Patents by Inventor Qian Liu

Qian Liu 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: 11855297
    Abstract: This application discloses a battery unit. The battery unit includes a housing, at least one cell, and a buffer. The at least one cell is accommodated in the housing, the buffer is disposed corresponding to a side wall of the cell, and the buffer is provided with an accommodating cavity. A periphery of the accommodating cavity includes at least one packaging structure, the packaging structure includes at least one level of packaging region with a predetermined length. When pressure in the accommodating cavity exceeds packaging strength of the packaging structure, the packaging region is opened to form a buffer space that communicates with the accommodating cavity, reducing influence caused by swelling of the cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jianfu He, Yonghuang Ye, Qian Liu, Jingxuan Sun, Xiaofu Xu, Xueyang Sun, Haizu Jin
  • Publication number: 20230402580
    Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a current collector. The current collector includes a first coating region and a second coating region. The first coating region is coated with an active substance material and the second coating region is coated with a lithiation material. In an extension direction of the current collector, a gap is disposed between the first coating region and the second coating region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Chenhui LIN, Jianfu HE, Qian LIU, Yonghuang YE, Haizu JIN
  • Patent number: 11839177
    Abstract: An electric riding lawn mower includes a seat for a user to ride, a main frame to support the seat, a power output assembly including a mowing element to output power to realize mowing function and a first motor to drive the mowing element, a walking assembly to at least drive the electric riding lawn mower to travel in the direction of a first straight line on the ground and a second motor to drive the walking assembly, and a power supply device to power the electric riding lawn mower with a first battery pack, which includes a first battery pack housing and a plurality of battery cells disposed therein. The power supply device is mounted to the main frame. At least one of the first battery packs of the power supply device forms a pluggable connection with the main frame. The battery cells are lithium batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qian Liu, Toshinari Yamaoka, Zhen Wang, Fangjie Nie
  • Patent number: 11839178
    Abstract: An electric riding lawn mower includes a seat for a user to ride, a main frame to support the seat, a power output assembly including a mowing element to output power to realize mowing function and a first motor to drive the mowing element, a walking assembly to at least drive the electric riding lawn mower to travel in the direction of a first straight line on the ground and a second motor to drive the walking assembly, and a power supply device to power the electric riding lawn mower with a first battery pack, which includes a first battery pack housing and a plurality of battery cells disposed therein. The power supply device is mounted to the main frame. At least one of the first battery packs of the power supply device forms a pluggable connection with the main frame. The battery cells are lithium batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Qian Liu, Toshinari Yamaoka, Zhen Wang, Fangjie Nie
  • Publication number: 20230389475
    Abstract: An electric riding lawn mower includes a seat for a user to ride, a main frame to support the seat, a power output assembly including a mowing element to output power to realize mowing function and a first motor to drive the mowing element, a walking assembly to at least drive the electric riding lawn mower to travel in the direction of a first straight line on the ground and a second motor to drive the walking assembly, and a power supply device to power the electric riding lawn mower with a first battery pack, which includes a first battery pack housing and a plurality of battery cells disposed therein. The power supply device is mounted to the main frame. At least one of the first battery packs of the power supply device forms a pluggable connection with the main frame. The battery cells are lithium batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Qian Liu, Toshinari Yamaoka, Zhen Wang, Fangjie Nie
  • Publication number: 20230389476
    Abstract: An electric riding lawn mower includes a seat for a user to ride, a main frame to support the seat, a power output assembly including a mowing element to output power to realize mowing function and a first motor to drive the mowing element, a walking assembly to at least drive the electric riding lawn mower to travel in the direction of a first straight line on the ground and a second motor to drive the walking assembly, and a power supply device to power the electric riding lawn mower with a first battery pack, which includes a first battery pack housing and a plurality of battery cells disposed therein. The power supply device is mounted to the main frame. At least one of the first battery packs of the power supply device forms a pluggable connection with the main frame. The battery cells are lithium batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Qian Liu, Toshinari Yamaoka, Zhen Wang, Fangjie Nie
  • Publication number: 20230382946
    Abstract: A polypeptide or protein directional modification method based on sulfhydryl-alkenyl azide coupling is provided. The method uses a sulfhydryl group-containing compound and a compound containing alkenyl azide group as reactants to generate an amino acid containing ?-carbonyl sulfide, a polypeptide containing ?-carbonyl sulfide and a protein bioconjugate containing ?-carbonyl sulfide, thereby achieving a chemical modification. The method is mild in conditions and wide in solvent selectivity, a reaction temperature is in a range of 37 degrees Celsius (° C.) to 40° C., and a reaction time is in a range of 10 minutes to 48 hours. The method is promising in preparing functional polypeptides or functional proteins, protein labeling, and biological medicine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Hua-Dong Xu, Mei-Hua Shen, Yu-Jiao Wang, Yong Wang, Ying Zhou, Xiao-Qian Liu, Jia Guo, Mingxing Ouyang, Linhong Deng
  • Publication number: 20230378546
    Abstract: A secondary battery includes a positive electrode plate. that includes a positive current collector, a first positive active material layer distributed on one side of the positive current collector, and a second positive active material layer distributed on an other side of the positive current collector and a negative electrode plate that includes a negative current collector, a first negative active material layer distributed on one side of the negative current collector and opposite to the second positive active material layer, and a second negative active material layer distributed on an other side of the negative current collector. A resistance of the first positive active material layer is R1, a resistance of the second positive active material layer is R2, a resistance of the first negative active material layer is R3, a resistance of the second negative active material layer is R4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2023
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Quanguo LI, Yonghuang YE, Qian LIU, Jianfu HE, Fajun HUANG, Chenhui LIN
  • Publication number: 20230369701
    Abstract: This application discloses a battery unit. The battery unit includes a housing, at least one cell, and a buffer. The at least one cell is accommodated in the housing, the buffer is disposed corresponding to a side wall of the cell, and the buffer is provided with an accommodating cavity. A periphery of the accommodating cavity includes at least one packaging structure, the packaging structure includes at least one level of packaging region with a predetermined length. When pressure in the accommodating cavity exceeds packaging strength of the packaging structure, the packaging region is opened to form a buffer space that communicates with the accommodating cavity, reducing influence caused by swelling of the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jianfu HE, Yonghuang YE, Qian LIU, Jingxuan SUN, Xiaofu XU, Xueyang SUN, Haizu JIN
  • Patent number: 11807522
    Abstract: In described examples, a device mounted on a substrate includes an encapsulant. In at least one example, an encapsulant barrier is deposited along a scribe line, along which the substrate is singulatable. To encapsulate one or more terminals of the substrate, an encapsulant is deposited between the encapsulant barrier and an edge of the device parallel to the encapsulant barrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Jane Qian Liu, Gary Philip Thomson, Richard Allen Richter
  • Patent number: 11804637
    Abstract: The present application relates to a battery module, comprising a first type of battery cells and a second type of battery cells electrically connected at least in series, wherein the first type of battery cells and the second type of battery cells are battery cells with different chemical systems, the first type of battery cells comprises N first battery cells, the second type of battery cells comprises M second battery cells, N and M are positive integers, the first battery cell comprises a first separator and a first electrolyte, the second battery cell comprises a second separator and a second electrolyte, a kinetic characteristic factor x1 of the first battery cell is: x1=1000×(?1×r1)/(?1×t1×?1), a kinetic characteristic factor x2 of the second battery cell is: x2=1000×(?2×r2)/(?2×t2×?2), and x1 and x2 satisfy: 0.01?x1/x2?160.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Qian Liu, Yonghuang Ye, Chengdu Liang, Haizu Jin
  • Patent number: 11804590
    Abstract: A secondary battery and a preparation method thereof, and a battery module, battery pack, and apparatus containing a secondary battery are provided. In some embodiments, the secondary battery includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and an electrolyte, where the positive electrode plate includes a positive electrode current collector and a positive electrode film layer that is disposed on at least one surface of the positive electrode current collector and that includes a positive electrode active material, and the negative electrode plate includes a negative electrode current collector and a negative electrode film layer that is disposed on at least one surface of the negative electrode current collector and that includes a negative electrode active material; and the positive electrode active material includes a first material and a second material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Qian Liu, Quanguo Li, Xia Hu, Yonghuang Ye, Wei Li
  • Publication number: 20230344011
    Abstract: An electrode assembly, secondary battery, battery module, battery pack and electrical device are provided. In some embodiments, the electrode assembly comprises a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate and a separator disposed between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, the positive electrode plate satisfies CAP1=CAP2, in which CAP1 represents capacity of the first positive electrode film layer in Ah, CAP2 represents capacity of the second positive electrode film layer in Ah, and the electrode assembly satisfies |R4/R3-R2/R1|>0, in which R1 represents resistance of the first positive electrode film layer in ?, R2 represents resistance of the second positive electrode film layer in ?, R3 represents resistance of the first negative electrode film layer in m? and R4 represents resistance of the second negative film layer in m?. The present applicant may extend the cycle life of the secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Inventors: Tao Zhang, Jianfu He, Qian Liu, Yonghuang Ye
  • Patent number: 11799136
    Abstract: A hybrid series battery module includes a first-type battery cell including a first negative electrode plate and a second-type battery cell including a second negative electrode plate. Energy density of the first-type battery cell is less than energy density of the second-type battery cell. A first interlayer spacing of a negative electrode active material of the first negative electrode plate is greater than a second interlayer spacing of a negative electrode active material of the second negative electrode plate. In a state of charge of 0%, a ratio of the first interlayer spacing to the second interlayer spacing falls within a range of greater than or equal to 1.005 and less than or equal to 1.600.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Qian Liu, Quanguo Li, Yonghuang Ye, Haizu Jin
  • Patent number: 11799161
    Abstract: The present application provides a battery pack and a power consuming device powered by the battery pack. The battery pack includes a battery pack cavity and a plurality of battery cells received in the battery pack cavity. An interior space of the battery pack cavity can be divided into a first region with a temperature change rate of K1 and a second region with a temperature change rate of K2, where 0.066?K1?0.131 and 0.034?K2?0.066, K1 and K2 being expressed in ° C./min. The plurality of battery cells include at least one first battery cell arranged in the first region, and at least one second battery cell arranged in the second region. The battery pack of the present application can reduce or avoid the cask effect at low temperature and improve the energy retention rate at low temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Quanguo Li, Qian Liu, Yonghuang Ye, Fajun Huang, Haizu Jin
  • Patent number: 11784350
    Abstract: The ionic liquids disclosed herein are salts comprising a nitrogen or phosphorus such as a quaternary ammonium ion, a quaternary phosphonium ion, or an N-alkylated nitrogen heterocycle, and which include at least one functional substituent, e.g., a fluoro, cyano, carbonate ester, an alkenyl group, or an alkynyl group bonded to a carbon atom the cation. In a preferred embodiment, the cation is represented by the structure of Formula (I) as described herein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2023
    Assignee: UCHICAGO ARGONNE, LLC
    Inventors: Zhengcheng Zhang, Qian Liu
  • Publication number: 20230318073
    Abstract: A battery module includes one or more first battery cells and one or more second battery cells. A first number a of the one or more first battery cells is greater than or equal to a second number b of the one or more second battery cells. A first product X1 of a first volumetric energy density E1 and a first thickness T1 of each of the one or more first battery cells and a second product X2 of a second volumetric energy density E2 and a second thickness T2 of each of the one or more second battery cells satisfy. 0.35?X1/X2?18.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Qian LIU, Yonghuang YE, Haizu JIN, Quanguo LI, Xiaofu XU, Jianfu HE
  • Publication number: 20230312556
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an aryl amide compound of formula (I?), a pharmaceutical composition comprising same, a preparation method therefor, and the use thereof for preventing or treating tumor-related diseases or conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: SICHUAN KELUN-BIOTECH BIOPHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhonghui CHEN, Xiaojun HAN, Qian LIU, Qiang TIAN, Hongmei SONG, Junyou GE, Jingyi WANG
  • Publication number: 20230313339
    Abstract: A method for treating retained plutonium in a waste organic phase of a plutonium uranium reduction extraction (PUREX) process is provided. The waste organic phase of the PUREX process contains an organic solvent and plutonium, and the method includes contacting the waste organic phase of the PUREX process with an aqueous back extraction solution containing 2,6-pyridinedicarboxylic acid for back extraction to obtain a plutonium back extraction product; and the plutonium in the back extraction solution may be loaded onto the column for adsorption, transformation and desorption by an anion exchange column, ultimately recovering plutonium in the back extraction solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: China Institute of Atomic Energy
    Inventors: Qian LIU, Liyang ZHU, Xuan HAO, Youshi LAN, Jin ZHOU, Suliang YANG, Guoxin TIAN, Qin CHEN, Guoguo ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230307927
    Abstract: A control method of a battery apparatus includes acquiring a state parameter of a first battery module of the battery apparatus, controlling the first battery module and a charging device to form a first charging loop in response to the state parameter of the first battery module being less than a preset threshold, and controlling the first battery module, a second battery module of the battery apparatus, and the charging device to be connected in series to form a second charging loop in response to the state parameter of the first battery module being greater than or equal to the preset threshold. A charging rate of the first charging loop is higher than a charging rate of the second charging loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Quanguo LI, Qian LIU, Yonghuang YE, Haizu JIN, Fajun HUANG, Xiaofu XU, Jun PENG