BEIJING, China and SAN JOSE, Calif., USA – 16 January, 2024 – Taifang Technology Co. Ltd., a leading innovator in elastic-wave-based force sensing technology for consumer and automotive applications, today announced its Battery Intelligent Monitoring System (BIMS™), designed to monitor and report any collisions electric-vehicle (EV) batteries may experience. BIMS leverages Taifang’s highly successful elastic-wave technology already deployed in EVs.
BIMS can monitor the status of a vehicle’s battery chassis in real time throughout the battery’s life cycle. It can identify the intensity of collisions to the chassis – large or small – and provide battery-damage data and early warning alerts to drivers or remote operators.
“With the rapid growth of new-energy vehicle sales, the safety of power batteries directly affects the safety of entire vehicles” said Charles Du,
Taifang founder and chief executive officer. “This, in turn, affects the safety of drivers and passengers. As a globally recognized enterprise committed to the research and development of intelligent, tactile sensing solutions, Taifang has successfully leveraged its years of technology accumulation and brought to market the safety-focused BIMS.”
BIMS addresses a significant potential hazard to electric vehicles by monitoring and reporting on collisions. And EV’s battery can be damaged easily when the vehicle’s chassis encounters a collision; even a bump or scratch could cause battery damage. Severe collisions will cause mechanical deformation of the battery, leading to rupture deformation of the battery separator, causing direct contact between the positive and negative electrodes of the battery. This in turn would cause an internal short circuit, leading to thermal runaway, and even fire and deflagration. Taifang’s BIMS delivers a considerable array of advantages :
— real-time monitoring of a battery’s entire are (with no blind spots) — small device size
— simple structure
— easy installation for vehicle manufacturers
— a well-developed supply chain
— fully independent intellectual property rights
— the ability to save crucial data – collision time, location and intensity – in real-time
Taifang is an established and recognized name in elastic-wave-based touch sensing technology for EVs. The company previously introduced the Taifang Automobile Intelligence Perception System (TAIPS™), which enables a vehicle to perceive anything from innocuous human contact to serious collisions. Just as TAIPS does throughout a vehicle’s “skin,” BIMS captures highly accurate data from sensors in vehicle batteries, providing drivers, vehicle owners and operating platforms with extensive, instantaneous information on automobile incidents.
Taifang is engaging with multiple car manufacturers to conduct various tests with the BIMS system. BIMS is expected to be integrated into vehicles in mass production in 2024, contributing to their intelligence and driving safety.
Taifang touch-sensing technology is also found in laptop computers and other consumer products. Through significant investments in research and development, Taifang has developed expertise in the interaction between people and machines to the next level through its 3D, force-sensing, elastic wave technology. Unlike other force-touch products on the market, Taifang solutions can be applied to virtually any solid surface, including metal, glass, wood, plastic, and composites. Additionally, the technology opens up tremendous possibilities for low-power and cost-efficient products for portable computing, wearable devices and automotive systems.
For information on Taifang automotive touch-sensing solutions, please go to: www.taifangtech.com/solution/2.
About Taifang
Headquartered in Beijing, China, with North America offices in Silicon Valley, Taifang Technology Co. Ltd. was founded in 2015 and has evolved to become a leading developer of elastic-wave, force-sensing solutions for consumer and automotive markets around the globe.
