Patents by Inventor Yizhen Hou

Yizhen Hou 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: 11418046
    Abstract: A charge and discharge circuit includes: a charging loop, including a battery pack, a first switch module and a charging device connected in series, where, the charging loop is configured to charge the battery pack using the charging device, and precharge the charging device; and a discharging loop, including the battery pack, a second switch module and an electric device connected in series, where, the discharging loop is configured to make the battery pack discharge to the electric device, and precharge the electric device; where, the first switch module and the second switch module each include at least one switch, and a part of switches in the first switch module and the second switch module are semiconductor switches, and the other part of the switches in the first switch module and the second switch module are relays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporarv Amperex Technologv Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jinbo Cai, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Xiong Zheng
  • Patent number: 11407331
    Abstract: In a battery heating system an inverter includes a first-phase bridge arm, a second-phase bridge arm and a third-phase bridge arm connected in parallel, each of a upper bridge arm and a lower bridge arm is provided with a switch module, the switch module is connected in parallel with a buffer module; and a motor controller in the inverter is provided for providing driving signals to the switch module of a target upper bridge arm and the switch module of a target lower bridge arm to control the switch module of the upper bridge arm of any bridge arm among the three phases of bridge arms and the switch module of the lower bridge arm of at least one bridge arm among the bridge arms except the bridge arm where the switch module of the target upper bridge arm is located to be periodically turned on and off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Guowei Li, Xingyuan Wu, Yanru Li
  • Patent number: 11351888
    Abstract: In a battery heating system an inverter includes a first-phase bridge arm, a second-phase bridge arm and a third-phase bridge arm connected in parallel, each of a upper bridge arm and a lower bridge arm is provided with a switch module, the switch module is connected in parallel with a buffer module; and a motor controller in the inverter is provided for providing driving signals to the switch module of a target upper bridge arm and the switch module of a target lower bridge arm to control the switch module of the upper bridge arm of any bridge arm among the three phases of bridge arms and the switch module of the lower bridge arm of at least one bridge arm among the bridge arms except the bridge arm where the switch module of the target upper bridge arm is located to be periodically turned on and off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Guowei Li, Xingyuan Wu, Yanru Li
  • Patent number: 11353515
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a thermal runaway detection circuit and method, and relates to batteries. The thermal runaway detection circuit includes: a sensing module including a sensing cable; a detection module connected to the sensing cable and including at least one set of voltage dividing resistors; a processing module connected to the detection module, wherein the processing module is configured to obtain thermal runaway detection data, and determine whether thermal runaway occurs in the battery pack based on the thermal runaway detection data, wherein the thermal runaway detection data includes battery pack data and sampled data collected from sampling points, and the sampling points are disposed between the two connected voltage dividing resistor sets. The technical solutions in the present disclosure can improve safety of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiao Wang, Chao Zeng, Jia Xu, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou, Wei Zhang, Guoliang Hu
  • Patent number: 11327139
    Abstract: A measurement device includes: a host computer and a current source, wherein the host computer is configured to: control, when ambient temperature of a current detection device is at a preset temperature within an operation temperature range of a shunt of the current detection device, the current source to output a current with a preset current value to the current detection device; receive a calibrated current value sent by the current detection device; calculate a measurement error of the current detection device according to the preset current value and the calibrated current value; and instruct, when the measurement error is less than a preset current error, the current detection device to use the predetermined current calibration coefficient as a current calibration coefficient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Contemperary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen Hou, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Jia Xu
  • Patent number: 11329866
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery management system and a communication method. The method includes: determining, by a main BMU, from a plurality of managed units a fault unit that communicates abnormally with the main BMU, and transmitting, by the main BMU, to a backup BMU a fault frequency at which the fault unit communicates abnormally with the main BMU; selecting, by the backup BMU, from the managed units a managed unit that communicates normally with the backup BMU and the fault unit as a target unit; transmitting, by the backup BMU, frequency-conversion information to the fault unit through the target unit based on the fault frequency; converting, by the fault unit, its frequency to a frequency; transmitting the frequency to the main BMU if the backup BMU communicates normally with the fault unit using the frequency; and communicating, by the main BMU, with the fault unit using the frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Wenbin Lu, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu, Jiechao Luo, Teng Yu
  • Publication number: 20220121262
    Abstract: This application discloses a power supply guarantee system and method. The power supply guarantee system is applied to a battery management system. The power supply guarantee system includes: a main control module, configured to send a received wake-up time to a timing device; a high voltage power module, configured to power the timing device according to electrical energy in a high voltage battery pack; the timing device, configured to set a wake-up clock according to the wake-up time, start timing when the BMS enters sleep, and send a discharge instruction to the high voltage battery pack when the timing reaches the wake-up time; and a power conversion module, configured to convert high voltage electrical energy into low voltage electrical energy, and use the low voltage electrical energy to power the BMS, where the high voltage electrical energy is output by the high voltage battery pack according to the discharge instruction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Liansong WANG, Zhimin DAN, Fupeng CAI, Yizhen HOU, Wei ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11309598
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heating control method and a heating control device. The heating control method includes: acquiring an average current value in a heating circuit of a power battery pack; calculating a current output value required for nth cycle according to an average current value of the nth cycle, an average current value of (n?1)th cycle, an average current value of (n?2)th cycle, a preset current value, n is equal to or greater than 3; outputting a PWM signal to a switch device of the heating circuit according to a pre-calibrated PWM control parameter corresponding to the current output value so that a difference between an actual current value in the heating circuit and the preset current value is less than a preset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Wenbin Lu, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Teng Yu, Xiyang Zuo, Xingyuan Wu, Taosheng Zhu
  • Patent number: 11303215
    Abstract: The present application discloses a system and method for providing a constant power source. The system includes: a main control module configured to receive a wake-up time and send the wake-up time to a timer device; a timer power supply module configured to supply power to the timer device according to electric energy in a high-voltage battery pack; a high-voltage power supply module configured to supply power to a power conversion module according to the electric energy in the high-voltage battery pack; the timer device configured to set a wake-up clock according to the wake-up time, start timing when a battery management system (BMS) enters into sleep, and send a discharge instruction to the high-voltage battery pack when the timing reaches the wake-up time; the power conversion module configured to convert high-voltage electric energy output from the high-voltage battery pack into low-voltage electric energy and supply power to the BMS.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Liansong Wang, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou, Fangjie Zhou, Changjian Liu
  • Patent number: 11296525
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control device, an energy conversion system, an energy conversion method and a storage medium. The control device includes: a detection unit configured to detect a first voltage between a positive electrode of the energy storage device and a first end of an energy conversion device, a second voltage between a negative electrode of the energy storage device and a second end of the energy conversion device, and a third voltage between the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the energy storage device; a processing unit configured to calculate a resistance value corresponding to the energy conversion device according to the first voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage; when the value of resistance is greater than a resistance threshold value, controlling the energy storage device to supply power to the electrical equipment through the energy conversion device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Meng Li, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou
  • Patent number: 11287454
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a current sampling method and a current sampling circuit. The method comprises: obtaining a detected temperature of each semiconductor switch device of a plurality of parallel semiconductor switch devices; determining that the plurality of parallel semiconductor switch devices are in a current equalization state based on the detected temperature of each semiconductor switch device; obtaining an equalized current flowing through a target semiconductor switch device in the current equalization state, the target semiconductor switch device being any one of the plurality of parallel semiconductor switch devices; determining a total current of a main circuit connected to the plurality of parallel semiconductor switch devices according to the equalized current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen Hou, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Jinbo Cai, Xiong Zheng
  • Patent number: 11269011
    Abstract: A method includes: estimating a first estimated time required for the battery to be charged from the state of charge estimation initial value to an upper limit of the state of charge estimation section; estimating a second estimated time required for the battery to be changed in temperature from the temperature estimation initial value to an upper limit of the temperature estimation section; determining a new state of charge estimation initial value, a new state of charge estimation section, and a new temperature estimation initial value and a new temperature estimation section based on a smaller estimated time between the first estimated time and the second estimated time, until an upper limit of an state of charge estimation section reaches a target state of charge and a smaller estimated time is a first estimated time; and accumulating every determined smaller estimated times to obtain an estimated remaining charging time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jian Ruan, Shichao Li, Yanhua Lu, Yizhen Hou, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11262413
    Abstract: The present application provides an insulation detection circuit, a method and a battery management system. The circuit includes: a first voltage dividing module, where, one end of the first voltage dividing module is connected to a positive electrode of a power battery to be detected, and the other end of the first voltage dividing module is connected to a first isolation module and a second voltage dividing module respectively; the second voltage dividing module, connected to a negative electrode of the power battery to be detected; the first isolation module, connected to one end of a sampling module; the sampling module, where, the other end of the sampling module is connected to one end of a signal generating module; the signal generating module, where, the other end of the signal generating module is connected to power ground; and the processing module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Meng Li, Zhimin Dan, Weiping Sun, Yizhen Hou, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11251630
    Abstract: The battery management system comprises: a battery management unit, configured to receive status information of a battery module and status information of a battery pack, and transmit a control instruction to cell measurement circuits; the cell measurement circuits, configured to collect the status information of the battery module, transmit the status information of the battery module to the battery management unit, receive and execute the control instruction transmitted from the battery management unit; sensing units, configured to collect the status information of the battery pack, and transmit the status information of the battery pack to the battery management unit; wherein a wireless communication unit is disposed in the battery management unit, and a wireless communication unit is disposed in at least a portion of the cell measurement circuits and/or at least a portion of the sensing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu, Jiechao Luo, Wenbin Lu, Teng Yu
  • Patent number: 11251714
    Abstract: The application provides a method for controlling a power converter, in which a theoretical output voltage of a first converter is acquired according to a voltage of a source side, a theoretical input voltage of a second converter is acquired according to a voltage of a destination side, and an actual output voltage of the first converter in a first power supply cycle is set according to the theoretical output voltage of the first converter and the theoretical input voltage of the second converter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jinfeng Gao, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou
  • Patent number: 11251720
    Abstract: This application provides a method and an apparatus for controlling a grid-tie inverter. The method includes: acquiring an output voltage of the grid-tie inverter and an output current value of the grid-tie inverter at a current moment; calculating N output current values of the grid-tie inverter at a next moment that is in one-to-one correspondence to N switch states of the grid-tie inverter based on the output current value at the current moment, and N is a natural number greater than or equal to 2; acquiring a first reference current based on the output voltage; acquiring a second reference current based on the output current and the first reference current; determining a first switch state; and controlling the grid-tie inverter to perform power transmission in the first switch state at the next moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Weichen He, Zhimin Dan, Jinfeng Gao, Yizhen Hou
  • Patent number: 11249123
    Abstract: Provided is a method and device for obtaining internal side and external side insulation resistances of a relay. The method includes: controlling an insulation resistance obtaining circuit to output an AC signal; when both a main relay and a pre-charge relay are switched off, obtaining a first phase shift of the AC signal between two sampling points according to first collected electrical signals; obtaining an internal side insulation resistance of the main relay according to the first collected electrical signals and the first phase shift; controlling the pre-charge relay to be switched on; when the main relay is switched off and the pre-charge relay is switched on, obtaining a second phase shift of the AC signal between the two sampling points according to second collected electrical signals; and obtaining an external side insulation resistance of the main relay according to the second collected electrical signals and the second phase shift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou, Weiping Sun, Meng Li, Wei Zhang, Teng Yu
  • Publication number: 20210408817
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery management system, and a method and apparatus for transmitting information. The method includes: determining, from a plurality of slave nodes, a fault slave node that communicates abnormally with a master node in the battery management system; selecting a target slave node from the plurality of slave nodes, wherein the target slave node is a slave node that communicates normally with both the master node and the fault slave node; transmitting frequency conversion information to the target slave node, so that the target slave node forwards the frequency conversion information to the fault slave node, and the fault slave node performs a frequency conversion based on the frequency conversion information; and transmitting information with the fault slave node using a frequency after the frequency conversion. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the reliability of wireless communication in the battery management system can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin DAN, Wenbin LU, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Jia XU, Jiechao LUO, Teng YU
  • Publication number: 20210391736
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a control device, an energy conversion system, an energy conversion method and a storage medium. The control device includes: a detection unit configured to detect a first voltage between a positive electrode of the energy storage device and a first end of an energy conversion device, a second voltage between a negative electrode of the energy storage device and a second end of the energy conversion device, and a third voltage between the positive electrode and the negative electrode of the energy storage device; a processing unit configured to calculate a resistance value corresponding to the energy conversion device according to the first voltage, the second voltage, and the third voltage; when the value of resistance is greater than a resistance threshold value, controlling the energy storage device to supply power to the electrical equipment through the energy conversion device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Meng LI, Zhimin DAN, Yizhen HOU
  • Publication number: 20210367441
    Abstract: A charge and discharge circuit includes: a charging loop, including a battery pack, a first switch module and a charging device connected in series, where, the charging loop is configured to charge the battery pack using the charging device, and precharge the charging device; and a discharging loop, including the battery pack, a second switch module and an electric device connected in series, where, the discharging loop is configured to make the battery pack discharge to the electric device, and precharge the electric device; where, the first switch module and the second switch module each include at least one switch, and a part of switches in the first switch module and the second switch module are semiconductor switches, and the other part of the switches in the first switch module and the second switch module are relays.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Publication date: November 25, 2021
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jinbo CAI, Zhimin DAN, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Xiong ZHENG