Patents by Inventor Meilin Liu

Meilin Liu 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: 20250117307
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure is a low-cost and zero-shot online log parsing method based on a large language model, including: firstly, extracting content of a log in a log message using regular expressions, then, performing regular expression matching with a log template in a database; if the matching is successful, updating a log sample corresponding to the log template; if the matching fails, conducting a dialogue with the large language model to obtain a new log template; performing template correction to prevent the log template generated by the large language model from being incapable of performing regular expression matching with the log message; performing template merging when a new template is generated; performing template splitting when the log sample is updated; and for all log templates to be added to the database, firstly, normalizing the log templates by post-processing, and then storing the log templates to the database.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: CHEN ZHI, LIYE CHENG, MEILIN LIU, XUHONG ZHANG, XINKUI ZHAO, SHUIGUANG DENG, JIANWEI YIN
  • Publication number: 20250095353
    Abstract: The present application discloses a method for detecting cigarette appearance defects based on variational Bayesian inference. In a cigarette appearance defect detection scenario, in order to solve the problem that a current point estimation-based machine learning algorithm leads to an overconfidence decision in a data scarcity area, the present application proposes a variational inference-based Bayesian method to improve a SSD backbone network, preferably including calculating a real posterior probability by the variational inference method, replacing a point estimation mechanism of a convolution layer weight in the original backbone network by using a form of probability distribution, then detecting the improved extracted features by an SSD target detection algorithm, and furthermore, accurately determining whether the appearance of the cigarette is defective and the type and location of the defect.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Xianzhou LV, Lin Qi, Yuxiang CUI, Dan LIN, Faqing LV, Liang CHENG, Lu YANG, Bing LIU, Meilin YI, Yunmei WANG, Yuedong QIAN, Shichae WU, Yunyu GONG
  • Publication number: 20250059060
    Abstract: In a method of making an electrode, a binder is dissolved in a solvent to form a solution. An Nb2O5 hydrate-based electrode material powder is suspended in the solution to form a slurry. A predetermined thickness of the slurry is dispensed onto a conductive member so that the slurry has a mass loading in a range of 1 mg cm?2 to 2 mg cm?2. The conductive member and the slurry are dried to form the electrode. A battery includes an anode, a cathode, an electrolyte and a separator. The anode includes a graphite-modified Nb2O5 composite electrode material powder applied to a conductive member. The electrolyte is in electrical communication with the anode and the cathode. The separator is permeable to the electrolyte and is disposed between the anode from the cathode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Meilin Liu, Tongtong Li, Gyutae Nam, Bote Zhao
  • Publication number: 20240088402
    Abstract: A solid oxide cell (SOC) includes a fuel electrode, an oxygen electrode, and an electrolyte. In some embodiments, the solid oxide cell is a reversible proton conducting solid oxide cell (P-rSOC). In some embodiments, the oxygen electrode is a perovskite oxide material having a formula such as PrBa0.8Ca0.2Co2O5+?, PrBa0.9Co1.96Nb0.04O5, PrBaCo1.6Fc0.2Nb0.2?xO5+?, PrBa0.5Sr0.5Co1.5Fe0.5O5+? (PBSCF), or PrBaCo2O5+? (PBC) and it is coated with a perovskite oxide catalyst such as PrCoO3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Conor Evans, Meilin Liu, Ying Liu, Yucun Zhou
  • Patent number: 11909085
    Abstract: Disclosed are air electrode materials suitable for use in solid oxide electrochemical cells (SOCs). The disclosed cells can operate in a dual function modes, i.e., as a fuel cell and as an electrolysis cell. In both cases, chemical energy and electrical energy can be directly convert from one mode to the other; thereby providing a highly efficient energy conversion process that can be used as a sustainable energy source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignees: Phillips 66 Company, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Weilin Zhang, Meilin Liu, Ying Liu, Yucun Zhou
  • Publication number: 20220363559
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are electrolytes having increased proton conduction and steam tolerance for use in solid oxide electrolysis cells (SOECs). The disclosed SOECs provide an enhanced means for obtaining hydrogen. The disclosed SOECs provide enhanced conductivity and stability and, therefore, result in higher performance when used to fabricate electrolysis cells, fuel cells, and reversible cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Zheyu Luo, Yucun Zhou, Ying Liu, Meilin Liu
  • Patent number: 11495818
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are barium hafnate comprising proton-conducting electrolytes for use in solid oxide fuel cells. The disclosed electrolytes are also useful for electrolysis operations and for carbon dioxide tolerance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignees: Phillips 66 Company, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Meilin Liu, Ryan Murphy
  • Publication number: 20220123341
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are barium hafnate comprising proton-conducting electrolytes for use in solid oxide fuel cells. The disclosed electrolytes are also useful for electrolysis operations and for carbon dioxide tolerance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Meilin Liu, Ryan Murphy
  • Publication number: 20220109174
    Abstract: Disclosed are air electrode materials suitable for use in solid oxide electrochemical cells (SOCs). The disclosed cells can operate in a dual function modes, i.e., as a fuel cell and as an electrolysis cell. In both cases, chemical energy and electrical energy can be directly convert from one mode to the other; thereby providing a highly efficient energy conversion process that can be used as a sustainable energy source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: Phillips 66 Company
    Inventors: Weilin Zhang, Meilin Liu, Ying Liu, Yucun Zhou
  • Patent number: 11018346
    Abstract: A hybrid catalyst coating composed of a conformal thin film with exsoluted PrOx nano-particles. The conformal PNM thin film can be a perovskite composition of PrNi0.5Mn0.5O3 (PNM). The PrOx nano-particles dramatically enhance the oxygen reduction reaction kinetics via a high concentration of oxygen vacancies while the thin PNM film effectively suppresses strontium segregation from the cathode of an intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Meilin Liu, Dong Ding, Yu Chen, Lei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10957903
    Abstract: The present invention provides a layered lithium-rich manganese-based cathode material with olivine structured LiMPO4 surface modification and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises: firstly, preparing a pure-phase layered lithium-rich manganese-based cathode material by using a coprecipitation method and a high temperature sintering method, and then uniformly coating and doping olivine-structured LiMPO4 to the surface of the layered lithium-manganese-rich composite cathode material by using a sol-gel method. According to the present invention, the surface of the layered lithium-rich manganese-based cathode material is modified by olivine structured LiMPO4, such that cycle stability thereof is effectively improved, and voltage drop generated by the material in the cycle course is inhibited. The preparation method according to the present invention is simple, low cost, environmentally friendly, and is suitable for large-scale industrial production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chenghao Yang, Fenghua Zheng, Xunhui Xiong, Meilin Liu
  • Publication number: 20210036320
    Abstract: Disclosed are a lithium anode surface modification method for a lithium metal battery and a lithium metal battery. The modification method comprises the following steps: immersing, in a dry protective gas atmosphere, a lithium metal anode in a fluorine ion-containing liquid, or dropping a fluorine ion-containing liquid on a surface of the lithium metal anode; after fluorination and removal, a protective layer rich in lithium fluoride is formed on the surface of the lithium metal anode, and a lithium metal-coated lithium metal anode is obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Xunhui XIONG, Gang WANG, Chenghao YANG, Zhihua LIN, Zhang LIN, Meilin LIU
  • Patent number: 10811717
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a SSZ/SDC bi-layer electrolyte solid oxide fuel cell, comprising the steps of: fabricating an NiO-YSZ anode substrate from a mixed NiO and yttria-stabilized zirconia by tape casting; sequentially depositing a NiO-SSZ buffer layer, a thin SSZ electrolyte layer and a SDC electrolyte on the NiO-YSZ anode substrate by a particle suspension coating or spraying process, wherein the layers are co-fired at high temperature to densify the electrolyte layers to at least about 96% of their theoretical densities; and painting/spraying a SSC-SDC slurry on the SDC electrolyte to form a porous SSC-SDC cathode. A SSZ/SDC bi-layer electrolyte cell device and a method of using such device are also discussed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignees: GEORGIA TECH RESEARCH CORPORATION, PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY
    Inventors: Mingfei Liu, Meilin Liu, Ting He
  • Publication number: 20200328406
    Abstract: The present invention provides a layered lithium-rich manganese-based cathode material with olivine structured LiMPO4 surface modification and a preparation method thereof. The preparation method comprises: firstly, preparing a pure-phase layered lithium-rich manganese-based cathode material by using a coprecipitation method and a high temperature sintering method, and then uniformly coating and doping olivine-structured LiMPO4 to the surface of the layered lithium-manganese-rich composite cathode material by using a sol-gel method. According to the present invention, the surface of the layered lithium-rich manganese-based cathode material is modified by olivine structured LiMPO4, such that cycle stability thereof is effectively improved, and voltage drop generated by the material in the cycle course is inhibited. The preparation method according to the present invention is simple, low cost, environmentally friendly, and is suitable for large-scale industrial production.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chenghao YANG, Fenghua ZHENG, Xunhui XIONG, Meilin LIU
  • Publication number: 20200295379
    Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell capable of directly utilizing hydrocarbons as a fuel source at operating temperatures between 200° C. and 500° C. The anode, electrolyte, and cathode of the solid oxide fuel cell can include technologies for improved operation at temperatures between 200° C. and 500° C. The anode can include technologies for improved direct utilization of hydrocarbon fuel sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Meilin Liu, Ik Chang, Yu Chen, Ben Deglee, Brian Doyle, Franklin Tao, Lei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190173096
    Abstract: A solid oxide fuel cell capable of directly utilizing hydrocarbons as a fuel source at operating temperatures between 200° C. and 500° C. The anode, electrolyte, and cathode of the solid oxide fuel cell can include technologies for improved operation at temperatures between 200° C. and 500° C. The anode can include technologies for improved direct utilization of hydrocarbon fuel sources.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Inventors: Meilin Liu, Ik Whang Chang, Yu Chen, Ben M. Deglee, Brian Doyle, Franklin Tao, Lei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190140287
    Abstract: A hybrid catalyst coating composed of a conformal thin film with exsoluted PrOx nano-particles. The conformal PNM thin film can be a perovskite composition of PrNi0.5Mn0.5O3 (PNM). The PrOx nano-particles dramatically enhance the oxygen reduction reaction kinetics via a high concentration of oxygen vacancies while the thin PNM film effectively suppresses strontium segregation from the cathode of an intermediate-temperature solid oxide fuel cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Meilin LIU, Dong DING, Yu CHEN, Lei ZHANG
  • Patent number: 9914649
    Abstract: A composition of matter is disclosed which is a perovskite having a composition A2?xA?xB2?yB?yO6??, where A is a praseodymium (Pr) element at the A-site of the perovskite, A? is a strontium (Sr) element at the A-site of the perovskite, B is a cobalt (Co) element at the B-site of the perovskite, and B? is a manganese (Mn) element at the B-site of the perovskite, and where 0<x ?1 and 0<y<2. Also disclosed is an electrode material Conformally coated with the composition of matter. Also disclosed are methods of producing the composition of matter and conformally coating the electrode material. Also disclosed an electrode is conformally coated with a praseodymium strontium manganese perovskite and a method for the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 13, 2018
    Assignee: Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Dong Ding, Meilin Liu
  • Publication number: 20150325860
    Abstract: A composition of matter is disclosed which is a perovskite having a composition A2-xA?xB2-yB?yO6-?, where A is a praseodymium (Pr) element at the A-site of the perovskite, A? is a strontium (Sr) element at the A-site of the perovskite, B is a cobalt (Co) element at the B-site of the perovskite, and B? is a manganese (Mn) element at the B-site of the perovskite, and where 0<x?1 and 0<y<2. Also disclosed is an electrode material Conformally coated with the composition of matter. Also disclosed are methods of producing the composition of matter and conformally coating the electrode material. Also disclosed an electrode is conformally coated with a praseodymium strontium manganese perovskite and a method for the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Dong Ding, Meilin Liu
  • Patent number: 9118052
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an integrated SOFC system powered by natural gas. Specifically, a SOFC-O cell is combined with a SOFC-H cell so as to take advantage of the high operating temperature and steam reforming capabilities of the SOFC-O cell as well as the higher fuel conversion efficiency of the SOFC-H cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2015
    Assignees: Philips 66 Company, Georgia Tech Research Corporation
    Inventors: Mingfei Liu, Meilin Liu, Ting He