IP Library Patent Application 18361906
Patent Application
App. No. 18/361,906

CHARGE METHOD AND CHARGE APPARATUS FOR BATTERY

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App. No.
18/361,906
Abstract

A charge method includes obtaining a temperature of a battery, and in response to the temperature of the battery being lower than a preset temperature threshold, determining to use a first charge current to charge the battery until the battery meets a preset condition, and then determining to use a second charge current to charge the battery. The first charge current is used for heating the battery during charging, and the first charge current is greater than the second charge current.

Claims (30)

1 . A charge method, comprising:

obtaining temperature of a battery; and

in response to the temperature of the battery being lower than a preset temperature threshold, determining to use a first charge current to charge the battery until the battery meets a preset condition, and then determining to use a second charge current to charge the battery, wherein the first charge current is used for heating the battery during charging, and the first charge current is greater than the second charge current.

2 . The charge method according to claim 1 , wherein determining, in response to the temperature of the battery being lower than the preset temperature threshold, to use the first charge current to charge the battery comprises:

in response to the temperature of the battery being lower than the temperature threshold and a state of charge (SOC) of the battery being less than a preset SOC threshold, determining to use the first charge current to charge the battery.

3 . The charge method according to claim 2 , wherein the preset condition comprises that the temperature of the battery is higher than or equal to the temperature threshold and/or that the SOC of the battery is greater than or equal to the SOC threshold.

4 . The charge method according to claim 1 , wherein the first charge current is a pulse current and the second charge current is a direct current.

5 . The charge method according to claim 4 , wherein the first charge current comprises only the pulse current for charging the battery.

6 . The charge method according to claim 4 , wherein the first charge current comprises the pulse current for alternately charging and discharging the battery.

7 . The charge method according to claim 4 , wherein a duty cycle of the pulse current is greater than or equal to 0.01 and less than or equal to 50.

8 . The charge method according to claim 4 , wherein a peak value of the pulse current is greater than or equal to 0.2C and less than or equal to 10C.

9 . The charge method according to claim 1 , wherein the charge method is executed by a battery management system (BMS) of the battery.

10 . A charge apparatus, comprising:

a memory storing computer instructions; and

a processor configured to invoke the computer instructions to cause the charge apparatus to implement the charge method according to claim 1 .

11 . A computer-readable storage medium, storing a computer program that, when executed by a computing device, causes the computing device to implement the charge method according to claim 1 .

12 . A charge apparatus, comprising:

a signal acquisition unit configured to obtain a temperature of a battery; and

a processing unit configured to:

in response to the temperature of the battery being lower than a preset temperature threshold, determine to use a first charge current to charge the battery, the first charge current being used for heating the battery during charging of the battery; and

in response to the temperature of the battery reaching the temperature threshold, determine to use a second charge current to charge the battery, the first charge current being greater than the second charge current.

13 . The charge apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the processing unit is further configured to:

in response to the temperature of the battery being lower than the temperature threshold and a state of charge (SOC) of the battery being less than a preset SOC threshold, determine to use the first charge current to charge the battery.

14 . The charge apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein the preset condition comprises that the temperature of the battery is higher than or equal to the temperature threshold and/or that the SOC of the battery is greater than or equal to the SOC threshold.

15 . The charge apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the first charge current is a pulse current and the second charge current is a direct current.

16 . The charge apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the first charge current comprises only the pulse current for charging the battery.

17 . The charge apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the first charge current comprises the pulse current for alternately charging and discharging the battery.

18 . The charge apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein a duty cycle of the pulse current is greater than or equal to 0.01 and less than or equal to 50.

19 . The charge apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein a peak value of the pulse current is greater than or equal to 0.2C and less than or equal to 10C.

20 . The charge apparatus according to claim 12 , wherein the charge apparatus is a battery management system (BMS) of the battery.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2024
From: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY (HONG KONG) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 068338/0402 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2023
From: FU, CHENGHUA; OUYANG, SHAOCONG; XU, BAOYUN; HUANG, XIAOJIAN; YE, YONGHUANG; MA, WENJIAN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 064429/0594 →