Patents by Inventor Qi Ni

Qi Ni 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: 20250085198
    Abstract: A substation oil sampling robot comprises a smart mobile component, a robot arm grasping member, auxiliary sampling components, and auxiliary sampling platform components. The robot arm grasping member comprises a robot arm body fixedly mounted on the smart mobile component and a robot gripper unit. The auxiliary sampling components comprise sample bottles and a valve opening and closing tool, and the robot gripper unit is arranged with a first gripping portion matched with the sample bottles and a second gripping portion matched with the valve opening and closing tool. The sampling platform components comprise an auxiliary sampling tool connected with the pipeline. The pipeline is arranged with a pipeline valve. The auxiliary sampling tool comprises an auxiliary valve, an auxiliary sampling piping component, and an auxiliary sampling piping component support, and the outlet of the pipeline valve is in communication with the inlet of the auxiliary sampling piping component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Yingke Mao, Chengchen Qian, Jun Wu, Xinqi Cui, Qi Ni, Xiaqing Meng, Zhengyi Zhu, Qian Heng, Yang Ding, Qiong Wu, Fei Jiang, Meng Sun
  • Patent number: 11526076
    Abstract: A dispensing system comprises a first dispenser and a second dispenser each including a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis extending through the first end and the second end, and a set of nozzles arranged about the longitudinal axis. The first dispenser is positioned relative to the second dispenser such that the longitudinal axis of the first dispenser is non-coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the second dispenser. The dispensing system also comprises a substrate chuck configured to hold a substrate and a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the substrate chuck around a rotation axis or configured to rotate the first dispenser and the second dispenser around the rotation axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Craig William Cone, Qi Ni, Steven Wayne Burns
  • Publication number: 20220155677
    Abstract: A dispensing system comprises a first dispenser and a second dispenser each including a first end, a second end, a longitudinal axis extending through the first end and the second end, and a set of nozzles arranged about the longitudinal axis. The first dispenser is positioned relative to the second dispenser such that the longitudinal axis of the first dispenser is non-coaxial with the longitudinal axis of the second dispenser. The dispensing system also comprises a substrate chuck configured to hold a substrate and a rotation mechanism configured to rotate the substrate chuck around a rotation axis or configured to rotate the first dispenser and the second dispenser around the rotation axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Inventors: Craig William Cone, Qi Ni, Steven Wayne Burns
  • Publication number: 20220126332
    Abstract: A method of cleaning a fluid dispenser for dispensing a material during non-contact maintenance of the fluid dispenser. The fluid dispenser including a plurality of nozzles disposed on a faceplate. The method including applying a suction force onto a surface of the faceplate using a suction apparatus, the suction apparatus being translated from one end of the faceplate to an opposite end of the faceplate such that a portion of nozzles from the plurality of nozzles are exposed to the suction force. The method continues by vibrating a menisci of the portion of nozzles that are exposed to the suction force to remove at least a portion of the material accumulated on the faceplate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Craig William Cone, Qi Ni, Hiroyuki Kondo, Antoine Dellinger, Steven C. Shackleton
  • Patent number: 9182591
    Abstract: An electrowetting system and method for the movement of a droplet across the surface of a substrate, utilizing an applied voltage. The actuation of the droplet is achieved by introducing a diode into the idealized electrical circuit of the electrowetting system. The diode is in parallel with a capacitor (dielectric) and effectively shorts the droplet on the side of a lower potential electrode so that the entire voltage drop is across the dielectric over the higher potential electrode. This difference in potential creates an energy imbalance that is effective in moving the droplet towards the higher potential electrode. If the voltage polarity is reversed, the direction of actuation will also be reversed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2015
    Assignee: UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA
    Inventors: Nathan B. Crane, Qi Ni