Patents by Inventor Seung-Hyun Kim

Seung-Hyun Kim 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).

  • Apparatus and method for diagnosing abnormal degradated battery cell
    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
  • MOTOR DRIVEN CHILD SEAT FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230356633
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a motor-driven child seat for a vehicle capable of making it more convenient to sit a child in the child seat and to switch the seat to a comfortable posture by enabling swiveling adjustment of the child seat using the swivel-driving device and reclining adjustment of the child seat using the reclining-driving device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Seung Hyun Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Seon Chae Na, Sang Ho Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Jeong In Baek, Yong Chul Jang, In ju Lee
  • BATTERY MODULE WITH IMPROVED FIRE PROTECTION PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20230361422
    Abstract: A battery module includes a cell assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries stacked on each other; and a module case including a lower plate, a side plate and an upper plate to form an inner space so that the cell assembly is accommodated therein, the module case including a trap unit formed in at least a part of an inner surface of the side plate to be concave outward.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Goen HONG, Yu-Dam KONG, Seung-Hyun KIM, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sang-Hyun JO
  • POWER SUPPLY DEVICE OF MOTOR-DRIVEN CHILD SEAT FOR VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20230361505
    Abstract: A power supply device of a motor-driven child seat for a vehicle is provided. The motor-driven child seat can be easily mounted and fixed to a rear seat by adopting a method where a latch of the motor-driven child seat is fastened to an anchor of the rear seat, and power can be easily supplied to power consuming components, i.e., an electric mechanism including a motor, a ventilation system, and a heating system, by automatically fastening male-female connectors for supplying power, especially when the motor-driven child seat is fixedly mounted on the rear seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Seung Hyun Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Sang Ho Kim, Seon Chae Na, Hyun Tae Lee, Won Ho Chang, Jeong In Baek, In Ju Lee
  • VENTILATION AND HEATING APPARATUS FOR CHILD SEAT
    Publication number: 20230356635
    Abstract: A ventilation and heating apparatus for a child seat is provided. A ventilation mat with an embedded heating wire is mounted on a body of the child seat, so ventilation air is discharged toward a child's body through the ventilation mat in summer or when ventilation is required, and heating wire embedded in the ventilation mat is driven in winter, thus providing a comfortable seating environment for a child sitting on the child seat, and improving the sitting comfort of a child.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Byeong Seon Son, Tae Hoon Lee, Seung Hyun Kim, Ji Hwan Kim, Seon Chae Na, Sang Ho Kim, Sang Hoon Park, Jeong In Baek, Yong Chul Jang, In Ju Lee
  • Display Panel and Display Device and Mobile Terminal Including the Same
    Publication number: 20230363229
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a display panel, and a display device and a mobile terminal including the same. The display panel includes a first pixel area, a second pixel area, and a boundary pixel area disposed between the first pixel area and the second pixel area. The boundary pixel area includes a plurality of first emission regions and a plurality of second emission regions. The maximum luminance of the first emission region decreases as the distance from the second pixel area increases, and the maximum luminance of the second emission region increases as the distance from the second pixel area increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Jung Geun Jo, Seung Hyun Kim, Hong Seop Shin
  • BATTERY MODULE WITH IMPROVED FIRE PROTECTION PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20230361405
    Abstract: A battery module effectively prevents the occurrence or spread of fire. The battery module includes a cell assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries stacked on each other; and a module case including a lower plate, a side plate and an upper plate to form an inner space so that the cell assembly is accommodated therein, the module case including a trap unit formed in at least a part of an inner surface of the side plate to be concave outward, the trap unit being formed to be biased in a front or rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2022
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung-Goen HONG, Yu-Dam KONG, Seung-Hyun KIM, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sang-Hyun JO
  • Battery diagnosis apparatus, battery diagnosis method and energy storage system
    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
  • Apparatus and method for recommending user privacy control
    Patent number: 11775674
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for recommending privacy control. A privacy control server includes multiple common privacy control recommendation models learned based on personal information provision histories of multiple users, a user preference determination unit for generating at least one question item based on the multiple common privacy control recommendation models and determining a privacy control preference of a user based on a result of a user answer to the at least one question item, and a common privacy control recommendation model provision unit for providing a common privacy control recommendation model selected to match the privacy control preference of the user to the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun Kim, Seok-Hyun Kim, Soo-Hyung Kim, Young-Sam Kim, Jong-Hyouk Noh, Kwan-Tae Cho, Sang-Rae Cho, Young-Seob Cho, Jin-Man Cho, Jung-Yeon Hwang
  • LITHIUM PRECIPITATION DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD
    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
  • BATTERY PACK WITH IMPROVED FIRE PROTECTION PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20230275315
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack that can effectively suppress a fire even when high-temperature gas or sparks are generated in some battery modules. The battery pack may include at least one battery module having at least one secondary battery and configured to store and release energy, a duct provided to at least one side of the at least one battery module and configured discharge hole configured to discharge a gas generated from the at least one battery module, when the generated gas flows toward the discharge hole, and an opening/closing member located at the discharge hole of the duct and configured to open the discharge hole when an internal pressure of the duct is at or above a predetermined level and to close the discharge hole when the internal pressure of the duct is at or below the predetermined level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2022
    Publication date: August 31, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Hyun KIM, Yu-Dam KONG, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Seung-Min OK, Sang-Hyun JO, Sung-Goen HONG
  • BATTERY MODULE WITH IMPROVED FIRE PROTECTION PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20230201640
    Abstract: A battery module effectively suppresses a fire even when high-temperature gas or sparks are generated therein due to thermal propagation. The battery module includes a cell assembly configured such that secondary batteries having electrode leads are stacked in at least one direction; a module case configured to accommodate the cell assembly in an inner space thereof; a bus bar assembly located on at least one side of the module case and including a module bus bar made of an electrically conductive material and electrically connected to the electrode leads of the cell assembly and a bus bar housing configured so that the module bus bar is placed thereon and having a slot through which the electrode lead passes; and a blocking member located at the slot of the bus bar housing to close at least a portion of the slot by transforming a shape thereof when heat is applied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Min OK, Yu-Dam KONG, Seung-Hyun KIM, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Young-Hoo OH, Sang-Hyun JO, Sung-Goen HONG
  • APPARATUS FOR ASSISTING LANE FOLLOWING AND METHOD FOR THE SAME
    Publication number: 20230192189
    Abstract: An apparatus of assisting lane following by considering a time delay for a front wheel steering angle, in association with parking, and a method for the same are provided. The apparatus obtains surrounding information of a vehicle, determines a target route, based on the obtained surrounding information and a target front wheel steering angle based on the target route, determines a target handle steering angle depending on the target route, based on the target front wheel steering angle, while considering a time delay of a steering system of the vehicle, and performs a lane following assist control operation to follow the target route, based on the target handle steering angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventor: Seung Hyun KIM
  • BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK COMPRISING SAME
    Publication number: 20230198091
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery module that may include a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are vertically stacked, a module housing in which the cell stack is accommodated, a bus bar frame assembly covering an opening portion on a side of the module housing in a longitudinal direction of the module housing, and a fire-proof sheet assembly between the bus bar frame assembly and the cell stack and coupled to the bus bar frame assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2022
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Hoo OH, Yu-Dam KONG, Seung-Hyun KIM, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Seung-Min OK, Sang-Hyun JO, Sung-Goen HONG
  • CONSTRUCTING METHOD FOR DELAYING CORROSION OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL CONTAINER IN CONCRETE DISPOSAL VAULT
    Publication number: 20230178261
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a constructing method for delaying corrosion of radioactive waste disposal container in concrete disposal vault and, more specifically, to a constructing method for delaying corrosion of radioactive waste disposal container in concrete disposal vault in which backfill, placed to the top, combines pH control capsules, thereby dissolving the pH control capsules in rainwater, and a pH controller, inside, is discharged, thereby preventing decrease of pH of the backfill below 8.5 and delaying corrosion in the disposal containers, upon filling in backfill after placing radioactive waste disposal containers in the concrete vault.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Hae Ryong JUNG, Min Seok KIM, Chang Min SHIN, Seung Hyun KIM, Hyung Ju YUN, Sang Hwan LEE, Man Ho HAN
  • SYSTEM FOR MONITORING ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF MATERIALS OF DEEP BEDROCK SAMPLES FOR ESTIMATING NUCLIDE MOVEMENT IN DISPOSAL SITE OF SPENT FUEL
    Publication number: 20230160869
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a system for monitoring electrical properties of materials of deep bedrock samples for estimating nuclide movement in disposal site of spent fuel and, more specifically, to a system for monitoring electrical properties of materials of deep bedrock samples for estimating nuclide movement in disposal site of spent fuel which installs a tube wherein ring-shaped potential electrode is formed in multi layers inside a column; adheres the potential electrode to deep bedrock samples by pressing on the external side of the tube while filling the deep bedrock samples inside of the tube; and reproduces real condition of deep bedrock and monitors precisely by measuring electrical resistivity for each location of the deep bedrock samples while injecting nuclide and underground water to the inside the tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Hae Ryong JUNG, Min Seok KIM, Chang Min SHIN, Seung Hyun KIM, Hyung Ju YUN, Sang Hwan LEE, Man Ho HAN, Jung Hwan LEE
  • BATTERY MANAGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD
    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
  • BATTERY MODULE HAVING POCKET CAPABLE OF CAPTURING FLARE AND SPARK EJECTED DURING SWELLING
    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
  • LANE KEEPING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20230117002
    Abstract: The prevent disclosure relates to a lane keeping control apparatus and a method thereof. An exemplary embodiment provides a lane keeping control apparatus including a processor configured to calculate a steering angle control amount for following a target path for lane keeping control while driving a vehicle, and to adjust the steering angle control amount depending on a change directionality of a target path error that is an error between the target path and the vehicle, and a storage configured to store data and algorithms driven by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Inventor: Seung Hyun Kim
  • Nanowire having ruthenium nanowire within a silica nanotube
    Patent number: 11618962
    Abstract: Disclosed is a technical idea of forming ruthenium and ruthenium-cobalt alloy nanowires having various diameters using electroplating. More particularly, a technology of forming ruthenium and ruthenium-cobalt alloy nanowires on a porous template, on pores of which nanotubes are deposited using atomic layer deposition (ALD), using electroplating, and annealing the ruthenium and ruthenium-cobalt alloy nanowires to form ruthenium-cobalt alloy nanowires having various diameters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: KOREA UNIVERSITY RESEARCH AND BUSINESS FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jun Hwan Moon, Seung Hyun Kim, Tae Soon Kim, Yoo Sang Jeon, Young Keun Kim