Patents by Inventor Tao Zhang

Tao 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: 20190301467
    Abstract: A blood pump system includes a pump housing and an impeller for rotating in a pump chamber within the housing. The impeller has a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The system includes a stator having drive coils for applying a torque to the impeller and at least one bearing mechanism for suspending the impeller within the pump chamber. The system includes a position control mechanism for moving the impeller in an axial direction within the pump chamber to adjust a size of a first gap and a size of a second gap, thereby controlling a washout rate at each of the first gap and the second gap. The first gap is defined by a distance between the first side and the housing and the second gap is defined by a distance between the second side and the pump housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: TC1 LLC
    Inventors: Masamichi Yanai, Shunzhou Yu, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10424797
    Abstract: An apparatus monitors the state of charge (SOC) of a flow battery system. The monitoring method include determining SOCs of at least two pairs of different monitoring positions. A pair of monitoring position may be located inside of an anode electrolyte storage tank (2) and inside of a cathode electrolyte storage tank (3), or inside of an anode electrolyte outlet pipeline (6) of a stack and inside of a cathode electrolyte outlet pipeline (7) of the stack, or inside of an anode electrolyte inlet pipeline (8) of the stack and inside of a cathode electrolyte inlet pipeline (9) of the stack. The SOCsum of the flow battery system is acquired according to the SOCs corresponding to different pair of monitoring positions, respectively. The method ensures acquiring an SOC monitoring result timely and accurately.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: DALIAN RONGKEPOWER CO., LTD
    Inventors: Yu Zhang, Yi Zou, Huamin Zhang, Ying Li, Xiaoli Wang, Xi Han, Lecong Han, Tao Zhang, Xiangkun Ma, Honggui Zhao
  • Publication number: 20190287153
    Abstract: A method for quickly recommending commodities by using a washing machine comprises: S1: enabling the washing machine to receive a trigger signal; S2: sending a commodity recommendation command to a server, the commodity recommendation command at least comprising an identifier of the trigger signal; S3: enabling the server to search for a keyword corresponding to the commodity recommendation command, automatically recommend commodities relevant to the keyword by using big data and send recommended commodities to an intelligent terminal bound to the washing machine after the server receives the commodity recommendation command; and S4, enabling the intelligent terminal to display the recommended commodities on a display interface, the displayed information at least comprising commodity identifiers and URL addresses corresponding to the commodity identifiers. When the washing machine receives the trigger signal, most appropriate commodities are recommended by the server using the big data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2016
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hai SHU, Sheng XU, Tao ZHANG, Zhenxing HUANG
  • Patent number: 10414718
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure is a Dezocine analog, and particularly disclosed are compounds represented by formula (I), (II) and (III), a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or tautomer thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Shandong Danhong Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yang Zhang, Wentao Wu, Zhixiang Li, Guangwen Yang, Yongbo Fang, Tao Zhang, Wei Gu, Shuhui Chen, Fei Wang, Jian Li
  • Patent number: 10420113
    Abstract: This application discloses a resource reconfiguration method, a base station, and a user equipment. The method includes: receiving, by a primary base station, a first message, where the first message is used to request to reconfigure, for a user equipment, a resource corresponding to a secondary base station; and initiating, by the primary base station, reconfiguration of the resource corresponding to the secondary base station for the user equipment. By means of this application, the resource corresponding to the secondary base station can be reconfigured for the user equipment in a case in which the secondary base station does not provide a reconfiguration function.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Bo Lin
  • Patent number: 10418877
    Abstract: An endcap assembly for an electric motor and a stator having same are provided. The endcap assembly includes an endcap, a first wire, and two terminals corresponding to the first wire. The two terminals are fixed to the endcap and configured to connect with corresponding windings of the electric motor. The endcap defines a first accommodating groove extending from one terminal to the other terminal. The first wire is received in the first accommodating groove, and two ends of the first wire are electrically connected to the two terminals, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Kwong Yip Poon, Jie Chai, San Yuan Xiao, Kun Zhou Lu, Tao Zhang
  • Patent number: 10409240
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method of controlling a self-service washing machine, and a terminal and a system utilizing same. The method includes: outputting position information and state information of at least one peripheral washing machine; acquiring a target washing machine selected by a user; sending a reservation request to a server, wherein the reservation request includes a target time period and an identifier of the target washing machine input by the user so as to enable the server to schedule the target washing machine to provide a washing function for the user in the target time period; and receiving and outputting a reservation result fed back by the server.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Qingdao Haier Washing Machine Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Sheng Xu, Zhenxing Huang, Feng Shi, Chunfeng Zhang
  • Patent number: 10412573
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a near-field wireless communication service processing method performed at a first computing device. While running a social networking application, the first computing device listens to a near-field wireless communication signal broadcasted by a second computing device. After detecting the near-field wireless communication signal broadcasted by the second computing device, first computing device processes the near-field wireless communication signal to obtain identification information associated with the second computing device. The first computing device sends the identification information associated with the second computing device to a remote server supporting the social networking application and obtains a preset service page corresponding to the identification information associated with the second computing device from the server, and displays the preset service page within the social networking application on the first computing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Kai Ma, Maohua Chen, Mo Zhao, Zhenxi Qiu, Xiaoming Wu, Nan Cheng, Xiaohui Zheng, Junxiong Chen, Jinheng Xie, Zhe Cheng, Le Yu, Shuhui Mei, Chi Zhang, Huiqin Yang, Yao Qin, Shunfu Ye, Tao Zhang, Wenrong Tang, Yangbin Huang, Ming He, Chaoxiong Diao, Pengbo Zhang, Guanqiao Su, Hongmin Zheng, Xiaojuan Zhang, Zhejin Huang, Xiaoyang Qian, Zhongming Guo, Xiaoyi Fang, Yang Zuo, Yan Dai
  • Patent number: 10412074
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a first device in a network receives information regarding one or more nodes in the network. The first device determines a property of the one or more nodes based on the received information. The first device determines a degree of trustworthiness of the one or more nodes based on the received information. The first device attests to the determined property and degree of trustworthiness of the one or more nodes to a verification device. The verification device is configured to verify the attested property and degree of trustworthiness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: Cisco Technology, Inc.
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Yi Zheng, Helder F. Antunes, Marcelo Yannuzzi, Gonzalo Salgueiro, Joseph Michael Clarke
  • Publication number: 20190273230
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a housing, wherein the housing has a bottom portion, on which are disposed a first length side wall and a second length side wall that extend upward along a length direction of the bottom portion and are oppositely disposed, and a first width side wall and a second width side wall that extend upward along a width direction of the bottom portion and are oppositely disposed; the housing comprises a first step and a second step disposed at two ends of the first length side wall; the housing further comprises a first metal wiring terminal and a second metal wiring terminal, wherein the first metal wiring terminal and the second metal wiring terminal are disposed on the first step and the second step, respectively; a material for bearing the first metal wiring terminal and the second metal wiring terminal is a first plastic material, while other parts of the housing are made of a second plastic material, or most of other parts of the housing are made of the
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Inventors: Chang Liu, Yingyao Fu, Liang Cheng, Binbin Fan, Tao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190274018
    Abstract: According to various embodiments, a system for vehicular application development is disclosed. The system includes a programmable on-board diagnostics (OBD)-connected dongle for providing computational and storage resources to a vehicle and hosting one or more applications in the vehicle. The dongle is configured to utilize one or more external devices, cloud servers, and add-on modules to provide additional resources for the applications and enable control of the applications. The dongle is implemented with a middleware that enables intended operations of the dongle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2019
    Publication date: September 5, 2019
    Applicant: The Trustees of Princeton University
    Inventors: Arsalan Mosenia, Jad F. Bechara, Prateek Mittal, Mung Chiang, Tao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190261633
    Abstract: A bacillus velezensis and its application in plants is provided. The bacillus velezensis is Bacillus velezensis NSZ-YBGJ0001, and the deposit number is CGMCC No. 14384. The Bacillus velezensis can effectively prevent and control plant diseases, has no harm to the plants itself, and can promote plant growth to some extent. The use of Bacillus velezensis microbial agent can replace or reduce the use of chemical pesticides; it largely protects the ecological environment and the quality and safety of agricultural products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Inventors: Zhijun Lu, Peng Li, Wangpeng Shi, Yongmei Tao, Tao Zhang
  • Publication number: 20190263730
    Abstract: A method and device for preparing propylene and C4 hydrocarbons from oxygen-containing compounds. The method includes returning 70 wt. % or more of the light fractions in the generated product to a dense phase zone of a fast fluidized-bed reactor from a reactor feed distributor at the bottom-most of the fast fluidized-bed reactor to react ethylene and the oxygen-containing compounds to perform an alkylation reaction in presence of a catalyst to produce products of propylene and the like, and circulating 80 wt. % or more of the hydrocarbons with 5 or more carbons into a catalytic cracking lift pipe to perform a cracking reaction to generate a product containing propylene and C4 hydrocarbons, which is subsequently fed into a dilute phase zone of the fast fluidized-bed reactor. The method and device of the present invention improve the reaction rate of ethylene alkylation, and the unit volume production capacity of reactor is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Tao ZHANG, Mao YE, Changqing HE, Jinling ZHANG, Xiangao WANG, Hailong TANG, Jinming JIA, Yinfeng ZHAO, Zhongmin LIU
  • Publication number: 20190256439
    Abstract: A turbulent fluidized-bed reactor, device and method for preparing propylene and C4 hydrocarbons from oxygen-containing compounds. The device includes the turbulent fluidized-bed reactor and a fluidized-bed regenerator for regenerating a catalyst. The method includes: a) feeding a raw material containing the oxygen-containing compounds from n reactor feed distributors to a reaction zone of the turbulent fluidized-bed reactor, and contacting the raw material with a catalyst, to generate a stream containing target product and a spent catalyst containing carbon; b) sending the stream discharged into a product separation system, obtaining propylene, C4 hydrocarbons, light fractions and the like after separation, returning 70 wt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Tao ZHANG, Mao YE, Changqing HE, Jinling ZHANG, Xiangao WANG, Hailong TANG, Jinming JIA, Yinfeng ZHAO, Zhongmin LIU
  • Publication number: 20190260998
    Abstract: A method that is performed by a video encoding device is provided. The method includes identifying N image frames in a sliding window of an image frame sequence, the N image frames including N?1 encoded image frames and a to-be-encoded image frame; obtaining a motion amplitude difference of the N image frames in the sliding window, the motion amplitude difference indicating a difference between a corresponding image frame motion amplitude and a previous image frame motion amplitude; updating a static variable based on the motion amplitude difference of each of the N image frames in the sliding window, the static variable indicating a number of consecutive static image frames; and encoding the to-be-encoded image frame as an I frame based on the updated static variable not being less than a first preset threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2019
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: TENCENT TECHNOLOGY (SHENZHEN) COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yao Yao GUO, Xu Nan MAO, Chen Chen GU, Xin Wei GAO, Tao ZHANG
  • Patent number: 10389217
    Abstract: A fluid generating device and an electric apparatus utilizing the fluid generating device are provided. The fluid generating device includes a motor and an impeller driven by the motor. The motor is a single phase direct current brushless motor which includes a stator and a rotor. The stator includes a stator core and a stator winding. The stator core includes an outer ring portion, teeth extending inwardly from the outer ring portion, a pole shoe formed at the tooth. Slot openings are formed between the pole shoes. The rotor is received in a receiving chamber defined by the pole shoes. Inner surfaces of the pole shoes and the rotor form therebetween a substantially even air gap. The presence of even air gap can reduce the cogging torque of the motor, thus reducing the startup current and noise of the motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: JOHNSON ELECTRIC INTERNATIONAL AG
    Inventors: Yue Li, Kwong Yip Poon, Chui You Zhou, Jie Chai, Wen Liang Li, Lin Ping Gui, Tao Zhang, Qiang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20190251143
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention disclose a web page rendering method and a related device. The method includes: After receiving a page loading request of a client, a server may obtain initial page content matching the page loading request and return the initial page content to the client, where the initial page content includes a front-end framework and at least one DOM. The client may load the at least one DOM based on the front-end framework; obtain, based on a feature attribute of each DOM of the at least one DOM, a page template and a page metadata that match the DOM; render the page metadata based on the page template to obtain an HTML segment of the DOM; and finally form an HTML page by using all HTML segments. Hardware deployment costs of the server can be reduced, thereby improving page rendering efficiency and system performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Yaya DAI, Feng HU, Tao ZHANG, Yiquan ZHAO
  • Publication number: 20190252962
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a linear vibration motor, including a base having a receiving space, a vibration unit located in the receiving space, an elastic member fixed to the base and suspending the vibration unit in the receiving space, and a coil fixed to the base and opposite to and spaced away from the vibration unit. The vibration unit includes a magnet, the magnet is opposite to and spaced away from the coil, the coil includes a first coil for connecting an electric signal and a second coil insulated from the first coil, and both ends of the second coil are connected to each other to form a closed loop. Compared with the related art, the linear vibration motor in the present disclosure has high reliability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 15, 2019
    Inventors: Fanghua Ling, Xiaofeng Pu, Tao Zhang, Jinquan Huang
  • Publication number: 20190241480
    Abstract: A method and device for preparing propylene and C4 hydrocarbons from oxygen-containing compounds. By circulating 80 wt. % or more of the hydrocarbons with five or more carbons in the product into a catalytic cracking lift pipe to perform a cracking reaction to generate a product containing propylene and C4 hydrocarbons, the method improves the reaction rate of ethylene alkylation, and the unit volume production capacity of reactor is high.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2016
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: DALIAN INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL PHYSICS, CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
    Inventors: Mao YE, Tao ZHANG, Changqing HE, Jinling ZHANG, Xiangao WANG, Hailong TANG, Jinming JIA, Yinfeng ZHAO, Zhongmin LIU
  • Publication number: 20190239553
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a glucan-based shell-core structure carrier material and preparation and application thereof, and belongs to the technical field of modern food processing. Spherical hyperbranched water-soluble amylum grains are used as the raw material, and an enzymatic grafting and chain extending process is adopted for treatment to modify the surfaces of water-soluble glucan molecules into a firm shell structure with densely cumulated crystal structures, and form the glucan-based carrying material with the shell-core structure of which an inner core cavity has an amorphous state and an outer shell layer has a crystalline state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2019
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Inventors: Ming MIAO, Bo JIANG, Yang QI, Zhengyu JIN, Chen CHEN, Tao ZHANG