Patents by Inventor Heping Ling
Heping Ling 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).
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Patent number: 12630056Abstract: A battery self-heating control method includes: in a first period of each of control periods, configuring a conduction state of an upper bridge arm assembly and a conduction state of a lower bridge arm assembly to be a self-heating state, and in the self-heating state, alternately charging and discharging a first battery pack and/or a second battery pack to heat the battery pack by a current on a second connecting wire between a motor and the battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: October 18, 2024Date of Patent: May 19, 2026Assignee: BYD Company LimitedInventors: Heping Ling, Lei Yan, Wen Gao, Jinyue Xie, Ke Zhu
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Publication number: 20260124878Abstract: A control method for a thermal management system comprising receiving a battery heating signal at the thermal management system including at least one heat exchange branch configured to exchange heat with a battery, and entering, by the thermal management system, a preheating mode. A temperature of a heat exchange medium at an outlet end of the at least one heat exchange branch is greater than or equal to a first threshold T1.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2025Publication date: May 7, 2026Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Heping LING, Wei HUANG, Rui MA, Feng LAI, Yili LUO
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Patent number: 12620872Abstract: A drive system includes a motor, a speed reducer, a controller, and a housing. The housing includes: a first accommodation space for accommodating the controller; a second accommodation space configured for accommodating the motor; and a third accommodation space configured for accommodating the speed reducer. The controller is connected with the motor, and an output shaft of the motor is connected with the speed reducer. In a length direction of the output shaft, an absolute value of a difference between a mounting width and a width of the first accommodation space is no greater than a first difference threshold. In a direction perpendicular to the length direction of the output shaft and parallel to a horizontal plane, an absolute value of a difference between a length of the first accommodation space and a length of the third accommodation space is no greater than a second difference threshold.Type: GrantFiled: March 30, 2023Date of Patent: May 5, 2026Assignee: BYD Company LimitedInventors: Heping Ling, Zhen Zhai, Lei Hu, Yuchao Xiong
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Publication number: 20260094891Abstract: Disclosed are a thermal management system, a control method therefor, and a vehicle. The thermal management system includes a battery subsystem. The battery subsystem includes a plurality of heat exchange branches disposed in parallel. The heat exchange branches are configured to exchange heat with a battery. The plurality of heat exchange branches disposed in parallel include a pressure regulation sub-branch and a heat exchange sub-branch. The control method includes: obtaining a battery heating signal; and the thermal management system enters a preheating mode, where in the preheating mode, a total flow rate Q1 of the pressure regulation sub-branch is substantially greater than a total flow rate Q2 of the heat exchange sub-branch.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2025Publication date: April 2, 2026Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Heping LING, Wei HUANG, Rui MA, Feng LAI, Yili LUO
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Patent number: 12545088Abstract: A cooling structure for a drive system, includes a motor assembly. The motor assembly includes a rotary shaft and a cooling tube having an inner hole. The rotary shaft includes a mounting hole for receiving the cooling tube. An annular water channel is formed between an outer wall of the cooling tube and an inner wall of the mounting hole. The inner hole and the annular water channel form a rotor cooling water channel.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2023Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: BYD Company LimitedInventors: Heping Ling, Zhen Zhai, Linna Liu, Yun Liang, Yuchao Xiong
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Patent number: 12545103Abstract: A vehicle torque control method is provided for a four-wheel drive vehicle. The vehicle torque control method includes acquiring a front axle equivalent axle speed and a rear axle equivalent axle speed of a vehicle, and determining an equivalent axle speed difference between front axles and rear axles of the vehicle according to the front axle equivalent axle speed and the rear axle equivalent axle speed. The vehicle torque control method also includes determining a drive shaft torque adjustment value according to the equivalent axle speed difference; and adjusting an output torque of a drive shaft motor according to the drive shaft torque adjustment value.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2024Date of Patent: February 10, 2026Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Heping Ling, Mingchuan Shi, Hongxia Wang, Hao Zhang, Binhao Zhou
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Patent number: 12534063Abstract: A vehicle drift control method includes obtaining a required whole vehicle torque and state parameters of a vehicle in response to a drift operation instruction of a user. The state parameters include a first vehicle speed, a first yaw rate, and a first mass center sideslip angle. The method also includes determining a front axle torque ratio based on the state parameters; determining a required front axle torque and a required rear axle torque based on the front axle torque ratio and the required whole vehicle torque; and controlling torques of a front axle motor and a rear axle motor based on the required front axle torque and the required rear axle torque respectively.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2025Date of Patent: January 27, 2026Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Yubo Lian, Heping Ling, Mingchuan Shi, Hongxia Wang, Luo Fu
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Publication number: 20260005581Abstract: A motor includes: a motor housing, a stator core, a stator winding, and a rotor core, the stator core mounted in the motor housing, the stator winding wound around the stator core, the rotor core rotatably disposed with respect to the stator core, the rotor core having a rotor flow path to transport coolant to the stator winding, a stator flow path disposed in the motor and in communication with the stator winding; and a valve configured to control a flow of the rotor flow path. The rotor core includes a rotor flow channel inside. The motor includes a magnetic shield having a magnetic shield flow channel inside. A first end of the magnetic shield flow channel is configured to guide the coolant to the stator winding, and a second end of the magnetic shield flow channel is in communication with the rotor flow channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2025Publication date: January 1, 2026Inventors: Yubo LIAN, Heping LING, Zhen ZHAI, Linlin ZHAO, Linna LIU
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Patent number: 12508868Abstract: An integrated thermal management system, includes: a heat pump subsystem that includes a heat pump subsystem detector configured to detect heat pump state information of the heat pump subsystem; a cooling subsystem of a high-voltage system is configured to exchange heat between the heat pump subsystem and a high-voltage system of a vehicle; a battery detector is configured to detect battery state information of a vehicle battery; an user interface is configured to receive setting information of a thermal demand of a passenger compartment of a vehicle; and a controller is configured to determine a thermal management demand of the vehicle battery according to the battery state information, determine a thermal management demand of the passenger compartment according to the setting information, and determine a heat supplementation demand according to the thermal management demand of the vehicle battery, the thermal management demand of the passenger compartment, and the heat pump state information.Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2023Date of Patent: December 30, 2025Assignee: BYD Company LimitedInventors: Yubo Lian, Heping Ling, Yilin Zhong, Gan Song, Jingke Zhang
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Publication number: 20250391956Abstract: A heat exchange plate includes a flow channel, a first terminal, and a second terminal; the flow channel is arranged in the heat exchange plate, and the flow channel is configured to allow a heat exchange working medium to flow therein; one end of the flow channel is communicated with the first terminal, another end of the flow channel is communicated with the second terminal, and the first terminal and the second terminal are configured to allow the heat exchange working medium to enter the heat exchange plate; the heat exchange plate includes a first-type region, and the first-type region is configured to be arranged corresponding to a battery pole region; the flow channel includes flow-dividing junctions; the flow-dividing junctions includes first-stage flow-dividing junctions arranged in the first-type region; the first-stage flow-dividing junction is arranged close to the first terminal or the second terminal; and divides the flow channel.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 28, 2025Publication date: December 25, 2025Inventors: Yubo LIAN, Heping LING, Wei HUANG, Rui MA, Yansheng QUE
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Publication number: 20250380370Abstract: An electrical device includes: a first electrical device body; first connection terminals including a plurality of first connection portions protruding from the first electrical device body along a first direction; and second connection terminals including a plurality of second connection portions protruding from the first electrical device body along the first direction, a first group including one of the first connection portions and one of the second connection portions stacked along a second direction, and the second direction intersecting the first direction. First groups are disposed at intervals.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2025Publication date: December 11, 2025Inventors: Yubo LIAN, Heping Ling, Chengbo Tang, Dandan Huang, Zeyu Yang
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Patent number: 12483096Abstract: A motor system includes: a motor including: a motor housing, a stator core, a stator winding, and a rotor core, the stator core mounted in the motor housing, the stator winding wound around the stator core, the rotor core rotatably disposed with respect to the stator core, a rotor flow path formed at least in the rotor core, the rotor flow path configured to transport coolant to the stator winding; and a valve configured to control a flow of the rotor flow path.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2023Date of Patent: November 25, 2025Assignee: BYD Company LimitedInventors: Yubo Lian, Heping Ling, Zhen Zhai, Linlin Zhao, Linna Liu
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Patent number: 12451825Abstract: A control method for an electric drive system of a vehicle, includes: acquiring a shaft torque of the electric motor and a present operating point of the vehicle in response to a vehicle heating demand signal; acquiring a present heat generation power of the electric drive system accordingly; determining a current adjustment amplitude accordingly; acquiring a three-phase current value and a position value of the electric motor, and a present direct axis current value and a present quadrature axis current value of the electric motor at the present operating point accordingly; controlling the present direct axis current value to oscillate at a change frequency and the current adjustment amplitude to obtain a target direct axis current value; acquiring a target quadrature axis current value accordingly; acquiring an electric motor drive signal accordingly.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2023Date of Patent: October 21, 2025Assignee: BYD Company LimitedInventors: Heping Ling, Hua Pan, Yuxin Zhang, Guowei Qiu, Chen Hong
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Patent number: 12451536Abstract: The present disclosure belongs to the field of vehicles, and relates to a battery energy processing device and method and a vehicle, which can charge batteries during self-heating of the batteries. The battery energy processing device includes: an energy exchange interface; a first circuit, wherein a first end of the first circuit is connected with the energy exchange interface, and a second end of the first circuit is connected with a battery; a second circuit, wherein a first end of the second circuit is connected with the battery; an energy storage device, connected with a second end of the second circuit; and a controller, configured to: in a first preset state, control the second circuit to charge and discharge the battery to heat the battery, and control the first circuit to receive energy from the energy exchange interface and output the energy to the battery to charge the battery.Type: GrantFiled: December 2, 2022Date of Patent: October 21, 2025Assignee: BYD Company LimitedInventors: Yubo Lian, Heping Ling, Lei Yan, Yong Xiong, Wen Gao
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Patent number: 12441156Abstract: A system for thermal management, includes a first thermal management system including a compressor and a battery pack, and a second thermal management system including a heat sink, a heat exchanger, and a waste heat utilization branch for a high-voltage system. A water pump and a high-voltage system cooling branch passing through the high-voltage system are disposed on the waste heat utilization branch. A cooling liquid outlet of the heat exchanger communicates with an inlet of the waste heat utilization branch. An outlet of the waste heat utilization branch communicates with a cooling liquid inlet of the heat exchanger. A direct-cooling device is disposed on the battery pack. An outlet of the compressor communicates with a first port of the direct-cooling device. A second port of the direct-cooling device communicates with a refrigerant inlet of the heat exchanger. A refrigerant outlet of the heat exchanger communicates with an inlet of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2021Date of Patent: October 14, 2025Assignee: BYD Company LimitedInventors: Yubo Lian, Yilin Zhong, Heping Ling, Chunfen Wu, Fangfang Lin
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Patent number: 12434566Abstract: A method for controlling an electric drive system, includes: determining that the vehicle is in a traveling condition; obtaining a rotation speed value, a shaft end torque value, a present direct axis current value, and a present quadrature axis current value of the motor when receiving a vehicle heat-up demand signal; determining a target torque curve according to the shaft end torque value, and determining a target traveling heating calibration curve according to the vehicle heat-up demand signal and the rotation speed value; determining an intersection of the target torque curve and the target traveling heating calibration curve as a target traveling condition point; determining a target quadrature axis current value and a target direct axis current value according to the target traveling condition point; and controlling, according to the target direct axis current value and the target quadrature axis current value, the motor to operate.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2023Date of Patent: October 7, 2025Assignee: BYD Company LimitedInventors: Yubo Lian, Heping Ling, Hua Pan, Yuxin Zhang, Zhao Xie
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Publication number: 20250296564Abstract: A vehicle acceleration control method, includes: obtaining a change rate of an accelerator pedal opening degree of an accelerator pedal and a remaining energy value of a vehicle in a racetrack mode; determining a target torque compensation value based on the change rate of the accelerator pedal opening degree and the remaining energy value of the vehicle; and controlling the vehicle to accelerate based on a sum of the target torque compensation value and a maximum output torque value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 6, 2025Publication date: September 25, 2025Inventors: Heping LING, Mingchuan SHI, Chao YIN, Yuexu YUAN, Guixin ZHOU
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Publication number: 20250279657Abstract: A battery dynamic equalization apparatus includes a power battery; a motor controller; a direct-current charging and discharging port; and a controller. The controller is connected to the motor controller and configured to: in a first preset state, charge the power battery by the direct-current charging and discharging port, and control bridge arms of the motor controller to alternately charge and discharge a first battery pack and a second battery pack so as to achieve self-heating of the first battery pack and the second battery pack, and allow the absolute value of the difference between the battery level of the first battery pack and the battery level of the second battery pack to be lower than a preset threshold, realizing dynamic equalization of battery levels of the first battery pack and the second battery pack in the self-heating process, thereby improving the battery performance and extending the battery life.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2025Publication date: September 4, 2025Inventors: Heping LING, Jicheng LI, Dajian ZHANG, Jie ZHANG, Gai QIN
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Publication number: 20250262922Abstract: An integrated electric drive system and an electric vehicle are provided. The integrated electric drive system includes a motor, a speed reducer, a controller, and a single-piece enclosure. A first enclosure space is formed on the single-piece enclosure, and a second enclosure space and a third enclosure space configured for the speed reducer to be mounted are arranged on the single-piece enclosure. The motor controller is connected with the motor. An output shaft of the motor is connected with the speed reducer. An absolute value of a difference between a preset mounting width value and a width value of the first enclosure space is less than or equal to a first difference threshold. An absolute value of a difference between a length value of the first enclosure space and a length value of the third enclosure space is less than or equal to a second difference threshold.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2025Publication date: August 21, 2025Inventors: Heping LING, Zhen ZHAI, Lei HU, Yuchao XIONG
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Publication number: 20250249754Abstract: An energy conversion device comprises: an electric motor, an electronic control, a traction battery and a controller. The controller is configured to control all bridge arms corresponding to windings of the electric motor, so that the collaboration of driving and battery self-heating is achieved, and the crest and trough of an actual N line current flowing through an N line of the electric motor to counteract or are superposed with the crest and trough of an actual phase current flowing through each phase of winding of the electric motor, thus reducing or increasing the amplitudes of the actual phase current of each phase of winding at the crest and trough, and thereby providing a greater phase current for the electric motor so as to drive the electric motor. Thus, the torque output by the electric motor is greater.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2025Publication date: August 7, 2025Inventors: Yubo LIAN, Heping LING, Hua PAN, Jicheng LI, Yuxin ZHANG