Patents by Inventor Yizhen Hou

Yizhen Hou 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).

  • Patent number: 11962174
    Abstract: This application discloses a protection circuit associated with a battery management system (BMS). The protection circuit includes a first protection module and a freewheeling module. The first protection module is connected in parallel to a first switch module of the BMS, and the freewheeling module is connected in parallel to a load module of the BMS. The first protection module switches to a charging state when the first switch module is turned off to stabilize a voltage between a first terminal of the first switch module and a second terminal of the first switch module. The freewheeling module is turned on when the first switch module is turned off to stabilize a voltage between the first switch module and the second switch module. The protection circuit mitigates risks of breakdown of the first switch module, and prevents a parasitic inductance from limiting a switching frequency of the first switch module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Zhimin Dan, Jinbo Cai, Yizhen Hou, Meilin Chen
  • Patent number: 11962231
    Abstract: A control method and device of a voltage converter and a voltage control system are provided. In some embodiments, the control device includes a first control module configured to obtain a current reference value according to an output voltage of a voltage converter and a given voltage value; a current modulation module configured to reduce the current reference value when an output current of a voltage converter is greater than a first current threshold; and a second control module configured to control the output current of a voltage converter according to the reduced current reference value and an output current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignee: Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Weichen He, Jinfeng Gao, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou
  • Patent number: 11876160
    Abstract: A heating system includes first and second input ends, first and second battery modules, first switch and second switches, and a control unit. The first switch is connected between first terminals of the first and second battery modules. Second terminals of the first and second battery modules are connected to each other. The second switch is connected between the first input end and the first terminal of the second battery module. The second input end is connected to the first terminal of the first battery module. The first terminals of the first and second battery modules have a same polarity, and the second terminals of the first and second battery modules have a same polarity. The control unit is connected to the first and second switches, and configured to control the first and second switches to be turned on or off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xinwei Chen, Zhimin Dan, Chengyong Liu, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Xian Huang
  • Publication number: 20230402672
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a battery heating method, apparatus, device and storage medium. A battery heating method includes: acquiring a first temperature and a first state of charge of a battery; determining a first current frequency based on the first temperature, the first state of charge, and one or more preset first data tables, the first data tables including correspondence between the first temperature, the first state of charge, and the first current frequency under a condition of a first current amplitude; heating the battery based on the first current amplitude and the first current frequency. In the embodiments of the present disclosure, the current frequency and amplitude used for internal heating can be determined based on the temperature of the battery to improve the heating rate of the battery at various temperature environments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xinwei CHEN, Zhimin Dan, Yu Yan, Yuanmiao Zhao, Zhanliang Li, Yizhen Hou
  • Publication number: 20230387492
    Abstract: A battery heating system includes a voltage conversion unit configured to be electrically connected to a power source and to a battery to be heated, and a control unit. The voltage conversion unit receives a first voltage input by the power source or a second voltage input by the battery to be heated. The control unit acquires a charging and discharging frequency of the voltage conversion unit, determines a charge transfer impedance of the battery to be heated according to the charging and discharging frequency, calculates a safe amplitude current of the battery to be heated according to the charge transfer impedance, and sends a control signal to the voltage conversion unit according to the charging and discharging frequency and the safe amplitude current to cause the voltage conversion unit to perform boost or buck processing of the first voltage or the second voltage according to the control signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Xinwei CHEN, Yu YAN, Zhimin DAN, Zhanliang LI, Yizhen HOU, Wei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230299374
    Abstract: A battery heating apparatus configured to be connected to a traction battery and heat the traction battery. The battery heating apparatus includes a heating module including a first leg, a second leg, and an energy storage element, and a control module configured to control the first leg and the second leg to form a loop via which the traction battery discharges to the energy storage element and a loop via which the energy storage element charges the traction battery, so as to heat the traction battery during discharge and charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaojian HUANG, Zhimin DAN, Yizhen HOU, Wei ZHANG
  • Patent number: 11735787
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Teng Yu, Wenbin Lu, Xingyuan Wu, Taosheng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230208327
    Abstract: An electric vehicle control system and a control method, an electric vehicle power-on method, an electric vehicle power-off method, and an electric vehicle charging method are disclosed in this application. The control system includes a domain, control unit controlling an electric vehicle, a current sampling unit sampling the current of a power battery and a motor of the electric vehicle and sending sampling signals to the domain control unit, and electrical device, driven by the power battery, sampling the current flowing through it and sending the sampling signals to the domain control unit. The domain control unit, according to the sampling signals sent by the electrical device and the current sampling unit, manages the power battery and controls a motor driver module and the electrical device. The structure of the control system and the control policy are simplified and the power-on and power-off time is shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xinwei CHEN, Yuanmiao ZHAO, Da XIE, Yiqi LIANG, Yizhen HOU, Zhimin DAN
  • Patent number: 11652352
    Abstract: The present application provides a charge and discharge circuit, and relates to the field of battery power. The charge and discharge circuit comprises: a charge circuit comprising a battery pack, a first switch set and a charging device connected in series; and a discharge circuit comprising the battery pack, a second switch set and an electrical device connected in series; both the first switch set and the second switch set comprise at least one switch, and the at least one switch in the first and/or second switch set is a semiconductor switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Jinbo Cai, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Xiong Zheng
  • Patent number: 11650261
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Fangjie Zhou, Yizhen Hou, Xiyang Zuo, Qiandeng Li, Le Chu
  • Publication number: 20230146978
    Abstract: A heating system includes first and second input ends, first and second battery modules, first switch and second switches, and a control unit. The first switch is connected between first terminals of the first and second battery modules. Second terminals of the first and second battery modules are connected to each other. The second switch is connected between the first input end and the first terminal of the second battery module. The second input end is connected to the first terminal of the first battery module. The first terminals of the first and second battery modules have a same polarity, and the second terminals of the first and second battery modules have a same polarity. The control unit is connected to the first and second switches, and configured to control the first and second switches to be turned on or off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Xinwei CHEN, Zhimin DAN, Chengyong LIU, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Xian HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230127005
    Abstract: A thermal management method includes obtaining a predicted temperature including a predicted value of an operating temperature of a target device, and controlling the target device to switch a thermal management according to the predicted temperature mode. The thermal management mode is used to adjust the operating temperature of the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Xinwei CHEN, Yiqi LIANG, Yizhen HOU, Zhimin DAN, Yu YAN, Qidong LOU
  • Patent number: 11637440
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery management system, and a method and apparatus for transmitting information. The method includes: determining, from a plurality of slave nodes, a fault slave node that communicates abnormally with a master node in the battery management system; selecting a target slave node from the plurality of slave nodes, wherein the target slave node is a slave node that communicates normally with both the master node and the fault slave node; transmitting frequency conversion information to the target slave node, so that the target slave node forwards the frequency conversion information to the fault slave node, and the fault slave node performs a frequency conversion based on the frequency conversion information; and transmitting information with the fault slave node using a frequency after the frequency conversion. According to embodiments of the present disclosure, the reliability of wireless communication in the battery management system can be improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Wenbin Lu, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu, Jiechao Luo, Teng Yu
  • Patent number: 11600992
    Abstract: The present application provides an electric protection circuit, which relates to the field of battery power. The electric protection circuit includes a battery pack, a main positive switch, a load device and a main negative switch connected in series. The main positive switch and/or the main negative switch include at least one semiconductor switch. The main positive switch and/or the main negative switch in the electric protection circuit are connected in parallel to a protection module, which absorbs electric energy across two terminals of the main positive switch and/or the main negative switch when the main positive switch and/or the main negative switch are turned off. The technical solution of the present application can improve the safety of the electric protection circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jinbo Cai, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Xiong Zheng
  • Publication number: 20230064240
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2021
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Fangjie ZHOU, Yizhen HOU, Xiyang ZUO, Qiandeng LI, Le CHU
  • Patent number: 11590857
    Abstract: The present application discloses a charging method, an apparatus, a device, a medium, a battery management system and a charging pile. The method includes: acquiring a charging demand parameter set by a user; calculating, according to the charging demand parameter and acquired actual operation state information of a battery, a target charging scheme for charging the battery; transmitting, according to the target charging scheme, a first charging request to a charging device, so that the charging device charges the battery according to the first charging request. According to the charging method, the apparatus, the device, medium, the battery management system and the charging pile provided in the embodiments of the present application, personalized smart charging can be achieved for different users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jian Ruan, Shichao Li, Yanhua Lu, Yizhen Hou, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20230044189
    Abstract: A control method and device of a voltage converter and a voltage control system are provided. In some embodiments, the control device includes a first control module configured to obtain a current reference value according to an output voltage of a voltage converter and a given voltage value; a current modulation module configured to reduce the current reference value when an output current of a voltage converter is greater than a first current threshold; and a second control module configured to control the output current of a voltage converter according to the reduced current reference value and an output current.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Weichen He, Jinfeng Gao, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou
  • Publication number: 20230029492
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2022
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiyang ZUO, Yu YAN, Jinfeng GAO, Diping LIU, Zhanliang LI, Yizhen HOU
  • Patent number: 11418046
    Abstract: A charge and discharge circuit includes: a charging loop, including a battery pack, a first switch module and a charging device connected in series, where, the charging loop is configured to charge the battery pack using the charging device, and precharge the charging device; and a discharging loop, including the battery pack, a second switch module and an electric device connected in series, where, the discharging loop is configured to make the battery pack discharge to the electric device, and precharge the electric device; where, the first switch module and the second switch module each include at least one switch, and a part of switches in the first switch module and the second switch module are semiconductor switches, and the other part of the switches in the first switch module and the second switch module are relays.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporarv Amperex Technologv Co., Limited
    Inventors: Jinbo Cai, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Xiong Zheng
  • Patent number: 11407331
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2022
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Guowei Li, Xingyuan Wu, Yanru Li