Patents by Inventor Dong-Keun Kwon

Dong-Keun Kwon 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).

  • Patent number: 11970493
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides autotaxin (ATX) inhibitor compounds and compositions including said compounds. The present disclosure also provides methods of using said compounds and compositions for inhibiting ATX. Also provided are methods of preparing said compounds and compositions, and synthetic precursors of said compounds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2024
    Assignee: ILDONG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Ku Choi, Yoon-Suk Lee, Sung-Wook Kwon, Kyung-Sun Kim, Jeong-Geun Kim, Jeong-Ah Kim, An-Na Moon, Sun-Young Park, Jun-Su Ban, Dong-Keun Song, Kyu-Sic Jang, Ju-Young Jung, Soo-Jin Lee
  • Patent number: 11965936
    Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus for diagnosing a battery including battery cells, the apparatus according to an embodiment may include a voltage measurer for measuring the voltage of each battery cell during a preset period of time, a voltage variation calculator for calculating an individual voltage variation of each battery cell during the preset period of time, an average voltage variation calculator for calculating an average voltage variation of the battery cells during the preset period of time, and an abnormality detector for determining that a voltage abnormality has occurred in at least one battery cell among the battery cells when a difference between the voltage variation of the at least one battery cell and the average voltage variation of the at least one battery cell is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Chul Lee, Dong Keun Kwon, Sung Yul Yoon, Seung Hyun Kim, An Soo Kim
  • Publication number: 20240088432
    Abstract: An embodiment sulfur dioxide-based inorganic electrolyte is provided in which the sulfur dioxide-based inorganic electrolyte is represented by a chemical formula M·(A1·Cl(4-x)Fx)z·ySO2. In this formula, M is a first element selected from the group consisting of Li, Na, K, Ca, and Mg, A1 is a second element selected from the group consisting of Al, Fe, Ga, and Cu, x satisfies a first equation 0?x?4, y satisfies a second equation 0?y?6, and z satisfies a third equation 1?z?2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Kyu Ju Kwak, Won Keun Kim, Eun Ji Kwon, Samuel Seo, Yeon Jong Oh, Kyoung Han Ryu, Dong Hyun Lee, Han Su Kim, Ji Whan Lee, Seong Hoon Choi, Seung Do Mun
  • Patent number: 11912674
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for treating or ameliorating metabolic diseases, cholestatic liver diseases, or organ fibrosis, which comprises administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of a pharmaceutical composition comprising an isoxazole derivative, a racemate, an enantiomer, or a diastereoisomer thereof, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt of the derivative, the racemate, the enantiomer, or the diastereoisomer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: IL DONG PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Hoon Kang, Hong-Sub Lee, Yoon-Suk Lee, Jin-Ah Jeong, Sung-Wook Kwon, Jeong-Guen Kim, Kyung-Sun Kim, Dong-Keun Song, Sun-Young Park, Kyeo-Jin Kim, Ji-Hye Choi, Hey-Min Hwang
  • Patent number: 11815559
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a battery cell according to an embodiment may include a voltage measurer that measures a voltage of each battery cell of a battery module in a state of an open circuit voltage of a battery, a memory that stores the measured voltage at predetermined time intervals, and an abnormality detector that compares a current measured voltage with a measured voltage before a preset time for each battery cell and determines that an abnormality has occurred in a first battery cell among the battery cells when a difference between the current measured voltage of the at least one battery cell and the measured voltage of the at least one battery cell before the preset time exceeds a reference value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Yul Yoon, Dong Keun Kwon, Hyun Chul Lee, Seung Hyun Kim, An Soo Kim
  • Patent number: 11815558
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery management system and method for diagnosing abnormal deterioration of a battery cell, and provides the battery management system including an SOC calculation unit for calculating a state of charge (SOC) of a plurality of battery cells, a change amount calculation unit for calculating, for each of the plurality of battery cells, an SOC change amount that is a change amount of the calculated SOC during a preset period and an SOC change amount average that is an average of the SOC change amount of all the plurality of battery cells, and an abnormal deterioration diagnosis unit for diagnosing an abnormal deterioration of each of the plurality of battery cells using the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average thereby accurately diagnosing abnormal deterioration of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Chul Lee, Dong Keun Kwon, Sung Yul Yoon, Seung Hyun Kim, An Soo Kim, Chae Bin Shin
  • Patent number: 11796599
    Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a voltage measurer for measuring a cell voltage of each of first to nth battery cells and a processor, wherein n is a natural number of 2 or greater. The processor determines an average cell voltage of each battery cell for a first rest period from a first time point to a second time point, based on the cell voltage of each battery cell measured a first number of times for the first rest period, determines an average cell voltage of each battery cell for a second rest period and diagnoses a fault of each battery cell based on the average cell voltage of each battery cell for the first rest period and the average cell voltage of each battery cell for the second rest period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Chul Lee, Dong-Keun Kwon, Seung-Hyun Kim, An-Soo Kim, Sung-Yul Yoon
  • Publication number: 20230288487
    Abstract: A lithium precipitation detecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a measuring unit configured to calculate a charge amount of a battery in a charging process and calculate a discharge amount of the battery in a discharging process; and a control unit configured to estimate a state of charge (SOC) of the battery in the charging process and the discharging process and determine whether lithium precipitation occurs in the battery based on the estimated SOC, the charge amount and the discharge amount.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun KIM, Hyun-Chul LEE, Dong-Keun KWON, An-Soo KIM, Chae-Bin SHIN
  • Patent number: 11688893
    Abstract: The present invention includes providing a plurality of batteries connected to a power generation line connected to an external generator, measuring the temperature of a space in which the plurality of batteries are positioned, and controlling charging and discharging between the plurality of batteries according to the measured temperature so as to raise the temperature of the plurality of batteries, and the present invention can prevent a reduction in the temperature of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2023
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong Keun Kwon
  • Publication number: 20230148088
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a state of health (SOH) calculating unit calculating an SOH of each of a plurality of battery cells and a balancing target determining unit selecting, as a second battery cell, a battery cell having a state of charge (SOC) difference from a first battery cell having a lowest SOC among the plurality of battery cells, the SOC difference being greater than or equal to a reference value, and determining a balancing target by comparing an SOH of the first battery cell with an SOH of the second battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Chul LEE, Dong Keun KWON, Seung Hyun KIM, An Soo KIM, Chae Bin SHIN
  • Patent number: 11567141
    Abstract: A battery pack according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a plurality of battery cells and a BMS for controlling the battery pack. The BMS may include a state-of-charge (SOC) calculation module for calculating a SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells included in the battery pack and a faulty battery cell detection unit for detecting at least one faulty battery cell on the basis of the calculated SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: An Soo Kim, Dong Keun Kwon, Hyun Chul Lee, Sung Yul Yoon, Seung Hyun Kim, Jae Sung Im
  • Patent number: 11509004
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module that has a filling portion transformed into a structure in which a battery cell is supported such that swelling pressure generated when swelling occurs is offset without an additional control, or a structure in which the battery cell is efficiently cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Keun Kwon, Yee Gahng Song
  • Publication number: 20220317196
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery management system—and method for diagnosing abnormal deterioration of a battery cell, and provides the battery management system including an SOC calculation unit for calculating a state of charge (SOC) of a plurality of battery cells, a change amount calculation unit for calculating, for each of the plurality of battery cells, an SOC change amount that is a change amount of the calculated SOC during a preset period and an SOC change amount average that is an average of the SOC change amount of all the plurality of battery cells, and an abnormal deterioration diagnosis unit for diagnosing an abnormal deterioration of each of the plurality of battery cells using the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average thereby accurately diagnosing abnormal deterioration of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Chul LEE, Dong Keun KWON, Sung Yul YOON, Seung Hyun KIM, An Soo KIM, Chae Bin SHIN
  • Publication number: 20220229122
    Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus for diagnosing a battery including battery cells, the apparatus according to an embodiment may include a voltage measurer for measuring the voltage of each battery cell during a preset period of time, a voltage variation calculator for calculating an individual voltage variation of each battery cell during the preset period of time, an average voltage variation calculator for calculating an average voltage variation of the battery cells during the preset period of time, and an abnormality detector for determining that a voltage abnormality has occurred in at least one battery cell among the battery cells when a difference between the voltage variation of the at least one battery cell and the average voltage variation of the at least one battery cell is greater than a threshold value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2020
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Chul LEE, Dong Keun KWON, Sung Yul YOON, Seung Hyun KIM, An Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220221527
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a battery cell according to an embodiment may include a voltage measurer that measures a voltage of each battery cell of a battery module in a state of an open circuit voltage of a battery, a memory that stores the measured voltage at predetermined time intervals, and an abnormality detector that compares a current measured voltage with a measured voltage before a preset time for each battery cell and determines that an abnormality has occurred in a first battery cell among the battery cells when a difference between the current measured voltage of the at least one battery cell and the measured voltage of the at least one battery cell before the preset time exceeds a reference value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Yul YOON, Dong Keun KWON, Hyun Chul LEE, Seung Hyun KIM, An Soo KIM
  • Publication number: 20220196752
    Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a voltage measurer for measuring a cell voltage of each of first to nth battery cells and a processor, wherein n is a natural number of 2 or greater. The processor determines an average cell voltage of each battery cell for a first rest period from a first time point to a second time point, based on the cell voltage of each battery cell measured a first number of times for the first rest period, determines an average cell voltage of each battery cell for a second rest period and diagnoses a fault of each battery cell based on the average cell voltage of each battery cell for the first rest period and the average cell voltage of each battery cell for the second rest period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Chul LEE, Dong-Keun KWON, Seung-Hyun KIM, An-Soo KIM, Sung-Yul YOON
  • Patent number: 11296366
    Abstract: An apparatus, a method and a battery pack for detecting a fault of at least one of first and second electrical conductors connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the battery, respectively. The apparatus includes a current sensor measuring a battery current, a voltage sensor measuring a voltage between the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor as a battery voltage, and a control unit. The control unit determines an idle voltage value indicating the battery voltage measured while charging and discharging of the battery is stopped. The control unit determines a diagnosis voltage value indicating the battery voltage measured while the battery is being charged or discharged. The control unit determines whether at least one of the first and second electrical conductors is faulty based on a difference between the idle voltage value and the diagnosis voltage value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Chul Lee, Dong-Keun Kwon
  • Publication number: 20200408849
    Abstract: A battery pack according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a plurality of battery cells and a BMS for controlling the battery pack. The BMS may include a state-of-charge (SOC) calculation module for calculating a SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells included in the battery pack and a faulty battery cell detection unit for detecting at least one faulty battery cell on the basis of the calculated SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2020
    Publication date: December 31, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: An Soo KIM, Dong Keun KWON, Hyun Chul LEE, Sung Yul YOON, Seung Hyun KIM, Jae Sung IM
  • Publication number: 20200350641
    Abstract: An apparatus, a method and a battery pack for detecting a fault of at least one of first and second electrical conductors connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the battery, respectively. The apparatus includes a current sensor measuring a battery current, a voltage sensor measuring a voltage between the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor as a battery voltage, and a control unit. The control unit determines an idle voltage value indicating the battery voltage measured while charging and discharging of the battery is stopped. The control unit determines a diagnosis voltage value indicating the battery voltage measured while the battery is being charged or discharged. The control unit determines whether at least one of the first and second electrical conductors is faulty based on a difference between the idle voltage value and the diagnosis voltage value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2020
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Chul LEE, Dong-Keun KWON
  • Publication number: 20200328486
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module that has a filling portion transformed into a structure in which a battery cell is supported such that swelling pressure generated when swelling occurs is offset without an additional control, or a structure in which the battery cell is efficiently cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Keun KWON, Yee Gahng SONG