Patents by Inventor Long An

Long 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).

  • Patent number: 11975421
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a chemical mechanical polishing system having a unitary platen. The platen includes one or more recesses within the platen to house various components for the polishing/planarization process. In one embodiment, the platen includes a first recess and a second recess. The first recess is located under the second recess. An end point detector is placed in the first recess and a detector cover may be placed in the second recess. A sealing mean is provided in a space between the end point detector and the detector cover to prevent any external or foreign materials from coming in contact with the end point detector. A fastener used for fastening the detector cover to the platen also provides addition protection to prevent foreign materials from coming in contact with components received in the recesses.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tsung-Lung Lai, Cheng-Ping Chen, Shih-Chung Chen, Sheng-Tai Peng, Rong-Long Hung
  • Patent number: 11975830
    Abstract: Embodiments provide an electric aircraft with a plurality of lift fan assemblies that are configured to provide vertical lift, and one or more pusher propellers that are configured to provide forward thrust. The lift fan assemblies may be coupled to the wings of the aircraft via one or more support structures, and the wings may be coupled to an upper region of the fuselage. The pusher propeller(s) may be coupled to a tailing end of the fuselage. The lift fan assemblies and the pusher propeller(s) may provide thrust and movement in directions that are orthogonal to one another. A control system coupled to the aircraft may control the lift fan assemblies and the one or more pusher propellers to activate, increase in power, and decrease in power. The lift fan assemblies and the one or more pusher propellers may be operated separately, and may be active at different times.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Wisk Aero LLC
    Inventors: James Joseph Tighe, Uri Tzarnotzky, Geoffrey Alan Long
  • Patent number: 11974566
    Abstract: A boom section for an agricultural sprayer supports a plumbing pipe and a plurality of spray nozzles attached thereto. The boom section includes first and second upper beams, first and second lower beams, and gusset plates. The first and second upper beams and the first and second lower beams define an open interior between the first and second upper beams and the first and second lower beams. The gusset plates are disposed in the open interior, and are coupled to each of the first and second upper beams and first and second lower beams. The gusset plates extending from the first and second upper beams to the first and second lower beams in alternating angles in an interleaved manner. Each of the gusset plates has at least one cutout area defining a void sufficient to receive the plumbing pipe such that the spray nozzles are disposed within the open interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Exel Industries
    Inventor: Greg Long
  • Patent number: 11976489
    Abstract: A height-adjustable and detachable fence system includes a plurality of fence sections pivotally coupled with each other; and a plurality of height adjustable units detachably coupled to the fence sections; wherein the fence section includes at least one horizontal rail, and a plurality of picket members uprightly coupled on the horizontal rail; wherein the height adjustable unit includes a base body supported on a ground and a post body detachably connected to the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Long Xiang Shen
  • Patent number: 11977909
    Abstract: A method of organizing computer resources includes receiving a specification defining a plurality of quiescence groups of independent component instances for each of at least two services, and performing a first load balancing of the quiescence groups across a plurality of physical servers to define a plurality of supergroups while assigning each of the physical servers across the supergroups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Richard E. Harper, Harigovind V. Ramasamy, Valentina Salapura, Sandhya Kapoor, Long Wang
  • Patent number: 11976950
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thin film sensor, a thin film sensor array and an electronic device. The thin film sensor has a functional area and a non-functional area surrounding the functional area, and includes: a dielectric substrate having a first surface and a second surface which are oppositely arranged; a first conductive layer located on the first surface of the dielectric substrate and including a first conductive structure arranged in the functional area; a second conductive layer located on the second surface of the dielectric substrate; a first light-shielding layer located on the first surface of the dielectric substrate, the first light-shielding layer includes a first light-shielding structure at least arranged in the non-functional area, the first light-shielding structure has the same pattern as the first conductive structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Technology Development Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Long Wang, Dongdong Zhang, Yafei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11976193
    Abstract: A method for detecting a thickness of bonded rubber of a carbon black in a natural rubber based for reinforcement performance is provided. An ultra-thin frozen microtome to prepare a sample, a tapping mode of the atomic force microscope is used, and when characterizes the carbon black and rubber composite material, the difference of imaging characteristics between morphological and phase diagrams is used, the characteristics of bonded rubber of carbon black reinforced composite material can be observed to obtain the thickness of bonded rubber, and then influence of bonded rubber on rubber performance and the reinforcement performance of the carbon black in the rubber are analyzed. The method has advantages of simple operation, no need for excessive sample processing, high detection efficiency, clear detection images and high detection accuracy, thereby having better applicability and providing a new method and idea for studying reinforcements of fillers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: SICHUAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & ENGINEERING
    Inventors: Jian Chen, Zhiqiang Lei, Long Qing, Rui Li, Sha Liu, Lin Li
  • Patent number: 11980071
    Abstract: A display substrate and a display device. The display substrate includes a display region, a first connecting wire, and a second connecting wire. A first display region includes a first sub-pixel array, including a plurality of light emitting elements arranged in an array, and the plurality of light emitting elements include a first light emitting element and a second light emitting element. The second display region includes a first pixel circuit array, including a plurality of first pixel circuit units, and the plurality of pixel circuit units include a first pixel circuit (D10) and a second pixel circuit. The first connecting wire (151) is connected to the first pixel circuit and the first light emitting element. The second connecting wire is connected to the second pixel circuit and the second light emitting element. The second connecting wire extends in a first direction, the first connecting wire extends in a second direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignees: CHENGDU BOE OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yuanyou Qiu, Weiyun Huang, Yao Huang, Yue Long, Tianyi Cheng
  • Patent number: 11976813
    Abstract: Apparatus and associated methods relate to a water-resistant capture device for enclosing wired electro-magnetic components, the capture device having a base module and a connecting cap module, wherein when the base module and cap module enclose an electro-magnetic component and the base module is connected to the cap module, one or more electric wires are passed through wire apertures formed by a combined base module and cap module. In some embodiments, the base module may be deformable and deform when affixed to the cap module. In some embodiments a sealing agent may be disposed in an interior of the capture device. The sealing agent may, for example, be assembled in solid form and be at least partially liquified for distribution. In an exemplary embodiment, an LED may be captured within the capture device. The sealing agent may provide a water resistant seal between a base and a housing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Seasons 4, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Loomis, Nash Rittmann, Yi Xin Long
  • Patent number: 11977396
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-body formation reconstruction method for an unmanned device cluster control. The present invention comprises: step 1: reading a preset target formation; step 2: establishing a probability density function associated with the target formation; step 3: obtaining the current formation of all the controlled objects in the unmanned device cluster, and establishing a probability density function associated with the current formation; step 4: decreasing a cross entropy by adjusting the position of the controlled objects in the unmanned device cluster, and repeating executing the step 3 and the step 4 until the formation composed by the controlled objects in the unmanned device cluster is consistent with the target formation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: NANJING UNIVERSITY OF AERONAUTICS AND ASTRONAUTICS
    Inventors: Xiaohui Wei, Wei Liao, Xubo Li, Tianchi Gao, Long Li
  • Patent number: 11978212
    Abstract: A method and system for image segmentation systems and related methods of automatically segmenting cardiac MRI images using deep learning methods. One example method includes inputting MRI volume data from a MRI scanner, segmenting the MRI volume data with a whole volume segmentation analysis module, assembling the segmented MRI volume data into a 3D volume assembly with a 3D volume assembly module, determining the 3D volume assembly for anatomic plausibility with an anatomic plausibility analysis module, and outputting a final segmented 3D volume assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Dyad Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: John Long, Ronny Shalev
  • Patent number: 11979730
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a loudspeaker assembly and an electronic device, relating to the technical field of electronic devices, so as to solve the problems of single sound effect and lack of good sound effect. The loudspeaker assembly includes a first housing, a second housing, a loudspeaker vibrator and an adjusting mechanism. The first housing and the loudspeaker vibrator form a first cavity, and the second housing and the loudspeaker vibrator form a second cavity. The adjusting mechanism includes a driving mechanism and a filling part. The driving mechanism drives the filling part to move, so as to change the volume of the filling part extending into the second cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Gree Electric Appliances, Inc. of Zhuhai
    Inventors: Chao Xu, Ruimin Li, Ke Feng, Ming Xie, Shicai Long, Qilu Ye, Zhekang Luo, Yadong Zheng
  • Patent number: 11978190
    Abstract: A rapid detection system for water and impurity of machine-harvested seed cotton in purchase link, including: a seed cotton large-impurity-cleaning device, a seed cotton sample case, a driving and transmission device, a cotton pressing device, an image collection and processing device, and a moisture regain rate detection device and a control cabinet. The seed cotton sample case consists of a positioning plate and a high light transmittance glass case, the weighing device consists of a weighing sensor, a pallet, and an electric push rod. The driving and transmission device consists of the rollers, the motor of conveyor belts and conveyor belts, the cotton pressing device consists of an electric push rod, a connecting rod, a connecting plate, and a high light transmittance glass plate. Said rapid detection system could realize the rapid detection to the impurity rate and moisture regain rate of the seed cotton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Shihezi University
    Inventors: Ruoyu Zhang, Long Wan, Yinglan Jiang, Mengyun Zhang, Jinqiang Chang, Fangdan Song
  • Patent number: 11976676
    Abstract: A hydraulic-electric coupling driven multi-actuator system and control method are provided. The system comprises one or more hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuators, first inverters, control valves, centralized hydraulic units and control units, wherein each hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuator is correspondingly connected with one first inverter and one control valve; the centralized hydraulic units are connected with the control valves and configured to supply oil for the hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuators and to perform power compensation; and the control units are respectively connected with the hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuators, and each control unit is configured to control output torque of a first motor of the corresponding hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuator based on pressure information of the hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuator, such that pressure of driving cavities of the hydraulic-electric hybrid driven actuators is equal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Taiyuan University of Technology
    Inventors: Long Quan, Shufei Qiao, Yunxiao Hao, Lei Ge, Bo Wang
  • Patent number: 11976736
    Abstract: A backflow prevention device includes a main pipe body extending along a first center longitudinal axis, at least one check valve disposed within the main pipe body, an inlet pipe connected to an inlet side of the main pipe body, and an outlet pipe connected to an outlet side of the main pipe body. The inlet pipe and the outlet pipe extend along a second center longitudinal axis. The first center longitudinal axis is offset with respect to the second center longitudinal axis in a direction perpendicular to the first and second center longitudinal axes. A center of the valve seat of the at least one check valve is offset with respect to the second center longitudinal axis in the direction perpendicular to the first and second longitudinal axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Acorn Engineering Company, Inc.
    Inventors: Pui Yuen Ng, Luis Fernando Prieto, Adrian Alexander Filip, Alan Long Thien Du, Edward Barry Knoles
  • Patent number: 11977296
    Abstract: A backlight module and a display device are provided. The backlight module includes a first data line, a second data line, and a light-emitting diode group. The light-emitting diode group includes two or more light-emitting diode units. A voltage at a connection point between a n-th light-emitting diode unit and the first data line is defined as Vn. A voltage at a connection point between the n-th light-emitting diode unit and the second data line is defined as Un. In response to Vi is greater than Vj, Ui is greater than Uj.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lixia Li, Zhijuan Long
  • Patent number: D1025624
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: YIWU LOCYOP HOUSEHOLD PRODUCT CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenbiao You, Changwei Long
  • Patent number: D1025704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Aibors E-Commerce Co., ltd.
    Inventor: Long Xie
  • Patent number: D1025747
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventors: Zeping Yang, Ziyi Long
  • Patent number: D1025824
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Inventor: Long Xiang Shen