Patents by Inventor Rui Liu

Rui 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).

  • Patent number: 11618847
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses methods for preparing an in-situ nano emulsifier. The preparation method may include obtaining a solution by dissolving hydrated ferric chloride (or ferric chloride) and hydrated ferrous sulfate (or ferrous sulfate) into deionized water at a first temperature; obtaining an ethanol solution dissolved with an oil-soluble surfactant by dissolving an oil-soluble surfactant into ethanol at a second temperature; and adding a certain volume of ammonia water and the ethanol solution dissolved with the oil-soluble surfactant in the solution to obtain an in-situ nano emulsifier. The in-situ nano emulsifier may be applied to development of the oil reservoir through an application process. The application process may include preparing a nano emulsifier solution and a surfactant solution; sequentially injecting the surfactant solution and the nano emulsifier solution into a formation; and injecting a spacer liquid slug into the formation for replacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: SOUTHWEST PETROLEUM UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Wanfen Pu, Xing Zhao, Rui Liu, Lin Sun, Daijun Du
  • Publication number: 20230100994
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of industrial wastewater treatment, and particularly discloses a nanofiltration membrane for treating printing and dyeing wastewater and its preparation method. The preparation method comprises the following steps: S1, pouring an aqueous solution containing m-phenylenediamine, camphorsulfonic acid and triethylamine onto the surface of a polysulfone ultrafiltration membrane, setting still for 10 s to 30 s, and then removing the excess aqueous solution from the surface; S2, pouring an organic solution containing trimesoyl chloride and an interface auxiliary polymerization agent onto the surface of the membrane obtained in step S1, reacting for 5 s to 20 s, and then removing the excess solution from the surface; and S3, setting the membrane obtained in step S2 still and then carrying out heat treatment and water rinsing on the membrane in sequence, thus obtaining the nanofiltration membrane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2022
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicants: Tiangong University, Zhejiang Jinmo Environmental Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Na Chang, Haitao Wang, Yinong Xu, Donggen Chen, Rui Liu, Wei Shao, Zedong Li, Yanjun Jia, Miaomiao Yin
  • Publication number: 20230089638
    Abstract: A battery charging system includes a buck switching converter configured to operate in either a buck mode or a boost mode depending on a system reconfiguration, a linear charger having a first terminal and a second terminal, wherein at least one terminal of the first terminal and the second terminal of the linear charger is used for the system reconfiguration, and a switched capacitor converter configured to operate in either a 2:1 charge pump mode or a 1:2 reverse charge pump mode depending on the system reconfiguration.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventor: Rui Liu
  • Publication number: 20230092986
    Abstract: An electronic device may include a display and an optical sensor formed underneath the display. A pixel removal region on the display may at least partially overlap with the sensor. The pixel removal region may include a plurality of non-pixel regions each of which is devoid of thin-film transistors. The plurality of non-pixel regions is configured to increase the transmittance of light through the display to the sensor. In addition to removing thin-film transistors in the pixel removal region, additional layers in the display stack-up may be removed. In particular, a cathode layer, polyimide layer, and/or substrate in the display stack-up may be patterned to have an opening in the pixel removal region. A polarizer may be bleached in the pixel removal region for additional transmittance gains. The cathode layer may be removed using laser ablation with a spot laser or blanket illumination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Inventors: Warren S. Rieutort-Louis, Meng-Huan Ho, Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari, Chih Jen Yang, Chin Wei Hsu, Jae Won Choi, Jean-Pierre S. Guillou, Ming Xu, Rui Liu, Yi Qiao, Yu-Wen Liu, Yuchi Che, Yue Cui
  • Patent number: 11610783
    Abstract: In some embodiments, an ultrasonic tank includes a container, an etching solution tank comprising a working area disposed within the container, and a plurality of ultrasonic transducers arranged about a perimeter of the etching solution tank in a configuration that provides a standard deviation of ultrasonic power within the working area of less than about 0.35.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: CORNING INCORPORATED
    Inventors: John Tyler Keech, Stephen Kuo-Rui Liu
  • Publication number: 20230074882
    Abstract: A rectifier and a flowmeter, the rectifier including a fairing, wherein a first rectifying section (1) positioned at the upstream, a reducing section (2) positioned at the midstream and a second rectifying section (3) positioned at the downstream, can be arranged in the fairing. The first rectifying section and the second rectifying section are respectively provided with a group of rectifying channels parallel to the flow direction of fluid, and a through-hole (21) can be formed in the reducing section. The rectifier can provide improved rectification effects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Rui Liu, Wen Peng, Dong Luo, Li Yang
  • Publication number: 20230076533
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of preparing a Ni active site-loaded C—Si aerogel catalyst, and a product and use thereof, belonging to the technical field of catalyst preparation. The method includes the following steps: (1) dissolving absolute ethanol, trimethoxymethylsilane, cetyltrimethylammonium bromide and HCl in deionized water, conducting hydrolysis to obtain a hydrolyzate, followed by adjusting a pH value of the hydrolyzate to 7 to 8.5, and drying to obtain a C—Si aerogel; and (2) in the absolute ethanol, mixing NiCl2.6H2O with the C—Si aerogel obtained in step (1) uniformly, and conducting ultrasonication, impregnation and drying, followed by calcination to obtain the Ni active site-loaded C—Si aerogel catalyst. In the present disclosure, the prepared Ni active site-loaded C—Si aerogel catalyst is capable of conducting catalytic degradation of aromatic volatile organic compounds (VOCs) at room temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Applicant: TIANJIN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Hui DING, Dan ZHAO, Rui LIU
  • Publication number: 20230071388
    Abstract: A flow conditioner includes a group of flow conditioning units including a first flow conditioning unit and a second flow conditioning unit. The flow conditioner also includes a mixing space for developing a flow. The mixing space is located between the first and second flow conditioning units. One of the first or second flow conditioning units can include one or more of a shaper or a reducer, and the other of the first or second flow conditioning units can include one or more shapers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2022
    Publication date: March 9, 2023
    Inventors: Rui Liu, Wen Peng, Dong Luo, Li Yang
  • Publication number: 20230068869
    Abstract: In a method for preparing a gradient hardened titanium alloy. A steel momentum block and a cleaned titanium alloy plate are sequentially placed into a steel base with a through hole from bottom to top, a cross sectional size of the through hole is matched with cross sectional sizes of the steel momentum block and the titanium alloy plate, and a height of the through hole is matched with a total thickness of the steel momentum block and the titanium alloy plate. An explosive frame is fixed on a top edge of the steel base, a high explosion velocity explosive with an explosion velocity of 7000 m/s or more pressed into a plate-shaped structure is placed in the explosive frame, and detonation is caused at one end of a top surface of the explosive to perform impact treatment on the titanium alloy plate, thereby obtaining the gradient hardened titanium alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: PENGWAN CHEN, YANSONG GUO, QIANG ZHOU, RUI LIU
  • Publication number: 20230062012
    Abstract: Some embodiments provide a program that generates a first query for a first visualization based on a first query model associated with the first visualization. The first query model includes a first reference to a shared object. The program further sends the first query to a computing system. The program also receives from the computing system a first set of data. The program further generates the first visualization based on the first set of data. The program also generates a second query for a second visualization based on a second query model associated with the second visualization. The second query model includes a second reference to the shared object. The program further sends the second query to the computing system. The program also receives from the computing system a second set of data. The program further generates the second visualization based on the second set of data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Justin Wong, Rui Liu, Clarence Chuahuico, Semuel Kadarusman, Veljko Jovanovic
  • Patent number: 11585786
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a high-frequency magnetoimpedance testing apparatus and method. A testing platform in the apparatus is arranged within a Helmholtz coil and connected to a modulating electric current source and a high-frequency impedance analyzer, respectively; the Helmholtz coil is connected to a DC power source; a processor is connected to the high-frequency impedance analyzer and the DC power source separately; the testing platform includes a first double-sided copper-clad plate, and mode transition switches and connection terminals that are arranged on the first double-sided copper-clad plate; one end of the first double-sided copper-clad plate is connected to the high-frequency impedance analyzer, while the other end of the same is connected to a load; the mode transition switches are connected to the modulating electric current source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2023
    Assignees: Inner Mongolia University of Technology, Shandong University
    Inventors: Ze Li, Jingshun Liu, Guanyu Cao, Rui Liu, Shuqin Xiao
  • Publication number: 20230047446
    Abstract: A method includes turning on a first group of switches of a switched capacitor converter in a battery charging system to establish a first conductive path, and configuring a system voltage at a system bus to charge a first flying capacitor to a predetermined voltage level through the first conductive path, wherein the predetermined voltage level is less than the system voltage, and turning on a second group of switches of the switched capacitor converter in the battery charging system to establish a second conductive path to charge a battery, wherein a sum of a voltage across the first flying capacitor and the system voltage is applied to the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Inventor: Rui Liu
  • Publication number: 20230045236
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a display device, a sound-emitting control method, and a sound-emitting control device. The device includes: a display screen which includes a first display region, a middle display region, and a second display region; a plurality of sound-emitting units, which include: a plurality of first sound-emitting units, a plurality of second sound-emitting units and a plurality of third sound-emitting units; the plurality of first sound-emitting units and the plurality of second sound-emitting units respectively include a sound-emitting unit which emits sounds at a first frequency band, a sound-emitting unit which emits sounds at a second frequency band, and a sound-emitting unit which emits sounds at a third frequency band; the first, second, and third frequency bands increase in turn; and all of the plurality of third sound-emitting units are the sound-emitting units emitting sound in the second frequency band.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Minglei CHU, Yanhui XI, Xiaomang ZHANG, Xiangjun PENG, Wenchao HAN, Lianghao ZHANG, Wei SUN, Rui LIU, Xin DUAN, Tiankuo SHI
  • Publication number: 20230044377
    Abstract: A wireless power receiver according to some embodiments includes an integrated circuit which includes: a full-bridge rectifier coupled to receive wireless power from a receiver coil; a wireless receiver controller coupled to control the full-bridge rectifier; a pass device coupled between the full-bridge rectifier and an output; and a configurable controller coupled to the switch, the configurable controller configurable as a LDO controller or a Buck controller. A second controller can be coupled to the configurable controller that interfaces to an external Buck low-side transistor if the configurable controller is the Buck controller and provides GPIO if the configurable controller is the LDO controller. A third controller can be coupled to the full-bridge rectifier, which operates as a full-bridge sync rectifier driver multiplexer to select an external driver for one or more of the rectifier transistors. Other features are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Rui Liu, Jiangjian Huang
  • Patent number: 11574575
    Abstract: Provided are a shift register unit, a shift register, a display panel and a driving method thereof. The shift register unit includes: an input circuit electrically coupled to an input terminal, a first voltage terminal and a pull-up node; an output circuit electrically coupled to the pull-up node, a first clock terminal, a first scan control terminal, a first output terminal and a second output terminal; and a scan control circuit electrically coupled to the second output terminal, a second voltage terminal and a second scan control terminal. The input circuit is configured to write a first voltage provided by the first voltage terminal into the pull-up node in response to a start signal inputted to the input terminal. The output circuit is configured to output a first clock signal from the first clock terminal via the first output terminal, when the pull-up node is at the first voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignees: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd., BOE Technology Group Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shaolei Zong, Jigang Sun, Rui Liu, Wei Sun, Xin Duan, Junwei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11574511
    Abstract: A vehicle performance evaluation method, device and terminal are provided. The method includes: acquiring a labeled ADE score of an ADE item within a time period in which the ADE item occurs, and recording labeled data of an ADE index for indicating a vehicle state; acquiring a correlation between the ADE item and the vehicle state, according to the labeled ADE score and the labeled data of the ADE index; acquiring data of a target ADE index within a preset time period, and acquiring a target ADE score according to the data of the target ADE index and a correlation between the ADE item and the vehicle state; and acquiring a vehicle performance evaluation result according to the target ADE score. The passenger participation is not necessary, costs can be reduced and a vehicle evaluation efficiency can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: APOLLO INTELLIGENT DRIVING TECHNOLOGY (BEIJING) CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Lizhi Zhang, Yunyan Hu, Yifeng Pan, Rui Liu, Ya Wang, Qihao Huang
  • Publication number: 20230026736
    Abstract: A single-stage battery charging system includes a hybrid converter comprising a plurality of first power switches connected in series, an inductor and a first flying capacitor, wherein the inductor is connected to a midpoint of the plurality of first power switches, a switched capacitor converter comprising a plurality of second power switches connected in series, and a second flying capacitor, and an isolation switch coupled between the midpoint of the plurality of first power switches and a midpoint of the plurality of second power switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventor: Rui Liu
  • Publication number: 20230027607
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method for enhancing the recovery factor of heavy oil by in-situ oil-water emulsion with high phase inversion point, and the method is aimed at the development of heavy oil reservoir by water injection under the condition that the performance parameters of crude oil emulsion meet the following three specific requirements: (A) The viscosity of the crude oil is less than 6,000 mPa·s; (B) At the reservoir temperature, the phase inversion point of the crude oil emulsion is greater than or equal to 70%, and the emulsion viscosity corresponding to the phase inversion point is 2-6 times of the crude oil viscosity; (C) At the reservoir temperature, when the water cut is less than or equal to the phase inversion point, the flow rate ratio of crude oil emulsion to crude oil is 0.2 to 0.9.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicant: Southwest Petroleum University
    Inventors: Wanfen PU, Lin SUN, Jianyong XIE, Shishi PANG, Yan SHI, Yanjie CHU, Rui LIU, Daijun DU
  • Patent number: 11563336
    Abstract: A wireless charging receiver circuit includes a first bridge arm unit connected to the first node and a common ground node, a second bridge arm unit connected to the second node and the common ground node, a first voltage converter unit connected to the second node and the common ground node, a second voltage converter unit connected to the first node and a common ground node, a filter circuit, a bias power supply circuit, and a control unit configure to control the switch transistors, such that the voltage output terminals of the first voltage converter unit and the second voltage converter unit output a voltage signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: Halo Microelectronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shuang Han, Rui Liu, Songnan Yang
  • Patent number: 11559704
    Abstract: There is provided a patient's cranial position monitoring and controlling device for controlling a magnetic resonance (MR) guided radiation source module via an MR-guided radiation controlling device connected to the patient's cranial position monitoring and controlling device and an MR-guided radiation system including a patient's cranial position monitoring and controlling device, which allows for better MR-imaging while allowing patient position monitoring close to the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Rui Liu