Patents by Inventor Su-Chang Kim

Su-Chang 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).

  • Publication number: 20200099114
    Abstract: A battery module, which includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a flame spread prevention member configured to cover at least a portion of each battery cell; and a case configured to accommodate the battery cell stack covered by the flame spread prevention member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk RYU, Dal-Mo KANG, Min-Ho KWON, Su-Chang KIM, Jeong-O MUN, Jae-Min YOO, Ji-Su YOON
  • Patent number: 10601018
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode lead for a secondary battery that is less susceptible to cracks and has improved insulation, and a pouch type secondary battery and a battery module comprising the same. The electrode lead for a secondary battery according to the present disclosure is an electrode lead electrically connected to an electrode assembly, and the electrode lead includes a flat metal conductor and a coverlay type insulating film having an exposed shape at an electrically connected part of the metal conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk Ryu, Jeong-O Mun, Dal-Mo Kang, Su-Chang Kim, Ji-Su Yoon
  • Publication number: 20200083575
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of can-type secondary batteries; a cooling tray formed in a container shape and having an accommodation space capable of accommodating the plurality of can-type secondary batteries; a heatsink having a hollow structure in which a coolant flows, the heatsink being disposed in contact with an outer surface of the cooling tray; and a thermally conductive adhesive solution filled in the accommodation space of the cooling tray, wherein the plurality of can-type secondary batteries are arranged such that a lower portion thereof is immersed in the thermally conductive adhesive solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Min Yoo, Dal-Mo Kang, Su-Chang Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Jae-Uk Ryu, Ji-Su Yoon
  • Publication number: 20200038698
    Abstract: A battery module including a cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells; a module frame coupled to one side or both sides of the cell stack; and a fire extinguishing unit accommodated in the module frame to eject a fire extinguishing agent at a reference temperature or above.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk RYU, Dal-Mo KANG, Su-Chang KIM, Jeong-O MUN, Ji-Su YOON
  • Publication number: 20200044227
    Abstract: A battery module having a low height and ensuring stable cooling performance, including a heat dissipation member disposed at a lower portion thereof, a cell assembly having a plurality of can-type secondary batteries stacked in a lying-down form in a horizontal direction and a bus bar, the bus bar including a connection part contacting electrodes of two or more can-type secondary batteries of the cell assembly to electrically connect the two or more can-type secondary batteries, and a heat transfer part located below the connection part to contact the heat dissipation member to transfer heat of the secondary batteries to the heat dissipation member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk RYU, Dal-Mo KANG, Su-Chang KIM, Jeong-O MUN, Ji-Su YOON
  • Publication number: 20200035967
    Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery module includes: a plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells respectively having a battery case in which an electrode assembly and an electrolyte are accommodated; a cell frame at which the plurality of cylindrical secondary battery cells are disposed; and a lid coupled to the cell frame and having a flame outlet. The cell frame includes: a plurality of plate members bent and coupled to intersect each other; and a space formed between the plurality of plate members so that the cylindrical secondary battery cells are disposed therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Su YOON, Su-Chang KIM, Jae-Min YOO, Jae-Uk RYU, Dal-Mo KANG, Jeong-O MUN
  • Publication number: 20190372083
    Abstract: A battery module has a cell stack including a first battery cell and a second battery cell, which respectively have electrode leads and are stacked to face each other. A connector configured to connect the electrode leads of the pair of battery cells. A support frame provided to at least one side of the cell stack and having a pair of lead slits at which the electrode leads are drawn and an injection slit formed at a location corresponding to the connector to give a passage through which a venting gas discharged at venting of the battery cell is injected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk Ryu, Dal-Mo Kang, Su-Chang Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Ji-Su Yoon
  • Publication number: 20190348649
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes: a cell holder having a plurality of battery cell insertion portions and at least one fire extinguishing cell insertion portion; a plurality of battery cells respectively located in the battery cell insertion portions; and at least one fire extinguishing cell located in the fire extinguishing cell insertion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk RYU, Dal-Mo KANG, Su-Chang KIM, Jeong-O MUN, Ji-Su YOON
  • Publication number: 20190348727
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes: at least one battery cell having electrode leads protruding at first and second opposite sides thereof; and at least one cell case each covering the first and second sides and an upper side of a corresponding one of the at least one battery cell and each including a pair of bus bars each having one end connected to a corresponding one of the electrode leads and another end exposed at an upper side of the cell case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Su Yoon, Dal-Mo Kang, Su-Chang Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Jae-Uk Ryu, Ho-June Chi
  • Publication number: 20190245169
    Abstract: A battery module includes plurality of battery cells, a cell housing configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells and a cover housing configured to cover an upper side of the cell housing. The cover housing includes an upper cover configured to form an upper portion of the cover housing, a lower cover bolt-coupled to the upper cover and disposed at the upper side of the cell housing and a bus bar unit disposed between the lower cover and the upper cover, electrically connected to electrodes of the plurality of battery cells, and sealing-coupled to at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Chang KIM, Dal-Mo KANG, Jeong-O MUN, Jae-Uk RYU, Ji-Su YOON
  • Publication number: 20190205246
    Abstract: A memory system includes a nonvolatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks each including a plurality of pages; and a controller suitable for, when writing a plurality of data in the pages according to a write request from a host, writing the plurality of data with tags, classified into N number of kinds depending on a usage pattern of each data, together in the pages. The controller manages a list of victim blocks as a target of a merge operation, the controller manages entire valid pages included in the victim blocks, by classifying them into N number of page groups depending on a kind of each of the entire valid pages, and the controller selects valid pages to be moved to a free block in the merge operation, among the entire valid pages, and N may be a natural number of 2 or greater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Inventors: Hae-Gi CHOI, Kyeong-Rho KIM, Su-Chang KIM, Jin-Woong KIM, Hui-Won LEE, Eun-Soo JANG
  • Publication number: 20190138454
    Abstract: A memory system includes a non-volatile memory device including a plurality of memory blocks; and a controller comprising a volatile memory and configured to: store a plurality of write data delivered from a host in the memory blocks to the plurality of memory blocks; and managing mapping information corresponding to the stored write data in the volatile memory, wherein the controller is configured to check whether the plurality of write data are grouped into a transaction, selectively set a transaction flag to the mapping information based on a check result; and selectively store the mapping information in the memory blocks when the transaction flag is not set.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2018
    Publication date: May 9, 2019
    Inventors: Hae-Gi CHOI, Kyeong-Rho KIM, Sung-Kwan HONG, Su-Chang KIM, Yeong-Sik YI, Ji-Hoon YIM
  • Publication number: 20190121701
    Abstract: A data processing system includes a host suitable for generating a plurality of write data grouped into transactions and a plurality of write commands including transaction information of each of the write data; and a memory system suitable for storing the write data in a normal region of a memory device in response to the write commands received from the host, and storing the transaction information included in each of the write commands in a spare region, which corresponds to the normal region, of the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Hae-Gi CHOI, Kyeong-Rho KIM, Su-Chang KIM, Sung-Kwan HONG
  • Publication number: 20180341576
    Abstract: A memory system may include: a memory device; and a controller. When at least one data group is received, the data group including a plurality of data which is required to be collectively processed, the controller reads preceding logical-to-physical (L2P) map information for the data group from a first table and stores the read L2P map information in a second table before reception of the plurality of the data of the data group is committed, and the controller stores the plurality of the data in the memory device, and the controller updates the L2P map information for the data group that is stored in the first table in response to the storing of the plurality of the data in the memory device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: November 29, 2018
    Inventors: Hae-Gi CHOI, Kyeong-Rho KIM, Dong-Hyun CHO, Su-Chang KIM
  • Publication number: 20180315979
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode lead for a secondary battery that is less susceptible to cracks and has improved insulation, and a pouch type secondary battery and a battery module comprising the same. The electrode lead for a secondary battery according to the present disclosure is an electrode lead electrically connected to an electrode assembly, and the electrode lead includes a flat metal conductor and a coverlay type insulating film having an exposed shape at an electrically connected part of the metal conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk Ryu, Jeong-O Mun, Dal-Mo Kang, Su-Chang Kim, Ji-Su Yoon