Patents by Inventor Jian Ruan
Jian Ruan 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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Publication number: 20220120820Abstract: The present application provides a battery state estimation method, which relates to the field of battery technology. The battery state estimation method includes: obtaining a first cell state parameter of each of a plurality of cells in a battery; under a condition that there are multiple cell partitions, determining whether the first cell state parameter of each cell belonging to a cell partition is within a first cell state parameter range corresponding to the cell partition; when it is within the first cell state parameter range corresponding to the cell partition, estimating a cell state of each of the cell partitions based on a target cell state parameter corresponding to the cell partition; and estimating a battery state of the battery based on the cell state.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian RUAN, Mingshu DU, Shichao LI, Shenzhi TANG, Yanhua LU
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Patent number: 11269011Abstract: A method includes: estimating a first estimated time required for the battery to be charged from the state of charge estimation initial value to an upper limit of the state of charge estimation section; estimating a second estimated time required for the battery to be changed in temperature from the temperature estimation initial value to an upper limit of the temperature estimation section; determining a new state of charge estimation initial value, a new state of charge estimation section, and a new temperature estimation initial value and a new temperature estimation section based on a smaller estimated time between the first estimated time and the second estimated time, until an upper limit of an state of charge estimation section reaches a target state of charge and a smaller estimated time is a first estimated time; and accumulating every determined smaller estimated times to obtain an estimated remaining charging time.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian Ruan, Shichao Li, Yanhua Lu, Yizhen Hou, Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 11262406Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge (SOC), a battery management system and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring state data of a battery cell in a case where the battery cell meets a preset standing condition; determining, according to the state data of the battery cell, a near-steady-state battery model for characterizing a change in an open circuit voltage (OCV) over time in a near-steady-state and a steady-state time period threshold for characterizing whether a standing time period is sufficient; processing the steady-state time period threshold by using the near-steady-state battery model to obtain an estimated steady-state OCV value; determining a SOC corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value by using a preset correspondence between steady-state OCVs and SOCs; and correcting a current SOC by using the SOC corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Jian Ruan, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 11231467Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, a device, a system, and a storage medium for SOC correction for a battery. The method includes determining a current OCV measurement value of the battery, and determining whether the current OCV measurement value is within a hysteresis voltage interval; determining, when the current OCV measurement value is within the hysteresis voltage interval, a charging SOC value corresponding to the current OCV measurement value in the charging state and a discharging SOC value corresponding to the current OCV measurement value in the discharging state; and determining, based on a SOC confidence interval determined from the charging SOC value and the discharging SOC value, a SOC correction target value to correct a current SOC value of the battery. The embodiments of the present disclosure may implement SOC correction for the battery having a hysteresis characteristic to improve estimation accuracy of the battery SOC.Type: GrantFiled: April 21, 2020Date of Patent: January 25, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Shenzhi Tang, Jian Ruan, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20210325466Abstract: A method includes: estimating a first estimated time required for the battery to be charged from the state of charge estimation initial value to an upper limit of the state of charge estimation section; estimating a second estimated time required for the battery to be changed in temperature from the temperature estimation initial value to an upper limit of the temperature estimation section; determining a new state of charge estimation initial value, a new state of charge estimation section, and a new temperature estimation initial value and a new temperature estimation section based on a smaller estimated time between the first estimated time and the second estimated time, until an upper limit of an state of charge estimation section reaches a target state of charge and a smaller estimated time is a first estimated time; and accumulating every determined smaller estimated times to obtain an estimated remaining charging time.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2019Publication date: October 21, 2021Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian RUAN, Shichao LI, Yanhua LU, Yizhen HOU, Wei ZHANG
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Patent number: 11108247Abstract: The present application discloses a method, apparatus, device and medium for equalization control of battery packs. The method may include: acquiring a voltage of each of a plurality of cells of the battery pack; on the condition that one or more voltages of the voltages of the plurality of cells are within a preset voltage interval, selecting a target State of Charge (SOC)-Open Circuit Voltage (OCV) curve from a charging SOC-OCV curve and a discharging SOC-OCV curve stored for the battery pack based on the voltages within the preset voltage interval; acquiring a target SOC of each cell based on the target SOC-OCV curve and the voltage of each cell; calculating, for each cell, a SOC difference between the target SOC of the cell and a reference SOC; calculating an equalizing time for each cell based on the SOC difference of each cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 30, 2020Date of Patent: August 31, 2021Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Shichao Li, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Jian Ruan, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 11047918Abstract: A method for correcting a SOH, an apparatus, a battery management system and a storage medium are provided. The method includes obtaining a relationship curve between a ratio of an accumulated charge/discharge capacity variation and a corresponding voltage-parameter variation of a battery cell and a voltage parameter itself; determining a valid peak point on the relationship curve; determining a SOH calibration value corresponding to voltage parameter datum at the valid peak point; correcting a current SOH according to the SOH calibration value. The estimation accuracy of the SOH can be improved according to this method.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Jian Ruan, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20210148981Abstract: This disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for determining available energy of a battery, a battery management system, and a storage medium, and relates to the field of battery technologies. The method includes: obtaining a DOD interval corresponding to a current SOC interval of the battery, and a cycle quantity and a cycle temperature that correspond to the DOD interval; obtaining recoverable energy information of the battery based on the DOD interval, the cycle quantity, and the cycle temperature; and determining current remaining available energy of the battery based on the recoverable energy information. For a battery with a recoverable attenuation capacity, the method, the apparatus, the battery management system, and the storage medium in this disclosure could help improve accuracy in estimating remaining available energy of the battery, thereby improving battery reliability, prolonging a service life of the battery, and enhancing user experience.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2020Publication date: May 20, 2021Inventors: Jian RUAN, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Shichao Li, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20210146794Abstract: The present application discloses a charging method, an apparatus, a device, a medium, a battery management system and a charging pile. The method includes: acquiring a charging demand parameter set by a user; calculating, according to the charging demand parameter and acquired actual operation state information of a battery, a target charging scheme for charging the battery; transmitting, according to the target charging scheme, a first charging request to a charging device, so that the charging device charges the battery according to the first charging request. According to the charging method, the apparatus, the device, medium, the battery management system and the charging pile provided in the embodiments of the present application, personalized smart charging can be achieved for different users.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 29, 2019Publication date: May 20, 2021Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian RUAN, Shichao LI, Yanhua LU, Yizhen HOU, Wei ZHANG
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Publication number: 20210116513Abstract: This application discloses a method for correcting a SOH, an apparatus, a battery management system and a storage medium, where the method includes: obtaining a relationship curve between a ratio of an accumulated charge/discharge capacity variation and a corresponding voltage-parameter variation of a battery cell and a voltage parameter itself; determining a valid peak point on the relationship curve; determining a SOH calibration value corresponding to voltage parameter datum at the valid peak point; correcting a current SOH according to the SOH calibration value. The estimation accuracy of the SOH can be improved according to this application.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Inventors: Mingshu DU, Shichao LI, Jian RUAN, Shenzhi TANG, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Publication number: 20210119275Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the field of circuit technology, and disclose a method for correcting a SOC of a battery pack, a battery management system, and a vehicle. The method for correcting an SOC of a battery includes: determining, when a charging process of the battery pack starts, whether an initial SOC value of the battery pack is less than or equal to a preset electricity quantity threshold; when the initial SOC value of the battery pack is less than or equal to the preset electricity quantity threshold, recording state information of the battery pack during the charging process, and generating a differential capacity curve of the battery pack according to the state information; correcting a current SOC value of the battery pack according to the differential capacity curve and a voltage-SOC reference curve of a non-decay zone of the battery pack.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2020Publication date: April 22, 2021Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu DU, Shichao Li, Jian Ruan, Yizhen Hou, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20210083484Abstract: The present application discloses a method, apparatus, device and medium for equalization control of battery packs. The method may include: acquiring a voltage of each of a plurality of cells of the battery pack; on the condition that one or more voltages of the voltages of the plurality of cells are within a preset voltage interval, selecting a target State of Charge (SOC)-Open Circuit Voltage (OCV) curve from a charging SOC-OCV curve and a discharging SOC-OCV curve stored for the battery pack based on the voltages within the preset voltage interval; acquiring a target SOC of each cell based on the target SOC-OCV curve and the voltage of each cell; calculating, for each cell, a SOC difference between the target SOC of the cell and a reference SOC; calculating an equalizing time for each cell based on the SOC difference of each cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2020Publication date: March 18, 2021Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Shichao LI, Mingshu DU, Shenzhi TANG, Jian RUAN, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Publication number: 20210041503Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge (SOC) is provided. The method includes: acquiring state data of a battery cell in a case where the battery cell meets a preset standing condition, wherein the state data includes: current and voltage data, the preset standing condition is that the current in the state data is less than a preset current threshold, wherein a length of the voltage data in the state data is greater than a preset length; calculating an estimated steady-state Open Circuit Voltage (OCV) value according to the state data, under a condition that a change value of the voltage data in the state data is greater than a preset change threshold; determining a SOC correction value corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value; and correcting a current SOC by using the SOC correction value corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 22, 2020Publication date: February 11, 2021Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian Ruan, Shichao Li, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20200400750Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method, a device, a system, and a storage medium for SOC correction for a battery. The method includes determining a current OCV measurement value of the battery, and determining whether the current OCV measurement value is within a hysteresis voltage interval; determining, when the current OCV measurement value is within the hysteresis voltage interval, a charging SOC value corresponding to the current OCV measurement value in the charging state and a discharging SOC value corresponding to the current OCV measurement value in the discharging state; and determining, based on a SOC confidence interval determined from the charging SOC value and the discharging SOC value, a SOC correction target value to correct a current SOC value of the battery. The embodiments of the present disclosure may implement SOC correction for the battery having a hysteresis characteristic to improve estimation accuracy of the battery SOC.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 21, 2020Publication date: December 24, 2020Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu DU, Shichao LI, Shenzhi TANG, Jian RUAN, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Patent number: 10871521Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge (SOC) is provided. The method includes: acquiring state data of a battery cell in a case where the battery cell meets a preset standing condition; determining, when a length of voltage data in the state data is greater than a first preset length and less than a second preset length, and a change value of the voltage data in the state data is greater than a preset change threshold, a first set of pending parameters of a predetermined near-steady-state battery model according to the state data; predicting, according to the first set of pending parameters, a second set of pending parameters of the predetermined near-steady-state battery model; calculating an estimated steady-state OCV value according to the second set of pending parameters; and determining a SOC correction value corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value to correct current SOC.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: December 22, 2020Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian Ruan, Shichao Li, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20200371162Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge (SOC) is provided. The method includes: acquiring state data of a battery cell in a case where the battery cell meets a preset standing condition; determining, when a length of voltage data in the state data is greater than a first preset length and less than a second preset length, and a change value of the voltage data in the state data is greater than a preset change threshold, a first set of pending parameters of a predetermined near-steady-state battery model according to the state data; predicting, according to the first set of pending parameters, a second set of pending parameters of the predetermined near-steady-state battery model; calculating an estimated steady-state OCV value according to the second set of pending parameters; and determining a SOC correction value corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value to correct current SOC.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian RUAN, Shichao LI, Mingshu DU, Shenzhi TANG, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Publication number: 20200371163Abstract: A method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge (SOC), a battery management system and a storage medium are provided. The method includes: acquiring state data of a battery cell in a case where the battery cell meets a preset standing condition; determining, according to the state data of the battery cell, a near-steady-state battery model for characterizing a change in an open circuit voltage (OCV) over time in a near-steady-state and a steady-state time period threshold for characterizing whether a standing time period is sufficient; processing the steady-state time period threshold by using the near-steady-state battery model to obtain an estimated steady-state OCV value; determining a SOC corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value by using a preset correspondence between steady-state OCVs and SOCs; and correcting a current SOC by using the SOC corresponding to the estimated steady-state OCV value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: November 26, 2020Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Jian Ruan, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20200341067Abstract: A method and device for determining an available capacity of a battery, a battery management system, and a storage medium, relating to the field of battery technologies. The method includes: obtaining the at least one DOD interval corresponding to the SOC interval of the operation of the battery, and the number of cycles and the cycle temperature corresponding to the at least one DOD interval; obtaining a recoverable amount of capacity fade of the battery according to the at least one DOD interval, the number of cycles and the cycle temperature, and determining an actual available capacity of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 23, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Jian RUAN, Mingshu DU, Shenzhi TANG, Shichao LI, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Publication number: 20200341073Abstract: A method, a device and a system for recovering recoverable faded capacity of a battery. The method includes determining the recoverable faded capacity of the battery, determining a corresponding lower limit of a battery parameter according to the recoverable faded capacity of the battery, and instructing a discharging device to discharge the battery to the corresponding lower limit of the battery parameter.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: October 29, 2020Inventors: Shenzhi TANG, Mingshu DU, Shichao LI, Jian RUAN
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Patent number: 9970464Abstract: A pre-tensioning-pre-twisting full-bridge 2D electro-hydraulic proportional directional valve can include a 2D valve, linear electro-mechanical converters at two ends of the 2D valve, and a compression-torsion coupling between the linear electro-mechanical converters. The 2D valve can include a valve core and a valve body, wherein the valve core is rotatably and axially slidably disposed inside an inner hole that is set along the axis line of the valve body. Each end shoulder of the valve core is provided with a pair of high pressure holes and low pressure holes, which are respectively communicated with a P opening and a T opening through an inner hole of the valve core.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Jian Ruan, Wei Li, Bin Meng, Qiang Zuo, Ying Chen