Patents by Inventor Zhimin Dan

Zhimin Dan 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: 11772515
    Abstract: A battery pack heating system includes: a main positive switch, a main negative switch, an inverter, an external port, a motor, a control module for auxiliary charging branch, a vehicle control unit, a motor control unit, and a battery management module. The battery management module is configured to send, when an acquired state parameter of the battery pack meets a preset low-temperature-low-power condition, a low-temperature-low-power heating request instruction to the vehicle control unit and the control module respectively. The control module is configured to send a first control signal to control the auxiliary charging branch to be connected. The vehicle control unit is configured to send a second control signal to enable the motor control unit to control on-off of the switch modules in the inverter, and a third control signal to enable the battery management module to control on-off of the main positive switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Xiong Zheng, Bao Li, Tiancong Wang
  • Publication number: 20230308013
    Abstract: A switching circuit includes a switching transistor, a metal unit, and a branch. The metal unit is provided at the switching transistor, and the branch is electrically connected between a ground and at least one of the switching transistor or between the metal unit. The branch includes a capacitor, and the capacitor is configured to discharge radiated interference.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Yuan YAO, Zhimin DAN, Meng LI, Yu YAN
  • Publication number: 20230299606
    Abstract: A charging and heating apparatus includes a power unit configured to be connected to a battery to be charged/discharged and perform voltage conversion on a received voltage and current and output a converted voltage to the battery, a unidirectional/bidirectional conversion unit connected to the power unit and configured to output a bidirectional alternating current or a preset current to the power unit, and a control unit connected to the unidirectional/bidirectional conversion unit and configured to, in response to the battery being in a heating mode, control the unidirectional/bidirectional conversion unit to output the bidirectional alternating current to the corresponding power unit, such that the battery self-heats under excitation of the bidirectional alternating current, and in response to the battery being in a charge/discharge mode, control the unidirectional/bidirectional conversion unit to output the preset current to the power unit, such that the battery is charged/discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Xiyang ZUO, Yu YAN, Zhimin DAN, Zhanliang LI
  • Publication number: 20230299374
    Abstract: A battery heating apparatus configured to be connected to a traction battery and heat the traction battery. The battery heating apparatus includes a heating module including a first leg, a second leg, and an energy storage element, and a control module configured to control the first leg and the second leg to form a loop via which the traction battery discharges to the energy storage element and a loop via which the energy storage element charges the traction battery, so as to heat the traction battery during discharge and charge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaojian HUANG, Zhimin DAN, Yizhen HOU, Wei ZHANG
  • Publication number: 20230291219
    Abstract: A battery formation apparatus includes a DC-DC conversion module, an additional power supply, and a control circuit. Low-voltage and high-voltage terminals of the DC-DC conversion module are electrically connected to the control circuit and a DC bus, respectively. The DC-DC conversion module is configured to, when a battery unit discharges into the battery formation apparatus, convert a first voltage input into a second voltage greater than the first voltage, and output the second voltage. The additional power supply is electrically connected to the control circuit, and configured to output an additional voltage. The control circuit is electrically connected to the battery unit, the low-voltage terminal of the DC-DC conversion module, and the additional power supply. The control circuit is configured to serially connect the low-voltage terminal of the DC-DC conversion module, the battery unit, and the additional power supply when the battery unit discharges into the battery formation apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Inventors: Zhanliang LI, Huanle ZHOU, Meng LI, Xiyang ZUO, Yu YAN, Zhimin DAN
  • Patent number: 11735787
    Abstract: A battery pack system, a control method thereof and a management device are provided. A battery pack is connected in series with a discharge circuit unit and a charge circuit unit; a battery management unit is to monitor a temperature of the battery pack, to periodically send, when the temperature of the battery pack is lower than a threshold, a turn-on-instruction to the discharge circuit unit and the charge circuit unit alternately to control the discharge circuit unit and the charge circuit unit to be alternately turned on in heating cycles; the discharge circuit unit is to be turned on according to the turn-on-instruction to enable electricity of the battery pack to flow into the energy storage unit in discharging-phase; and the charge circuit unit is to be turned on according to the turn-on-instruction to enable electricity of the energy storage unit to flow into the battery pack in charging-phase.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Xiyang Zuo, Zhimin Dan, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Teng Yu, Wenbin Lu, Xingyuan Wu, Taosheng Zhu
  • Publication number: 20230256867
    Abstract: A traction battery heating circuit, system, and control method, and an electric device are provided. In some embodiments, the traction battery heating circuit includes: a power supply module, including at least one battery group; an inverter module, connected to the power supply module and including an M-phase leg circuit, where the leg circuit is connected in parallel to the battery group, and M is an even multiple of three; a driving module, including a motor having M windings, where the M windings are respectively connected to M phase legs of the leg circuit in one-to-one correspondence; and a control module, connected to the leg circuit, configured to control upper legs of at least three phase legs in the leg circuit and lower legs of the same number of phase legs in remaining legs to be turned on.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaojian Huang, Zhimin Dan, Jinfeng Gao, Jin Huang
  • Publication number: 20230231218
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a DC/DC conversion circuit, a power unit, a charging pile, and a charge-discharge heating method. The circuit includes: a first rectifier module, where an input end of the first rectifier module is connected to a power grid through an AC/DC conversion circuit; a transformer module, where an input end of the transformer module is connected to an output end of the first rectifier module; an energy storage module; and a second rectifier module, where an input end of the second rectifier module is configured to connect to an output end of the transformer module or the energy storage module, and an output end of the second rectifier module is configured to connect to a battery pack of an electric vehicle when the charging pile is charging the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Zhanliang LI, Zhimin DAN, Yu YAN, Xiaojian HUANG, Xiyang ZUO, Yuanmiao ZHAO, Xiao WANG
  • Patent number: 11695317
    Abstract: Embodiments of this application provide a converter control method, a converter control apparatus, and a readable storage medium. The control method includes: obtaining a real-time input voltage and a real-time output voltage of a converter; determining a corresponding real-time closed-loop control output value of the converter based on the real-time input voltage and the real-time output voltage by using a closed-loop control algorithm; determining a real-time control strategy of a switch tube of the converter from at least three control strategies based on the real-time closed-loop control output value; and controlling the switch tube based on the determined real-time control strategy. The control method is used to implement efficient and high-precision voltage stabilization control.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Jinfeng Gao, Guiying Lin, Weichen He, Zhimin Dan, Lijun Hang, Yuanbin He, Ke Chen, Jiarui Liao
  • Publication number: 20230208327
    Abstract: An electric vehicle control system and a control method, an electric vehicle power-on method, an electric vehicle power-off method, and an electric vehicle charging method are disclosed in this application. The control system includes a domain, control unit controlling an electric vehicle, a current sampling unit sampling the current of a power battery and a motor of the electric vehicle and sending sampling signals to the domain control unit, and electrical device, driven by the power battery, sampling the current flowing through it and sending the sampling signals to the domain control unit. The domain control unit, according to the sampling signals sent by the electrical device and the current sampling unit, manages the power battery and controls a motor driver module and the electrical device. The structure of the control system and the control policy are simplified and the power-on and power-off time is shortened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xinwei CHEN, Yuanmiao ZHAO, Da XIE, Yiqi LIANG, Yizhen HOU, Zhimin DAN
  • Publication number: 20230207915
    Abstract: A battery heating control method includes collecting a battery parameter of a battery module, in response to the battery parameter of the battery module meeting a preset heating condition, controlling a traction battery and a feed battery of the battery module to charge and discharge each other so that the battery module is heated through mutual charge and discharge of the traction battery and the feed battery, and controlling the traction battery of the battery module to power a motor of a vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Wei CHEN, Xiaojian HUANG, Yuanmiao ZHAO, Zhimin DAN
  • Publication number: 20230208149
    Abstract: A battery charging control method applicable to a vehicle electrical system that includes a current control unit including a semiconductor device. Two ends of the current control unit are connected to a battery and a charging power supply, respectively. The method includes controlling, when a temperature of the battery is below a preset temperature, the current control unit to be in a first state in which the semiconductor device is reversely connected in a circuit, sending a first charging request including a first charging current required to heat the battery to the preset temperature, controlling, when the temperature of the battery reaches the preset temperature, the current control unit to be in a second state in which the semiconductor device is disconnected from the circuit or forwardly connected in the circuit, and sending a second charging request including a second charging current at which the battery is charged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Inventors: Diping LIU, YU YAN, Xiyang ZUO, Xianxi PAN, Bao LI, Zhimin DAN
  • Patent number: 11689143
    Abstract: This application provides an electric motor control method and device, a system, and an electric vehicle. The method includes: obtaining an input power and an output power of an electric motor; calculating a loss power based on the input power and the output power; determining a target d-axis current of the electric motor, where the target d-axis current is calculated by a calculation module based on the loss power, the calculation module includes a tracking differentiator, and the calculation module operates in a controller; and determining a duty ratio based on the target d-axis current and a preset q-axis current, and inputting the duty ratio into an inverter so that the inverter drives, based on the duty ratio, the electric motor to operate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Xiong Zheng, Xianxi Pan, Zhimin Dan, Hong Wang
  • Publication number: 20230198282
    Abstract: A self-heating control circuit includes a control module configured to obtain a cell temperature of each of two battery packs connected in parallel and send a trigger signal in response to the cell temperature being lower than a threshold. The two battery packs include a first battery pack and a second battery pack. The control circuit further includes a switch module disposed at a charging and discharging circuit of the first battery pack. A control terminal of the switch module is connected to the control module and is configured to cut off the charging and discharging circuit upon reception of the trigger signal. The control circuit also includes an excitation module configured to form a path with the two battery packs upon cut-off of the charging and discharging circuit, and generate an excitation current, so that the excitation current flows back and forth between the two battery packs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Zhanliang LI, Yuanmiao ZHAO, Xinwei CHEN, Xiaojian HUANG, Yu YAN, Zhimin DAN
  • Patent number: 11652352
    Abstract: The present application provides a charge and discharge circuit, and relates to the field of battery power. The charge and discharge circuit comprises: a charge circuit comprising a battery pack, a first switch set and a charging device connected in series; and a discharge circuit comprising the battery pack, a second switch set and an electrical device connected in series; both the first switch set and the second switch set comprise at least one switch, and the at least one switch in the first and/or second switch set is a semiconductor switch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Jinbo Cai, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Xiong Zheng
  • Publication number: 20230146978
    Abstract: A heating system includes first and second input ends, first and second battery modules, first switch and second switches, and a control unit. The first switch is connected between first terminals of the first and second battery modules. Second terminals of the first and second battery modules are connected to each other. The second switch is connected between the first input end and the first terminal of the second battery module. The second input end is connected to the first terminal of the first battery module. The first terminals of the first and second battery modules have a same polarity, and the second terminals of the first and second battery modules have a same polarity. The control unit is connected to the first and second switches, and configured to control the first and second switches to be turned on or off.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Xinwei CHEN, Zhimin DAN, Chengyong LIU, Wei ZHANG, Yizhen HOU, Xian HUANG
  • Publication number: 20230144700
    Abstract: This application discloses an electrical system and an electrical apparatus. The electrical system includes: a first-stage conversion module including a plurality of first controllable switches; a second-stage conversion module including a plurality of second controllable switches; a first digital signal processor configured to control the first controllable switch; and a second digital signal processor configured to control the second controllable switch, where a first output crossbar switch of the first digital signal processor is configured to supply a first internal signal to a first output port, so that the second digital signal processor receives the first internal signal within a preset time through a second input port. The internal signal of the first digital signal processor can be enabled to be transmitted to the second digital signal processor within a relatively short time, thereby reducing a time interval for triggering a protection action between the two digital signal processors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
    Inventors: Yuan YAO, Weichen HE, Huaisen ZHANG, Guiying LIN, Jinfeng GAO, Zhimin DAN
  • Publication number: 20230127005
    Abstract: A thermal management method includes obtaining a predicted temperature including a predicted value of an operating temperature of a target device, and controlling the target device to switch a thermal management according to the predicted temperature mode. The thermal management mode is used to adjust the operating temperature of the target device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Xinwei CHEN, Yiqi LIANG, Yizhen HOU, Zhimin DAN, Yu YAN, Qidong LOU
  • Publication number: 20230130303
    Abstract: The embodiments of the present disclosure provide a control method, a device, a power system, and an electric vehicle. The method is applied to a motor controller of the power system. The power system further includes a power battery, a motor, and an inverter. The method includes: sending a first control signal to the inverter when a cell temperature of the power battery satisfies a preset heating condition for the power battery; where the first control signal is configured to control the inverter to convert an electricity provided by the power battery into an alternating current with a frequency changing randomly, and the alternating current with the frequency changing randomly is configured to supply power to the motor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Xiaojian Huang, Zhimin Dan, Xianxi Pan, Xiyang Zuo
  • Patent number: 11637440
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Contemporary Amperex Technology Co., Limited
    Inventors: Zhimin Dan, Wenbin Lu, Wei Zhang, Yizhen Hou, Jia Xu, Jiechao Luo, Teng Yu