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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Publication number: 20230031352Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a method for charging battery a charging and discharging device, which can ensure the safety performance of the battery. The charging and discharging device includes a first DC/DC converter, a unidirectional AC/DC converter and a control unit, where the first DC/DC converter is a unidirectional DC/DC converter, and the control unit is configured to: receive a first charging current and control the unidirectional AC/DC converter and the first DC/DC converter to charge a battery through an AC power source based on the first charging current; receive a first discharging current, and control the battery to release power based on the first discharging current; and receive a second charging current, and control the unidirectional AC/DC converter and the first DC/DC converter to charge the battery through the AC power source based on the second charging current.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 28, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Yu YAN, Xiyang ZUO, Zhimin DAN, Haili LI, Shan HUANG, Shichao LI
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Publication number: 20230034292Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a charging and discharging apparatus, a method for charging a battery and a charging and discharging system, which are capable of ensuring security performance of a battery. The charging and discharging apparatus includes a bidirectional AC/DC converter, a first DC/DC converter, a second DC/DC converter and a control unit. The control unit is configured to: receive a first charging request transmitted by the BMS and control an AC power source and/or an energy storage unit to charge the battery; receive a first discharging request transmitted by the BMS and discharging a power of the battery according to the first discharging request; and receive a second charging request transmitted by the BMS and control the AC power source and/or the energy storage unit to charge the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2021Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiyang ZUO, Yu YAN, Bao LI, Xiao WANG, Zhanliang LI, Longzhen LIN
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Patent number: 11548405Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a current modulation module, a parameter determination module, a battery heating system, as well as a control method and a control device thereof, and relate to the field of battery. The control method includes determining a state of charge (SOC), of the battery, modulating a first current flowing into windings of a motor into an alternating current when the SOC is greater than a first SOC threshold, so as to use heat generated by the alternating current in a first target module to heat the battery, and modulating a second current flowing into the windings of the motor into a direct current when the SOC is less than or equal to the first SOC threshold, so as to use heat generated by the direct current in a second target module to heat the battery.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology LimitedInventors: Xiaojian Huang, Zhimin Dan, Bao Li, Xiyang Zuo
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Publication number: 20220407338Abstract: The present application provides a charging control method and apparatus, a battery management system and a readable storage medium. The charging control method includes: obtaining a battery temperature and a battery state of charge; determining a pulse charging frequency according to the battery temperature, the battery state of charge and a pre-calibrated corresponding relationship; obtaining a preset waveform characteristic of a pulse charging waveform; where the waveform characteristic includes a ratio range of an area of a positive pulse waveform to an area of a negative pulse waveform in each pulse cycle of the pulse charging waveform; and generating a charging request according to the pulse charging frequency and the waveform characteristic and transmitting the charging request to a charging device. The method is used for improving charging stability and safety of a battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 23, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Zhanliang Li, Yu Yan, Zhimin Dan, Shuyun Xiong, Weiping Sun, Xiyang Zuo
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Patent number: 11515588Abstract: Disclosed are a heating method for a rechargeable battery, a control unit and a heating circuit. The heating method comprises: determining a frequency value of a pulse current for heating the rechargeable battery in response to a heating command of the rechargeable battery; determining a current value of the pulse current according to the frequency value and an acquired state parameter of the rechargeable battery; judging whether the current value satisfies a preset heating demand; if the current value satisfies the heating demand, generating the pulse current under control according to the frequency value; if the current value does not satisfy the heating demand, re-determining the frequency value and the current value of the pulse current. The embodiments of the present disclosure further provide a control unit and a heating circuit.Type: GrantFiled: April 28, 2020Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xinxin Du, Zhimin Dan, Fuping Luo, Shengwei Wang, Tiancong Wang, Xiyang Zuo
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Publication number: 20220376320Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2022Publication date: November 24, 2022Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiaojian HUANG, Zhimin DAN, Bao LI, Xiyang ZUO
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Publication number: 20220368262Abstract: An electric motor, a power system, a control method, and an electric vehicle. The electric motor comprises a first N-phase winding set and a second N-phase winding set, wherein the first N-phase winding set and the second N-phase winding set are both used for being connected to a traction battery by means of a conversion module. When the traction battery starts to be heated, the first N-phase winding set and the second N-phase winding set are powered on. The direction of a magnetic field generated by the first winding set and the direction of a magnetic field generated by the second winding set have a phase difference, such that the magnetic fields counteract each other; and a magnetic field intensity in a stator winding of each phase is reduced, and an air-gap magnetic flux is also reduced, thereby alleviating the problems of electric motor heating and electric motor NVH.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiaojian HUANG, Xiyang ZUO, Zhimin DAN, Bao LI
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Publication number: 20220368270Abstract: 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: ApplicationFiled: August 1, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiaojian HUANG, Zhimin DAN, Bao LI, Xiyang ZUO
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Patent number: 11502346Abstract: 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: November 15, 2022Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiaojian Huang, Zhimin Dan, Bao Li, Xiyang Zuo
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Patent number: 11453311Abstract: The present application provides a battery thermal management system, a control method and device of a battery heating system, a device, and a medium. The method includes: acquiring a temperature rise rate parameter of the battery; determining proportions of a square wave signal and a sine wave signal in a first control signal of the switch components according to the temperature rise rate parameter; generating the first control signal of the switch components according to the proportions of the square wave signal and the sine wave signal; outputting the first control signal to the switch components to control switching on or off of the switch components via the first control signal, so as to generate an alternating current in a loop connecting the battery and the motor and heat the battery using the alternating current.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2021Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Xiaojian Huang, Xiong Zheng, Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Bao Li
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Patent number: 11418143Abstract: The present application provides a control method, an apparatus, a power system, and an electric vehicle, relating to the field of electric vehicles. The method includes: obtaining a battery cell temperature of a power battery, and sending a first control signal to an inverter when the battery cell temperature meets a preset power battery heating condition, where the first control signal is configured to control the inverter to convert a current provided by the power battery into an alternating current with a randomly changing frequency, and the alternating current with a randomly changing frequency is configured to supply power to a permanent magnet motor. New frequency components may be introduced to evenly distribute originally concentrated radial electromagnetic forces to an entire stator, thereby reducing vibration noises during the heating process of the power battery.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiaojian Huang, Zhimin Dan, Xianxi Pan, Xiyang Zuo
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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: 20220239120Abstract: Embodiments of the present application provide a pre-charging method of a power conversion device and a power conversion device. The power conversion device is used for a power conversion between a charging pile and a power battery and the method includes: receiving, by the power conversion device, a first message transmitted by a battery management system of the power battery, where the first message is used to indicate a charging readiness of the battery management system; and forwarding, by the power conversion device, the first message to the charging pile and performing a pre-charging, where the pre-charging includes charging a capacitor in the power conversion device. The technical solution in embodiments of the present application is capable of ensuring normal performing of a charging process.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2021Publication date: July 28, 2022Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Weiping SUN, Zhimin DAN, Zhanliang LI, Shuyun XIONG, Xiyang ZUO
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Publication number: 20220219568Abstract: The present application provides a battery thermal management system, a control method and device of a battery heating system, a device, and a medium. The method includes: acquiring a temperature rise rate parameter of the battery; determining proportions of a square wave signal and a sine wave signal in a first control signal of the switch components according to the temperature rise rate parameter; generating the first control signal of the switch components according to the proportions of the square wave signal and the sine wave signal; outputting the first control signal to the switch components to control switching on or off of the switch components via the first control signal, so as to generate an alternating current in a loop connecting the battery and the motor and heat the battery using the alternating current.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2021Publication date: July 14, 2022Inventors: Xiaojian HUANG, Xiong Zheng, Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Bao Li
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Publication number: 20220209707Abstract: The present application provides a control method, an apparatus, a power system, and an electric vehicle, relating to the field of electric vehicles. The method includes: obtaining a battery cell temperature of a power battery, and sending a first control signal to an inverter when the battery cell temperature meets a preset power battery heating condition, where the first control signal is configured to control the inverter to convert a current provided by the power battery into an alternating current with a randomly changing frequency, and the alternating current with a randomly changing frequency is configured to supply power to a permanent magnet motor. New frequency components may be introduced to evenly distribute originally concentrated radial electromagnetic forces to an entire stator, thereby reducing vibration noises during the heating process of the power battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITEDInventors: Xiaojian HUANG, Zhimin DAN, Xianxi PAN, Xiyang ZUO
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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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Publication number: 20220169147Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a current modulation module, a parameter determination module, a battery heating system, as well as a control method and a control device thereof, and relate to the field of battery. The control method includes determining a state of charge (SOC), of the battery, modulating a first current flowing into windings of a motor into an alternating current when the SOC is greater than a first SOC threshold, so as to use heat generated by the alternating current in a first target module to heat the battery, and modulating a second current flowing into the windings of the motor into a direct current when the SOC is less than or equal to the first SOC threshold, so as to use heat generated by the direct current in a second target module to heat the battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicant: Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology LimitedInventors: Xiaojian HUANG, Zhimin DAN, Bao LI, Xiyang ZUO
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Patent number: 11338702Abstract: The application provides a control system and method for a battery pack heating system. The control system includes: a battery management system configured to acquire a state parameter of a battery pack, and send heating request information to a vehicle controller when determining the state parameter of the battery pack meets a preset heating condition; a motor controller configured to send, to the vehicle controller, feedback information indicating that a motor of the battery pack heating system is in a non-operating state, when determining the motor is in the non-operating state, and control, in response to a first control signal, a target upper bridge arm switch module and a target lower bridge arm switch module to be periodically turned on or off; and the vehicle controller configured to send the first control signal to the motor controller in response to the heating request information and the feedback information.Type: GrantFiled: July 31, 2021Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., LimitedInventors: Tiancong Wang, Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Xiong Zheng, Bao Li
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Patent number: 11309826Abstract: A method and an apparatus for controlling a permanent magnet motor, a power system and an electric vehicle. A power frequency of the permanent magnet motor is set by obtaining system parameters such as a resonance bandwidth of the permanent magnet motor and a natural frequency of a stator of the permanent magnet motor, and the permanent magnet motor is supplied power by using alternating current at the power frequency when a power battery meets a self-heating condition. Noises generated by the motor is reduced during a self-heating process of the power battery.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2021Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: JIANGSU CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY LIMITEDInventors: Xiaojian Huang, Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Bao 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