Patents by Inventor Xiaochuan Shi

Xiaochuan Shi 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: 20250035995
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an array substrate, a liquid crystal display panel and a liquid crystal display device, including: a base substrate; gate lines each extending in a first direction on the base substrate; data lines each extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; pixel units located in regions defined by the gate lines and the data lines; each pixel unit has a first side and a second side each extending in the second direction and opposite to each other in the first direction; each pixel unit includes a first electrode including a plurality of strip-shaped 10 electrodes, at least part of the strip-shaped electrodes each have a first part and a second part extending in different directions, first parts are connected at the first side, second parts are disconnected at the second side, and lengths of the first part and the second part are different.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Meina YU, Zheng FANG, Hyunsic CHOI, Pengxia LIANG, Xiaochuan CHEN, Hui ZHANG, Liwei LIU, Changfeng LI, Fuqiang LI, Yuyao WANG, Ge SHI, Jiahui HAN, Song YANG, Yujie LIU, Shiyu ZHANG, Yanliu SUN
  • Patent number: 10344974
    Abstract: Methods and systems for clean-up of hazardous spills are provided. In some aspects, there is provided a system for burning an water-oil emulsion that includes an enclosure configured to hold a water-oil emulsion; one or more conductive rods disposed throughout the enclosure, each rod of the one or more roads having a heater portion to be submerged in the water-oil emulsion and a collector portion to project above the water-oil emulsion, wherein the collector portion is longer than the heater portion; and a delivery system for supplying an water-oil emulsion to the enclosure, the delivery system is configured to maintain a constant level of the water-oil emulsion in the enclosure as the water-oil emulsion is burned. The enclosure may further include one or more adjustable air inlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Ali S. Rangwala, Xiaochuan Shi, Kemal S. Arsava, Glenn Mahnken
  • Publication number: 20170343210
    Abstract: Methods and systems for clean-up of hazardous spills are provided. In some aspects, there is provided a system for burning an water-oil emulsion that includes an enclosure configured to hold a water-oil emulsion; one or more conductive rods disposed throughout the enclosure, each rod of the one or more roads having a heater portion to be submerged in the water-oil emulsion and a collector portion to project above the water-oil emulsion, wherein the collector portion is longer than the heater portion; and a delivery system for supplying an water-oil emulsion to the enclosure, the delivery system is configured to maintain a constant level of the water-oil emulsion in the enclosure as the water-oil emulsion is burned. The enclosure may further include one or more adjustable air inlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Ali S. Rangwala, Xiaochuan Shi, Kemal S. Arsava, Glenn Mahnken
  • Patent number: 9772108
    Abstract: Methods and systems for clean-up of hazardous spills are provided. In some aspects, there is provided a system for burning an water-oil emulsion that includes an enclosure configured to hold a water-oil emulsion; one or more conductive rods disposed throughout the enclosure, each rod of the one or more roads having a heater portion to be submerged in the water-oil emulsion and a collector portion to project above the water-oil emulsion, wherein the collector portion is longer than the heater portion; and a delivery system for supplying an water-oil emulsion to the enclosure, the delivery system is configured to maintain a constant level of the water-oil emulsion in the enclosure as the water-oil emulsion is burned. The enclosure may further include one or more adjustable air inlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: Worcester Polytechnic Institute
    Inventors: Ali S. Rangwala, Xiaochuan Shi, Kemal S. Arsava, Glenn Mahnken
  • Publication number: 20160123582
    Abstract: Methods and systems for clean-up of hazardous spills are provided. In some aspects, there is provided a system for burning an water-oil emulsion that includes an enclosure configured to hold a water-oil emulsion; one or more conductive rods disposed throughout the enclosure, each rod of the one or more roads having a heater portion to be submerged in the water-oil emulsion and a collector portion to project above the water-oil emulsion, wherein the collector portion is longer than the heater portion; and a delivery system for supplying an water-oil emulsion to the enclosure, the delivery system is configured to maintain a constant level of the water-oil emulsion in the enclosure as the water-oil emulsion is burned. The enclosure may further include one or more adjustable air inlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: May 5, 2016
    Inventors: Ali S. Rangwala, Xiaochuan Shi, Kemal S. Arsava, Glenn Mahnken