Patents by Inventor Zhaopei Liang

Zhaopei Liang 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: 11901828
    Abstract: Related to is a bidirectional CLLC circuit with a coupled inductor, which is associated with a circuit topology and operation control of a bidirectional CLLC resonant converter. Provided is a structure of a bidirectional CLLC resonant circuit with a coupled inductor, including a primary side bridge, a secondary side bridge, a primary side resonant capacitor, a secondary side resonant capacitor, a coupled resonant inductor, and a transformer. Compared with a structure of a conventional bidirectional CLLC resonant circuit, two separate resonant inductors located at a primary side and a secondary side in an original resonant cavity are replaced with one coupled resonant inductor in the circuit; the coupled resonant inductor has opposite dotted terminals with the transformer, and a primary side and a secondary side of the coupled resonant inductor are respectively in serial connection with a primary side and a secondary side of the transformer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Min Chen, Ning Chen, Bodong Li, Dongbo Zhang, Xiaoqing Wang, Xinnan Sun, Zhaopei Liang
  • Patent number: 11757370
    Abstract: An energy storage MMC topology is proposed to avoid the microcirculation of battery. The topology consists of six bridge arms in three stages and can be connected to DC system and AC system. Each bridge arm is composed of one bridge arm inductance and N energy storage sub-modules with the same structure in series. The energy storage sub-modules include a half-bridge power module, a battery energy storage module and a group of anti-parallel thyristors. The group of anti-parallel thyristors is connected in series over the DC cable between the battery energy storage module and a capacitor of the half-bridge power module. The switching control is performed on the battery in the energy storage MMC according to the systematic operating mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: Zhejiang University
    Inventors: Min Chen, Guannan Zhu, Song Tang, Chenghao Zhang, Zhaopei Liang
  • Publication number: 20230261582
    Abstract: Related to is a bidirectional capacitance - inductance - inductance - capacitance (CLLC) circuit with a coupled inductor, which is associated with a circuit topology and operation control of a bidirectional CLLC resonant converter. A bidirectional CLLC resonant circuit with a coupled inductor includes a primary side bridge, a secondary side bridge, a primary side resonant capacitor, a secondary side resonant capacitor, a coupled resonant inductor, and a transformer. Compared with a structure of a conventional bidirectional CLLC resonant circuit, two separate resonant inductors located at a primary side and a secondary side in an original resonant cavity are replaced with one coupled resonant inductor in the circuit; the coupled resonant inductor has opposite dotted terminals with the transformer, and a primary side and a secondary side of the coupled resonant inductor are respectively in serial connection with a primary side and a secondary side of the transformer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Min Chen, Ning Chen, Bodong Li, Dongbo Zhang, Xiaoqing Wang, Xinnan Sun, Zhaopei Liang
  • Publication number: 20230246566
    Abstract: An energy storage MMC topology is proposed to avoid the microcirculation of battery. The topology consists of six bridge arms in three stages and can be connected to DC system and AC system. Each bridge arm is composed of one bridge arm inductance and N energy storage sub-modules with the same structure in series. The energy storage sub-modules include a half-bridge power module, a battery energy storage module and a group of anti-parallel thyristors. The group of anti-parallel thyristors is connected in series over the DC cable between the battery energy storage module and a capacitor of the half-bridge power module. The switching control is performed on the battery in the energy storage MMC according to the systematic operating mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Min Chen, Guannan Zhu, Song Tang, Chenghao Zhang, Zhaopei Liang
  • Patent number: D988293
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Inventor: Zhaopei Liang
  • Patent number: D1001892
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Inventor: Zhaopei Liang