with the first channel and the second channel, and the offset information indicates timing information of the first group of data units and the second group of data units corresponding to physical frames transmitted on the first and second channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Dongxu Zhang, Chenhui Ye, Dan Geng
  • Publication number: 20240314475
    Abstract: Provided are a data processing method and apparatus for a Passive Optical Network (PON) system and a PON system. The method includes: a first partial bandwidth is allocated to a first Optical Network Unit (ONU) within a first time window, the first ONU having completed registration and being in a working state; and a first data frame from the first ONU is received within a time corresponding to the first partial bandwidth, and a second data frame from a second ONU is detected within the first time window, the second ONU having not completed registration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Inventors: Weiliang ZHANG, Liquan YUAN, Zheng LIU, Dan GENG, Yong GUO, Yongjia YIN
  • Patent number: 12088975
    Abstract: In response to a first channel associated with a first OLT and a second channel associated with a second OLT being enabled for target traffic, a traffic scheduler for scheduling the target traffic is determined by the first OLT. The first channel and the second channel correspond to a first wavelength and a second wavelength, respectively. The first OLT transmits channel configurations and offset information to an ONU, based on scheduling of a first group of data units and a second group of data units of the target traffic by the traffic scheduler on the first channel and the second channel, respectively. The channel configurations indicate channel identifications associated with the first channel and the second channel, and the offset information indicates timing information of the first group of data units and the second group of data units corresponding to physical frames transmitted on the first and second channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: Nokia Solutions and Networks Oy
    Inventors: Dongxu Zhang, Chenhui Ye, Dan Geng
  • Publication number: 20240258531
    Abstract: In an example, a battery includes a metal foil. A coating is disposed on a portion of the metal foil, and an uncoated portion of the metal foil corresponds to an electrode member of the battery. The battery further includes a ceramic barrier disposed on at least a portion of a boundary between the electrode member and the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Aditya SUBRAMANIAN, Denis Gaston FAUTEUX, Dan GENG, Jin Wei LI