Patents by Inventor Xingyuan Wu
Xingyuan Wu 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).
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Patent number: 11923565Abstract: A battery module is provided including a battery unit that includes a battery top cover; a temperature measurement unit, including a temperature collection element to collect temperature of the battery top cover; a harness plate, arranged on the battery top cover and including a harness plate body and a limiting structure arranged on the harness plate body, wherein the limiting structure is matched with the temperature measurement unit; a circuit board, arranged on the harness plate and including a circuit board body and an extending strip arranged on the circuit board body, wherein the temperature collection element is connected with the extending strip; and an electrical connecting sheet arranged on the harness plate to connect different battery units, wherein the temperature measurement unit is arranged between the electrical connecting sheet and the battery top cover, and the electrical connecting sheet exerts pressure onto the temperature measurement unit.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Gen Cao, Jihua Yao, Huayuan Cao, Xingyuan Wu, Xiaoteng Huang
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Patent number: 11904728Abstract: This application discloses a thermal management system for a battery pack and a thermal management system for an electric vehicle. the thermal management system for the battery pack includes: a thermal management device for the battery pack, a processor, and a solenoid valve network connected to the thermal management device for the battery pack. An external port of the solenoid valve network is connected to an external cooling system. The processor is configured to control operating status of a solenoid valve in the solenoid valve network, so that the thermal management device for the battery pack heats the battery pack by using heat generated by the external cooling system.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Yanru Li, Xingyuan Wu, Guowei Li, Wei Zhang, Zhimin Dan, Xiyang Zuo
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Patent number: 11735787Abstract: A battery pack system, a control method thereof and a management device are provided. A battery pack is connected in series with a discharge circuit unit and a charge circuit unit; a battery management unit is to monitor a temperature of the battery pack, to periodically send, when the temperature of the battery pack is lower than a threshold, a turn-on-instruction to the discharge circuit unit and the charge circuit unit alternately to control the discharge circuit unit and the charge circuit unit to be alternately turned on in heating cycles; the discharge circuit unit is to be turned on according to the turn-on-instruction to enable electricity of the battery pack to flow into the energy storage unit in discharging-phase; and the charge circuit unit is to be turned on according to the turn-on-instruction to enable electricity of the energy storage unit to flow into the battery pack in charging-phase.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2020Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Teng Yu, Wenbin Lu, Xingyuan Wu, Taosheng Zhu
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Patent number: 11498451Abstract: The present application discloses a thermal management method for a battery pack. The method includes: under a condition that an electric vehicle is in a stationary state, obtaining a power-on time of the battery pack in the electric vehicle; under a condition of determining that the battery pack has a thermal management demand, determining a target temperature of the battery pack according to a connection state of a charging interface of the electric vehicle and a charging device; determining a thermal management starting time of the battery pack based on the target temperature of the battery pack and the power-on time; and under a condition that the thermal management starting time arrives, performing thermal management on the battery pack so that a temperature of the battery pack reaches the target temperature before the power-on time arrives.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2022Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Xingyuan Wu, Yanru Li, Yurui Song
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Publication number: 20220328901Abstract: This application relates to the field of battery power technologies and provides a battery and an electric device. The battery includes a battery cell, a thermal management apparatus and an insulation assembly. The thermal management apparatus and the insulation assembly are disposed on the battery cell. The battery cell is provided with an electrode terminal, the insulation assembly is connected to the electrode terminal, and the insulation assembly isolates the electrode terminal from the thermal management apparatus, thus avoiding impact on the electrode terminal by condensed water produced during operation of the thermal management apparatus, which improves safety of the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Haiqi YANG, Minjie ZHENG, Xiaoteng HUANG, Xingyuan WU, Jiarong HONG
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Patent number: 11407331Abstract: In a battery heating system an inverter includes a first-phase bridge arm, a second-phase bridge arm and a third-phase bridge arm connected in parallel, each of a upper bridge arm and a lower bridge arm is provided with a switch module, the switch module is connected in parallel with a buffer module; and a motor controller in the inverter is provided for providing driving signals to the switch module of a target upper bridge arm and the switch module of a target lower bridge arm to control the switch module of the upper bridge arm of any bridge arm among the three phases of bridge arms and the switch module of the lower bridge arm of at least one bridge arm among the bridge arms except the bridge arm where the switch module of the target upper bridge arm is located to be periodically turned on and off.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Guowei Li, Xingyuan Wu, Yanru Li
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Publication number: 20220238968Abstract: A signal transmission terminal, a sampling device, a battery module and a device are disclosed. The signal transmission terminal is used for the sampling device. The sampling device includes a conductive sheet. The signal transmission terminal includes a first connecting portion, a second connecting portion and a bendable portion. The first connecting portion is used for being connected to the conductive sheet and is provided with a raised portion. The second connecting portion is connected to the first connecting portion and is used for being connected to a sampling object. The bendable portion is used for being connected to the first connecting portion. The bendable portion is configured to press the conductive sheet between the first connecting portion and the bendable portion after being bent. The above signal transmission terminal can improve connection stability with the conductive sheet, such that reliability of sampling precision can be guaranteed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2022Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Long LI, Chong WANG, Wencai XU, Xingyuan WU
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Publication number: 20220203863Abstract: The present application discloses a thermal management method for a battery pack. The method includes: under a condition that an electric vehicle is in a stationary state, obtaining a power-on time of the battery pack in the electric vehicle; under a condition of determining that the battery pack has a thermal management demand, determining a target temperature of the battery pack according to a connection state of a charging interface of the electric vehicle and a charging device; determining a thermal management starting time of the battery pack based on the target temperature of the battery pack and the power-on time; and under a condition that the thermal management starting time arrives, performing thermal management on the battery pack so that a temperature of the battery pack reaches the target temperature before the power-on time arrives.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 27, 2022Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Xingyuan WU, Yanru Li, Yurui Song
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Patent number: 11351888Abstract: In a battery heating system an inverter includes a first-phase bridge arm, a second-phase bridge arm and a third-phase bridge arm connected in parallel, each of a upper bridge arm and a lower bridge arm is provided with a switch module, the switch module is connected in parallel with a buffer module; and a motor controller in the inverter is provided for providing driving signals to the switch module of a target upper bridge arm and the switch module of a target lower bridge arm to control the switch module of the upper bridge arm of any bridge arm among the three phases of bridge arms and the switch module of the lower bridge arm of at least one bridge arm among the bridge arms except the bridge arm where the switch module of the target upper bridge arm is located to be periodically turned on and off.Type: GrantFiled: January 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Guowei Li, Xingyuan Wu, Yanru Li
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Patent number: 11309598Abstract: The present disclosure provides a heating control method and a heating control device. The heating control method includes: acquiring an average current value in a heating circuit of a power battery pack; calculating a current output value required for nth cycle according to an average current value of the nth cycle, an average current value of (n?1)th cycle, an average current value of (n?2)th cycle, a preset current value, n is equal to or greater than 3; outputting a PWM signal to a switch device of the heating circuit according to a pre-calibrated PWM control parameter corresponding to the current output value so that a difference between an actual current value in the heating circuit and the preset current value is less than a preset threshold.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Zhimin Dan, Wenbin Lu, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Teng Yu, Xiyang Zuo, Xingyuan Wu, Taosheng Zhu
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Patent number: 11302990Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery module, a manufacturing method of the battery module and a vehicle, the battery module comprises batteries and a thermistor. Each battery comprises a cap plate, a positive electrode terminal, a negative electrode terminal and a vent, the vent is positioned between the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal. The cap plate comprises a first boundary away from the positive electrode terminal, and the vent comprises a third boundary close to the positive electrode terminal. The thermistor is positioned between the first boundary and the third boundary. Because the positive electrode terminal and the location around the positive electrode terminal are high in temperature, therefore when the thermistor collects the temperature of the battery, it greatly reduces the deviation between the collected temperature obtained by the thermistor and the actual temperature of the battery, thereby improving the accuracy of temperature sampling.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2019Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiaoteng Huang, Mingshu Chen, Xingyuan Wu, Jiarong Hong
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Publication number: 20220021070Abstract: An embodiment of the present application provides a battery pack and a device. The battery pack includes a battery module, a heat exchange member, a flow guide piece and a heat-conducting connecting piece. The battery module includes a plurality of batteries. Each battery is provided with an explosion-proof valve. The heat exchange member includes a heat exchange plate. The heat exchange plate is connected to the plurality of batteries through the heat-conducting connecting piece, and the heat exchange plate at least partially covers each explosion-proof valve. The flow guide piece is arranged between the plurality of batteries and the heat exchange plate, the flow guide piece is provided with a positioning hole penetrating in a height direction of the battery pack, and the positioning hole exposes the corresponding explosion-proof valve. The flow guide piece separates the corresponding explosion-proof valve from the heat-conducting connecting piece.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Haiqi YANG, Xingyuan WU, Minjie ZHENG, Jiarong HONG, Langchao HU
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Publication number: 20210387548Abstract: This application discloses a thermal management system for a battery pack and a thermal management system for an electric vehicle. the thermal management system for the battery pack includes: a thermal management device for the battery pack, a processor, and a solenoid valve network connected to the thermal management device for the battery pack. An external port of the solenoid valve network is connected to an external cooling system. The processor is configured to control operating status of a solenoid valve in the solenoid valve network, so that the thermal management device for the battery pack heats the battery pack by using heat generated by the external cooling system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Yanru LI, Xingyuan WU, Guowei LI, Wei ZHANG, Zhimin DAN, Xiyang zuo
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Publication number: 20210320368Abstract: The application provides a battery pack and a vehicle. The battery pack includes a battery box, reinforcing members being arranged on a bottom surface of the battery box; and at least one battery unit, located in the battery box. The battery unit includes: end plates; side plates, the side plates and the end plates being connected end to end in sequence to define an accommodating cavity, and the side plates being stacked on the reinforcing members in a height direction of the battery box; and a plurality of battery cores, located in the accommodating cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2021Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Haihua Huang, Xingyuan WU, Weigang SHI
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Publication number: 20210313643Abstract: This application provides a battery module, including a plurality of batteries, a first enclosing plate, and a second enclosing plate. The first enclosing plate includes a first side plate, a first front plate containing a first connecting hole, and a first rear plate containing a third connecting hole. The second enclosing plate includes a second side plate, a second front plate containing a second connecting hole, and a second rear plate containing a fourth connecting hole. The first connecting hole and the second connecting hole are fixedly connected to the first front plate and the second front plate by the fasteners. The third connecting hole and the fourth connecting hole are fixedly connected to the first rear plate and the second rear plate by the fasteners. Both the first enclosing plate and the second enclosing plate form a semi-enclosure structure, and tightly enclose the plurality of batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2021Publication date: October 7, 2021Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Wenqiang Huang, Xingyuan Wu
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Patent number: 11139514Abstract: A battery pack heating apparatus for double vehicle heating and a control method. In the embodiments of the present application, the apparatus is portably arranged outside a vehicle, and includes: an energy storage device; a current sensor; a first diode, an input end of the first diode connected with a second end of the current sensor; a first heating interface; a first switching device connected between the second end of the current sensor and a positive electrode of the first heating interface; a second diode, an output end of the second diode connected with the second end of the current sensor; a second heating interface; a second switching device connected between the second end of the current sensor and a negative electrode of the second heating interface; and a heating control module configured to control on-off states of the first and the second switching devices.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou, Wei Zhang, Xingyuan Wu, Taosheng Zhu
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Patent number: 11133543Abstract: A thermal management device and a battery pack are provided. The thermal management device applied in a battery pack. The battery pack includes a case and a plurality of cells received in the case. The thermal management device includes: a thermal management loop attached to each cell and at least partially covering a part of a vent of each cell; a heat exchange member communicating with the thermal management loop; and a power component connected between the thermal management loop and the heat exchange member. A heat exchange medium with a fire-extinguishing function is provided within the thermal management loop. The thermal management loop is broken in a condition where at least one cell is subjected to thermal runaway such that the heat exchange medium flows into an explosion-proof port of the at least one cell.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: September 28, 2021Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xingyuan Wu, Xingxing Li, Minjie Zheng, Haiqi Yang
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Publication number: 20210245628Abstract: In a battery heating system an inverter includes a first-phase bridge arm, a second-phase bridge arm and a third-phase bridge arm connected in parallel, each of a upper bridge arm and a lower bridge arm is provided with a switch module, the switch module is connected in parallel with a buffer module; and a motor controller in the inverter is provided for providing driving signals to the switch module of a target upper bridge arm and the switch module of a target lower bridge arm to control the switch module of the upper bridge arm of any bridge arm among the three phases of bridge arms and the switch module of the lower bridge arm of at least one bridge arm among the bridge arms except the bridge arm where the switch module of the target upper bridge arm is located to be periodically turned on and off.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 22, 2019Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Xiyang ZUO, Zhimin DAN, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Guowei LI, Xingyuan WU, Yanru LI
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Publication number: 20210249707Abstract: A battery pack heating apparatus for double vehicle heating and a control method. In the embodiments of the present application, the apparatus is portably arranged outside a vehicle, and includes: an energy storage device; a current sensor; a first diode, an input end of the first diode connected with a second end of the current sensor; a first heating interface; a first switching device connected between the second end of the current sensor and a positive electrode of the first heating interface; a second diode, an output end of the second diode connected with the second end of the current sensor; a second heating interface; a second switching device connected between the second end of the current sensor and a negative electrode of the second heating interface; and a heating control module configured to control on-off states of the first and the second switching devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2018Publication date: August 12, 2021Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Xiyang ZUO, Zhimin DAN, Yizhen HOU, Wei ZHANG, Xingyuan WU, Taosheng ZHU
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Patent number: 11050287Abstract: A battery pack system includes a battery pack, a battery management module, a discharge circuit module, a charge circuit module and an energy storage module. The battery pack is connected to the discharge circuit module in series and the battery pack is connected to the charge circuit module in series. The battery management module is configured to monitor a temperature of the battery pack, and if the temperature is lower than a first temperature threshold, send a switch-on instruction to the discharge circuit module and the charge circuit module alternately at a regulation frequency. The discharge circuit module is configured to switch on according to the switch-on instruction to enable electricity of the battery pack to flow into the energy storage module. The charge circuit module is configured to switch on according to the switch-on instruction to enable electricity of the energy storage module to flow into the battery pack.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 29, 2021Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Wei Zhang, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou, Xiyang Zuo, Wenbin Lu, Xingyuan Wu, Taosheng Zhu