On April 17, the State Intellectual Property Office announced the results of the 24th China Patent Awards. Guangzhou Automobile Group’s AION Y automotive exterior design patent won the China Appearance Design Gold Award for “Shift Control of Automatic Transmission” System” invention patent won the China Patent Excellence Award. This is the third time that GAC Group has won this honor after GE3 and AION S won the China Appearance Design Gold Award!

The China Patent Award is jointly selected by the State Intellectual Property Office and the World Intellectual Property Organization. To encourage and commend patentees and inventors (designers) who have made outstanding contributions to technological (design) innovation and economic and social development.

The fact that GAC Group won two major awards in one fell swoop is another proof of GAC’s independent research and development strength, and marks that GAC Group has achieved remarkable results in vigorously promoting its innovation-driven development strategy and intellectual property strategy.

The appearance and connotation go hand in hand to create a "variable and fashionable" car

Under the dual influence of national policy guidance and the surge in user demand, the new energy automobile industry has entered a rapid period of large-scale development. During the development stage, GAC Research Institute quickly responded to policy requirements and market demand, creating and launching a series of new energy products under the Aion and Haopu brands to the market. Among them, AION Y is a car specially built for young people who pursue the latest trends and dare to innovate.

AION Y automobile appearance design patent won the 24th China Appearance Design Gold Award

AION Y automobile appearance design patent certificate (patent number: ZL202030621088.5)

AION Y uses the semantics of "City in the Sky" to build a new generation of smart and interesting aesthetics. The "Angel Wings" headlights, "Star Track" taillights, and "Haoyue Mang" customized wheels make the details more agile and interesting, making driving more enjoyable. The time is like flying through the city in the sky.

AION Y exterior design

The exclusive color of AION Y's body is "Azure" with high brightness and low saturation, and its texture is as transparent and pure as the sky. The auxiliary color is bright orange, which is light and agile but also has infinite heat and vitality.

The interior of AION Y uses an exclusive fresh and quiet macaron color, paired with bright orange 3D sports fabric, always showing youthful vitality. Through CMF innovation, exquisite craftsmanship, and the design of natural and environmentally friendly materials, we have defeated boredom with fun, reconstructed aesthetics with art, and completed evolution with technology.

AION Y interior design

As a trendy item with both appearance and connotation, AION Y not only meets the needs of young consumers for the "third living space", but also With a trendy and individual attitude, he has become a good partner for the young Generation Z on their way to "fun life".

Since its launch in April 2021, AION Y has been favored by many consumers. As of March this year, the cumulative sales of AION Y series models have exceeded 180,000 units, ranking first in the 150,000-class pure electric SUV market, and driving the sales of GAC Aion in 2022 to exceed 271,000 units, a year-on-year increase of 126%, setting a new sales growth record .

AION Y is favored by young consumers for its trendy and personalized attitude

The market performance of GAC’s own brands continues to strengthen, which represents the continuous rise of China’s automotive design power. Over the years, the GAC Design Team of the GAC Research Institute has adhered to the "design-driven" strategy and built a global design innovation system layout in Milan, Los Angeles, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, forming independent design innovation capabilities across the entire chain, and continuously producing qualified products. The world-class innovation achievements have set a benchmark for Chinese brands and enhanced the status of Chinese design in the world's automotive industry.

Break through the foreign technology blockade and master the core technology of electro-hydraulic control system

In addition to the China Appearance Design Gold Award, GAC Group also won the 20th invention patent for "automatic transmission shift control system" Four times China Patent Excellence Award.

For a long period of time, automotive electro-hydraulic control system technology has been monopolized and blocked by foreign companies. Electro-hydraulic control systems, including power transmissions and chassis, can only be outsourced. In order to fundamentally solve the "stuck neck" problem of the electro-hydraulic control system, during the development of the 7WDCT automatic transmission (7-speed wet dual-clutch automatic transmission), GAC Research Institute decided to completely independently develop the transmission electro-hydraulic control system.

After layers of research and continuous innovation, GAC Research Institute has completed the "counterattack" path from outsourcing matching to independent development of the electro-hydraulic control system, and developed an energy-saving system with high precision and fast response. Electro-hydraulic control system, mastered the development technology of automobile electro-hydraulic control system, established a complete system from design, simulation to verification of electro-hydraulic control system, and achieved a breakthrough in core technology. The award-winning patent is the patent for the electro-hydraulic control system of the automatic transmission.

The invention patent "Shift Control System for Automatic Transmission" won the 24th China Patent Excellence Award

Invention Patent Certificate for "Shift Control System for Automatic Transmission" (Patent No. : ZL201410657662.6)

In the development of automatic transmissions, GAC Research Institute took the lead in proposing an efficient oil supply system solution using mechanical pumps and electronic pumps for the electro-hydraulic control system, reducing hydraulic energy consumption by more than 33%; In terms of control, a "pressure flow" two-phase control scheme for shifting is proposed to improve shifting response and smoothness by more than 25%; in terms of preventing oil contamination, a close-end structure solenoid valve is used to make the system both energy-saving and reliable; and Creatively propose a gear interlocking error-proofing scheme to improve the safety redundancy of the system. The 7WDCT automatic transmission using this electro-hydraulic control system has reached the international leading level, with a comprehensive efficiency of 95.6, and was awarded the title of "Top Ten Transmissions in the World".

GAC’s independently developed transmission advanced electro-hydraulic control module

At present, the 7WDCT automatic transmission using this patented electro-hydraulic control system has been installed in GAC Trumpchi GS4, GS8, M6, Shadow Leopard and other models were put on sale, with excellent market performance and good social and economic benefits. At the same time, this technology fills the gap in GAC's independent research and development of electro-hydraulic control systems, breaks through the technical barriers of foreign companies, further enhances the core competitiveness of its own brands, and is further applied to hybrid special transmissions and other power and chassis-related fields, providing GAC with Independent research and development provides stronger support.

Continue to strengthen innovation and intellectual property layout to support high-quality development

Accelerating the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance is the only way to promote high-quality development. Currently, the world is undergoing major changes unprecedented in a century. A new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation are developing in depth. Scientific and technological innovation has become the main battlefield of international strategic games.

In order to firmly grasp the development initiative and promote high-quality development in the fierce competition, GAC Group puts technological innovation at the core, vigorously implements innovation-driven development strategies and intellectual property strategies, and accelerates the realization of high-level Science and technology are self-reliant and self-reliant. Since the establishment of the GAC Research Institute in 2006, GAC Group has invested a total of more than 39.5 billion yuan in R&D expenses, and has established a comprehensive R&D structure with the GAC Research Institute as the core, including the GAC American R&D Center, the GAC European R&D Center, and the GAC Research Institute Shanghai Forward Design Studio. To support the GAC global R&D network, it has created an international R&D talent team from more than ten countries including Germany, Italy, the United States, Japan, and South Korea, with more than 5,000 R&D personnel.

Continuous investment in research and development has enabled GAC Group to master a number of industry-leading independent technologies and intellectual property rights. In the past three years, GAC's independent R&D sector has filed more than 1,500 new patent applications every year. In the past three years, the invention patent ratio has been approximately 55%, and the cumulative invention patent ratio has been approximately 46%, exceeding the industry average. The patent authorization rate is approximately 90%.

As of March this year, GAC Group has more than 20,000 intellectual property rights, including more than 15,000 global valid patent applications, 4,000 trademarks, and 1,000 software copyrights. The patent section is dominated by Chinese patent applications, with a total of 15,342 applications, including 5,768 invention patent applications.

While achieving both growth in patent quantity and quality, GAC Group has focused on cultivating more than 4,500 high-value patents in the fields of energy-saving and new energy vehicles and intelligent network technology. Invention patents in this technical field account for 70%. Far exceeding the proportion of invention patents in the automobile industry.

In the future, GAC Group will be based on independent research and development, actively play the role of intellectual property in leading and promoting innovation and development, accelerate the realization of high-level scientific and technological self-reliance, unswervingly promote high-quality development, and independently master key core technologies , and make greater contributions to building a powerful automobile country.

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