Patents by Inventor Yu Yan

Yu Yan 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: 12115878
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present application provide a method, apparatus, device, and medium for electric energy transmission. The method includes: determining a resource value of a unit of electric energy of a grid at a target time; under a condition that the resource value is greater than or equal to a first resource threshold, determining a number of available batteries in a battery swapping station and an ordered number of batteries in the battery swapping station within a target time period; and under a condition that the number of available batteries is greater than a number of reserved batteries, controlling a charging and discharging module to transmit electric energy of a first battery in the battery swapping station to the grid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhanliang Li, Yu Yan, Zhimin Dan, Miaomiao Zhang
  • Patent number: 12119697
    Abstract: A voltage regulation circuit for traction battery includes a traction battery, a heating module, a charge/discharge interface, and a voltage regulation module. The heating module includes a power storage element and a switch module. The traction battery is connected in parallel to the switch module. An external charging and discharging device is connected in parallel to the traction battery through the charge/discharge interface. The voltage regulation module includes a plurality of switches and a power storage regulation element, and the plurality of switches and the power storage regulation element are disposed between the charge/discharge interface and the traction battery. The voltage regulation module and the switch module are configured to regulate, in response to a voltage regulation control signal, a charge/discharge voltage between the traction battery and the power storage element and a charge voltage of the external charging and discharging device for the traction battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuanmiao Zhao, Zhimin Dan, Yu Yan, Zhanliang Li, Xiaojian Huang, Xinwei Chen
  • Patent number: 12113388
    Abstract: The present application provides a charging control method and apparatus, a battery management system and a readable storage medium. The charging control method includes: obtaining a battery temperature and a battery state of charge; determining a pulse charging frequency according to the battery temperature, the battery state of charge and a pre-calibrated corresponding relationship; obtaining a preset waveform characteristic of a pulse charging waveform; where the waveform characteristic includes a ratio range of an area of a positive pulse waveform to an area of a negative pulse waveform in each pulse cycle of the pulse charging waveform; and generating a charging request according to the pulse charging frequency and the waveform characteristic and transmitting the charging request to a charging device. The method is used for improving charging stability and safety of a battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhanliang Li, Yu Yan, Zhimin Dan, Shuyun Xiong, Weiping Sun, Xiyang Zuo
  • Patent number: 12112230
    Abstract: An electronic paper display, comprising a carrier device, a memory, a display panel, a sensing device and a processing device. The carrier device is arranged on a logistics box. The memory is arranged on the carrier device, and is configured to store a logistics data. The display panel is arranged on the carrier device, and is configured to generate a control voltage according to the logistics data to adjust a plurality of positions of a plurality of electrophoretic particles. The sensing device comprises at least one sensor, and is configured to sense at least one state parameter of the logistics box to generate at least one sensing signal. The processing device is coupled to the memory, the display panel and the sensing device, and is configured to send the at least one sensing signal through wireless transmission technology.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Chuen Jen Liu, Liang Yu Yan, Jia Hong Xu, Zhone Yang Wu
  • Patent number: 12102037
    Abstract: A self-propelled machine includes a drive motor, a handle having two grips, an electromechanical converting device, and a speed adjusting element configured to move relative to the handle to adjust a rotational speed of the drive motor and configured to be operated by a user when the user holds one of the two grips with a single hand. The speed adjusting element is disposed between the two grips. The electromechanical converting device is configured to convert a positional change of the speed adjusting element into an electrical signal for adjusting the rotational speed of the drive motor. The speed adjusting element is movable between a first position and a second position. The rotational speed of the drive motor when the speed adjusting element is in the first position is greater than the rotational speed of the drive motor when the speed adjusting element is in the second position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: Nanjing Chervon Industry Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Yu Yan, Toshinari Yamaoka, Fangjie Nie, Haishen Xu, Yangzi Liu
  • Patent number: 12098373
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a Bacillus subtilis efficiently-induced expression system based on an artificial series promoter, and belongs to the technical field of gene engineering. According to the present disclosure, an efficient artificial series constitutive promoter is used, and by compositely designing the promoter and elements (a repressor and a binding site thereof) relevant to an operon, the activity of the constitutive promoter is regulated and controlled by an inducer to finally construct the B. subtilis efficiently-induced expression system induced by the inducer. The result indicates that compared with a P43 strongly constitutive promoter, the activity of the artificial series promoter in the system is about 15 times higher. The activity of the promoter can be accurately controlled by adding different concentrations of inducers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2024
    Assignee: JIANGNAN UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Zhemin Zhou, Wenjing Cui, Laichuang Han, Wenliang Hao, Li Zhou, Zhongmei Liu, Yu Yan
  • Patent number: 12095301
    Abstract: A charging method, a battery management system for a traction battery and a charging pile are provided, which can effectively ensure normal charging of an electric vehicle. The charging method is used for charging a traction battery, and the method includes: determining, by the battery management system (BMS) of the traction battery, a pulse charging demand parameter according to a battery state parameter of the traction battery; and sending a pulse charging information to a charging pile by the BMS, the pulse charging information including the pulse charging demand parameter for indicating the charging pile to output a pulse current for charging the traction battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Shuyun Xiong, Yu Yan, Zhimin Dan, Zhanliang Li, Weiping Sun
  • Patent number: 12090885
    Abstract: Battery swapping methods, apparatus, systems, devices and media are provided in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The method includes: receiving a battery swapping request of a vehicle; determining a second battery swapping time and a second swapping electricity amount based on a first battery swapping time and a first swapping electricity amount, in a case where a first charging parameter is adjusted to a second charging parameter to charge an available battery of a battery swapping station; and sending a battery swapping response to a terminal device of the vehicle, wherein the battery swapping response includes the second battery swapping time and the second swapping electricity amount, the second battery swapping time is a recommended battery swapping time provided by the battery swapping station, and the second swapping electricity amount is a recommended swapping electricity amount provided by the battery swapping station.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhanliang Li, Zhimin Dan, Miaomiao Zhang, Yu Yan
  • Publication number: 20240304890
    Abstract: The present application discloses a charging apparatus, which comprises: a direct current (DC) source; a bidirectional DC converter connected between the DC source and a charging port of the charging apparatus; a pulse heating module connected in parallel with the bidirectional DC converter; and a controller configured for: selecting, when a heating request is received and according to a heating frequency requirement of a battery, one of the pulse heating module and the bidirectional DC converter to heat the battery. The present application also relates to a method for heating a battery and a storage medium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhanliang LI, Yuanmiao ZHAO, Yu YAN, Xinwei CHEN, Xiyang ZUO, Xiaojian HUANG, Zhimin DAN
  • Patent number: 12068466
    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: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xinwei Chen, Yu Yan, Zhimin Dan, Zhanliang Li, Yizhen Hou, Wei Zhang
  • Publication number: 20240258787
    Abstract: A circuit control method is provided, in which a control module receives a target control instruction for pre-charging a target. The control module may be configured to select a main switch unit (Main-SU) and an auxiliary switch unit (Aux-SU) associated with the target, and control the Aux-SU to be in a continuous-on state. The control module may then control a semiconductor switch unit (Semi-SU) to be in an intermittent-on state to allow pre-charging of the target via the Semi-SU and the Aux-SU. After the target is pre-charged, the control module may control the Main-SU to be in an on-state, and control the Aux-SU and then the Semi-SU to be in an off-state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: Jiangsu Contemporary Amperex Technology Limited
    Inventors: Jinbiao Li, Yu Yan, Zhimin Dan
  • Patent number: 12051934
    Abstract: Embodiments of the application provide a method for charging battery a charging and discharging device, which can ensure the safety performance of the battery. The charging and discharging device includes a first DC/DC converter, a unidirectional AC/DC converter and a control unit, where the first DC/DC converter is a unidirectional DC/DC converter, and the control unit is configured to: receive a first charging current and control the unidirectional AC/DC converter and the first DC/DC converter to charge a battery through an AC power source based on the first charging current; receive a first discharging current, and control the battery to release power based on the first discharging current; and receive a second charging current, and control the unidirectional AC/DC converter and the first DC/DC converter to charge the battery through the AC power source based on the second charging current.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yu Yan, Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Haili Li, Shan Huang, Shichao Li
  • Publication number: 20240250332
    Abstract: A device and method for heating a battery are provided. The device is provided on a first power-consuming device and includes: a first interface electrically coupled to a neutral point of a motor winding of the first power-consuming device; a second interface electrically coupled to a negative electrode of a battery of the first power-consuming device; and a control module coupled to a control system of the first power-consuming device and a control system of a second power-consuming device to coordinate and control the first power-consuming device and the second power-consuming device. The first interface is engageable with a third interface electrically coupled to a neutral point of a motor winding of the second power-consuming device. The second interface is engageable with a fourth interface electrically coupled to a negative electrode of a battery of the second power-consuming device. The control module is configured to perform a battery heating step.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Wei CHEN, Yuanmiao ZHAO, Xianxi PAN, Xiaojian HUANG, Yu YAN, Zhimin DAN
  • Publication number: 20240250548
    Abstract: A voltage regulation circuit for traction battery includes a traction battery, a heating module, a charge/discharge interface, and a voltage regulation module. The heating module includes a power storage element and a switch module. The traction battery is connected in parallel to the switch module. An external charging and discharging device is connected in parallel to the traction battery through the charge/discharge interface. The voltage regulation module includes a plurality of switches and a power storage regulation element, and the plurality of switches and the power storage regulation element are disposed between the charge/discharge interface and the traction battery. The voltage regulation module and the switch module are configured to regulate, in response to a voltage regulation control signal, a charge/discharge voltage between the traction battery and the power storage element and a charge voltage of the external charging and discharging device for the traction battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2024
    Publication date: July 25, 2024
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuanmiao ZHAO, Zhimin DAN, Yu YAN, Zhanliang LI, Xiaojian HUANG, Xinwei CHEN
  • Patent number: 12046733
    Abstract: A vehicle battery pack capable of suppressing a variation in cooling performance for a battery module by a cooling pipe. A vehicle battery pack includes a cooling pipe in a flat plate shape that abuts a lower surface of respective one of battery modules; and an elastic urging member that urges the cooling pipe upward to make the cooling pipe abut the lower surface of respective one of the battery modules. The elastic urging member has plural elastically-deformable legs that are aligned in a longitudinal direction of the cooling pipe.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: MAZDA MOTOR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shintaro Harugaichi, Satoshi Yamamoto, Kazuo Iwata, Yu Yan, Shoichi Sasaki
  • Publication number: 20240235243
    Abstract: A power battery voltage regulation system, and a control method and control apparatus thereof are provided. The control method includes: obtaining a first voltage and a second voltage, where the first voltage is a voltage of a power battery, the second voltage is a maximum output voltage of a charging device, and the charging device is configured to connect to a charging and discharging interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Yuanmiao Zhao, Zhanliang Li, Yu Yan, Xinwei Chen, Jinfeng Gao, Zhimin Dan
  • Publication number: 20240208362
    Abstract: Provided are a power battery voltage regulation circuit and system, and a control method and a control apparatus therefor. The power battery voltage regulation circuit includes a power module, a heating module, a charge/discharge interface, and a voltage regulation switch assembly, wherein the heating module comprises an energy storage element and a switch module; the power module comprises at least a first power battery and a second power battery; the power module is connected in parallel with the switch module; and an external charge/discharge device is connected in parallel with the power module through the charge/discharge interface; the voltage regulation switch assembly comprises a plurality of switches that are provided between the charge/discharge interface and the power module; and the voltage regulation switch assembly and the switch module are used for regulating, in response to a control signal, a charge/discharge voltage between the external charge/discharge device and the power module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Yuanmiao Zhao, Xiaojian Huang, Zhanliang Li, Yu Yan, Xinwei Chen, Zhimin Dan
  • Publication number: 20240213786
    Abstract: This application relates to a control method, an apparatus, a device, a storage medium, and a program product for an energy storage system. The method may include: obtaining a first cluster voltage of a target battery cluster in the energy storage system; determining a second cluster voltage based on the first cluster voltage and a preset redundancy voltage, and determining an output voltage of a first regulator corresponding to the target battery cluster in the energy storage system based on a bus voltage and the second cluster voltage, where the redundancy voltage may be within a regulation range of the first regulator; and controlling the output voltage of the first regulator for voltage regulation on the target battery cluster.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xinwei CHEN, Xiangtao LI, Xianxi PAN, Tianyi HUANG, Yu YAN, Zhimin DAN
  • Patent number: 12012481
    Abstract: The invention discloses a block copolymer intrinsic stretchable electroluminescent elastomer and its preparation method and application. This type of elastomer is made from organic electroluminescent monomers, styrene and 1,3-butadiene through anionic polymerization. The innovation of the present invention is: for the first time, the organic electroluminescence unit is introduced into the elastomer by chemical crosslinking. On the basis of improving the intrinsic stretchability of the elastomer, at the same time, it has characteristics of excellent luminescence and high carrier mobility, novel structure and unique design strategy; meanwhile, it also solves the inherent non-stretchability problem of traditional organic optoelectronic materials and the problem that traditional elastomers do not have electroluminescent properties. This type of elastomer is used as a light-emitting layer material to prepare organic electroluminescent devices with high stability, high stretchability and high efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2024
    Assignee: Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunications
    Inventors: Wen-Yong Lai, Wan Song, Xiangchun Li, Yu Yan, Wei Huang
  • Publication number: 20240189117
    Abstract: A pneumatic soft dexterous hand for a patient with missing finger functions and a soft robot relate to the technical field of soft robots. The pneumatic soft dexterous hand includes a soft finger, the soft finger includes a rubber casing, a silicone tube, an endoskeleton, and a built-in air bag, and the silicone tube is sleeved in the rubber shell. The silicone tube is formed with a chamber, and the endoskeleton and the built-in airbag are arranged in the silicone tube. The endoskeleton includes a plurality of skeleton modules hinged together, the plurality of the skeleton modules are divided into two groups, and the skeleton modules of the two groups are hinged in an alternating manner in sequence from left to right. The built-in airbag is embedded on the endoskeleton to support the endoskeleton.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2023
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: HUAZHONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Cai-Hua Xiong, Wen-Bin Chen, Run-zhe Zhang, Yu Yan, Junjie Cai