Patents by Inventor Byung O. Kong

Byung O. Kong 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: 20230128563
    Abstract: A battery module includes a pocket capable of capturing flare and spark ejected at the time of swelling, a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells stacked in a vertical direction and a protective case configured to receive the cell stack. The protective case includes a lower cover located under the cell stack, an upper cover located above the cell stack, and a pair of side covers located at sides of the cell stack. Each of the side covers is provided at the inside thereof with a structure configured to interrupt movement of flare and spark ejected at the time of swelling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Goen HONG, Seung Hyun KIM, Sang Hyun JO, Jin Kyu SHIN, Seung Min OK, Byung O KONG
  • Patent number: 10320036
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a voltage sensing assembly including sensing bus bars connected to series connection portions of battery cells for sensing the voltage of the battery cells, a printed circuit board (PCB), to the upper part of which the sensing bus bars are and to the lower part of which a connector is coupled, the connector mounted on the PCB, an insulative mounting member including a receiving part having a shape corresponding to the shape of the PCB such that the PCB is mounted in the receiving part, the receiving part being provided at one side thereof with openings, through which the sensing bus bars extend, and an insulation sheet attached to the front surface of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Oh Moon, Dal Mo Kang, Jong Woon Choi, Jun Yeob Seong, Byung O Kong, Youngsop Eom
  • Patent number: 10312561
    Abstract: A unit cell pack having a first battery module including battery cartridges that are sequentially stacked, a plurality of batteries wherein two batteries are seated on an upper surface of each of the battery cartridges, electrode connection members respectively positioned on both sides of the battery cartridges, and a battery cover covering the battery cartridges, the plurality of batteries, and the electrode connection members; a second battery module being adjacent to the first battery module and including same constituent elements as the first battery module; a battery housing surrounding the first battery module and the second battery module, and including air inflow window covers and air outflow window covers facing each other; and a fan duct disposed on the air outflow window covers of the battery housing is provided. A lower surface of each of the battery cartridges defines air guide grooves with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Chul Park, Kyung-Hyun Bae, Byung-O Kong, Jin-Kyu Shin, Hyung-Jin Hwang
  • Patent number: 10205204
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module configured to have a structure in which two or more unit cells are fixed to a cartridge and a plurality of cartridges is stacked, the battery module including unit cells having electrode terminals formed at one side thereof, cartridges for fixing the unit cells, and bus bars coupled with the electrode terminals for electrically connecting the unit cells with each other, wherein the unit cells are mounted to the cartridges such that the electrode terminals of the unit cells face each other in a state in which the unit cells are arranged in a line such that side surfaces of the unit cells are parallel to the ground, and the electrode terminals facing each other are connected to each other in parallel by the bus bars mounted to the cartridges to form a parallel unit cell connection structure for each of the cartridges, and the cartridges are stacked such that a plurality of parallel unit cell connection structures is arranged from the ground in a height direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Byung O Kong, Hyun Chul Park
  • Patent number: 10069178
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cell including a battery cell body having an electrode assembly mounted in a cell case, an electrode terminal protruding from at least one end of the battery cell body, and a connection protrusion for voltage sensing formed integrally with the electrode terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Oh Moon, Dal Mo Kang, Jong Woon Choi, Jun Yeob Seong, Byung O Kong, Youngsop Eom
  • Patent number: 9972871
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a voltage sensing member for sensing voltage of battery cells constituting a battery module, the voltage sensing member including a plurality of conductive sensing parts connected to electrode terminal connection parts of the battery cells of the battery module, each of the conductive sensing parts having a plate strip shape, a connector for transmitting the voltage sensed by the conductive sensing parts to a battery management system (BMS), and a plurality of wires for electrically connecting the conductive sensing parts to the connector, wherein the conductive sensing parts are coupled to the electrode terminal connection parts in a surface contact manner by welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Byung O Kong, Jun Yeob Seong, Dal Mo Kang, Young Sop Eom, Ki Youn Kim
  • Patent number: 9774015
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module including two or more battery cells, which can be charged and discharged, arranged in a stacked state and cartridges for fixing the battery cells to constitute a battery cell stack, wherein each of the cartridges includes a cooling fin contacting the battery cells and a cartridge frame for fixing the cooling fin, the cooling fin includes two cooling plates, the cooling plates being mounted to the cartridge frame in a state of being spaced apart from each other in order to define a coolant flow channel, the cartridge frame is provided with openings communicating with the coolant flow channel defined between the cooling plates, and one side or opposite sides of each of the battery cells are sealed by a sealing member on an interface between each of the battery cells and the coolant flow channel in order to prevent gases generated in the battery cells from being introduced into the coolant flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 26, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Oh Moon, Dal Mo Kang, Jong Woon Choi, Jun Yeob Seong, Byung O Kong, Youngsop Eom
  • Publication number: 20170187084
    Abstract: A unit cell pack according to the present disclosure includes a first battery module including battery cartridges that are sequentially stacked, a plurality of batteries wherein two batteries are seated on an upper surface of each of the battery cartridges, electrode connection members respectively positioned on both sides of the battery cartridges, and a battery cover covering the battery cartridges, the plurality of batteries, and the electrode connection members; a second battery module being adjacent to the first battery module and including same constituent elements as the first battery module; a battery housing surrounding the first battery module and the second battery module, and including air inflow window covers and air outflow window covers facing each other; and a fan duct disposed on the air outflow window covers of the battery housing, in which the two batteries on the upper surface of each of the battery cartridges are electrically connected in parallel, the battery cartridges are electrically
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Chul PARK, Kyung-Hyun BAE, Byung-O KONG, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Hyung-Jin HWANG
  • Patent number: 9653712
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module including a battery cell array including two or more stacked battery cells, each of which is configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly, including a cathode, an anode, and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode, is received in a battery case together with an electrolyte in a sealed state, and fixing members, each of which is integrally coupled to a portion or the entirety of an outer edge of a corresponding one of the battery cells, each of the fixing members being provided with an assembly type coupling structure, by which the fixing members are coupled to each other such that the battery cell array forms a stable stack structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yeob Seong, Dal Mo Kang, Byung O Kong, Youngsop Eom
  • Patent number: 9634297
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a prismatic battery cell including a pouch-shaped battery cell having an electrode assembly mounted in a pouch-shaped battery case, a cell case, in which the pouch-shaped battery cell is mounted, the cell case having a polyhedral shape, and a terminal case including external input and output terminals, to which electrode terminals of the pouch-shaped battery cell are coupled, the terminal case being coupled to one end of the cell case, the terminal case having a polyhedral shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Byung O Kong, Dal Mo Kang, Jun Yeob Seong, Youngsop Eom
  • Patent number: 9552922
    Abstract: A ferrite core structure for a power supply device of an electric vehicle is disclosed. The ferrite core module improves output and limits a reduction in strength due to warpage in a traveling direction of the vehicle to prevent cracks generated in a surface of an intermediate portion of a power supply road from occurring. The ferrite core structure includes: a plurality of horizontal core parts arranged spaced apart from each other; a plurality of first vertical core parts extending upward from both ends of the horizontal core parts; a second vertical core part having at least two rows extending upward from an intermediate portion of each of the horizontal core parts. The second vertical core part is arranged parallel to the first vertical core parts. A first support part connecting the plurality of first vertical core parts to each other to support the first vertical core parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: KOREA ADVANCED INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Dong Ho Cho, Byung O. Kong, Young Moo Shin, Bo Yune Song, Sung Jun Son, Jae Gue Shin
  • Publication number: 20160315356
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a voltage sensing assembly including sensing bus bars connected to series connection portions of battery cells for sensing the voltage of the battery cells, a printed circuit board (PCB), to the upper part of which the sensing bus bars are and to the lower part of which a connector is coupled, the connector mounted on the PCB, an insulative mounting member including a receiving part having a shape corresponding to the shape of the PCB such that the PCB is mounted in the receiving part, the receiving part being provided at one side thereof with openings, through which the sensing bus bars extend, and an insulation sheet attached to the front surface of the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Oh MOON, Dal Mo KANG, Jong Woon CHOI, Jun Yeob SEONG, Byung O KONG, Youngsop EOM
  • Publication number: 20160268658
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module configured to have a structure in which two or more unit cells are fixed to a cartridge and a plurality of cartridges is stacked, the battery module including unit cells having electrode terminals formed at one side thereof, cartridges for fixing the unit cells, and bus bars coupled with the electrode terminals for electrically connecting the unit cells with each other, wherein the unit cells are mounted to the cartridges such that the electrode terminals of the unit cells face each other in a state in which the unit cells are arranged in a line such that side surfaces of the unit cells are parallel to the ground, and the electrode terminals facing each other are connected to each other in parallel by the bus bars mounted to the cartridges to form a parallel unit cell connection structure for each of the cartridges, and the cartridges are stacked such that a plurality of parallel unit cell connection structures is arranged from the ground in a height direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Byung O KONG, Hyun Chul PARK
  • Publication number: 20160204398
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module including two or more battery cells, which can be charged and discharged, arranged in a stacked state and cartridges for fixing the battery cells to constitute a battery cell stack, wherein each of the cartridges includes a cooling fin contacting the battery cells and a cartridge frame for fixing the cooling fin, the cooling fin includes two cooling plates, the cooling plates being mounted to the cartridge frame in a state of being spaced apart from each other in order to define a coolant flow channel, the cartridge frame is provided with openings communicating with the coolant flow channel defined between the cooling plates, and one side or opposite sides of each of the battery cells are sealed by a sealing member on an interface between each of the battery cells and the coolant flow channel in order to prevent gases generated in the battery cells from being introduced into the coolant flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Oh MOON, Dal Mo KANG, Jong Woon CHOI, Jun Yeob SEONG, Byung O KONG, Youngsop EOM
  • Publication number: 20160190659
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cell including a battery cell body having an electrode assembly mounted in a cell case, an electrode terminal protruding from at least one end of the battery cell body, and a connection protrusion for voltage sensing formed integrally with the electrode terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Oh MOON, Dal Mo KANG, Jong Woon CHOI, Jun Yeob SEONG, Byung O KONG, Youngsop EOM
  • Publication number: 20150380779
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a voltage sensing member for sensing voltage of battery cells constituting a battery module, the voltage sensing member including a plurality of conductive sensing parts connected to electrode terminal connection parts of the battery cells of the battery module, each of the conductive sensing parts having a plate strip shape, a connector for transmitting the voltage sensed by the conductive sensing parts to a battery management system (BMS), and a plurality of wires for electrically connecting the conductive sensing parts to the connector, wherein the conductive sensing parts are coupled to the electrode terminal connection parts in a surface contact manner by welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Byung O KONG, Jun Yeob SEONG, Dal Mo KANG, Young Sop EOM, Ki Youn KIM
  • Publication number: 20150118541
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module including a battery cell array including two or more stacked battery cells, each of which is configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly, including a cathode, an anode, and a separator disposed between the cathode and the anode, is received in a battery case together with an electrolyte in a sealed state, and fixing members, each of which is integrally coupled to a portion or the entirety of an outer edge of a corresponding one of the battery cells, each of the fixing members being provided with an assembly type coupling structure, by which the fixing members are coupled to each other such that the battery cell array forms a stable stack structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: April 30, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Yeob SEONG, Dal Mo KANG, Byung O KONG, Youngsop EOM
  • Publication number: 20150099147
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a prismatic battery cell including a pouch-shaped battery cell having an electrode assembly mounted in a pouch-shaped battery case, a cell case, in which the pouch-shaped battery cell is mounted, the cell case having a polyhedral shape, and a terminal case including external input and output terminals, to which electrode terminals of the pouch-shaped battery cell are coupled, the terminal case being coupled to one end of the cell case, the terminal case having a polyhedral shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Byung O KONG, Dal Mo KANG, Jun Yeob SEONG, Youngsop EOM
  • Publication number: 20150035481
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention relate to a non-contact power transmission device, a magnetic induction-type power supply device, a magnetic induction-type power collector, and a moving object using same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2011
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Dong Ho Cho, Seong Jeub Jeon, Gu Ho Jung, Kyung Hun Lee, Hyung Kook Kim, Seok Hwan Lee, Sun Jong Lee, Bo Yune Song, Byung O. Kong, Joo Young Choi, Jae Gue Shin, Sung Jun Son, Dae Won Seo, Jin Hyuk Jang
  • Publication number: 20140265628
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention discloses a feed line-compensated power transmission apparatus. One embodiment of the present invention, comprises: a feed line provided with horizontally elongated first and second lines and a third line for connecting one end of the first line to one end of the second line; a pair of compensation capacitors which are placed to face each other by connecting one end of the compensation capacitor to the other end of the first line and one end of the other compensation capacitor to the other end of the second line; an input power source for applying a high frequency power source by connecting both ends of the input power source to the other ends of the pair of compensation capacitors, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and technology
    Inventors: Seong Jeub Jeon, Dong Ho Cho, Jae Gue Shin, Sung Jun Son, Bo Yune Song, Byung O Kong, Young Moo Shin, Jin Hyuk Jang, Dae Won Seo