Patents by Inventor Longzhen LIN

Longzhen LIN 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: 12549010
    Abstract: This application provides an energy storage system control method, a control apparatus, and an energy storage system. The energy storage system is coupled to an energy generation system and includes a plurality of energy storage units. The energy storage system control method includes: controlling, in a first stage, the energy generation system to charge a first energy storage unit in the plurality of energy storage units, where the first stage is a charging stage in a charging cycle of the first energy storage unit; and controlling, in a second stage, the first energy storage unit to discharge electricity to a second energy storage unit in the plurality of energy storage units, where the second stage is a discharging stage in the charging cycle of the first energy storage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2026
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Longzhen Lin, Yu Yan, Diping Liu, Shaoyan Chen
  • Publication number: 20250286509
    Abstract: The present application provides a photovoltaic array test method and system, the method being applied to a photovoltaic array test system. The photovoltaic array test method comprises: obtaining the quantity of photovoltaic branches connected in a photovoltaic array; determining a reference electrical parameter according to the quantity of the photovoltaic branches and electrical parameters of the photovoltaic branches; if the photovoltaic array is electrically connected to the photovoltaic array test system, monitoring a test electrical parameter of the photovoltaic array; and determining a test result of the photovoltaic array according to the test electrical parameter and the reference electrical parameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2025
    Publication date: September 11, 2025
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Diping LIU, Longzhen LIN, Yu YAN
  • Publication number: 20250216474
    Abstract: This application discloses a state of health (SOH) detection method and apparatus, and an energy storage system. A main controller in the method can adjust an output power of a power generation module based on an allowable charge or discharge power of a battery pack, so as to cause the output power of the power generation module to charge or discharge the battery pack while satisfying a required system power. This enables the battery pack to complete a full charging or discharging process, so as to obtain a currently available capacity of the battery pack accurately and implement precise calculation of the SOH.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Longzhen LIN, Diping LIU, Shaoyan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250167556
    Abstract: This application provides an energy storage system control method, a control apparatus, and an energy storage system. The energy storage system is coupled to an energy generation system and includes a plurality of energy storage units. The energy storage system control method includes: controlling, in a first stage, the energy generation system to charge a first energy storage unit in the plurality of energy storage units, where the first stage is a charging stage in a charging cycle of the first energy storage unit; and controlling, in a second stage, the first energy storage unit to discharge electricity to a second energy storage unit in the plurality of energy storage units, where the second stage is a discharging stage in the charging cycle of the first energy storage unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Longzhen LIN, Yu YAN, Diping LIU, Shaoyan CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250105393
    Abstract: A regulation circuit may include: a battery side, configured to be connected to the battery; a bus side, configured to be connected to an external power supply; a power module, configured to regulate a voltage and connected between the battery side and the bus side; and a control switch group. The control switch group includes: a first control switch, connected between the bus side and the power module; a second control switch, connected between the first control switch and the battery side; and a third control switch, connected between the power module and the battery side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Diping LIU, Yu YAN, Feilong CAI, Longzhen LIN
  • Publication number: 20250083567
    Abstract: A control method or device for performing the method is described. A first battery in the battery heating system needs to be heated. The first battery is controlled to conduct charging and discharging to heat the first battery, where the first battery is discharged to a second battery in the battery heating system so that the first battery is heated by heat generated during the process of discharging the first battery to the second battery and charging the first battery, thereby saving energy for battery heating and reducing the battery heating cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Longzhen LIN, Xiao WANG, Diping LIU, Zhanliang LI
  • Patent number: 12126247
    Abstract: A control method for a bi-directional DC/DC converter. A source terminal transmits electric energy to a destination terminal sequentially through a first rectifier module and a second rectifier module of the converter. The method includes obtaining a first voltage value output by the first rectifier module in a current control cycle, obtaining a second voltage value output by the second rectifier module in the current control cycle, calculating a theoretical voltage control quantity of the bi-directional DC/DC converter in the current control cycle based on a preset reference voltage value and the second voltage value, and setting an actual output voltage of the bi-directional DC/DC converter in a next control cycle based on the theoretical voltage control quantity and the first voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Longzhen Lin, Yu Yan, Jinfeng Gao, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11926242
    Abstract: The application provides a method, a charging-discharging device, a cloud server, a system and a medium for charging-discharging interaction, which belong to the fields of electric power technologies. The method for charging-discharging interaction includes: the charging-discharging device transmits a vehicle-to-grid V2G function confirmation message to a battery management system of a target vehicle; when no V2G function feedback message fed back by the battery management system is received within a preset period of time after transmitting the V2G function confirmation message, the charging-discharging device transmits a first indication message to a cloud server to indicate that the target vehicle is V2G-disabled; in response to a non-V2G charging instruction received from the cloud server, the charging-discharging device performs a non-V2G charging for the target vehicle. The availability of the charging-discharging device can be improved according to embodiments of the present application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Longzhen Lin, Yu Yan, Xiao Wang
  • Publication number: 20230302943
    Abstract: An electric energy dispatch method, an apparatus, a system, a device, and a medium. The method may include: receiving charging and discharging completion information sent by a battery management system (BMS) during a dispatch process for an electric energy dispatch of a grid dispatch platform that is performed between a grid and a battery of a vehicle by means of a charging and discharging apparatus; determining whether a dispatch mode of the dispatch process is a target dispatch mode according to the charging and discharging completion information; and allowing the BMS to accept the electric energy dispatch of the grid dispatch platform when the dispatch mode is the target dispatch mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Longzhen LIN, Xiao WANG, Yu YAN
  • Publication number: 20230029931
    Abstract: The application provides a method, a charging-discharging device, a cloud server, a system and a medium for charging-discharging interaction, which belong to the fields of electric power technologies. The method for charging-discharging interaction includes: the charging-discharging device transmits a vehicle-to-grid V2G function confirmation message to a battery management system of a target vehicle; when no V2G function feedback message fed back by the battery management system is received within a preset period of time after transmitting the V2G function confirmation message, the charging-discharging device transmits a first indication message to a cloud server to indicate that the target vehicle is V2G-disabled; in response to a non-V2G charging instruction received from the cloud server, the charging-discharging device performs a non-V2G charging for the target vehicle. The availability of the charging-discharging device can be improved according to embodiments of the present application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Longzhen Lin, Yu Yan, Xiao Wang
  • Publication number: 20230034292
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a charging and discharging apparatus, a method for charging a battery and a charging and discharging system, which are capable of ensuring security performance of a battery. The charging and discharging apparatus includes a bidirectional AC/DC converter, a first DC/DC converter, a second DC/DC converter and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: receive a first charging request transmitted by the BMS and control an AC power source and/or an energy storage unit to charge the battery; receive a first discharging request transmitted by the BMS and discharging a power of the battery according to the first discharging request; and receive a second charging request transmitted by the BMS and control the AC power source and/or the energy storage unit to charge the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiyang ZUO, Yu YAN, Bao LI, Xiao WANG, Zhanliang LI, Longzhen LIN
  • Publication number: 20220385165
    Abstract: A control method for a bi-directional DC/DC converter. A source terminal transmits electric energy to a destination terminal sequentially through a first rectifier module and a second rectifier module of the converter. The method includes obtaining a first voltage value output by the first rectifier module in a current control cycle, obtaining a second voltage value output by the second rectifier module in the current control cycle, calculating a theoretical voltage control quantity of the bi-directional DC/DC converter in the current control cycle based on a preset reference voltage value and the second voltage value, and setting an actual output voltage of the bi-directional DC/DC converter in a next control cycle based on the theoretical voltage control quantity and the first voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Longzhen LIN, Yu YAN, Jinfeng GAO, Wei ZHANG