Patents by Inventor Shichao LI

Shichao 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).

  • Publication number: 20250022726
    Abstract: Provided is an airflow control method for an air flotation cyclone operation of a low-pressure heat treatment device, comprising: arranging a pressure sensor in a process chamber of the low-pressure heat treatment device, and controlling a pressure of process gas in the process chamber to be 1 to 20 Torrs; controlling a flow rate of cyclone gas delivered toward a bottom surface of a tray of the low-pressure heat treatment device to be 0.5 to 1.5 L/min by flow control, and controlling accuracy to be within ±0.2 L/min; and adjusting the flow rate of the cyclone gas so that the tray and a semiconductor workpiece placed on an upper surface of the tray rotate together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Jianmin JI, Haiwei LI, Shichao XIA
  • Patent number: 12181533
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology (Hong Kong) Limited
    Inventors: Jian Ruan, Mingshu Du, Shenzhi Tang, Shichao Li, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240429711
    Abstract: The disclosure discloses a magnetic bias active suppression method and system of a hybrid distribution transformer, whether the HDT is closed or not is judged based on the grid-side current, and accordingly smooth switching of the two sets of control strategies is achieved; excitation currents of an HDT main transformer and an isolation transformer are calculated based on a magnetic potential balance principle, and nonlinear feedback is performed, and the excitation currents are superposed after an original control instruction of an HDT converter, so that magnetic bias suppression is realized on the basis of ensuring an HDT grid-side current and load voltage control function. According to the system, a complex and expensive iron core magnetic flux sensor does not need to be additionally arranged, and the DC magnetic bias of the HDT under any working condition can be eliminated while the basic control function of the HDT is not affected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2024
    Publication date: December 26, 2024
    Applicant: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yibin LIU, Deliang LIANG, Shichao LI, Zihan KONG, Jia LI, Hao JIN, Lishi ZHANG
  • Patent number: 12169223
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
    Inventors: Shan Huang, Shichao Li, Mingshu Du, Guangyu Xu
  • Publication number: 20240295609
    Abstract: A battery monitoring method and a battery monitoring device are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The battery monitoring method includes: obtaining a first difference value between a state of charge (SOC) of each of a plurality of cells and an average SOC of the plurality of cells according to first time information; obtaining a second difference value between the SOC of each of the plurality of cells and the average SOC of the plurality of cells according to second time information; determining self-discharge rates of the plurality of cells according to the first difference value and the second difference value; and sending a prompt message when the self-discharge rates meet a preset condition. According to the battery monitoring method provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure, the self-discharge rate of the battery can be monitored, and the safety of usage of the battery is improved.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2024
    Publication date: September 5, 2024
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shan HUANG, Shichao LI, Xiyang ZUO
  • Patent number: 12051934
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a method for charging battery a charging and discharging device, which can ensure the safety performance of the battery. The charging and discharging device includes a first DC/DC converter, a unidirectional AC/DC converter and a control unit, where the first DC/DC converter is a unidirectional DC/DC converter, and the control unit is configured to: receive a first charging current and control the unidirectional AC/DC converter and the first DC/DC converter to charge a battery through an AC power source based on the first charging current; receive a first discharging current, and control the battery to release power based on the first discharging current; and receive a second charging current, and control the unidirectional AC/DC converter and the first DC/DC converter to charge the battery through the AC power source based on the second charging current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Yan, Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Haili Li, Shan Huang, Shichao Li
  • Patent number: 11978866
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Jian Ruan, Yizhen Hou, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11899071
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Mingshu Du, Shichao Li, Shenzhi Tang, Jian Ruan, Yanhua Lu, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11870289
    Abstract: A method for charging a traction battery includes obtaining a battery parameter of the traction battery that includes a state of charge and/or an open-circuit voltage, and, during a charging process of the traction battery, controlling the traction battery to discharge or stop being charged in response to the battery parameter changing by a parameter gap value. The parameter gap value is a first preset parameter gap value in a scenario in which the battery parameter of the traction battery is in a first parameter interval, and is a second preset parameter gap value in a scenario in which the battery parameter of the traction battery is in a second parameter interval. The first preset parameter gap value is greater than the second preset parameter gap value, and the battery parameter in the first parameter interval is less than the battery parameter in the second parameter interval.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shan Huang, Shichao Li, Haili Li, Wei Zhao, Zhen Lin
  • Publication number: 20230398902
    Abstract: Provided are a method for charging a traction battery and a battery management system. The method for charging the traction battery is applied to a battery management system, where the method includes: obtaining an SOH of the traction battery; in a charging process of the traction battery, obtaining an SOC of the traction battery; determining an SOC interval value corresponding to discharging or stopping being charged of the traction battery based on the SOH of the traction battery; and when the SOC of the traction battery changes by the SOC interval value, controlling the traction battery to discharge or stop being charged. Through the technical solution, in the charging process of the traction battery, the discharging or the stopping being charged of the traction battery can be controlled to reduce the risk of lithium precipitation in the traction battery and improve the safety performance of the traction battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Shan Huang, Shichao Li, Haili Li, Wei Zhao, Lan Xie
  • Publication number: 20230402868
    Abstract: Provided are a method for charging a traction battery and a battery management system, which can improve the performance of a traction battery. The method for charging the traction battery is applied to a battery management system BMS of the traction battery, where the method includes: in a charging process of the traction battery, obtaining a state parameter of the traction battery, where the state parameter includes at least one of the following parameters: a state of charge SOC, a state of health SOH, and a temperature; determining an SOC interval value and a discharging parameter corresponding to discharging of the traction battery based on the state parameter of the traction battery, where the discharging parameter includes at least one of the following parameters: a discharging time, a discharging current, and a discharging waveform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Shan Huang, Shichao Li, Haili Li, Wei Zhao, Lan Xie
  • Publication number: 20230396089
    Abstract: A charging method for a battery pack includes sending, by a battery management module of the battery pack, a charging request for a first current to a charging pile for charging, controlling, by the battery management module in response to determining that first-current charging of the battery pack meets a first predetermined condition, the battery pack to perform pulse discharge, and controlling, by the battery management module in response to determining that the pulse discharge of the battery pack meets a second predetermined condition, the battery pack to stop discharging, and sending a charging request for a second current to the charging pile for charging. The second current is less than the first current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Lan XIE, Zhen LIN, Shan HUANG, Wei LI, Shichao LI
  • Publication number: 20230335822
    Abstract: A method for charging a power battery includes determining a first charging current for the power battery, determining, according to a temperature of the power battery, whether to perform thermal management of the power battery, determining, in response to determining to perform the thermal management of the power battery, a thermal management current according to the first charging current and charging pile power, and sending the first charging current and the thermal management current to a charging pile. The first charging current is used for charging the power battery and the thermal management current is used for performing the thermal management of the power battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Inventors: Shan HUANG, Guangyu XU, Haili LI, Shichao LI
  • Publication number: 20230327464
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method for charging a power battery and a battery management system. The method may be applied to a battery management system for the power battery, and the method may comprise acquiring a charging mode of the power battery; determining a negative electrode potential safety threshold for the power battery according to the charging mode of the power battery; acquiring a negative electrode potential of the power battery during a charging process for the power battery; and adjusting a charging current for the power battery based on the negative electrode potential of the power battery and the negative electrode potential safety threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shan HUANG, Guangyu XU, Haili LI, Shichao LI
  • Patent number: 11774507
    Abstract: A method for estimating a power limit of a battery pack is disclosed, including: obtaining an actual minimum cell voltage of an electrical core with a minimum voltage in the battery pack; obtaining a static discharge power limit of the battery pack; calculating, based on the actual minimum cell voltage, an estimated discharge voltage of the electrical core with the minimum voltage for use when the battery pack is discharged based on the static discharge power limit; determining whether the estimated discharge voltage falls between a discharge voltage control threshold of the electrical core with the minimum voltage and an undervoltage threshold of the electrical core with the minimum voltage; and determining a target discharge power limit of the battery pack through a discharge interpolation algorithm when the estimated discharge voltage falls between the discharge voltage control threshold and the undervoltage threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP
    Inventors: Shenzhi Tang, Guangmei Huang, Shichao Li, Wei Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230307934
    Abstract: A method for charging a traction battery includes obtaining a battery parameter of the traction battery that includes a state of charge and/or an open-circuit voltage, and, during a charging process of the traction battery, controlling the traction battery to discharge or stop being charged in response to the battery parameter changing by a parameter gap value. The parameter gap value is a first preset parameter gap value in a scenario in which the battery parameter of the traction battery is in a first parameter interval, and is a second preset parameter gap value in a scenario in which the battery parameter of the traction battery is in a second parameter interval. The first preset parameter gap value is greater than the second preset parameter gap value, and the battery parameter in the first parameter interval is less than the battery parameter in the second parameter interval.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shan HUANG, Shichao LI, Haili LI, Wei ZHAO, Zhen LIN
  • Publication number: 20230307937
    Abstract: A method for charging a traction battery includes obtaining an actual charging current of a traction battery during a charging process of the traction battery, and determining, based on a degree of the actual charging current exceeding a requested charging current, whether to control the traction battery to be discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Shan HUANG, Shichao LI, Haili LI, Wei ZHAO, Zhen LIN
  • Publication number: 20230294541
    Abstract: A method for charging a traction battery applied to a battery management system (BMS) for the traction battery, includes obtaining a temperature and a battery parameter of the traction battery, determining a parameter threshold based on the temperature of the traction battery, and during a charging process of the traction battery, controlling the traction battery to discharge or stop being charged in response to the battery parameter of the traction battery being greater than or equal to the parameter threshold and the battery parameter of the traction battery changing by a parameter gap value. The battery parameter includes at least one of a state of charge (SOC) or an open-circuit voltage (OCV).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Shan HUANG, Shichao LI, Haili LI, Wei ZHAO, Zhen LIN
  • Patent number: 11762027
    Abstract: An embodiment of this application provides a charging control method and device and a power management controller. The charging control method includes: determining whether battery status of a battery pack meets preset conditions, where the battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells, and the preset conditions are: the battery pack has been left standing for a preset duration, and an open-circuit voltage of each battery cell in the battery pack falls within a preset range; and charging the battery pack based on a charging policy corresponding to a determining result, so that a capacity of a battery cell with a highest remaining capacity in the battery pack reaches a nominal capacity of the battery cell with the highest remaining capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Guangyu Xu, Shichao Li, Wei Zhao
  • Publication number: 20230271523
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a method for charging a traction battery and a battery management system, where the method includes: obtaining a negative electrode potential of a traction battery during a charging process of the traction battery; and controlling the traction battery to be discharged when a difference between the negative electrode potential and a preset potential is less than or equal to a safety threshold. The method and the battery management system in the embodiments of the present application can improve the safety performance of the traction battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2023
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shan HUANG, Shichao LI, Haili LI, Wei ZHAO, Lan XIE