Patents by Inventor Xuguang Zhou

Xuguang Zhou 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: 8207701
    Abstract: A control method of the electromotor comprises: setting a target alternating axis current based on the rotor angular velocity of the electromotor and a target direct axis current based on the torque of the motor; simultaneously detecting three-phase currents and current rotor position angle of the electromotor; converting the three-phase currents to an actual alternating axis current and an actual direct axis current by Park and Clark conversions; inputting the difference between the target current and the actual current to a current loop, outputting the required direct axis current and the required alternating axis current; determining the three phase voltages according to the required direct axis current and alternating axis current and the angle of the electromotor rotor position; obtaining PWM control waveform through three-phase voltages, wherein said PWM control waveform is configured to control the conversion from direct current to alternating current and drives the electromotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: BYD Company, Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaohua Tang, Xuguang Zhou, Hongbin Luo, Ming Yu, Nan Liu, Jian Gong, Guangming Yang
  • Patent number: 8200386
    Abstract: A method of controlling an accelerator of a four-wheel drive electric vehicle comprises the steps of controlling power output of the vehicle by a sum of an output torque of a main drive motor and an output torque an auxiliary drive motor with the output torque of the main drive motor being determined by a position of the accelerator pedal. The output torque T0 of the auxiliary drive motor is determined by: obtaining a torque calculation factor GainAccSum that a cumulative value of the acceleration GainAcc of the accelerator pedal; determining a maximum output torque T of the auxiliary drive motor at a current speed of the vehicle; and calculating the output torque T0 of the auxiliary drive motor varying between 0 and T based on the torque calculation factor GainAccSum and the maximum output torque T of the auxiliary drive motor at the current speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2012
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Xianhong Jiang, Xuguang Zhou, Xiaohua Tang
  • Patent number: 8073583
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for controlling energy feedback for electric vehicles includes acquiring an accelerator-pedal travel value, a brake-pedal travel value and a current vehicle speed value, and determining whether the brake-pedal travel value is equal to 0%. Feedback torque based on the current vehicle speed value and the brake-pedal travel value with various conditions is then calculated. Mechanical energy generated by the feedback torque T is converted into electric energy and transmitted to battery of the electric vehicle for storing. Accordingly, the endurance mileage of electric vehicle may be effectively prolonged and the utilization efficiency of battery is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: BYD Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaohua Tang, Xuguang Zhou, Ming Yu, Jian Gong, Nan Liu, Guangming Yang
  • Publication number: 20110153132
    Abstract: A method of controlling an accelerator of a four-wheel drive electric vehicle comprises the steps of controlling power output of the vehicle by a sum of an output torque of a main drive motor and an output torque an auxiliary drive motor with the output torque of the main drive motor being determined by a position of the accelerator pedal. The output torque T0 of the auxiliary drive motor is determined by: obtaining a torque calculation factor GainAccSum that a cumulative value of the acceleration GainAcc of the accelerator pedal; determining a maximum output torque T of the auxiliary drive motor at a current speed of the vehicle; and calculating the output torque T0 of the auxiliary drive motor varying between 0 and T based on the torque calculation factor GainAccSum and the maximum output torque T of the auxiliary drive motor at the current speed of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2011
    Publication date: June 23, 2011
    Inventors: Xianhong Jiang, Xuguang Zhou, Xiaohua Tang
  • Publication number: 20100282530
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a hybrid power output system for outputting the power to the wheel driving shaft, comprising an engine, a first motor, a second motor, a battery, a first clutch, a second clutch and a constant-mesh fixed ratio reduction unit, wherein the first motor and the second motor are connected electrically with the battery; the engine is connected to the first motor via the first clutch; the first motor is connected to the second motor via the second clutch; the second motor is connected to the wheel driving shaft via the constant-mesh fixed ratio reduction unit. This hybrid power output system can enhance the comfort of the vehicle, save the space and reduce the cost, moreover, it can realize multiple drive modes to improve the power efficiency and reduce the fuel consumption.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2007
    Publication date: November 11, 2010
    Applicant: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Chuanfu Wang, Hongbin Luo, Wei Chen, Xiaohua Tang, Youchuan Song, Xuguang Zhou, Huanguang Chen, Jianhua Zhang, Yunhao Liao
  • Publication number: 20100181125
    Abstract: A hybrid power output system for outputting the power to the wheel driving shaft, comprising an engine (1), a first motor (2), a second motor (3), a third motor (12), a battery (6), a first clutch (4), a second clutch (5), and a third clutch (11), wherein the first motor (2) and the second motor (3) are connected electrically with the battery (6), and the third motor (12) is connected electrically with the battery or another battery; the engine (1) is connected to the first motor (2) via the first clutch (4), and connected to the third motor (12) via the third clutch (11); the first motor (2) is connected to the second motor (3) via the second clutch (5), and the second motor is connected to a wheel driving shaft (8). The hybrid power output system can reduce the response time of the vehicle, perfect its power performance, save the space and reduce the cost as well.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: BYD Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chuanfu Wang, Hongbin Luo, Xuguang Zhou, Huanguang Chen, Xiaohua Tang, Youchuan Song
  • Publication number: 20100184559
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hybrid power driving system, comprising: a first subsystem (401) designed to input/output power; a second subsystem (402) designed to input/output power; a driving shaft (500) designed to receive power from the first subsystem (401) and/or the second subsystem (402) or output power to the first subsystem (401) and/or the second subsystem (402); and a tri-stated overrunning clutch (400) designed to connect the first subsystem (401) and the second subsystem (402), wherein the tri-stated overrunning clutch (400) may be in an overrun state, an engaged state, or a disengaged state. The first subsystem (401) and the second subsystem (402) can comprise an engine, a motor, and a clutch, etc., respectively. In such a hybrid power driving system, when the tri-stated overrunning clutch is in the engaged state, the first subsystem (401) and the second subsystem (402) are coupled to each other and work together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2008
    Publication date: July 22, 2010
    Applicant: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Xiaohua Tang, Chuanfu Wang, Hongbin Luo, Ruzhong Luo, Yi Ren, Xuguang Zhou, Guangquan Chen, Gexin Zheng, Ruru Niu, Zhouping Tang, Yunhao Liao, Liang Liu, Nan Liu
  • Patent number: 7755317
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for electric vehicle motor control and rotor position detection and fault-tolerant processing. The rotor position signal sampled by the system is compared with the previous rotor position ?0. When there is a sudden change, the current position signal acquired is discarded. Instead, a fault-tolerant processing strategy for use during an error condition is employed where the previous sampled rotor position ?0 is used as a base to determine the corrected current rotor position angle ?1?. Then the correcting value is used to control the electric motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2010
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Ming Yu, Xiaohua Tang, Nan Liu, Jian Gong, Yingwu Xu, Ting Luo, Kai Liu, Xianhong Jiang, Qiaoqiao Wu, Xuguang Zhou, Guangming Yang
  • Publication number: 20100138091
    Abstract: The present invention discloses an apparatus and method for controlling energy feedback for electric vehicles. The method includes: acquiring an accelerator-pedal travel value, a brake-pedal travel value and a current vehicle speed value; determining whether the brake-pedal travel value is equal to 0%, and calculating a feedback torque based on the current vehicle speed value and the brake-pedal travel value if the brake-pedal travel value is not equal to 0%; or comparing the accelerator-pedal travel value with a given feedback value if the brake-pedal travel value is equal to 0%; and calculating a feedback torque based on the current vehicle speed value if the accelerator-pedal travel value is not greater than the given feedback value; and converting mechanical energy generated by the feedback torque T into electric energy, and transmitting the electric energy to battery of the electric vehicle for storing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Applicant: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Xiaohua Tang, Ming Yu, Xuguang Zhou, Jian Gong, Nan Liu, Guangming Yang
  • Publication number: 20100131162
    Abstract: A gear control system includes a pulse modulating circuit, a motor, and a central processing unit operatively coupled to the pulse modulating circuit and configured to control rotation of the motor from an original gear position to a desired gear position via the pulse modulating circuit. A motor position detecting device is operatively coupled to the central processing unit and detects the motor rotation position and transmits the motor position information corresponding to the motor rotation position to the central processing unit. The central processing unit determines whether the motor has reached the desired gear position based on the motor position information, and actuates the pulse modulating circuit to transmit pulses to actuate the motor to reach the desired gear position when the motor has not reached the desired gear position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2009
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Inventors: Xianggen Ding, Bo Zu, Xuguang Zhou
  • Publication number: 20100114441
    Abstract: A clutchless transmission apparatus and control method thereof. The transmission apparatus comprises a motor(10) and a transmission(20), said motor(10) is connected to said transmission(20) and supplies power to said transmission(20) via an input shaft of the transmission(20), wherein said apparatus further comprises a control device(30), which is electrically connected to said motor(10) and said transmission(20), wherein said control device(30) is configured to determine whether a gear-position shifting is required based on rotation speed of said transmission(20), if a gear-position shifting is required, regulates torque of said motor(10) to control said transmission(20) to disengage, and then regulates the rotation speed of said motor(10) of said transmission(20) to control said transmission(20) to engage for shifting gear-position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2008
    Publication date: May 6, 2010
    Inventors: Kai Liu, Jian Gong, Xuguang Zhou, Bo Zu, Guangming Yang, Axi Qi, Xiaohua Tang, Bo Zhou, Xunjin Xu
  • Publication number: 20100082189
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus and method for controlling an accelerator for electric vehicles. The method comprises steps of: acquiring an actual accelerator pedal depth value and a current vehicle speed; determining a maximum output torque of motor under the current vehicle speed based on the current vehicle speed; and controlling the output torque of motor in such a way that the growth rate of the output torque higher than that of the actual accelerator pedal depth value at the beginning and then closed to that of the actual accelerator pedal depth value during the actual accelerator pedal depth value growing. The invention makes the output torque grown rapidly within the shallow range of accelerator pedal depth, while makes the output torque grown closed to that of the accelerator pedal depth within the relative deep range of accelerator pedal depth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: April 1, 2010
    Inventors: Yingwu Xu, Xuguang Zhou, Xiaohua Tang, Jian Gong, Nan Liu, Guangming Yang, Ming Yu
  • Publication number: 20100057284
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for controlling a motor for an electric vehicle. The method and apparatus calculates the current acceleration a of the motor according to the detected rotor position values in real-time, and if the current acceleration a is greater than a predetermined forward acceleration a0, the output torque of the motor is decreased. If the acceleration a is less than a predetermined backward acceleration a1, then the output torque of the motor is decreased. Thus, when the vehicle travels from a normal road surface to a smooth road surface, the decrease or increase output torque may suppress the abrupt speed variations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 25, 2007
    Publication date: March 4, 2010
    Applicant: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Xiaohua Tang, Ming Yu, Xuguang Zhou, Jian Gong, Nan Liu, Guangming Yang
  • Publication number: 20100004808
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling output torque of a motor for an electric vehicle in downhill mode comprises following steps: detecting a tilt angle value ?, a current vehicle speed value V and an accelerator-pedal travel value Gain of the vehicle, determining whether the vehicle is in downhill mode or not, and if the result is positive, then calculating a downhill slip torque T1 of the vehicle under the tilt angle value ?, obtaining a maximum output torque T2, calculating an output torque T of the motor based on T1, T2, Gain and a given vehicle speed delimitative value Vref, and controlling the motor to output the calculated output torque T. The present invention ensures the vehicle speed not too high by controlling the output torque of an electric vehicle in downhill mode, even if the brake-pedal travel is zero.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Xiaohua Tang, Xuguang Zhou, Yingwu Xu, Jian Gong, Nan Liu, Guangming Yang
  • Publication number: 20100000815
    Abstract: A control method of the electromotor comprises: setting a target alternating axis current based on the rotor angular velocity of the electromotor and a target direct axis current based on the torque of the motor; simultaneously detecting three-phase currents and current rotor position angle of the electromotor; converting the three-phase currents to an actual alternating axis current and an actual direct axis current by Park and Clark conversions; inputting the difference between the target current and the actual current to a current loop, outputting the required direct axis current and the required alternating axis current; determining the three phase voltages according to the required direct axis current and alternating axis current and the angle of the electromotor rotor position; obtaining PWM control waveform through three-phase voltages, wherein said PWM control waveform is configured to control the conversion from direct current to alternating current and drives the electromotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Inventors: Xiaohua Tang, Xuguang Zhou, Hongbin Luo, Ming Yu, Nan Liu, Jian Gong, Guangming Yang
  • Publication number: 20090171523
    Abstract: A control system for a hybrid vehicle controls the various operating modes of the hybrid vehicle. Operating modes of the hybrid vehicle include an electric-only power mode, a series hybrid mode, a series hybrid dual-power mode, and a parallel hybrid tri-power mode. The control system selects one of the operating modes for the hybrid vehicle based on one or more inputs and comparisons. Examples of inputs for the control system include a gear-mode, a present battery storage capacity, a present velocity of the hybrid vehicle, and the previous operating mode of the hybrid power system. The control system may also take into account whether a user has selected the electric-only power mode. The control system may also control the operations of one or more components of the hybrid vehicle while operating in one of the operating modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: BYD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: HongBin Luo, XuGuang Zhou, XiaoHua Tang, XinXin Zhang, Ting Luo
  • Publication number: 20090171522
    Abstract: A hybrid vehicle includes a multi-mode power system. The power system includes a battery, an electrical power input, a first motor/generator, a second motor/generator, and a clutch. A first operating mode is defined by deactivation of the internal combustion engine and the operation of the vehicle by electrical force provided from the battery to the second motor/generator. In a second operating mode, activation of the internal combustion engine generates electrical power by providing rotational force to the first motor/generator. In a third operating mode, engagement of the clutch couples the internal combustion engine and the second motor/generator to provide rotational force to the wheels. In a fourth operating mode, engagement of the clutch couples the internal combustion engine with the second motor/generator, and the first motor/generator further provides rotational force to the wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 2, 2009
    Applicant: BYD CO. LTD.
    Inventors: HongBin Luo, XuGuang Zhou, XiaoHua Tang, XinXin Zhang, Ting Luo
  • Publication number: 20080129241
    Abstract: This invention provides methods for electric vehicle motor control and rotor position detection and fault-tolerant processing. The rotor position signal sampled by the system is compared with the previous rotor position ?0. When there is a sudden change, the current position signal acquired is discarded. Instead, a fault-tolerant processing strategy for use during an error condition is employed where the previous sampled rotor position ?0 is used as a base to determine the corrected current rotor position angle ?1?. Then the correcting value is used to control the electric motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 5, 2008
    Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Ming Yu, Xiaohua Tang, Nan Liu, Jian Gong, Yingwu Xu, Ting Luo, Kai Liu, Xianhong Jiang, Qiaoqiao Wu, Xuguang Zhou, Guangming Yang