Patents by Inventor Jie Zhu

Jie Zhu 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: 11654220
    Abstract: A dialysis machine (e.g., a peritoneal dialysis (PD) machine) can include a patient line that provides dialysate solution to a patient and removes effluent dialysate from the patient through a catheter. During a drain phase of a PD treatment, an occlusion can occur at different locations in the patient line and/or catheter. A pressure sensor can detect a change in pressure of the fluid at the proximal end of the patient line to infer a potential occlusion in the patient line. Prior to setting an alarm to alert the patient of the blockage in the patient line, operating parameters of the PD machine can be changed to attempt to correct the issue. In an embodiment, the pump mechanism can be cycled at a reduced speed or a reduced rate in order to confirm the occlusion or attempt to alleviate the low fluid flow condition before the alarm is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Fresenius Medical Care Holdings, Inc.
    Inventors: Kulwinder S. Plahey, Jie Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230133131
    Abstract: A method for capturing, by a host vehicle camera, an image of a leading vehicle, estimating a leading vehicle dimension and a first distance between a host vehicle and the leading vehicle in response to the image, receiving a data indicative of a traffic signal location and a traffic signal cycle state, determining a second distance between the host vehicle and the traffic signal, estimating a traffic signal view obstruction in response to the leading vehicle dimension, the first distance, and the second distance, and generating a graphical user interface indicative of the traffic signal cycle state in response to the traffic signal view obstruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Naserian, Feiyu Cong, Jie Zhu, Curtis L. Hay, Priya B. Abraham
  • Publication number: 20230132658
    Abstract: A method for providing a driver alert including receiving a traffic signal phase state and a time remaining in the traffic signal phase state, determining a move forward time in response to the traffic signal phase state being red and the time remaining in the traffic signal phase state, displaying the move forward time to a driver, determining a driver attentiveness level, and generating a driver alert in response to the driver attentiveness level being below a threshold attentiveness level and the move forward time being less than a threshold time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 4, 2023
    Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Mohammad Naserian, Feiyu Cong, Jie Zhu, Curtis L. Hay, Priya B. Abraham
  • Patent number: 11623210
    Abstract: A method for preparing a silicate/carbon composite from attapulgite, and use of the silicate/carbon composite are disclosed. The preparation method includes: (1) with attapulgite as a raw material, preparing SiO2 with a special structure; (2) dispersing the prepared SiO2 in water to obtain a suspension, and subjecting the suspension to ultrasonic dispersion; dissolving a metal nitrate in the suspension, adding NH4Cl, and adding ammonia water dropwise to the suspension; and adding sucrose to obtain a suspension; (3) subjecting the suspension to microwave hydrothermal reaction; after the reaction is completed, centrifuging a resulting system; and separating a resulting solid; and (4) subjecting the solid to high-temperature calcination in a muffle furnace, and grinding a resulting product to obtain the silicate/carbon composite, which can be used in photocatalytic ammonia synthesis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiazhang Li, Haiguang Zhang, Xini Chu, Jie Zhu, Xiangyu Yan, Shixiang Zuo, Chao Yao, Wenjie Liu, Huihui Mao
  • Patent number: 11621812
    Abstract: Devices, systems and methods for a fifth generation (5G) or new radio (NR) system comprising multiplexing, by a gNodeB (gNB), a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) and an associated demodulation reference signal (DMRS) in a time division multiplexing (TDM) manner; and transmitting, by the gNB, the PBCH by employing a Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) waveform and its associated DMRS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Gang Xiong, Dae Won Lee, Gregory Morozov, Yushu Zhang, Jie Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230079966
    Abstract: A display panel and a display apparatus. The display panel includes a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, the display area includes a first display area and a second display area, and a light transmittance of the first display area is greater than a light transmittance of the second display area; the display panel includes: a plurality of first pixel units, located in the first display area, the first pixel unit includes a plurality of first sub-pixels with at least three colors; a plurality of demultiplexers, located in the non-display area, the demultiplexer includes at least two signal output terminals with different charging modes, and the first sub-pixels with a same color in the first pixel units are electrically connected to the signal output terminals with a same charging mode in the demultiplexers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicant: KunShan Go-Visionox Opto-Electronics Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Huiling LU, Lu ZHANG, Jie ZHU, Siming HU
  • Patent number: 11583949
    Abstract: A swing/rotating gas metal arc welding torch, include a hollow shaft motor and a feeder panel. An upper extending shaft of the feeder panel penetrates through a brush mechanism, and is fixedly connected to a lower extension shaft of the hollow shaft by means of a coupling, and a lower extending shaft of the feeder panel penetrates through a support bearing mounted in a brush base and is then connected to an eccentric or bent conductive rod mechanism; the motor base is fixedly connected to the brush base by means of connecting screws, and a welding shielding gas is provided and welding torch cooling is achieved by means of inner holes of the connecting screws as well as a built-in gas passage and a cooling water passage of the brush base; the length of the conductive rod mechanism is adjusted by means of modulation or extension and retraction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NANTONG DONGDE STEEL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jiayou Wang, Jie Zhu, Tianwei Wang, Wei Wang, Kai Wang, Da Jiang, Biao Wang, Yuqing Jiang, Jianjian Pang, Luxiao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230025219
    Abstract: In an anti-fuse memory reading circuit with controllable reading time, a reading time control circuit generates a control signal corresponding to reading time. Based on a clock signal, a programmable reading pulse generation circuit generates a reading pulse with a pulse width corresponding to the control signal. Based on the reading pulse and the control signal, the reading amplification circuit selects a pull-up current source corresponding to the reading time, pulls up a voltage on a bit line (BL) of an anti-fuse memory cell, reads data stored in the anti-fuse memory cell starting from a rising edge of the reading pulse, and latches the read data at a falling edge of the reading pulse. The anti-fuse memory reading circuit can generate a reading pulse with a corresponding pulse width and a pull-up current source with a corresponding size based on the required reading time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: WUXI ESIONTECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhengzhou CAO, Jie ZHU, Yanfei ZHANG, Jing SUN, Zhenkai JI, Zhengnan DING
  • Patent number: 11563610
    Abstract: A device of a New Radio (NR) User Equipment (UE), a method and a machine readable medium to implement the method. The device includes a Radio Frequency (RF) interface, and processing circuitry coupled to the RF interface, the processing circuitry to: encode for transmission, to a User Equipment (UE), a Synchronization Signal Block (SSB) including a Physical Broadcast Channel (PBCH) and a channel estimation signal that is time division multiplexed with the PBCH, the channel estimation signal to allow the UE to estimate a channel for the PBCH and including one of a Secondary Synchronization Signal (SSS), a Demodulation Reference Signal (DMRS) or a Phase Tracking Reference Signal (PT-RS); and apply Discrete Fourier Transform-spread-Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (DFT-s-OFDM) to the PBCH prior to sending the SSB to the RF interface for transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gang Xiong, Gregory V. Morozov, Jie Zhu, Yushu Zhang, Dae Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11542475
    Abstract: The present invention relates generally to a three-dimensional cell and tissue culture system for the female reproductive tract. In particular provided herein the system includes individual female reproductive cultures in a dynamic microfluidic setting or integrated using a microfluidic microphysiologic system. In some embodiments, the present invention provides ex-vivo female reproductive tract integration in a three dimensional (3D) microphysiologic system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignees: The Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois, Northwestern University
    Inventors: Teresa K. Woodruff, Ji-Yong Julie Kim, Joanna E. Burdette, Spiro Getsios, Sevim Yildiz Arslan, Shuo Xiao, Jie Zhu
  • Publication number: 20220414917
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for obtaining 3D information of a vehicle are provided. The method includes: first determining a body boundary line of a first vehicle, and then determining an observation angle and/or an orientation angle of the first vehicle based on the body boundary line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 2, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Yiqiang CHEN, Jie ZHU, Lijun XUE
  • Publication number: 20220407453
    Abstract: A radiatively cooled solar array, including a downwardly-facing solar cell and a mirror positioned below the solar cell and oriented to direct sunlight onto the solar cell. The assembly also includes a heat sink in thermal communication with the solar cell and disposed opposite the mirror. The heat sink is in radiative communication through Earth's atmosphere with outer space.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Peter Andrew Bermel, David Jonathan Kortge, Ze Wang, Zhiguang Zhou, Jie Zhu
  • Patent number: 11528672
    Abstract: An apparatus of a user equipment (UE) includes processing circuitry, where to configure the UE for New Radio (NR) communications above a 52.6 GHz carrier frequency, the processing circuitry is to decode higher layer signaling, the higher layer signaling including a default slot duration for a transmission of control signaling. The control signaling includes a synchronization signal (SS) and a physical broadcast channel (PBCH) signaling. Synchronization information within a SS block is decoded. The SS block is received within a SS burst set and occupying a plurality of symbols within a slot having the default slot duration. A synchronization procedure is performed with a next generation Node-B (gNB) based on the synchronization information within the SS block and the PBCH signaling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Intel Corporation
    Inventors: Gang Xiong, Avik Sengupta, Yushu Zhang, Jie Zhu, Dae Won Lee, Alexei Vladimirovich Davydov, Gregory Vladimirovich Morozov
  • Publication number: 20220388088
    Abstract: A swing/rotating gas metal arc welding torch, include a hollow shaft motor and a feeder panel. An upper extending shaft of the feeder panel penetrates through a brush mechanism, and is fixedly connected to a lower extension shaft of the hollow shaft by means of a coupling, and a lower extending shaft of the feeder panel penetrates through a support bearing mounted in a brush base and is then connected to an eccentric or bent conductive rod mechanism; the motor base is fixedly connected to the brush base by means of connecting screws, and a welding shielding gas is provided and welding torch cooling is achieved by means of inner holes of the connecting screws as well as a built-in gas passage and a cooling water passage of the brush base; the length of the conductive rod mechanism is adjusted by means of modulation or extension and retraction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Applicants: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NANTONG DONGDE STEEL CO., LTD
    Inventors: Jiayou WANG, Jie ZHU, Tianwei WANG, Wei WANG, Kai WANG, Da JIANG, Biao WANG, Yuqing JIANG, Jianjian PANG, Luxiao ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20220378072
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to enzymes, such as cucurbitadienol synthase (CDS), UDP-glycosyltransferase (UGT), C11 hydroxylase, epoxide hydrolase (EPH), squalene epoxidase (SQE), and/or cytochrome P450 reductase enzymes, recombinant host cells expressing the enzymes, and methods of producing mogrol precursors, mogrol, and/or mogrosides using such recombinant cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Applicant: Ginkgo Bioworks, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey Ian Boucher, Matthew McMahon, Scott Marr, Jie Zhu
  • Patent number: 11479835
    Abstract: A SnBiSb series low-temperature lead-free solder and a preparation method thereof, which belongs to the technical field of low-temperature soldering. The lead-free solder includes by weight the following composition: 32.8-56.5% of Bi, 0.7-2.2% of Sb, with the remainder being Sn, wherein the weight percentages of Bi and Sb satisfy a relationship of b=0.006a2?0.672a+19.61+c, wherein the symbol a represents the weight percentage of Bi, the symbol b represents the weight percentage of Sb, and the range of c is ?1.85?c?1.85. The solder alloy has a peritectic or near peritectic structure with a low melting point, and has an excellent mechanical performance and reliability, and applicable to the field of low-temperature soldering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: BEIJING COMPO ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Shaoming Zhang, Huijun He, Xixue Liu, Yanbin Sun, Zhigang Wang, Qiang Hu, Ning An, Fuwen Zhang, Jie Zhu, Jiangsong Zhang, Lirong Wang, Huankun Zhang, Lei Xu, Zhihua Zhu, Pin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20220330381
    Abstract: A user equipment (UE) can include processing circuitry coupled to memory. To configure the UE for New Radio (NR) communications above a 52.6 GHz carrier frequency, the processing circuitry is to decode radio resource control (RRC) signaling to obtain a cyclic shift value in time domain. The cyclic shift value is associated with a demodulation reference signal (DM-RS) antenna port (AP) of a plurality of available DM-RS APs. A single carrier based waveform DM-RS sequence corresponding to the DM-RS AP is generated using a base sequence and the cyclic shift value. The single carrier based waveform DM-RS sequence is encoded with uplink data for transmission to a base station using a physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) using a carrier above the 52.6 GHz carrier frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Gang Xiong, Yushu Zhang, Dae Won Lee, Alexei Vladimirovich Davydov, Seunghee Han, Jie Zhu, Dmitry Belov, Debdeep Chatterjee, Andrey Chervyakov, Fatemeh Hamidi-Sepehr, Hong He, Toufiqul Islam, Jeongho Jeon, Alexey Vladimirovich Khoryaev, Lopamudra Kundu, Yongjun Kwak, Jose Armando Oviedo, Sergey Panteleev, Mikhail Shilov, Sergey Sosnin, Salvatore Talarico, Jan Zaleski
  • Patent number: 11470425
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a speaker, comprising a vibration system including a speaker diaphragm and a magnetic circuit system cooperating with the vibration system. The speaker diaphragm comprises a thermoplastic polyester elastomer membrane and has a vibration amplitude of 0.25-1 mm, and the speaker has F0 of 150-1500 Hz. The speaker has the characteristic of good listening effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Goertek Inc.
    Inventors: Ting Wang, Guodong Zhao, Jie Zhu, Chun Li, Chunfa Liu
  • Publication number: 20220305475
    Abstract: A method for preparing a silicate/carbon composite from attapulgite, and use of the silicate/carbon composite are disclosed. The preparation method includes: (1) with attapulgite as a raw material, preparing SiO2 with a special structure; (2) dispersing the prepared SiO2 in water to obtain a suspension, and subjecting the suspension to ultrasonic dispersion; dissolving a metal nitrate in the suspension, adding NH4Cl, and adding ammonia water dropwise to the suspension; and adding sucrose to obtain a suspension; (3) subjecting the suspension to microwave hydrothermal reaction; after the reaction is completed, centrifuging a resulting system; and separating a resulting solid; and (4) subjecting the solid to high-temperature calcination in a muffle furnace, and grinding a resulting product to obtain the silicate/carbon composite, which can be used in photocatalytic ammonia synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: CHANGZHOU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xiazhang LI, Haiguang ZHANG, Xini CHU, Jie ZHU, Xiangyu YAN, Shixiang ZUO, Chao YAO, Wenjie LIU, Huihui MAO
  • Patent number: 11457316
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a speaker diaphragm and a speaker. The diaphragm includes a thermoplastic polyester elastomer film layer (11), a thermoplastic polyester elastomer being a copolymer composed of a polyester hard segment A and a polyether or aliphatic polyester soft segment B, wherein a mass percentage of the polyester hard segment A is 10-95%. The speaker diaphragm features high structural strength, is not easy to be damaged, and has good toughness and resilience and a good sound generation effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: Goertek Inc.
    Inventors: Ting Wang, Guodong Zhao, Jie Zhu, Chun Li, Chunfa Liu