Patents by Inventor Byung Gun Song
Byung Gun Song 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: 20240072267Abstract: A separator assembly for a fuel cell and a fuel cell stack including the same, is uniformly capable of forming a surface pressure of a region where a reaction gas flows when a stack is stacked by adjusting a height and shape of a gasket line for each region in which the reaction gas flows.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2023Publication date: February 29, 2024Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Sun Do Shin, Kyeong Min Kim, Byung Gun Song
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Patent number: 11652221Abstract: A separator assembly for an air-cooled fuel cell includes: a cathode separator and an anode separator, each of which having a cooling surface bonded to each other to face each other. The separator assembly further includes a plurality of first gaskets having a ring shape configured to surround and seal a plurality of inlet manifolds and a plurality of outlet manifolds are disposed on a cooling surface of any one separator among the cooling surface of the cathode separator and the cooling surface of the anode separator. The plurality of first gaskets are configured to allow cooling air for cooling the cooling surface to flow between first gaskets adjacent to each other.Type: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: May 16, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Byung Gun Song, Byeong-Heon Jeong, Young June Park
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Publication number: 20230057417Abstract: Disclosed is a separator for a fuel cell. The separator includes a separator main body formed in a plate shape such that a first surface thereof forms a reaction surface and a second surface thereof forms a cooling surface, each of which has a reaction area at a center portion thereof and formed with multiple manifold areas through which multiple manifolds to which a reaction gas or a coolant is respectively introduced or discharged pass to opposite sides of the reaction area, and in which a pair of diffusion areas that diffuse the reaction gas or the coolant are formed between the reaction area and the pair of manifold areas, and includes multiple flow path guide gaskets formed on the pair of diffusion areas and configured such that multiple diffusion flow paths dispersed to the reaction area from at least a pair of the manifolds respectively formed on the pair of manifold areas are formed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Byung Gun Song, Jin Hyeok Yoo, Sun Do Shin
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Publication number: 20230033394Abstract: A separator assembly for a fuel cell able to prevent deformation of a separator due to a flow pressure of a reaction gas at a first reaction gas inlet, and a fuel cell stack including the same includes: a first separator on one face of which is formed with a first reactive surface over which first reaction gas flows to allow for first reaction gas and second reaction gas to react and on the other face of which is formed with a first cooling surface where cooling occurs; a second separator on one face of which is formed a second reactive surface positioned to face the first reactive surface of the first separator, over which second reaction gas flows to allow for first reaction gas and second reaction gas to react, and on the other face of which is formed a second cooling surface where cooling occurs;, and a reinforcing plate which is positioned in a region of the first separator where first reaction gas enters, preventing deformation of the first separator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2022Publication date: February 2, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Jin Hyeok YOO, Sun Do SHIN, Kyung Min KIM, Byung Gun SONG
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Patent number: 11552318Abstract: A method of manufacturing an Electricity-Generating Assembly (EGA) includes: preparing an electrolyte membrane including a central portion and a peripheral portion; providing a contact member to the peripheral portion of the electrolyte membrane; providing at least one of a first Gas Diffusion Electrode (GDE) including a reaction portion of a first Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) and a first electrode layer or a second GDE including a reaction portion of a second GDL and a second electrode layer, on at least one central portion of the first surface of the electrolyte membrane or the second surface of the electrolyte membrane; and providing a gas diffusion portion of a respective GDL among the first and second GDLs on the contact member.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Young June Park, Min Jin Kim, Yu Seok Kim, Han Hyung Lee, Seung Ah Yu, Byung Gun Song, Kyu Tae Park, Ki Sub Lee, Sun Il Kim
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Publication number: 20220209255Abstract: A separator assembly for an air-cooled fuel cell includes: a cathode separator and an anode separator, each of which having a cooling surface bonded to each other to face each other. The separator assembly further includes a plurality of first gaskets having a ring shape configured to surround and seal a plurality of inlet manifolds and a plurality of outlet manifolds are disposed on a cooling surface of any one separator among the cooling surface of the cathode separator and the cooling surface of the anode separator. The plurality of first gaskets are configured to allow cooling air for cooling the cooling surface to flow between first gaskets adjacent to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 22, 2021Publication date: June 30, 2022Inventors: Byung Gun SONG, Byeong-Heon JEONG, Young June PARK
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Publication number: 20220173418Abstract: A method of manufacturing an Electricity-Generating Assembly (EGA) includes: preparing an electrolyte membrane including a central portion and a peripheral portion; providing a contact member to the peripheral portion of the electrolyte membrane; providing at least one of a first Gas Diffusion Electrode (GDE) including a reaction portion of a first Gas Diffusion Layer (GDL) and a first electrode layer or a second GDE including a reaction portion of a second GDL and a second electrode layer, on at least one central portion of the first surface of the electrolyte membrane or the second surface of the electrolyte membrane; and providing a gas diffusion portion of a respective GDL among the first and second GDLs on the contact member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2021Publication date: June 2, 2022Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Young June Park, Min Jin Kim, Yu Seok Kim, Han Hyung Lee, Seung Ah Yu, Byung Gun Song, Kyu Tae Park, Ki Sub Lee, Sun Il Kim
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Patent number: 11038183Abstract: An apparatus of manufacturing an elastomeric cell frame for a fuel cell may include, as the apparatus of manufacturing the elastomeric cell frame including an insert in which a membrane electrode assembly and a gas diffusion layer have been bonded, and a sheet-like elastomeric frame made of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) integrated into an external area of the insert to form the unit cell of the fuel cell, a lower jig module accommodated so that the overlapping area, in which the insert and the elastomeric frame overlap at a predetermined area, is accommodated, and an upper jig module mounted above the lower jig module to provide heat and pressure to the overlapping area to thermally bond an interface between the insert and the elastomeric frame in the overlapping area.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2019Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignees: Hyundai Motor Gompany, Kia CorporationInventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Byung Gun Song, Byeong-Heon Jeong
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Publication number: 20210020963Abstract: An apparatus of manufacturing an elastomeric cell frame for a fuel cell may include, as the apparatus of manufacturing the elastomeric cell frame including an insert in which a membrane electrode assembly and a gas diffusion layer have been bonded, and a sheet-like elastomeric frame made of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) integrated into an external area of the insert to form the unit cell of the fuel cell, a lower jig module accommodated so that the overlapping area, in which the insert and the elastomeric frame overlap at a predetermined area, is accommodated, and an upper jig module mounted above the lower jig module to provide heat and pressure to the overlapping area to thermally bond an interface between the insert and the elastomeric frame in the overlapping area.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 19, 2019Publication date: January 21, 2021Applicants: Hyundai Motor Gompany, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Jin Hyeok Yoo, Byung Gun Song, Byeong-Heon Jeong