Patents by Inventor Weidong Zhang
Weidong 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).
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Publication number: 20250132875Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for providing channel state information reference signals for a reduced capability wireless device in a wireless communication system. A wireless device and a cellular base station may establish a wireless link. Channel state information acquisition for a bandwidth part may be configured for the wireless device. The wireless device may determine channel state information reference signal resources for the channel state information acquisition. The channel state information reference signal resources may include multiple resource elements per antenna port per physical resource block for the bandwidth part. The wireless device may perform channel state information acquisition using the channel state information reference signal resources.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2022Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Hong He, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Yushu Zhang, Weidong Yang, Wei Zeng, Sigen Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Chunxuan Ye, Jie Cui
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Publication number: 20250132480Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a communication device such as a multiplexer or a demultiplexer, comprising: a housing comprising a common first port and a plurality of second ports; a plurality of cavity filters for transmitting a wireless signal between the first port and a corresponding one of the second ports, each of the plurality of cavity filters comprising one or more cavities formed in the housing and a resonator arranged in each cavity; and a coupler for coupling the first port to each cavity filter. The coupler is arranged in one cavity of each cavity filter, and is coupled to the resonator in the one cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 25, 2022Publication date: April 24, 2025Inventors: Jun Fu, Weidong Wang, Xueyuan Zhang
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Publication number: 20250126624Abstract: Systems, apparatus, methods, and computer programs for coordination of communications between user equipment (UE). In aspect, a method can include receiving, by UE-B, data transmitted by UE-A, the received data comprising stage 2 sidelink control information (SCI) and an inter-UE coordination (IUC) message, determining, by the UE-B, a number of N combinations of TRIV, FRIV, and periodicity in the stage 2 SCI based on at least a portion of the received data, determining, by the UE-B, a payload size of the stage 2 SCI based on the determined number of N combinations, and decoding, by the UE-B, inter-UE coordination (IUC) message comprising stage 2 SCI based on the determined payload size.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2022Publication date: April 17, 2025Inventors: Chunxuan YE, Chunhai YAO, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Hong HE, Huaning NIU, Oghenekome OTERI, Sigen YE, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG
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Publication number: 20250125549Abstract: A connector terminal includes a terminal body and an electroplated component. The electroplated component includes a substrate layer and an electroplating layer. The substrate layer has a first and second surface opposite to each other in its thickness direction, wherein the first surface of the substrate layer is attached to a local area of the terminal body. The electroplating layer which formed on the second surface of the substrate layer for electrical contact with a mating terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2024Publication date: April 17, 2025Applicant: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Weidong Zhang, Daiqiong (Diana) Zhang, Lei Pan, Keke Gan
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Patent number: 12279285Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for improving capability signaling and performing search space set switching, particularly with large sub-carrier spacings, as in high frequency ranges. In various scenarios, a user equipment (UE) device may signal its capability to perform multi-slot PDCCH monitoring and/or single-slot PDCCH monitoring, e.g., at various sub-carrier spacings, for various PDCCH/DCI types, etc. Various technical difficulties in this area are addressed, including increasing flexibility and versatility in capability signaling, overbooking, signaling and timing of search space set switching, and beam sweeping transmission of DCI Format 2_0, among others.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Oghenekome Oteri, Huaning Niu, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang, Wenshu Zhang, Wei Zhang, Haitong Sun
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Patent number: 12278788Abstract: This disclosure relates to techniques for performing wireless communications including determination of actual time windows for maintaining power consistency and/or phase continuity associated with transmission between a user equipment (UE) and a base station. Techniques for determining the length, begging, and end of such windows are disclosed. A UE and/or base station may use various rules to determine the window(s).Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 12279218Abstract: A base station that determines a slot for uplink reception for a non-terrestrial network link between a base station and a user equipment is described. In exemplary embodiments, the base station determines a timing advance based on at least a random access preamble reception and determines an uplink offset based on the timing advance. The base station may further determine a candidate slot for an uplink reception based on at least the offset. In addition, the base station may determine if the candidate slot is available for the uplink reception. The base station may use the candidate slot for the uplink reception when the candidate uplink slot is available and may use the next available slot for the uplink reception when the candidate uplink slot is not available.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: April 15, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Sarma V. Vangala, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
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Publication number: 20250119840Abstract: A user equipment (UE) performs uplink (UL) transmissions to a network. The UE receives a frequency domain resource allocation (FDRA) configuration from a network, the FDRA configuration comprising at least one of a first FDRA mode or a second FDRA mode, wherein the first FDRA mode utilizes an FDRA unit comprising a set of consecutive resource blocks (RBs) and the second FDRA mode utilizes an FDRA unit comprising a set of interlaced RBs, when both of the first and second FDRA modes are configured, the UE receives a signal indicating which one of the two FDRA modes are to be used for an uplink (UL) transmission and performs the UL transmission in accordance with the indicated FDRA mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 17, 2024Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Hong HE, Chunhai YAO, Chunxuan YE, Dawei ZHANG, Haitong SUN, Oghenekome OTERI, Seyed Ali Akbar FAKOORIAN, Sigen YE, Wei ZENG, Weidong YANG, Yushu ZHANG
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Patent number: 12273741Abstract: Methods and apparatus are provided for a UE to determine a UL spatial relation for an UL transmission in response to an unknown UL spatial relation switch. The UE may determine whether the UL spatial relation is based on an SRS transmission in UL, a CSI-RS in DL, or an SSB in the DL. If the UL spatial relation is based on the SRS transmission, the UE may select the UL spatial relation for the UL transmission corresponding to a Tx beam of the SRS transmission. If the UL spatial relation is based on the CSI-RS or the SSB, the UE may select the UL spatial relation for the UL transmission based on whether the unknown UL spatial relation switch is due to a corresponding resource for beam training not being configured by a communication network or a corresponding beam information being expired.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Jie Cui, Yang Tang, Dawei Zhang, Hong He, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Haitong Sun, Weidong Yang, Wei Zeng, Yuchul Kim, Yushu Zhang, Zhibin Wu, Oghenekome Oteri
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Patent number: 12269227Abstract: A skin manufacturing post-treatment device for an automobile collision dummy device includes a post-treatment mechanism, where the post-treatment mechanism includes a rotary operation table that is provided with a cutting station, a grinding station, a skin patching station and a removal station in a circumferential direction; the cutting station is configured to cut an injection molding residual material on a surface of a dummy skin, and the grinding station is configured to grind a cut position to form a frustum-shaped patching recess; and the skin patching station is configured to fill the patching recess with a welding skin patching material, and the removal station is configured to clean a skin patching position.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2024Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignees: CHINA AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND RESEARCH CENTER CO., LTD., CATARC AUTOMOTIVE TEST CENTER (TIANJIN) CO., LTD.Inventors: Zhixin Liu, Haitao Zhu, Tianyi Hao, Yongqiang Wu, Weidong Liu, Kai Wang, Hanxiao Zhang, Weinan Ju, Shuo Zhao, Bosong Liu
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Patent number: 12273889Abstract: A user equipment (UE), or other network component can operate to configure different sets of resources including different sequence lengths for an uplink (UL) transmission via a UL channel. A first length or at least one of different second lengths can be selected to configure the UL transmission based on one or more conditions, which can include a coexisting radio access technology (RAT), a UE capability, an occupied channel bandwidth (OCB), the type of UL transmission or the like. The UL transmission can be based on at least one of: the first or the second sequence length such as for an initial access procedure based on the coexisting RAT and the OCB, for example.Type: GrantFiled: May 15, 2020Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Chunhai Yao, Hong He, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 12273908Abstract: A transmitting device is configured to transmit, to a second device, a medium access control (MAC) protocol data unit (PDU) comprising a plurality of MAC subPDUs, each MAC subPDU comprising at least one of a subheader, a MAC service data unit (SDU) or a MAC control element (CE), receive, from the second device, feedback indicating that the MAC PDU was received incorrectly, determine that a partial transmission scheme criteria is satisfied, transmit, to the second device, an indication that the partial transmission scheme is to be used to retransmit the MAC PDU and retransmit, to the second device, the MAC PDU using the partial transmission scheme.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Weidong Yang, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Fangli Xu, Haijing Hu, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Ralf Rossbach, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng
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Publication number: 20250113346Abstract: The present application relates to devices and components including apparatus, systems, and methods for supporting eight transmitter uplink operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Applicant: Apple Inc.Inventors: Haitong Sun, Ankit Bhamri, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Xiang Chen
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Publication number: 20250112393Abstract: A terminal includes a horizontal plate having a first side and a second side opposite to each other in a first horizontal direction, a first elastic arm, and a second elastic arm. A first end of the first elastic arm is connected to a first side edge of the horizontal plate and a second end of the first elastic arm is fixed to a circuit board. A first end of the second elastic arm is connected to a second side edge of the horizontal plate and a second end of the second elastic arm is fixed to the circuit board. The first elastic arm and the second elastic arm grip a mating plug inserted between them to make electrical contact with the mating plug. The horizontal plate is suspended above the circuit board by the first elastic arm and the second elastic arm.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2024Publication date: April 3, 2025Applicants: Tyco Electronics Technology (SIP) Ltd., Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.Inventors: Lei Pan, Weidong Zhang, Kai Wang
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Patent number: 12266486Abstract: A balance spring assembly for a disconnector comprises a push rod partially and coaxially arranged in a blade of the disconnector which is rotatable about a first shaft to change an operation status of the disconnector, a first end of the push rod fixed to a second shaft so that the push rod is rotatable about the second shaft; and a spring arranged in the blade and around the push rod, the spring held between a second end of the push rod and an end of the blade adjacent to the first shaft, wherein the second shaft is arranged parallel to the first shaft to enable the push rod to axially move in the blade with a rotation of the blade to thereby compress or decompress the spring. By arranging the balance spring assembly at least in part in the blade of the disconnector, only one set of the springs is needed.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: HITACHI ENERGY LTDInventors: JiaQuan Yan, ShengQiang Li, ZhanGang Lv, WeiDong Zhang
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Patent number: 12267697Abstract: A message can be communicated from a base station to a user equipment (UE) device. In the message, a unified TCI state can be provided. The TCI state can support two QCL types, wherein the QCL types are based on QCL-TypeA and QCL-TypeD. Other aspects are described.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Huaning Niu, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang
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Patent number: 12267853Abstract: Methods, systems, and devices for wireless communications are described. To monitor a PDCCH for CA, a UE may receive PDCCH candidates in a plurality of configured component carriers (CCs). In response to a determination that a maximum number of virtual CCs that the UE is capable of monitoring for PDCCH is smaller than a number of the plurality of configured CCs, the UE groups the plurality of configured CCs into CC groups based at least in part on SCS numerologies and PDCCH monitoring configurations corresponding to span patterns within a slot of a DL subframe. The UE determines a maximum number of blind decoding operations and non-overlapped CCEs for each of the CC groups. The UE then monitors at least a first portion of the PDCCH candidates based on the maximum number of blind decoding operations and non-overlapped CCEs for each of the CC groups.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2024Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Hong He, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Jie Cui, Oghenekome Oteri, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yang Tang
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Patent number: 12267871Abstract: Providing coverage enhancements for a user equipment (UE) includes decoding a random access channel (RACH) preamble received from a user equipment (UE) via a physical random access channel (PRACH). A number of repetitions associated with transmitting a random access response (RAR) over a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) may be determined in response to the RACH preamble. A transmission for the UE to be sent over a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH) may be encoded. The transmission may indicate the number of repetitions to the UE using one or more reserved bits of a downlink control information (DCI).Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2020Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Seyed Ali Akbar Fakoorian, Chunhai Yao, Chunxuan Ye, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Hong He, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang, Yushu Zhang
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Patent number: 12264825Abstract: An air guiding device, an air conditioner indoor unit, and an air-conditioning system are provided. The air guiding device has an air guiding part used for guiding a flow of air blown out of an air outlet of the air-conditioning system. The air guiding part is rotatable, so as to change an angle used by the air guiding part for guiding the flow of air. At least one side of the air guiding part, which is in an airflow flowing direction, is provided with a flow straightening grid.Type: GrantFiled: November 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: GD MIDEA AIR-CONDITIONING EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Hongliang Yuan, Weidong Zhang, Fenghua Jiang, Tao Rao, Zheyuan Zhang
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Patent number: 12267270Abstract: Apparatuses, systems, and methods for SRS collision handling. A wireless device may determine whether simultaneous transmission of at least two sounding reference signals (SRSs) is allowed; if it is determined that the simultaneous transmission of the at least two SRSs is allowed, transmit the at least two SRSs simultaneously; and if it is determined that the simultaneous transmission of the at least two SRSs is not allowed, transmit one SRS of the at least two SRSs, and drop the other SRS of the at least two SRSs.Type: GrantFiled: September 24, 2021Date of Patent: April 1, 2025Assignee: APPLE INC.Inventors: Yushu Zhang, Chunhai Yao, Dawei Zhang, Haitong Sun, Huaning Niu, Oghenekome Oteri, Sigen Ye, Wei Zeng, Weidong Yang