Patents by Inventor Zizhu Guo

Zizhu Guo 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).

  • Publication number: 20250074253
    Abstract: A power supply device includes a first and a second battery cell. A ratio of first parameters of the first battery cell to the second battery cell is greater than a first threshold. A ratio of second parameters of the second battery cell to the first battery cell is greater than a second threshold. When a capacity of the first battery cell is greater than that of the second battery cell, the first battery cell and/or the second battery cell are/is discharged according to a rule including a first, a second, and a third condition. When the first condition is satisfied, the first battery cell is discharged to a load. When the second condition is satisfied, the first battery cell and the second battery cell are discharged to the load. When the third condition is satisfied, the first battery cell is discharged to the second battery cell and the load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Ke ZHANG, Rongfang WU, Xi WANG, Zizhu GUO, Yi PAN
  • Publication number: 20250062328
    Abstract: A negative electrode sheet, a secondary battery, and an electrical device are provided. The negative electrode sheet includes a negative current collector and a negative electrode active material layer. The negative electrode active material layer is disposed on a surface of the negative current collector. The negative electrode active material layer includes a negative electrode active material and an additive having compression and rebound properties. After a pressure X is applied in a thickness direction of the negative electrode sheet, a rebound rate of the negative electrode sheet is 2%-40%, and a compression rate of the negative electrode sheet is 2%-40%. The pressure X satisfies the following: 0.3 Mpa?X?5 Mpa.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2024
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Zizhu Guo, Xiaoyan Han, Yongjun Ma, Yi Pan, Huajun Sun
  • Publication number: 20250038306
    Abstract: A heating system for heating a battery, includes an inverter including three bridge arms, an alternating current motor, a first controller, and a connection line. A positive electrode of the battery connects to upper bridge arms of the inverter. A negative electrode of the battery connects to lower bridge arms of the inverter. Midpoints of the three bridge arms connects to head ends of three coils of the alternating current motor respectively. Tail ends of the three coils connects together as a neutral point. A first end of the connection line connects to the neutral point, and a second end of the connection line connects to the battery. The first controller inputs a drive signal to the inverter. The battery, the inverter, the alternating current motor, and the connection line form an alternating current self-heating loop. A heating device connects to the connection line, and heats the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Ke ZHANG, Zizhu GUO, Yi PAN, Yan ZHU, Huajun SUN
  • Publication number: 20250033530
    Abstract: A power battery comprises a first battery cell group and a second battery cell group that are not equal in electromotive force and connected in series. The heating system comprises an inverter, an alternating-current motor, and a first controller. Midpoints of three bridge arms of the inverter are connected to head ends of three-phase coils of the motor in a one-to-one correspondence manner, and tail ends of the motor are connected together to form a neutral point. The neutral point is connected to a first connection point by means of a connection line, and the first connection point is a connection point between the first and second battery cell groups. The first controller is used for inputting a driving signal to the inverter. The first battery cell group, the second battery cell group, the inverter, the motor, and the connection line form an alternating-current self-heating loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Ke ZHANG, Zizhu GUO, Yi PAN, Yan ZHU, Huajun SUN
  • Publication number: 20250038305
    Abstract: A power battery comprises a first cell group and a second cell group connected in series. The heating system comprises an inverter, an AC motor, a first controller, and a plurality of connection lines. The midpoints of three bridge arms of the inverter are connected to the head ends of three-phase coils of the AC motor in a one-to-one correspondence. The tail ends of the AC motor are connected together to form a neutral point. First ends of the connection lines are connected to the neutral point of the AC motor. Second ends of the connection lines are connected to a connection point between the first cell group and the second cell group. The first controller is configured to input a drive signal to the inverter. The first cell group, the second cell group, the inverter, the AC motor, and the connection lines form an AC self-heating loop.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Ke ZHANG, Zizhu GUO, Yi PAN, Yan ZHU, Huajun SUN
  • Publication number: 20240351477
    Abstract: A heating circuit of a power battery is provided. The power battery includes a first battery core group and a second battery core group connected in series. The heating circuit includes an inverter, an alternating current motor, and a first controller. A neutral point of the alternating current motor is connected to a first connection point between the first battery core group and the second battery core group. The first controller is configured to input a driving signal to control the inverter to alternately connect the first battery core group to the alternating current motor and the second battery core group to the alternating current motor, to cause the first battery core group and the second battery core group to charge each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2024
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Ke ZHANG, Jiannian LI, Rongfang WU, Zizhu GUO, Yi PAN
  • Publication number: 20240145760
    Abstract: A lithium battery includes a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, a separator located between the positive electrode plate and the negative electrode plate, and an electrolyte solution. The negative electrode material layer of the negative electrode plate includes a lithium-silicon composite negative electrode active material. The negative electrode material layer has a protective layer on the surface or the lithium-silicon composite negative electrode active material has a protective layer on the surface. The protective layer includes a polymer matrix and a lithium salt. When the lithium battery is fully charged, the lithium-silicon composite negative electrode active material includes elemental lithium and a lithium-silicon alloy Li4.4Si, and the elemental lithium accounts for 15%-95% by mole of the lithium-silicon composite negative electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Yi PAN, Yongjun MA, Zizhu GUO, Liangjun WANG, Huajun SUN
  • Publication number: 20240128537
    Abstract: A self-heating control method and a self-heating control system for a rechargeable battery are disclosed. The rechargeable battery includes a battery core. A separator is provided between a positive electrode and a negative electrode of the battery core. A reference electrode is correspondingly provided at the separator. A surface electrode is correspondingly provided on the negative electrode surface of the battery core. The method includes: detecting the potential difference between the reference electrode and the surface electrode, generating a charging current adjustment instruction according to the potential difference between the reference electrode and the surface electrode, and adjusting the charging current of the rechargeable battery according to the charging current adjustment instruction during the self-heating process of the rechargeable battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Ke ZHANG, Na CHEN, Jiannian LI, Yi PAN, Zizhu GUO
  • Publication number: 20240109436
    Abstract: A battery pack and a vehicle are provided. The battery pack is configured to provide electric energy required by the vehicle under different operating conditions. The battery pack includes a task manager, a first battery unit and a second battery unit. The first battery unit and the second battery unit respectively respond to a different operating state of a load and provide the electric energy required under the control of the task manager.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Inventors: Ke ZHANG, Congji E, Zizhu GUO, Yi PAN, Zhipei LU
  • Publication number: 20240105962
    Abstract: A current collector includes: a first polymer layer; a metal layer, the metal layer being disposed on a side of the first polymer layer; and a second polymer layer, the second polymer layer being disposed on a side of the metal layer far away from the first polymer layer; and in a direction from the first polymer layer to the second polymer layer, the current collector having a number of through-holes that penetrate the current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Yi PAN, Jing XIE, Zizhu GUO, Huajun SUN
  • Publication number: 20240097142
    Abstract: A dry battery electrode plate includes: a metal current collector and a self-supporting electrode film. The metal current collector is provided with pores. The self-supporting electrode film includes a first electrode film and a second electrode film. The first electrode film is arranged on one side of the metal current collector. The second electrode film is arranged on the other side of the metal current collector facing away from the first electrode film. The first electrode film and the second electrode film are configured to be press-fit connected by an external force. The first electrode film and the second electrode film are attached to the metal current collector. The first electrode film and the second electrode film are connected to each other at positions corresponding to the pores.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2023
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Inventors: Yiwei HU, Zizhu GUO, Yi PAN, Jianchang ZHANG, Huajun SUN
  • Publication number: 20230420663
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a negative electrode material, a preparation method thereof, and an all-solid-state lithium battery. The negative electrode material includes a core and an amorphous lithium-silicon alloy layer cladding the core. The core includes a glassy solid electrolyte and amorphous lithium-silicon alloy particles dispersed in the glassy solid electrolyte. The material of the amorphous lithium-silicon alloy particles is LixSi, 0<x?4.4. The material of the amorphous lithium-silicon alloy layer is LiySi, 0<y?4.4.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Biao LI, Zizhu GUO, Tong ZHANG, Zhuo SHI
  • Publication number: 20230324956
    Abstract: An electronic device includes a housing, a functional assembly, and a battery. An accommodating space is formed in the housing. The functional assembly includes a functional component, where the functional assembly is mounted in the housing and occupies a part of the accommodating space. The battery includes a main body portion and a protruding portion and an avoidance portion formed on the main body portion, the main body portion and the protruding portion occupy at least a part of the remaining space of the accommodating space, and the avoidance portion is arranged corresponding to the functional component and is configured to avoid the functional component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Feng WANG, Liangliang HUANG, Jingguo WANG, Zizhu GUO, Yudong LEI
  • Publication number: 20210296637
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a negative electrode material and a preparation method thereof, a negative electrode and an all-solid-state lithium-ion battery. The negative electrode material includes a negative electrode active substance and a coating layer on the surface of the negative electrode active substance, the coating layer including a polymer electrolyte and a sulfide solid electrolyte.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2017
    Publication date: September 23, 2021
    Inventors: Jing XIE, Zizhu GUO, Yongjun MA, Guangui YI, Wei SONG, Biao LI
  • Publication number: 20180233776
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte material and a method for preparing the same, a solid electrolyte and a battery are provided. The solid electrolyte material includes: at least one of crystalline inorganic solid electrolyte having a formula of Li10±1AB2X12 (I); and at least one of amorphous inorganic solid electrolyte having a formula of yLi2X?-(100-y)P2X?5 (II).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2018
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: JING XIE, YONGJUN MA, GUANGUI YI, ZIZHU GUO
  • Publication number: 20180123167
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte contains an internal component and an external component coated on a surface of the internal component. The internal component is represented by a formula Li1+xMxTi2?x(PO4)3, M is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Al, La, Cr, Ga, Y, and In, and 0.05?x?0.4. The external component has an ionic conductivity of no less than 10?6 S/cm, an electrochemical window of the solid electrolyte is no less than 5V. A method of preparing the solid electrolyte and a lithium ion battery including the solid electrolyte are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: GUANGUI YI, Yongjun Ma, Zizhu Guo, Xianghui Wang, Jing Xie
  • Patent number: 9893379
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte contains an internal component and an external component coated on a surface of the internal component. The internal component is represented by a formula Li1+xMxZr2?x(PO4)3, M is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Al, La, Cr, Ga, Y, and In, and 0.05?x?0.4. The external component contains a plastic deformable material and has a conductivity of about 10?7 S/cm to about 10?5S/cm. A method of preparing the solid electrolyte and a lithium ion battery including the solid electrolyte are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: BYD COMPANY LIMITED
    Inventors: Guangui Yi, Yongjun Ma, Zizhu Guo
  • Publication number: 20160359193
    Abstract: A solid electrolyte contains an internal component and an external component coated on a surface of the internal component. The internal component is represented by a formula Li1+xMxZr2?x(PO4)3, M is one or more elements selected from a group consisting of Al, La, Cr, Ga, Y, and In, and 0.05?x?0.4. The external component contains a plastic deformable material and has a conductivity of about 10?7 S/cm to about 10?5S/cm. A method of preparing the solid electrolyte and a lithium ion battery including the solid electrolyte are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Guangui YI, Yongjun MA, Zizhu GUO
  • Patent number: 9029020
    Abstract: A negative active material, a method for preparing the negative active material and a lithium ion battery comprising the same are provided. The negative active material may comprise: a core, an intermediate layer consisting of a first material and an outmost layer consisting of a second material, which is coated on a surface of the intermediate layer. The first material may be at least one selected from the group consisting of the elements that form alloys with lithium, and the second material may be at least one selected from the group consisting of transition metal oxides, transition metal nitrides and transition metal sulfides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen BYD Auto R&D Company Limited
    Inventors: Yongjun Ma, Pei Tu, Zizhu Guo
  • Patent number: 9005812
    Abstract: A negative active material, a method of preparing the negative active material and a lithium ion battery comprising the negative active material are provided. The negative active material may comprise: a core (1) composed of a carbon material; and a plurality of composite materials (2) attached to a surface of the core (1), each of which may comprise a first material (21) and a second material (22) coated on the first material (21), in which the first material (21) may be at least one selected from the elements that may form an alloy with lithium, and the second material (22) may be at least one selected from the group consisting of transition metal oxides, transition metal nitrides and transition metal sulfides.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen BYD Auto R&D Company Limited
    Inventors: Yongjun Ma, Pei Tu, Zizhu Guo