Patents by Inventor Nan Zhou

Nan 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: 10964340
    Abstract: A recording head has a near-field transducer proximate a media-facing surface of the recording head. The near-field transducer extends a first distance away from the media-facing surface. A waveguide overlaps and delivers light to the near-field transducer. Two subwavelength focusing mirrors are at an end of the waveguide proximate the media-facing surface and extend a second distance away from the media-facing surface that is less than the first distance. The subwavelength mirrors are on opposite crosstrack sides of the near-field transducer and separated from each other by a crosstrack gap. The subwavelength focusing mirrors each include a first material at the media-facing surface; and a second material facing away from the media facing surface and in contact with the first material. The second material includes a plasmonic material, and the first material is more mechanically robust than the second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Weibin Chen, Nan Zhou, Ruoxi Yang, Michael Allen Seigler
  • Publication number: 20200378256
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a mine exploitation, separation, filling and treatment exploitation method, including main sources of gangue on a small-volume gangue exploitation working face and gangue reducing measures; system layout, equipment and separation technology for coal gangue separation; system layout, equipment and production technology for filling synergistic caving type coal efficient stoping; pretreatment and pre-control measures for environmental influence before and after gangue filling; and design principle and design steps of the mine “exploitation, separation, filling and treatment” exploitation method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicants: China University of Mining and Technology, XUZHOU ZHONGKUANG BACKFILLING & MINING TECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD
    Inventors: Jixiong ZHANG, Wenyue QI, Qiang ZHANG, Kai SUN, Nan ZHOU, Hengfeng LIU
  • Publication number: 20200378255
    Abstract: An internally injected replacement support room-type coal pillar recovery method is provided. During the recovery the room-type coal pillars with an aspect ratio greater than 0.6 are divided into two parts: reserved coal pillars and pre-mined coal pillars. After the mining of the pre-mined coal pillars, a cemented filling material is injected into a goaf surrounded by the reserved coal pillars, and is stabilized to replace the coal pillars for support, and the reserved coal pillars are recovered. A mechanical model of the reserved coal pillars in a support overburden stage is established based on the Winkler beam theory, to obtain displacement and stress conditions of a roof of the reserved coal pillar in a support stage. A theoretical reserve-width of the reserved coal pillars is obtained according to a first strength theory of the roof and a criterion of ultimate strength of the reserved coal pillars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: December 3, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nan ZHOU, Jiaqi WANG, Jixiong ZHANG, Kai SUN, Meng LI
  • Patent number: 10832717
    Abstract: A near-field transducer has an enlarged portion with a layer of soft plasmonic material. A peg formed of a thermally robust plasmonic material includes an embedded part that is partially embedded within the enlarged portion and has an exposed surface facing away from the enlarged portion. An intersection between a lower edge of the enlarged portion and the embedded part has a discontinuity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Yuhang Cheng, Nan Zhou, Yongjun Zhao, Huaqing Yin, Weibin Chen, Michael Allen Seigler
  • Publication number: 20200318480
    Abstract: A method of recovering a room-and-pillar coal pillar by using external replacement supports. In the recovery of a room-and-pillar coal pillar, a cement material wall is formed by performing pouring around a coal pillar having a width to height ratio of less than 0.6, by means of a single-pillar sack arrangement technique, such that a coal pillar resource may be mined while a wall made from a cement filling material supports an overlying stratum. After mining is complete, a coal pillar goaf region is filled with the cement filling material, and after the cement filling material solidifies and is stable, the single pillar can be recovered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Nan ZHOU, Hengfeng LIU, Meng LI, Zhongya WU, Jixiong ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200289681
    Abstract: Disinfecting particulate material includes combining the particulate material with a photocatalyst to yield a mixture, irradiating the mixture for a length of time with pulses from a light source having broadband emission spectrum between 190 nm-1100 nm to yield an irradiated mixture, and separating the photocatalyst from the disinfected mixture to yield the disinfected particulate matter. Irradiating the mixture inactivates microorganisms in the mixture to yield a disinfected mixture. A system for disinfecting particulate material includes a pulsed light source having a broadband emission spectrum in a range between about 190 nm and about 1100 nm, a chamber defining a cavity optically coupled to the pulsed light source, a humidifier, a fan, and one or more sensors. The chamber includes a conveyor configured to accept the particulate material and arranged such that the pulses emitted by the pulsed light source irradiate the particulate material on the conveyor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Rongsheng Ruan, Yanling Cheng, Nan Zhou, Dongjie Chen, Peng Peng, Yunpu Wang, Renchuan Zhang, Charles Schiappacasse, Ling Chen
  • Publication number: 20200241169
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for determining internal stress of a solid filling material, comprising the following steps: step 1) acquiring stress data of the solid filling material, and fitting the stress-strain relationship of the solid filling material; step 2) calculating surface subsidence in the solid filling area on the basis of an equivalent mining height theory with a probability integration method; step 3) calculating the expansion height of fractured zones in the area under a solid-backfill coal mining condition; step 4) calculating the strain in the solid filling material at a distance L from the rear of the stope by combing with step 2) and step 3); step 5) calculating internal stress in the solid filling material at distance L from the rear of the working face. The present invention attains the following beneficial effects: the present invention provides a method for calculating the stress in filling mass for solid-backfill coal mining.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Meng Li, Jixiong Zhang, A.J.S. (Sam) Spearing, Zhongya Wu, Nan Zhou, Feng Gao
  • Patent number: 10445061
    Abstract: A system, method, and apparatus are provided for migrating contacts (e.g., records identifying contacts) from one domain to another. Each record includes various fields corresponding to a single contact or other entity known within the first domain. The migration process may involve configuring multiple queries from the field data, for querying the second domain or system to identify (or to attempt to identify) matching entities known within the second domain. One or more exact queries may be configured to identify specific entities within the second domain, based on entity-specific data, for example. Other queries may be more general and may match multiple entities known within the second domain. For records for which no exact query identifies an entity, one or more general queries may be executed to identify multiple entities, which may be subsequently ranked based on the likelihood that they are the entity that corresponds to the record.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Kancheng Cao, Dakan Wang, Bill Bi Lun Kuang, Gururaj Seetharama, Manoj Rameshchandra Thakur, Jan Schellenberger, Nan Zhou
  • Patent number: 10410664
    Abstract: A near-field transducer has an enlarged portion with a layer of soft plasmonic material. A peg is embedded in a lower part of the enlarged portion that faces a media-facing surface. The peg has an elongated outer part that extends from a lower edge of the enlarged portion towards the media-facing surface and an embedded part that is embedded within the enlarged portion. The embedded part could be any shape. The peg is formed of a thermally robust plasmonic material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Seagate Technology LLC
    Inventors: Yuhang Cheng, Nan Zhou, Yongjun Zhao, Huaqing Yin, Weibin Chen, Michael Allen Seigler
  • Patent number: 10352167
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process method for withdrawing and recovering a mechanical constant-resistance single prop, specific steps involving: detecting a working resistance and a degree of deformation of a mechanical constant-resistance single prop, releasing lug clamp bolts of a recoverable base, knocking a lower portion of a cylinder body of the mechanical constant-resistance single prop to disengage the mechanical constant-resistance single prop from the recoverable base, and dismantling the mechanical constant-resistance single prop. Parts are classified and recovered based on degree of deformation thereof. By means of the foregoing method, a process of withdrawing and recovering a mechanical constant-resistance single prop is standardized, simple and fast disengagement of the mechanical constant-resistance single prop is achieved, and parts that can still be used can be sufficiently recovered and reused, thereby achieving the objectives of saving energy and reducing costs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: China University of Mining and Technology
    Inventors: Jixiong Zhang, Nan Zhou, Wenyue Qi, Qiang Zhang, Meng Li
  • Publication number: 20190085691
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a process method for withdrawing and recovering a mechanical constant-resistance single prop, specific steps involving: detecting a working resistance and a degree of deformation of a mechanical constant-resistance single prop, releasing lug clamp bolts of a recoverable base, knocking a lower portion of a cylinder body of the mechanical constant-resistance single prop to disengage the mechanical constant-resistance single prop from the recoverable base, and dismantling the mechanical constant-resistance single prop. Parts are classified and recovered based on degree of deformation thereof. By means of the foregoing method, a process of withdrawing and recovering a mechanical constant-resistance single prop is standardized, simple and fast disengagement of the mechanical constant-resistance single prop is achieved, and parts that can still be used can be sufficiently recovered and reused, thereby achieving the objectives of saving energy and reducing costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: March 21, 2019
    Applicant: China University of Mining and Technology
    Inventors: Jixiong ZHANG, Nan ZHOU, Wenyue QI, Qiang ZHANG, Meng LI
  • Publication number: 20190062322
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the technical field of medicine, and specifically relates to a PUMA inhibitor, a method for preparation thereof, and a use thereof. The PUMA inhibitor is the compound as shown in (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof. The definitions of its substituent groups are as described in the description. The compound (I) or pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof is capable of targeting a PUMA protein and has very good physicochemical properties, very good apoptosis resistance and radiation protection effects; it can selectively inhibit the competitive combined effect of a PUMA protein and a Bcl-2 apoptosis-resistant protein, block apoptosis, and effectively protects against bone marrow damage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2016
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Applicant: FOURTH MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui CHEN, Jiyuan LIU, Nan ZHOU, Shengyong ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20180353568
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a use of teicoplanin against Ebola virus, and discloses a drug inhibiting an envelope protein GP that comprises the teicoplanin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 22, 2015
    Publication date: December 13, 2018
    Applicant: SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ting PAN, Hui ZHANG, Nan ZHOU
  • Patent number: 10128673
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable device for aiding low temperature high power output of a battery pack, the device including a primary loop and a control unit, in which: the primary loop is configured as a working loop of the battery pack and comprises a power resistor, herein two ends of the power resistor are electrically connected with the positive/negative terminal of the battery pack respectively, and the battery pack discharges at low temperatures through the power resistor so that an internal temperature of the battery pack rises; and the control unit is configured to control on/off of the primary loop.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: NATIONAL ENGINEERING RESEARCH CENTER OF ADVANCED ENERGY STORAGE MATERIALS (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong bing Liu, Shun hua Hu, Xiao feng Chen, Gui nan Zhou, Fa ping Zhong
  • Patent number: 9988905
    Abstract: A solid-filling coal mining feeding and conveying monitoring system, suitable for monitoring of a vertical feeding and conveying system in underground mine solid-filling mining. The monitoring system mainly consists of an industrial control computer, a PLC control box, an operating platform, a liquid crystal display, a color four-picture divider, two video optical receivers and loudspeakers, four cameras, uphole electronic belt scales, downhole electronic belt scales, a radar level meter, a coal level sensor, a vibration sensor, and various matching junction boxes and cables, the components being installed in positions such as a material field, a control room, upper and lower openings of a storage silo, and a gangue transportation lane. The system implements four main functions of a solid-filling material transportation and feeding process, the four main functions being status monitoring, a full silo alarm, centralized control, and recording and querying.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignee: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jixiong Zhang, Nan Zhou, Wei Yin, Meng Li
  • Publication number: 20170201112
    Abstract: Disclosed is a portable device for aiding low temperature high power output of a battery pack, the device including a primary loop and a control unit, in which: the primary loop is configured as a working loop of the battery pack and comprises a power resistor, herein two ends of the power resistor are electrically connected with the positive/negative terminal of the battery pack respectively, and the battery pack discharges at low temperatures through the power resistor so that an internal temperature of the battery pack rises; and the control unit is configured to control on/off of the primary loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2016
    Publication date: July 13, 2017
    Inventors: Hong bing Liu, Shun hua Hu, Xiao feng Chen, Gui nan Zhou, Fa ping Zhong
  • Publication number: 20170154116
    Abstract: The application relates to a method and system for recommending contents based on a social network, and a method and system for recommending news. The method for recommending contents based on a social network includes: extracting features of social network data; calculating and recording interest weights of the features of the social network data for a type of user according to a behavior of the type of the user on the social network data; extracting features of a plurality of contents to be pushed; finding interest weights of the features of the plurality of contents to be pushed from the recorded features and the interest weights, and calculating interest scores of the plurality of contents to be pushed for the type of the user; and pushing contents to the type of the user according to the interest scores of the plurality of contents to be pushed for the type of the user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: June 1, 2017
    Applicant: BEIJING QIHOO TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Nan ZHOU, Fuyang CHANG, Jisheng QIN
  • Patent number: 9494037
    Abstract: In an inclined layered solid-filling mining method in an ultrathick coal layer, tunnels and equipment are arranged according to a solid-filling mining method. An artificial roof for a lower layer is formed by metal meshes and bamboo fences of a first layer a solid-filling mining method. The method is repeated, until the entire ultrathick coal layer is finished. The method is repeated forming additional roofs for subsequent layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: China University of Mining and Technology
    Inventors: Jixiong Zhang, Nan Zhou, Qiang Zhang, Jiwei Guo, Xiaoming Shen, Feng Ju, Haiqiang Jiang
  • Publication number: 20160311625
    Abstract: A solid-filling coal mining feeding and conveying monitoring system, suitable for monitoring of a vertical feeding and conveying system in underground mine solid-filling mining. The monitoring system mainly consists of an industrial control computer, a PLC control box, an operating platform, a liquid crystal display, a color four-picture divider, two video optical receivers and loudspeakers, four cameras, uphole electronic belt scales, downhole electronic belt scales, a radar level meter, a coal level sensor, a vibration sensor, and various matching junction boxes and cables, the components being installed in positions such as a material field, a control room, upper and lower openings of a storage silo, and a gangue transportation lane. The system implements four main functions of a solid-filling material transportation and feeding process, the four main functions being status monitoring, a full silo alarm, centralized control, and recording and querying.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Jixiong Zhang, Nan Zhou, Wei Yin, Meng Li
  • Publication number: 20160102553
    Abstract: An inclined layered solid-filling mining method in an ultrathick coal layer is applicable to exploitation in a “three-unders” ultrathick coal layer. In this method, the number of inclined layers is determined based on a principle of layered thickness from 2.5 m to 4.5 m, and a layered-exploitation downward-filling exploitation order is adopted. Tunnels and equipment are arranged according to a conventional solid-filling mining method. A cyclic order of mining, layout of metal meshes (14) and bamboo fences (24), and filling is adopted, so as to accomplish filling and exploitation of a first mining face and a first layer (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jixiong Zhang, Nan Zhou, Qiang Zhang, Jiwei Guo, Xiaoming Shen, Feng Ju, Haiqiang Jiang