Patents by Inventor Xiaokang Liu

Xiaokang Liu 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).

  • Patent number: 11918971
    Abstract: Disclosed in the present disclosure are a lithium adsorbent and a preparation method therefor. The lithium adsorbent has a porous structure, and includes an aluminum-based lithium adsorbent active material and a hydrophilic binder; and the lithium adsorbent has an average pore diameter ranging from 1 nm to 10 nm, a pore volume ranging from 0.65 ml/g to 0.8 ml/g, and a specific surface area ranging from 400 m2/g to 600 m2/g. The lithium adsorbent of the present disclosure has a specific average pore size ranging from 1 nm to 10 nm, lithium ions have a diameter of 0.3 nm, and the pore size of the lithium adsorbent of the present disclosure is three times or more greater than the diameter of the ions so that the lithium ions can quickly enter and exit pores.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: SUNRESIN NEW MATERIALS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Xiaokang Kou, Suidang Li, Pengwei Jiao, Qiong Liu
  • Patent number: 11867765
    Abstract: A battery micro-short circuit detection method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a target initial battery parameter value of a target battery at an initial moment, and determining a reference initial battery parameter value of a virtual reference battery at the initial moment, where a response of the virtual reference battery is the same as a response of the target battery when a same excitation condition is given; obtaining a target battery parameter value of the target battery at a specified moment; determining a reference battery parameter value of the virtual reference battery at the specified moment based on the target battery parameter value and the reference initial battery parameter; and calculating a difference between the target battery parameter value and the reference battery parameter value, and determining, based on the difference, that the target battery is micro-short-circuited.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Bingxiao Liu, Rui Yang, Xiaokang Liu
  • Publication number: 20230365407
    Abstract: A method for preparing lithium sulfide by using metallic lithium includes: step A: placing 0.05-0.1 kg of metallic lithium and a corresponding sulfur powder into a 5-10 L sealed container under an inert condition according to a mass ratio of 1:0.8-1:1; step B: placing the sealed container charged with lithium and the sulfur powder in step A into a vacuum oven at 250-300° C. and holding for 2-3 h, then adding an equal amount of sulfur as in step A followed by heat preservation for 2-3 h, and finally adding an equal amount of sulfur as in step A followed by heat preservation for 2-3 h; and step C: placing a crude lithium sulfide product obtained after high-temperature firing into a sealed ball-milling tank, and performing ball-milling at room temperature at a rotation speed of 100-500 r/min for 12-24 h.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: JIANGXI GANFENG LITHIUM INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Liangbin LI, Cui LIAO, Zhifang PAN, Ming YE, Zhihua HU, Jianyong ZHANG, Bin HU, Maonv LIAO, Zhong HU, Xiaokang LIU
  • Patent number: 11400816
    Abstract: A brake assistance system comprising a brake pedal, a booster motor, a simulation motor, a planetary row coupling node, and a brake master cylinder, where the brake master cylinder is configured to provide a braking force for the vehicle. The brake pedal, the booster motor, and the simulation motor are separately coupled to the planetary row coupling node. The planetary row coupling node is configured to convert a torque of the brake pedal, a torque output by the booster motor, and a torque output by the simulation motor into an acting force acting on a piston rod in the brake master cylinder.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fengyu Liu, Zhuofan Ying, Xiaokang Liu
  • Publication number: 20220219665
    Abstract: A distributed braking system for an automobile, an automobile, and a control method for the distributed braking system are disclosed. A first control valve is connected between a first brake circuit and a second brake circuit, to connect brake circuits corresponding to pressurizing apparatuses belonging to a same group. When one of the two brake circuits fails, the first control valve may be controlled to be in an open state, so that brake fluids in the two brake circuits can circulate, thereby helping improve redundancy performance of the distributed braking system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yongsheng Zhang, Guangyi Wang, Wei Zhang, Xiaokang Liu
  • Publication number: 20220219661
    Abstract: The technology of this application relates to a brake system of a vehicle, a vehicle, and a control method for a brake system. In the brake system, a first control valve is used to connect a first brake pipe and a second brake pipe, so that when the first control valve is in a closed state, the first brake pipe is connected to the second brake pipe, and brake fluid in the two brake pipes can flow in the two brake pipes, thereby helping improve redundancy performance of the brake system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Yongsheng Zhang, Donghao Liu, Xiaokang Liu, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 11371822
    Abstract: Disclosed is an alternating electric field based plane 2D time-grating displacement sensor which includes two parts: the base of fixed ruler and the base of moving ruler, and the two parts are installed in parallel. The base of fixed ruler is arranged with square excitation electrodes that are respectively staggered coded along axis X and Y, and the base of moving ruler is arranged with induction electrodes arranged adjacently along X-axis and Y-axis, and the four induction groups respectively output four traveling wave signals through electric field coupling, and summation of adjacent output signals with an adder can simultaneously decouple two traveling wave signals with opposite phases and only containing X-axis displacement and two traveling wave signals with opposite phases and only containing Y-axis displacement; two traveling wave signals in either direction are differenced by a subtractor to eliminate common mode interference.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Genertec Guoce Time Grating Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Kai Peng, Xiaokang Liu, Hongji Pu, Zhicheng Yu, Hewen Wang
  • Patent number: 11260759
    Abstract: An electric vehicle that includes a battery pack, a direct current socket, and a controller and a charging method for charging between electric vehicles, where in a process in which the direct current socket is coupled to an alternating current socket of another electric vehicle using a charge/discharge cable, the battery pack is controlled based on a charging request of the other electric vehicle to charge the other electric vehicle. Hence, charging between electric vehicles can be conveniently implemented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kui Zhou, Wentao He, Xiaokang Liu
  • Publication number: 20210404788
    Abstract: Disclosed is an alternating electric field based plane 2D time-grating displacement sensor which includes two parts: the base of fixed ruler and the base of moving ruler, and the two parts are installed in parallel. The base of fixed ruler is arranged with square excitation electrodes that are respectively staggered coded along axis X and Y, and the base of moving ruler is arranged with induction electrodes arranged adjacently along X-axis and Y-axis, and the four induction groups respectively output four traveling wave signals through electric field coupling, and summation of adjacent output signals with an adder can simultaneously decouple two traveling wave signals with opposite phases and only containing X-axis displacement and two traveling wave signals with opposite phases and only containing Y-axis displacement; two traveling wave signals in either direction are differenced by a subtractor to eliminate common mode interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicant: Genertec Guoce Time Grating Technology Co.,Ltd
    Inventors: Kai PENG, Xiaokang LIU, Hongji PU, Zhicheng YU, Hewen WANG
  • Patent number: 11211815
    Abstract: An apparatus and a system for balancing energy in a battery pack are provided, to implement balanced energy distribution among individual batteries in a battery pack. The apparatus includes: a transmitting coil, configured to transmit an electromagnetic wave generated by an input first alternating current to multiple receiving coils; the multiple receiving coils, where parameter values of all receiving coils of the multiple receiving coils are the same, all the receiving coils are coupled to the transmitting coil at a same coupling strength, and each receiving coil is configured to receive the electromagnetic wave transmitted by the transmitting coil, and generate and output a second alternating current according to the electromagnetic wave.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui Yang, Ming Liu, Xiaokang Liu
  • Publication number: 20210291665
    Abstract: A brake assistance system comprising a brake pedal, a booster motor, a simulation motor, a planetary row coupling node, and a brake master cylinder, where the brake master cylinder is configured to provide a braking force for the vehicle. The brake pedal, the booster motor, and the simulation motor are separately coupled to the planetary row coupling node. The planetary row coupling node is configured to convert a torque of the brake pedal, a torque output by the booster motor, and a torque output by the simulation motor into an acting force acting on a piston rod in the brake master cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Fengyu Liu, Zhuofan Ying, Xiaokang Liu
  • Publication number: 20210215414
    Abstract: A vehicle temperature management system includes a refrigerant circulation system including a compressor, a first heat exchanger, a depressurization apparatus, a heat exchange plate, a four-way valve, and a second heat exchanger that is configured to heat a first refrigerant that flows to an input port when a management object needs to be cooled through the heat exchange plate, and cool the first refrigerant that flows to the heat exchange plate when the management object needs to be heated through the heat exchange plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Haomang Hu, Zhiwei Wu, Xiaokang Liu, Jing Jiang, Zuqi Liu
  • Patent number: 10927934
    Abstract: A reducer, an electric vehicle drive system with the reducer, and a control method for the electric vehicle drive system with the reducer comprises, in a reducer, a first countershaft is transmittingly connected to a first input shaft, a second countershaft is transmittingly connected to a second input shaft, and a centralized driving piece is transmittingly connected to a power input end of a differential apparatus. A first transmission assembly and a second transmission assembly are respectively configured to connect or disconnect power transmission between the first countershaft and the centralized driving piece and connect or disconnect transmission assembly power transmission between the second countershaft and the centralized driving piece. A first output shaft and a second output shaft are transmittingly connected to two power output ends of the differential apparatus respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yihong Zheng, Xiaokang Liu
  • Patent number: 10923922
    Abstract: Example energy balancing circuits and energy balancing apparatus are described. One example energy balancing circuit includes a coupling branch and a receiving branch. The coupling branch includes one sending coil and at least one receiving coil. Each receiving coil is coupled to the sending coil in an electromagnetic induction manner. The receiving branch includes at least one receiving subbranch. Each receiving coil is uniquely connected to one receiving subbranch. Each receiving subbranch includes a rectifier branch. A first receiving subbranch in the at least one receiving subbranch further includes a first boost branch connected to both a first rectifier branch and a first receiving coil. The first receiving coil is a receiving coil connected to the first receiving subbranch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Rui Yang, Chengbin Ma, Xiaokang Liu
  • Publication number: 20200292041
    Abstract: This disclosure provides a reducer (100), an electric vehicle drive system, and a control method for the electric vehicle drive system. In the reducer (100), a first countershaft (2a) is transmittingly connected to a first input shaft (1a), a second countershaft (2b) is transmittingly connected to a second input shaft (1b), and a centralized driving piece (5) is transmittingly connected to a power input end of a differential apparatus (4). A first transmission assembly (X1) and a second transmission assembly (X2) are respectively configured to connect or disconnect power transmission between the first countershaft (2a) and the centralized driving piece (5) and connect or disconnect transmission assembly power transmission between the second countershaft (2b) and the centralized driving piece (5). A first output shaft (3a) and a second output shaft (3b) are transmittingly connected to two power output ends of the differential apparatus (4) respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Yihong Zheng, Xiaokang Liu
  • Patent number: 10581254
    Abstract: An equalization current adjustment method includes: determining a battery unit to be equalized in a battery pack, and obtaining a current actual equalization current value of the battery unit; and when it is determined that a difference between the current actual equalization current value of the battery unit and a target equalization current value does not fall within a range of a preset threshold, adjusting a fundamental amplitude of an alternating current power supply of a target circuit on which the battery unit is located and/or a voltage gain of the target circuit, so that the difference between the current actual equalization current value of the battery unit and the target equalization current value falls within the range of the preset threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Rui Yang, Xiaokang Liu, Zhiwei Wu
  • Patent number: 10495488
    Abstract: An electric field type time-grating linear displacement sensor based on a single row multilayer structure, including a moving ruler and a fixed ruler. The moving ruler having a row of induced electrodes and the fixed ruler having a row of excitation electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Chongqing University of Technology
    Inventors: Xiaokang Liu, Donglin Peng, Kai Peng, Fangyan Zheng
  • Publication number: 20190319463
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to the battery field, and provide an energy balancing circuit and an energy balancing apparatus, so that a balancing capability of a circuit can be improved while a loss of the circuit is kept stable. The energy balancing circuit includes a coupling branch and a receiving branch. The coupling branch includes one sending coil and at least one receiving coil. Each receiving coil is coupled to the sending coil in an electromagnetic induction manner. The receiving branch includes at least one receiving subbranch. Each receiving coil is uniquely connected to one receiving subbranch. Each receiving subbranch includes a rectifier branch. A first receiving subbranch in the at least one receiving subbranch further includes a first boost branch connected to both a first rectifier branch and a first receiving coil. The first receiving coil is a receiving coil connected to the first receiving subbranch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: October 17, 2019
    Inventors: Rui YANG, Chengbin MA, Xiaokang LIU
  • Publication number: 20190305384
    Abstract: A battery micro-short circuit detection method and apparatus are disclosed. The method includes: obtaining a target initial battery parameter value of a target battery at an initial moment, and determining a reference initial battery parameter value of a virtual reference battery at the initial moment, where a response of the virtual reference battery is the same as a response of the target battery when a same excitation condition is given; obtaining a target battery parameter value of the target battery at a specified moment; determining a reference battery parameter value of the virtual reference battery at the specified moment based on the target battery parameter value and the reference initial battery parameter; and calculating a difference between the target battery parameter value and the reference battery parameter value, and determining, based on the difference, that the target battery is micro-short-circuited.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2019
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Bingxiao LIU, Rui YANG, Xiaokang LIU
  • Patent number: 10359299
    Abstract: An electric field type time-grating angular displacement sensor, including a rotor and a stator. The rotor includes m rotor electrodes. The rotor electrodes cover a circle on a surface of a rotor body with equal space. The stator includes 4m stator electrodes. The stator electrodes cover a circle on a surface of a stator body with equal space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: Chongqing University of Technology
    Inventors: Xiaokang Liu, Donglin Peng, Zhicheng Yu