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).

  • Publication number: 20200358139
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an insulation detection circuit and method, and a battery management system. The circuit includes a first isolation module, a voltage division module, a signal generation module, first and second sampling points and a processor. A first end of the first isolation module is connected to a power battery, and a second end of the first isolation module is connected to the second sampling point. The signal generation module is connected to the first sampling point and configured to inject an AC signal into the power battery and provide the first sampling point with a first sampled signal. A first end of the voltage division module is connected to the first sampling point, and a second end of the voltage division module is connected to the second sampling point. The processor is configured to calculate an insulation resistance of the power battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2020
    Publication date: November 12, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporay Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin DAN, Meng LI, Yizhen HOU, Wei ZHANG, Lidan YAN
  • Publication number: 20200350935
    Abstract: A system comprises an antenna, a port converting device, an information transmission device, a shield case, and a reference voltage end; wherein the antenna, the port converting device, and the information transmission device are connected sequentially, and the information transmission device is disposed within the shield case, and both the shield case and the port converting device is connected with the reference voltage end; the antenna is configured for a conversion between a radio frequency signal and a single-ended signal; the port converting device is configured for a conversion between the single-ended signal and target differential mode signals; the information transmission device is configured to transmit and process the target differential mode signals; and parameters of components in the port converting device is determined according to a preset communication frequency and a voltage amplitude and phase of a differential mode signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen HOU, Zhimin DAN, Wei ZHANG, Jiechao LUO, Wenbin LU, Jia XU, Teng YU
  • Publication number: 20200350770
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a thermal runaway detection circuit and a method, which is directed to field of batteries. The circuit includes: a sensing module including a terminating resistor; a detection module including a first voltage dividing resistor set and a second voltage dividing resistor set; and a processing module connected to the detection module, wherein the processing module is configured to obtain thermal runaway detection data, and determine whether thermal runaway occurs in the battery pack based on the thermal runaway detection data. The thermal runaway detection data includes first sampled data and second sampled data. The technical solutions in the present disclosure can improve safety of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin DAN, Chao ZENG, Xiao WANG, Jia XU, Yizhen HOU, Wei ZHANG, Guoliang HU
  • Publication number: 20200348365
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a thermal runaway detection circuit and method, and relates to batteries. The thermal runaway detection circuit includes: a sensing module including a sensing cable; a detection module connected to the sensing cable and including at least one set of voltage dividing resistors; a processing module connected to the detection module, wherein the processing module is configured to obtain thermal runaway detection data, and determine whether thermal runaway occurs in the battery pack based on the thermal runaway detection data, wherein the thermal runaway detection data includes battery pack data and sampled data collected from sampling points, and the sampling points are disposed between the two connected voltage dividing resistor sets. The technical solutions in the present disclosure can improve safety of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiao WANG, Chao Zeng, Jia Xu, Zhimin Dan, Yizhen Hou, Wei Zhang, Guoliang Hu
  • Patent number: 10823784
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a current detection system, method and device. The current detection system includes a management unit and a current detection device that is connected with the management unit. The current detection device includes a shunt-type current measurement unit, an open-loop Hall-type current measurement unit and an isolation power unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu
  • Patent number: 10797674
    Abstract: The present application provides an apparatus for processing signals of a high-voltage loop, a detector, a battery device, and a vehicle. The apparatus includes a filter circuit connected to an element to be detected and configured to filter signals from the element to be detected; a differential amplification circuit connected to the filter circuit and configured to amplify the filtered signals; and a processor connected to the differential amplification circuit and configured to process the amplified signals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu
  • Publication number: 20200300917
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a current detection system, method and device. The current detection system includes a management unit and a current detection device that is connected with the management unit. The current detection device includes a shunt-type current measurement unit, an open-loop Hall-type current measurement unit and an isolation power unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin DAN, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Jia XU
  • Patent number: 10780795
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a battery heating system and a control method thereof. The system includes a first switch, a second switch, a switch component, a motor, and a main controller. The first switch, the second switch, the switch component and the main controller are integrated in a same housing. The main controller is to determine, based on a state parameter of the battery pack, that the battery pack needs to be heated, and to send a battery heating request to a vehicle controller, so as to enable the vehicle controller to send a battery heating instruction to the main controller according to the battery heating request in a case where a vehicle is in a static state and the motor is not operating; and to control, based on the battery heating instruction, the first switch, the second switch and the switch component so as to heat the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Guowei Li, Xingyuan Wu, Yanru Li
  • Patent number: 10775441
    Abstract: An insulation detection circuit, detection method, and battery management system are disclosed in the present disclosure. The insulation detection circuit includes a positive sampling unit, a negative sampling unit, a positive sampling point, a negative sampling point, a reference voltage terminal, and a processor. A first end of the positive sampling unit is connected with positive electrode of the power battery pack to be measured. A second end of the positive sampling unit is connected with the reference voltage terminal and the positive sampling point. A first end of the negative sampling unit is connected with negative electrode of the power battery pack to be measured. A second end of the negative sampling unit is connected with the reference voltage terminal and the negative sampling point. The processor is connected with the positive sampling point and the negative sampling point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Zhanyu Sun, Yizhen Hou, Jiechao Luo, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10763552
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an insulation detection circuit and method, and a battery management system. The circuit includes a first isolation module, a voltage division module, a signal generation module, first and second sampling points and a processor. A first end of the first isolation module is connected to a power battery, and a second end of the first isolation module is connected to the second sampling point. The signal generation module is connected to the first sampling point and configured to inject an AC signal into the power battery and provide the first sampling point with a first sampled signal. A first end of the voltage division module is connected to the first sampling point, and a second end of the voltage division module is connected to the second sampling point. The processor is configured to calculate an insulation resistance of the power battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Meng Li, Yizhen Hou, Wei Zhang, Lidan Yan
  • Patent number: 10761118
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery high voltage sampling circuit and a battery management system. The battery high voltage sampling circuit includes a positive relay, a negative relay, a first positive sampling unit, a first negative sampling unit and a reference voltage terminal, wherein: a first terminal of the positive relay is connected to a positive electrode of a power battery pack to be detected, a first terminal of the negative relay is connected to a negative electrode of the power battery pack to be detected, and both of the first positive sampling unit and the first negative sampling unit are connected to the reference voltage terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen Hou, Zhanyu Sun, Zhimin Dan, Jiechao Luo, Wei Zhang
  • Patent number: 10756770
    Abstract: A system comprises an antenna, a port converting device, an information transmission device, a shield case, and a reference voltage end; wherein the antenna, the port converting device, and the information transmission device are connected sequentially, and the information transmission device is disposed within the shield case, and both the shield case and the port converting device is connected with the reference voltage end; the antenna is configured for a conversion between a radio frequency signal and a single-ended signal; the port converting device is configured for a conversion between the single-ended signal and target differential mode signals; the information transmission device is configured to transmit and process the target differential mode signals; and parameters of components in the port converting device is determined according to a preset communication frequency and a voltage amplitude and phase of a differential mode signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen Hou, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Jiechao Luo, Wenbin Lu, Jia Xu, Teng Yu
  • Patent number: 10725110
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a current detection system, method and device. The current detection system includes a management unit and a current detection device that is connected with the management unit. The current detection device includes a shunt-type current measurement unit, an open-loop Hall-type current measurement unit and an isolation power unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu
  • Patent number: 10718797
    Abstract: A current detecting apparatus and a battery management system are provided. In the current detecting apparatus, a positive electrode of a power battery pack is connected to a first terminal of a primary positive circuit, a negative electrode of the power battery pack is connected to a first terminal of a primary negative circuit, and a current sensor is connected in series between the negative electrode of the power battery pack and the first terminal of the primary negative circuit; the current sensor is configured for obtaining and outputting a voltage signal of the power battery pack; a microcontroller unit is configured for implementing current conversion on the voltage signal, transmitting a detected current value, which is obtained by the current conversion, of the power battery pack and receiving a control command for controlling the primary positive and negative circuits to turn on or turn off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2020
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wei Zhang, Zhimin Dan, Jiechao Luo, Yizhen Hou
  • Publication number: 20200207237
    Abstract: The disclosure provides a battery heating system and a control method thereof. The system includes a first switch, a second switch, a switch component, a motor, and a main controller. The first switch, the second switch, the switch component and the main controller are integrated in a same housing. The main controller is to determine, based on a state parameter of the battery pack, that the battery pack needs to be heated, and to send a battery heating request to a vehicle controller, so as to enable the vehicle controller to send a battery heating instruction to the main controller according to the battery heating request in a case where a vehicle is in a static state and the motor is not operating; and to control, based on the battery heating instruction, the first switch, the second switch and the switch component so as to heat the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiyang ZUO, Zhimin DAN, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Guowei LI, Xingyuan WU, Yanru LI
  • Publication number: 20200212520
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery heating system and a control method thereof. The battery heating system includes a main positive switch, a main negative switch, an inverter, a motor, and a battery management unit. The inverter includes a first phase bridge arm, a second phase bridge arm and a third phase bridge arm connected in parallel. A motor controller in the inverter is configured to output a drive signal to a target upper-bridge-arm switch unit and a target lower-bridge-arm switch unit, so as to control the target upper-bridge-arm switch unit and the target lower-bridge-arm switch unit to be periodically turned on and off. The battery management unit is configured to collect state parameters of the battery pack. When the state parameters of the battery pack meet preset heating conditions, a control signal is sent to the motor controller to control the motor controller to output the drive signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin DAN, Xiyang ZUO, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Guowei LI, Xingyuan WU, Yanru LI
  • Publication number: 20200083917
    Abstract: A system comprises an antenna, a port converting device, an information transmission device, a shield case, and a reference voltage end; wherein the antenna, the port converting device, and the information transmission device are connected sequentially, and the information transmission device is disposed within the shield case, and both the shield case and the port converting device is connected with the reference voltage end; the antenna is configured for a conversion between a radio frequency signal and a single-ended signal; the port converting device is configured for a conversion between the single-ended signal and target differential mode signals; the information transmission device is configured to transmit and process the target differential mode signals; and parameters of components in the port converting device is determined according to a preset communication frequency and a voltage amplitude and phase of a differential mode signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Yizhen HOU, Zhimin DAN, Wei ZHANG, Jiechao LUO, Wenbin LU, Jia XU, Teng YU
  • Publication number: 20200083730
    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: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin DAN, Wenbin LU, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Jia XU, Jiechao LUO, Teng YU
  • Publication number: 20200084624
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a method for data transmission, comprising: authenticating, by a target node in a battery management system, a source node in response to a request for data transmission from the source node; selecting, by the target node, any two prime numbers from a pre-stored set of prime numbers if the authentication is passed, generating a public key and a private key according to the two prime numbers, and transmitting the public key to the source node; performing, by the source node, a first encryption byte-by-byte for source data to be transmitted using the public key, performing a second encryption for the first encrypted data using a first encryption algorithm stored by the source node itself, and transmitting the second encrypted data to the target node.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Wenbin LU, Zhimin DAN, Yizhen HOU, Wei ZHANG, Jia XU, Jiechao LUO, Teng YU
  • Publication number: 20200084090
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery management system and a communication method. The method includes: determining, by a main BMU, from a plurality of managed units a fault unit that communicates abnormally with the main BMU, and transmitting, by the main BMU, to a backup BMU a fault frequency at which the fault unit communicates abnormally with the main BMU; selecting, by the backup BMU, from the managed units a managed unit that communicates normally with the backup BMU and the fault unit as a target unit; transmitting, by the backup BMU, frequency-conversion information to the fault unit through the target unit based on the fault frequency; converting, by the fault unit, its frequency to a frequency; transmitting the frequency to the main BMU if the backup BMU communicates normally with the fault unit using the frequency; and communicating, by the main BMU, with the fault unit using the frequency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2019
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin DAN, Wenbin LU, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Jia XU, Jiechao LUO, Teng YU