Patents by Inventor Qingchao Song

Qingchao Song 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: 12206265
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a decentralized active equalization method for a cascaded lithium-ion battery pack. The method includes: connecting each battery cell in the cascaded lithium-ion battery pack to a direct current (DC) bus through an equalizer respectively, where each equalizer includes an independent controller, a sampling circuit, a power supply circuit, a drive circuit, and a main circuit; connecting an input terminal of the main circuit to a corresponding battery cell, and connecting an output terminal of the main circuit to the DC bus. The present disclosure solves the technical problem that an existing cascaded lithium-ion battery pack equalization method cannot achieve equalization when a centralized controller failure or a communication failure occurs, improves the reliability of the equalization method, can make the equalizer work at high efficiency by configuring parameters of C, K, and R, and speeds up the equalization or improves the equalization accuracy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignees: Chongqing University, Star Institute of Intelligent Systems, DB (Chongqing) Intelligent Technology Research Institute Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yongduan Song, Jiawei Chen, Li Chen, Qingchao Song
  • Publication number: 20220255327
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a decentralized active equalization method for a cascaded lithium-ion battery pack. The method includes: connecting each battery cell in the cascaded lithium-ion battery pack to a direct current (DC) bus through an equalizer respectively, where each equalizer includes an independent controller, a sampling circuit, a power supply circuit, a drive circuit, and a main circuit; connecting an input terminal of the main circuit to a corresponding battery cell, and connecting an output terminal of the main circuit to the DC bus. The present disclosure solves the technical problem that an existing cascaded lithium-ion battery pack equalization method cannot achieve equalization when a centralized controller failure or a communication failure occurs, improves the reliability of the equalization method, can make the equalizer work at high efficiency by configuring parameters of C, K, and R, and speeds up the equalization or improves the equalization accuracy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Inventors: Yongduan Song, Jiawei Chen, Li Chen, Qingchao Song