Patents by Inventor Fan Zhou

Fan Zhou 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: 20250142246
    Abstract: Disclosed are an earphone and an ear cap applied to the earphone. The ear cap includes a main body and a noise reduction portion, and the main body is provided with an accommodating space and a sound outlet channel in communication with the accommodating space. At least part of the noise reduction portion is located in the accommodating space, an outer diameter of the noise reduction portion decreases along a sound outlet direction, and a noise reduction cavity is formed between an outer side wall of the noise reduction portion and an inner side wall of the main body. The ear cap adopts a double sealing structure of the main body and the noise reduction portion, which can greatly enhance a thickness of the ear cap, so that the ear cap has improved noise reduction performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2025
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Inventors: Xia Nie, Guoming SONG, Fan ZHOU
  • Patent number: 12276809
    Abstract: Disclosed are a super-resolution imaging system (1, 41, 51), a super-resolution imaging method, a biological sample identification system (4, 61) and method, a nucleic acid sequencing imaging system (5) and method, and a nucleic acid identification system (6) and method. The super-resolution imaging system (1, 41, 51) includes an illumination system (A) and an imaging system (B). The illumination system (A) outputs excitation light to irradiate a biological sample to generate excited light, and the imaging system (B) collects and records the excited light to generate an excited light image. The illumination system (A) includes an excitation light source (10, 10a) and a structured light generation and modulation device (11, 11a). The excitation light source (10, 10a) outputs the excitation light, and the structured light generation and modulation device (11, 11a) modulates the excitation light into structured light to irradiate the biological sample to generate the excited light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: BGI SHENZHEN
    Inventors: Jielei Ni, Ming Ni, Fan Zhou, Zeyu Su, Ke Ji, Dong Wei, Mengzhe Shen, Yuanqing Liang, Mei Li, Xun Xu
  • Publication number: 20250086056
    Abstract: A method includes determining a quantity of errors for a bit string based on a quantity of bits having a logical value of one within the bit string and writing an indication corresponding to the quantity of errors for the bit string to an array of memory cells. The method can further include determining that the quantity of errors for the bit string has reached a threshold quantity of errors and refraining from performing a subsequent operation to determine the quantity of errors for the bit string in response to determining that the quantity of errors for the bit string has reached the threshold quantity of errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Leon Zlotnik, Eyal En Gad, Fan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20250045156
    Abstract: A decoding operation is performed by receiving a command to read a correction matrix comprising multiple bit-values from memory of a decoder. The decoding operation also includes, responsive to receipt of the command, generating, using circuitry of a decoder, a predetermined correction matrix comprising a same bit-value. The decoding operation further includes providing the predetermined correction matrix to a decision engine to perform the decoding operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Leon Zlotnik, Fan Zhou
  • Patent number: 12164375
    Abstract: A method includes determining a quantity of errors for a bit string based on a quantity of bits having a logical value of one within the bit string and writing an indication corresponding to the quantity of errors for the bit string to an array of memory cells. The method can further include determining that the quantity of errors for the bit string has reached a threshold quantity of errors and refraining from performing a subsequent operation to determine the quantity of errors for the bit string in response to determining that the quantity of errors for the bit string has reached the threshold quantity of errors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: Micron Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Leon Zlotnik, Eyal En Gad, Fan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240395963
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a TOPCon cell includes following steps: texturing a front side of an silicon wafer and then preparing a PN junction; forming a tunnel oxide layer, an intrinsic polysilicon layer, a doped polysilicon layer, and a silicon oxide mask layer in sequence on a back side of the silicon wafer, wherein the tunnel oxide layer is deposited by PEALD at a deposition temperature of 150° C. to 200° C., the doped polysilicon layer is deposited by PECVD, and the silicon oxide mask layer has a thickness of 10 nm to 40 nm; removing a wraparound silicon oxide mask layer material and a wraparound polysilicon layer material from the front side of the silicon wafer, and then removing the silicon oxide mask layer from the back side; and forming a front electrode on the PN junction and a back electrode on the doped polysilicon layer, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2022
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Inventors: Wenzhou XU, Hao CHEN, Mingzhang DENG, Yu HE, Fan ZHOU, Guoqiang XING, Qian YAO
  • Publication number: 20240369489
    Abstract: An illumination chip includes an illumination array structure and an illumination well. The illumination array structure includes a substrate and multiple illumination units periodically distributed on the substrate. The illumination well is disposed on a surface, extending along the multiple illumination units, of the illumination array structure, where the illumination well is divided into multiple placement units which are configured to place samples, and each placement unit (841) is disposed above a corresponding illumination unit. Illumination units of the multiple illumination units are configured to generate, in a case where the illumination units of the multiple illumination units are illuminated by a light source, surface plasmon structured light to excite fluorescent dyes of samples in corresponding placement units of the multiple placement units, and generate a fluorescence signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Publication date: November 7, 2024
    Inventors: Fan ZHOU, Shaozhuang YANG, Jielei NI, Mengzhe SHEN, Xun XU
  • Publication number: 20240336032
    Abstract: An acid fracturing hose and a preparation method thereof, wherein, the acid fracturing hose includes an inner liner layer, an inner rubber layer, a first buffer layer, a reinforcing layer, a second buffer layer and an outer rubber layer from inside to out in sequence; wherein the inner liner layer is at least one layer of UHMWPE film, the reinforcing layer includes middle rubber layers and steel wire layers that are arranged at intervals, the inner rubber layer and the outer rubber layer are synthetic rubber, and the first buffer layer, the middle rubber layers and the second buffer layer are kiss-coating cord fabrics. The UHMWPE film is used as an inner liner layer, which can be integrated with an inner rubber layer and an outer rubber layer through a high temperature vulcanization process, and the inner liner layer is taken as an inner wall of the hose.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: QINGDAO QINGFLEX HOSE FACTORY
    Inventors: Chen ZHANG, Yanqiu WANG, Fan ZHOU
  • Patent number: 12109777
    Abstract: An acid fracturing hose and a preparation method thereof, wherein, the acid fracturing hose includes an inner liner layer, an inner rubber layer, a first buffer layer, a reinforcing layer, a second buffer layer and an outer rubber layer from inside to out in sequence; wherein the inner liner layer is at least one layer of UHMWPE film, the reinforcing layer includes middle rubber layers and steel wire layers that are arranged at intervals, the inner rubber layer and the outer rubber layer are synthetic rubber, and the first buffer layer, the middle rubber layers and the second buffer layer are kiss-coating cord fabrics. The UHMWPE film is used as an inner liner layer, which can be integrated with an inner rubber layer and an outer rubber layer through a high temperature vulcanization process, and the inner liner layer is taken as an inner wall of the hose.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: QINGDAO QINGFLEX HOSE FACTORY
    Inventors: Chen Zhang, Yanqiu Wang, Fan Zhou
  • Patent number: 12054985
    Abstract: A securing mechanism for blind fascia is provided. The mechanism includes a removable fascia connector that is movable between an engaged position that effects the securing of the fascia and a disengaged position that allows the fascia to be removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2024
    Assignee: LES ENTERPRISES SMARTLUX INC.
    Inventor: Fan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240200083
    Abstract: The present invention provides a precursor plasmid for preparing a plasmid without selectable markers, including: 1) a replication original site; 2) a selectable marker gene; 3) a target gene or a cloning site for inserting the target gene; and 4) paired recombination sites. The paired recombination sites enable the precursor plasmid to perform self-recombination in the presence of recombinase to form a molecule of daughter plasmid and a molecule of circular double-stranded DNA. The daughter plasmid includes the replication original site and the cloning site or target gene. The circular double-stranded DNA includes the selectable marker gene. The present invention also provides a method for preparing a plasmid without selectable markers by using the precursor plasmid. The prepared plasmid without selectable markers can be used in the field of gene and cell therapy as a DNA delivery vector or a virus packaging plasmid vector to improve the safety of the plasmid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2021
    Publication date: June 20, 2024
    Applicant: Nanjing GenScript Biotech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fan Zhou, Yifan Li, Lu Zhang, Hong Li
  • Publication number: 20240186439
    Abstract: In a solar cell, the back surface of a substrate thereof is provided with alternately distributed emitter zones and back surface field zones. An emitter is formed in each emitter zone, and the emitters are made of boron-doped monocrystalline silicon. A back surface field is formed in each back surface field zone; the back surface fields comprise tunneling oxide layers and polycrystalline silicon layers in stacked distribution, the polycrystalline silicon layers being made of phosphorus-doped polycrystalline silicon, and the tunneling oxide layers being located between a polycrystalline silicon layer and a polycrystalline silicon layer. Positive electrodes are electrically connected to the emitters, and negative electrodes are electrically connected to the back surface fields.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 6, 2024
    Inventors: Mingzhang DENG, Wenzhou XU, Yu HE, Hao CHEN, Fan ZHOU, Xiajie MENG, Pengyu ZHOU, Qian YAO, Guoqiang XING
  • Publication number: 20240154233
    Abstract: An energy storage power supply is provided and includes an energy storage power supply. The energy storage power supply includes a detachable mobile power supply socket (9), wherein a front face of the energy storage power supply is configured with a functional panel (20), the functional panel (20) is arranged with a power supply socket box (21), the power supply socket box (21) has a socket receiving slot (17), the mobile power supply socket (9) is detachably mounted in the socket receiving slot (17), and the mobile power supply socket (9) is extractably connected to the energy storage power supply via a wire (18). By arranging the extractable power supply socket box, the power supply socket box can be extracted when the use energy storage power supply is in use, such that the entire energy storage power supply does not need to be moved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Inventor: Fan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240095123
    Abstract: A method includes determining a quantity of errors for a bit string based on a quantity of bits having a logical value of one within the bit string and writing an indication corresponding to the quantity of errors for the bit string to an array of memory cells. The method can further include determining that the quantity of errors for the bit string has reached a threshold quantity of errors and refraining from performing a subsequent operation to determine the quantity of errors for the bit string in response to determining that the quantity of errors for the bit string has reached the threshold quantity of errors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Leon Zlotnik, Eyal En Gad, Fan Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240085717
    Abstract: Disclosed are a super-resolution imaging system (1, 41, 51), a super-resolution imaging method, a biological sample identification system (4, 61) and method, a nucleic acid sequencing imaging system (5) and method, and a nucleic acid identification system (6) and method. The super-resolution imaging system (1, 41, 51) includes an illumination system (A) and an imaging system (B). The illumination system (A) outputs excitation light to irradiate a biological sample to generate excited light, and the imaging system (B) collects and records the excited light to generate an excited light image. The illumination system (A) includes an excitation light source (10, 10a) and a structured light generation and modulation device (11, 11a). The excitation light source (10, 10a) outputs the excitation light, and the structured light generation and modulation device (11, 11a) modulates the excitation light into structured light to irradiate the biological sample to generate the excited light.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: JIELEI NI, MING NI, FAN ZHOU, ZEYU SU, KE JI, DONG WEI, MENGZHE SHEN, YUANQING LIANG, MEI LI, XUN XU
  • Patent number: 11874371
    Abstract: The present invention a sparse optimization method based on cross-shaped three-dimensional imaging sonar array, comprising the following steps: first, constructing a beam pattern simultaneously applicable to a near field and a far field based on a cross-shaped array; then, constructing an energy function required by sparse optimization according to the beam pattern; then, introducing an array element position disturbance into a simulated annealing algorithm to increase the degree of freedom of the sparse process and increase the sparse rate of the sparse array, and using the simulated annealing algorithm to sparse optimization of the energy function; finally, after optimization, a sparse optimization cross-shaped array is obtained. The present invention ensures that the three-dimensional imaging sonar system has the desired performance at any distance, and greatly reduces the hardware complexity of the system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yaowu Chen, Xuesong Liu, Fan Zhou, Rongxin Jiang, Dongdong Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240009357
    Abstract: Provided herein are methods, compositions, devices, and systems for the 3D printing of biomedical implants. In particular, methods and systems are provided for 3D printing of biomedical devices (e.g., endovascular stents) using photo-curable biomaterial inks (e.g., or methacrylated poly(diol citrate)).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Jian Yang, Evan C. Baker, Henry O. T. Ware, Fan Zhou, Cheng Sun, Guillermo A. Ameer, Robert Van Lith
  • Publication number: 20230418994
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method and a system for modularized modeling of equipment entities in simulation field based on meta-model, where meta-modeling is combined with modularized modeling, and equipment simulation entities are divided into different model modules in terms of their physical attributes, behavior attributes, and task reliability attributes; a complete set of metadata is designed to characterize each dimensional attribute of the entity, and a meta-model representation protocol based on extensible markup language (XML) description is used to loosely couple the modeling of each module; after the simulation experiment is designed, the modules are bound for entity instantiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: Aerospace Internet of Things Technology Co.,Ltd
    Inventors: Xiao YANG, Wenjun LI, Shumeng WANG, Fan ZHOU, Hao DONG, Lin GAO, Xuelin YANG, Xuefei WU
  • Patent number: D1059273
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 25, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Inventor: Fan Zhou
  • Patent number: D1070816
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: Anker Innovations Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Fan Zhou, Jingxuan Wei, Zheng Wei, Guoming Song, Qiang Ma