Patents by Inventor Tao Xie

Tao Xie 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: 12338329
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for recycling and reusing polyurethane foam. The method includes: (1) The functionalized oligomers are obtained by adding solvent and catalyst to the polyurethane foam. (2) The functionalized oligomers are chemically modified, and the photosensitive group is introduced through the functional group reaction. The diluent, photoinitiator, and light absorber, etc. are introduced into the obtained oligomers to prepare photocurable resin. It can be used for photocurable coatings or 3D printing. This method has a fast reaction time, easy recovery of solvent and catalyst, higher value-added recycled product, good economic benefits, and social value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Tao Xie, Ning Zheng, Zenghe Liu, Zizheng Fang, Qian Zhao
  • Patent number: 12338937
    Abstract: A robot applicable to synchronous patrol of a long branch pipeline and a main pipeline includes a walking apparatus and detection apparatuses located on a top of the walking apparatus, where the detection apparatuses accompany the walking apparatus to patrol the main pipeline. The robot further includes a sub-walking apparatus located at a front end of the walking apparatus, where front wheel obstacle-crossing apparatuses of the walking apparatus are also capable of limiting the sub-walking apparatus while crossing an obstacle in the main pipeline, and when the branch pipeline is encountered, the front wheel obstacle-crossing apparatuses are lifted to a certain height, a bin outlet of the sub-walking apparatus is released, and the sub-walking apparatus is separated from the walking apparatus and independently patrols the branch pipeline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: State Grid Anhui Electric Power Research Institute
    Inventors: Jiaqing Zhang, Yi Guo, Jia Xie, Liufang Wang, Taiyun Zhu, Jian Sun, Shuping Wang, Yubiao Huang, Yang He, Fengju Shang, Rui Liu, Tiantian Tan, Xin Liu, Tao Xie, Tao Sun
  • Publication number: 20250197593
    Abstract: The invention discloses a method for recycling and reprocessing of polyurethane foams based on acetoxime. The method comprises three steps: (1) Polyurethane foams are degraded into functionalized oligomers and/or small molecular compounds by adding acetoxime. (2) The obtained degradation products from step (1) are dispersed into acetoxime, and then are melted above the melting point of acetoxime, followed by being cooled down below the melting point of acetoxime, thus obtaining a mixture. (3) The mixture from step (2) is reprocessed into new polyurethane foams by vacuum sublimation. With this method, polyurethane wastes can be recycled and reprocessed into new foams and 3D printing products without consuming any reagent, or changing existing products and production infrastructures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: TAO XIE, ZENGHE LIU, ZIZHENG FANG, JINGJUN WU
  • Publication number: 20250164058
    Abstract: A robot applicable to synchronous patrol of a long branch pipeline and a main pipeline includes a walking apparatus and detection apparatuses located on a top of the walking apparatus, where the detection apparatuses accompany the walking apparatus to patrol the main pipeline. The robot further includes a sub-walking apparatus located at a front end of the walking apparatus, where front wheel obstacle-crossing apparatuses of the walking apparatus are also capable of limiting the sub-walking apparatus while crossing an obstacle in the main pipeline, and when the branch pipeline is encountered, the front wheel obstacle-crossing apparatuses are lifted to a certain height, a bin outlet of the sub-walking apparatus is released, and the sub-walking apparatus is separated from the walking apparatus and independently patrols the branch pipeline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2024
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Jiaqing ZHANG, Yi GUO, Jia XIE, Liufang WANG, Taiyun ZHU, Jian SUN, Shuping WANG, Yubiao HUANG, Yang HE, Fengju SHANG, Rui LIU, Tiantian TAN, Xin LIU, Tao XIE, Tao SUN
  • Publication number: 20250103231
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes converting a disk cluster to a different format. A format conversion instruction associated with a disk cluster is received. A first subgroup of disks of the disk cluster that are the emptiest disks of the disk cluster are identified and all data is evacuated from the first subgroup of disks to other disks of the disk cluster. The first subgroup of disks is reformatted based on the received format conversion instruction. A group of data objects stored in the disk cluster is converted based on the format conversion instruction and the converted group of data objects are written to the reformatted first subgroup of disks. The process iterates through the disks of the disk cluster to reformat all disks and convert all data objects based on the received format conversion instruction. The process reduces the write operations required to convert the format of the disk cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Ruiling Dou, Tao Xie, Zongliang Li, Asit Desai, Wenguang Wang, Litao Xia
  • Patent number: 12260105
    Abstract: The disclosure herein describes converting a disk cluster to a different format. A format conversion instruction associated with a disk cluster is received. A first subgroup of disks of the disk cluster that are the emptiest disks of the disk cluster are identified and all data is evacuated from the first subgroup of disks to other disks of the disk cluster. The first subgroup of disks is reformatted based on the received format conversion instruction. A group of data objects stored in the disk cluster is converted based on the format conversion instruction and the converted group of data objects are written to the reformatted first subgroup of disks. The process iterates through the disks of the disk cluster to reformat all disks and convert all data objects based on the received format conversion instruction. The process reduces the write operations required to convert the format of the disk cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: VMware LLC
    Inventors: Ruiling Dou, Tao Xie, Zongliang Li, Asit Desai, Wenguang Wang, Litao Xia
  • Patent number: 12234316
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an acrylate oligomer, the acrylate oligomer is obtained by a reaction of isocyanate group-terminated oligomer and formate-terminated ethylene glycol methacrylate. After the acrylate oligomer provided by the present invention is photocured, the molecular structure, cross-linking density and other network structure characteristics of the acrylate oligomer can be changed through specific post-processing. Since the formate component formed after heat treatment has no water absorption and has a low glass transition temperature, the final material obtained after heat treatment has a lower water absorption rate and glass transition temperature. The present invention also provides a preparation method and an application method of the acrylate oligomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Tao Xie, Jingjun Wu, Qian Zhao, Jiada Chen
  • Patent number: 12235297
    Abstract: A current sampling system, the system including a magnetic component, that is an inductor or a transformer that has at least one winding, where the at least one winding has a first part and a second part, where a first terminal of the first part is connected to a first terminal of the second part, and where a second terminal of the first part is separated from a second terminal of the second part, and a current detection circuit, where the second terminal of the second part is connected to the current detection circuit, and where the current detection circuit is configured to sample a current flowing through the second part, and obtain a total current of the winding based on the sampled current flowing through the second part and a preset ratio.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: HUAWEI DIGITAL POWER TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zezhou Yang, Liqiong Yi, Zehua Liang, Shu Zhong, Tao Xie
  • Patent number: 12234306
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method to prepare polymer materials with interlocked porous structures by freezing and demulsification, which includes: (1) Preparing an emulsion containing uncrosslinked polymers and crosslinking agents. The uncrosslinked polymers are presented in the organic phase, and the crosslinking agents are presented in the organic phase or water phase. Under freezing, the demulsification is occurred which leads to the interaction between polymers and crosslinking agents, and the crosslinked materials are obtained. (2) After removing the ice crystals, polymer materials with interlocked porous structures are synthesized. The method provided by the present invention is simple to operate, and can well adjust the porous structures of obtained porous polymer materials. In addition, it is suitable for large scale manufacturing. At the same time, this process can form different functional porous polymer materials by simply changing the used monomers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: ZJU-HANGZHOU GLOBAL SCIENTIFIC AND TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION CENTER
    Inventors: Qian Zhao, Di Chen, Yongbo Jiang, Tao Xie
  • Patent number: 12212474
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to bootstrapping an encrypted single node VSAN cluster. One method includes receiving a request to create an encrypted VSAN cluster from a single host in a software-defined datacenter, deploying a virtual server on a VSAN datastore of the software-defined datacenter, registering a native key provider (NKP) in the virtual server, creating an empty VSAN cluster encrypted by the NKP, adding the single host to the encrypted empty cluster to create a one-host encrypted cluster, registering a KMIP KMS in the virtual server, switching encryption of the one-host encrypted cluster from the NKP to the KMIP KMS, and adding another host to the one-host encrypted cluster to create the encrypted cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: VMware LLC
    Inventors: Tao Xie, Ruiling Dou, Wenguang Wang, Zongliang Li, Zhao Jin
  • Patent number: 12176607
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a base station. The base station includes a multi-function board, a radome and at least one antenna element. The radome is configured to cover the multi-function board. The at least one antenna element is provided between the multi-function board and the radome. The multi-function board is configured to integrate with at least two of functions of a radio board, an EMC cover, an AC board, an antenna reflector, and an Antenna board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: Telefonaktiebolaget LM Ericsson (publ)
    Inventors: Tao Xie, Jianjun An, Jialin Li, Ningmin Liu
  • Publication number: 20240336724
    Abstract: A reversible epoxy polymer obtainable by the reaction between at least one epoxy compound and at least one curing agent, wherein at least part of the epoxy compound contains one reversible borate moiety or derivative thereof per molecule; and/or at least part of the curing agent contains one reversible borate moiety or derivative thereof per molecule; and/or the reaction system further comprises at least one compound containing hydroxyl and epoxy group and at least one BQH-containing compound or its ester derivative, wherein said BQH-containing compound contains two or more B-QH moieties, and wherein the derivative of borate moiety represents a moiety with the oxygen in the borate moiety being replaced with other element of the sixth main group and wherein each Q is independently an element of the sixth main group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Inventors: Ya Xian Wang, Ke Ran Chen, Lulin Xie, Tao Xie, Saifudin M. Abubakar, Ning Zheng, Wenxi Gao, Qian Zhaoi, Yihan Cao
  • Publication number: 20240248630
    Abstract: System and method for converting a storage object in a redo-log snapshot format to a single-container snapshot format in a distributed storage system uses a temporary snapshot object, which is created by taking a snapshot of the storage object, and an anchor object, which points to a root object of the storage object. For each object chain of the storage object, each selected object is processed for format conversion. For each selected object, difference data between the selected object and a parent object of the selected object is written to the anchor object, a child snapshot of the anchor object is created in the single-container snapshot format, and the anchor object is updated to point to the selected object. The data of the running point object of the storage object is then copied to the anchor object, and each processed object and the temporary snapshot object are removed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Inventors: Zhen Liu, Tao Xie, Banghui Luo, Enning Xiang, Carrie Yang, Kiran Patil
  • Publication number: 20240220370
    Abstract: A method for implementing native snapshot capabilities on non-native snapshots includes generating a virtual disk container having both native snapshot functionality and functionality of the non-native snapshot, including redo-log snapshot functionality. Redo-log parent disk chains may be preserved, along with subsequent native snapshot data, in virtual disk container objects. A virtual root node of a copy-on-write data structure of a virtual disk container object enables snapshotting and traversal between a redo-log disk chain and a native snapshot disk chain. Throughout backup and reversion operations, the virtual disk container object may be reparented as necessary, and a constant running point may be maintained for the virtual disk container object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Zhen LIU, Tao XIE, Banghui LUO, Enning XIANG, Yang Yang ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12021981
    Abstract: An example method for a first host, being an owner of an object stored in a virtual storage area network (vSAN) cluster, to perform encryption and decryption operations during a rekey in the vSAN cluster is disclosed. The method includes obtaining a first encryption key and a first key identifier (ID) of the first encryption key; transmitting the first key ID and an active key index to a second host; using the first encryption key to perform encryption and decryption operations; and in response to a determination of receiving a key change notification from a master node of the vSAN cluster, terminating a connection with the second host.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2024
    Assignee: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Wenguang Wang, Abhay Kuamr Jain, Ruiling Dou, Tao Xie, Xin Li, Chandrakanth Gadhiraju, Kevin Rayfeng Li, Satish Pudi
  • Publication number: 20240175948
    Abstract: A current detection apparatus includes a magnetic sensor, configured to sense a magnetic field change of a to-be-tested current path, and convert the magnetic field change into an electrical signal; and a magnetically conductive unit, including a magnetically conductive material. The magnetically conductive unit is disposed on at least one of the following positions: a left side of the magnetic sensor, a right side of the magnetic sensor, and an upper side of the magnetic sensor, and the left side and the right side of the magnetic sensor are a left side and a right side of the magnetic sensor along the to-be-tested current path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Shu Zhong, Xiaolu Hu, Xiaming Jing, Liqiong Yi, Xiaoqing Hu, Tao Xie
  • Publication number: 20240048375
    Abstract: Distributed storage system and method for transmitting storage-related messages between host computers in a distributed storage system uses a handshake operation of a first-type communication connection between a source data transport daemon of a source host computer and a target data transport daemon of a target host computer to derive a symmetric key at each of the source and target data transport daemons. The two symmetric keys are sent to a source data transport manager of the source host computer and to a target data transport manager of the target host computer. The source and target data transport managers then use the same symmetric keys to encrypt and decrypt storage-related messages that are transmitted from the source data transport manager to the target data transport manager through multiple second-type communication connections between the source and target data transport managers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2023
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Haoran ZHENG, Tao XIE, Wei FANG, Anil CHINTALAPATI, Jing LIU
  • Publication number: 20230421462
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to bootstrapping an encrypted single node VSAN cluster. One method includes receiving a request to create an encrypted VSAN cluster from a single host in a software-defined datacenter, deploying a virtual server on a VSAN datastore of the software-defined datacenter, registering a native key provider (NKP) in the virtual server, creating an empty VSAN cluster encrypted by the NKP, adding the single host to the encrypted empty cluster to create a one-host encrypted cluster, registering a KMIP KMS in the virtual server, switching encryption of the one-host encrypted cluster from the NKP to the KMIP KMS, and adding another host to the one-host encrypted cluster to create the encrypted cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: VMware, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Xie, Ruiling Dou, Wenguang Wang, Zongliang Li, Zhao Jin
  • Publication number: 20230357533
    Abstract: A method for chemical upcycling of the resins containing ester bonds is described herein. The method comprises two steps: (1) The resins dissolved into a catalyst-solvent system via a network fragmentation strategy to generate non-crosslinked polymer fragment mixture with functional groups. (2) After introducing additives and reacting for predetermined time, a reconfigurable strong resin and a photocurable resin with repeated recyclability are obtained. The low energy consumption and cost, the high performance and economical value added of the regenerated productions, and the ease implement without changing the commodity products and manufacturing facilities make it attractive and suitable for the recycling of the resin wastes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: TAO XIE, ZENGHE LIU, NING ZHENG, ZIZHENG FANG, JINGJUN WU
  • Patent number: D1085090
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignee: SHENZHEN ORICO TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yeyou Xu, Chuanxin Mao, Tao Xie, Yingming Liu