Patents by Inventor Wenfeng Jiang

Wenfeng Jiang 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: 20220181730
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a power battery pack, an energy storage device, an electric vehicle. The power battery pack includes an accommodating device and a plurality of cells, the accommodating device includes a plurality of accommodating regions, and each accommodating region has a first side edge and a second side edge and cells disposed between the first side edge and the second side edge. A distance between the first side edge and the second side edge along a first direction varies with different accommodating regions, each cell includes a first end and a second end, and a distance between the first end and the second end matches a distance between a corresponding first side edge and a corresponding second side edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Huajun SUN, Zhipei LU, Jianglong TANG, Wenfeng JIANG, Yan ZHU
  • Publication number: 20220126705
    Abstract: A battery pack, a vehicle, and an energy storage device are provided. The battery pack includes a cell array and a support member, where the cell array includes a plurality of cells, each of the plurality of cells has a first size, and the first size is a maximum value of spacings between pairs of imaginary parallel planes that clamp the cell; at least one cell satisfies 600 mm?first size?2500 mm, and is supported by the support member; and a normal direction of two parallel planes corresponding to the first size is a direction Q, a battery placement area is defined in the battery pack, the cell array is located in the battery placement area, and each of the plurality of cells extends from one side of the battery placement area to another side of the battery placement area along the direction Q.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Long HE, Huajun SUN, Wenfeng JIANG, Zhipei LU, Weixin ZHENG, Jianglong TANG, Yan ZHU, Xinyue WANG, Kefeng HE
  • Publication number: 20220126666
    Abstract: Provided are a power battery pack and an electric vehicle. The power battery pack includes: a pack body; and a plurality of cells, directly arranged in the pack body. The cell extends from a first side of the pack body to a second side of the pack body, and the first side and the second side are disposed opposite to each other. The first side of the pack body is provided with a first side wall, the second side of the pack body is provided with a second side wall, an end of the cell is supported by the first side wall, and the other end of the cell is supported by the second side wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Inventors: Long HE, Huajun SUN, Wenfeng JIANG, Zhipei LU, Weixin ZHENG, Jianglong TANG, Yan ZHU, Xinyue WANG, Kefeng HE
  • Publication number: 20220118840
    Abstract: A power battery pack includes: a pack body; a plurality of cells, disposed in the pack body; the cell having a length L0, a width H0, and a thickness D0, where at least one cell meets: L0>H0?D0, a length direction of the cell is arranged along a width direction of a vehicle body of the electric vehicle, and in the width direction of the electric vehicle, the length L0 of the cell and a size W of the vehicle body of the electric vehicle in the width direction meet: 46%?L0/W?76%; or at least one cell meets: L0>H0?D0, a length direction of the cell is arranged along a length direction of a vehicle body of the electric vehicle, and in the length direction of the electric vehicle, the length L0 of the cell and a size X of the vehicle body of the electric vehicle in the length direction meet: 40%?L0/W?76%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Long HE, Huajun SUN, Wenfeng JIANG, Zhipei LU, Weixin ZHENG, Jianglong TANG, Yan ZHU, Xinyue WANG, Kefeng HE
  • Publication number: 20220123404
    Abstract: A battery pack and an electric vehicle are provided. The battery pack includes a housing; and a plurality of cells, provided in the housing, wherein the sum V1 of the volumes of the plurality of cells and the volume V2 of the battery pack satisfy V1/V2?55%. The battery pack has a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to each other. A length direction of the cell is arranged along the first direction of the battery pack, and the plurality of cells are arranged along the second direction of the battery pack. The cell comprises a cell body, and the length of the cell body is 400-2500 mm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Long HE, Huajun SUN, Wenfeng JIANG, Zhipei LU, Weixin ZHENG, Jianglong TANG, Yan ZHU, Xinyue WANG, Kefeng HE
  • Publication number: 20220118841
    Abstract: Provided are a power battery pack and an electric vehicle. The power battery pack includes: a pack body, where an accommodating space is defined in the pack body, the pack body is provided therein with at least one widthwise cross beam or lengthwise cross beam, the widthwise cross beam extends along a width direction of the power battery pack, the lengthwise cross beam extends along a length direction of the power battery pack, and the accommodating space is divided into a plurality of accommodating chambers by the at least one widthwise cross beam or lengthwise cross beam; and a plurality of cells, disposed in the pack body and directly arranged in the accommodating chambers, where at least one cell is arranged in each accommodating chamber to form a cell array.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Long HE, Huajun SUN, Wenfeng JIANG, Zhipei LU, Weixin ZHENG, Jianglong TANG, Yan ZHU, Xinyue WANG, Kefeng HE
  • Publication number: 20220102787
    Abstract: A cell, a power battery pack, and an electric vehicle are provided. The cell includes a cell body, and the cell body has a length L, a width H and a thickness D. The length L of the cell body is greater than the width H, the width H of the cell body is greater than the thickness D, the length L of the cell body is greater than 600 mm, and the length L and the width H of the cell body satisfy L/H=4-21.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Long HE, Huajun SUN, Wenfeng JIANG, Zhipei LU, Weixin ZHENG, Jianglong TANG, Yan ZHU, Xinyue WANG, Kefeng HE
  • Patent number: 11183729
    Abstract: A battery pack, a vehicle, and an energy storage device. The battery pack includes a housing with a first direction and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. The battery pack housing includes at least one rectangular cell accommodating unit is formed therein. The battery pack also includes a plurality of rectangular cells, and has a dimension greater than or equal to 600 mm along the first direction. The plurality of rectangular cells are arranged in the rectangular cell accommodating unit along the second direction. The rectangular cell has a thickness of D, length of L, and height of H. A length direction of at least one rectangular cell extends from one side of the rectangular cell accommodating unit to its other side along the first direction, and meets: L>H, L>D, 600 mm?L?2500 mm, 23?L/D?208.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Long He, Huajun Sun, Wenfeng Jiang, Zhipei Lu, Weixin Zheng, Jianglong Tang, Yan Zhu, Xinyue Wang, Kefeng He
  • Publication number: 20210249725
    Abstract: A battery pack, a vehicle, and an energy storage device are provided. The battery pack includes a cell array and a support member, where the cell array includes a plurality of cells, the cell has a first dimension, and the first dimension is a maximum spacing between two imaginary parallel planes sandwiching the cell; and at least one of the cells 600 mm?first dimension?2500 mm the at least one cell includes a casing and a core located inside the casing, a supporting region is formed on the casing, and the cell is connected to the support member through the supporting region and is supported by the support member. The support member is connected to the supporting region to support the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Long HE, Huajun SUN, Wenfeng JIANG, Zhipei LU, Weixin ZHENG, Jianglong TANG, Yan ZHU, Xinyue WANG, Kefeng HE
  • Publication number: 20210175572
    Abstract: A battery pack, a vehicle, and an energy storage device are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Long HE, Huajun SUN, Wenfeng JIANG, Zhipei LU, Weixin ZHENG, Jianglong TANG, Yan ZHU, Xinyue WANG, Kefeng HE
  • Publication number: 20210162872
    Abstract: A battery system and an electric vehicle are disclosed. The battery system includes at least one series circuit, a pouch battery and at least one first cell connected to the pouch battery in series being disposed in the series circuit, and a current interrupt device being disposed on the first cell; and the current interrupt device of the first cell being configured to interrupt an internal current of the first cell when at least one of the pouch battery and the first cell is abnormal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Long HE, Xi SHEN, Luxia JIANG, Wenfeng JIANG
  • Publication number: 20200254527
    Abstract: Self-assembly methods are provided for making hedgehog-shaped microparticles or nanoparticles. The method may comprise combining a metal-containing (e.g., Fe, Au) precursor, a chalcogen-containing precursor (e.g., Se, S), and a self-assembly additive (e.g., dodecanethiol (DT), oleylamine (OLA), hexadecyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB)). At least one hedgehog-shaped nanoscale, mesoscale, or microscale particle is formed that defines a core region formed of a first material and a plurality of needles connected to and substantially orthogonal to a surface of the core region. The needles comprise a second material. At least one of the first or the second material comprises iron or gold and optionally selenium or sulfur, for example, iron diselenide (FeSe2). Hedgehog-shaped microparticles or nanoparticles formed from such self-assembly methods are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    Inventors: Nicholas A. KOTOV, Dawei DENG, Wenfeng JIANG, Douglas MONTJOY
  • Patent number: 10711383
    Abstract: A water reuse control method of a multiple-drum washing machine, having a first washing drum and a second washing drum. When the first drum reaches a drainage process, comparing a time for the second drum to reach a water supply process T12 to a time for the first drum to reach a next drainage process T11; if T12<T11, the first drum waits until water is supplied into the second drum; if T12?T11, water in the first drum is directly drained. Alternatively, when the first drum reaches the water supply process, comparing time for the second drum to reach the drainage process T22 to time for the first drum to reach a next water supply process T21; if T22?T21, clean water is directly supplied into the first drum; if T22<T21, the first drum waits until the second drum drains water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenwei Li, Jun Wu, Rongshuai Cai, Haibo Wang, Wenfeng Jiang
  • Patent number: 10297881
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a battery heating system, a battery assembly and an electric vehicle. The battery heating system includes: a battery group having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a switch having a first end connected with the positive terminal; a large-current discharge module, and a controller connected to the switch and configured to control the switch according to a temperature of the battery group. A first end of the large-current discharge module is connected to a second end of the switch, and a second end of the large-current discharge module is connected to the negative terminal. When the switch is turned on, the battery group discharges via the large-current discharge module and the battery group is heated due to an internal resistance thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Xi Shen, Wenfeng Jiang, Jin Liu, Xiaohui Jia
  • Publication number: 20180237976
    Abstract: A washing machine comprises a control panel and at least two washing devices, and a control system separately connected with the control panel and the washing devices, wherein the control panel is provided with a knob which can be used as a selection key for selecting one washing device to execute next operation, and also can be used for selecting programs of the washing device, a set of control keys which are shared by the washing devices, and used for controlling the programs and parameters of the corresponding washing device after the washing device is selected by the selection key, and at least two display units corresponding to the washing devices and used for displaying settings and operating states of the washing devices. The washing machine can control and display two washing devices by using only one control panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2016
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenwei LI, Rongshuai CAI, Jinkai WANG, Jun WU, Wenfeng JIANG, Xiao NING
  • Publication number: 20170342628
    Abstract: A water reuse control method of a multiple-drum washing machine, having a first washing drum and a second washing drum. When the first drum reaches a drainage process, comparing a time for the second drum to reach a water supply process T12 to a time for the first drum to reach a next drainage process T11; if T12<T11, the first drum waits until water is supplied into the second drum; if T12?T11, water in the first drum is directly drained. Alternatively, when the first drum reaches the water supply process, comparing time for the second drum to reach the drainage process T22 to time for the first drum to reach a next water supply process T21; if T22?T21, clean water is directly supplied into the first drum; if T22<T21, the first drum waits until the second drum drains water.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: QINGDAO HAIER DRUM WASHING MACHINE CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wenwei LI, Jun WU, Rongshuai CAI, Haibo WANG, Wenfeng JIANG
  • Publication number: 20170098874
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a battery heating system, a battery assembly and an electric vehicle. The battery heating system includes: a battery group having a positive terminal and a negative terminal; a switch having a first end connected with the positive terminal; a large-current discharge module, and a controller connected to the switch and configured to control the switch according to a temperature of the battery group. A first end of the large-current discharge module is connected to a second end of the switch, and a second end of the large-current discharge module is connected to the negative terminal. When the switch is turned on, the battery group discharges via the large-current discharge module and the battery group is heated due to an internal resistance thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: XI SHEN, WENFENG JIANG, JIN LIU, XIAOHUI JIA
  • Patent number: 8399116
    Abstract: An electrochemical storage cell having a coiled core is disclosed. The coiled core includes a cathode sheet, an anode sheet, and a separator sheet. An anode connector is connected with the anode sheet at a first end of the coiled core and a cathode connector is connected with the cathode sheet at a second, opposite end of the coiled core. The coiled core has a length Lcore and a width Wcore and each connector has a width Wconnector. The length of the coiled core Lcore, width of the coiled core Wcore, and width of each connector Wconnector have the relationship 0<(Wcore?Wconnector)/Lcore<0.37.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: BYD Co. Ltd.
    Inventors: Chengliang Li, Wenfeng Jiang, Xiankai Zhou, Guanglin Wu, Xi Shen
  • Publication number: 20120064392
    Abstract: An electrode material for a lithium ion battery comprises an electrode active material, an adhesive and a hydrogen storage alloy. The hydrogen storage alloy includes at least one selected from AB5 type Nickel based hydrogen storage alloys, AB2 type Laves phase hydrogen storage alloys, A2B type Magnesium based hydrogen storage alloys, and V-based solid solution type hydrogen storage alloys. A lithium ion battery containing the electrode material is also provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2011
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Lihui Qu, Wenfeng Jiang, Yanchu Liu, Yu Xia, Fuzhong Pan
  • Publication number: 20120064401
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a titanium system composite comprising a lithium titanium composite oxide and a lithium compound cladding the lithium titanium composite oxide. The present disclosure further discloses a preparation method of the titanium system composite and an electrode material for batteries or capacitors comprising a titanium system composite.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2010
    Publication date: March 15, 2012
    Inventors: Guogang Liu, Wenfeng Jiang, Fuzhong Pan, Yu Xia, Honggu Pan