Patents by Inventor Youpeng Chen

Youpeng Chen 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: 11927006
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pushing force converting device including a cylinder barrel. The cylinder barrel includes an air cavity; a mounting cavity; and an air cavity vent in communication with the air cavity. The pushing force converting device also includes a piston configured to slide back and forth in the cylinder barrel and slidably disposed in the mounting cavity; a transmission bar connected with the piston and configured to drive the piston to move toward the air cavity; a restoring member disposed in the cylinder barrel and configured to drive the piston or the transmission bar to be restored to a respective initial position; and a sealing ring disposed on the piston and configured to seal the air cavity. The pushing force converting device disclosed by the present disclosure can convert mechanical pushing force into air pressure pushing force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: Kohler (China) Investment Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Congxian Huang, Youpeng Chen
  • Patent number: 11901592
    Abstract: The invention provides an SOFC cooling system. For the feature that not all components work in the full operation process of an SOFC, a DC step-down transformer DCDC, a fan and a condenser are connected in parallel, and a solenoid valve is installed in each parallel pipeline for controlling on/off of each pipeline according to a corresponding signal. Compared with the traditional SOFC cooling system, the constant-flow serial cooling system will reduce pressure losses and the power of a water pump; a solenoid valve is installed in each parallel pipeline for controlling on/off of each branch according to a corresponding signal; considering the cooling requirements of SOFC during start-up, power generation and shutdown, all components are cooled in parallel through reasonable design of each parallel pipeline, consequently to improve the cooling effect and reduce the energy consumption; the invention also discloses a fuel cell and hybrid vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Ceres Intellectual Property Company Limited
    Inventors: Longkai Jiang, Youpeng Chen, Weilong Song, Yaxin Du, Meng Cao
  • Patent number: 11811117
    Abstract: An air supply system, comprising at least two air blowers and at least two communication valves; wherein one air blower is connected to a main air passage through the corresponding communication valve; and at least one other is connected to a reformer air passage and a stack air passage through at least one other communication valve, respectively. At least two air blowers are provided to connect the at least two communication valves.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventors: Changming Hu, Youpeng Chen, Xiaowen Sun, Xiao Yu
  • Publication number: 20230287668
    Abstract: A hidden water tank includes a water tank body, including a water inlet assembly and a pneumatic drainage assembly; and a driving panel detachably connected to the water tank body. The driving panel includes one of a pneumatic driving panel, a mechanical driving panel, or an electric driving panel. The mechanical driving panel and the pneumatic drainage assembly are connected through a first driving conversion module configured to convert a mechanical driving force generated by the mechanical driving panel into a first air pressure-driving force. The electric driving panel and the pneumatic drainage assembly are connected through a second driving conversion module configured to convert an electrical signal generated by the electric driving panel into a second air pressure-driving force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Congxian Huang, Shutuan Liu, Youpeng Chen, Yunqing Zang
  • Patent number: 11757109
    Abstract: The invention provides a hybrid power system, which integrates an internal combustion engine with a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack and provides power for the vehicle through the internal combustion engine at first in the preheating stage of the SOFC stack, thereby solving the problem that an SOFC stack is unable to provide power for the vehicle in the preheating stage. At the same time, the internal combustion engine burns fuel gas, outputs high temperature exhaust gas, heats the heat exchanger with the high temperature exhaust gas, then discharges the exhaust gas from an exhaust turbine and inhales air from the outside of the system. The air first passes through an air preheater, then passes through a heat exchanger and then enters the inside of the SOFC stack, preheats the air preheater through an air pipeline and then is discharged. After multiple cycles, the preheating of the SOFC stack is completed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Inventors: Youpeng Chen, Chao Yu
  • Publication number: 20230030363
    Abstract: The invention provides a hybrid power system, which integrates an internal combustion engine with a solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) stack and provides power for the vehicle through the internal combustion engine at first in the preheating stage of the SOFC stack, thereby solving the problem that an SOFC stack is unable to provide power for the vehicle in the preheating stage. At the same time, the internal combustion engine burns fuel gas, outputs high temperature exhaust gas, heats the heat exchanger with the high temperature exhaust gas, then discharges the exhaust gas from an exhaust turbine and inhales air from the outside of the system. The air first passes through an air preheater, then passes through a heat exchanger and then enters the inside of the SOFC stack, preheats the air preheater through an air pipeline and then is discharged. After multiple cycles, the preheating of the SOFC stack is completed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 2, 2023
    Inventors: Youpeng Chen, Chao Yu
  • Publication number: 20220407091
    Abstract: The invention provides an SOFC cooling system. For the feature that not all components work in the full operation process of an SOFC, a DC step-down transformer DCDC, a fan and a condenser are connected in parallel, and a solenoid valve is installed in each parallel pipeline for controlling on/off of each pipeline according to a corresponding signal. Compared with the traditional SOFC cooling system, the constant-flow serial cooling system will reduce pressure losses and the power of a water pump; a solenoid valve is installed in each parallel pipeline for controlling on/off of each branch according to a corresponding signal; considering the cooling requirements of SOFC during start-up, power generation and shutdown, all components are cooled in parallel through reasonable design of each parallel pipeline, consequently to improve the cooling effect and reduce the energy consumption; the invention also discloses a fuel cell and hybrid vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Longkai Jiang, Youpeng Chen, Weilong Song, Yaxin Du, Meng Cao
  • Publication number: 20220402363
    Abstract: A control method and system of a fuel cell electric vehicle stack. The control method comprises obtaining insulation resistance of the stack, comprising at least two sub-stacks connected in parallel; and disconnecting a sub-stack with insulation failure from a DC bus and then causing the stack to enter a failure mode when it is determined that the insulation resistance of the stack is smaller than a first preset threshold. The stack is determined to have an insulation failure when it is determined that the insulation resistance of the stack is smaller than the first preset threshold. The sub-stack with the insulation failure is located and disconnected the sub-stack with insulation failure from a DC bus, and the stack is then caused to run in a failure mode to perform failure protection, avoid deterioration of the insulation failure and burnout of the stack and improve the safety performance of the stack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2020
    Publication date: December 22, 2022
    Inventors: Lei Sun, Chao Yu, Youpeng Chen, Gangyi Hu
  • Publication number: 20220381019
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a pushing force converting device including a cylinder barrel. The cylinder barrel includes an air cavity; a mounting cavity; and an air cavity vent in communication with the air cavity. The pushing force converting device also includes a piston configured to slide back and forth in the cylinder barrel and slidably disposed in the mounting cavity; a transmission bar connected with the piston and configured to drive the piston to move toward the air cavity; a restoring member disposed in the cylinder barrel and configured to drive the piston or the transmission bar to be restored to a respective initial position; and a sealing ring disposed on the piston and configured to seal the air cavity. The pushing force converting device disclosed by the present disclosure can convert mechanical pushing force into air pressure pushing force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Congxian Huang, Youpeng Chen
  • Publication number: 20220381020
    Abstract: The present application discloses a drain valve, comprising a valve body, a valve seat, and an overflow pipe. The valve seat includes a drainage channel. The overflow pipe includes a blocking element and a flow rate regulator. When the overflow pipe is in a raised state, the blocking element leaves a channel water inlet, the flow rate regulator is partially or completely located above the channel water inlet, and a water flow channel is formed between the flow rate regulator and the channel water inlet. An amount of water entering the drainage channel from the channel water inlet in unit time can be defined by the flow rate regulator, and thus a drainage flow rate can be controlled. If a user needs to change the drainage flow rate, the user only replaces different types of flow rate regulators, without replacing the whole drain valve to save costs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Youpeng Chen, Congxian Huang, Shutuan Liu, Yunqing Zang
  • Publication number: 20220344690
    Abstract: An air supply system, comprising at least two air blowers and at least two communication valves; wherein one air blower is connected to a main air passage through the corresponding communication valve; and at least one other is connected to a reformer air passage and a stack air passage through at least one other communication valve, respectively. At least two air blowers are provided to connect the at least two communication valves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Changming Hu, Youpeng Chen, Xiaowen Sun, Xiao Yu
  • Publication number: 20220344748
    Abstract: The present application discloses a car power supply system and a solid oxide fuel cell vehicle. The car power supply system specifically comprises a first battery, a vehicle control unit (VCU), a lithium battery management system, a solid oxide fuel cell control unit, a second battery, a first relay and a second relay. If a solid oxide fuel cell controlled by the solid oxide fuel cell control unit provided by the present application cannot stop working within a short time, the first relay restores the first battery to power the VCU and the lithium battery management system after a start switch stops power supply by the first battery, so that the solid oxide fuel cell control unit is powered by the second battery to make the cell work normally and realize power off, thereby preventing the problem that the solid oxide fuel cell cannot work due to rapid power failure of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2020
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Xiaowen Sun, Yanbo Wang, Youpeng Chen, Changming Hu, Jin-Li Pei, Lei Sun, Yaxin Du