Patents by Inventor Wayne Wei Zheng

Wayne Wei Zheng 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).

  • Method and apparatus for testing battery conditions
    Patent number: 10451681
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for testing a condition of a battery. In one embodiment, a testing instruction for the battery is received from a controller of a device. In response to reception of the instruction, the battery is caused in a testing mode in which the battery and a power supply of the device concurrently provide power to the device, a first voltage provided by the battery being greater than a second voltage provided by the power supply. A condition of the battery is determined by monitoring an output current of the battery. Through the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present disclosure, consumption for battery test may be reduced without a need of interrupting operations of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Tao Yang, Jing Chen, Jesse Xizhi Cui, James Zhenyu Song, Wayne Wei Zheng
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TESTING BATTERY CONDITIONS
    Publication number: 20170269163
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for testing a condition of a battery. In one embodiment, a testing instruction for the battery is received from a controller of a device. In response to reception of the instruction, the battery is caused in a testing mode in which the battery and a power supply of the device concurrently provide power to the device, a first voltage provided by the battery being greater than a second voltage provided by the power supply. A condition of the battery is determined by monitoring an output current of the battery. Through the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present disclosure, consumption for battery test may be reduced without a need of interrupting operations of the apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Tao Yang, Jing Chen, Jesse Xizhi Cui, James Zhenyu Song, Wayne Wei Zheng