Patents by Inventor XingHao HU

XingHao HU 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: 20240167199
    Abstract: A continuous automatic twisting, and winding device and method for the polymer fiber artificial muscle are provided. The device includes a wire feeding mechanism, polymer fibers, a twisting mechanism, a winding, mechanism, a translation mechanism, and a base plate. The center axis of the rolling bearing I in the wire feeding, mechanism is horizontally aligned with the center axis of the spline shaft in the winding mechanism; the polymer fibers are generally nylon fibers, polyester fibers, etc.; the twisting mechanism, winding mechanism and the translation mechanism are mounted on the base plate; the twisting mechanism articulation seat in the twisting, mechanism is fixed on the front support seat in the winding mechanism; the mounted bearing in the translation mechanism is connected to the spline shaft in the winding mechanism by interference fit. The guide rod in the translation mechanism is mounted on the rear support seat in the winding mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Xinghao HU, Yingming WANG, Xianfu BAO, Jianning DING, Guanggui CHENG
  • Publication number: 20230141697
    Abstract: Previous electrochemically-powered yarn muscles cannot be usefully operated between extreme negative and extreme positive potentials, since strokes during electron injection and during hole injection partially cancel because they are in the same direction. Unipolar-stroke carbon nanotube yarn muscles are described in which muscle strokes are additive between extreme negative and extreme positive potentials, and stroke increases with potential scan rate. These electrochemical artificial muscles include an electrically conducting twisted or coiled yarn and a material that dramatically shifts the potential of zero charge of the electrochemically actuated yarn.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: BOARD OF REGENTS, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SYSTEM
    Inventors: Hetao Chu, Jinsong Leng, Ray H. Baughman, Xinghao Hu, Na Li, Carter S. Haines, Shaoli Fang, Zhong Wang, Mu Jiuke
  • Publication number: 20220115963
    Abstract: The invention relates to an energy harvesting and self-cleaning system based on graphene aerogels and its preparation method, which a layer of metal collector is sputtered on both sides of the freeze-dried graphene aerogel by magnetron sputtering; the graphene aerogel with collector is fixed on the side and bottom of the substrate in series and/or parallel connection, and then is put into the electrolyte to get the target system. The system provides a new idea for mechanical energy harvesting. Firstly introduced aerogels into the field of mechanical energy harvesting. In addition, the system can not only collect mechanical energy, but also absorb oil and other impurities in the ocean, playing the role of ocean cleaning. The energy collection system formed by single aerogel can produce ˜220 mV open circuit voltage in Sodium Chloride Solution or organic electrolyte, and generate 2 W/kg power density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Inventors: Jianning DING, Xiaoshuang ZHOU, Lvzhou LI, Guanggui CHENG, Ningyi YUAN, Xinghao HU, Xu DONG
  • Publication number: 20210226226
    Abstract: A method for preparing a flexible membrane-free and wire-shaped fuel cell is provided. A carbon nanotube sheet is twisted and loaded with a catalyst to obtain a (CNT)@Fe3[Co(CN)6]2 cathode electrode; the carbon nanotube sheet is twisted and coated with a nickel powder to obtain a CNT@nickel particle anode electrode; and the (CNT)@Fe3[Co(CN)6]2 cathode electrode, the CNT@nickel particle anode electrode, and a fuel electrolyte of H2O2 are integrated in a silicone tube to obtain a flexible membrane-free and wire-shaped fuel cell. The flexible membrane-free and wire-shaped fuel cell of the present invention can generate an open-circuit voltage of 0.88 V, while having very good flexibility, and can be woven into textiles such as clothes, thereby having great application prospects in the field of portable energy supply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Publication date: July 22, 2021
    Applicant: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianning DING, Xiaoshuang ZHOU, Ningyi YUAN, Xinghao HU
  • Patent number: 11069904
    Abstract: A method for preparing a flexible membrane-free and wire-shaped fuel cell is provided. A carbon nanotube sheet is twisted and loaded with a catalyst to obtain a (CNT)@Fe3[Co(CN)6]2 cathode electrode; the carbon nanotube sheet is twisted and coated with a nickel powder to obtain a CNT@nickel particle anode electrode; and the (CNT)@Fe[Co(CN)6]2 cathode electrode, the CNT@nickel particle anode electrode, and a fuel electrolyte of H2O2 are integrated in a silicone tube to obtain a flexible membrane-free and wire-shaped fuel cell. The flexible membrane-free and wire-shaped fuel cell of the present invention can generate an open-circuit voltage of 0.88 V, while having very good flexibility, and can be woven into textiles such as clothes, thereby having great application prospects in the field of portable energy supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianning Ding, Xiaoshuang Zhou, Ningyi Yuan, Xinghao Hu
  • Patent number: 9511368
    Abstract: A device for transporting, trapping and escaping a single biomaterial using a magnetic structure, and a method of transporting, trapping and escaping of the single biomaterial using the same are provided, and a method is provided for controlling movement and direction of the single biomaterial including soft magnetic micro structure and magnetic structure in a linear, square storage, apartment type, radial soft magnetic micro structure. Accordingly, the device for transporting, trapping and escaping a single biomaterial and the method for transporting, trapping and escaping single biomaterial using the same can control movement on the lap-on-a-chip with increased precision and ease, by using magnetic force, and thus can be advantageously used in the field of magneto-resistive sensor, or categorization of single cells or biomolecules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)
    Inventors: Cheolgi Kim, Byeonghwa Lim, Venu Reddy, XingHao Hu, KunWoo Kim, Benjamin B. Yellen
  • Patent number: 9176205
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microfluidic chip for measuring the magnetic susceptibility of a superparamagnetic nanoparticle droplet and a method for measuring magnetic susceptibility using the same. According to the invention, the magnetic susceptibility of a superparamagnetic nanoparticle can be continuously and accurately measured in a flowing fluid using a microfluidic chip including microfluidic channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: The Industry & Academic Cooperation in Chungnam National University (IAC)
    Inventors: CheolGi Kim, IlGyo Jeong, Young-Jae Eu, KunWoo Kim, XingHao Hu, Brajalal Sinha
  • Publication number: 20130285648
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a microfluidic chip for measuring the magnetic susceptibility of a superparamagnetic nanoparticle droplet and a method for measuring magnetic susceptibility using the same. According to the invention, the magnetic susceptibility of a superparamagnetic nanoparticle can be continuously and accurately measured in a flowing fluid using a microfluidic chip including microfluidic channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2013
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Inventors: CheolGi Kim, IIGyo JEONG, Young-Jae EU, KunWoo KIM, XingHao HU, Brajalal SINHA