IP Library Patent Application 18433494
Patent Application
App. No. 18/433,494

CHARGING METHOD, BATTERY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, BATTERY, AND CHARGING DEVICE

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18/433,494
Abstract

A charging method may include: sending a first command to a charging device, the first command being used to control the charging device to output an oscillation current to the battery during a first time period in a charging process, where the oscillation current may include n cycle periods, n being a positive integer greater than 1, each of the cycle periods may include a first sub-period and a second sub-period, a current output by the charging device during the first sub-period is a first current, a current output by the charging device during the second sub-period is a second current, and a direction of the first current may be opposite to that of the second current; and sending a second command to the charging device, the second command being used to instruct the charging device to charge the battery during a second time period in the charging process.

Claims (39)

1 . A charging method, applied to a battery management module of a battery and comprising:

sending a first command to a charging device, the first command being used to control the charging device to output an oscillation current to the battery during a first time period in a charging process, wherein the oscillation current comprises n cycle periods, n being a positive integer greater than 1, each of the cycle periods comprises a first sub-period and a second sub-period, a current output by the charging device during the first sub-period is a first current, a current output by the charging device during the second sub-period is a second current, and a direction of the first current is opposite to that of the second current; and

sending a second command to the charging device, the second command being used to instruct the charging device to charge the battery during a second time period in the charging process.

2 . The charging method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the charging process comprises at least one first time period and at least one second time period.

3 . The charging method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the first current is a charging current of the battery, the second current is a discharging current of the battery, and a quantity of electricity charged with the first current during the first sub-period is less than or equal to a quantity of electricity discharged with the second current during the second sub-period.

4 . The charging method according to claim 3 , characterized in that a duration of the first sub-period is shorter than or equal to a duration of the second sub-period.

5 . The charging method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the method further comprises:

receiving a maximum output frequency of the charging device sent by the charging device; and

determining a duration of the cycle period based on the maximum output frequency.

6 . The charging method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the first sub-period and/or the second sub-period is 2 ms.

7 . The charging method according to claim 1 , characterized in that a number n of the cycle periods is 10000.

8 . The charging method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the method further comprises:

obtaining a state of charge SOC and a state of health SOH of the battery; and

determining a maximum magnitude of the first current and/or the second current based on the SOC and the SOH.

9 . The charging method according to claim 8 , characterized in that the first command comprises a maximum magnitude of the first current and/or the second current.

10 . The charging method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the sending a first command to a charging device comprises:

sending the first command to the charging device when the battery is connected to the charging device.

11 . The charging method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the sending a first command to a charging device comprises:

sending the first command to the charging device when it is determined that the battery meets at least one of the following conditions:

a temperature of the battery is less than or equal to a first threshold;

the battery is being charged in fast charging mode, the fast charging mode being a charging mode with a charging speed greater than or equal to a second threshold;

the battery has completed x cycles of charging and discharging, x being a positive integer;

the battery has lost y % of its capacity, y being a positive number; and

the battery has been in service for z days, z being a positive integer.

12 . A charging method, applied to a charging device and comprising:

receiving a first command sent by a battery management module of a battery;

outputting an oscillation current to the battery during a first time period in a charging process according to the first command, wherein the oscillation current comprises n cycle periods, n being a positive integer greater than 1, each of the cycle periods comprises a first sub-period and a second sub-period, a current output during the first sub-period is a first current, a current output during the second sub-period is a second current, and a direction of the first current is opposite to that of the second current;

receiving a second command sent by the battery management module; and

charging the battery during a second time period in the charging process according to the second command.

13 . The charging method according to claim 12 , characterized in that the charging process comprises at least one first time period and at least one second time period.

14 . The charging method according to claim 12 , characterized in that the first current is a charging current of the battery, the second current is a discharging current of the battery, and a quantity of electricity charged with the first current during the first sub-period is less than or equal to a quantity of electricity discharged with the second current during the second sub-period.

15 . The charging method according to claim 12 , characterized in that a duration of the first sub-period is shorter than or equal to a duration of the second sub-period.

16 . The charging method according to claim 12 , characterized in that the method further comprises:

sending a maximum output frequency of the charging device to the battery management module, the maximum output frequency being used to determine a duration of the cycle period.

17 . The charging method according to claim 16 , characterized in that the first sub-period and/or the second sub-period is 2 ms.

18 . The charging method according to claim 12 , characterized in that a number n of the cycle periods is 10000.

19 . The charging method according to claim 12 , characterized in that the first command comprises a maximum magnitude of the first current and/or the second current, the maximum magnitude of the first current and/or the second current being determined based on a state of charge SOC and a state of health SOH of the battery.

20 . The charging method according to claim 12 , characterized in that the receiving a first command sent by a battery management module of a battery comprises:

receiving the first command sent by the battery management module of the battery when the battery is connected to the charging device.

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 Feb 6, 2024
From: SUN, LONG; XIE, LAN; LIN, ZHEN
To: CONTEMPORARY AMPEREX TECHNOLOGY CO., LIMITED
Reel/Frame 066389/0849 →