Patents by Inventor Li An

Li An 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: 20240380013
    Abstract: An electric connection mechanism with airbag type formation probe for soft pack batteries includes a queue formed by aluminum plates which are parallel to each other and arranged at intervals, upper and lower sliding blocks, a first airbag unit arranged on the front surface, and a secondary airbag unit arranged on the rear surface. The outer side of the first airbag unit is provided with a tab contact plate, the outer side of the secondary airbag unit is provided with an airbag pressing plate, ends of the aluminum plate are inserted into a sleeve formed by the first airbag unit, the second airbag unit, and the upper and lower sliding blocks. A reset mechanism is arranged between the ends of the tab contact plate and the upper or lower sliding block, and between the ends of the airbag pressing plate and the upper or lower sliding block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kaihua GUO, Peng LI, Ji CAO, Zheng CAO
  • Publication number: 20240379425
    Abstract: A method includes forming a device region over a substrate; forming a first dielectric layer over the device region; forming an opening in the first dielectric layer; conformally depositing a first conductive material along sidewalls and bottom surfaces of the opening; depositing a second conductive material on the first conductive material to fill the opening, wherein the second conductive material is different from the first conductive material; and performing a first thermal process to form an interface region extending from a first region of the first conductive material to a second region of the second conductive material, wherein the interface region includes a homogeneous mixture of the first conductive material and the second conductive material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Bo-Yu Lai, Chin-Szu Lee, Szu-Hua Wu, Shuen-Shin Liang, Chia-Hung Chu, Keng-Chu Lin, Sung-Li Wang
  • Publication number: 20240379832
    Abstract: A device includes a semiconductor substrate, a low-k dielectric layer over the semiconductor substrate, an isolation layer over the low-k dielectric layer, and a work function layer over the isolation layer. The work function layer is an n-type work function layer. The device further includes a low-dimensional semiconductor layer on a top surface and a sidewall of the work function layer, source/drain contacts contacting opposing end portions of the low-dimensional semiconductor layer, and a dielectric doping layer over and contacting a channel portion of the low-dimensional semiconductor layer. The dielectric doping layer includes a metal selected from aluminum and hafnium, and the channel portion of the low-dimensional semiconductor layer further comprises the metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Chun-Chieh Lu, Tzu Ang Chao, Chao-Ching Cheng, Lain-Jong Li
  • Publication number: 20240375536
    Abstract: A wireless charging heating system, a wireless charging system, a wireless charging heating method and a wireless charging method are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: Dalian University of Technology
    Inventors: Yongchen Song, Heng Huang, Yubai Li, Minli Bai, Chengzhi Hu, Yang Li, Linsong Gao
  • Publication number: 20240381580
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a container data center, which includes an outdoor unit arrangement region, a power distribution region, and an IT equipment region. Each of the regions sequentially divides adjacent regions from each other by means of shared partitions, and a main entry buffer region and a monitoring platform are arranged between a unique entrance/exit inside a container body and the IT equipment region to control temperature and humidity of each of the regions inside the container body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Binghua ZHANG, Mingjiang LI
  • Publication number: 20240379996
    Abstract: An oxide-based solid-state battery cell includes a cathode electrode comprising a cathode current collector. A cathode active layer is arranged adjacent to the cathode current collector and comprising cathode active material that exchanges lithium ions and a solid oxide electrolyte and an in-situ polymerization gel. A separator layer comprises a solid oxide electrolyte, a porous layer, and the in-situ polymerization gel. An anode electrode comprises an anode current collector, a silicon film, and the in-situ polymerization gel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Qili SU, Zhe Li, Yong Lu, Haijing Liu
  • Publication number: 20240377559
    Abstract: An optical lens includes an aspheric-shaped shell formed of an optical material, an optical plate connected to the aspheric-shaped shell, and a viscous fluid fluidically sealed in a cavity between the aspheric-shaped shell and the optical plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Li WU, Jianying ZHANG, Lei LIN, Guanglong YU
  • Publication number: 20240379457
    Abstract: A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a first silicide, and a second silicide. The substrate has a first epitaxy region in a first transistor of a first conductive type and a second epitaxy region in a second transistor of a second conductive type. The first silicide is on the first epitaxy region, the first silicide comprising a first metal and a second metal, and the second silicide is on the second epitaxy region. A work function of the first silicide is greater than a work function of the second silicide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: SUNG-LI WANG, PENG-WEI CHU, YASUTOSHI OKUNO
  • Publication number: 20240380554
    Abstract: This application provides a communication method, an apparatus, and a computer-readable storage medium. The communication method includes: generating at least one reference signal. The at least one reference signal belongs to a reference signal set, and all reference signals in the reference signal set occupy a same time-frequency resource. The reference signal set includes at least two groups of reference signals, and each group of reference signals satisfies: Each group includes a plurality of reference signals, and the plurality of reference signals are pairwise orthogonal. For reference signals with same frequency-domain sequences, corresponding time-domain sequences are orthogonal to each other. For reference signals with same time-domain sequences, corresponding first frequency-domain sequences are orthogonal to each other, and corresponding second frequency-domain sequences are also orthogonal to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Bingyu QU, Bo LI, Mingxin GONG
  • Publication number: 20240381118
    Abstract: Certain aspects of the present disclosure provide techniques for over-the-air (OTA) aggregation of data. Certain techniques include transmitting, to a plurality of user equipments (UEs), a first reference signal (RS) via a first transmit beam of a base station (BS), wherein the plurality of UEs and the BS share a global federated learning model: receiving, in response to the first RS, a first set of signals each carrying corresponding local gradient information of a first set of local gradient information for the global federated learning model, the first set of local gradient information comprising local gradient information calculated by each UE of multiple UEs of the plurality of UEs, the first set of local gradient information received via a first receive beam of the BS; and aggregating, in an analog domain, the first set of signals to aggregate the first set of local gradient information received from the multiple UEs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hamed PEZESHKI, Tao LUO, Taesang YOO, Eren BALEVI, Srinivas YERRAMALLI, Junyi LI
  • Publication number: 20240378727
    Abstract: Techniques are provided for image processing. For instance, a process can include obtaining an image; extracting a first set of features at a first scale resolution; extracting a second set of features at a second scale resolution (lower than the first scale resolution); performing a self-attention transform to generate similarity scores for the second set of features; adding the similarity scores to the second set of features to generate a first feature extractor output; up-sampling the first feature extractor output to generate a second feature extractor output; adding the second feature extractor output to the first set of features to generate a third feature extractor output; receiving an instance query; performing a cross-attention transform on the instance query and the first feature extractor output to generate a set of weights; and matrix multiplying the set of weights and the third feature extractor output to generate instance masks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Xin LI, Jiancheng LYU, Yingyong QI
  • Publication number: 20240381755
    Abstract: Metal-assisted delayed fluorescent emitters employing benzo-imidazo-phenanthridine and analogues for full color displays and lighting applications.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jian Li, Yunlong Ji
  • Publication number: 20240377344
    Abstract: A method for accurately correcting the age of columbite-tantalite by using double-reference-material includes: using at least two kinds of columbite-tantalite with known ages as reference materials; determining the positive correlation between the lead-uranium ion ratio and the uranium ion ratio of the columbite-tantalite based on test results of a lead-uranium ion ratio ( 206 Pb + 238 U 16 ? O + ) Cstd ? 1 and a uranium ion ratio ( 238 U 16 ? O 2 + 238 U 16 ? O + ) Cstd ? 1 of the reference material 1, correcting the correlation by reference material 2; calculating the lead-uranium mass ratio ( 206 Pb 238 U ) un of the columbite-tantalite sample to be tested by using the corrected correlation; finally, determining the uranium-lead age UPbtun of the columbite-tantalite sample to be tested based on the lead-uranium mass ratio ( 206 Pb 238 U ) un .
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicant: INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Xiaoxiao LING, Yu LIU, Xianhua LI, Hongxia MA
  • Publication number: 20240377254
    Abstract: An electrically modulated light source comprises a carbon nanotube-graphene composite film structure, a first electrode and a second electrode. The carbon nanotube-graphene composite film structure comprises a carbon nanotube layer and a graphene layer stacked with each other. The first electrode and the second electrode electrically coupled with nanotube-graphene composite film structure. The first electrode and the second electrode are configured to apply a voltage to the carbon nanotube-graphene composite film structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: LI-WEN LAI, PENG LIU, DUAN-LIANG ZHOU, QUN-QING LI, SHOU-SHAN FAN
  • Publication number: 20240379454
    Abstract: A method includes etching a first recess adjacent a first dummy gate stack and a first fin; etching a second recess adjacent a second dummy gate stack and a second fin; and epitaxially growing a first epitaxy region in the first recess. The method further includes depositing a first metal-comprising mask over the first dummy gate stack, over the second dummy gate stack, over the first epitaxy region in the first recess, and in the second recess; patterning the first metal-comprising mask to expose the first dummy gate stack and the first epitaxy region; epitaxially growing a second epitaxy region in the first recess over the first epitaxy region; and after epitaxially growing the second epitaxy region, removing remaining portions of the first metal-comprising mask.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Hui-Lin Huang, Li-Li Su, Yee-Chia Yeo, Chii-Horng Li
  • Publication number: 20240376810
    Abstract: A microwave drill bit capable of achieving fracturing of a borehole wall and end of a deep hard rock while drilling and a use method thereof are provided. The microwave drill bit comprises a microwave drill bit body, wherein a support frame front plate, a metal sleeve and a water inlet ring sequentially sleeve on the microwave drill bit body, the metal sleeve is connected with a rotary drive I mounted on the support frame front plate, the microwave drill body is connected with a microwave mode converter and a microwave splitter II respectively, the microwave mode converter and the microwave splitter II are connected with a microwave splitter I by a rectangular waveguide, the microwave splitter I is sequentially connected with a microwave rotating joint, a fixed waveguide and a microwave generator, and the microwave rotating joint is connected with a rotary drive II mounted on the support frame rear plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Feng LIN, Xiating FENG, Chengxiang YANG, Jiuyu ZHANG, Shiping LI, Tianyang TONG, Xiangxin SU
  • Publication number: 20240376524
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for integrating a nucleic acid analysis system and measuring at least one target nucleic acid in a sample. The integrated nucleic acid analysis system includes one DMF device, which includes a substrate, a cover plate, and an instrument for performing a series of operations including magnetic beads based nucleic acid extraction, purification, thermal amplification, and optical measurement of nucleic acids in samples in a DMF device. The nucleic acid extraction and purification are based on the magnetic bead method, which uses instruments to move magnetic beads in different functional areas of the digital microfluidic chip, such as lysis reservoirs, cleaning reservoirs, and elution reservoirs, etc. The present invention integrates sample processing and detection on the same microfluidic chip, and the entire process is automatically completed by the corresponding instrument.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicants: Shanghai Hengxin BioTechnology Limited, Ningbo Hengxin BioTechnology Limited
    Inventors: Chuanyong WU, Li ZHOU, Zhifang WANG
  • Publication number: 20240380204
    Abstract: A controller system reduces destructive harmonic content within a power network system, the power network system comprising one or more distributed energy resources, one or more distributed inverter systems, one or more nonlinear loads, and a bus coupling the one or more distributed energy resources to the one or more nonlinear loads. The controller system comprises one or more sensors; one or more hardware processors; and memory storing computer instructions, the computer instructions when executed by the one or more hardware processors configured to perform receiving, by the one or more sensors, sensor data indicative of destructive harmonic content of a particular order on the bus; and using a particular distributed energy resource and a particular distributed inverter system to inject constructive harmonic content to reduce the destructive harmonic content.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Howe Li YEO, Gil Lampong OPINA, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240379631
    Abstract: A light-emitting substrate and a display device are disclosed, the light-emitting substrate includes: a base substrate including a light-emitting region; a plurality of first pads on a side of the base substrate and in the light-emitting region, where a material of the first pads includes Cu; and an oxidation protection layer on a side of the first pads away from the base substrate, where the plurality of first pads is used for bonding connection with a plurality of light-emitting units through the oxidation protection layer, a material of the oxidation protection layer includes CuNiX, and X includes one or any combination of Al, Sn, Pb, Au, Ag, In, Zn, Bi, Mg, Ga, V, W, Y, Zr, Mo, Nb, Pt, Co or Sb.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Nianqi YAO, Jin YANG, Ce NING, Jiayu HE, Jie HUANG, Hehe HU, Kun ZHAO, Feifei LI, Zhengliang LI, Guangcai YUAN
  • Publication number: 20240380924
    Abstract: Decoding a current block of a current frame includes decoding, from a compressed bitstream, one or more syntax elements indicating that a geometric transformation is to be applied; applying the geometric transformation to at least a portion of the current frame to obtain a transformed portion; and obtaining a prediction of the current block based on the transformed portion and an intra-prediction mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Bohan Li, Debargha Mukherjee, Yaowu Xu, Jingning Han