Patents by Inventor Lu Hu

Lu Hu 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: 12658514
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application are provided with a box of a battery, a battery, a power consumption device, and a method and device for producing a battery. The box of the battery includes: an electrical chamber; a thermal management component; and a collection chamber, configured to collect emissions from the battery cell provided with the pressure relief mechanism when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated; wherein the thermal management component is configured to isolate the electrical chamber from the collection chamber, a pressure relief region is disposed on the thermal management component, and the emissions collected by the collection chamber is discharged through the pressure relief region. According to the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the safety of the battery can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2026
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Piaopiao Yang, Xiaobo Chen, Yao Li, Xianda Li, Jinru Yue, Mingguang Gu, Lu Hu
  • Publication number: 20260135187
    Abstract: A battery includes: a battery cell provided with a first pressure relief mechanism; a housing provided with an inner cavity; a first separator plate mounted in the housing to separate the inner cavity into a first chamber and a second chamber, where the battery cell is mounted in the first chamber, the first separator plate is provided with a through hole, the first chamber is communicated with the second chamber through the through hole, and the first pressure relief mechanism is communicated with the through hole to allow an ejected substance ejected from the battery cell to flow into the second chamber; and a cooling device mounted in the second chamber, where the cooling device is configured to cool the ejected substance flowing into the second chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2026
    Publication date: May 14, 2026
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jingjing LI, Xiaobo CHEN, Lu HU
  • Publication number: 20260121427
    Abstract: A cascaded energy storage system comprises N sub-modules which are connected in cascade, wherein N is greater than or equal to 2. The modulation method comprises: in an odd period, according to a first correspondence, using N carriers to modulate waveform signals output by the N sub-modules; and in an even period, according to a second correspondence, using the N carriers to modulate the waveform signals output by the N sub-modules, wherein in the first correspondence and the second correspondence, the N carriers are in one-to-one correspondence with the N sub-modules, and the first correspondence is different from the second correspondence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2025
    Publication date: April 30, 2026
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiaobo CHEN, Mingshan FAN, Youwei LIU, Lu HU
  • Publication number: 20260103438
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to compounds of Formula I and methods comprising the use of these compounds to identify ligandable fatty acylation sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Xu Wu, Lu Hu
  • Publication number: 20260025056
    Abstract: Provided in the present application are a modulation method and modulation apparatus for a cascaded energy storage system, and a storage medium. The cascaded energy storage system comprises N sub-modules connected in a cascade mode, where N?2. The modulation method comprises: according to N carriers, modulating waveform signals that are output by N sub-modules, wherein the N carriers correspond to the N sub-modules on a one-to-one basis; and during modulation, performing at least one instance of synchronization delay on the N carriers, so as to synchronously change initial phase angles of the N carriers, wherein during the synchronization delay, the amplitudes of the carriers remain unchanged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2025
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaobo CHEN, Mingshan FAN, Youwei LIU, Lu HU
  • Publication number: 20250379332
    Abstract: A battery, an electrical apparatus, and an energy storage device and relates to the technical field of batteries. The battery includes a battery cell, a box, and a treatment mechanism. The box is used for accommodating the battery cell. The box has an exhaust hole used for discharging emissions generated by thermal runaway of the battery cell. The treatment mechanism is arranged at the box, and is used for reducing the mass flow of the combustibles in the emissions through the exhaust hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2025
    Publication date: December 11, 2025
    Inventors: Kai WU, Lu HU, Xiaobo CHEN, Jing CHAI, Xuehui WANG
  • Patent number: 12476313
    Abstract: Embodiments of a box of a battery, a battery, a power consumption device, and a method and device for producing a battery are provided. The box of the battery includes: an electrical chamber; a thermal management component; and a collection chamber, configured to collect emissions from the battery cell provided with the pressure relief mechanism when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated; wherein the thermal management component is configured to isolate the electrical chamber from the collection chamber, a pressure relief region is disposed on the thermal management component, and the emissions collected by the collection chamber is discharged through the pressure relief region. According to the technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, the safety of the battery can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2025
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Piaopiao Yang, Xiaobo Chen, Yao Li, Xianda Li, Jinru Yue, Mingguang Gu, Lu Hu
  • Patent number: 12394859
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provides a battery, a power consumption apparatus, a method and an apparatus for producing the battery. The battery includes: a battery cell, the battery cell including a pressure relief mechanism, the pressure relief mechanism being disposed on a first wall of the battery cell; a first surface of the thermal management component being attached to the first wall; and a support, the support being arranged opposite to the pressure relief mechanism, the support being configured to support the pressure relief mechanism when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated, so that the pressure relief mechanism is opened at a predetermined angle, therefore emissions from the battery cell can be discharged toward the thermal management component. The technical solutions of embodiments of the present application can enhance safety of batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Piaopiao Yang, Xiaobo Chen, Yao Li, Xianda Li, Jinru Yue, Mingguang Gu, Lu Hu
  • Publication number: 20250219193
    Abstract: This application relates to a thermal management component, a box assembly, a battery, and an electrical device. The thermal management component is applicable to the battery. The battery includes a battery cell. The thermal management component includes: a first heat exchange portion and a second heat exchange portion. The first heat exchange portion is configured to exchange heat with the battery cell. The second heat exchange portion is configured to exchange heat with emissions of the battery cell. In this way, the first heat exchange portion of the thermal management component can be utilized to exchange heat with the battery cell, and further, the second heat exchange portion can be utilized to exchange heat with the emissions of the battery cell, so that the internal temperature of the battery can be prevented from being increased by overtemperature of runaway gas generated by a thermally runaway battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiaobo CHEN, Xuehui WANG, Xiongwei GAO, Lu HU
  • Publication number: 20250219240
    Abstract: Provided are a box, a battery, and an electric device. The box includes an electrical chamber, a collection chamber, an isolation component, and a processing device. The electrical chamber is configured to accommodate multiple battery cells, wherein at least one battery cell among multiple battery cells includes a pressure relief mechanism; The collection chamber is configured to collect emissions from the battery cells arranged with the pressure relief mechanism when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated; the isolation component is configured to isolate the electrical chamber and the collection chamber; and the isolation component is provided with a first through-hole, wherein the emissions can enter the collection chamber through the first through-hole. The processing device is arranged at the first through-hole and configured to treat the emissions to reduce a temperature and/or concentration of combustible material in the emissions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Lu Hu, Xiaobo Chen, Shaoji WU
  • Publication number: 20250105442
    Abstract: The present application provides a battery and an electricity consuming apparatus. The battery includes: a case having an accommodating chamber; a battery cell disposed in the accommodating chamber, where the battery cell has a first pressure relief mechanism for releasing a substance inside the battery cell; a treating medium for reacting with the substance to reduce a value of a predetermined parameter of the substance, where the treating medium is disposed in the case; and a second pressure relief mechanism for discharging the substance that has reacted with the treating medium to the outside of the case, where the second pressure relief mechanism is disposed on the case. In the battery and the electricity consuming apparatus provided in the present application, the battery can treat gaseous combustibles released from its battery cell to reduce the possibility of combustion, so as to achieve good safety performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Xiaobo Chen, Lu Hu, Xuehui Wang
  • Publication number: 20250096408
    Abstract: Provided are a battery and an electric device. The battery includes multiple battery cells, a box, and a spray mechanism, wherein at least one battery cell among multiple battery cells includes a pressure relief mechanism. The box includes an electrical chamber, a collection chamber, and a first isolation component, wherein the electrical chamber is configured to accommodate the multiple battery cells; the collection chamber is configured to collect emissions from the battery cells arranged with the pressure relief mechanism when the pressure relief mechanism is actuated; the first isolation component is configured to isolate the electrical chamber and the collection chamber; and the first isolation component is provided with a first through hole, wherein the emissions can enter the collection chamber through the first through hole. The spray mechanism is arranged within the collection chamber, wherein the spray mechanism is configured to spray firefighting media into the collection chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Lu HU, Xiaobo CHEN, Shaoji WU, Xiongwei GAO, Xuehui WANG
  • Publication number: 20250096334
    Abstract: A battery includes a box, and a battery cell and a treatment device accommodated in the box. The treatment device is used for treating exhaust gases discharged from the battery cell into the box, so as to adjust a concentration of a preset gas in the exhaust gases to below a corresponding preset value, where the preset gas is one or a mixture of combustible gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Xiaobo CHEN, Lu HU, Jing CHAI
  • Publication number: 20250062480
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a battery, a power consumption apparatus, a method and apparatus for producing a battery. The battery includes: a battery cell including a pressure relief mechanism disposed on a first wall; and a thermal management component, a first surface of the thermal management component being attached to the first wall, and the thermal management component being provided with a pressure relief zone; where the first wall is provided with a first restraint member, the thermal management component is provided with a second restraint member, and the first restraint member and the second restraint member are arranged to be mated, so that the pressure relief mechanism is arranged opposite to the pressure relief zone. A battery, a power consumption apparatus, a method and apparatus for producing a battery of the present application could enhance safety of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Xianda LI, Xiaobo CHEN, Yao LI, Mingguang GU, Piaopiao YANG, Lu HU
  • Patent number: 12206138
    Abstract: The present application provides a bus member, a battery and a power consumption device, and relates to the technical field of batteries. The bus member includes a first connection portion configured to be connected to a first electrode terminal of a first battery cell; a second connection portion configured to be connected to a second electrode terminal of a second battery cell; and a plurality of fusing portions, one end of each fusing portion being connected to the first connection portion, and the other end being connected to the second connection portion; where an overcurrent cross-sectional area corresponding to one of the plurality of fusing portions with a maximum is expressed as Smax, and with a minimum is expressed as Smin, Smin and Smax satisfy: 0.3?Smin/Smax?1 and 0.3?Smin/Smax?1, thus avoiding accumulation of arc energy of the fusing portions due to a long-duration short circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Xuehui Wang, Lu Hu, Xiaobo Chen
  • Patent number: 12199304
    Abstract: The present application provides a box of a battery, a battery, and a power consumption device. The box includes: a first component, including a first interface; a second component, configured to connect with the first component to form a chamber, the second component including a second interface, the second interface being configured to be arranged opposite to the first interface; a first locking mechanism, configured to lock the first component and the second component, so that the first interface and the second interface are sealed and connected; the first locking mechanism is configured to be actuated when an internal pressure of a chamber exceeds a preset value, so that the first interface and the second interface break away from a sealed state to relieve the internal pressure of the chamber. The pressure relief ability of the battery can be improved, and the safety of the battery can be enhanced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Mingguang Gu, Xiaobo Chen, Yao Li, Jinru Yue, Piaopiao Yang, Lu Hu, Xianda Li
  • Publication number: 20250015434
    Abstract: The present application provides a battery and an electrical device. The battery includes a battery cell and a release treating device. A pressure relief mechanism of the battery cell can release a substance inside the battery cell, a treating space of the release treating device is connected with the pressure relief mechanism, and a treating member in the treating space can treat the substance released by the pressure relief mechanism into the treating space to reduce a specified parameter of the substance. After the specified parameter of the substance is reduced, the possibility of combustion of the substance is greatly reduced, so that the battery is less prone to ignition when thermal runaway occurs, which is conducive to improving the safety of the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Xiaobo CHEN, Lu HU, Shaoji WU, Xuehui WANG, Xingguo LUO, Yupin LI
  • Patent number: 12170382
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a battery, a power consumption apparatus, a method and apparatus for producing a battery. The battery includes: a battery cell including a pressure relief mechanism disposed on a first wall; and a thermal management component, a first surface of the thermal management component being attached to the first wall, and the thermal management component being provided with a pressure relief zone; where the first wall is provided with a first restraint member, the thermal management component is provided with a second restraint member, and the first restraint member and the second restraint member are arranged to be mated, so that the pressure relief mechanism is arranged opposite to the pressure relief zone. A battery, a power consumption apparatus, a method and apparatus for producing a battery of the present application could enhance safety of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Xianda Li, Xiaobo Chen, Yao Li, Mingguang Gu, Piaopiao Yang, Lu Hu
  • Patent number: 12126042
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a battery cell, a battery, a power consumption apparatus, a method for producing a battery cell and an apparatus for producing a battery cell. The battery cell includes: a pressure relief mechanism, the pressure relief mechanism being disposed on at least one wall of the battery cell; and a protective film enclosing an outer surface of the at least one wall, the protective film being configured to provide insulation protection for the at least one wall; where the protective film includes a first portion at least covering the pressure relief mechanism. Through technical solutions of the embodiments of the present application, insulation performance of a battery cell could be improved; meanwhile, deformation of a pressure relief mechanism could be suppressed, creep of the pressure relief mechanism could be reduced, and the service life of the pressure relief mechanism could be increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Mingguang Gu, Xiaobo Chen, Yao Li, Xianda Li, Jinru Yue, Piaopiao Yang, Lu Hu
  • Publication number: 20240347817
    Abstract: Provided are a battery cell, battery, and electrical device. The battery cell includes an outer shell and an insulating component. The insulating component covers at least a portion of an external surface of the outer shell. The insulating component includes at least one layer of a first insulation layer, wherein a material damage temperature of each layer of the first insulation layer is T, and a total thickness of at least one layer of the first insulation layer is L1. It satisfies T?400° C. and L1?30 ?m. The first insulation layer of the insulating component possesses a higher material damage temperature and the total thickness of all the first insulation layers in the insulating component is thicker, so that the insulation properties of the insulating component can be maintained to be effective for a long period of time in a high-temperature environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Lu HU, Xiaobo CHEN, Xuehui WANG, Yupin LI