Patents by Inventor Hongbin Luo

Hongbin Luo 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: 11865933
    Abstract: An energy conversion device is provided, including a motor coil (11), a bridge arm converter (12), and a bidirectional bridge arm (13). The bridge arm converter (12) is connected to the motor coil (11) and the bidirectional bridge arm (13). The motor coil (11), the bridge arm converter (12), and the bidirectional bridge arm (13) are all connected to an external charging port (10). Both the bridge arm converter (12) and the bidirectional bridge arm (13) are connected to an external battery 200. The motor coil (11), the bridge arm converter (12), and the external charging port (10) form a DC charging circuit for charging the external battery 200. The motor coil (11), the bridge arm converter (12), the bidirectional bridge arm (13), and the external charging port (10) form an AC charging circuit for charging the external battery (200). The motor coil (11), the bridge arm converter (12), and the external battery (200) form a motor drive circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jingcui Teng, Yu Liu, Shulin Liang, Chao Wang, Hongbin Luo
  • Publication number: 20230356626
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery equalization system, a vehicle, a battery equalization method, and a storage medium. The battery equalization system includes: a collection circuit; an equalization circuit; a controller, connected to the collection circuit and the equalization circuit; and a power supply branch circuit, controlled by the controller to get connected to a power supply unit and the battery equalization system when a vehicle is in an OFF gear and a cell needs enabling of equalization, so that the power supply unit supplies power to the battery equalization system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongbin LUO, Chao WANG, Xiaofeng SHEN, Qiuyong ZENG
  • Patent number: 11571981
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery equalization system, a vehicle, a battery equalization method, and a storage medium. The battery equalization system includes: a collection circuit; an equalization circuit; a controller; a charging branch circuit, connected to a charging device and a battery pack; and a first power supply branch circuit, connected to the charging device and the battery equalization system, and configured to supply power to the battery equalization system. When a state-of-charge of the battery pack is full and a cell in the battery pack needs enabling of equalization, the controller controls the charging branch circuit to disconnect, and controls the first power supply branch circuit to keep connected, so that an equalization module performs equalization processing on the cell that needs enabling of equalization.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongbin Luo, Chao Wang, Xiaofeng Shen, Chengzhi Wang, Qiuyong Zeng
  • Patent number: 11509191
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electric assembly and a vehicle having the same. The electric assembly includes: a box assembly; a motor, disposed in the box assembly; a transmission, disposed in the box assembly, where the transmission is power-coupled to the motor; and a controller, disposed outside the box assembly, and fixedly connected to the box assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongbin Luo, Yi Ren, Guangquan Chen, Daqi Chen, Shuanghong Jing, Chunlei Liu
  • Publication number: 20220355686
    Abstract: An energy conversion device is provided, including a motor coil (11), a bridge arm converter (12), and a bidirectional bridge arm (13). The bridge arm converter (12) is connected to the motor coil (11) and the bidirectional bridge arm (13). The motor coil (11), the bridge arm converter (12), and the bidirectional bridge arm (13) are all connected to an external charging port (10). Both the bridge arm converter (12) and the bidirectional bridge arm (13) are connected to an external battery 200. The motor coil (11), the bridge arm converter (12), and the external charging port (10) form a DC charging circuit for charging the external battery 200. The motor coil (11), the bridge arm converter (12), the bidirectional bridge arm (13), and the external charging port (10) form an AC charging circuit for charging the external battery (200). The motor coil (11), the bridge arm converter (12), and the external battery (200) form a motor drive circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Jingcui TENG, Yu LIU, Shulin LIANG, Chao WANG, Hongbin LUO
  • Publication number: 20220289051
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to the technical field of vehicles, and provides a cable assembly and a vehicle charging system. The cable assembly includes: a power supply plug, adapted to a discharging outlet of a discharging vehicle; a charging plug, adapted to a charging outlet of a to-be-charged vehicle; and a cable, connected between the power supply plug and the charging plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Bingjian HUANG, Hao LV, Hongbin LUO, Guangming YANG, Xinxin ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11396927
    Abstract: A speed reducer, a power system, a straddle-type rail train, and a rail transport system are disclosed. The speed reducer includes: a box body; a speed-reducing mechanism, disposed in the box body; and a support shaft, a first end of the support shaft being supported on the box body, and a second end of the support shaft being connected to a high-speed end of the speed-reducing mechanism. The speed reducer according to the present disclosure achieves a more stable connection between a drive shaft and a speed-reducing mechanism and a more stable power transmission.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Jintao Zhang, Lin Ren, Daolin Li, Xin Zhang, Jianjian Yuan, Cailin Fu, Hongbin Luo
  • Patent number: 11292360
    Abstract: A battery equalization method includes: obtaining a voltage value of a to-be-equalized cell in a battery pack; obtaining a reference voltage value required for equalization; determining a target equalization duration of the to-be-equalized cell according to a voltage value of the to-be-equalized cell, the reference voltage value, and a preset equalization duty cycle, where the equalization duty cycle is a ratio of an equalization period in a unit cycle to the unit cycle, and the unit cycle includes the equalization period and a sampling period; and controlling equalization of the to-be-equalized cell in the equalization period in the unit cycle according to the target equalization duration. According to this method, sampling is separated from equalization in a unit cycle, thereby ensuring accuracy of collected battery information, making the calculated equalization duration relatively accurate, and improving equalization effects of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongbin Luo, Chao Wang, Xiaofeng Shen, Qiuyong Zeng, Yuanhong Liu, Xiang Zhang
  • Publication number: 20210285519
    Abstract: A speed reducer, a power system, a straddle-type rail train, and a rail transport system are disclosed. The speed reducer includes: a box body; a speed-reducing mechanism, disposed in the box body; and a support shaft, a first end of the support shaft being supported on the box body, and a second end of the support shaft being connected to a high-speed end of the speed-reducing mechanism. The speed reducer according to the present disclosure achieves a more stable connection between a drive shaft and a speed-reducing mechanism and a more stable power transmission.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2017
    Publication date: September 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jintao ZHANG, Lin REN, Daolin LI, Xin ZHANG, Jianjian YUAN, Cailin FU, Hongbin LUO
  • Publication number: 20200403482
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electric assembly and a vehicle having the same. The electric assembly includes: a box assembly; a motor, disposed in the box assembly; a transmission, disposed in the box assembly, where the transmission is power-coupled to the motor; and a controller, disposed outside the box assembly, and fixedly connected to the box assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 24, 2020
    Inventors: Hongbin LUO, Yi REN, Guangquan CHEN, Daqi CHEN, Shuanghong JING, Chunlei LIU
  • Publication number: 20200346558
    Abstract: A battery equalization method includes: obtaining a voltage value of a to-be-equalized cell in a battery pack; obtaining a reference voltage value required for equalization; determining a target equalization duration of the to-be-equalized cell according to a voltage value of the to-be-equalized cell, the reference voltage value, and a preset equalization duty cycle, where the equalization duty cycle is a ratio of an equalization period in a unit cycle to the unit cycle, and the unit cycle includes the equalization period and a sampling period; and controlling equalization of the to-be-equalized cell in the equalization period in the unit cycle according to the target equalization duration. According to this method, sampling is separated from equalization in a unit cycle, thereby ensuring accuracy of collected battery information, making the calculated equalization duration relatively accurate, and improving equalization effects of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongbin LUO, Chao WANG, Xiaofeng SHEN, Qiuyong ZENG, Yuanhong LIU, Xiang ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20200346552
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery equalization system, a vehicle, a battery equalization method, and a storage medium. The battery equalization system includes: a collection circuit; an equalization circuit; a controller; a charging branch circuit, connected to a charging device and a battery pack; and a first power supply branch circuit, connected to the charging device and the battery equalization system, and configured to supply power to the battery equalization system. When a state-of-charge of the battery pack is full and a cell in the battery pack needs enabling of equalization, the controller controls the charging branch circuit to disconnect, and controls the first power supply branch circuit to keep connected, so that an equalization module performs equalization processing on the cell that needs enabling of equalization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongbin LUO, Chao WANG, Xiaofeng SHEN, Chengzhi WANG, Qiuyong ZENG
  • Publication number: 20200254902
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery equalization system, a vehicle, a battery equalization method, and a storage medium. The battery equalization system includes: a collection circuit; an equalization circuit; a controller, connected to the collection circuit and the equalization circuit; and a power supply branch circuit, controlled by the controller to get connected to a power supply unit and the battery equalization system when a vehicle is in an OFF gear and a cell needs enabling of equalization, so that the power supply unit supplies power to the battery equalization system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Hongbin LUO, Chao WANG, Xiaofeng SHEN, Qiuyong ZENG
  • Patent number: 10670123
    Abstract: A power transmission system for a vehicle and a vehicle including the same are provided. The power transmission system includes an engine unit configured to generate power, a transmission unit adapted to selectively be coupled with the engine unit, and configured to transmit the power generated by the engine unit, a first motor generator coupled with the transmission unit, an output unit configured to transmit the power output by the transmission unit to at least one of front and rear wheels of the vehicle, and a second motor generator configured to drive the at least one of the front and rear wheels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dongsheng Yang, Yubo Lian, Jintao Zhang, Hongbin Luo
  • Patent number: 10363806
    Abstract: A power transmission system for a vehicle and a vehicle including the same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Dongsheng Yang, Yubo Lian, Jintao Zhang, Hongbin Luo
  • Patent number: 10343525
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electric vehicle, an active safety control system of an electric vehicle, and a control method of the active safety control system of an electric vehicle. The electric vehicle includes: multiple wheels, multiple motors, a wheel speed detection module, a steering wheel rotation angle sensor, a yaw rate sensor, and a battery pack. The active safety control system includes: an acquisition module, acquiring the wheel speed signal, the direction information, the yaw information, status information of the battery pack, and status information of the multiple motors; a status determining module, determining status of the electric vehicle; and a control module, generating a control instruction and delivering the control instruction to at least one motor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yubo Lian, Hongbin Luo, Jintao Zhang, Dongsheng Yang, Haijun Lv
  • Patent number: 10232839
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a vehicle and a braking feedback control method for the same. The braking feedback control method includes the following steps: detecting a current speed of a vehicle and a depth of a braking pedal of the vehicle; when the current speed of the vehicle is greater than a preset speed, the depth of the braking pedal is greater than 0, and an anti-lock braking system of the vehicle is in a non-working state, controlling the vehicle to enter a braking feedback control mode, where when the vehicle is in the braking feedback control mode, a required braking torque corresponding to the vehicle is obtained according to the depth of the braking pedal, and a braking torque of a first motor generator, a braking torque of a second motor generator, and a braking torque of basic braking performed on the vehicle are distributed according to the required braking torque.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Dongsheng Yang, Yubo Lian, Jintao Zhang, Hongbin Luo
  • Patent number: 10214092
    Abstract: A power transmission system for a vehicle and a vehicle including the same are provided. The power transmission system includes: an engine unit configured to generate a power; an input shaft; an output shaft configured to transfer at least partial of the power from the input shaft; an output unit configured to rotate differentially relative to the output shaft; a synchronizer disposed on the output shaft and configured to selectively engage with the output unit such that the output unit rotates synchronously with the output shaft, and the output unit is configured to output power to drive one or more front and/or rear wheels of the vehicle; a first motor generator configured to directly or indirectly couple with one of the input shaft and the output shaft for power transmission; and a second motor generator configured to drive one or more front or rear wheels of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Dongsheng Yang, Yubo Lian, Jintao Zhang, Hongbin Luo
  • Patent number: 10202114
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses an electric vehicle and an active safety control system and method thereof. The system includes: a wheel speed detection module configured to detect a wheel speed to generate a wheel speed signal; a steering wheel rotation angle sensor and a yaw rate sensor module, configured to detect state information of the electric vehicle; a motor controller; and an active safety controller configured to receive the wheel speed signal and state information, obtain state information of a battery pack and state information of four motors, obtain a first side slip signal or a second side slip signal according to the wheel speed signal, the state information, the battery pack and the four motors, and according to the first side slip signal or the second side slip signal, control four hydraulic brakes of the electric vehicle and control the four motors by using the motor controller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Yubo Lian, Hongbin Luo, Jintao Zhang, Dongsheng Yang
  • Patent number: 10166973
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a shifting control method for a hybrid vehicle. The shifting control method includes: detecting operating parameters of the hybrid vehicle, where the operating parameters of the hybrid vehicle includes vehicle speed, vehicle acceleration as reflected from an accelerator-pedal signal and a current gear of the hybrid vehicle; determining a work mode of the hybrid vehicle; performing speed adjustment and shifting control to the first motor-generator according to a work mode and the operating parameters of the hybrid vehicle to implement shifting control of the hybrid vehicle, where the work mode includes an electric-vehicle mode and a hybrid-electric-vehicle mode. The method considers performing speed adjustment and shifting control under various working conditions. This improves smoothness and comfort of the vehicle and enlarges the use scope. The present disclosure further discloses a power transmission system of a hybrid vehicle and a hybrid vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: BYD Company Limited
    Inventors: Dongsheng Yang, Yubo Lian, Jintao Zhang, Hongbin Luo