Patents by Inventor Zhaohai (Tim) Xue

Zhaohai (Tim) Xue 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: 12285911
    Abstract: A 3D printing method for an impact-resistant gradient complex part containing a hollow ceramic sphere complex, wherein the method includes the following steps: 1) designing the size and shape of the part as well as an internal layered structure; 2) providing a raw material, wherein the raw material contains a high polymer, a curing agent and hollow ceramic spheres; and 3) providing the raw material with a certain thickness according to a design, then, curing the raw material by using a heat source to form a high polymer layer containing the hollow ceramic spheres, and repeatedly printing the high polymer layer according to the design until the high polymer layer reaches the designed thickness to form the impact-resistant gradient complex part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: XI'AN JIAOTONG UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: ChunMing Niu, MeiPing Li, QiPing He, Jun Li, Fan Jiang, ZhiHui Li, Xin Ji, ZhaoHai Meng, ShunXiang Gong
  • Publication number: 20250112326
    Abstract: A battery pack includes multiple battery cells, a casing, and multiple battery modules. A support beam is disposed in the casing. The support beam divides the interior space of the casing into multiple compartments. A connecting channel is formed between the bottom of the support beam and the inner bottom face of the casing. The connecting channel connects two adjacent compartments. Each battery module is disposed in a corresponding compartment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Wencong QIU, Fan LI, Zhiwei CHEN, Zhaohai CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250079608
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including a case body that includes a first chamber structure; at least one battery module disposed in the first chamber structure. The battery module includes a battery cell group and a surrounding frame surrounding the battery cell group. The surrounding frame is detachably connected to the case body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicant: EVE ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wencong QIU, Zhiwei CHEN, Zhaohai CHEN
  • Publication number: 20250038335
    Abstract: Provided are a battery cell mounting base and a battery module. The battery cell mounting base includes a lower cover, the lower cover has a limit groove for accommodating a battery cell, the battery cell is secured in the limit groove, and a connecting portion is provided on a side of the lower cover away from the battery cell, and the lower cover is capable of being secured to a battery box through the connecting portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Wencong QIU, Fan Li, Zhiwei Chen, Zhaohai Chen, Yanqiang Feng
  • Publication number: 20240405320
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack and an electric equipment. The battery pack includes a battery module, a reinforcement module, and a liquid cooling module. The battery module includes a plurality of cell groups. The reinforcement module includes a plurality of reinforcement beams. The liquid cooling module includes a plurality of liquid cooling plates. The plurality of liquid cooling plates and the plurality of reinforcement beams are alternately arranged along a first direction. One cell group is provided between each of the liquid cooling plates and any adjacent one of the reinforcement beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: EVE ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wencong QIU, Zhiwei CHEN, Zhaohai CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240396266
    Abstract: A connector includes a housing, a row of terminals disposed in the housing, and a grounding member having a flat body extending across the row of terminals. The row of terminals has a pair of signal terminals and a pair of grounding terminals located on opposite sides of the pair of the signal terminals. The flat body at least partially covers the pair of signal terminals. The grounding member has a plurality of grounding arms extending from a plane of the flat body. Each of the grounding arms abuts against one of the grounding terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hengkang Wu, Zhaohai (Tim) Xue, Xinjie (David) Zhang, Ching Hsiang Chang
  • Publication number: 20240363942
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: a case body including an accommodation trough and a pressure relief member; battery modules; and trays each corresponding to corresponding one of the battery modules and including a tray body and supports; where each of the battery modules is bonded to an upper side of the tray body by an adhesive, a first end of each of the supports is connected to the tray body, a second end of the support is in contact with a bottom portion of the accommodation trough, the tray body and the bottom portion of the accommodation trough are spaced apart to form a pressure relief cavity communicating with the pressure relief member, each of the supports is provided with a first through hole, and the adhesive is bonded to the bottom portion of the accommodation trough through the first through hole from the upper side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: October 31, 2024
    Applicant: EVE ENERGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wencong QIU, Zhiwei CHEN, Zhaohai CHEN, Yuhong XU, Yu ZHONG
  • Publication number: 20240283198
    Abstract: An electrical connector includes a housing, first and second rows of terminals arranged in the housing, and a ground shield assembly. The first and second rows of terminals are separated from each other and adapted to electrically connect with corresponding terminals of a mated electrical connector. The first and second rows of terminals each include a ground terminal connected to a ground layer of a circuit board and a signal terminal connected to a signal lead wire of the circuit board. The ground shield assembly is positioned between the signal terminal of the first row of terminals and the signal terminal of the second row of terminals and is electrically connected to the ground layer. The ground shield assembly is in electrical contact with a corresponding ground terminal at at least one position of each of at least one ground terminal of the first and/or second row of terminals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: August 22, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hengkang Wu, Xinjie (David) Zhang, Ching Hsiang Chang, Zhaohai (Tim) Xue
  • Publication number: 20240243416
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery cell module and a battery system. The battery cell module includes a plurality of battery cell units, each of the battery cell units includes a battery cell and a base, and bases of adjacent ones of the battery cell units are detachably connected to each other; the base includes an installation slot and a pressure relief cavity communicated with each other, where an end of the battery cell is disposed in the installation slot, and the pressure relief cavity is provided with a plurality of pressure relief holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: EVE POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wencong QIU, Zhaohai CHEN, Zhiwei CHEN, Jibing JIANG, Fan LI
  • Publication number: 20240235121
    Abstract: An electrical connector assembly includes a socket connector and a plug connector pluggably connected to the socket connector. The socket connector includes a first housing, a plurality of first signal contacts within the first housing, a plurality of first ground contacts within the first housing, and a first common ground member within the first housing. The first common ground member implements a common grounding of the first ground contacts. The plug connector includes a second housing, a plurality of second signal contacts in the second housing, a plurality of second ground contacts in the second housing, and a second common ground member in the second housing. The second common ground member implements a common grounding of the second ground contacts. The first common ground member and the second common ground member are in a detachable contact connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Applicants: Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Zhaohai (Tim) Xue, Huei-Shun (Calvin) Feng, Xinjie (David) Zhang, Yin (Erin) Xu, Kehao (Asroc) Chen
  • Publication number: 20240222779
    Abstract: Provided are a cell module and a battery system. The cell module includes: a cell fixing bracket, multiple rows of cell groups and a liquid cooling plate. Specifically, all of the cell groups are disposed on the cell fixing bracket, each row of cell group includes multiple cells, each row of cell group other than a first row of cell group and a last row of cell group has a first spacing H from an adjacent row of cell group, and has a second spacing h from another adjacent cell group, and the first spacing H is greater than the second spacing h. The liquid cooling plate is disposed between the two rows of cell groups spaced apart by the first spacing H, and is configured to regulate the temperature of multiple cells near the liquid cooling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Wencong QIU, Fan LI, Zhiwei CHEN, Zhaohai CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240120592
    Abstract: A battery pack and a vehicle are provided. The battery pack includes a base plate assembly, a side beam assembly, and at least one battery cell group. The side beam assembly is disposed at an outer periphery of the base plate assembly. The side beam assembly and the base plate assembly define an accommodating cavity, and the accommodating cavity includes at least one installation area. The installation area is provided with the battery cell group. The battery cell group includes a plurality of battery cells, and the plurality of battery cells are fixedly disposed on the base plate assembly. According to the battery pack and the vehicle, each battery cell is fixedly disposed on the base plate assembly in the installation area. The plurality of the battery cells disposed in installation area defines a battery cell group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: EVE POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wencong QIU, Fan LI, Zhiwei CHEN, Zhaohai CHEN, Yanqiang FENG
  • Publication number: 20240120591
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery cell module and a battery system. The battery cell module includes a plurality of battery cell assemblies. Each of the battery cell assemblies includes a battery cell, an end cover, and a base. A first end of the battery cell is connected to the end cover, and a second end of the battery cell is connected to the base. End covers of adjacent ones of the battery cell assemblies are detachably connected to each other, and bases of the adjacent ones of the battery cell assemblies are detachably connected to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: EVE POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wencong QIU, Jibing JIANG, Fan LI, Zhiwei CHEN, Zhaohai CHEN
  • Publication number: 20240120606
    Abstract: The present application provides a battery module and an electric vehicle. The battery module includes a case, a longitudinal beam, and a tray. The case is provided with at least one exhaust port. The longitudinal beam is disposed in the case and is abutted against a bottom surface of the case to partition accommodating areas in the case on both sides of the longitudinal beam along a width direction. The tray is disposed in one of the accommodating areas and is configured to install a battery cell. A through hole opposite to an end of the battery cell is defined on the tray, the tray is spaced from the bottom surface of the case to define a pressure relief cavity, the through hole and the exhaust port are respectively communicated with the pressure relief cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: EVE POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fan Li, Ying Huang, Zhaohai Chen, Zhiwei Chen, Wencong Qiu, Honghu Wang, Yan Rao
  • Publication number: 20240120600
    Abstract: The present application discloses a battery cell module and a battery system. The battery cell module includes a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of end covers. Each of the battery cells is provided with one of the end covers, and adjacent two of the end covers are detachably connected to each other, so that the plurality of battery cells are relatively fixed into a group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: EVE POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wencong QIU, Zhaohai CHEN, Zhiwei CHEN, Jibing JIANG, Fan LI
  • Publication number: 20240120611
    Abstract: The present application provides a battery box body and a battery module. The battery box body incudes a base plate assembly and a side beam assembly, where the base plate assembly is divided into a first region and a second region. Where a first pressure relief cavity is defined by an outer plate and an inner plate of the base plate assembly, the battery cells are occluded on a portion of a cavity wall of the first pressure relief cavity. A second pressure relief cavity is defined by the support plate and the inner plate, and other portion of the cavity wall of the first pressure relief cavity is communicated with the second pressure relief cavity. A third pressure relief cavity is defined by an inner cavity of the side beam assembly, the side beam assembly is installed with a pressure relief valve communicated with the third pressure relief cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Applicant: EVE POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Wencong QIU, Fan LI, Zhiwei CHEN, Zhaohai CHEN, Yanqiang FENG
  • Publication number: 20240106069
    Abstract: A battery module and an electric vehicle are provided by the present application. The battery module includes a case body and at least one tray; at least one exhaust port is defined in the case body, at least one tray mounting cavity is defined in the case body, and the case body includes a first mounting surface surrounding a periphery of the tray; the tray is disposed in the tray mounting cavity to divide the tray mounting cavity into a cell accommodating cavity located above the tray and a pressure relief cavity located below the tray, the tray is provided with through holes facing battery cells, the pressure relief cavity is communicated with the through holes and the exhaust port, respectively, and the cell accommodating cavity is configured to accommodate the battery cells; the tray includes a second mounting surface, and the second mounting surface abuts against the first mounting surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Applicant: EVE POWER CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Fan Li, Ying Huang, Zhaohai Chen, Zhiwei Chen, Wencong Qiu, Yan Rao, Honghu Wang, Shuxian Chen
  • Patent number: 11870172
    Abstract: A connector assembly comprises a connector including an insulating housing formed with a slot extending in a longitudinal direction and having at least one open end. A first circuit board is inserted into the slot and includes an electrical contact pad for electrically contacting a conductive terminal arranged within the slot, the electrical contact pad of the first circuit board extends in the longitudinal direction outside of the insulating housing of the connector via the open end of the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignees: Tyco Electronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd., Tyco Electronics Holdings (Bermuda) No. 7 Limited, TE Connectivity Solutions GmbH
    Inventors: Zhaohai (Tim) Xue, Ching-Lung Liu, Howard Andrews, Jr., Qianjin (Orando) Li
  • Publication number: 20230411798
    Abstract: Disclosed are a CCS, a battery module structure and a battery. The CCS is arranged at the tops of a plurality of cells, and a gap is formed between adjacent cells. The CCS includes a fixing frame and a bus bar. The fixing frame is arranged at the tops of the cells, and is provided with a plurality of positioning protrusions, the positioning protrusion can extend into the gap between adjacent cells and makes contact with the side faces of the cells, and the fixing frame is also provided with installation holes. The bus bar is embedded in the installation holes, makes contact with the cells and electrically connects the plurality of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Wencong Qiu, Zhaohai Chen, Zhiwei Chen, Fan Li, Chaoju Ren, Yanqiang Feng, Jibing Jiang
  • Publication number: 20230411753
    Abstract: Disclosed are a battery tray assembly and a battery module. The battery tray assembly includes a plastic bracket and a tray, wherein the plastic bracket includes a frame and a plurality of fixing rings which are connected with each other; the fixing rings are provided with limiting protrusions, and the limiting protrusions fit the outer side wall of cells. The cells can be positioned by the limiting protrusions and the fixing rings, so that the assembly accuracy is high; the plastic bracket is installed in the tray, and the tray is provided with through avoidance holes corresponding to the fixing rings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Wencong Qiu, Fan Li, Zhiwei Chen, Zhaohai Chen