Patents by Inventor Mingwang ZHOU
Mingwang ZHOU 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: 12358392Abstract: A method and a device for controlling vehicle charging, a program, a medium, and a vehicle is provided. The method by acquiring a current connection state of a telematics box in the vehicle and the server when a charging gun of a vehicle is determined in a connection state; and recording a first duration of the offline state when the current connection state is determined in an offline state, and controlling the vehicle charging according to the first duration. In this way, when it is determined that the current connection state is in the offline state, the vehicle charging can be controlled according to the duration of the offline state, which can effectively avoid the problem of charging failure due to network connection failure during the reservation charging process, the reliability of vehicle reservation charging is improved, and thus the vehicle user experience is effectively improved.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: July 15, 2025Assignee: GREAT WALL MOTOR COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Mingwang Zhou, Shujiang Chen, Qing Zhao, Tong Kang
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Patent number: 12337706Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and system for determining a pure electric available power and a vehicle, the method being applied to a vehicle including a fuel cell, the vehicle further including a battery pack and a motor, the fuel cell and the battery pack being electrically connected to the motor, wherein the method includes: monitoring a current travelling state of the vehicle and a current on-off state of the fuel cell; acquiring a maximum peak power outputted by the motor, a maximum output power of the battery pack and a starting-up power of the fuel cell; and according to the current travelling state, the current on-off state of the fuel cell, the maximum peak power, the maximum output power and the starting-up power, determining the pure electric available power.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2021Date of Patent: June 24, 2025Assignee: GREAT WALL MOTOR COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Maiqing Wu, Shengbo Wang, Lei Li, Zhiwei Liu, Yang Hao, Gengnan Zhang, Linxiao Wang, Yazhou Shen, Mingwang Zhou, Yanlong Geng
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Patent number: 12202368Abstract: The vehicle includes a battery pack. When the battery pack is charged by using a charging gun of a charging pile, battery pack is charged according to a smaller value between a first charging current upper limit value of a charging device and a second charging current upper limit value of the battery pack, so that the charging efficiency is improved to the greatest extent, and the charging time is shortened on the premise of ensuring safety, and a situation that the charging time is prolonged as the charging current is set to be too small is avoided; and when the battery pack is charged by using an on-board charging gun, the battery pack is charged according to a smallest value among the first charging current upper limit value of the charging device, the second charging current upper limit value of the battery pack, and a preset charging current value.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2021Date of Patent: January 21, 2025Assignee: GREAT WALL MOTOR COMPANY LIMITEDInventors: Mingwang Zhou, Shujiang Chen, Xuejing Yang
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Publication number: 20230256857Abstract: Provided are a method and a device for timing a scheduled charging, and a terminal device. The method for timing a scheduled charging comprises steps of: acquiring, in response to a condition that a charging gun is connected, a scheduled-charging start time for equipment and a first current-absolute-time at which a connection of the charging gun is completed; determining a first time duration to the scheduled-charging start time according to the scheduled-charging start time and the first current-absolute-time; performing a compensation on the first time duration to obtain a second time duration, and starting a timing; and terminating the timing, when the second time duration is reached, and waking up the equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Mingwang ZHOU, Xuejing YANG, Shujiang CHEN, Zhimeng YUAN
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Publication number: 20230219436Abstract: A DC converter, a controlling method, and a vehicle are provided. The DC converter includes: a first inductor, a switching unit, a diode, a first capacitor, a load resistor, a pre-charge control unit and a controller. The output terminal of the controller is connected with the control terminal of the switching unit and the control terminal of the pre-charge control unit. The controller is configured to control the switching unit to be turned on or turned off, and to control the resistor connected between the negative electrode of the diode and the first end of the load resistance in the pre-charge control unit when the switching unit is turned off, such that the direct current converter is pre-charged by the low-voltage power supply.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: July 13, 2023Inventors: Mingwang ZHOU, Xuejing YANG, Shujiang CHEN, Gengnan ZHANG, Yipo HU
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Publication number: 20230211694Abstract: A method and a device for controlling vehicle charging, a program, a medium, and a vehicle is provided. The method by acquiring a current connection state of a telematics box in the vehicle and the server when a charging gun of a vehicle is determined in a connection state; and recording a first duration of the offline state when the current connection state is determined in an offline state, and controlling the vehicle charging according to the first duration. In this way, when it is determined that the current connection state is in the offline state, the vehicle charging can be controlled according to the duration of the offline state, which can effectively avoid the problem of charging failure due to network connection failure during the reservation charging process, the reliability of vehicle reservation charging is improved, and thus the vehicle user experience is effectively improved.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Mingwang ZHOU, Shujiang CHEN, Qing ZHAO, Tong KANG
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Publication number: 20230202457Abstract: A method and a device for controlling mode switching of a hybrid electric vehicle, and a vehicle is provided, and belongs to the field of hybrid electric vehicles. The method includes: performing, if the drive state information indicates that a current drive mode of the hybrid electric vehicle is a forward mode of a non-hybrid drive and in a case that a current speed reaches a speed limit, a pre-gear operation when a transmission gear of the hybrid electric vehicle is a neutral gear, to switch the transmission gear from the neutral gear to a second gear. The technical solution provided by the embodiments of the present disclosure can make the hybrid electric vehicle unable to switch to the hybrid drive mode due to the limitation of the ability of synchronizer on gear shifting when driving at a high speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Tong KANG, Shujiang CHEN, Qing ZHAO, Mingwang ZHOU, Di WU, Han LIU
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Publication number: 20230182603Abstract: The vehicle includes a battery pack. When the battery pack is charged by using a charging gun of a charging pile, battery pack is charged according to smaller value of a first charging current upper limit value of a charging device and a second charging current upper limit value of the battery pack, so that the charging efficiency is improved to the greatest extent, and the charging time is shortened on the premise of ensuring safety, and a situation that the charging time is prolonged as the charging current is set to be too small is avoided; and when the battery pack is charged by using an on-board charging gun, the battery pack is charged according to the smallest value of the first charging current upper limit value of the charging device, the second charging current upper limit value of the battery pack, and a preset charging current value.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2021Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Mingwang ZHOU, Shujiang CHEN, Xuejing YANG
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Publication number: 20230173942Abstract: A charging method and apparatus, wherein the method is applied to an electric vehicle, the electric vehicle includes a power battery and a fuel cell that are connected, and the method includes: when a function of idle charging of the fuel cell is started up, detecting, every preset duration, a first power-battery electric quantity of the power battery; calculating a second power-battery electric quantity that is required to start up the fuel cell; and when the first power-battery electric quantity and the second power-battery electric quantity satisfy a predetermined condition, charging the power battery. The present disclosure may enable the power battery to be charged when the predetermined condition is satisfied, to ensure that feeding of the power battery does not happen due to long-time placement of the power vehicle, which ensures the usage reliability of the power vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2021Publication date: June 8, 2023Inventors: Mingwang ZHOU, Maiqing WU
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Publication number: 20230150399Abstract: A method for controlling a fuel cell of a vehicle, is provided. The vehicle includes a fuel cell and a power battery. The method includes the following steps: detecting road condition information for a planned driving route of the vehicle; detecting a battery level of the power battery; and controlling an activation or a deactivation of the fuel cell according to the road condition information and/or the battery level of the power battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2021Publication date: May 18, 2023Inventors: Mingwang ZHOU, Baogang WANG, Han LIU, Tong KANG, Yipo HU, Zheng ZHANG, Ming GAO
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Publication number: 20230139991Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method and system for determining a pure electric available power and a vehicle, the method being applied to a vehicle including a fuel cell, the vehicle further including a battery pack and a motor, the fuel cell and the battery pack being electrically connected to the motor, wherein the method includes: monitoring a current travelling state of the vehicle and a current on-off state of the fuel cell; acquiring a maximum peak power outputted by the motor, a maximum output power of the battery pack and a starting-up power of the fuel cell; and according to the current travelling state, the current on-off state of the fuel cell, the maximum peak power, the maximum output power and the starting-up power, determining the pure electric available power.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2021Publication date: May 4, 2023Inventors: Maiqing WU, Shengbo WANG, Lei LI, Zhiwei LIU, Yang HAO, Gengnan ZHANG, Linxiao WANG, Yazhou SHEN, Mingwang ZHOU, Yanlong GENG
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Publication number: 20230127667Abstract: A method and a system for heat preservation of a battery of a vehicle, and a storage medium is provided. The method includes: detecting, in response to completing the charging of the vehicle, whether a current temperature of the battery of the vehicle is lower than a preset temperature threshold value of the battery, and the temperature threshold value is configured as a lowest temperature value at which the battery is able to maintain normal performance; and controlling, when a detection result is yes, the vehicle to obtain an electrical energy from an external charging device to heat the battery, such that the battery is heated above the temperature threshold value to complete heat preservation of the battery. The method provided by the present application can heat the battery without consuming the power of the battery used for endurance mileage of the vehicle when the battery is charged.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2021Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Mingwang ZHOU, Maiqing WU, Song HAN
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Publication number: 20230034887Abstract: A method for determining a remaining range of a vehicle, including: determining a remaining range of the vehicle driven depending on a current residual energy of a power battery, determining a remaining range of the vehicle driven depending on a current residual energy of a fuel cell, and determining a remaining range of the vehicle driven depending on a recuperated energy when an energy recuperation function of the vehicle is activated; and determining the remaining range of the vehicle based on the aforesaid remaining ranges of the vehicle. According to this method of the present disclosure, the remaining range of the vehicle may be accurately reflected, and it is more convenient for a user to schedule a vehicle trip.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Inventors: Maiqing WU, Lei LI, Na LU, Yang HAO, Mingwang ZHOU