Patents by Inventor Tianhong Lu

Tianhong Lu 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: 20240106016
    Abstract: A battery cell, a battery module, a battery pack, an energy storage system, and an electric vehicle. The battery cell includes one or more stress sensors. The stress sensors are located on the explosion-proof valve and face outside a housing of the battery cell, or the stress sensors are located on the explosion-proof valve and face inside a housing of the battery cell. Each stress sensor is configured to detect stress that is inside the battery cell and that acts on a corresponding position on the explosion-proof valve, and the one or more stress sensors are configured to transmit all obtained electrical signals to processor. The processor determines a faulty target battery cell based on one or more received electrical signals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: Huawei Digital Power Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Haonan LE, Jing ZHU, Bao ZHANG, Tianhong HOU, Junliang LU
  • Publication number: 20100048402
    Abstract: The present invention provides a ternary complex on rare earth earth-amino acid-vitamin used as plant growth regulator. The complex has the general formula: REX-(AA)Y-VI-SZ,in which X=1-2;Y=0-2;Z=0-5;RE is a tervalent ion selected optionally from La, Ce, Pr, Nd and Sm; the primary ligand (AA) is amino acid selected from cystine, tyrosine, glycine, glutamic acid, leucine, proline, lysine, phenylalanine, threonine, valine and so on; the secondary ligand VI is vitamin selected from vitamin B, vitamin C, vitamin D and so on, the solvent S is one or more of tetrahydrofuran, methanol, ethanol, and/or dimethylsulfoxide. The yield of plant with root tuber or stem tuber can be increased by 20-56% and the quality thereof can be improved by 1-2 grades when applying such plant growth regulator on the plant. The advantages of the preparation method thereof lie in lesser processes and shorter reaction period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2007
    Publication date: February 25, 2010
    Inventors: Xiaohua Huang, Qing Zhou, Tianhong Lu, Shaofen Guo, Cun Li
  • Patent number: 7005401
    Abstract: A method of preparing non-platinum composite electrocatalyst for a fuel cell cathode, comprising: (1) preparing a carbon supporting titanium dioxide; (2) compounding the carbon supporting titanium dioxide with a transition metal macrocyclic compound in an organic solvent to produce a carbon supporting titanium dioxide-transition metal macrocyclic compound comprising 0.1–5 g/L of macrocyclic compound; and (3) thermal treating the resulting compound in step (2) at 100–1000° C. to produce a composite catalyst. The composite catalyst prepared with the method according to the present invention also has the advantages of better resistance to methanol and lower cost over the Pt/C catalyst. The said composite catalyst would have better prospects in application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2006
    Assignees: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Science
    Inventors: Tianhong Lu, Xuguang Li, Wei Xing
  • Patent number: 6815391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing nano-level Pt/C electrocatalyst for cathode of fuel cell. By employing ammonium chloride, potassium chloride, ammonium bromide, potassium bromide, ammonium iodide or potassium iodide as anchoring agent for the chloroplatinic acid, the present invention realizes the preparation of Pt/C electrocatalyst with platinum micro-particles homogeneously distributed in the interstices as well as on the surfaces of the active carbon. The sizes of the platinum particles in the catalyst are homogeneous and their average diameter is in the range of 2.5 to 4.5 mm. The present method is a novel one for preparing nanometer level Pt/C electrocatalyst. Said electrocatalyst possesses high specific activity per unit mass for the catalytic reduction of oxygen.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2004
    Assignee: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry Chinese Academy of Science
    Inventors: Wei Xing, Xuguang Li, Tianhong Lu
  • Publication number: 20040058808
    Abstract: A method of preparing non-platinum composite electrocatalyst for a fuel cell cathode, comprising: (1) preparing a carbon supporting titanium dioxide; (2) compounding the carbon supporting titanium dioxide with a transition metal macrocyclic compound in an organic solvent to produce a carbon supporting titanium dioxide—transition metal macrocyclic compound comprising 0.1-5 g/L of macrocyclic compound; and (3) thermal treating the resulting compound in step (2) at 100-1000° C. to produce a composite catalyst. The composite catalyst prepared with the method according to the present invention also has the advantages of better resistance to methanol and lower cost over the Pt/C catalyst. The said composite catalyst would have better prospects in application.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2003
    Publication date: March 25, 2004
    Applicant: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemisty Chinese Academy of Science
    Inventors: Tianhong Lu, Xuguang Li, Wei Xing
  • Publication number: 20030224926
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for preparing nano-level Pt/C electrocatalyst for cathode of fuel cell. By employing ammonium chloride, potassium chloride, ammonium bromide, potassium bromide, ammonium iodide or potassium iodide as anchoring agent for the chloroplatinic acid, the present invention realizes the preparation of Pt/C electrocatalyst with platinum micro-particles homogeneously distributed in the interstices as well as on the surfaces of the active carbon. The sizes of the platinum particles in the catalyst are homogeneous and their average diameter is in the range of 2.5 to 4.5 mm. The present method is a novel one for preparing nanometer level Pt/C electrocatalyst. Said electrocatalyst possesses high specific activity per unit mass for the catalytic reduction of oxygen.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2003
    Publication date: December 4, 2003
    Inventors: Wei Xing, Xuguang Li, Tianhong Lu
  • Patent number: 6518217
    Abstract: The present invention relates a method for preparing nanometer electrocatalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, comprising the steps of: 1) adding in water a platinum halogen compound or a mixture of a platinum halogen compound and a ruthenium halogen compound, and active carbon, the amount of noble metal in the solution is 0.5-10 g/L, and the amount of active carbon is 0.05-2 g/L; 2) adjusting the pH of the solution to 2.5-10.5 with potassium hydroxide and/or ammonium hydroxide; 3) adding dropwise a reducing agent to an amount of 2.5 to 5 times in excess of that of the noble metal in moles, and allowing the reduction reaction to proceed; 4) filtering off the liquid and washing the remains; and 6) drying the remains. The catalysts prepared by the present invention have uniform particle sizes in the range of 4±0.5 nm, and superior electrochemical properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2003
    Assignee: Changchun Institute of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences
    Inventors: Wei Xing, Rongbing Du, Tianhong Lu
  • Publication number: 20020177525
    Abstract: The present invention relates a method for preparing nanometer electrocatalyst for proton exchange membrane fuel cells, comprising the steps of: 1) adding in water a platinum halogen compound or a mixture of a platinum halogen compound and a ruthenium halogen compound, and active carbon, the amount of noble metal in the solution is 0.5-10 g/L, and the amount of active carbon is 0.05-2 g/L; 2) adjusting the pH of the solution to 2.5-10.5 with potassium hydroxide and/or ammonium hydroxide; 3) adding dropwise a reducing agent to an amount of 2.5 to 5 times in excess of that of the noble metal in moles, and allowing the reduction reaction to proceed; 4) filtering off the liquid and washing the remains; and 6) drying the remains. The catalysts prepared by the present invention have uniform particle sizes in the range of 4±0.5 nm, and superior electrochemical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2001
    Publication date: November 28, 2002
    Inventors: Wei Xing, Rongbing Du, Tianhong Lu