Patents by Inventor Changjian LIU

Changjian 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).

  • Publication number: 20250079099
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of electricity, and disclose a drive circuit. In some embodiments of this application, the drive circuit includes a low-side driver module and a delay module, the delay module is configured to output a delay signal of preset duration to the low-side driver module in a case that a control module is being reset; and the low-side driver module is configured to: according to on the delay signal of preset duration, maintain a first state within the preset duration, the first state being the same as a second state; where the second state is a working state of the low-side driver module before the control module is reset, and the second state includes being on or off. The embodiments can help avoid safety hazards caused by unexpected disconnection of a drive signal of the control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Jirong Huo, Yanhui Fu, Le Chu, Changjian Liu
  • Patent number: 12183527
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of electricity, and disclose a drive circuit. In some embodiments of this application, the drive circuit includes a low-side driver module and a delay module, the delay module is configured to output a delay signal of preset duration to the low-side driver module in a case that a control module is being reset; and the low-side driver module is configured to: according to on the delay signal of preset duration, maintain a first state within the preset duration, the first state being the same as a second state; where the second state is a working state of the low-side driver module before the control module is reset, and the second state includes being on or off. The embodiments can help avoid safety hazards caused by unexpected disconnection of a drive signal of the control module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limied
    Inventors: Jirong Huo, Yanhui Fu, Le Chu, Changjian Liu
  • Patent number: 12025666
    Abstract: This application relates to the technical field of electronics, and discloses a detection circuit and a detection method of an electrical control device, and an electric vehicle. In some embodiments of this application, the detection circuit includes a drive circuit configured to detect an electrical control device. The drive circuit includes a drive power module and a low-side switch unit. The detection circuit includes: a first detection module, a second detection module, and a control module. The control module is configured to obtain an electrical signal at a third end of the first detection module, and/or an electrical signal at a second end of the second detection module; and determine, based on the electrical signal at the third end of the first detection module, and/or the electrical signal at the second end of the second detection module, whether the drive circuit of the electrical control device is faulty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yanhui Fu, Le Chu, Changjian Liu
  • Patent number: 11996833
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of electricity, and disclose a drive circuit. In some embodiments of this application, the drive circuit includes a high-side driver module and a delay module, the delay module is configured to output a delay signal of preset duration to the high-side driver module in a case that a control module is being reset; and the high-side driver module is configured to: according to the delay signal of preset duration, remain in a first state within the preset duration, the first state being the same as a second state; where the second state is a working state of the high-side driver module before the control module is reset, and the second state includes being on or off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jirong Huo, Yanhui Fu, Changjian Liu, Le Chu
  • Patent number: 11927639
    Abstract: The application provides a high-voltage interlocking device and method for detecting the high-voltage interlocking device. The high-voltage interlocking device includes a first resistance module; a first switch module, a second connection end of the first switch module being connected to a first reference potential through a third resistance module, and a control terminal of the first switch module being configured to receive a first driving signal, to enable the first switch module to be turned on or off; a second resistance module, another end of the second resistance module being connected to a second reference potential; a fourth resistance module; a second switch module, a second connection end of the second switch module being connected to a third reference potential through a fifth resistance module; a fault detection module, configured to determine a fault of the high-voltage component underdetection according to a first detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Weiqiang Li, Yanhui Fu, Xingchang Wang, Changjian Liu
  • Patent number: 11867748
    Abstract: This application discloses an electrical control device detection circuit, a detection method, and an electric vehicle. The detection circuit includes a drive circuit configured to detect an electrical control device. The drive circuit includes a drive power module, a high-side switch unit, and a low-side switch unit. The detection circuit includes: a detection power module, a first switch module, a second switch module, a first detection module, a second detection module, and a control module. The control module is configured to obtain an electrical signal at a third end of the first detection module and/or an electrical signal at a second end of the second detection module; and determine, based on the electrical signal at the third end of the first detection module and/or the electrical signal at the second end of the second detection module, whether a fault occurs in the drive circuit of the electrical control device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Baohai Du, Changjian Liu, Yanhui Fu
  • Patent number: 11852670
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the monitoring field, and disclose a method for monitoring an insulation monitoring circuit and a battery management system. In some embodiments of this application, the method for monitoring an insulation monitoring circuit includes: in a state in which a first switch and a second switch are closed and a third switch is open, obtaining a first electrical signal detected by a second monitoring module; and based on the first electrical signal and a voltage reference value between a positive electrode of a battery pack and a negative electrode of the battery pack, determining whether an insulation monitoring circuit is faulty; or obtaining a second electrical signal detected by a first monitoring module and a third electrical signal detected by a third monitoring module, and based on the second electrical signal and the third electrical signal, determining whether the insulation monitoring circuit is faulty.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Meng Li, Changjian Liu, Fuming Ye, Fangjie Zhou, Liansong Wang, Lidan Yan
  • Patent number: 11549999
    Abstract: The application provides a high voltage interlock circuit and a detection method thereof, the high voltage interlock circuit comprises: a signal isolation conversion module, and a fault detection module. The high voltage interlock device and the detection method thereof provided by the embodiments of the application can avoid the damage to the fault detection module caused by large external voltage, and improve the safety of the high voltage interlock device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Qi Xiao, Yanhui Fu, Xingchang Wang, Changjian Liu
  • Publication number: 20220291295
    Abstract: The application provides a high voltage interlock circuit and a detection method thereof, the high voltage interlock circuit comprises: a signal isolation conversion module, and a fault detection module. The high voltage interlock device and the detection method thereof provided by the embodiments of the application can avoid the damage to the fault detection module caused by large external voltage, and improve the safety of the high voltage interlock device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Qi Xiao, Yanhui Fu, Xingchang Wang, Changjian Liu
  • Publication number: 20220270838
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of electricity, and disclose a drive circuit. In some embodiments of this application, the drive circuit includes a low-side driver module and a delay module, the delay module is configured to output a delay signal of preset duration to the low-side driver module in a case that a control module is being reset; and the low-side driver module is configured to: according to on the delay signal of preset duration, maintain a first state within the preset duration, the first state being the same as a second state; where the second state is a working state of the low-side driver module before the control module is reset, and the second state includes being on or off. The embodiments can help avoid safety hazards caused by unexpected disconnection of a drive signal of the control module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Jirong Huo, Yanhui Fu, Le Chu, Changjian Liu
  • Patent number: 11413965
    Abstract: The application discloses a high voltage interlock circuit and a detection method thereof. The circuit comprises: a first switching module; a second switching module, comprising a first driving unit and a first switching unit arranged in isolation, the first switching unit is arranged between a second power supply and a second power ground; a third switching module, comprising a second driving unit and a second switching unit arranged in isolation; a fourth switching module, arranged between the fourth power supply and the first power ground; a controller. The embodiments of the application improve the accuracy of fault detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yanhui Fu, Guoxiu Wu, Baohai Du, Changjian Liu
  • Publication number: 20220255546
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the field of electricity, and disclose a drive circuit. In some embodiments of this application, the drive circuit includes a high-side driver module and a delay module, the delay module is configured to output a delay signal of preset duration to the high-side driver module in a case that a control module is being reset; and the high-side driver module is configured to: according to the delay signal of preset duration, remain in a first state within the preset duration, the first state being the same as a second state; where the second state is a working state of the high-side driver module before the control module is reset, and the second state includes being on or off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jirong HUO, Yanhui FU, Changjian LIU, Le CHU
  • Publication number: 20220229112
    Abstract: This application relates to the technical field of electronics, and discloses a detection circuit and a detection method of an electrical control device, and an electric vehicle. In some embodiments of this application, the detection circuit includes a drive circuit configured to detect an electrical control device. The drive circuit includes a drive power module and a low-side switch unit. The detection circuit includes: a first detection module, a second detection module, and a control module. The control module is configured to obtain an electrical signal at a third end of the first detection module, and/or an electrical signal at a second end of the second detection module; and determine, based on the electrical signal at the third end of the first detection module, and/or the electrical signal at the second end of the second detection module, whether the drive circuit of the electrical control device is faulty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Inventors: Yanhui FU, Le CHU, Changjian LIU
  • Patent number: 11366462
    Abstract: The application provide a high-voltage interlock device and a fault detection method thereof. The high-voltage interlock device includes: a first signal detection circuit, configured to collect a first original electric signal from a high-voltage interlock component and convert the first original electric signal into a first sampled signal while ensuring that the high-voltage interlock component is isolated from a fault diagnosis module; a second signal detection circuit, configured to collect a second original electric signal from the high-voltage interlock component and convert the second original electric signal into a second sampled signal while ensuring that the high-voltage interlock component is isolated from the fault diagnosis module; the fault diagnosis module, configured to determine a fault of the high-voltage interlock component according to the first and/or the second sampled signal, under a condition that at least one of the first and the second switch modules is in an OFF state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Weiqiang Li, Yanhui Fu, Changjian Liu
  • Patent number: 11320481
    Abstract: The disclosure provides high voltage interlock circuit and detection method. The circuit comprises: a power module, a positive electrode of the power module being connected to one end of a current generating module; the current generating module, the other end of the current generating module being connected to a first terminal of a high voltage component module to inject a constant DC current into the high voltage component module; a first voltage dividing module, one end of the first voltage dividing module being connected to a second terminal of the high voltage component module, and the other end of the first voltage dividing module being connected to a negative electrode of the power module and a power ground; and a processing module to determine a fault of the high voltage component module based on a first voltage collected from the second terminal of the high voltage component module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Tectaology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jinglin Li, Jianwei Zhuo, Changjian Liu, Qiandeng Li
  • Publication number: 20220113344
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application relate to the monitoring field, and disclose a method for monitoring an insulation monitoring circuit and a battery management system. In some embodiments of this application, the method for monitoring an insulation monitoring circuit includes: in a state in which a first switch and a second switch are closed and a third switch is open, obtaining a first electrical signal detected by a second monitoring module; and based on the first electrical signal and a voltage reference value between a positive electrode of a battery pack and a negative electrode of the battery pack, determining whether an insulation monitoring circuit is faulty; or obtaining a second electrical signal detected by a first monitoring module and a third electrical signal detected by a third monitoring module, and based on the second electrical signal and the third electrical signal, determining whether the insulation monitoring circuit is faulty.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2021
    Publication date: April 14, 2022
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Meng LI, Changjian LIU, Fuming YE, Fangjie ZHOU, Liansong WANG, Lidan YAN
  • 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
  • Publication number: 20220107353
    Abstract: This application discloses an electrical control device detection circuit, a detection method, and an electric vehicle. The detection circuit includes a drive circuit configured to detect an electrical control device. The drive circuit includes a drive power module, a high-side switch unit, and a low-side switch unit. The detection circuit includes: a detection power module, a first switch module, a second switch module, a first detection module, a second detection module, and a control module. The control module is configured to obtain an electrical signal at a third end of the first detection module and/or an electrical signal at a second end of the second detection module; and determine, based on the electrical signal at the third end of the first detection module and/or the electrical signal at the second end of the second detection module, whether a fault occurs in the drive circuit of the electrical control device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventors: Baohai Du, Changjian Liu, Yanhui Fu
  • Publication number: 20220018905
    Abstract: The application provides a high-voltage interlocking device and method for detecting the high-voltage interlocking device. The high-voltage interlocking device includes a first resistance module; a first switch module, a second connection end of the first switch module being connected to a first reference potential through a third resistance module, and a control terminal of the first switch module being configured to receive a first driving signal, to enable the first switch module to be turned on or off; a second resistance module, another end of the second resistance module being connected to a second reference potential; a fourth resistance module; a second switch module, a second connection end of the second switch module being connected to a third reference potential through a fifth resistance module; a fault detection module, configured to determine a fault of the high-voltage component under detection according to a first detection signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co.,Limited
    Inventors: Weiqiang LI, Yanhui FU, Xingchang Wang, Changjian Liu
  • Publication number: 20220009351
    Abstract: The application discloses a high voltage interlock circuit and a detection method thereof. The circuit comprises: a first switching module; a second switching module, comprising a first driving unit and a first switching unit arranged in isolation, the first switching unit is arranged between a second power supply and a second power ground; a third switching module, comprising a second driving unit and a second switching unit arranged in isolation; a fourth switching module, arranged between the fourth power supply and the first power ground; a controller. The embodiments of the application improve the accuracy of fault detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2021
    Publication date: January 13, 2022
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yanhui FU, Guoxiu Wu, Baohai Du, Changjian Liu