Patents by Inventor Lixin Zhou

Lixin 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).

  • Patent number: 11972214
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method and an apparatus NER-orientated Chinese clinical text data augmentation, and unannotated data and annotated data of label linearization processing through data preprocessing. A concealed part is predicted based on retained information by using the unannotated data and concealing part of information in text, and meanwhile an entity word-level discrimination task is introduced for pre-training of a span-based language model; and a plurality of decoding mechanisms are introduced in a fine-tune stage, a relationship between a text vector and text data is obtained based on the pre-trained span-based language model, linearized data with entity labels is converted into the text vector, and text generation is performed through forward decoding and reverse decoding in a prediction stage of a text generation model to obtain enhanced data with annotation information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG LAB
    Inventors: Jingsong Li, Lixin Shi, Ran Xin, Zongfeng Yang, Yu Tian, Tianshu Zhou
  • Publication number: 20240035110
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a low-carbon nitrogen-containing austenitic stainless steel bar, which sequentially includes the following steps: smelting, electroslag remelting and forging; in the electroslag remelting process, the steel ingot obtained in the smelting process is used as an electrode bar of an electroslag furnace, remelting with specific slag and crystallizing; in the forging process, forging the crystallized steel ingot into a material by a specific forging method; the specific slag comprises CaF2 (65-70%), Al2O3 (15-20%), CaO (5-10%) and MgO (2-5%) in percentage by weight; specific forging methods include upsetting-and-drawing and radial forging, wherein the upsetting-and-drawing includes: a pass deformation is less than 35%, a pass reduction is 50-80 mm, a pass heating temperature is 1130-1150° C., and a pass deformation method is ellipse-ellipse-circle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Inventors: Xiaoliang DONG, Xiuli ZHANG, Lixin ZHOU, Yinghua LEI, Xianhua WANG, Guangpeng XU, Peng XU, Guoyang SUN, Zaoyu LI, Jun ZHANG, Dong RUAN
  • Patent number: 11859887
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance or ice making assembly, as provided herein, may include a body and an ejector. The body may include an ice mold for receiving and freezing water. The ice mold may define a discrete first compartment and second compartment within which water freezes. The first compartment may define a first cube profile. The second compartment may be axially-spaced apart from the first compartment and define a second cube profile. The second cube profile may be different from the first cube profile. The ejector may be rotatably disposed above the first cube profile and the second cube profile to motivate ice from the first and second compartments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Qianmao Zhou, Yayu Song, Bo Yan, Jianwu Li, Xiaoyang Jiang, Lixin Zhou, Jun Teng, Zhongyang Sun
  • Patent number: 11773466
    Abstract: Provided is steel for a wind power gear with improved purity and reliability. The chemical components thereof comprise, in percentages by mass: 0.15-0.19% of C, ?0.4% of Si, 0.5-0.7% of Mn, ?0.012% of P, ?0.006% of S, 1.5-1.8% of Cr, 0.28-0.35% of Mo, 1.4-1.7% of Ni, and 0.02-0.04% of Al, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. A smelting method therefor comprises adding raw materials to a converter for primary melting, transferring same to a refining furnace for refining, carrying out continuous casting after vacuum degassing, and transferring same to a gas protection furnace for electroslag remelting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: DAYE SPECIAL STEEL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Mengdi Hu, Yinghua Lei, Zhou Zhang, Ruihai Hu, Wenchao Zheng, Zhanzhong Wang, Lixin Zhou, Guanghui Liu
  • Patent number: 11732945
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance or ice supply, as provided herein, may include an ice maker, an ice bucket, and a shutter. The ice maker may include a mold body defining a discrete first compartment and second compartment within which water freezes. The ice bucket may define a first chamber and a second chamber. The second chamber may be separated from the first chamber. The ice bucket may further define an outlet opening having a first portion in fluid communication with the first chamber and a second portion in fluid communication with the second chamber. The shutter may be disposed at the outlet opening and movable between a first position and a second position. The first position may include the shutter covering the second portion and spaced apart from the first portion. The second position may include the shutter covering the first portion and spaced apart from the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Qianmao Zhou, Yayu Song, Bo Yan, Jianwu Li, Xiaoyang Jiang, Lixin Zhou, Jun Teng, Zhongyang Sun
  • Patent number: 11709009
    Abstract: An ice bucket for a refrigerator appliance, includes a bucket body; an auger provided inside the bucket and including an auger shaft rotatable about a first shaft axis and a collet at a first end of the auger shaft and including an axially beveled surface formed circumferentially around the auger shaft; and an agitator provided in the bucket in mechanical communication with the auger, the agitator including an agitator shaft rotatable about a second shaft axis non-parallel to the first shaft axis, a plurality of first tines extending radially from the agitator shaft within the bucket body to engage ice therein, and a projection that extends perpendicularly from the agitator shaft opposite the plurality of tines. The projection engages with the axially beveled surface to oscillate the agitator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: Haier US Appliance Solutions, Inc.
    Inventors: Yayu Song, Qianmao Zhou, Bo Yan, Lixin Zhou, Jun Teng, Xiaoyang Jiang, Jin Wu, Robert Charles Pfaffinger, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20230148086
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance or ice supply, as provided herein, may include an ice maker, an ice bucket, and a shutter. The ice maker may include a mold body defining a discrete first compartment and second compartment within which water freezes. The ice bucket may define a first chamber and a second chamber. The second chamber may be separated from the first chamber. The ice bucket may further define an outlet opening having a first portion in fluid communication with the first chamber and a second portion in fluid communication with the second chamber. The shutter may be disposed at the outlet opening and movable between a first position and a second position. The first position may include the shutter covering the second portion and spaced apart from the first portion. The second position may include the shutter covering the first portion and spaced apart from the second portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Qianmao Zhou, Yayu Song, Bo Yan, Jianwu Li, Xiaoyang Jiang, Lixin Zhou, Jun Teng, Zhongyang Sun
  • Publication number: 20230129406
    Abstract: An ice bucket for a refrigerator appliance, includes a bucket body; an auger provided inside the bucket and including an auger shaft rotatable about a first shaft axis and a collet at a first end of the auger shaft and including an axially beveled surface formed circumferentially around the auger shaft; and an agitator provided in the bucket in mechanical communication with the auger, the agitator including an agitator shaft rotatable about a second shaft axis non-parallel to the first shaft axis, a plurality of first tines extending radially from the agitator shaft within the bucket body to engage ice therein, and a projection that extends perpendicularly from the agitator shaft opposite the plurality of tines. The projection engages with the axially beveled surface to oscillate the agitator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2020
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Yayu Song, Qianmao Zhou, Bo Yan, Lixin Zhou, Jun Teng, Xiaoyang Jiang, Jin Wu, Robert Charles Pfaffinger, JR.
  • Publication number: 20230112446
    Abstract: A refrigerator appliance or ice making assembly, as provided herein, may include a body and an ejector. The body may include an ice mold for receiving and freezing water. The ice mold may define a discrete first compartment and second compartment within which water freezes. The first compartment may define a first cube profile. The second compartment may be axially-spaced apart from the first compartment and define a second cube profile. The second cube profile may be different from the first cube profile. The ejector may be rotatably disposed above the first cube profile and the second cube profile to motivate ice from the first and second compartments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2020
    Publication date: April 13, 2023
    Inventors: Qianmao Zhou, Yayu Song, Bo Yan, Jianwu Li, Xiaoyang Jiang, Lixin Zhou, Jun Teng, Zhongyang Sun
  • Publication number: 20230054329
    Abstract: Provided is steel for a wind power gear with improved purity and reliability. The chemical components thereof comprise, in percentages by mass: 0.15-0.19% of C, ?0.4% of Si, 0.5-0.7% of Mn, ?0.012% of P, ?0.006% of S, 1.5-1.8% of Cr, 0.28-0.35% of Mo, 1.4-1.7% of Ni, and 0.02-0.04% of Al, with the balance being Fe and inevitable impurities. A smelting method therefor comprises adding raw materials to a converter for primary melting, transferring same to a refining furnace for refining, carrying out continuous casting after vacuum degassing, and transferring same to a gas protection furnace for electroslag remelting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: Mengdi HU, Yinghua LEI, Zhou ZHANG, Ruihai HU, Wenchao ZHENG, Zhanzhong WANG, Lixin ZHOU, Guanghui LIU
  • Publication number: 20200114474
    Abstract: A solder paste containing a lead free solder composition and a soldering flux is disclosed, the lead free solder composition including: 0.02%-6% by weight stibium, 0.03%-3% by weight copper, 0.03%-8% by weight bismuth, 42%-70% by weight indium, 0.3%-8% by weight silver, 5%-11% by weight magnesium, 0.8%-1.6% by weight scandium, 0.7%-2.0% by weight yttrium, and 10%-45% by weight tin, and the soldering flux including: 25%-32% by weight rosin, 5%-7% by weight a mixture of pentane diacid and 2-Fluorobenzoic acid, as an organic acid activator; 0.2%-0.5% by weight alkylphenol polyoxyethylene, as a surface active agent; 0.7%-0.8% by weight 1-octyl alcohol, as a defoaming agent; 0.5%-0.7% by weight hydroquinone, as a stabilizer; and 20%-32% by weight a monoalkyl propylene glycol-based solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2018
    Publication date: April 16, 2020
    Inventor: Lixin ZHOU
  • Patent number: 10240019
    Abstract: A styrenic monomer-diolefin copolymer comprises polystyrenic monomer micro-blocks and polydiolefin micro-blocks, in which the content of styrenic monomer units is 10-80 wt %, the ratio of diolefin units of 1,2-structure is less than 30% in the total diolefin units, and the number-average molecular weight (Mn) of the copolymer is 25,000-500,000. The preparation methods and uses in foam products thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: CHINA PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hongwen Liang, Aimin Zhang, Lixin Zhou, Jinkui Xia, Zhibin Zhang, Weiping Zhou
  • Patent number: 9574596
    Abstract: A self-locking device with continuous locking positions includes a housing with an internal cavity, a wall of the cavity including a first frictional contact face and a fourth frictional contact face; a locking member with a second frictional contact face and a third frictional contact face, which is movable in the cavity, with the second and third frictional contact faces facing the first and fourth frictional contact faces, respectively; and a first lock block and a second lock block, with the first lock block being arranged between and contacting with the first and second frictional contact faces, and the second lock block being arranged between and contacting with the third and fourth frictional contact faces. The first and second lock blocks allow the locking member to be movable with respect to the housing in a first direction but locked in a second direction opposite to the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Inventor: Lixin Zhou
  • Patent number: 9404522
    Abstract: Disclosed is an auxiliary wheel comprising a wheel hub and a tire. The auxiliary wheel is fixedly mounted on a wheel of an automotive vehicle in a manner that the auxiliary wheel and the wheel have a common rotary axis. The auxiliary wheel may further comprise one or more locking components located on the wheel hub, and the locking component is used to fix the auxiliary wheel on the wheel hub of the wheel, so that the auxiliary wheel is driven by the wheel hub of the wheel. The present invention further relates to an unassisted lifting jack used when the auxiliary wheel is mounted. The unassisted lifting jack comprises a climbing block and a supporting block connected in a rotary way, the climbing block and the supporting block have a common supporting bottom, and the climbing block has a slope provided to the auxiliary wheel for climbing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Inventor: Lixin Zhou
  • Publication number: 20150051309
    Abstract: A styrenic monomer-diolefin copolymer comprises polystyrenic monomer micro-blocks and polydiolefin micro-blocks, in which the content of styrenic monomer units is 10-80 wt %, the ratio of diolefin units of 1,2-structure is less than 30% in the total diolefin units, and the number-average molecular weight (Mn) of the copolymer is 25,000-500,000. The preparation methods and uses in foam products thereof are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: February 19, 2015
    Inventors: Hongwen Liang, Aimin Zhang, Lixin Zhou, Jinkl Xia, Zhibin Zhang, Weiping Zhou
  • Patent number: 8898411
    Abstract: A system and method of managing stored data in a storage management system. The storage management system includes a storage manager, a media agent connected to the storage manager, and a primary volume connected to the media agent. Multiple snapshots are taken of the primary volume. The snapshots are indexed by associating respective information with the snapshot. The indexed snapshots are copied to a recovery volume. In this way, browsing features are enabled for the user. The user may view the snapshots in a hierarchical format, and may even view snapshot data in association with the corresponding application. The resultant recovery volume may be used to replace a primary volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: CommVault Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Prahlad, Andreas May, Norman R. Lunde, Lixin Zhou, Avinash Kumar, David Ngo
  • Publication number: 20140286730
    Abstract: A self-locking device having continuous locking positions comprises bases (21, 31), self-locking components (22, 32), first locking blocks (23, 33, 33?) and second locking blocks (23a, 33a, 33a?). Inner walls of the bases (21, 31) comprise first frictional contact surfaces (21W, 31W) and fourth frictional contact surfaces (21M, 31M). The self-locking components (22, 32) have second frictional contact surfaces (22M, 32M) and third frictional contact surfaces (22W, 32W), and are at least partially located in the bases (21, 31), so that the second frictional contact surfaces (22M, 32M) face the first frictional contact surfaces (21W, 31W), and the third frictional contact surfaces (22W, 32W) face the fourth frictional contact surfaces (21M, 31M).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Lixin Zhou
  • Publication number: 20130300184
    Abstract: Disclosed is an auxiliary wheel comprising a wheel hub and a tire. The auxiliary wheel is fixedly mounted on a wheel of an automotive vehicle in a manner that the auxiliary wheel and the wheel have a common rotary axis. The auxiliary wheel may further comprise one or more locking components located on the wheel hub, and the locking component is used to fix the auxiliary wheel on the wheel hub of the wheel, so that the auxiliary wheel is driven by the wheel hub of the wheel. The present invention further relates to an unassisted lifting jack used when the auxiliary wheel is mounted. The unassisted lifting jack comprises a climbing block and a supporting block connected in a rotary way, the climbing block and the supporting block have a common supporting bottom, and the climbing block has a slope provided to the auxiliary wheel for climbing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Lixin Zhou
  • Patent number: 8583594
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for performing integrated storage operations on an information store. The present invention comprises identifying a plurality disparate types of storage operations stored in a policy option table. A first storage operation is performed according to a first set of storage criteria stored in the policy option table and a second operation, disparate from the first storage operation, is performed according to a second set of storage criteria stored in the policy option table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: CommVault Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Anand Prahlad, David Ngo, Lixin Zhou, Andreas May
  • Publication number: 20130238872
    Abstract: A system and method of managing stored data in a storage management system. The storage management system includes a storage manager, a media agent connected to the storage manager, and a primary volume connected to the media agent. Multiple snapshots are taken of the primary volume. The snapshots are indexed by associating respective information with the snapshot. The indexed snapshots are copied to a recovery volume. In this way, browsing features are enabled for the user. The user may view the snapshots in a hierarchical format, and may even view snapshot data in association with the corresponding application. The resultant recovery volume may be used to replace a primary volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2013
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Applicant: COMMVAULT SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Anand Prahlad, Andreas May, Norman R. Lunde, Lixin Zhou, Avinash Kumar, David Ngo