Patents by Inventor Jiechao Luo

Jiechao 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: 11637440
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery management system, and a method and apparatus for transmitting information. The method includes: determining, from a plurality of slave nodes, a fault slave node that communicates abnormally with a master node in the battery management system; selecting a target slave node from the plurality of slave nodes, wherein the target slave node is a slave node that communicates normally with both the master node and the fault slave node; transmitting frequency conversion information to the target slave node, so that the target slave node forwards the frequency conversion information to the fault slave node, and the fault slave node performs a frequency conversion based on the frequency conversion information; and transmitting information with the fault slave node using a frequency after the frequency conversion. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the reliability of wireless communication in the battery management system can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Wenbin Lu, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu, Jiechao Luo, Teng Yu
  • Patent number: 11329866
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery management system and a communication method. The method includes: determining, by a main BMU, from a plurality of managed units a fault unit that communicates abnormally with the main BMU, and transmitting, by the main BMU, to a backup BMU a fault frequency at which the fault unit communicates abnormally with the main BMU; selecting, by the backup BMU, from the managed units a managed unit that communicates normally with the backup BMU and the fault unit as a target unit; transmitting, by the backup BMU, frequency-conversion information to the fault unit through the target unit based on the fault frequency; converting, by the fault unit, its frequency to a frequency; transmitting the frequency to the main BMU if the backup BMU communicates normally with the fault unit using the frequency; and communicating, by the main BMU, with the fault unit using the frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Wenbin Lu, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu, Jiechao Luo, Teng Yu
  • Patent number: 11251630
    Abstract: The battery management system comprises: a battery management unit, configured to receive status information of a battery module and status information of a battery pack, and transmit a control instruction to cell measurement circuits; the cell measurement circuits, configured to collect the status information of the battery module, transmit the status information of the battery module to the battery management unit, receive and execute the control instruction transmitted from the battery management unit; sensing units, configured to collect the status information of the battery pack, and transmit the status information of the battery pack to the battery management unit; wherein a wireless communication unit is disposed in the battery management unit, and a wireless communication unit is disposed in at least a portion of the cell measurement circuits and/or at least a portion of the sensing units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu, Jiechao Luo, Wenbin Lu, Teng Yu
  • Publication number: 20210408817
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery management system, and a method and apparatus for transmitting information. The method includes: determining, from a plurality of slave nodes, a fault slave node that communicates abnormally with a master node in the battery management system; selecting a target slave node from the plurality of slave nodes, wherein the target slave node is a slave node that communicates normally with both the master node and the fault slave node; transmitting frequency conversion information to the target slave node, so that the target slave node forwards the frequency conversion information to the fault slave node, and the fault slave node performs a frequency conversion based on the frequency conversion information; and transmitting information with the fault slave node using a frequency after the frequency conversion. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the reliability of wireless communication in the battery management system can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin DAN, Wenbin LU, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Jia XU, Jiechao LUO, Teng YU
  • Patent number: 11146090
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for transmitting information in a battery management system. The method includes: determining, from a plurality of slave nodes, a fault slave node that communicates abnormally with a master node in the battery management system; selecting a target slave node from the plurality of slave nodes, wherein the target slave node is a slave node that communicates normally with both the master node and the fault slave node; transmitting frequency conversion information to the target slave node, so that the target slave node forwards the frequency conversion information to the fault slave node, and the fault slave node performs a frequency conversion based on the frequency conversion information; and transmitting information with the fault slave node using a frequency after the frequency conversion. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the reliability of wireless communication in the battery management system can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Wenbin Lu, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu, Jiechao Luo, Teng Yu
  • Patent number: 11102651
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for data transmission, comprising: authenticating, by a target node in a battery management system, a source node in response to a request for data transmission from the source node; selecting, by the target node, any two prime numbers from a pre-stored set of prime numbers if the authentication is passed, generating a public key and a private key according to the two prime numbers, and transmitting the public key to the source node; performing, by the source node, a first encryption byte-by-byte for source data to be transmitted using the public key, performing a second encryption for the first encrypted data using a first encryption algorithm stored by the source node itself, and transmitting the second encrypted data to the target node.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wenbin Lu, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou, Wei Zhang, Jia Xu, Jiechao Luo, Teng Yu
  • Publication number: 20210144052
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery management system and a communication method. The method includes: determining, by a main BMU, from a plurality of managed units a fault unit that communicates abnormally with the main BMU, and transmitting, by the main BMU, to a backup BMU a fault frequency at which the fault unit communicates abnormally with the main BMU; selecting, by the backup BMU, from the managed units a managed unit that communicates normally with the backup BMU and the fault unit as a target unit; transmitting, by the backup BMU, frequency-conversion information to the fault unit through the target unit based on the fault frequency; converting, by the fault unit, its frequency to a frequency; transmitting the frequency to the main BMU if the backup BMU communicates normally with the fault unit using the frequency; and communicating, by the main BMU, with the fault unit using the frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Applicant: Contemporay Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin DAN, Wenbin LU, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Jia XU, Jiechao LUO, Teng YU
  • Patent number: 10992327
    Abstract: A system comprises an antenna, a port converting device, an information transmission device, a shield case, and a reference voltage end; wherein the antenna, the port converting device, and the information transmission device are connected sequentially, and the information transmission device is disposed within the shield case, and both the shield case and the port converting device is connected with the reference voltage end; the antenna is configured for a conversion between a radio frequency signal and a single-ended signal; the port converting device is configured for a conversion between the single-ended signal and target differential mode signals; the information transmission device is configured to transmit and process the target differential mode signals; and parameters of components in the port converting device is determined according to a preset communication frequency and a voltage amplitude and phase of a differential mode signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen Hou, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Jiechao Luo, Wenbin Lu, Jia Xu, Teng Yu
  • Patent number: 10957947
    Abstract: The present invention provides a high-voltage detection circuit, detector, battery device and vehicle, the high-voltage detection circuit includes: a controller including a first signal input port, a second signal input port, and a signal output port; a current detection sub-circuit for sampling a current signal of internal side of a main negative switch and for transmitting the current signal to the first signal input port; a switch detection sub-circuit, a first end of the switch detection sub-circuit being configured to sample a first electric signal of external side of a to-be-detected switch, and a second end of the switch detection sub-circuit being configured to transmit the first electric signal to the second signal input port; and a switch driving sub-circuit, configured for sampling a switch control signal via the signal output port and generating a switch driving signal according to the switch control signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou, Zhanyu Sun, Jiechao Luo, Jia Xu
  • Patent number: 10938628
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery management system and a communication method. The method includes: determining, by a main BMU, from a plurality of managed units a fault unit that communicates abnormally with the main BMU, and transmitting, by the main BMU, to a backup BMU a fault frequency at which the fault unit communicates abnormally with the main BMU; selecting, by the backup BMU, from the managed units a managed unit that communicates normally with the backup BMU and the fault unit as a target unit; transmitting, by the backup BMU, frequency-conversion information to the fault unit through the target unit based on the fault frequency; converting, by the fault unit, its frequency to a frequency; transmitting the frequency to the main BMU if the backup BMU communicates normally with the fault unit using the frequency; and communicating, by the main BMU, with the fault unit using the frequency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Wenbin Lu, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu, Jiechao Luo, Teng Yu
  • Patent number: 10928459
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery detection circuit and a battery management system. The battery detection circuit includes a positive relay, a negative relay, a first positive sampling unit, a first negative sampling unit, a second positive sampling unit, a second negative sampling unit, and a reference voltage terminal, wherein: all of the first positive sampling unit, the first negative sampling unit, the second positive sampling unit, the second negative sampling unit and a power battery pack to be detected are connected to the reference voltage terminal. With the battery detection circuit and the battery management system of the present disclosure, both the cost of the battery detection circuit and the complexity of the structure of the battery detection circuit can be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhanyu Sun, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou, Jiechao Luo, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10884061
    Abstract: A relay diagnosis circuit, diagnosis method, and battery management system are disclosed in the present disclosure. The relay diagnosis circuit may include a first sampling unit, a second sampling unit, a first sampling point, a second sampling point, a reference voltage terminal, and a processor. A first end of the first sampling unit is connected with voltage output end of the power battery pack to be measured and a first end of a relay. A second end of the first sampling unit is connected with the reference voltage terminal and the first sampling point. A first end of the second sampling unit is connected with a second end of the relay. A second end of the second sampling unit is connected with the reference voltage terminal and the second sampling point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jiechao Luo, Wei Zhang, Zhanyu Sun, Yizhen Hou, Zhimin Dan
  • Publication number: 20200350935
    Abstract: A system comprises an antenna, a port converting device, an information transmission device, a shield case, and a reference voltage end; wherein the antenna, the port converting device, and the information transmission device are connected sequentially, and the information transmission device is disposed within the shield case, and both the shield case and the port converting device is connected with the reference voltage end; the antenna is configured for a conversion between a radio frequency signal and a single-ended signal; the port converting device is configured for a conversion between the single-ended signal and target differential mode signals; the information transmission device is configured to transmit and process the target differential mode signals; and parameters of components in the port converting device is determined according to a preset communication frequency and a voltage amplitude and phase of a differential mode signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen HOU, Zhimin DAN, Wei ZHANG, Jiechao LUO, Wenbin LU, Jia XU, Teng YU
  • Patent number: 10775441
    Abstract: An insulation detection circuit, detection method, and battery management system are disclosed in the present disclosure. The insulation detection circuit includes a positive sampling unit, a negative sampling unit, a positive sampling point, a negative sampling point, a reference voltage terminal, and a processor. A first end of the positive sampling unit is connected with positive electrode of the power battery pack to be measured. A second end of the positive sampling unit is connected with the reference voltage terminal and the positive sampling point. A first end of the negative sampling unit is connected with negative electrode of the power battery pack to be measured. A second end of the negative sampling unit is connected with the reference voltage terminal and the negative sampling point. The processor is connected with the positive sampling point and the negative sampling point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Zhanyu Sun, Yizhen Hou, Jiechao Luo, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10761118
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery high voltage sampling circuit and a battery management system. The battery high voltage sampling circuit includes a positive relay, a negative relay, a first positive sampling unit, a first negative sampling unit and a reference voltage terminal, wherein: a first terminal of the positive relay is connected to a positive electrode of a power battery pack to be detected, a first terminal of the negative relay is connected to a negative electrode of the power battery pack to be detected, and both of the first positive sampling unit and the first negative sampling unit are connected to the reference voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen Hou, Zhanyu Sun, Zhimin Dan, Jiechao Luo, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10756770
    Abstract: A system comprises an antenna, a port converting device, an information transmission device, a shield case, and a reference voltage end; wherein the antenna, the port converting device, and the information transmission device are connected sequentially, and the information transmission device is disposed within the shield case, and both the shield case and the port converting device is connected with the reference voltage end; the antenna is configured for a conversion between a radio frequency signal and a single-ended signal; the port converting device is configured for a conversion between the single-ended signal and target differential mode signals; the information transmission device is configured to transmit and process the target differential mode signals; and parameters of components in the port converting device is determined according to a preset communication frequency and a voltage amplitude and phase of a differential mode signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen Hou, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Jiechao Luo, Wenbin Lu, Jia Xu, Teng Yu
  • Patent number: 10718797
    Abstract: A current detecting apparatus and a battery management system are provided. In the current detecting apparatus, a positive electrode of a power battery pack is connected to a first terminal of a primary positive circuit, a negative electrode of the power battery pack is connected to a first terminal of a primary negative circuit, and a current sensor is connected in series between the negative electrode of the power battery pack and the first terminal of the primary negative circuit; the current sensor is configured for obtaining and outputting a voltage signal of the power battery pack; a microcontroller unit is configured for implementing current conversion on the voltage signal, transmitting a detected current value, which is obtained by the current conversion, of the power battery pack and receiving a control command for controlling the primary positive and negative circuits to turn on or turn off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Zhimin Dan, Jiechao Luo, Yizhen Hou
  • Publication number: 20200083730
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery management system, and a method and apparatus for transmitting information. The method includes: determining, from a plurality of slave nodes, a fault slave node that communicates abnormally with a master node in the battery management system; selecting a target slave node from the plurality of slave nodes, wherein the target slave node is a slave node that communicates normally with both the master node and the fault slave node; transmitting frequency conversion information to the target slave node, so that the target slave node forwards the frequency conversion information to the fault slave node, and the fault slave node performs a frequency conversion based on the frequency conversion information; and transmitting information with the fault slave node using a frequency after the frequency conversion. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the reliability of wireless communication in the battery management system can be improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin DAN, Wenbin LU, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Jia XU, Jiechao LUO, Teng YU
  • Publication number: 20200083917
    Abstract: A system comprises an antenna, a port converting device, an information transmission device, a shield case, and a reference voltage end; wherein the antenna, the port converting device, and the information transmission device are connected sequentially, and the information transmission device is disposed within the shield case, and both the shield case and the port converting device is connected with the reference voltage end; the antenna is configured for a conversion between a radio frequency signal and a single-ended signal; the port converting device is configured for a conversion between the single-ended signal and target differential mode signals; the information transmission device is configured to transmit and process the target differential mode signals; and parameters of components in the port converting device is determined according to a preset communication frequency and a voltage amplitude and phase of a differential mode signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen HOU, Zhimin DAN, Wei ZHANG, Jiechao LUO, Wenbin LU, Jia XU, Teng YU
  • Publication number: 20200084090
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery management system and a communication method. The method includes: determining, by a main BMU, from a plurality of managed units a fault unit that communicates abnormally with the main BMU, and transmitting, by the main BMU, to a backup BMU a fault frequency at which the fault unit communicates abnormally with the main BMU; selecting, by the backup BMU, from the managed units a managed unit that communicates normally with the backup BMU and the fault unit as a target unit; transmitting, by the backup BMU, frequency-conversion information to the fault unit through the target unit based on the fault frequency; converting, by the fault unit, its frequency to a frequency; transmitting the frequency to the main BMU if the backup BMU communicates normally with the fault unit using the frequency; and communicating, by the main BMU, with the fault unit using the frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin DAN, Wenbin LU, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Jia XU, Jiechao LUO, Teng YU