Patents by Inventor Chin-Hou Chen

Chin-Hou Chen 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: 10155449
    Abstract: A battery power integration apparatus includes a power converter, a battery control module, and a relay. The power converter has an input side and an output side, and the input side is connected to a high-voltage DC voltage. The battery control module includes a relay control circuit and a pre-charge control circuit. The relay is connected to the input side of the power converter and the battery control module. The pre-charge control circuit receives a pre-charge enable signal generated from the power converter to pre-charge the input side of the power converter. The power converter steps down the high-voltage DC voltage to output a low-voltage DC voltage at the output side thereof when the relay control circuit turns on the relay, thus supplying the required power for low-voltage devices inside a hybrid electric vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Hou Chen, Wen-Sheng Tsao, Chen-Bin Huang, Jui-Teng Chan
  • Patent number: 9425612
    Abstract: An output power protection apparatus includes a DC conversion unit, an output protection unit, a high-voltage battery, a low-voltage battery, and a control unit. The DC conversion unit converts an input DC power into an output DC power. The output protection unit is connected in series to the DC conversion unit, and the output protection unit has a plurality of protection circuits connected in parallel to each other. When a short-circuit condition occurs between the high-voltage battery and the low-voltage battery or the low-voltage battery is reversely connected in polarity, the control unit generates a control signal to control the protection circuits to disconnect the connection between the low-voltage battery and a low-voltage device, and the DC conversion unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2016
    Assignee: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Wen-Sheng Tsao, Chin-Hou Chen, Jui-Teng Chan, Chen-Tung Chang, Chen-Bin Huang, Wei-Cheng Peng
  • Publication number: 20160229298
    Abstract: A battery power integration apparatus includes a power converter, a battery control module, and a relay. The power converter has an input side and an output side, and the input side is connected to a high-voltage DC voltage. The battery control module includes a relay control circuit and a pre-charge control circuit. The relay is connected to the input side of the power converter and the battery control module. The pre-charge control circuit receives a pre-charge enable signal generated from the power converter to pre-charge the input side of the power converter. The power converter steps down the high-voltage DC voltage to output a low-voltage DC voltage at the output side thereof when the relay control circuit turns on the relay, thus supplying the required power for low-voltage devices inside a hybrid electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Chin-Hou CHEN, Wen-Sheng TSAO, Chen-Bin HUANG, Jui-Teng CHAN
  • Publication number: 20150244167
    Abstract: An output power protection apparatus includes a DC conversion unit, an output protection unit, a high-voltage battery, a low-voltage battery, and a control unit. The DC conversion unit converts an input DC power into an output DC power. The output protection unit is connected in series to the DC conversion unit, and the output protection unit has a plurality of protection circuits connected in parallel to each other. When a short-circuit condition occurs between the high-voltage battery and the low-voltage battery or the low-voltage battery is reversely connected in polarity, the control unit generates a control signal to control the protection circuits to disconnect the connection between the low-voltage battery and a low-voltage device, and the DC conversion unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Inventors: Wen-Sheng TSAO, Chin-Hou CHEN, Jui-Teng CHAN, Chen-Tung CHANG, Chen-Bin HUANG, Wei-Cheng PENG
  • Publication number: 20130088196
    Abstract: A high-voltage battery charging system includes a rectifier circuit, a power factor correction circuit, a bus capacitor, an intermediate non-isolated DC-DC converting circuit, an intermediate output capacitor, and a non-isolated DC-DC converting circuit. The rectifier circuit is used for rectifying an AC input voltage into a rectified voltage. The power factor correction circuit is used for increasing a power factor of the rectified voltage and generating a bus voltage. The bus capacitor is used for energy storage and voltage stabilization. The intermediate non-isolated DC-DC converting circuit is used for boosting the bus voltage into an intermediate output voltage. The intermediate output capacitor is connected between an output terminal of the intermediate non-isolated DC-DC converting circuit and the common terminal COM for energy storage and voltage stabilization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2012
    Publication date: April 11, 2013
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Hou Chen, Bo-Wen Tang, Meng-Fu Cho
  • Patent number: 8275504
    Abstract: A stabilization apparatus for stabling load voltage of vehicle is applied to a vehicle battery unit, a vehicle computer unit and a vehicle load unit. The stabilization apparatus for stabling load voltage of vehicle includes a voltage boost unit and a microcontroller unit. The voltage boost unit is electrically connected to the vehicle battery unit and the vehicle load unit. The microcontroller unit is electrically connected to the voltage boost unit and the vehicle computer unit. When the voltage of the vehicle battery unit is going to drop, a voltage-drop signal is sent from the vehicle computer unit to the microcontroller unit. The voltage boost unit is controlled by the microcontroller unit to supply a boosted voltage to the vehicle load unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chin-Hou Chen, Bo-Wen Tang, Ko-Yu Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20110160955
    Abstract: A stabilization apparatus for stabling load voltage of vehicle is applied to a vehicle battery unit, a vehicle computer unit and a vehicle load unit. The stabilization apparatus for stabling load voltage of vehicle includes a voltage boost unit and a microcontroller unit. The voltage boost unit is electrically connected to the vehicle battery unit and the vehicle load unit. The microcontroller unit is electrically connected to the voltage boost unit and the vehicle computer unit. When the voltage of the vehicle battery unit is going to drop, a voltage-drop signal is sent from the vehicle computer unit to the microcontroller unit. The voltage boost unit is controlled by the microcontroller unit to supply a boosted voltage to the vehicle load unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2009
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Chin-Hou CHEN, Bo-Wen Tang, Ko-Yu Hsiao
  • Publication number: 20110156643
    Abstract: A high-voltage battery charging system is installed in a vehicle body of the electric vehicle for charging a high-voltage battery unit within the vehicle body. The high-voltage battery charging system includes a rectifier circuit, a power factor correction circuit and a non-isolated DC-DC converting circuit. The rectifier circuit is connected to a common terminal for rectifying an AC input voltage into a rectified voltage. The power factor correction circuit is connected to the rectifier circuit and a bus for increasing a power factor and generating a bus voltage. The non-isolated DC-DC converting circuit is connected to the power factor correction circuit and the high-voltage battery unit for charging the high-voltage battery unit, wherein no transformer is included in the non-isolated DC-DC converting circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chin-Hou Chen, Han Li, Ko-Yu Hsiao, Gang Liu
  • Publication number: 20110144842
    Abstract: A DC-to-DC converting apparatus with communication function for a vehicle is applied to an electric vehicle or a hybrid vehicle. The electric vehicle or the hybrid vehicle includes a vehicle control system. The DC-to-DC converting apparatus with communication function for a vehicle includes a DC-to-DC converter, a control circuit is electrically connected to the DC-to-DC converter, and a system communication interface is electrically connected to the control circuit and the vehicle control system. The working status of the DC-to-DC converter is detected by the control circuit and is informed to the vehicle control system through the system communication interface. The control circuit is controlled to control the DC-to-DC converter by the vehicle control system through the system communication interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: June 16, 2011
    Applicant: DELTA ELECTRONICS, INC.
    Inventors: Chia-Lung NI, Chi-Yi YU, Wen-Sheng TSAO, Bo-Wen TANG, Chin-Hou CHEN, Ku-Yu HSIAO
  • Publication number: 20100226151
    Abstract: A power conversion circuit includes a flyback DC-to-DC converter, a capacitor and a DC-to-AC converter. The flyback DC-to-DC converter is used for receiving an input DC voltage and converting the input DC voltage into a constant high DC voltage. The capacitor is connected to the flyback DC-to-DC converter for filtering the high DC voltage. The DC-to-AC converter is connected to the capacitor for converting the filtered high DC voltage into an output AC voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Publication date: September 9, 2010
    Inventors: Chin-Hou Chen, Chia-Lung Ni, Wen-Sheng Tsao, Ku-Yu Hsiao
  • Patent number: 6744612
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inrush current protection circuit for a power supply. The power supply includes a rectification circuit coupled to a main body of the power supply through an energy-storage capacitor. The main body of the power supply is provided with a reference voltage, and the setup time of the reference voltage is greater than a threshold value. The inrush current protection circuit includes a current limiting resistor coupled between a negative terminal of the rectification circuit and a ground terminal of the energy-storage capacitor for preventing the generation of an inrush current the instant that the power supply is powered on, and a switch coupled in parallel with the current limiting resistor and which is controlled by the reference voltage. When the reference voltage is set up, the switch switches from an open state to a short state, so as to bypass the current limiting resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: Delta Electronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Chin-Hou Chen
  • Publication number: 20020191359
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inrush current protection circuit for a power supply. The power supply includes a rectification circuit coupled to a main body of the power supply through an energy-storage capacitor. The main body of the power supply is provided with a reference voltage, and the setup time of the reference voltage is greater than a threshold value. The inrush current protection circuit includes a current limiting resistor coupled between a negative terminal of the rectification circuit and a ground terminal of the energy-storage capacitor for preventing the generation of an inrush current the instant that the power supply is powered on, and a switch coupled in parallel with the current limiting resistor and which is controlled by the reference voltage. When the reference voltage is set up, the switch switches from an open state to a short state, so as to bypass the current limiting resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2002
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventor: Chin-Hou Chen