Patents by Inventor Byoung-Cheon Jeong

Byoung-Cheon Jeong 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: 20200006741
    Abstract: A battery module according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of battery cells, each including an electrode lead which extends in horizontal direction from a front side, the electrode lead having at least one bent part, wherein the electrode leads disposed adjacent to each other in up-down direction are stacked in up-down direction in surface contact with each other, and a plurality of lead cartridges, each including two post parts disposed at each of an outer side of one end of the electrode lead and an outer side of the other end, a partition part formed in a shape of a plate which stands erect in up-down direction between the two post parts and having a receiving space in which the electrode leads in surface contact are individually received inside, and a first spacer part which protrudes forward from top of the partition part to space the electrode lead which protrudes out of the receiving space apart from a different electrode lead.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2018
    Publication date: January 2, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun-Gyu Shin, Jung-Hoon Lee, Jeong-O Mun, Byoung-Cheon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20190321945
    Abstract: A jig assembly for laser welding includes a jig body having a first penetration portion through which laser light for welding is capable of passing; a contact member connected to the jig body to contact a welding target, the contact member having a second penetration portion through which the laser light passing through the first penetration portion is capable of passing toward the welding target; a tilting unit having a hinge structure to connect the jig body and the contact member to each other; and an elastic member interposed between the jig body and the contact member to apply an elastic force to provide close contact between the contact member and the welding target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: October 24, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Tai-Jin JUNG, Byoung-Cheon JEONG, Dal-Mo KANG, Jeong-O MUN
  • Publication number: 20190207277
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air-cooling battery pack, which includes a cell assembly having a plurality of cells stacked therein; an air duct disposed to contact the cell assembly and having an air passage formed therein to allow a cooling air to move therethrough; a coupling groove formed at the air duct to elongate in a longitudinal direction; and a battery management system (BMS) plate having a BMS for managing the cells and assembled to the air duct by a slider slidably inserted into the coupling groove.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hoon LEE, Eun-Gyu SHIN, Byoung-Cheon JEONG, Dal-Mo KANG, Jeong-O MUN
  • Publication number: 20190189982
    Abstract: A battery module is provided. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, the battery module may include: a cartridge assembly including a plurality of cartridges, each receiving a battery cell; a casing surrounding the cartridge assembly; and a support member configured to enclose the casing for supporting the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hoon LEE, Jeong-O MUN, Dal-Mo KANG, Byoung-Cheon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20190074557
    Abstract: Disclosed are a busbar for cooling battery cells and a battery module using the same. The busbar for cooling battery cells is a busbar configured to cool a plurality of battery cells included in a battery module, and includes: a body portion formed in a strap shape and contacting an electrode lead of each battery cell; and a bent portion integrally formed with the body portion and extending from one end of the body portion to be bent in a thickness direction of the body portion, wherein the bent portion includes: a coupling groove coupled to a coupling protrusion that is prepared on a cooling plate of the battery module or a coupling protrusion that is prepared on a predetermined frame of the battery module, the predetermined frame supporting the busbar; and a thermal contact surface thermally contacting the cooling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2017
    Publication date: March 7, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-Gyu SHIN, Jeong-O MUN, Yoon-Koo LEE, Jung-Hoon LEE, Jong-Young LEE, Byoung-Cheon JEONG, Mi-Geum CHOI, Hang-June CHOI, Alexander EICHHORN, Andreas TRACK
  • Publication number: 20190051957
    Abstract: Disclosed is an air-cooling battery module, which includes a cell assembly having a plurality of cells and a cooling member having a duct disposed to contact an edge portion of the cell assembly and having an air passage formed therein so that a cooling air moves therethrough, wherein the inside of the duct has a truss structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hoon LEE, Eun-Gyu SHIN, Byoung-Cheon JEONG, Dal-Mo KANG, Jeong-O MUN
  • Publication number: 20190027714
    Abstract: Disclosed are a pouch exterior capable of easily mounting an electrode assembly at an accurate position between accommodating parts, having an integrated form to minimize sealing parts contacting the air and to increase a lifetime of a battery, capable of preventing a rupture of the pouch exterior in an assembly process, and capable of increasing an energy density of a cell, a pouch-type secondary battery using the pouch exterior, and a method of manufacturing the pouch-type secondary battery. A pouch exterior for a secondary battery, according to the present disclosure, includes two corresponding accommodating parts configured to mount an electrode assembly therebetween and symmetrically formed at both sides by disposing a protruding part therebetween, and is folded along two folding lines outside a center part of the protruding part by vertically mounting a side surface of the electrode assembly on the protruding part, such that folded parts surround side edges of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tai-Jin Jung, Jeong-O Mun, Byoung-Cheon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20190020055
    Abstract: Disclosed is a strap, which compresses an outer surface of a battery module to prevent the battery module from being deformed by swelling of a battery cell, and the strap has a closed loop structure larger than an outer peripheral of the battery module, and at least a portion of the strap is folded at the closed loop to provide a welding portion at which the folded portions overlap each other when a predetermined compression is applied thereto.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-June CHI, Jung-Hoon LEE, Jeong-O MUN, Byoung-Cheon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20180366795
    Abstract: Provided are a heat dissipation material, a method of manufacturing the same, and a battery module including the same. The heat dissipation material according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a plurality of foam pad members provided to be capable of buffering; and a graphite member configured to surround the foam pad member for heat conduction, wherein the graphite member is provided to surround the plurality of foam pad members, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 20, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-June Chi, Byoung-Cheon Jeong, Jeong-O Mun
  • Publication number: 20180323412
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the battery module. The battery module includes: one or a plurality of unit modules; and a module case having an accommodation space therein in which the plurality of unit modules are placed, wherein the unit module includes: a tube-type unit case having a hollow formed therein; a plurality of battery cells configured in a can-type secondary battery form, located in the hollow of the unit case, disposed side by side along a length direction thereof and electrically connected to each other; and an electrode lead having a positive electrode lead located at one side of the unit module and a negative electrode lead located at the other side of the unit module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk RYU, Jeong-O MUN, Byoung-Cheon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20180269548
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, as well as a battery pack and a vehicle comprising the same. The battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, each having an accommodation portion in which an electrode assembly is accommodated and a sealing portion for sealing the accommodation portion, thermal-conductive sheets configured to surround at least a part of the battery cells in surface contact with the battery cells, side cooling fins located at an inner side of the thermal-conductive sheets and at least partially in contact with the accommodation portions of the battery cells, and a cooling plate in contact with the thermal-conductive sheet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 20, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-June Chi, Se-Won Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Byoung-Cheon Jeong
  • Publication number: 20180190965
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a battery cell assembly having at least one battery cell, a module case configured to accommodate the battery cell assembly, and a module connector mounted at the module case, wherein the module connector includes a connector pin electrically connected to the battery cell assembly at the inside of the module case so as to be connected to an external connector at the outside of the module case, a connector housing mounted to an outer surface of the module case to surround the connector pin, and a sealing member provided between the connector housing and the module case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hoon LEE, Jeong-O MUN, Eun-Gyu SHIN, Yoon-Koo LEE, Jong-Young LEE, Byoung-Cheon JEONG, Mi-Geum CHOI, Torsten KARCHER, Andreas TRACK
  • Patent number: 8831695
    Abstract: A portable terminal comprises: a base; first and second bodies each connected to the base so as to perform a sliding motion; and an interworking module configured to connect the first and second bodies to each other, for sliding the second body in an opposite direction to a sliding direction of the first body by interworking the second body with sliding of the first body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2014
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung-Cheon Jeong, Hyo-Sung Park
  • Publication number: 20140090780
    Abstract: Provided are a sealing method and device of a pouch type secondary battery including a pouch and an electrode tab provided for electrical connection with the pouch, in which the electrode tab is heated so that heat may be supplied to a tab sealant bonding between a bonding surface of a sealing part of the pouch and the electrode tab at the time of sealing the pouch type secondary battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: April 3, 2014
    Applicant: SK INNOVATION CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Byoung Cheon Jeong
  • Patent number: 8411427
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal including a main body, an upper body having a display unit and disposed to be tiltable from the main body by a preset angle, a lower body having a user interface and disposed to be drawn out of the main body, and a driving unit configured to draw the lower body out of the main body in cooperation with the upper body being tilted from the main body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung-Cheon Jeong, Hyo-Sung Park
  • Patent number: 8249669
    Abstract: A portable terminal having a slide module, comprising: first and second slide members coupled to first and second bodies, respectively, and connected to each other so as to perform a sliding motion with respect to each other; and an elastic force providing unit for providing an elastic force to one of the first and second slide members, wherein the elastic force providing unit comprises: first and second arm members each having one end coupled to the first or second slide member, and another ends coupled to each other so as to perform a relative motion with respect to each other; and an elastic unit configured to generate the elastic force by a relative motion of the first and second arm members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2012
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventors: Byoung-Cheon Jeong, Hyo-Sung Park
  • Publication number: 20100291979
    Abstract: A portable terminal comprises: a base; first and second bodies each connected to the base so as to perform a sliding motion; and an interworking module configured to connect the first and second bodies to each other, for sliding the second body in an opposite direction to a sliding direction of the first body by interworking the second body with sliding of the first body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Byoung-Cheon JEONG, Hyo-Sung Park
  • Publication number: 20100277860
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mobile terminal including a main body, an upper body having a display unit and disposed to be tiltable from the main body by a preset angle, a lower body having a user interface and disposed to be drawn out of the main body, and a driving unit configured to draw the lower body out of the main body in cooperation with the upper body being tilted from the main body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: November 4, 2010
    Inventors: Byoung-Cheon Jeong, Hyo-Sung Park
  • Publication number: 20100073854
    Abstract: A portable terminal having a slide module, comprising: first and second slide members coupled to first and second bodies, respectively, and connected to each other so as to perform a sliding motion with respect to each other; and an elastic force providing unit for providing an elastic force to one of the first and second slide members, wherein the elastic force providing unit comprises: first and second arm members each having one end coupled to the first or second slide member, and another ends coupled to each other so as to perform a relative motion with respect to each other; and an elastic unit configured to generate the elastic force by a relative motion of the first and second arm members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Byoung-Cheon JEONG, Hyo-Sung PARK