Patents by Inventor Hu Xu

Hu Xu 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: 11694281
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request from a client system associated with a user, generating a response to the user request which references one or more entities, generating a personalized recommendation based on the user request and the response, wherein the personalized recommendation references one or more of the entities of the response, and sending instructions for presenting the response and the personalized recommendation to the client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Honglei Liu, Hao Zhou, Seungwhan Moon, Bing Liu, Yulong Qiu, Daniel Chai, Pararth Paresh Shah, Xiaolei Li, Rajen Subba, Hu Xu
  • Publication number: 20230187788
    Abstract: The present application discloses a secondary battery, a battery module, and a device using the secondary battery as a power source. The secondary battery includes: a casing; an electrode assembly disposed in the casing; a cap assembly; and a current collecting member including an adapting piece and a connecting component provided separately and connected with each other; the adapting piece connected with the electrode terminal of the cap assembly and including a guiding section; the connecting component including a current collecting section to be connected with the guiding section and a tab connecting section to be connected with the electrode assembly; and the connecting component has a rigidity less than that of the guiding section, so that deformation of the guiding section toward the electrode assembly can be reduced when a portion of the connecting component connected with the electrode assembly is bent with respect to the length direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventor: Hu XU
  • Patent number: 11651451
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request from a client system associated with a user, generating a response to the user request which references one or more entities, generating a personalized recommendation based on the user request and the response, wherein the personalized recommendation references one or more of the entities of the response, and sending instructions for presenting the response and the personalized recommendation to the client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Honglei Liu, Hao Zhou, Seungwhan Moon, Bing Liu, Yulong Qiu, Daniel Chai, Pararth Paresh Shah, Xiaolei Li, Rajen Subba, Hu Xu
  • Publication number: 20230106248
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode assembly and a manufacturing method and apparatus therefor, a battery, and a power consuming device, the electrode assembly being used for a battery cell and the electrode assembly including: a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate that have opposite polarities, where the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate each include a main body portion and a tab projecting from the main body portion, and the first electrode plate and the second electrode plate are wound about a winding axis; and an end portion of the wound main body includes at least one conductive region and at least one liquid guiding region, where the tab is led out of the conductive region, is wound by at least one turn, and is used for electrical connection to a terminal of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2022
    Publication date: April 6, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Hu XU, Siying HUANG, Fenggang ZHAO, Haizu JIN
  • Patent number: 11621937
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request from a client system associated with a user, generating a response to the user request which references one or more entities, generating a personalized recommendation based on the user request and the response, wherein the personalized recommendation references one or more of the entities of the response, and sending instructions for presenting the response and the personalized recommendation to the client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Honglei Liu, Hao Zhou, Seungwhan Moon, Bing Liu, Yulong Qiu, Daniel Chai, Pararth Paresh Shah, Xiaolei Li, Rajen Subba, Hu Xu
  • Patent number: 11612864
    Abstract: A beverage mixing assembly for mixing a gas into a liquid to thereby form a solution includes a mixer body having a first upstream inlet configured to receive the gas, a second upstream inlet configured to receive the liquid, and a downstream outlet configured to dispense the solution from the mixer body. The first upstream inlet defines a first orifice configured to spray the gas into the mixer body and the second upstream inlet defines a second orifice configured to spray the liquid into the mixer body such that the gas collides into the liquid as the liquid conveys from the second upstream inlet to the downstream outlet to thereby mix into the liquid and form the solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: Marmon Foodservice Technologies, Inc., Cornelius (Tianjin) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Peiyuan Yang, Tinghao Chen, Yulong Liu, Hu Xu, Wei Xing, Weidong Song
  • Patent number: 11599692
    Abstract: A calculation method of limit load, deformation and energy dissipating of a ring net panel of a flexible protection net, includes step (1): determining geometrical parameters of the ring net, connection type of steel rings, and diameter of steel wires; step (2): determining a loading rate, a loaded region and a boundary condition of the ring net panel; step (3): obtaining basic mechanical parameters of materials through tests, and establishing a critical damage criterion of the ring net panel; step (4): establishing an equivalent calculation model of a ring net panel based on a fiber-spring unit; and step (5): calculating a puncturing displacement, a puncturing load and energy dissipating of the ring net panel. The method adopts a calculation assumption of load path equivalence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignees: SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY, SOUTHWEST JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY CHENGDU DESIGN INSTITUTE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhixiang Yu, Liru Luo, Yuntao Jin, Liping Guo, Hu Xu, Xin Qi, Lei Zhao, Shichun Zhao
  • Patent number: 11595342
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a user request from a client system associated with a user, generating a response to the user request which references one or more entities, generating a personalized recommendation based on the user request and the response, wherein the personalized recommendation references one or more of the entities of the response, and sending instructions for presenting the response and the personalized recommendation to the client system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Meta Platforms, Inc.
    Inventors: Honglei Liu, Hao Zhou, Seungwhan Moon, Bing Liu, Yulong Qiu, Daniel Chai, Pararth Paresh Shah, Xiaolei Li, Rajen Subba, Hu Xu
  • Publication number: 20220416232
    Abstract: An electrode assembly, a method and system for manufacturing same, a battery cell, and a battery are provided. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate that are stacked. A positive active material layer of the positive electrode plate is disposed opposite to a negative active material layer of the negative electrode plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventor: Hu Xu
  • Patent number: 11535990
    Abstract: A two-stage energy dissipation type shed tunnel support structure connected by a principle of Dougong and a design method thereof are provided. The two-stage energy dissipation type shed tunnel support structure includes a Dougong joint domain, crossbeams and columns. The Dougong joint domain includes section steel members, wavy-wall cylindrical elastoplastic buffers, U-shaped sliding connecting troughs and high-strength bolts. Multiple layers of the section steel members are orthogonally stacked to form a Dougong shape, the wavy-wall cylindrical elastoplastic buffers are arranged between adjacent layers of the section steel members, and the U-shaped sliding connecting troughs are arranged at upper and lower ends of the wavy-wall cylindrical elastoplastic buffers, which realizes a connection between the wavy-wall cylindrical elastoplastic buffers and a section steel in two orthogonal directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignees: Southwest Jiaotong University, Southwest Jiaotong University Chengdu Design Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhixiang Yu, Liru Luo, Linxu Liao, Yuntao Jin, Lijun Zhang, Hu Xu, Lei Zhao, Hao Zhao, Shichun Zhao
  • Publication number: 20220384918
    Abstract: An electrode assembly and related battery, device, manufacturing method, and manufacturing device are provided. In some embodiments, the electrode assembly includes: a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate that are of opposite polarities, where an active material region of the first electrode plate and an active material region of the second electrode plate are wound to form a body portion, a non-active material region of the first electrode plate or a non-active material region of the second electrode plate is wound to form a tab, and the tab includes a bend portion bent against the body portion; and a guide piece. At least a part of the guide piece is located in the bend portion, and the guide piece is configured to guide an electrolytic solution into an interior of the body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Hu Xu, Xing Li, Miaomiao Ren, Haizu Jin
  • Publication number: 20220376371
    Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, a device, a manufacturing method, and a manufacturing device are provided. In some embodiments, the electrode assembly includes at least two electrode plates, including a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate that are of opposite polarities. The first electrode plate and the second electrode plate are wound around a winding axis to form a multilayer structure. The multilayer structure includes an accommodation cavity extending along a direction of the winding axis. The accommodation cavity is configured to accommodate an electrolytic solution. The electrode assembly further includes at least one guide path extending along a first direction. The first direction is a direction perpendicular to the winding axis. The guide path is configured to guide the electrolytic solution out of the accommodation cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2022
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Inventors: Hu Xu, Xing Li, Haizu Jin, Shaojun Niu, Miaomiao Ren
  • Publication number: 20220367921
    Abstract: The embodiments of the application provide an electrode assembly and a manufacturing method and manufacturing system therefor, a battery cell and a battery. The electrode assembly includes a negative pole piece and a positive pole piece, the negative pole piece and the positive pole piece are wound to form a winding structure including a bending region and a straight region. Both the negative pole piece and the positive pole piece include a plurality of bent portions located in the bent area and a plurality of straight portions located in the straight area. At least one of the bent portions of the positive pole piece is a first bent portion, and/or at least one of the bent portions of the negative pole piece is a second bent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Yi Zheng, Haiyang Kang, Hu Xu, Chengdong Sun
  • Publication number: 20220367918
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery and an electric device. The electrode assembly in the embodiments of the application includes a positive pole piece and a negative pole piece, the positive pole piece and the negative pole piece are wound in a winding direction to form a winding structure including a bent region. The positive pole piece and the negative pole piece each includes a plurality of bent portions located in the bent region, at least one of the bent portions in the positive pole piece is a first bent portion and at least one of the bent portions in the negative pole piece is a second bent portion adjacent to the first bent portion. The electrode assembly is provided with a first barrier. The application can improve the safety performance of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Hu XU, Haizu JIN
  • Publication number: 20220367968
    Abstract: A battery, an electrical device, and a method and device for manufacturing a battery are provides. In some embodiments, the battery includes: a plurality of battery cells arranged along a first direction. Each battery cell includes an end cap and a housing, an opening is made at an end of the housing along the first direction, the end cap is configured to close the opening, and the housing includes a first wall extending along the first direction. A pressure relief region is provided on the first wall. The pressure relief region is configured to release pressure along a second direction when an internal pressure or temperature of the battery cell reaches a threshold. The second direction intersects the first direction. In this way, various embodiments improve safety of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Haizu Jin, Hu Xu, Yuqun Zeng, Chengdu Liang
  • Publication number: 20220333393
    Abstract: A flexible glass protective net with landscape function for falling objects and a design method thereof includes flexible support ropes, buckling clamps, articulated pieces, glass plates and seam rubber strips; the flexible support ropes are arranged crosswise in a grid shape, the buckling clamps are arranged at grid nodes, and the glass plates are arranged in the grids; the glass plate includes pieces of glass, and the pieces of glass are connected by the seam rubber strips at seams; the glass is clamped and fixed by the articulated piece, the tail end of the articulated piece is connected to the buckling clamp, and the glass plate is connected to the buckling clamp via the articulated piece; mutually crossing and separated slots are reserved in the buckling clamps, and the flexible support ropes at the grid nodes respectively pass through the slots.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Applicants: Southwest Jiaotong University, Sichuan Provincial Architectural Design And Research Institute Co.,Ltd
    Inventors: Zhixiang YU, Lijun ZHANG, Shixing ZHAO, Huan HE, Hu XU, Shichun ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20220328883
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application disclose a battery cell, a battery, a power consumption device, a method and an apparatus for producing a battery cell. The power consumption device is equipped with the battery, the battery has one or more battery cells, where the battery cell includes: a housing, with a cylindrical accommodating cavity; and an electrode assembly, arranged in the accommodating cavity, and a projection of the electrode assembly along a height direction of the battery cell is a polygon. Even if the electrode assembly in the battery cell expands after charging and discharging, there is still a remaining space between the electrode assembly and an inner wall of the housing, thereby preventing an outer circumferential surface of the electrode assembly from being pressed by the housing, and the remaining space can allow the electrode assembly to expand to avoid a problem of performance degradation of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hu XU, Xiaomei LIU, Haizu JIN, Chengdu LIANG
  • Publication number: 20220328884
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present application provides an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and an electrode assembly manufacturing method and device, which belong to the technical field of batteries. The electrode assembly includes a positive electrode plate and a negative electrode plate, the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate being wound in a winding direction and forming a winding structure. The positive electrode plate comprises a plurality of first active substance layer regions and at least one first inactive substance layer region; and in an axial direction of the winding structure, the first inactive substance layer region is located between two adjacent first active substance layer regions, wherein, the first inactive substance layer region is provided with a first guide flow through hole, and the first guide flow through hole is configured to penetrate both sides in a thickness direction of the positive electrode plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Applicant: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hu XU, Haizu JIN, Jiang LIU, Xing LI, Chengdu LIANG, Yuqun ZENG
  • Patent number: 11469481
    Abstract: A battery unit includes: an electrode assembly, including a main body portion, and a negative tab and a positive tab, which respectively extend out from both ends of the main body portion along the length direction; a negative terminal and a positive terminal, arranged at the top of the electrode assembly; a first current collector for electrically connecting the negative tab with the negative terminal; and a second current collector for electrically connecting the positive tab with the positive terminal. The first current collector includes a first guiding plate. The first guiding plate is of a flat plate structure, and the negative tab is bent to one side of the first guiding plate away from the main body portion and is connected with the first guiding plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Hu Xu, Youlei Lai, Yuanbao Chen, Miaomiao Ren, Donglai Zheng, Haizu Jin
  • Publication number: 20220311056
    Abstract: An embodiment of the present application provides an electrode assembly, a battery cell, a battery, and a manufacturing method and device for the electrode assembly, which belong to the technical field of batteries. The electrode assembly includes a negative electrode plate and a positive electrode plate. The negative electrode plate includes a negative active material layer located in the straight area, and the positive electrode plate includes a positive active material layer located in the straight area. A first direction is perpendicular to an axial direction of a winding structure. The negative active material layer includes a negative electrode main body portion and negative electrode edge portions located on both sides of the negative electrode main body portion. The electrode assembly of this structure can effectively reduce the risk of lithium plating and improve the safety of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Hu XU, Miaomiao REN, Xing LI, Haizu JIN