Patents by Inventor Qi An

Qi 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).

  • Publication number: 20240117467
    Abstract: Provided are an electrokinetic device and method for in-situ leaching of uranium, belonging to the technical field of in-situ leaching of uranium. The electrokinetic device for in-situ leaching of uranium includes an injection well, a pumping well, a positive electrode, a negative electrode, leaching solution, and a direct current power supply. Uranium ore is provided between the injection well and the pumping well, the negative electrode is arranged in the injection well, and the positive electrode is arranged in the pumping well. The leaching solution is injected from the injection well, flows through the uranium ore, and then is pumped from the pumping well for uranium extraction. The direct current power supply is respectively connected to the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and is configured to apply direct current between the positive electrode and the negative electrode to promote the pooling of uranium-carrying ions towards the pumping well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Chunguang LI, Longcheng LIU, Chong ZHANG, Kaixuan TAN, Zhenzhong LIU, Yongmei LI, Shuo MENG, Wenji WANG, Qi LIU, Qianjin NIU
  • Publication number: 20240115554
    Abstract: Methods for treating symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM) are described herein. The treatment methods include the administration of a cardiac myosin inhibitor (CK-3773274, also referred to as CK-274 or aficamten) and may include titrating an administrated daily dose based on one or more components of an echocardiogram. The daily dose may be increased, maintained, decreased, or terminated, based on the echocardiogram. The methods may be useful for treating patients who have been recently diagnosed with oHCM, patients who are treatment naïve for oHCM, or patients who have previously received SOC medical therapy for oHCM and have discontinued said therapy prior to administration of aficamten, such as patients with chronic oHCM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2023
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Fady MALIK, Stuart KUPFER, Daniel Louis JACOBY, Stephen B. HEITNER, Chiara MELLONI, Lisa MENG, Qi WOHLTMAN
  • Publication number: 20240115496
    Abstract: The present application provides a compound dry powder inhalant, comprising baicalin, ambroxol hydrochloride, L-leucine and phosphate, wherein based on a mass of the compound dry powder inhalant, L-leucine accounts for 0-50%, phosphate accounts for 15-35%, and a total mass of baicalin and ambroxol hydrochloride accounts for 15-85%, and wherein a mass ratio of baicalin to ambroxol hydrochloride is 1:0.2 to 2. The compound dry powder inhalant has a Dv90?5 ?m. The drug combination of baicalin and ambroxol hydrochloride can effectively reduce inflammation and oxidative damage in lung tissue, alleviate pulmonary edema and histopathological changes, and reduce pulmonary dysfunction and pulmonary fibrosis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF TRADITIONAL CHINESE MEDICINE
    Inventors: Zhidong LIU, Dongli QI, Hui PENG, Jiaxin PI, Pan GUO, Xiuping DENG, Jiawei LI
  • Patent number: 11956880
    Abstract: A system includes an RF signal source configured to output an RF signal at a first frequency, and a first controller configured to generate a first data signal encoding instructions at a second frequency. A first filter is coupled to the RF signal source. The first filter is a low pass filter having a cutoff frequency between the first frequency and the second frequency. The first filter is configured to couple to a first end of a cable. A second filter is coupled to the first controller. The second filter is a high pass filter having a cutoff frequency between the first frequency and the second frequency. The second filter is configured to couple to the first end of the cable. The system includes an impedance matching network configured to couple to a second end of the cable. A first electrode is coupled to the impedance matching network.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: NXP USA, INC.
    Inventors: Qi Hua, Changyang Wang, Tonghe Liu
  • Patent number: 11951522
    Abstract: A method of forming a shaped steel object is provided. The method includes cutting a blank from an alloy composition including 0.05-0.5 wt. % carbon, 4-12 wt. % manganese, 1-8 wt. % aluminum, 0-0.4 wt. % vanadium, and a remainder balance of iron. The method also includes heating the blank until the blank is austenitized to form a heated blank, transferring the heated blank to a press, forming the heating blank into a predetermined shape to form a stamped object, and decreasing the temperature of the stamped object to a temperature between a martensite start (Ms) temperature of the alloy composition and a martensite final (Mf) temperature of the alloy composition to form a shaped steel object comprising martensite and retained austenite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Jiachen Pang, Qi Lu, Jianfeng Wang
  • Patent number: 11956603
    Abstract: The present application discloses a sound-output device, including a vibration speaker configured to generate a bone-conducted sound wave; and an air-conducted speaker configured to generate an air-conducted sound wave. The sound-output device further comprises a signal processing module configured to generate a control signal, wherein, the vibration speaker includes a vibration assembly electrically connected to the signal processing module to receive the control signal, and generate the bone-conducted sound wave based on the control signal, and the air-conducted speaker includes a housing coupled to the vibration assembly to generate the air-conducted sound wave based on the bone-conducted sound wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Shenzhen Shokz Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Junjiang Fu, Fengyun Liao, Xin Qi
  • Patent number: 11951445
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the field of materials for uranium extraction from seawater (UES), and in particular, to a photothermal photocatalytic membrane for seawater desalination and uranium extraction and a preparation method therefor. The present disclosure provides a photothermal photocatalytic membrane for seawater desalination and uranium extraction and a preparation method therefor. The preparation method includes: fixing a treated carbon cloth to a glass plate, pouring a casting solution 1 onto the carbon cloth to form a first layer of film, forming a second layer of film using a casting solution 2, and putting the second layer of film into a first coagulation bath and a second coagulation bath in sequence to form the photothermal photocatalytic membrane. The photothermal photocatalytic membrane is supported by the carbon cloth, and a surface of the photothermal photocatalytic membrane is of a micro-nano structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Harbin Engineering University
    Inventors: Jun Wang, Bingtao Zhang, Hongsen Zhang, Qi Liu, Jiahui Zhu, Jingyuan Liu, Jing Yu, Rongrong Chen, Lele Wang
  • Patent number: 11953779
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a backlight module, a method for designing the same, and a display device. The backlight module includes: a first substrate; a plurality of LED chips on the first substrate; and a light control structure on the first substrate. The backlight module includes a plurality of light control region groups in one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of light-emitting diode chips, each light control region group includes at least a first light control region and a second light control region. The light control structure includes a plurality of light control substructure groups respectively located in the plurality of light control region groups. Each light control substructure group includes at least a first light control substructure in the first light control region and a second light control substructure in the second light control region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaoxin Song, Feng Zhang, Wenqu Liu, Zhijun Lv, Liwen Dong, Zhao Cui, Detian Meng, Libo Wang, Dongfei Hou, Qi Yao, Xue Dong
  • Patent number: 11956591
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an acoustic output device. The acoustic output device may include a first acoustic driver including a first diaphragm; a second acoustic driver including a second diaphragm; a control circuit electrically connected with the first acoustic driver and the second acoustic driver respectively, the control circuit provides a first electrical signal for driving a vibration of the first diaphragm, and a second electrical signal for driving a vibration of the second diaphragm, and a phase of the first electrical signal and a phase of the second electrical signal are opposite; and a housing supporting the first acoustic driver and the second acoustic driver, wherein a sound generated by the vibration of the first diaphragm is radiated outward through a first sound guide hole on the housing, and a sound generated by the vibration of the second diaphragm is radiated outward through a second sound guide hole on the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Junjiang Fu, Lei Zhang, Xin Qi, Fengyun Liao
  • Patent number: 11953235
    Abstract: A low-heat-loss operation method of a line-focusing heat collection system and the line-focusing heat collection system are provided. The method includes the following steps. Solar energy is utilized to preheat a collector tube in an empty tube state, so that the collector tube is in a preheating mode. After a set preheating temperature is reached, a heat transfer working medium is injected into the collector tube. In the injection process of the heat transfer working medium, an injection section of the collector tube is converted into a focusing mode from a preheating mode. After heat collection is finished, the circulation of the heat transfer working medium is stopped, and the focusing mode of the collector tube is kept. In the drainage process of the heat transfer working medium, an emptying section of the collector tube is converted into a light heat-tracing mode from a focusing mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: Lanzhou Dacheng Technology Co., Ltd., Dunhuang Dacheng Shengneng Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Duowang Fan, Duojin Fan, Linggang Kong, Wenye Qi, Yulei Fan, Xiaoming Yao, Zhiyong Zhang, Bo Li, Fujun Zhao, Zhilin Liu, Guodong Wang, Wen Li, Chongchong Zhang
  • Patent number: 11952216
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a warehousing system. The warehousing system includes a first ground marking arranged on a ground surface of a warehouse. The first ground marking includes machine-readable characteristics representing a warehouse location identification number (ID). The machine-readable characteristics include one or more horizontal lines parallelly arranged at equal intervals, wherein the total number of the one or more horizontal lines corresponding to a first information of the warehouse location ID, and one or more vertical lines parallelly arranged at equal intervals, wherein the total number of the vertical lines corresponding to a second information of the warehouse location ID that is different from the first information. The machine-readable characteristics are recognizable by one or more cameras of a self-driving system, and the self-driving system is operable to determine its position on a map of the warehouse based on the warehouse location ID.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: LINGDONG TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO. LTD
    Inventors: Ou Qi, Guangpeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11953224
    Abstract: A device providing automatic control of temperature for an environment of a working station includes an air box, a baffle member, and a driving assembly. The air box is coupled to a machine defining a working space which the working station is in. The air box defines an opening. The opening allows cooling air to be introduced into the working space. The baffle member is slidably coupled to the air box at the opening. The driving assembly coupled to the baffle member drives the baffle member to cover the opening completely, to cover the opening partially, or to leave the opening uncovered in accordance with a difference between a current temperature of the working space and a desired target temperature of the working space. A related system and method are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TRIPLE WIN TECHNOLOGY(SHENZHEN) CO.LTD.
    Inventors: Qi-Qi Zhu, Yu-Tsang Tu, Yen-Sheng Lin, Ying-Quan Zhao
  • Patent number: 11951465
    Abstract: Catalyst systems that are resistant to high-temperature sintering and methods for preparing such catalyst systems that are resistant to sintering at high temperatures are provided. Methods of forming such catalyst systems include contacting a support having a surface including a catalyst particle with a solution comprising a metal salt and having an acidic pH. The metal salt is precipitated onto the surface of the support. Next, the metal salt is calcined to selectively generate a porous coating of metal oxide on the surface of the support distributed around the catalyst particle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Xingcheng Xiao, Gongshin Qi, Ryan J. Day, Ming Yang
  • Patent number: 11953791
    Abstract: There are provided a display panel and a manufacturing method thereof. The display panel includes first and second display sub-panels with a gap region arranged therebetween; and a light-shielding layer at least located in the gap region, the first and second display sub-panels each include multiple pixel units arranged in an array, each pixel unit includes: a substrate; a data line on the substrate; a black matrix on a side of the data line away from the substrate, an orthographic projection of the data line on the substrate falls within that of the black matrix on the substrate, in at least one of the first and second display sub-panel, the black matrix of the pixel unit closest to the gap region and the light-shielding layer are arranged with an interval therebetween, the black matrix is located on a side of the light-shielding layer away from the gap region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignees: Chengdu BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Peng Zhou, Xiaojing Qi, Bo Wu, Xiangdong Qin
  • Patent number: 11954161
    Abstract: Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer program products are described for providing content recommendations to a requestor. In implementations, user event records associated with media items and content types may be stored, for instance, in an event catalog. A set of user scores may be generated based on a user-content score model and the user event records, where each generated user score represents an affinity between a user and a corresponding content type of the plurality of content types. A set of title scores may also be generated for a media item based on a title-content score model, where each generated title score represents an affinity between the media item and a corresponding content type. In response to a request, the sets of scores may be combined to generate a set of content recommendations to provide to the requestor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Danilo L. Benzatti, Rajasi Saha, Christopher J. Mallery, Michael Y. Moon, Saliha Azzam, Xiaoguang Qi, Harish Jayanti, Jayaram N. M. Nanduri, Chad A. Zanonie
  • Patent number: 11954592
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a collaborative deep learning method and a collaborative deep learning apparatus. The method includes: sending an instruction for downloading a global model to a plurality of user terminals; receiving a set of changes from each user terminal; storing the set of changes; recording a hash value of the set of changes into a blockchain; obtaining a storage transaction number from the blockchain for the hash value of the set of changes; sending the set of changes and the storage transaction number to the plurality of user terminals; receiving the set of target user terminals from the blockchain; updating the current parameters of the global model based on sets of changes corresponding to the set of target user terminals; and returning the sending the instruction, to update the global model until the global model meets a preset condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Ke Xu, Zhichao Zhang, Bo Wu, Qi Li, Songsong Xu
  • Patent number: 11956584
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an earphone comprising a sound production component and an ear hook. In a wearing state, the ear hook is configured to place the sound production component at a position near an ear canal but not blocking the ear canal. An inner contour of the ear hook's projection on a user's sagittal plane includes a first curve having an extremum point in a first direction. The first direction is perpendicular to a long-axis direction of a projection of the sound production component on the sagittal plane. The extremum point is located behind a projection point of an upper vertex of the ear hook on the sagittal plane, and the upper vertex is a highest point of an inner contour of the ear hook along the user's vertical axis. An inclination angle of the long-axis direction relative to a horizontal direction is within a range of 13°-21°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: SHENZHEN SHOKZ CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lei Zhang, Peigeng Tong, Guolin Xie, Yongjian Li, Jiang Xu, Tao Zhao, Duoduo Wu, Ao Ji, Xin Qi, Zeying Zheng, Haofeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 11951765
    Abstract: A blackboard eraser cleaning device is provided and includes an outer shell (1). A cover (2) is arranged at the upper part of the outer shell (1), an inner shell (3) is arranged inside the outer shell (1). A clamping mechanism (19) is arranged at the upper end of the inner shell (3). A leaning station (8) is defined inside the clamping mechanism (19). A cylinder (9) is arranged around the clamping mechanism (19). A height adjustment mechanism (10) is arranged inside the outer shell (1). The height adjustment mechanism (10) includes a servo (101) arranged inside the outer shell (1) and located on a side of the inner shell (3). According to the present application, a variety of cleaning modes may be achieved to meet the actual usage of the blackboard eraser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Qinmin Yang, Qi Qiu, Hao Chen, Mingbin Gong
  • Patent number: 11952479
    Abstract: Fluorescent orange latexes are provided which comprise water and fluorescent agent-incorporated resin particles, the particles comprising a resin, Solvent Red 49 as a red fluorescent agent, and Solvent Yellow 98 as a yellow fluorescent agent, wherein the fluorescent orange latex has a weight ratio of the Solvent Yellow 98 to the Solvent Red 49 in a range of from 20:1 to 0.5:1. Fluorescent orange toners and methods of making and using the fluorescent orange toners are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Xerox Corporation
    Inventors: Chunliang Lu, Peter V Nguyen, Yu Qi
  • Patent number: D1021865
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: TOZO INC
    Inventor: Qi Lin