Patents by Inventor Yinhua ZHENG

Yinhua ZHENG 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).

  • Method and system of predicting recharging of battery of vehicle at charging station and correspondent pre-cooling of the battery using cold storage as the vehicle is being driven to the charging station
    Patent number: 11043834
    Abstract: A method and system for an electric vehicle include a controller and a battery cooling system. The controller automatically detects when the vehicle is being driven to a charging station. The controller controls the battery cooling system to pre-cool a traction battery of the vehicle as the vehicle is being driven to the charging station so that the traction battery is cooled to a target temperature upon the vehicle reaching the charging station. The battery cooling system includes a phase change material (PCM) surrounding at least a portion of the traction battery. The traction battery is pre-cooled by circulating refrigerant coolant to the PCM to cool the PCM and thereby pre-cool the traction battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Waqas Ahmed Manzoor, Daniel C. Huang, Yinhua Zheng, Brian Joseph Robert
  • Method and System of Predicting Recharging of Battery of Vehicle at Charging Station and Correspondent Pre-Cooling of the Battery Using Cold Storage as the Vehicle is being Driven to the Charging Station
    Publication number: 20200412160
    Abstract: A method and system for an electric vehicle include a controller and a battery cooling system. The controller automatically detects when the vehicle is being driven to a charging station. The controller controls the battery cooling system to pre-cool a traction battery of the vehicle as the vehicle is being driven to the charging station so that the traction battery is cooled to a target temperature upon the vehicle reaching the charging station. The battery cooling system includes a phase change material (PCM) surrounding at least a portion of the traction battery. The traction battery is pre-cooled by circulating refrigerant coolant to the PCM to cool the PCM and thereby pre-cool the traction battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2019
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Waqas Ahmed Manzoor, Daniel C. Huang, Yinhua Zheng, Brian Joseph Robert
  • Vehicle and vehicle cooling system
    Patent number: 10457118
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first cooling loop, a second cooling loop, and a controller. The first cooling loop includes a compressor and a chiller. The second cooling loop includes a valve and an evaporator. The second cooling loop extends from an input side to an output side of the chiller on the first loop. The controller is programmed to, responsive to operation of the chiller but not the evaporator, close and intermittently pulse open the valve each time a discharge pressure of the compressor exceeds a first threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventors: Jianqing Xu, Jasbir Jaglan, Mark G. Smith, Yinhua Zheng
  • VEHICLE AND VEHICLE COOLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20190111760
    Abstract: A vehicle includes a first cooling loop, a second cooling loop, and a controller. The first cooling loop includes a compressor and a chiller. The second cooling loop includes a valve and an evaporator. The second cooling loop extends from an input side to an output side of the chiller on the first loop. The controller is programmed to, responsive to operation of the chiller but not the evaporator, close and intermittently pulse open the valve each time a discharge pressure of the compressor exceeds a first threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Jianqing XU, Jasbir JAGLAN, Mark G. SMITH, Yinhua ZHENG