Patents by Inventor Xizhi Cui

Xizhi Cui 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: 20220322563
    Abstract: An information handling system includes a battery, a first temperature sensor, an electric heater, and a processor. The battery provides power to one or more other components of the information handling system. The first temperature sensor measures a temperature within the information handling system. The electric heater receives a current, and provides heat to the battery based on the reception of the current. The processor determines if the battery is in an idle or charging state. In response to the battery being in the idle state or the charging state, the processor receives an ambient temperature of the information handling system from the first temperature sensor. The processor determines whether the ambient temperature is below a first threshold temperature. In response to the ambient temperature being below the first threshold temperature, the processor provides the current to the electric heater to heat the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Xizhi Cui, Haijin Zhang
  • Patent number: 11435796
    Abstract: A power backup device charging system includes components coupled to a power supply system that is configured to supply power to the components, and a power backup device that is coupled to the components and the power supply system. The power backup device identifies a minimum power requirement for the components and sets a first charging threshold based on the minimum power requirement for the components. The power backup device then sets a second charging threshold that is higher than the first charging threshold and that is lower than a full charge level for the power backup device. In response to a charge level of the power backup device reaching the first charging threshold, the power backup device is charged, and in response to the charge level of the power backup device reaching the second charging threshold, the power backup device is prevented from charging.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Dong, Xizhi Cui, Haifang Zhai
  • Patent number: 11409620
    Abstract: A power consumption/power backup-based ride-through system includes a power supply system that is configured to supply power to the one or more components. A power backup device is coupled to the one or more components and the power supply system, and operates to monitor an amount of power provided by the power supply system to the one or more components. Based on the amount of power provided by the power supply system to the one or more components, as well as characteristics of the power backup device in some embodiments, the power backup device determines a ride-through time period for which the power backup device is capable of powering the one or more components. When the power backup device detects a loss of power to the one or more components, it powers the one or more components for the ride-through time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Wei Dong, Xizhi Cui, Haifang Zhai
  • Patent number: 11387665
    Abstract: A component throttling power backup charging system includes a chassis defining a chassis housing and a chassis air inlet to the chassis housing, at least one component located in the chassis housing and adjacent the chassis air inlet, and a power backup device located opposite the at least one component from the chassis air inlet. The power backup device determines that a charging condition has been satisfied. The power backup device then determines that a temperature of air being provided to the power backup device exceeds a threshold temperature and, in response, transmits a throttling instruction that is configured to cause throttling of the at least one component. The power backup device subsequently determines that the temperature of the air being provided to the power backup device no longer exceeds the threshold temperature and, in response, performs charging operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Haifang Zhai, Wei Dong, Xizhi Cui
  • Patent number: 11327543
    Abstract: A power converter device health check system includes a circuit that connects a power input to a power output, and that includes a first transistor directly coupled to ground and a capacitor in parallel with the first transistor. A controller device is coupled to the circuit and, during boot operations, prevents first power from being provided to the first transistor via the power input, and turns off the first transistor. While preventing the first power from being provided to the first transistor and with the first transistor turned off, the controller device provides second power to a circuit location in the circuit between the first transistor and the capacitor, and then determines whether a charge of the capacitor is below a threshold charge level. If the capacitor is below the threshold charge level, the controller device transmits a power converter warning message.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Haifang Zhai, Wei Dong, Xizhi Cui
  • Patent number: 11150714
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a storage device and a method for powering the storage. The storage device is powered by a main power supply and the storage device comprises a processor, a baseboard management controller (BMC), a plurality of disks, a first backup power supply and a second backup power supply. The first backup power supply is at least coupled to the processor, and the second backup power supply is at least coupled to the baseboard management controller. Embodiments of the present disclosure enable flexible spatial arrangement of backup power supplies by arranging a plurality of backup power supplies in the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Xizhi Cui, Alice Aiqin Liu, Haifang Zhai, Tao Yang, Jing Chen
  • Publication number: 20210216122
    Abstract: A power backup device charging system includes components coupled to a power supply system that is configured to supply power to the components, and a power backup device that is coupled to the components and the power supply system. The power backup device identifies a minimum power requirement for the components and sets a first charging threshold based on the minimum power requirement for the components. The power backup device then sets a second charging threshold that is higher than the first charging threshold and that is lower than a full charge level for the power backup device. In response to a charge level of the power backup device reaching the first charging threshold, the power backup device is charged, and in response to the charge level of the power backup device reaching the second charging threshold, the power backup device is prevented from charging.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Wei Dong, Xizhi Cui, Haifang Zhai
  • Publication number: 20210135460
    Abstract: A component throttling power backup charging system includes a chassis defining a chassis housing and a chassis air inlet to the chassis housing, at least one component located in the chassis housing and adjacent the chassis air inlet, and a power backup device located opposite the at least one component from the chassis air inlet. The power backup device determines that a charging condition has been satisfied. The power backup device then determines that a temperature of air being provided to the power backup device exceeds a threshold temperature and, in response, transmits a throttling instruction that is configured to cause throttling of the at least one component. The power backup device subsequently determines that the temperature of the air being provided to the power backup device no longer exceeds the threshold temperature and, in response, performs charging operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Haifang Zhai, Wei Dong, Xizhi Cui
  • Publication number: 20210072809
    Abstract: A power converter device health check system includes a circuit that connects a power input to a power output, and that includes a first transistor directly coupled to ground and a capacitor in parallel with the first transistor. A controller device is coupled to the circuit and, during boot operations, prevents first power from being provided to the first transistor via the power input, and turns off the first transistor. While preventing the first power from being provided to the first transistor and with the first transistor turned off, the controller device provides second power to a circuit location in the circuit between the first transistor and the capacitor, and then determines whether a charge of the capacitor is below a threshold charge level. If the capacitor is below the threshold charge level, the controller device transmits a power converter warning message.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 11, 2021
    Inventors: Haifang Zhai, Wei Dong, Xizhi Cui
  • Publication number: 20210064490
    Abstract: A power consumption/power backup-based ride-through system includes a power supply system that is configured to supply power to the one or more components. A power backup device is coupled to the one or more components and the power supply system, and operates to monitor an amount of power provided by the power supply system to the one or more components. Based on the amount of power provided by the power supply system to the one or more components, as well as characteristics of the power backup device in some embodiments, the power backup device determines a ride-through time period for which the power backup device is capable of powering the one or more components. When the power backup device detects a loss of power to the one or more components, it powers the one or more components for the ride-through time period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Wei Dong, Xizhi Cui, Haifang Zhai
  • Patent number: 10936042
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, an additional power supply, and a mainboard system for supplying power to a processor. The method comprises determining whether an additional power supply is able to provide extra power required by a processor in response to receiving a first signal from a power supply unit that supplies power to the processor. The first signal indicates that the power required by the processor exceeds maximum power that can be provided by the power supply unit. The method further comprises supplying power to the processor by at least the additional power supply in response to determining that the additional power supply is able to provide extra power. The embodiments of the present disclosure can supply the required extra power to the processor from the additional power supply so as to optimize the performance of the processor in an acceleration mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Jing Chen, Tao Yang, Jesse Xizhi Cui
  • Patent number: 10879717
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a method and apparatus for charging a battery pack. The method comprises: detecting voltages of batteries in the battery pack in real time; charging the battery pack with a charging current that is at least based on the detected voltages; and performing, on the batteries in the battery pack, balance charging by a digital discharging signal. A solution according to the present disclosure may reduce the costs and achieve a more flexible and safe charging approach.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Tao Yang, Jing Chen, Jesse Xizhi Cui
  • Patent number: 10827653
    Abstract: A thermal management system includes one or more heating elements positioned proximate a battery pack. A temperature sensor is configured to determine a battery temperature for the battery pack. A controller is configured to: compare the battery temperature to a desired set point, and if the battery temperature is below the desired set point, energize the one or more heating elements positioned proximate the battery pack to raise the temperature of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Haifang Zhai, Xizhi Cui
  • Patent number: 10788850
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relates to a method and device for balancing a supply current. In one embodiment, a current supply current for a load is detected. A first signal representing the current supply current is transmitted to a digital logic module. A second signal representing a maximum supply current and a third signal representing a minimum supply current are received from the digital logic module. A subsequent supply current for the load is determined based on the current supply current, the maximum supply current and the minimum supply current. By using the method and device according to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the supply currents of a plurality of power supply units for the load can be balanced a simple way with a low hardware cost.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Sean Xu Chen, Jesse Xizhi Cui, Tao Yang, Haifang Zhai, Alice Aiqin Liu
  • Patent number: 10739837
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a solution for supplying power to a processor. In some embodiments, there is provided a method for supplying power to a processor. The method comprises, in response to determining that an output voltage of a main power supply supplying power to a processor is lower than a predefined threshold, enabling an additional power supply to supply power to the processor. The method further comprises determining output power of the additional power supply. In addition, the method further comprises, in response to determining that the output power of the additional power supply exceeds peak power limit of the additional power supply, sending, by the additional power supply, a signal to the processor to lower a clock frequency of the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Jesse Qiulin Cheng, Jing Chen, Jesse Xizhi Cui, Wei Shu, Hao Hu
  • Publication number: 20200183475
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, an additional power supply, and a mainboard system for supplying power to a processor. The method comprises determining whether an additional power supply is able to provide extra power required by a processor in response to receiving a first signal from a power supply unit that supplies power to the processor. The first signal indicates that the power required by the processor exceeds maximum power that can be provided by the power supply unit. The method further comprises supplying power to the processor by at least the additional power supply in response to determining that the additional power supply is able to provide extra power. The embodiments of the present disclosure can supply the required extra power to the processor from the additional power supply so as to optimize the performance of the processor in an acceleration mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Jing Chen, Tao Yang, Jesse Xizhi Cui
  • Patent number: 10564696
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method, an apparatus, an additional power supply, and a mainboard system for supplying power to a processor. The method comprises determining whether an additional power supply is able to provide extra power required by a processor in response to receiving a first signal from a power supply unit that supplies power to the processor. The first signal indicates that the power required by the processor exceeds maximum power that can be provided by the power supply unit. The method further comprises supplying power to the processor by at least the additional power supply in response to determining that the additional power supply is able to provide extra power. The embodiments of the present disclosure can supply the required extra power to the processor from the additional power supply so as to optimize the performance of the processor in an acceleration mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company, LLC
    Inventors: Jing Chen, Tao Yang, Jesse Xizhi Cui
  • Publication number: 20190354157
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a storage device and a method for powering the storage. The storage device is powered by a main power supply and the storage device comprises a processor, a baseboard management controller (BMC), a plurality of disks, a first backup power supply and a second backup power supply. The first backup power supply is at least coupled to the processor, and the second backup power supply is at least coupled to the baseboard management controller. Embodiments of the present disclosure enable flexible spatial arrangement of backup power supplies by arranging a plurality of backup power supplies in the storage device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Inventors: Jesse Xizhi Cui, Alice Aiqin Liu, Haifang Zhai, Tao Yang, Jing Chen
  • Patent number: 10481664
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a storage device and a method for powering the storage. The storage device is powered by a main power supply and the storage device comprises a processor, a baseboard management controller (BMC), a plurality of disks, a first backup power supply and a second backup power supply. The first backup power supply is at least coupled to the processor, and the second backup power supply is at least coupled to the baseboard management controller. Embodiments of the present disclosure enable flexible spatial arrangement of backup power supplies by arranging a plurality of backup power supplies in the storage device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Jing Chen, Jesse Xizhi Cui, (Alice) Aiqin Liu, Haifang Zhai, Tao Yang
  • Patent number: 10451681
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a method and apparatus for testing a condition of a battery. In one embodiment, a testing instruction for the battery is received from a controller of a device. In response to reception of the instruction, the battery is caused in a testing mode in which the battery and a power supply of the device concurrently provide power to the device, a first voltage provided by the battery being greater than a second voltage provided by the power supply. A condition of the battery is determined by monitoring an output current of the battery. Through the method and apparatus of the embodiments of the present disclosure, consumption for battery test may be reduced without a need of interrupting operations of the apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: EMC IP Holding Company LLC
    Inventors: Tao Yang, Jing Chen, Jesse Xizhi Cui, James Zhenyu Song, Wayne Wei Zheng