Patents by Inventor Weixin FANG

Weixin FANG 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: 20240347263
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a magnetic element, an inductor, an inductor assembly, and an electronic device. The magnetic element includes a top plate, a bottom plate, a side plate, and a winding structure. The top plate and the bottom plate are disposed opposite to each other at an interval in a first direction. The winding structure is connected between the top plate and the bottom plate, and is configured to wind a winding. The side plate and the winding structure are disposed at an interval in a second direction. The side plate, the top plate, the winding structure, and the bottom plate jointly form a carrier of a magnetic flux loop. The side plate includes a plurality of strip structures that are stacked. A stacking direction of the plurality of strip structures is a third direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2024
    Publication date: October 17, 2024
    Inventors: Yunyu TANG, Weixin FANG, Chao LIU, Lei SHI
  • Patent number: 11431263
    Abstract: Disclosed is a solid-state transformer having an uninterrupted operation ability under an AC/DC fault, in which bridge arms of a hybrid modular multilevel converter include half-bridge submodules and full-bridge submodules. The half-bridge submodules and the full-bridge submodules are connected with input ends of isolated dual-active-bridge converters via DC capacitors of the half-bridge submodules and full-bridge submodules; output ends of the isolated dual-active-bridge converters are connected in parallel to form a low-voltage DC bus; and a three-phase full-bridge inverter is connected to the low-voltage DC bus. The solid-state transformer may be provided with four ports including a medium-voltage AC port, a medium-voltage DC port, a low-voltage DC port and a low-voltage AC port which are beneficial to the interconnection of multi-voltage-level and multi-form AC/DC hybrid distribution grids. The solid-state transformer has the uninterrupted operation ability under the AC/DC fault.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianwen Zhang, Yixin Zhang, Weixin Fang, Jianqiao Zhou, Gang Shi, Xu Cai, Jiacheng Wang
  • Publication number: 20220166343
    Abstract: In a solid-state transformer having an uninterrupted operation ability under an AC/DC fault, bridge arms of a hybrid modular multilevel converter comprise half-bridge submodules and full-bridge submodules, the half-bridge submodules and the full-bridge submodules are interconnected with input ends of the isolated dual-active-bridge converters via DC capacitors of the submodules, output ends of the plurality of isolated dual-active-bridge converters are connected in parallel to form a low-voltage DC bus, and the three-phase full-bridge inverter is connected to the low-voltage DC bus. The solid-state transformer provided by the present invention may be provided with four ports including a medium-voltage AC port, a medium-voltage DC port, a low-voltage DC port and a low-voltage AC port which are beneficial to the interconnection of multi-voltage-grade and multi-form AC/DC hybrid distribution grids; and the solid-state transformer has the uninterrupted operation ability under the AC/DC fault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2022
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Applicant: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianwen ZHANG, Yixin ZHANG, Weixin FANG, Jianqiao ZHOU, Gang SHI, Xu CAI, Jiacheng WANG
  • Patent number: 11133752
    Abstract: A modular multilevel converter with multi-port DC power flow control includes a modular multilevel converter topology and a DC power flow controller, wherein an input terminal of the DC power flow controller is connected in series to uppermost submodules of upper arms of the modular multilevel converter topology, and with power transfer and energy interaction between the modular multilevel converter topology and an AC power grid, a converter station or a solid state transformer based on the modular multilevel converter topology has a function of direct current power flow control. The output terminal of the DC power flow controller adopts DC/DC converters to regulate the output voltage, and a plurality of DC/DC converters share a common DC bus with the ports connected with different DC outlet lines, thereby providing a plurality of flexible and controllable DC ports.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2021
    Assignee: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianwen Zhang, Weixin Fang, Jianqiao Zhou, Gang Shi, Han Wang, Xu Cai
  • Publication number: 20210203247
    Abstract: A modular multilevel converter with multi-port DC power flow control includes a modular multilevel converter topology and a DC power flow controller, wherein an input terminal of the DC power flow controller is connected in series to uppermost submodules of upper arms of the modular multilevel converter topology, and with power transfer and energy interaction between the modular multilevel converter topology and an AC power grid, a converter station or a solid state transformer based on the modular multilevel converter topology has a function of direct current power flow control. The output terminal of the DC power flow controller adopts DC/DC converters to regulate the output voltage, and a plurality of DC/DC converters share a common DC bus with the ports connected with different DC outlet lines, thereby providing a plurality of flexible and controllable DC ports.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 10, 2021
    Publication date: July 1, 2021
    Applicant: SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Jianwen ZHANG, Weixin FANG, Jianqiao ZHOU, Gang SHI, Han WANG, Xu CAI