Patents by Inventor Jimmy Li
Jimmy Li 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).
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Publication number: 20200158288Abstract: A method for dispensing liquefied fuel, the method including: providing a non-petroleum fuel as a liquefied fuel to a storage tank; increasing pressure of the liquefied fuel to a target pressure using a pump disposed within the storage tank, where a first portion of the liquefied fuel is bypassed around or at least partially around a heat exchanger, and a second portion of the liquefied fuel is discharged to the heat exchanger, where the heat exchanger is configured to warm the second portion of the liquefied fuel. A dispenser is provided that incorporates a control system that allows coordinated fueling of one or more vehicles simultaneously, where the heat exchanger uses only the fuel itself without external refrigeration to manage final dispensing temperature and the fueling station does not include a storage subsystem disposed between the pump and the dispenser.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2019Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicants: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CLEAN-AND-LOW-CARBON ENERGYInventors: Xianming Jimmy LI, Jeff PICKLES, Edward YOUN, Jeff ALLEN, Anthony KU, Cullen HALL
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Patent number: 10382498Abstract: Controlling aggregation of shared content from multiple presenters during an online conference session includes, at a server having network connectivity, at a server having network connectivity, identifying a master presenter at an endpoint among a plurality of endpoints participating in an online conference session in which at least one of the plurality of endpoints is sharing content with other participants among the plurality of participants at their respective endpoints. One or more assistant presenters are determined among the plurality of participants at their respective endpoints. A master user interface is generated to serve as the user interface on the endpoint of the master presenter and a command is received, via the master user interface, to designate a layout. The layout aggregates shared content from the endpoints of one or more of the assistant presenters to make the layout viewable at the plurality of endpoints.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2016Date of Patent: August 13, 2019Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.Inventors: Yasi Xi, Jimmy Li, Mingfeng Yang, Shun Wang
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Publication number: 20190132836Abstract: A communication protocol overlay that governs wireless data communications between an access point and subscribers. The communication protocol overlay includes a repeating pattern of superframes, each superframe including frames. Each frame includes a beacon emitted by an access point in a downlink communication to the subscribers at a beginning of the frame. Each frame further includes communication slots following the beacon. Each of the communication slots is uniquely assigned to one of the subscribers, permitting the subscriber to perform an uplink communication to the access point, within the communication slot. The beacon is precisely timed, and each of the communication slots follows the beacon with a specified temporal offset. A single superframe of the repeating pattern of superframes serves all subscribers by providing at least one communication slot to each of the subscribers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2017Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: TIONESTA, LLCInventors: Chenchen Jimmy Li, Marvin Sojka, Paul Struhsaker
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Publication number: 20190132839Abstract: A communication protocol overlay that governs wireless data communications between an access point and subscribers. The communication protocol overlay includes a repeating pattern of superframes, each superframe including frames. Each frame includes a beacon emitted by an access point in a downlink communication to the subscribers at a beginning of the frame. Each frame further includes communication slots following the beacon. Each of the communication slots is uniquely assigned to one of the subscribers, permitting the subscriber to perform an uplink communication to the access point, within the communication slot. The beacon is precisely timed, and each of the communication slots follows the beacon with a specified temporal offset. A single superframe of the repeating pattern of superframes serves all subscribers by providing at least one communication slot to each of the subscribers.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2018Publication date: May 2, 2019Applicant: TIONESTA, LLCInventors: Chenchen Jimmy Li, Marvin Sojka, Paul Struhsaker
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Publication number: 20190093881Abstract: A burner apparatus (10) includes a fluid-based flame stabilizer for discharging a stabilized flame therefrom, a burner tile (44), and fuel lances associated with the burner tile. Each of the fuel lances has a discharge nozzle (40). A Coanda feature (34) having a Coanda surface directs a portion of the stabilized flame from the passage defined by the burner tile at the discharge end of a primary flow passage (32) toward at least one first fuel lance of the plurality of fuel lances to cross light the at least one first fuel lance. In another embodiment, a method of combustion includes supplying a first gaseous fuel to fuel lances of a burner apparatus and igniting and sustaining combustion of a gaseous fuel by cross lighting at the discharge nozzles of the fuel lances by flow from the fluid-based flame stabilizer along a Coanda surface of a Coanda feature toward the discharge nozzles.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2017Publication date: March 28, 2019Inventors: Izaak RISSEEUW, Jeffrey KLOOSTERMAN, Xianming Jimmy LI, Robert Gregory WOLF, Reed Jacob HENDERSHOT, Franciscus Arnoldus Maria JEUNINK
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Patent number: 10075813Abstract: A network node for monitoring a mobile asset in a geographical area. The network node is among a number of network nodes disposed in the geographical area that are configured to receive an Internet-of-things (IoT) signal from the mobile asset, and send respective time stamps, each representing a time-of-arrival (TOA) of the IoT signal, to a network aggregation system to generate a time-difference-of-arrival (TDOA) from which a geolocation of the mobile asset is generated.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2017Date of Patent: September 11, 2018Assignee: TIONESTA, LLCInventors: Paul Struhsaker, Nicholas Cianos, Chenchen Jimmy Li
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Patent number: 9967420Abstract: An apparatus and method for thermal imaging of an interior space of a high temperature furnace through an opening in a wall of the furnace. An outer housing houses at least a portion of a rigid borescope. The outer housing has a port for aspirating ambient air through the outer housing to cool the rigid borescope and passing the air through a hole at the end of the outer housing and into the furnace. A camera is operatively connected to a rigid borescope but is located such that it is isolated from the air passing through the outer housing.Type: GrantFiled: December 9, 2015Date of Patent: May 8, 2018Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yan Zhao, Xianming Jimmy Li
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Patent number: 9943818Abstract: Steam-hydrocarbon reforming reactor with a reformer tube containing ceramic-supported catalyst pellets and metal foam particles. The ceramic-supported catalyst pellets have a porous support comprising one or more of alumina, calcium aluminate, and magnesium aluminate. The metal foam particles comprise Fe and/or Ni. The ceramic-supported catalyst pellets and metal foam particles may be layered or interspersed.Type: GrantFiled: June 20, 2016Date of Patent: April 17, 2018Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Bo Jin, Wenyuan Li, Xianming Jimmy Li, William Robert Licht
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Patent number: 9897493Abstract: A method for determining temperature information for a plurality of tubes in a furnace where one or more digital images provide temperature information for imaged tubes, and temperature information for non-imaged tubes is determined from the temperature information for the imaged tubes and measured temperatures of combined effluent from the imaged and non-imaged tubes.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yan Zhao, Jeffrey William Kloosterman, Jeremy Charles Lunsford, Xianming Jimmy Li
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Publication number: 20170361291Abstract: Steam-hydrocarbon reforming reactor with a reformer tube containing ceramic-supported catalyst pellets and metal foam particles. The ceramic-supported catalyst pellets have a porous support comprising one or more of alumina, calcium aluminate, and magnesium aluminate. The metal foam particles comprise Fe and/or Ni. The ceramic-supported catalyst pellets and metal foam particles may be layered or interspersed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2016Publication date: December 21, 2017Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Bo Jin, Wenyuan Li, Xianming Jimmy Li, William Robert Licht
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Publication number: 20170284874Abstract: A method for determining temperature information for a plurality of tubes in a furnace where one or more digital images provide temperature information for imaged tubes, and temperature information for non-imaged tubes is determined from the temperature information for the imaged tubes and measured temperatures of combined effluent from the imaged and non-imaged tubes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2016Publication date: October 5, 2017Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yan Zhao, Jeffrey William Kloosterman, Jeremy Charles Lunsford, Xianming Jimmy Li
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Publication number: 20170237788Abstract: Controlling aggregation of shared content from multiple presenters during an online conference session includes, at a server having network connectivity, at a server having network connectivity, identifying a master presenter at an endpoint among a plurality of endpoints participating in an online conference session in which at least one of the plurality of endpoints is sharing content with other participants among the plurality of participants at their respective endpoints. One or more assistant presenters are determined among the plurality of participants at their respective endpoints. A master user interface is generated to serve as the user interface on the endpoint of the master presenter and a command is received, via the master user interface, to designate a layout. The layout aggregates shared content from the endpoints of one or more of the assistant presenters to make the layout viewable at the plurality of endpoints.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2016Publication date: August 17, 2017Inventors: Yasi Xi, Jimmy Li, Mingfeng Yang, Shun Wang
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Publication number: 20170171418Abstract: An apparatus and method for thermal imaging of an interior space of a high temperature furnace through an opening in a wall of the furnace. An outer housing houses at least a portion of a rigid borescope. The outer housing has a port for aspirating ambient air through the outer housing to cool the rigid borescope and passing the air through a hole at the end of the outer housing and into the furnace. A camera is operatively connected to a rigid borescope but is located such that it is isolated from the air passing through the outer housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 9, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Yan Zhao, Xianming Jimmy Li
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Publication number: 20170081185Abstract: Method of operating a catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer where the steam flow rate at which carbon forms on the inner wall of a catalyst-containing reformer tube is determined, and the steam flow rate to the catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reformer is controlled responsive to the determined steam flow rate at which carbon forms on the inner wall of the catalyst-containing reformer tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 20, 2016Publication date: March 23, 2017Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Bo Jin, Xianming Jimmy Li, Jeremy Charles Lunsford
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Patent number: 9409773Abstract: A steam-hydrocarbon reforming process utilizing a prereformer where a portion of the effluent from the prereformer is conditioned and the C2+ hydrocarbon content in the conditioned effluent measured. The molar flow rate of steam to the prereformer is increased or decreased responsive to measuring the C2+ hydrocarbon content of the conditioned effluent.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2014Date of Patent: August 9, 2016Assignee: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Geoffrey Colling Achilles, Tamara Lynn Daugherty, Michelle Schoonover, Oliver Jacob Smith, IV, Matthew H. MacConnell, Xianming Jimmy Li
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Publication number: 20160130142Abstract: A steam-hydrocarbon reforming process utilizing a prereformer where a portion of the effluent from the prereformer is conditioned and the C2+ hydrocarbon content in the conditioned effluent measured. The molar flow rate of steam to the prereformer is increased or decreased responsive to measuring the C2+ hydrocarbon content of the conditioned effluent.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 10, 2014Publication date: May 12, 2016Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Geoffrey Colling Achilles, Tamara Lynn Daugherty, Michelle Schoonover, Oliver Jacob Smith, IV, Matthew H. MacConnell, Xianming Jimmy Li
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Patent number: 9309130Abstract: Process for producing a hydrogen-containing product and one or more liquid water products using catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reforming. In the process, a portion of the make-up water is heated by the reformate and another portion of the make-up water is heated by the combustion product gas prior to introducing the make-up water to a deaerator. Water in the combustion product gas is condensed to form a liquid water product. The process may be integrated with a thermal water desalination process.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: April 12, 2016Assignee: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Xiang-Dong Peng, Derek Miller, Geoffrey Colling Achilles, Xianming Jimmy Li
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Patent number: 9274563Abstract: A footpad and a carrying apparatus having the same are provided. The footpad can be applied to an electronic device to serve as a support for the electronic device. The footpad being disposed on a lower surface of the electronic device includes a hollow elastomer and a spiral structure directly formed on the inner surface of the hollow elastomer. The distance between an inner spiral portion of the spiral structure and the lower surface of the electronic device is greater than the distance between an outer spiral portion of the spiral structure and the lower surface of the electronic device. The footpad is able to physically change the shape thereof according to the weight distribution of the electronic device and provides a support force thereto so as to maintain balance and stability of the electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2013Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: WISTRON CORP.Inventor: Jimmy Li
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Publication number: 20150110708Abstract: Process for producing a hydrogen-containing product and one or more liquid water products using catalytic steam-hydrocarbon reforming. In the process, a portion of the make-up water is heated by the reformate and another portion of the make-up water is heated by the combustion product gas prior to introducing the make-up water to a deaerator. Water in the combustion product gas is condensed to form a liquid water product. The process may be integrated with a thermal water desalination process.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2013Publication date: April 23, 2015Applicant: AIR PRODUCTS AND CHEMICAL INC.Inventors: Xiang-Dong Peng, Derek Miller, Geoffrey Colling Achilles, Xianming Jimmy Li
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Patent number: 8920772Abstract: System and process for producing a H2-containing product gas and purified water from an integrated H2-producing reforming and thermal water purification process. Raw water, such as salt water, is heated by indirect heat transfer with reformate from the H2-producing reforming process for purifying raw water in a multiple effect distillation process.Type: GrantFiled: October 23, 2013Date of Patent: December 30, 2014Assignee: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Xiang-Dong Peng, Xianming Jimmy Li, Kalman Tari