Patents by Inventor Shilei Zhang

Shilei Zhang 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: 20240279952
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a transmission device and a pool cleaning robot. The transmission device includes a driving member, a first driven member, and a second driven member; where an output end of the driving member is configured to be in driving connection with a wheel assembly of the pool cleaning robot; the first driven member is in driving connection with the wheel assembly, where an output end of the first driven member is configured to be connected with a first cleaning member of the pool cleaning robot, and the wheel assembly drives the first driven member to rotate; and the second driven member is in driving connection with the wheel assembly, where an output end of the second driven member is configured to be connected with a second cleaning member of the pool cleaning robot, and the wheel assembly drives the second driven member to rotate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Inventor: Shilei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240270669
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present invention is a method for preparing 2-iodo aryl ether under the action of alkali metal hydride: adding alkali metal hydride and phenol to a solvent, then adding 1,2-diiodoarene, and reacting at 0-100° C. to obtain a 2-iodo aryl ether product. The coupling process of the present invention does not require the addition of a transition metal catalyst, and does not cause metal contamination to the product; the method of the present invention can be performed at room temperature and has high functional group compatibility, and solves the problem that existing metal-catalysed coupling to aryl ether reactions need to be performed at a relatively high temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2021
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Inventors: Shilei ZHANG, Wenjing ZHU, Chunhui FANG, Yanwei HU, Xin CHEN, Jiawen HUANG
  • Publication number: 20240263476
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a robotic pool cleaner. The robotic pool cleaner includes a shell and a water pressure sensing mechanism. The water pressure sensing mechanism is disposed in a non-negative pressure area of the shell. The water pressure sensing mechanism includes a sensor. The sensor is disposed inside the shell. The sensor is configured to sense a water pressure at a position where the sensor is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventor: Shilei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240263475
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present invention provide a robotic pool cleaner. The robotic pool cleaner includes a shell and a water pressure sensing mechanism. The water pressure sensing mechanism is disposed in a non-negative pressure area of the shell. The water pressure sensing mechanism includes a sensor. The sensor is disposed inside the shell. The sensor is configured to sense a water pressure at a position where the sensor is disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventor: Shilei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240263474
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a technical field of pool cleaning robots, and in particular to a pool cleaning robot. The pool cleaning robot includes a housing and a control board. The housing is internally disposed with a first sealed chamber. The control board is connected with the first sealed chamber through a suspension arm; the control board is disposed in a first direction, so that the control board is kept parallel to a bottom of the housing; and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) module is disposed on the control board, and an accelerometer and a gyroscope are disposed in the IMU module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventor: Shilei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20240263473
    Abstract: Some embodiments of the present disclosure provide a pool cleaning system. The pool cleaning system includes a pool cleaning robot, a power supply mechanism, and a water surface cleaning mechanism. The pool cleaning robot can clean at least one of a bottom surface, wall surfaces, a water surface of a pool. The power supply mechanism is electrically connected with the pool cleaning robot. The water surface cleaning mechanism is electrically connected with the power supply mechanism and is disposed on the power supply mechanism. When the pool cleaning robot is in a working state, the power supply mechanism is capable of floating on the water surface, and the water surface cleaning mechanism is capable of being configured to recycle garbage floating on the water surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Inventor: Shilei ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11988016
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a device for in-water automatic spreading configured to spread a medicament in a water body. The device includes a storage module configured to store a medicament to be spread and a driving module configured to drive the medicament to be spread to be separated from the storage module. The driving module is connected with the storage module. The device may also include a medicament outlet configured as an outlet for the medicament to be spread to enter a liquid after being separated from the storage module, a walking module configured to drive the device for in-water automatic spreading to move in the water body according to a walking route, and a control module configured to control the driving module and the walking module. The control module is connected with the driving module and the walking module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: XINGMAI INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shilei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11946282
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a moving device used in liquid. The moving device includes a mode switching member configured to achieve a position switching of the moving device above a liquid surface and below the liquid surface. When the moving device is below the liquid surface, the moving device is fully submerged below the liquid surface, and when the moving device is above the liquid surface, at least a portion of the moving device is above the liquid surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: XINGMAI INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY (SUZHOU) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Shilei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230348413
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a 2-iodoheterocyclic aryl ether at room temperature, including adding an alkali metal hydride and a phenol to a solvent, then adding a diiodoheterocyclic aromatic hydrocarbon, and performing a reaction at 0-100° C., so as to obtain a 2-iodoheterocyclic aryl ether product. In the coupling process of the present invention, no transition metal catalyst needs to be added, and no metal pollution will be caused to the product. The product of the present invention can be used as an organic synthesis raw material for a further reaction, and can also be used as an additive flame retardant reagent to improve the flame retardant performance of plastics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Shilei ZHANG, Wenjing ZHU, Yanwei HU, Liang YU, Jingjing GUI, Yuanrui JIANG
  • Patent number: 11795132
    Abstract: Provided is an application of a metal hydride/palladium compound system in the preparation of a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound in a cascade reaction of an electron-deficient alkene compound, said reaction comprising the following steps: under the protection of nitrogen, a palladium compound and a metal hydride are suspended and stirred in a solvent, then an electron-deficient alkene compound is added; the mixture reacts at 0° C. to 100° C. for 0.3 to 10 hours; a saturated ammonium chloride aqueous solution is added to stop the reaction, and then extraction, drying by evaporation and purification by column chromatography are performed to obtain the product of 1,3-dicarbonyl compound. The hydride and palladium compound catalysts used in the method are reagents easily obtained in a laboratory; compared with the commonly used methods of hydrogenation with hydrogen gas, the method can be easily operated, and has high safety, mild conditions and high reaction yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shilei Zhang, Yujian Mao
  • Patent number: 11420925
    Abstract: Disclosed are a reduction method and reduction product of an alkenyl active methylene compound. The reduction reaction comprises the following steps: taking an alkenyl active methylene compound as a substrate, a metal hydride as a reducing agent, and a palladium compound as a catalyst, performing a reduction reaction to obtain a reduction product, and then reducing the alkenyl active methylene compound. The reduction system is a simple method for reducing the alkenyl active methylene compound, and the used hydride and palladium compound catalyst are both reagents that could easily be obtained in a laboratory. Compared with conventional hydrogen hydrogenation methods and reduction methods of reducing agents, the method is easier to operate, higher in safety, mild in conditions, and high in reaction yield, a reaction in a one-pot two-step manner can be achieved, and high atom economy and step economy can be obtained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shilei Zhang, Yujian Mao
  • Patent number: 11180437
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound based on a metal hydride/palladium compound system. The method includes the following steps: suspending a palladium compound and a metal hydride in a solvent under the protection of nitrogen, then adding an electron-deficient olefin compound, reacting same at 0° C.-100° C. for 0.3 to 10 hours, then adding a saturated ammonium chloride aqueous solution to stop the reaction, and then subjecting same to extraction, evaporation until dryness, and column chromatography purification to obtain the 1,3-dicarbonyl compound. The hydride and palladium compound catalysts used by the present invention are reagents easily obtained in a laboratory. Compared to a common hydrogen hydrogenation method, the method is easier to operate, and has a higher safety, mild conditions, and a high reaction yield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shilei Zhang, Yujian Mao
  • Publication number: 20210206708
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for preparing a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound based on a metal hydride/palladium compound system. The method includes the following steps: suspending a palladium compound and a metal hydride in a solvent under the protection of nitrogen, then adding an electron-deficient olefin compound, reacting same at 0° C.-100° C. for 0.3 to 10 hours, then adding a saturated ammonium chloride aqueous solution to stop the reaction, and then subjecting same to extraction, evaporation until dryness, and column chromatography purification to obtain the 1,3-dicarbonyl compound. The hydride and palladium compound catalysts used by the present invention are reagents easily obtained in a laboratory. Compared to a common hydrogen hydrogenation method, the method is easier to operate, and has a higher safety, mild conditions, and a high reaction yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Shilei ZHANG, Yujian MAO
  • Publication number: 20210206707
    Abstract: Provided is an application of a metal hydride/palladium compound system in the preparation of a 1,3-dicarbonyl compound in a cascade reaction of an electron-deficient alkene compound, said reaction comprising the following steps: under the protection of nitrogen, a palladium compound and a metal hydride are suspended and stirred in a solvent, then an electron-deficient alkene compound is added; the mixture reacts at 0° C. to 100° C. for 0.3 to 10 hours; a saturated ammonium chloride aqueous solution is added to stop the reaction, and then extraction, drying by evaporation and purification by column chromatography are performed to obtain the product of 1,3-dicarbonyl compound. The hydride and palladium compound catalysts used in the method are reagents easily obtained in a laboratory; compared with the commonly used methods of hydrogenation with hydrogen gas, the method can be easily operated, and has high safety, mild conditions and high reaction yield.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2021
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Shilei ZHANG, Yujian MAO
  • Publication number: 20210198176
    Abstract: Disclosed are a reduction method and reduction product of an alkenyl active methylene compound. The reduction reaction comprises the following steps: taking an alkenyl active methylene compound as a substrate, a metal hydride as a reducing agent, and a palladium compound as a catalyst, performing a reduction reaction to obtain a reduction product, and then reducing the alkenyl active methylene compound. The reduction system is a simple method for reducing the alkenyl active methylene compound, and the used hydride and palladium compound catalyst are both reagents that could easily be obtained in a laboratory. Compared with conventional hydrogen hydrogenation methods and reduction methods of reducing agents, the method is easier to operate, higher in safety, mild in conditions, and high in reaction yield, a reaction in a one-pot two-step manner can be achieved, and high atom economy and step economy can be obtained.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Inventors: Shilei ZHANG, Yujian MAO
  • Patent number: 10941119
    Abstract: A method of preparing an imidazolin-2-tones compound includes: dissolving a cycloheptatrienone and an aromatic isocyanate in a solvent; and reacting the cycloheptatrienone and the aromatic isocyanate in the solvent without an oxidant and a catalyst to obtain the imidazolin-2-tone compound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: SOOCHOW UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Shilei Zhang, Ye Liu, Jing Jiang, Yujian Mao, Yanwei Hu, Shaohua Chen
  • Publication number: 20200369622
    Abstract: A method of preparing an imidazolin-2-tones compound includes: dissolving a cycloheptatrienone and an aromatic isocyanate in a solvent; and reacting the cycloheptatrienone and the aromatic isocyanate in the solvent without an oxidant and a catalyst to obtain the imidazolin-2-tone compound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Shilei ZHANG, Ye LIU, Jing JIANG, Yujian MAO, Yanwei HU, Shaohua CHEN
  • Patent number: 10032454
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for open-domain voice-enabled searching that is speaker sensitive. Techniques include using speech information, speaker information, and information associated with a spoken query to enhance open voice search results. This includes integrating a textual index with a voice index to support the entire search cycle. Given a voice query, the system can execute two matching processes simultaneously. This can include a text matching process based on the output of speech recognition, as well as a voice matching process based on characteristics of a caller or user voicing a query. Characteristics of the caller can include output of voice feature extraction and metadata about the call. The system clusters callers according to these characteristics. The system can use specific voice and text clusters to modify speech recognition results, as well as modifying search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Shilei Zhang, Shenghua Bao, Wen Liu, Yong Qin, Zhiwei Shuang, Jian Chen, Zhong Su, Qin Shi, William F. Ganong, III
  • Publication number: 20150294669
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for open-domain voice-enabled searching that is speaker sensitive. Techniques include using speech information, speaker information, and information associated with a spoken query to enhance open voice search results. This includes integrating a textual index with a voice index to support the entire search cycle. Given a voice query, the system can execute two matching processes simultaneously. This can include a text matching process based on the output of speech recognition, as well as a voice matching process based on characteristics of a caller or user voicing a query. Characteristics of the caller can include output of voice feature extraction and metadata about the call. The system clusters callers according to these characteristics. The system can use specific voice and text clusters to modify speech recognition results, as well as modifying search results.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Shilei Zhang, Shenghua Bao, Wen Liu, Yong Qin, Zhiwei Shuang, Jian Chen, Zhong Su, Qin Shi, William F. Ganong, III
  • Patent number: 9099092
    Abstract: Techniques disclosed herein include systems and methods for open-domain voice-enabled searching that is speaker sensitive. Techniques include using speech information, speaker information, and information associated with a spoken query to enhance open voice search results. This includes integrating a textual index with a voice index to support the entire search cycle. Given a voice query, the system can execute two matching processes simultaneously. This can include a text matching process based on the output of speech recognition, as well as a voice matching process based on characteristics of a caller or user voicing a query. Characteristics of the caller can include output of voice feature extraction and metadata about the call. The system clusters callers according to these characteristics. The system can use specific voice and text clusters to modify speech recognition results, as well as modifying search results.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: Nuance Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Shilei Zhang, Shenghua Bao, Wen Liu, Yong Qin, Zhiwei Shuang, Jian Chen, Zhong Su, Qin Shi, William F. Ganong, III