Patents by Inventor Luo Yu

Luo Yu 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: 20230356133
    Abstract: An apparatus used with supplied power for treating air in an environment and method of use. A housing is mobile in the environment and has an intake and an exhaust. At least one prime mover is disposed in the housing and is operable to move the air in the environment through the housing from the intake to the exhaust. At least one ultraviolet light source is disposed in the housing, is in electrical communication with the supplied power, and is configured to generate ultraviolet radiation in at least one a portion of the housing through which the moved air passes from the intake to the exhaust. At least one permeable barrier is disposed in the housing and is configured to impede the moved air flow therethrough up to an impedance threshold. The permeable barrier is in electrical communication to the supplied power and is heated to a surface temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Monzer A. Hourani, Zhifeng Ren, Luo Yu
  • Publication number: 20230220570
    Abstract: An aspect of the present disclosure provides time and energy-efficient synthesis of catalysts for water electrolysis. An exemplary synthesis method includes dissolving amounts of Fe(NO3)3.9H2O and Na2S2O3.5H2O in deionized water at ambient temperature to form a solution, placing Ni foam into the solution where the Ni foam serves as a substrate and a Ni source for growth of sulfur-doped (Ni,Fe)OOH (S—(Ni,Fe)OOH) catalysts, leaving the Ni foam in the solution at ambient temperature for a duration between one minute and five minutes to provide a treated foam where the S—(Ni,Fe)OOH catalysts grow on the substrate during the duration, and removing the treated foam from the solution after the duration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Applicant: University of Houston System
    Inventors: Zhifeng REN, Luo YU, Shuo CHEN
  • Publication number: 20230124578
    Abstract: A detoxification device for removing pathogens from air within an environment. The detoxification device may include a filtration media for catching and retaining particles larger than about 0.3 micrometers (?m) with an efficiency of at least 99%. The detoxification device may also include a heating element having a metallic foam. The heating element may be heated upon application of an electrical current to the heating element. The heating element may, upon being heated, heat the filtration media to a target temperature that is effective to kill a pathogen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventors: Monzer A. Hourani, Zhifeng Ren, Luo Yu
  • Publication number: 20230010138
    Abstract: A method for ambient-temperature synthesis of a catalyst for water electrolysis by dissolving an amount of an Fe2+ source and optionally an amount of a salt of another divalent cation in deionized water at ambient temperature to form a solution, placing nickel (Ni) foam into the solution, whereby the Ni foam serves as a substrate and/or a Ni source for growth of the catalyst, leaving the Ni foam in the solution at ambient temperature for a time duration in a range of from about 0.5 hour to about 4 hours to provide a treated foam, during which time duration, the catalyst is grown on the substrate, and removing the treated foam from the solution after the time duration, wherein the treated foam comprises the catalyst grown thereon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2022
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: University of Houston System
    Inventors: Zhifeng REN, Luo YU, Minghui NING
  • Publication number: 20220349066
    Abstract: A stable three-dimensional core-shell metal-nitride catalyst consisting of NiFeN nanoparticles decorated on NiMoN nanorods supported on porous Ni foam (NiMoN@NiFeN), which functions as an oxygen evolution reaction catalyst for alkaline seawater electrolysis. It yields large current densities of 500 and 1000 mA cm?2 at overpotentials of 369 and 398 mV, respectively, in alkaline natural seawater at 25° C. Combined with an efficient hydrogen evolution reaction catalyst of NiMoN nanorods, current densities of 500 and 1000 mA cm?2 at low voltages of 1.608 and 1.709 V, respectively are achieved for overall alkaline seawater splitting at 60° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Applicant: University of Houston System
    Inventors: Zhifeng REN, Luo YU, Shuo CHEN, Ying YU
  • Patent number: 11446600
    Abstract: A detoxification device for removing pathogens from air within an environment. The detoxification device may include a filtration media for catching and retaining particles larger than about 0.3 micrometers (?m) with an efficiency of at least 99%. The detoxification device may also include a heating element having a metallic foam. The heating element may be heated upon application of an electrical current to the heating element. The heating element may, upon being heated, heat the filtration media to a target temperature that is effective to kill a pathogen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignees: Hourani IP, LLC, University of Houston System
    Inventors: Monzer A. Hourani, Zhifeng Ren, Luo Yu
  • Publication number: 20210339183
    Abstract: An apparatus is used with supplied power for treating air flow of an air handing system of a facility. A frame has a plenum with an inlet and an outlet. The frame is configured to position in the air flow of the air handing system for passage of the air flow therethrough. A filter is disposed in the plenum and is configured to filter the air flow therethrough up to a filtration threshold. An ultraviolet light source disposed in the plenum is connected in electrical communication with the supplied power and is configured to generate ultraviolet radiation in the plenum. A permeable metal barrier disposed in the plenum is configured to impede the air flow therethrough up to an impedance threshold. The barrier is connected in electrical communication to the supplied power and is heated to a surface temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Monzer A. Hourani, Zhifeng Ren, Luo Yu
  • Publication number: 20210339184
    Abstract: An apparatus is used with supplied power for treating air in an environment. A housing is mobile in the environment and has an intake and an exhaust. At least one prime mover disposed in the housing between the intake and the exhaust is operable to move the air in the environment through the housing from the intake to the exhaust. At least one ultraviolet light source disposed in the housing is connected in electrical communication with the supplied power and is configured to generate ultraviolet radiation in at least one a portion of the housing through which the moved air passes from the intake to the exhaust. At least one permeable barrier disposed in the housing is configured to impede the moved air flow therethrough up to an impedance threshold. The at least one permeable barrier is connected in electrical communication to the supplied power and being heated to a surface temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2020
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Monzer A. Hourani, Zhifeng Ren, Luo Yu
  • Patent number: 9129009
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing related links are disclosed. In one aspect, a method comprises: retrieving textual information associated with a web page upon loading of the web page at a client; extracting a set of keywords from the received textual information; determining one or more keywords of the set of keywords using a keyword repository that maintains a list of keywords and their respective rankings; sending the one or more keywords as a search query to a search engine to obtain a list of search results ordered by their respective rankings; returning a number of search results with the highest rankings to the client for display on the web page.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Google Inc.
    Inventors: Peisheng Li, Qi Zhu, Luo Yu, Xin Zhou
  • Publication number: 20120109932
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing related links are disclosed. In one aspect, a method comprises: retrieving textual information associated with a web page upon loading of the web page at a client; extracting a set of keywords from the received textual information; determining one or more keywords of the set of keywords using a keyword repository that maintains a list of keywords and their respective rankings; sending the one or more keywords as a search query to a search engine to obtain a list of search results ordered by their respective rankings; returning a number of search results with the highest rankings to the client for display on the web page.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: GOOGLE INC.
    Inventors: Peisheng Li, Qi Zhu, Luo Yu, Xin Zhou
  • Publication number: 20090005982
    Abstract: An apparatus which collects, processes and distributes driving related information and a method for controlling the apparatus. The apparatus uses non-dedicated commercial wireless network and non-dedicated terminal device of the network. The network and the terminal device are not made or not meant for transmitting driving related information primarily. The method for transmitting driving related information, comprising steps of a) establishing in-vehicle communication between the non-dedicated terminal device and information collecting device, plus between the non-dedicated terminal device and information presenting device; b) establishing out-of-vehicle communication between the terminal device and information processing and distributing center; c) allowing vehicles to transmit driving related information to the center and vice versa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2007
    Publication date: January 1, 2009
    Inventor: Hua Luo Yu