Patents by Inventor Qiandeng LI

Qiandeng LI 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: 12294064
    Abstract: This application relate to a rechargeable battery monitoring system, a battery pack, and an electric vehicle. A rechargeable battery includes battery units and an MSD switch. The battery units are serially-connected, and the MSD switch is connected between adjacent battery units. The monitoring system includes a BMU and an equal number of CMCs that have one-to-one correspondence with the battery units. The CMCs are divided into CMC groups that meet preset conditions. The monitoring system further includes an equal number of daisy chain buses that are in one-to-one correspondence with the CMC groups. Each CMC group is connected to the BMU through one daisy chain bus. This embodiment helps a battery pack and an electric vehicle to avoid damage caused by a chip on the CMC in a process of plugging or unplugging the MSD switch, and help the CMC accurately monitor the battery units in the rechargeable battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Yanhui Fu, Le Chu, Zhongliang Guo, Qiandeng Li
  • Patent number: 12216175
    Abstract: A storage battery monitoring system and method are provided. The system includes n cell monitoring cells (CMCs), a control module (11), and several daisy chain buses. The n CMCs are configured to monitor a plurality of cell modules electrically connected in a storage battery, and each CMC is configured to monitor at least one of the cell modules. The n CMCs are connected to the control module (11) through each daisy chain bus. The control module is configured to receive monitoring data of the plurality of cell modules uploaded by the n CMCs through a transmission path formed by at least one daisy chain bus. The control module (11) is further configured to identify a fault location according to the monitoring data when a fault occurring to the transmission path is detected, and adjust the transmission path according to the fault location so as to receive the monitoring data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Huixiu Luo, Yu Liu, Qidong Lou, Qiandeng Li
  • Publication number: 20240213765
    Abstract: A battery pack active fuse control apparatus includes a battery management system and a shunt resistor, where the battery management system includes a short-circuit current detect circuit and a short-circuit current process circuit that are constantly powered. The shunt resistor and an active fuse are connected in series with a power supply loop of a battery pack. The short-circuit current detect circuit is connected to the shunt resistor and the short-circuit current process circuit. The short-circuit current process circuit is connected to the active fuse. The short-circuit current process circuit, upon receiving the short-circuit overcurrent signal, controls the active fuse to break.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Jing YANG, Zhaoguang WANG, Qiandeng LI
  • Patent number: 11760226
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application disclose a rechargeable battery monitoring system, a battery pack, and an electric vehicle. The rechargeable battery monitoring system includes multiple CMCs, a BMU, and a first bus. Each CMC is connected to the first bus and configured to monitor at least one battery module of a battery pack. The BMU is connected to the first bus and configured to communicate with at least one CMC. The rechargeable battery monitoring system further includes multiple pull-up and/or pull-down modules disposed on a communication path between two adjacent CMCs as part of the first bus. This rechargeable battery monitoring system can stabilize a level on the communication path between the two adjacent CMCs, mitigate an impact caused by external interference onto communication, and improve communication quality.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jianwei Zhuo, Zhongliang Guo, Guoxiu Wu, Qiandeng Li
  • Patent number: 11656672
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for controlling a power-down detection circuit, a controller and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving, by a controller of a power-down detection circuit, a power-down signal, wherein the power-down signal is sent from a power-down detection sub-circuit of the power-down detection circuit when it is determined by the power-down detection sub-circuit that an output voltage of a low-voltage side power supply of the power-down detection circuit is smaller than a threshold, and wherein the power-down detection sub-circuit and the controller are powered by the low-voltage side power supply; controlling, by the controller, a memory of the power-down detection circuit to record fault information, wherein the fault information comprises current information of a high voltage bus sensed by a high-voltage side current sensor of the power-down detection circuit; and performing, by the controller, a fault diagnosis based on the fault information.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yuqun Zeng, Kai Wu, Le Chu, Jianwei Zhuo, Qiandeng Li
  • Patent number: 11650261
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a detection apparatus of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and a battery management system, the detection apparatus including a waveform generator, where the waveform generator is integrated in a battery monitoring chip; an excitation resistor; a detection resistor; and an MOS switch, wherein the waveform generator is configured to generate a pulse waveform, a gate electrode of the MOS switch is configured to receive the pulse waveform; the excitation resistor is configured to enable the battery to generate an excitation current when the gate electrode of the MOS switch receives the pulse waveform; the detection resistor is configured to convert the excitation current into an excitation voltage, the excitation voltage is configured to calculate an electrochemical impedance of the battery, The detection apparatus of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in embodiments of the present application can lower cost and volume of EIS detection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Fangjie Zhou, Yizhen Hou, Xiyang Zuo, Qiandeng Li, Le Chu
  • Patent number: 11598799
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a high-voltage interlock system and a detection method thereof. The high-voltage interlock system includes a target control device and at least one non-target control device connected in sequence. The target control device includes a detection unit, a current generation controller, a current generator, and a second high-voltage component. A controller in the target control device generates a pulse drive signal for driving the current generation controller, receives a detection result signal output from a current detector, and determines a fault of a high-voltage interlock circuit according to the detection result signal; the current generation controller generates an alternating voltage signal according to the pulse drive signal; the current generator outputs an alternating current signal according to the alternating voltage signal; the current detector acquires a voltage signal across a detection resistor set and outputs the detection result signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yuqun Zeng, Kai Wu, Wei Dai, Chao Wang, Qiandeng Li
  • Publication number: 20230064240
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a detection apparatus of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and a battery management system, the detection apparatus including a waveform generator, where the waveform generator is integrated in a battery monitoring chip; an excitation resistor; a detection resistor; and an MOS switch, wherein the waveform generator is configured to generate a pulse waveform, a gate electrode of the MOS switch is configured to receive the pulse waveform; the excitation resistor is configured to enable the battery to generate an excitation current when the gate electrode of the MOS switch receives the pulse waveform; the detection resistor is configured to convert the excitation current into an excitation voltage, the excitation voltage is configured to calculate an electrochemical impedance of the battery, The detection apparatus of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in embodiments of the present application can lower cost and volume of EIS detection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Fangjie ZHOU, Yizhen HOU, Xiyang ZUO, Qiandeng LI, Le CHU
  • Patent number: 11448683
    Abstract: A circuit includes: an isolation power module, a first and second sampling modules, a first and second sampling points, a processor. A first terminal of the first sampling module is connected to a positive electrode of a battery pack and first terminal of a positive switch module, a second terminal of the first sampling module is connected to a negative electrode of the battery pack and a first terminal of the negative switch module, a third terminal of the first sampling module is connected to a first reference voltage end; a first terminal of the second sampling module is connected to a second terminal of the positive switch module and a positive electrode of the isolation power module, a second terminal of the second sampling module is connected to a second terminal of the negative switch module and a negative electrode of the isolation power module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Baohai Du, Le Chu, Jiayu Yu, Qiandeng Li
  • Patent number: 11404894
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of battery technologies, and disclose a pre-charging circuit for a high voltage battery pack and a pre-charging method therefor. In some embodiments of the present disclosure, during a charging process, a control module switches on a charging switching module and switches off a charging pre-charging module after determining that a voltage at the first end of the charging switching module and a voltage at the second end of the charging switching module comply with a first constraint relationship; during a discharging process, the control module switches on the main positive switching module and switches off the main positive pre-charging module after determining that a voltage at the first end of the main positive switching module and a voltage at the second end of the main positive switching module comply with a second constraint relationship.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Dachun Yang, Baohai Du, Yanhui Fu, Qiandeng Li
  • Patent number: 11394066
    Abstract: Battery heating systems and methods are provided in the present disclosure. A battery heating system includes: a temperature sampling module configured to collect a target sampling temperature; a first switch configured to be turned on or off based on a driving signal; a control module configured to determine, based on the target sampling temperature and a correspondence between the target sampling temperature and the driving signal, a duration where the first switch is controlled to be turned on and a duration where the first switch is controlled to be turned off, and generate the driving signal; and a heating module configured to heat the battery module set using an output power of the battery module set when the first switch is turned on, and stop heating the battery module set when the first switch is turned off. As a result, fineness of battery heating can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yu Liu, Qidong Lou, Qiandeng Li
  • Patent number: 11360136
    Abstract: Disclosed are a load state detection circuit and method. A microcontroller is connected to a switch unit which is connected between a detecting power supply and a load to be tested. A voltage sampling point is formed at either terminal of the load to be tested, and the voltage sampling circuit is connected between the voltage sampling point and the microcontroller. The voltage sampling circuit is configured to sample a voltage at the voltage sampling point. The microcontroller is configured to connect the load to be tested and the detecting power supply by controlling the switch unit, and determine whether a fault exists in the load to be tested according to a received voltage at the voltage sampling point sampled by the voltage sampling circuit, before connecting the load to be tested with the drive power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yuqun Zeng, Kai Wu, Jirong Huo, Le Chu, Yanhui Fu, Qiandeng Li
  • Publication number: 20220137152
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the field of battery monitoring technology, and disclose a storage battery monitoring system and method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Huixiu LUO, Yu LIU, Qidong LOU, Qiandeng LI
  • Patent number: 11320481
    Abstract: The disclosure provides high voltage interlock circuit and detection method. The circuit comprises: a power module, a positive electrode of the power module being connected to one end of a current generating module; the current generating module, the other end of the current generating module being connected to a first terminal of a high voltage component module to inject a constant DC current into the high voltage component module; a first voltage dividing module, one end of the first voltage dividing module being connected to a second terminal of the high voltage component module, and the other end of the first voltage dividing module being connected to a negative electrode of the power module and a power ground; and a processing module to determine a fault of the high voltage component module based on a first voltage collected from the second terminal of the high voltage component module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Tectaology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jinglin Li, Jianwei Zhuo, Changjian Liu, Qiandeng Li
  • Patent number: 11283116
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a battery heating system and method, and relate to the field of batteries. The battery heating system may include: a temperature sampling module configured to collect a target sampling temperature; a control module configured to control a heating module to enter a first heating mode when the target sampling temperature is not lower than a preset expected heating temperature; the heating module configured to enter the first heating mode to intermittently heat the battery module set by using a first portion of external electric energy, so as to maintain the target sampling temperature at the preset expected heating temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yu Liu, Jinglin Li, Qiandeng Li
  • Patent number: 11258278
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a detection circuit and method. The detection circuit comprises: a controller, a battery pack, a main positive switch module, a main negative switch module and at least one detection loop. The controller collects voltages of a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the battery pack and a voltage between external sides of the main positive switch module and the main negative switch module when turning on the main positive or negative switch module and after turning on any detection loop, and obtains resistance values of insulation resistors of the external sides according to resistance values of insulation resistors of internal sides of the main positive and negative switch module, as well as the voltages of the positive electrode and the negative electrode and the voltage between the external sides of the main positive switch module and the main negative switch module, which are collected twice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jianwei Zhuo, Le Chu, Jirong Huo, Yanhui Fu, Qiandeng Li
  • Patent number: 11150302
    Abstract: The present application provides a high voltage detection circuit and method. The high voltage detection circuit includes a current adjustment module configured to be turned on or off to adjust a current in a high voltage circuit, a first detection module configured to provide a detection signal and transmit the detection signal to a processor module and the processor module configured to determine whether a master positive switch or a master negative switch is in malfunction according to a desired operation state of the master positive switch, a desired operation state of the master negative switch and the detection signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jirong Huo, Yanhui Fu, Le Chu, Qiandeng Li
  • Publication number: 20210263580
    Abstract: The present application provides a method for controlling a power-down detection circuit, a controller and a computer readable storage medium. The method includes: receiving, by a controller of a power-down detection circuit, a power-down signal, wherein the power-down signal is sent from a power-down detection sub-circuit of the power-down detection circuit when it is determined by the power-down detection sub-circuit that an output voltage of a low-voltage side power supply of the power-down detection circuit is smaller than a threshold, and wherein the power-down detection sub-circuit and the controller are powered by the low-voltage side power supply; controlling, by the controller, a memory of the power-down detection circuit to record fault information, wherein the fault information comprises current information of a high voltage bus sensed by a high-voltage side current sensor of the power-down detection circuit; and performing, by the controller, a fault diagnosis based on the fault information.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Publication date: August 26, 2021
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yuqun ZENG, Kai Wu, Le Chu, Jianwei Zhuo, Qiandeng Li
  • Patent number: 11095132
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a battery management system. In the system, a first microcontroller is connected to a second microcontroller; a battery monitoring module is configured to monitor a state of the battery pack and transmit the state of the battery pack to the first and the second microcontroller respectively via a state signal of the battery pack, and control the state of the battery pack according to a control instruction from the first and the second microcontroller; a sampling control module is configured to detect the state of a high voltage loop of the battery pack, and transmit the state of the high voltage loop to the first and the second microcontroller respectively via a state signal of the high voltage loop of the battery pack, and control the state of the high voltage loop according to a control instruction from the first and the second microcontroller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Huixiu Luo, Baohai Du, Wei Zhang, Qiandeng Li
  • Patent number: 11095131
    Abstract: Some embodiments relate to battery management technologies, and disclose a battery management system and an energy storage power station. The battery management system comprises: a plurality of CSC groups corresponding to a plurality of battery packs respectively, CSCs in each CSC group being connected to the battery units in a battery pack respectively; a plurality of SBMUs corresponding to the plurality of CSC groups respectively, each SBMU being connected to every CSC in a CSC group; an MBMU and an IMM, the MBMU being connected to every SBMU and connected to the IMM; the IMM further being connected to a plurality of the batteries, and used to acquire insulation parameter values of the plurality of the batteries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Fangjie Zhou, Qiandeng Li, Fuming Ye