Patents by Inventor Ming Yao
Ming Yao 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).
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Publication number: 20260007294Abstract: A steam cleaning apparatus may include a wand, a cleaning assembly coupled to the wand, the cleaning assembly including a steam generator, and a cleaning head pivotally coupled to the wand. The cleaning head may include a plurality of cleaning pads, a pad motor having a motor driveshaft, a drivetrain configured to transfer rotational motion of the motor driveshaft to each of the plurality of cleaning pads such that a rotation of the motor driveshaft causes a corresponding rotation in each of the plurality of cleaning pads, and a temperature sensor positioned proximate to the drivetrain, the temperature sensor being configured to measure a temperature of the drivetrain.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2025Publication date: January 8, 2026Inventors: Fariha AHMED, Joshua REDMAN, Peter HUTCHINSON, Dmitry LAYEVSKY, Andrew KEENE, Kai XU, Ognjen VRDOLJAK, Queena TAN, Devin FENG, Junping LI, Ming YAO, Tao WANG, Hui ZOU, Yonggang LI, David T. BARKER, Heliang CHEN, Jibing GU, Mingliang QIN, Zhengzhou LU, Lei LIU
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Patent number: 12484678Abstract: Systems are provided for a hair dryer. A hair drying system can include a plurality of different types of accessories and a hair dryer having an output end configured to supply air. The output end can include an attachment assembly having a retaining mechanism configured to engage each of the plurality of different types of accessories to retain a selected one of the different types of accessories on the hair dryer, an alignment mechanism configured to align one of the accessories in a predetermined rotational orientation relative to the output end, and an accessory detection assembly configured to move to one of a plurality of predetermined structural configurations based on the type of accessory attached to the hair dryer. The hair dryer can further include a controller configured to control the supply of air through the output end in dependence on the predetermined structural configuration of the accessory detection assembly.Type: GrantFiled: July 16, 2021Date of Patent: December 2, 2025Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Ming Yao, Joshua Thomas Richards, Jack Qin, Terry Tan
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Publication number: 20250312841Abstract: The present invention discloses a flexible adaptive high-precision mold. A die-casting machine table plate is externally connected to a die-casting machine, a mold release plate is mounted at a middle portion of the die-casting machine table plate through a hydraulic mechanism, adapter plates are mounted on two sides of a bottom surface of the die-casting machine table plate, a connecting plate is suspended and connected to each adapter plate, positioning columns are mounted at four corners of the bottom plate, an ejection rod plate is connected to a mold release ring through connecting columns, the connecting columns are slidably connected to a top mold, the mold release ring matches side molds, a mold cavity for forming workpieces is formed through the bottom mold, the top mold and the side molds, and return columns are mounted on four sides of the ejection rod plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2025Publication date: October 9, 2025Applicant: CITIC Dicastal Co., LtdInventors: Yong Li, Shan Ma, Hongbiao Li, Jiaze Xu, Zexin Wu, Haijun Guo, Dong Xing, Zenglei He, Ming Yao, Liqiang Liu, Xuguang Chen
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Patent number: 12396613Abstract: A steam cleaning apparatus may include a wand, a cleaning assembly coupled to the wand, the cleaning assembly including a steam generator, and a cleaning head pivotally coupled to the wand. The cleaning head may include a plurality of cleaning pads, a pad motor having a motor driveshaft, a drivetrain configured to transfer rotational motion of the motor driveshaft to each of the plurality of cleaning pads such that a rotation of the motor driveshaft causes a corresponding rotation in each of the plurality of cleaning pads, and a temperature sensor positioned proximate to the drivetrain, the temperature sensor being configured to measure a temperature of the drivetrain.Type: GrantFiled: April 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 26, 2025Assignee: SHARKNINJA OPERATING LLCInventors: Fariha Ahmed, Joshua Redman, Peter Hutchinson, Dmitry Layevsky, Andrew Keene, Kai Xu, Ognjen Vrdoljak, Queena Tan, Devin Feng, Junping Li, Ming Yao, Tao Wang, Hui Zou, Yonggang Li, David T. Barker, Heliang Chen, Jibing Gu, Mingliang Qin, Zhengzhou Lu, Lei Liu
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Publication number: 20250232089Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for simulating thermal stress of a casting mold during a service process, and a storage medium. The method comprises: importing a pre-built three-dimensional geometric model of the casting mold, processing the geometric model, and then performing grid division to obtain a casting simulation finite element physical model; assigning material parameters, interface parameters, process parameters, and boundary conditions to the finite element physical model to obtain a casting simulation finite element calculation model; performing casting process simulation calculations to obtain casting simulation results such as mold temperature field and stress field, and exporting result data; interpolating a temperature-stress correction factor; multiplying all correction factor data under the same node numbers with mold stress data to obtain final thermal stress distribution data of the mold during the service process.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2025Publication date: July 17, 2025Applicant: CITIC Dicastal Co., Ltd.Inventors: Xiaoying Ma, Yuling Lang, Shuwei Feng, Kaiqing Wang, Yacong Zhang, Haijun Guo, Dengyao Li, Qifeng Dai, Decai Kong, Ming Yao, Jian Gao
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Publication number: 20240417794Abstract: A primer pair, a kit and a method for detecting the residual amount of sgRNA in the environment. The forward primer of the primer pair is a nucleic acid molecule as shown in SEQ ID NO: 2, and the reverse primer of the primer pair is a nucleic acid molecule as shown in SEQ ID NO: 5. The primer pair can be used for detecting the residual amount of sgRNA in the environment; can perform real-time and high-throughput detection on the residual amount of sgRNA in the environment; has the advantages of good specificity, high sensitivity and repeatability, and convenient operation; and can perform real-time and high-throughput detection on the residual amount of the sgRNA in the environment in different stages of a production process.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: December 19, 2024Applicant: NANJING GENSCRIPT BIOTECH CO., LTD.Inventors: Chun GUO, Jingping WU, Ming YAO, Jianpeng WANG, Hong LI
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Publication number: 20240118660Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide example holographic recording media, holographic polymer materials, methods for preparing holographic polymer materials, and display devices. An example holographic recording medium includes a first-order crosslinked network, a photoinitiator, and a second-order monomer. The first-order crosslinked network provides a mechanical support for the holographic recording medium. The second-order monomer includes a monomer with a free radical reactivity. The photoinitiator is used to initiate polymerization of the second-order monomer. The holographic recording medium includes at least one of an ester group (I), a urethane group (II), a carbamido group (III), an allophanate group (IV), or an amide group (V). Groups linked to the ester group (I), the urethane group (II), the carbamido group (III), the allophanate group (IV), and the amide group (V) are separately selected from at least one of the following: alkyl, alkoxy, alkenyl, or aryl.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Haiyan PENG, Shaoqin XU, Xiaolin XIE, Xingping ZHOU, Ming YAO, Botong QIU
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Publication number: 20230314649Abstract: A method, an apparatus, a computer storage medium and a computer device for geological characteristic constraint-based reservoir parameter prediction are provided. The method includes: selecting dominant seismic attributes according to the relevance between different types of seismic attributes of a target stratum and reservoir parameters (S100); on the basis of the dominant seismic attributes, classifying seismic waveforms of the target stratum by a preset waveform classification network model and according to waveform features, so as to obtain a waveform classification result (S200); taking the waveform classification result as a constraint, and constructing different deep neural network models corresponding to different geological characteristics (S300); fusing different trained deep neural network models into a set of spatially varying neural network prediction model (S500); and predicting the reservoir parameters of the target stratum.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Kai XU, Zhentao SUN, Shixing WANG, Jinliang TANG, Huilan CAO, Ruyi ZHANG, Xiaoxue ZHENG, Ming YAO
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Patent number: 11741768Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intelligent prevention passage control system for an electronic device, which comprises a detection device for an electronic device, a traffic control device integrated with the detection device for the electronic device, an industrial control host, a server, an access controller and a management terminal inside the traffic control device. The present disclosure can more accurately judge violations by scoring violations, and can make the system more intelligent by accurately judging violations, thus realizing no manual attendance, solving the problems of personnel recruitment, shift attendance and personnel management, and saving a lot of labor cost. At the same time, the system can avoid the hidden dangers caused by human feelings, sense of responsibility and inertia brought by manual prevention, and ensure the consistent, accurate and reliable standards of detection work.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2022Date of Patent: August 29, 2023Inventors: Zhaohui Wu, Jicai Xu, Yeliang Han, Huiling Liu, Changjie Yang, Wanqiang Wang, Fanglei Chen, Nan Jiang, Xuemei Gao, Jingqiu Sun, Chun Li, Lidan Chen, Hong Jiang, Wenzhu Tian, Jilong Zhang, Kun Zhao, Ming Yao, Qi Liu
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Patent number: 11596286Abstract: A wheel assembly for a robotic cleaner may include a frame, a moveable arm pivotally coupled to the frame, a driven wheel rotatably coupled to the moveable arm such that the driven wheel pivots with the moveable arm, and a biasing mechanism configured to urge the driven wheel towards an extended position, the biasing mechanism being coupled to the frame and spaced apart from the moveable arm.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Catriona C. A. Sutter, Ming Yao, William Wang, Andre D. Brown
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Patent number: 11583158Abstract: A robotic vacuum cleaner may include a housing, a displaceable bumper, an emitter/detector pair, and at least one divider. The displaceable bumper may be moveably coupled to the housing and may be configured to be displaced along at least one axis. The emitter/detector pair may have an emitter and a detector, wherein the emitter is configured to emit light through at least a portion of the displaceable bumper. The at least one divider may be disposed between the emitter and the detector of the emitter/detector pair.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Charles Fiebig, Isaku D. Kamada, William Wang, Ming Yao, Rain Gu, Melinda L. Liggett, Kennedy Huang, Charles S. Brunner
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Publication number: 20230045481Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an intelligent prevention passage control system for an electronic device, which comprises a detection device for an electronic device, a traffic control device integrated with the detection device for the electronic device, an industrial control host, a server, an access controller and a management terminal inside the traffic control device, The present disclosure can more accurately judge violations by scoring violations, and can make the system more intelligent by accurately judging violations, thus realizing no manual attendance, solving the problems of personnel recruitment, shift attendance and personnel management, and saving a lot of labor cost. At the same time, the system can avoid the hidden dangers caused by human feelings. sense of responsibility and inertia brought b manual prevention, and ensure the consistent, accurate and reliable standards of detection work.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Zhaohui Wu, Jicai Xu, Yeliang Han, Huiling Liu, Changjie Yang, Wanqiang Wang, Fanglei Chen, Nan Jiang, Xuemei Gao, Jingqiu Sun, Chun Li, Lidan Chen, Hong Jiang, Wenzhu Tian, Jilong Zhang, Kun Zhao, Ming Yao, Qi Liu
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Publication number: 20220400827Abstract: Systems are provided for a hair dryer. A hair drying system can include a plurality of different types of accessories and a hair dryer having an output end configured to supply air. The output end can include an attachment assembly having a retaining mechanism configured to engage each of the plurality of different types of accessories to retain a selected one of the different types of accessories on the hair dryer, an alignment mechanism configured to align one of the accessories in a predetermined rotational orientation relative to the output end, and an accessory detection assembly configured to move to one of a plurality of predetermined structural configurations based on the type of accessory attached to the hair dryer. The hair dryer can further include a controller configured to control the supply of air through the output end in dependence on the predetermined structural configuration of the accessory detection assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Ming Yao, Joshua Thomas Richards, Jack Qin, Terry Tan
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Publication number: 20220338703Abstract: A steam cleaning apparatus may include a wand, a cleaning assembly coupled to the wand, the cleaning assembly including a steam generator, and a cleaning head pivotally coupled to the wand. The cleaning head may include a plurality of cleaning pads, a pad motor having a motor driveshaft, a drivetrain configured to transfer rotational motion of the motor driveshaft to each of the plurality of cleaning pads such that a rotation of the motor driveshaft causes a corresponding rotation in each of the plurality of cleaning pads, and a temperature sensor positioned proximate to the drivetrain, the temperature sensor being configured to measure a temperature of the drivetrain.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 22, 2022Publication date: October 27, 2022Inventors: Fariha AHMED, Joshua REDMAN, Peter HUTCHINSON, Dmitry LAYEVSKY, Andrew KEENE, Kai XU, Ognjen VRDOLJAK, Queena Tan, Devin FENG, Junping Li, Ming YAO, Tao Wang, Hui Zou, Yonggang Li, David T. BARKER, Heliang CHEN, Jibing Gu, Mingliang Qin, Zhengzhou Lu, Lei Liu
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Patent number: 11458771Abstract: A vacuum cleaner can include an upright section, a surface cleaning head coupled to the upright section, and at least one wheel coupled to the surface cleaning head. The at least one wheel can include a hub, a rim, and an absorber. The absorber can extend between the hub and the rim. The absorber can be configured to deform before the rim experiences substantial deformation. A deformation limiter can be provided that is configured to limit the deformation in the absorber.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2018Date of Patent: October 4, 2022Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Jason B. Thorne, Pu Zhou, Ming Yao, Gordon Howes
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Patent number: 11064853Abstract: A vacuum cleaner may include a surface cleaning head, a wand pivotally coupled to the surface cleaning head, and a rotatable canister mount. The rotatable canister mount may include a support through which at least a portion of the wand extends such that the canister mount rotates relative to the wand in response to the wand pivoting.Type: GrantFiled: May 9, 2019Date of Patent: July 20, 2021Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: David S. Clare, Mingshun Su, Ming Yao
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RNA and method for specifically activating human RSPO2 gene with CRISPR-Cas9 and application thereof
Patent number: 11015193Abstract: A method of constructing a specific CRISPR-Cas9 (Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats associated) to activate a RSPO2 (R-spondin 2) gene is disclosed in the present invention. The method comprises the following steps: designing a sgRNA (single guide RNA) of a specifically targeted human RSPO2 gene; constructing a CRISPR-Cas9 recombinant lentivirus vector of a specifically activated RSPO2 gene; and lentiviral packaging a CRISPR-Cas9 system of the specifically activated RSPO2 gene. The CRISPR-Cas9 system designed by the present invention activates the RSPO2 target gene expression and promotes the activation of the hepatic stellate cell.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: The First Hospital of JiaxingInventors: Linghua Yu, Ming Yao -
Patent number: 10898042Abstract: A robotic cleaning apparatus can include a body and at least one antenna extending from a periphery of the body. The at least one antenna can be configured to rotate about an axis that extends substantially parallel to a surface to be cleaned.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2018Date of Patent: January 26, 2021Assignee: SharkNinja Operating LLCInventors: Jason B. Thorne, Daniel R. Der Marderosian, Charles Brunner, Dan Gutierrez, Isaku Douglas Kamada, Rain Gu, Ming Yao, Heliang Chen, Frederick K. Hopke
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Publication number: 20200205634Abstract: A wheel assembly for a robotic cleaner may include a frame, a moveable arm pivotally coupled to the frame, a driven wheel rotatably coupled to the moveable arm such that the driven wheel pivots with the moveable arm, and a biasing mechanism configured to urge the driven wheel towards an extended position, the biasing mechanism being coupled to the frame and spaced apart from the moveable arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Catriona C.A. SUTTER, Ming YAO, William WANG, Andre D. BROWN
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Patent number: D1058224Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2024Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Inventor: Ming Yao