Patents by Inventor Mingshu DU
Mingshu DU 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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Patent number: 11978866Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Jian Ruan, Yizhen Hou, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 11899071Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for determining a state of charge of a battery, a battery management system and a storage medium, and relates to the field of battery technologies, where the method includes: obtaining a current OCV value of a battery and cumulative continuous charging or discharging capacity information of the battery; obtaining SOC credible information based on the current OCV value and the cumulative continuous charging or discharging capacity information; obtaining a corrected SOC value corresponding to the current OCV value according to the SOC credible information. According to the present disclosure, accuracy of SOC correction could be improved by determining the SOC credible information under the current OCV; for batteries, especially those with a hysteresis characteristic, accuracy of SOC estimation could be improved, an error of SOC estimation could be reduced and reliability of battery and experience of users could be improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2020Date of Patent: February 13, 2024Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Shenzhi Tang, Jian Ruan, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 11835587Abstract: A method for determining a full-charge capacity of a battery pack includes: obtaining first state of charge values of cells at a first state of charge correction moment; calculating a net cumulative charge capacity from the first state of charge correction moment to a full-charge moment; obtaining a voltage-capacity curve of a fully charged cell from start of a charge termination phase to the full-charge moment; obtaining a second voltage of a not fully charged cell at the full-charge moment; obtaining a capacity difference between the not fully charged cell at the full-charge moment and the not fully charged cell at the first full-charge voltage; calculating a state of charge difference; calculating a second state of charge value of the not fully charged cell at the full-charge moment; obtaining state of charge variations; calculating full-charge capacities; and obtaining a full-charge capacity based on the calculated full-charge capacities.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2022Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Mingshu Du, Shuai Gao, Shuting Sun
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Method for determining state of charge of battery, battery management system, and electric apparatus
Patent number: 11693059Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a state of charge of a battery, including: (a) acquiring a state of charge of the battery at a current sampling time point tn; (b) acquiring a voltage Vn, a temperature Tn, and a charging rate Cn of the battery at the current sampling time point tn, and a voltage Vi of the battery at a sampling time point ti, and calculating a voltage difference Vn?Vi between the voltage Vn and the voltage Vi; (c) when the voltage difference Vn?Vi is greater than or equal to a preset voltage threshold, calculating a voltage change rate; and (d) when the voltage change rate is greater than or equal to a preset voltage change rate threshold for the first time, acquiring a corrected state of charge of the battery as an actual state of charge of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Honggui Wei, Mingshu Du, Yanmin Xie -
Publication number: 20230204674Abstract: 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: February 16, 2023Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Jian RUAN, Mingshu DU, Shenzhi TANG, Shichao LI, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Patent number: 11668755Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 30, 2020Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Jian Ruan, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Shichao Li, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 11656289Abstract: This disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for correcting a state of health of a battery, a battery management system, and a storage medium, and relates to the field of battery technologies. The method includes: determining whether a current voltage value of a battery cell is within a correction OCV section of the battery cell; if yes, using the current voltage value of the battery cell as a correction voltage value; and acquiring an SOC correction value, and correcting a state of health (SOH) of the battery cell. According to the method, the apparatus, the battery management system, and the storage medium in this disclosure, reliability of an SOH correction result is improved, thereby providing accurate estimation of the state of health of the battery, a prolonged service life of the battery, and better user experience.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2020Date of Patent: May 23, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 11619679Abstract: The embodiments of the present application disclose a method, apparatus and medium for estimating a battery remaining life and relates to the field of battery power. The method includes: acquiring a material aging parameter of a battery representing an aging degree of a material of the battery; and determining, based on a preset corresponding relationship between the material aging parameter and the battery remaining life, the battery remaining life corresponding to the material aging parameter.Type: GrantFiled: December 31, 2021Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology LimitedInventors: Jian Ruan, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Shichao Li, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20230095453Abstract: Provided is a method and an apparatus for determining a state of charge of a battery, a battery management system and a storage medium, and relates to the field of battery technologies, where the method includes: obtaining a current OCV value of a battery and cumulative continuous charging or discharging capacity information of the battery; obtaining SOC credible information based on the current OCV value and the cumulative continuous charging or discharging capacity information; obtaining a corrected SOC value corresponding to the current OCV value according to the SOC credible information. According to the present disclosure, accuracy of SOC correction could be improved by determining the SOC credible information under the current OCV; for batteries, especially those with a hysteresis characteristic, accuracy of SOC estimation could be improved, an error of SOC estimation could be reduced and reliability of battery and experience of users could be improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2020Publication date: March 30, 2023Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu DU, Shichao LI, Shenzhi TANG, Jian RUAN, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Patent number: 11609276Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 23, 2020Date of Patent: March 21, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian Ruan, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Shichao Li, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Patent number: 11598811Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for identifying a cell, including: determining, for a cell under test during a charge and discharge process, a number N of measured values of OCV and a number N of net cumulative throughputs corresponding to the number N of measured values of OCV; for an ith target cell, obtaining a number N of calculated values of OCV corresponding to the number N of measured values of OCV, and obtaining an OCV mean square error between the number N of measured values of OCV and the number N of calculated values of OCV; and determining that the cell under test is the ith target cell, when the OCV mean square error between the cell under test and the ith target cell is a minimum mean square error among a number M of OCV mean square errors.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2022Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian Ruan, Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20230047373Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method and an apparatus for battery SOC correction, and a battery management system, which relate to the technical field of batteries. The method includes: acquiring a voltage-SOC variation curve of a battery during a charging process; generating a voltage differential curve of the battery according to the voltage-SOC variation curve, the voltage differential curve being a variation curve of a differential value with SOC, the differential value being a ratio of a voltage variation to a SOC variation corresponding to the voltage variation during the charging process; determining a peak point on the voltage differential curve, the peak point being between any two adjacent plateaus on the voltage-SOC variation curve and not located on the any two adjacent plateaus; performing SOC correction on the basis of the peak point. This method is used to improve the SOC estimation accuracy.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2022Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology LimitedInventors: Shan Huang, Shichao Li, Mingshu Du, Guangyu Xu
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Publication number: 20230029223Abstract: A method for determining a full-charge capacity of a battery pack includes: obtaining first state of charge values of cells at a first state of charge correction moment; calculating a net cumulative charge capacity from the first state of charge correction moment to a full-charge moment; obtaining a voltage-capacity curve of a fully charged cell from start of a charge termination phase to the full-charge moment; obtaining a second voltage of a not fully charged cell at the full-charge moment; obtaining a capacity difference between the not fully charged cell at the full-charge moment and the not fully charged cell at the first full-charge voltage; calculating a state of charge difference; calculating a second state of charge value of the not fully charged cell at the full-charge moment; obtaining state of charge variations; calculating full-charge capacities; and obtaining a full-charge capacity based on the calculated full-charge capacities.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2022Publication date: January 26, 2023Inventors: Mingshu DU, Shuai Gao, Shuting Sun
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Patent number: 11536772Abstract: The present application provides a method and apparatus for correcting a state of charge. The method for correcting a state of charge comprises: determining an operating state of a battery cell, wherein the operating state comprises a discharging state or a charging state; and determining a corrected state of charge of the battery cell according to an acquired current open circuit voltage of the battery cell, an acquired current accumulative capacity of the battery cell, an accumulative capacity correspondence relationship corresponding to the operating state of the battery cell, and an open circuit voltage curve corresponding to a limit initial state of charge, wherein the accumulative capacity correspondence relationship comprises a correspondence relationship between a pre-measured open circuit voltage and an accumulative capacity threshold. A technical solution of the present application can be used to improve the accuracy of calculation of a state of charge.Type: GrantFiled: March 23, 2021Date of Patent: December 27, 2022Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Shenzhi Tang, Li Tan, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
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METHOD FOR DETERMINING STATE OF CHARGE OF BATTERY, BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, AND ELECTRIC APPARATUS
Publication number: 20220381839Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining a state of charge of a battery, including: (a) acquiring a state of charge of the battery at a current sampling time point tn; (b) acquiring a voltage Vn, a temperature Tn, and a charging rate Cn of the battery at the current sampling time point tn, and a voltage Vi of the battery at a sampling time point ti, and calculating a voltage difference Vn?Vi between the voltage Vn and the voltage Vi; (c) when the voltage difference Vn?Vi is greater than or equal to a preset voltage threshold, calculating a voltage change rate; and (d) when the voltage change rate is greater than or equal to a preset voltage change rate threshold for the first time, acquiring a corrected state of charge of the battery as an actual state of charge of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 23, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Honggui WEI, Mingshu DU, Yanmin XIE -
Patent number: 11486934Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Shenzhi Tang, Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Jian Ruan
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Publication number: 20220281350Abstract: This application relates to the field of battery technologies, and discloses a method for updating an OCV-SOC curve of a battery pack, a battery management system, and a vehicle. The method for updating an OCV-SOC curve of a battery pack includes: obtaining information that represents an aging state of the battery pack; obtaining a current aging characteristic parameter of the battery pack based on a current OCV-SOC curve of the battery pack and the information; and updating the OCV-SOC curve of the battery pack based on the current aging characteristic parameter and the current OCV-SOC curve of the battery pack. In this application, the OCV-SOC curve of the battery pack is updated based on the aging state of the battery pack, thereby obtaining an OCV-SOC curve that meets the aging state of the battery pack and making it convenient to estimate the online state of the battery pack more accurately.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 23, 2022Publication date: September 8, 2022Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Shenzhi TANG, Mingshu DU, Shichao LI, Jian RUAN
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Patent number: 11437838Abstract: The present application provides a battery charging control method and apparatus, a battery management system, and a medium. The method includes: obtaining, based on a received charging request, a threshold value and an initial value of a charging parameter of a battery, wherein the threshold value of the charging parameter is determined based on an actual capacity value of the battery and an accumulated mileage of an electric vehicle where the battery is located; sending, under a condition that the initial value of the charging parameter is less than the threshold value of the charging parameter, a control command of charging the battery, so as to charge the battery; obtaining a value of the charging parameter of the battery in real time during the charging of the battery; sending a control command of stopping charging the battery, so as to stop charging.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Weiqing Wu, Wei Zhang
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Publication number: 20220276310Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method for identifying a cell, including: determining, for a cell under test during a charge and discharge process, a number N of measured values of OCV and a number N of net cumulative throughputs corresponding to the number N of measured values of OCV; for an ith target cell, obtaining a number N of calculated values of OCV corresponding to the number N of measured values of OCV, and obtaining an OCV mean square error between the number N of measured values of OCV and the number N of calculated values of OCV; and determining that the cell under test is the ith target cell, when the OCV mean square error between the cell under test and the ith target cell is a minimum mean square error among a number M of OCV mean square errors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2022Publication date: September 1, 2022Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian RUAN, Mingshu Du, Shichao LI, Shenzhi TANG, Yanhua LU, Wei ZHANG
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Patent number: 11402434Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Jian Ruan, Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Shenzhi Tang, Yanhua Lu