Patents by Inventor Xiyang Zuo
Xiyang Zuo 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: 11923712Abstract: A battery formation apparatus includes a DC-DC conversion module, an additional power supply, and a control circuit. Low-voltage and high-voltage terminals of the DC-DC conversion module are electrically connected to the control circuit and a DC bus, respectively. The DC-DC conversion module is configured to, when a battery unit discharges into the battery formation apparatus, convert a first voltage input into a second voltage greater than the first voltage, and output the second voltage. The additional power supply is electrically connected to the control circuit, and configured to output an additional voltage. The control circuit is electrically connected to the battery unit, the low-voltage terminal of the DC-DC conversion module, and the additional power supply. The control circuit is configured to serially connect the low-voltage terminal of the DC-DC conversion module, the battery unit, and the additional power supply when the battery unit discharges into the battery formation apparatus.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2023Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Zhanliang Li, Huanle Zhou, Meng Li, Xiyang Zuo, Yu Yan, Zhimin Dan
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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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Publication number: 20230384395Abstract: System and method for testing power conversion devices are provided. A power supply grid is connected to an AC terminal of a first power conversion device, the power supply grid is also connected to an AC terminal of the second power conversion device, and a DC terminal of the first power conversion device is connected to a DC terminal of the second power conversion device. In this way, a test loop is formed by the power supply grid, the first power conversion device and the second power conversion device. In this test loop, the first power conversion device and the second power conversion device act as a load and a power source, so no additional DC power supply and load are required during the test.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: November 30, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Chunfa WANG, Yanming ZHAO, Zhimin DAN, Yu YAN, Yuan YAO, Xiao WANG, Xiyang ZUO
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Patent number: 11772515Abstract: A battery pack heating system includes: a main positive switch, a main negative switch, an inverter, an external port, a motor, a control module for auxiliary charging branch, a vehicle control unit, a motor control unit, and a battery management module. The battery management module is configured to send, when an acquired state parameter of the battery pack meets a preset low-temperature-low-power condition, a low-temperature-low-power heating request instruction to the vehicle control unit and the control module respectively. The control module is configured to send a first control signal to control the auxiliary charging branch to be connected. The vehicle control unit is configured to send a second control signal to enable the motor control unit to control on-off of the switch modules in the inverter, and a third control signal to enable the battery management module to control on-off of the main positive switch.Type: GrantFiled: July 26, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Xiong Zheng, Bao Li, Tiancong Wang
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Publication number: 20230299606Abstract: A charging and heating apparatus includes a power unit configured to be connected to a battery to be charged/discharged and perform voltage conversion on a received voltage and current and output a converted voltage to the battery, a unidirectional/bidirectional conversion unit connected to the power unit and configured to output a bidirectional alternating current or a preset current to the power unit, and a control unit connected to the unidirectional/bidirectional conversion unit and configured to, in response to the battery being in a heating mode, control the unidirectional/bidirectional conversion unit to output the bidirectional alternating current to the corresponding power unit, such that the battery self-heats under excitation of the bidirectional alternating current, and in response to the battery being in a charge/discharge mode, control the unidirectional/bidirectional conversion unit to output the preset current to the power unit, such that the battery is charged/discharged.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2023Publication date: September 21, 2023Inventors: Xiyang ZUO, Yu YAN, Zhimin DAN, Zhanliang LI
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Publication number: 20230291219Abstract: A battery formation apparatus includes a DC-DC conversion module, an additional power supply, and a control circuit. Low-voltage and high-voltage terminals of the DC-DC conversion module are electrically connected to the control circuit and a DC bus, respectively. The DC-DC conversion module is configured to, when a battery unit discharges into the battery formation apparatus, convert a first voltage input into a second voltage greater than the first voltage, and output the second voltage. The additional power supply is electrically connected to the control circuit, and configured to output an additional voltage. The control circuit is electrically connected to the battery unit, the low-voltage terminal of the DC-DC conversion module, and the additional power supply. The control circuit is configured to serially connect the low-voltage terminal of the DC-DC conversion module, the battery unit, and the additional power supply when the battery unit discharges into the battery formation apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2023Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Zhanliang LI, Huanle ZHOU, Meng LI, Xiyang ZUO, Yu YAN, Zhimin DAN
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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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Publication number: 20230231218Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a DC/DC conversion circuit, a power unit, a charging pile, and a charge-discharge heating method. The circuit includes: a first rectifier module, where an input end of the first rectifier module is connected to a power grid through an AC/DC conversion circuit; a transformer module, where an input end of the transformer module is connected to an output end of the first rectifier module; an energy storage module; and a second rectifier module, where an input end of the second rectifier module is configured to connect to an output end of the transformer module or the energy storage module, and an output end of the second rectifier module is configured to connect to a battery pack of an electric vehicle when the charging pile is charging the electric vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Zhanliang LI, Zhimin DAN, Yu YAN, Xiaojian HUANG, Xiyang ZUO, Yuanmiao ZHAO, Xiao WANG
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Publication number: 20230208149Abstract: A battery charging control method applicable to a vehicle electrical system that includes a current control unit including a semiconductor device. Two ends of the current control unit are connected to a battery and a charging power supply, respectively. The method includes controlling, when a temperature of the battery is below a preset temperature, the current control unit to be in a first state in which the semiconductor device is reversely connected in a circuit, sending a first charging request including a first charging current required to heat the battery to the preset temperature, controlling, when the temperature of the battery reaches the preset temperature, the current control unit to be in a second state in which the semiconductor device is disconnected from the circuit or forwardly connected in the circuit, and sending a second charging request including a second charging current at which the battery is charged.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2022Publication date: June 29, 2023Inventors: Diping LIU, YU YAN, Xiyang ZUO, Xianxi PAN, Bao LI, Zhimin DAN
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Patent number: 11685289Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a charging and discharging device. The charging and discharging device includes an AC/DC converter, a first DC/DC converter, a second DC/DC converter and a control unit. The control unit is used to: receive a first charging request, the first charging request including a first charging voltage and a first charging current; set output power of the first DC/DC converter based on the first charging voltage and the first charging current; turn on the second DC/DC converter if an SOC of the energy storage unit is greater than a first threshold to charge the battery by the energy storage unit; and adjust output power of the second DC/DC converter, so as to enable a voltage difference between a bus voltage and a bus balance voltage of the charging and discharging device to be less than or equal to a preset value.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Jinfeng Gao, Chen Qi, Xiyang Zuo, Xiaojian Huang
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Patent number: 11650261Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a detection apparatus of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and a battery management system, the detection apparatus including a waveform generator, where the waveform generator is integrated in a battery monitoring chip; an excitation resistor; a detection resistor; and an MOS switch, wherein the waveform generator is configured to generate a pulse waveform, a gate electrode of the MOS switch is configured to receive the pulse waveform; the excitation resistor is configured to enable the battery to generate an excitation current when the gate electrode of the MOS switch receives the pulse waveform; the detection resistor is configured to convert the excitation current into an excitation voltage, the excitation voltage is configured to calculate an electrochemical impedance of the battery, The detection apparatus of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in embodiments of the present application can lower cost and volume of EIS detection.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Fangjie Zhou, Yizhen Hou, Xiyang Zuo, Qiandeng Li, Le Chu
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Publication number: 20230130303Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control method, a device, a power system, and an electric vehicle. The method is applied to a motor controller of the power system. The power system further includes a power battery, a motor, and an inverter. The method includes: sending a first control signal to the inverter when a cell temperature of the power battery satisfies a preset heating condition for the power battery; where the first control signal is configured to control the inverter to convert an electricity provided by the power battery into an alternating current with a frequency changing randomly, and the alternating current with the frequency changing randomly is configured to supply power to the motor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 20, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Xiaojian Huang, Zhimin Dan, Xianxi Pan, Xiyang Zuo
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Patent number: 11605848Abstract: Disclosed is a traction battery self-heating control method and a device. Acquiring a second temperature of a rotor at a current sampling time according to system parameters and a first temperature of the rotor at a previous sampling time, and estimating a third temperature of the rotor at a next sampling time according to the first temperature and the second temperature, and stopping the self-heating of the traction battery when the third temperature reaches a demagnetization temperature of the rotor. Whether to stop the self-heating of the traction battery is determined by estimating a rotor temperature under the self-heating condition, and comparing the rotor temperature with the demagnetization temperature of the rotor, and thus the self-heating control of the traction battery is realized.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiaojian Huang, Zhimin Dan, Bao Li, Xiyang Zuo
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Patent number: 11606058Abstract: Disclosed is a motor, a control method, a power system, and an electric vehicle. Each phase stator winding of the motor includes two sub-winding sets. When a traction battery needs to be heated, the two sub-winding sets of the motor store electrical energy and provide alternating currents to the traction battery through an inverter, so that the traction battery uses its internal resistance for heating. In addition, the two sub-winding sets generate opposite magnetic fields which cancel each other out, so that the strength of the magnetic field inside each phase stator winding and the air gap magnetic flux are reduced, thereby alleviating the heat generation and NVH problems of the motor.Type: GrantFiled: August 1, 2022Date of Patent: March 14, 2023Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiaojian Huang, Zhimin Dan, Bao Li, Xiyang Zuo
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Publication number: 20230064240Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a detection apparatus of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and a battery management system, the detection apparatus including a waveform generator, where the waveform generator is integrated in a battery monitoring chip; an excitation resistor; a detection resistor; and an MOS switch, wherein the waveform generator is configured to generate a pulse waveform, a gate electrode of the MOS switch is configured to receive the pulse waveform; the excitation resistor is configured to enable the battery to generate an excitation current when the gate electrode of the MOS switch receives the pulse waveform; the detection resistor is configured to convert the excitation current into an excitation voltage, the excitation voltage is configured to calculate an electrochemical impedance of the battery, The detection apparatus of electrochemical impedance spectroscopy in embodiments of the present application can lower cost and volume of EIS detection.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Fangjie ZHOU, Yizhen HOU, Xiyang ZUO, Qiandeng LI, Le CHU
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Publication number: 20230062270Abstract: The present application relates to a method for heating a battery pack, where the battery pack is connected to an inductive load via a converter and the method includes: controlling on and off of a switch module in the converter upon receiving a heating request, so as to control discharging and charging between the battery pack and the inductive load, connecting the battery pack and an auxiliary heating mechanism in parallel during a discharging stage of the battery pack; and disconnecting the auxiliary heating mechanism from the battery pack during a charging stage of the battery pack. The present application further relates to a battery heating system and an electric apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: March 2, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Zhanliang LI, Yuanmiao ZHAO, Xiyang ZUO, Xiaojian HUANG, Zhimin DAN, Yu YAN
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Publication number: 20230029492Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a charging and discharging apparatus and a battery charging method, which are capable of ensuring security performance of a battery. The apparatus comprises a bi-directional DC/DC converter and a control unit, wherein the control unit is configured to: receive a first charging current transmitted by a battery management system (BMS) of a battery, control the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first charging current to charge the battery through an energy storage battery; receive a first discharging current transmitted by the BMS and control the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the first discharging current to discharge a battery capacity of the battery to the energy storage battery; and receive a second charging current transmitted by the BMS and control the bi-directional DC/DC converter based on the second charging current to charge the battery through the energy storage battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiyang ZUO, Yu YAN, Jinfeng GAO, Diping LIU, Zhanliang LI, Yizhen HOU
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Publication number: 20230035744Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a charging and discharging device. The charging and discharging device includes an AC/DC converter, a first DC/DC converter, a second DC/DC converter and a control unit. The control unit is used to: receive a first charging request, the first charging request including a first charging voltage and a first charging current; set output power of the first DC/DC converter based on the first charging voltage and the first charging current; turn on the second DC/DC converter if an SOC of the energy storage unit is greater than a first threshold to charge the battery by the energy storage unit; and adjust output power of the second DC/DC converter, so as to enable a voltage difference between a bus voltage and a bus balance voltage of the charging and discharging device to be less than or equal to a preset value.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Jinfeng GAO, Chen QI, Xiyang ZUO, Xiaojian HUANG
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Publication number: 20230036620Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a charging/discharging apparatus, a method for charging a battery and a charging/discharging system, the charging-and-discharging apparatus including a bidirectional AC/DC converter, a first DC/DC converter, and a control unit, where the first DC/DC converter is a bidirectional DC/DC converter; and where the control unit is configured to: receive a first charging current sent by a BMS of a battery, control the bidirectional AC/DC converter and the first DC/DC converter according to the first charging current to charge the battery through an AC power; receive a first discharging current sent by the BMS and discharging a power of the battery according to the first discharging current; and receiving a second charging current sent by the BMS and control the bidirectional AC/DC converter and the first DC/DC converter according to the second charging current to charge the battery through the AC power.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 29, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiyang ZUO, Yu YAN, Jinfeng GAO
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Publication number: 20230035145Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a method for charging a battery, a battery management system, and a charge and discharge device. The method for charging the battery includes: acquiring, by a BMS, a first charge current and sending it to a charge and discharge device, thus making the charge and discharge device charge the battery based on the first charge current; if a first accumulated charge quantity of the battery is greater than or equal to a first accumulated charge quantity threshold value, acquiring, by the BMS, a first discharge current and sending it to the charge and discharge device, thus making the charge and discharge device control the battery to discharge based on the first discharge current; and if a first accumulated discharge quantity of the battery is greater than or equal to a first accumulated discharge quantity threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 7, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Yu YAN, Xiyang ZUO, Diping LIU, Haili LI, Zhanliang LI, Zhimin DAN