Patents by Inventor Hae Kyu Lim
Hae Kyu Lim 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).
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Publication number: 20220123415Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery module includes: forming a stacked structure by stacking a plurality of battery cell assemblies in a first direction; bringing a first end plate in surface contact with a first end of the stacked structure and bringing a second end plate in surface contact with a second of the stacked structure in the first direction; forming electrical connection by bonding electrodes of each battery cells of the plurality of battery cells to each other; and installing a first clamp and a second clamp across the stacked structure in the first direction, fixing first ends of the first clamp and the second clamp to the first end plate, and fixing second ends of the first clamp and the second clamp to the second end plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia CorporationInventors: Gyung Hoon SHIN, Yong Hwan CHOI, Wu Hyun KIM, Yu Ri OH, Hae Kyu LIM, Ji Woong JUNG
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Publication number: 20220118838Abstract: A battery module includes: a stacked structure including a plurality of stacked battery cells; and a front cover and a rear cover respectively disposed on a front side and a rear side of the stacked structure, configured to cover the stacked structure, and including a cover surface facing the stacked structure, a first fastening portion laterally protruding from a first side of the stacked structure in a stacking direction of the plurality of stacked battery cells, and a second fastening portion laterally protruding from a second side of the stacked structure in the stacking direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2021Publication date: April 21, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia CorporationInventors: Ji Woong JUNG, Yong Hwan CHOI, Yu Ri OH, Tae Hyuck KIM, Gyung Hoon SHIN, Hae Kyu LIM
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Publication number: 20220109179Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells stacked on one another in a first direction and including electrodes arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a pair of end plates that are respectively surface-bonded to opposite ends of a stacked structure of the plurality of battery cells in the first direction, a first clamp including opposite ends that are respectively bonded to the pair of end plates across a surface of the stacked structure, and a second clamp including opposite ends that are respectively bonded to the pair of end plates across a surface of the stacked structure, which faces the surface adjacent to the first clamp.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2021Publication date: April 7, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yong Hwan CHOI, Yu Ri OH, Gyung Hoon SHIN, Hae Kyu LIM, Ji Woong JUNG
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Publication number: 20220094006Abstract: A high-voltage battery pack for a vehicle includes: an upper case; a lower case; a plurality of battery modules mounted on the lower case; a busbar disposed on an upper side of the plurality of battery modules and electrically connecting the plurality of battery modules; and a plurality of first elastic pads coupled to the busbar.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: March 24, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Gyung Hoon SHIN, Yong Hwan CHOI, Yu Ri OH, Tae Hyuck KIM, Hae Kyu LIM, Ji Woong JUNG
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Patent number: 11283127Abstract: A battery pack is provided and includes a battery module that has a plurality of stacked battery cells and an end cover disposed on an outer side to face an outermost battery cell. A case having a receiving space accommodates the battery module and the receiving space has a side wall facing the end cover. A surface pressure patch is disposed between the end cover of the battery module and the side wall which are disposed in the receiving space, and is configured to apply a pressure to an inside of the battery module when an interval between the end cover and the side wall is closer to a predetermined interval due to swelling of the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: April 30, 2019Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Yong Hwan Choi, Tae Hyuck Kim, Yong Jin Lee
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Publication number: 20220069403Abstract: A battery casing contains a high-voltage battery. Load paths are formed around a high-voltage connector in the occurrence of collision in order to prevent the high-voltage connector from being damaged. Portions including the surroundings of the high-voltage connector have strength against collision, thereby ensuring reliability against collision.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 20, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung, In Gook Son, Gyung Hoon Shin, Yu Ri Oh, Jong Wook Lee, Yong Hwan Choi, Tae Hyuck Kim
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Publication number: 20220063388Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vehicle body with a battery connected thereto including a lower panel of a vehicle which extends in a horizontal direction, and to which a battery case in which a battery is provided in an upper portion or a lower portion is coupled, a seat cross member configured to extend in a direction parallel to a transverse direction of the vehicle and located on an upper surface or a lower surface of the lower panel, a battery cross member provided in the battery case, configured to extend in the direction parallel to the transverse direction of the vehicle, and located to correspond to the seat cross member in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and a coupling device configured to simultaneously pass through to couple the lower panel, the seat cross member, and the battery cross member in the vertical direction of the vehicle.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Chang Un Jeon, Jang Ho Seo, Seung Tae Song, Tae Hyuck Kim, Chan Young Kang, Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung
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Patent number: 11245151Abstract: A battery module is provided that includes a module frame having a top and sides that extend down from two sides of the top. A cell-stacking structure is disposed between the sides of the module frame and include a plurality of stacked battery cells. A bottom plate is disposed under the cell-stacking structure and is bonded to the lower ends of the sides of the module frame.Type: GrantFiled: May 1, 2019Date of Patent: February 8, 2022Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Yun Ho Kim, Hae Kyu Lim, Yong Hwan Choi
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Publication number: 20220037731Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a mid-plate configured to support a bottom side of a battery module from a bottom side of a vehicle body; a fastening member fastened through a space in which the mid-plate and the battery module are mounted and configured to fix the mid-plate to the vehicle body; a mounting pipe provided at a top side of the mid-plate and configured to support a pressure applied to the vehicle body from a bottom side of the mid-plate, wherein the fastening member passes through the mounting pipe; a mounting support configured to fix the mounting pipe to the mid-plate, wherein the fastening member passes through the mounting support; and a shield plate coupled to the bottom side of the mid-plate and configured to surround a bottom-side coupling portion of the mounting support while allowing the fastening member to pass therethrough.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2021Publication date: February 3, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Ji Woong Jung, Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Gyung Hoon Shin, Hae Kyu Lim
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Publication number: 20210331570Abstract: A battery mounting structure for a vehicle is provided to include a case having a first internal member that is disposed to be spaced parallel to an upper side of a lower panel of the case and a second internal member that is disposed perpendicular to the first internal member, and configured to accommodate a plurality of battery modules therein using the first internal member and the second internal member. An outer side member is provided in a shape protruding toward the outside on an outer side of the case. The battery modules are disposed in a stacking direction of battery cells that is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the first internal member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2020Publication date: October 28, 2021Inventors: Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Gyung Hoon Shin, Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung
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Publication number: 20210184194Abstract: A battery assembly for a vehicle, may include a battery case including a front wall structure, a rear wall structure, and a pair of side walls connected to the front wall structure and the rear wall structure; and a battery cover with which a top portion of the battery case is covered, wherein the front wall includes a front flat wall and a pair of front inclined walls which are opposite on both sides of the front flat wall, and each front inclined wall is formed to be inclined from the front flat wall to a front end portion of a corresponding side wall among the pair of side walls.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2020Publication date: June 17, 2021Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hae Kyu LIM, Yu Ri OH, Tae Hyuck KIM, Gyung Hoon SHIN, Yong Hwan CHOI, Ji Woong JUNG
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Patent number: 10978768Abstract: Disclosed is a battery system, including: a plurality of battery modules provided in a space formed between an upper casing and a lower casing; connection busbars respectively connected to terminals of the battery modules; an intermediate busbar connected to the connection busbars such that the connection busbars are electrically connected to each other; and an insulation protector provided with opposite end portions attached to the upper casing, and with a holding portion placed below the intermediate busbar at a position between the opposite end portions.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2019Date of Patent: April 13, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CoporationInventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Jun Seok Choi, Yong Hwan Choi, Jeong Hun Seo, Jae Hoon Hoi, Yong Jin Lee
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Publication number: 20210028422Abstract: An apparatus of cooling a vehicle battery is provided. A battery module includes a module housing having an open bottom portion, with an accommodation space for accommodating a plurality of battery cells in the accommodation space, and a plurality of battery cells accommodated in the accommodation space of the module housing, with bottom surfaces of the plurality of battery cells being exposed through the open bottom portion of the module housing. A lower housing has an accommodation space in which the battery module is accommodated. The lower housing includes a cooling unit cooling the battery module and is configured for being attached to a bottom portion of a vehicle floor. Heat-conductive filler is applied on a seating surface of the lower housing, on which the plurality of battery cells are accommodated, to be in contact with the bottom surfaces of the plurality of battery cells exposed externally through the bottom portion of the module housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2019Publication date: January 28, 2021Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Tae Hyuck KIM, Yun Ho KIM, Hae Kyu LIM, Gun Goo LEE
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Publication number: 20200350522Abstract: A battery casing for a vehicle includes: a lower panel; a sidewall member provided on an upper surface of the lower panel along a perimeter of the lower panel and configured to house battery modules in an internal space thereof; a cooling unit provided under the lower panel and joined to a lower surface of the lower panel, with a cooling channel provided in the lower panel to cool the battery modules; and a protective panel provided under the cooling unit and configured to protect the battery modules.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Inventors: Yong Hwan Choi, Gyung Hoon Shin, Ji Woong Jung, Hae Kyu Lim
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Patent number: 10818986Abstract: A battery-cooling device for a vehicle is provided. The device includes a plurality of frames provided with battery cells mounted thereto and having apertures provided in opposite side surfaces of lower ends of the frames. A pipe is inserted through the apertures. A coolant inlet is mounted on a first side surface of a lower end of each of the plurality of frames and communicates with a first end of the pipe. A coolant is introduced into the coolant inlet. Additionally, a coolant outlet is mounted on a second side surface of the lower end of each of the plurality of frames and communicates with a second end of the pipe. The coolant is then discharged from the coolant outlet.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Hae Kyu Lim, Yong Hwan Choi, Yong Jae Kim, Yeon Man Jeong, Yong Jin Lee
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Patent number: 10811743Abstract: A battery system is provided. The system includes a channel plate of which one side surface is contacted with a battery module and includes a cooling channel therein in which refrigerant circulates to cool the battery module. A first end plate supplies the refrigerant transmitted from the outside through an inflow port to the channel plate and transmits the refrigerant passing through the channel plate to the outside through an outflow port and is coupled to the channel plate to form a space surrounding the battery module. A second end plate is coupled to the channel plate opposite the first end plate to form the space surrounding the battery module. A cover plate is coupled to the first end plate and the second end plate opposite the channel plate to form the space surrounding the battery module.Type: GrantFiled: October 9, 2018Date of Patent: October 20, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventor: Hae Kyu Lim
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Patent number: 10756397Abstract: An integrated battery cooling system is provided. The system includes a housing having a high-voltage battery and a secondary battery therein and having an inlet port and an outlet port formed on the outer side thereof to receive and discharge cooling water. A cooling channel is formed with cooling water flowing therethrough from the inlet port and the cooling channel transmits heat to the high-voltage battery. A cooling module receives the cooling water discharged from the cooling channel, transmits heat to the secondary battery, and then cools the secondary battery.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2018Date of Patent: August 25, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Yong Jae Kim, Yong Hwan Choi
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Patent number: 10693202Abstract: A battery for a vehicle and a method for controlling the same are provided. The battery includes a housing in which a plurality of battery cells are disposed and a thermoelectric element that is disposed between the plurality of battery cells and provided with electrodes connected in a zigzag configuration. Since heat flows in a lengthwise direction of the battery cells, heat transfer efficiency with respect to the battery cells is significantly improved. By directly attaching the thermoelectric element to the battery cell, a gap between the battery cells is reduced, and a temperature of each battery cell is individually managed with ease.Type: GrantFiled: December 28, 2018Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Yong Hwan Choi, Hae Kyu Lim, Gun Goo Lee
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Publication number: 20200152931Abstract: A battery module is provided that includes a module frame having a top and sides that extend down from two sides of the top. A cell-stacking structure is disposed between the sides of the module frame and include a plurality of stacked battery cells. A bottom plate is disposed under the cell-stacking structure and is bonded to the lower ends of the sides of the module frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Inventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Yun Ho Kim, Hae Kyu Lim, Yong Hwan Choi
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Patent number: 10651520Abstract: A battery apparatus may include a cell-stacked structure including a plurality of cells stacked in a horizontal direction, a first plate covering at least one of upper and lower end portions of the cell-stacked structure, and a thermal conductive adhesive interposed between the first plate and the upper or lower end portion of the cell-stacked structure covered by the first plate.Type: GrantFiled: June 4, 2018Date of Patent: May 12, 2020Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Yong Hwan Choi