Patents by Inventor Changjin LIU

Changjin 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: 11955663
    Abstract: This application provides a battery module and an assembling method thereof. The battery module includes batteries and busbar components. The batteries are arranged consecutively along a longitudinal direction of the battery module. Each battery includes a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal. The busbar components are connected to the batteries. The batteries include a first battery and a second battery. The first electrode terminal of the first battery and the first electrode terminal of the second battery are arranged along the longitudinal direction. The busbar components include a first busbar component, and the first busbar component includes a first part, a second part, and a third part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Changjin Wen, Ye Xu, Anwei Wu, Guofeng Liu, Xiaorong Liu, Bin Zhao
  • Patent number: 11201567
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a vehicle. The vehicle includes an AC electric machine configured to generate traction driving force, a DC bus configured to provide a DC voltage, an inverter, and a controller. The inverter is coupled with the DC bus and configured to convert the DC voltage from the DC bus to an AC voltage to drive the AC electric machine, and the inverter includes a plurality of transistors. The controller is configured to control the inverter to maintain the vehicle to run in a fault-tolerant mode when an open circuit fault occurs in one of the transistors in the inverter during running of the vehicle. The present invention further discloses a control method of the vehicle and a system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Changjin Liu, Fei Li, Tao Wu
  • Patent number: 10591547
    Abstract: A solid state circuit breaker, including a solid state switch, an inductor connected with the solid state switch in series and a fault detection circuit. The solid state switch has a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The fault detection circuit is used for detecting health status of the solid state switch and identifying fault type of the solid state switch in a condition that a fault occurs on the solid state switch based on one or more of a measured voltage between the source electrode and the drain electrode of the solid state switch, a measured voltage of two terminals of the inductor, a reference voltage and a switching control signal provided to the gate electrode of the solid state switch. A motor driving system having the solid state circuit breaker is further disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Tao Wu, Fei Li, Changjin Liu
  • Publication number: 20200076326
    Abstract: The present invention discloses a vehicle. The vehicle includes an AC electric machine configured to generate traction driving force, a DC bus configured to provide a DC voltage, an inverter, and a controller. The inverter is coupled with the DC bus and configured to convert the DC voltage from the DC bus to an AC voltage to drive the AC electric machine, and the inverter includes a plurality of transistors. The controller is configured to control the inverter to maintain the vehicle to run in a fault-tolerant mode when an open circuit fault occurs in one of the transistors in the inverter during running of the vehicle. The present invention further discloses a control method of the vehicle and a system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Changjin LIU, Fei Li, Tao Wu
  • Patent number: 10498146
    Abstract: A charging device for charging a battery pack includes a plurality of charging assemblies for charging a plurality of battery cells connected electrically in series, wherein the plurality of charging assemblies are configured to charge a first set of the plurality of battery cells in a first time period and a second set of the plurality of battery cells in a second time period, any two of the plurality of battery cells that neighbor with each other are from different sets of the plurality of battery cells, and each of the plurality of charging assemblies comprises: an AC/DC converter for converting an inputted AC voltage to a first DC voltage; and a DC/DC converter for converting the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage for charging the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Tao Wu, Fei Li, Pengcheng Zhu, Changjin Liu
  • Publication number: 20180045783
    Abstract: A solid state circuit breaker, including a solid state switch, an inductor connected with the solid state switch in series and a fault detection circuit. The solid state switch has a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode. The fault detection circuit is used for detecting health status of the solid state switch and identifying fault type of the solid state switch in a condition that a fault occurs on the solid state switch based on one or more of a measured voltage between the source electrode and the drain electrode of the solid state switch, a measured voltage of two terminals of the inductor, a reference voltage and a switching control signal provided to the gate electrode of the solid state switch. A motor driving system having the solid state circuit breaker is further disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 15, 2018
    Inventors: Tao WU, Fei LI, Changjin LIU
  • Publication number: 20170288423
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a charging device for charging a battery back, comprising: a plurality of charging assemblies for charging a plurality of battery cells connected electrically in series in the battery back, wherein the plurality of charging assemblies are configured to charge a first set of the plurality of battery cells in a first time period and a second set of the plurality of battery cells in a second time period, any two of the plurality of battery cells that neighbor with each other are from different sets of the plurality of battery cells, and each of the plurality of charging assemblies comprises: an AC/DC converter for converting an inputted AC voltage to a first DC voltage; and a DC/DC converter for converting the first DC voltage to a second DC voltage for charging the battery cell. The present disclosure further relates to a charging system and method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2017
    Publication date: October 5, 2017
    Inventors: Tao WU, Fei LI, Pengcheng ZHU, Changjin LIU