Patents by Inventor Tao Geng

Tao Geng 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: 20240102227
    Abstract: A nozzle structure including a spray pipe, including an outlet end provided with a spray head formed with a spray outlet. The spray head is provided with a spray cavity and a flow channel, the spray cavity is connected with the spray outlet, the flow channel guides water inside the spray pipe to the spray cavity, the flow channel is connected with the spray cavity through a connecting flow channel, and the connecting flow channel extends along a tangential direction of the spray cavity. A method for delivering additives to a washing machine is further provided, wherein after inlet water flow is mixed with delivered additives in a water supply path, a mixture is directly sprayed into a rotating washing drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2021
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicants: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD., HAIER SMART HOME CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao HUANG, Xuefeng GENG, Baozhen CHENG, Huacheng ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11863109
    Abstract: The application provides a method and device for adjusting a permanent magnet motor, an equipment, and a storage medium. The method includes the following operations. An electronic equipment acquires a counter electromotive force (CEMF) parameter, information of an electromagnetic structure of a permanent magnet motor to be adjusted and a minimum impedance value of any short-circuited coil of the permanent magnet motor to be adjusted, to determine an operational time of the short-circuited coil. The electronic equipment further judges, according to the operational time of the short-circuited coil, whether an adjustment instruction is required to be transmitted to a production equipment. When the operational time is inconsistent with a preset time, the electronic equipment transmits the adjustment instruction to the production equipment. The production equipment adjusts, according to the adjustment instruction, the electromagnetic structure of the permanent magnet motor to be adjusted.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: CRRC YONGJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Xiuhui Xue, Xiaojun Hou, Tao Geng, Lei Zhang, Chen Jiang, Yukun Zhao, Lanlan Guo
  • Patent number: 11808447
    Abstract: A burner base for a stacked burner assembly to secure a uniform distribution of gas flow. The burner base couples with a top burner cover and together define an internal gas mixture chamber. The burner base includes a barrier structure along a perimeter having a plurality of structural zones. A first structural zone includes a semi-circular barrier structure having a height that is taller at a middle portion than at the end portions. A second structural zone includes an arc structure having a height that is taller than the heights of adjacent structural zone heights. A third structural zone includes a semi-circular structure having a consistent height along the structure. A fourth structural zone includes a non-raised semi-circular structure. The barrier structure is configured to facilitate the distribution of the gas within the mixture chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Gerardo Caloca, Tao Geng, Victor Manrique, Ana Katia Silva
  • Publication number: 20230213541
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a circulating device, a circulating method, and a sample analyzer. The circulating device includes a mounting rack and an input mechanism, an output mechanism, a recycling mechanism and a transferring mechanism arranged on the mounting rack. The input mechanism is configured to provide a bearing box holding a reaction vessel. The output mechanism is configured to output the bearing box holding the reaction vessel from the input mechanism. The recycling mechanism is configured to recycle the bearing box, which is from the output mechanism and the reaction vessel held by which has been unloaded. The transferring mechanism includes transferring components corresponding to the input mechanism, the output mechanism and the recycling mechanism simultaneously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Liang ZHU, Yaochao DENG, Tao GENG
  • Publication number: 20230069675
    Abstract: A power-assisted negative pressure type flexible exoskeleton system used for an extravehicular spacesuit. The system includes an exoskeleton pneumatic control system, a plurality of inertial sensors, a plurality of negative pressure type flexible actuators and a plurality of flexible bending sensors, wherein pneumatic energy is provided for the exoskeleton system by a gas source in the exoskeleton control system, compressed air is cleaned by a water-separating gas filter, normal work of a pneumatic actuating element is guaranteed, a pressure reducing valve and a pressure gauge carry out voltage stability control on the output pressure of the gas source, a two-position two-way valve serves as a gas source switch valve, and three-position three-way valves, proportional pressure valves and the flexible actuators form four pneumatic control loops of the left and right elbow joints and the left and right knee joints of the exoskeleton system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Hu Shi, Kun Tan, Xuesong Mei, Tao Geng, Wenqiao Liu
  • Publication number: 20230039034
    Abstract: The application provides a method and device for adjusting a permanent magnet motor, an equipment, and a storage medium. The method includes the following operations. An electronic equipment acquires a counter electromotive force (CEMF) parameter, information of an electromagnetic structure of a permanent magnet motor to be adjusted and a minimum impedance value of any short-circuited coil of the permanent magnet motor to be adjusted, to determine an operational time of the short-circuited coil. The electronic equipment further judges, according to the operational time of the short-circuited coil, whether an adjustment instruction is required to be transmitted to a production equipment. When the operational time is inconsistent with a preset time, the electronic equipment transmits the adjustment instruction to the production equipment. The production equipment adjusts, according to the adjustment instruction, the electromagnetic structure of the permanent magnet motor to be adjusted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Xiuhui XUE, Xiaojun HOU, Tao GENG, Lei ZHANG, Chen JIANG, Yukun ZHAO, Lanlan GUO
  • Patent number: 11098891
    Abstract: A gas burner unit for a cooktop includes a spreader having a first side with a plurality of gas outlets and a second side opposite the first side and defining a portion of a fluid path. The spreader further defines a venturi in fluid communication with the gas outlets and extending away from the second side. The gas burner unit further includes an orifice holder having a protrusion defining an upwardly directed primary air inlet therethrough. The upwardly directed primary air inlet is in fluid communication with the fluid path associated with the spreader on a first end thereof and with the venturi on a second end thereof opposite the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Tao Geng, Victor H. Manrique, Timothy A. Mayberry
  • Patent number: 10947587
    Abstract: A short tandem repeat (STR) typing method and system are developed for forensic identification of individual cells. Agarose-in-oil droplets are produced with a high frequency using a microfluidic droplet generator. Statistically dilute single cells, along with primer-functionalized microbeads, are randomly compartmentalized in the droplets. Massively parallel single-cell droplet PCR is performed to transfer replicas of desired STR targets from the single-cell genomic DNA onto a coencapsulated microbead. These DNA-conjugated beads are subsequently harvested and reamplified under statistically dilute conditions for conventional capillary electrophoresis STR fragment size analysis. The methods and systems described herein are valuable for the STR analysis of samples containing mixtures of cells/DNA from multiple contributors and for low concentration samples.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Tao Geng, Richard Novak, Richard A. Mathies
  • Patent number: 10816575
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides in some embodiments a testing probe, including a probe holder, and a probe body at least partially extending into an interior of the probe holder and capable of moving relative to the probe holder. The probe body is configured to be electrically connected to the probe holder within a first travel distance relative to the probe holder so as to output a testing signal, and configured to be electrically disconnected from the probe holder within a second travel distance relative to the probe holder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chao Zhou, Xianchun Huang, Tao Zhang, Zhengyun Wu, Tao Geng, Youpeng Gan
  • Patent number: 10767857
    Abstract: A burner unit includes first and second burner assemblies supplied with a gas mixture via first and second valves, respectively. A first valve control assembly controls the first and second valves between open and closed positions. Third and fourth burner assemblies of the burner unit are supplied with a gas mixture via third and fourth valves, respectively. A second valve control assembly controls the third and fourth valves between open and closed positions. The first and second valve control assemblies are separate assemblies that are configured to cooperate to simultaneously provide a gas mixture to the first, second, third and fourth burner assemblies in respective high power settings of the first and second valve control assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Victor H. Manrique, Victor Gerardo Caloca, Ana Katia Silva, Tao Geng
  • Publication number: 20200132297
    Abstract: A burner base for a stacked burner assembly to secure a uniform distribution of gas flow. The burner base couples with a top burner cover and together define an internal gas mixture chamber. The burner base includes a barrier structure along a perimeter having a plurality of structural zones. A first structural zone includes a semi-circular barrier structure having a height that is taller at a middle portion than at the end portions. A second structural zone includes an arc structure having a height that is taller than the heights of adjacent structural zone heights. A third structural zone includes a semi-circular structure having a consistent height along the structure. A fourth structural zone includes a non-raised semi-circular structure. The barrier structure is configured to facilitate the distribution of the gas within the mixture chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2019
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Victor Gerardo Caloca, Tao Geng, Victor Manrique, Ana Katia Silva
  • Patent number: 10551056
    Abstract: A burner base for a stacked burner assembly to secure a uniform distribution of gas flow. The burner base couples with a top burner cover and together define an internal gas mixture chamber. The burner base includes a barrier structure along a perimeter having a plurality of structural zones. A first structural zone includes a semi-circular barrier structure having a height that is taller at a middle portion than at the end portions. A second structural zone includes an arc structure having a height that is taller than the heights of adjacent structural zone heights. A third structural zone includes a semi-circular structure having a consistent height along the structure. A fourth structural zone includes a non-raised semi-circular structure. The barrier structure is configured to facilitate the distribution of the gas within the mixture chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2020
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Victor Gerardo Caloca, Tao Geng, Victor Manrique, Ana Katia Silva
  • Publication number: 20190338947
    Abstract: A burner unit includes first and second burner assemblies supplied with a gas mixture via first and second valves, respectively. A first valve control assembly controls the first and second valves between open and closed positions. Third and fourth burner assemblies of the burner unit are supplied with a gas mixture via third and fourth valves, respectively. A second valve control assembly controls the third and fourth valves between open and closed positions. The first and second valve control assemblies are separate assemblies that are configured to cooperate to simultaneously provide a gas mixture to the first, second, third and fourth burner assemblies in respective high power settings of the first and second valve control assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2019
    Publication date: November 7, 2019
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Victor H. Manrique, Victor Gerardo Caloca, Ana Katia Silva, Tao Geng
  • Publication number: 20190312461
    Abstract: A method and system for cooperative charging between an unmanned aerial vehicle and an unmanned surface vessel includes: using the unmanned aerial vehicle to capture an image of the unmanned surface vessel; analyzing the relative position of a capturing device and the velocity of the unmanned surface vessel; controlling the unmanned aerial vehicle to approach the capturing device, and making the unmanned aerial vehicle to hover at a certain height within the capture range; detecting whether the unmanned aerial vehicle is within the capture range and, if within the range, using the unmanned surface vessel to capture the unmanned aerial vehicle or using the unmanned aerial vehicle to re-capture an image of the unmanned surface vessel; using the capturing device to adjust the position of the unmanned aerial vehicle and performing wireless charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2018
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Haitao Zhang, Binbin Hu, Bin Liu, Zhiguo Cao, Jin Zhao, Housheng Su, Zhecheng Xu, Junfeng Ge, Tao Geng
  • Patent number: 10393371
    Abstract: A burner unit includes first and second burner assemblies supplied with a gas mixture via first and second valves, respectively. A first valve control assembly controls the first and second valves between open and closed positions. Third and fourth burner assemblies of the burner unit are supplied with a gas mixture via third and fourth valves, respectively. A second valve control assembly controls the third and fourth valves between open and closed positions. The first and second valve control assemblies are separate assemblies that are configured to cooperate to simultaneously provide a gas mixture to the first, second, third and fourth burner assemblies in respective high power settings of the first and second valve control assemblies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Victor H. Manrique, Victor Gerardo Caloca, Ana Katia Silva, Tao Geng
  • Publication number: 20190154253
    Abstract: A gas burner unit for a cooktop includes a spreader having a first side with a plurality of gas outlets and a second side opposite the first side and defining a portion of a fluid path. The spreader further defines a venturi in fluid communication with the gas outlets and extending away from the second side. The gas burner unit further includes an orifice holder having a protrusion defining an upwardly directed primary air inlet therethrough. The upwardly directed primary air inlet is in fluid communication with the fluid path associated with the spreader on a first end thereof and with the venturi on a second end thereof opposite the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tao Geng, Victor H. Manrique, Timothy A. Mayberry
  • Patent number: 10228128
    Abstract: A gas burner unit for a cooktop includes a spreader positioned above a top surface of the cooktop to define a gap therebetween and having a plurality of gas outlets. The gas burner unit further includes a venturi in fluid communication with the gas outlets and an orifice holder having a plurality of protrusions defining a plurality of upwardly directed primary air inlets therethrough. The plurality of upwardly directed primary air inlets are in fluid communication with the gap on respective first ends thereof and with the venturi on respective second ends thereof opposite the first ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: Whirlpool Corporation
    Inventors: Tao Geng, Victor H. Manrique, Timothy A. Mayberry
  • Publication number: 20190011480
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides in some embodiments a testing probe, including a probe holder, and a probe body at least partially extending into an interior of the probe holder and capable of moving relative to the probe holder. The probe body is configured to be electrically connected to the probe holder within a first travel distance relative to the probe holder so as to output a testing signal, and configured to be electrically disconnected from the probe holder within a second travel distance relative to the probe holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: January 10, 2019
    Applicants: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD., HEFEI XINSHENG OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY, LTD.
    Inventors: Chao ZHOU, Xianchun HUANG, Tao ZHANG, Zhengyun WU, Tao GENG, Youpeng GAN
  • Publication number: 20180238537
    Abstract: A burner base for a stacked burner assembly to secure a uniform distribution of gas flow. The burner base couples with a top burner cover and together define an internal gas mixture chamber. The burner base includes a barrier structure along a perimeter having a plurality of structural zones. A first structural zone includes a semi-circular barrier structure having a height that is taller at a middle portion than at the end portions. A second structural zone includes an arc structure having a height that is taller than the heights of adjacent structural zone heights. A third structural zone includes a semi-circular structure having a consistent height along the structure. A fourth structural zone includes a non-raised semi-circular structure. The barrier structure is configured to facilitate the distribution of the gas within the mixture chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Victor Gerardo Caloca, Tao Geng, Victor Manrique, Ana Katia Silva
  • Publication number: 20180187885
    Abstract: A burner unit includes first and second burner assemblies supplied with a gas mixture via first and second valves, respectively. A first valve control assembly controls the first and second valves between open and closed positions. Third and fourth burner assemblies of the burner unit are supplied with a gas mixture via third and fourth valves, respectively. A second valve control assembly controls the third and fourth valves between open and closed positions. The first and second valve control assemblies are separate assemblies that are configured to cooperate to simultaneously provide a gas mixture to the first, second, third and fourth burner assemblies in respective high power settings of the first and second valve control assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: WHIRLPOOL CORPORATION
    Inventors: Victor H. Manrique, Victor Gerardo Caloca, Ana Katia Silva, Tao Geng