Patents by Inventor Byung-joo Chung

Byung-joo Chung 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: 20240109595
    Abstract: A frame structure for a vehicle includes: an inner panel connected to a side member and defining an inner side of a rear part of the side member; an outer panel connected to a rear side of the side member and coupled to an outer side of the inner panel defining a closed cross-section together with the inner panel and defining an outer side of the rear part of the side member; an opening portion formed below the inner and outer panels partially opening the closed cross-section so that a front end of a rear suspension arm can be inserted into the opening portion; and a reinforcing member disposed in the opening portion defining the closed cross-section together with the outer panel and the inner panel and configured to close an internal space in the outer and inner panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: April 4, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Hae Lee, Nam Ho Kim, Mi Ran Park, Ha Yeon Kwon, Byung Joo Chung, Seung Hak Lee, Min Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11939000
    Abstract: A frame structure for a purpose built vehicle (PBV) includes: two main side members extending while gradually rising toward a front of the PBV and extending in a front/rear direction to be disposed on either side of the PBV; two auxiliary side members respectively extending in a front/rear direction to be disposed on a lower side of the two main side members; a front cross member connecting the two auxiliary side members in a lateral direction of the PBV; and a plurality of vertical members respectively connecting the main side members and the auxiliary side members in a vertical direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Hae Lee, Nam Ho Kim, Byung Joo Chung, Seung Hak Lee, Min Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11926364
    Abstract: A frame for a purpose-built vehicle (PBV) includes: a front part frame positioned at a front side of a vehicle; a rear part frame positioned at a rear side of the vehicle; and a center part frame. The center part frame has a rectangular planar shape and is coupled between the front part frame and the rear part frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nam Ho Kim, Won Hae Lee, Byung Joo Chung, Seung Hak Lee, Min Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 11884330
    Abstract: A vehicle frame structure includes: an inner panel connected to a side member and defining the inside of the side member; an outer panel connected to the side member and coupled to the inner panel forming a closed section with the inner panel and defining the outside of the side member; an opening formed in lower sides of the inner panel and outer panel to partially open the closed section such that a front end of a rear suspension arm can be inserted therein; a first reinforcement member provided in the opening forming a first closed portion with the inner panel; and a second reinforcement member provided in the opening forming a second closed portion with the inner panel, the outer panel, and the first reinforcement member and to isolate a space formed by the inner panel and the outer panel from an outer portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Hae Lee, Nam Ho Kim, Dae Ki Jeong, Su Jin Lee, Jong Chan Baek, Byung Joo Chung, Dong Ho Lee, Seung Hak Lee, Yeon Seo Kim
  • Patent number: 11820190
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coupled torsion beam axle type rear suspension system that includes a coupled torsion beam axle (100) installed to extend in a transverse direction of a vehicle body, a pair of trailing arms (200) coupled to respective ends of the coupled torsion beam axle (100), and a transverse leaf spring (300) having both ends connected to the respective trailing arms (200) and a center portion connected to a body cross member (40), thereby reducing the number of parts and improving driving stability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Hak Lee, Won Hae Lee, Byung Joo Chung, Nam Ho Kim, Min Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20230339282
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a coupled torsion beam axle type rear suspension system that includes a coupled torsion beam axle (100) installed to extend in a transverse direction of a vehicle body, a pair of trailing arms (200) coupled to respective ends of the coupled torsion beam axle (100), and a transverse leaf spring (300) having both ends connected to the respective trailing arms (200) and a center portion connected to a body cross member (40), thereby reducing the number of parts and improving driving stability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2022
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Hak Lee, Won Hae Lee, Byung Joo Chung, Nam Ho Kim, Min Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20230264744
    Abstract: A frame for a purpose-built vehicle (PBV) includes: a front part frame positioned at a front side of a vehicle; a rear part frame positioned at a rear side of the vehicle; and a center part frame. The center part frame has a rectangular planar shape and is coupled between the front part frame and the rear part frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nam Ho Kim, Won Hae Lee, Byung Joo Chung, Seung Hak Lee, Min Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20230264742
    Abstract: A frame structure for a purpose built vehicle (PBV) includes: two main side members extending while gradually rising toward a front of the PBV and extending in a front/rear direction to be disposed on either side of the PBV; two auxiliary side members respectively extending in a front/rear direction to be disposed on a lower side of the two main side members; a front cross member connecting the two auxiliary side members in a lateral direction of the PBV; and a plurality of vertical members respectively connecting the main side members and the auxiliary side members in a vertical direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Hae Lee, Nam Ho Kim, Byung Joo Chung, Seung Hak Lee, Min Seok Kim
  • Publication number: 20230249534
    Abstract: A frame for an electric vehicle includes a front part frame located at a front of the vehicle; a rear part frame located at a rear of the vehicle; and a central part frame configured in a flat shape to be coupled between the front part frame and the rear part frame and to accommodate a battery therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Nam Ho KIM, Won Hae LEE, Byung Joo CHUNG, Seung Hak LEE, Min Seok KIM
  • Publication number: 20230238638
    Abstract: A vehicle battery pack case includes a battery bolt provided on a lateral side of a vehicle frame; a first nut provided outside the battery bolt, externally and internally formed with an internal screw thread and an external screw thread, of which tightening directions are opposite to each other, and tightened to the battery bolt through the internal screw thread; and a second nut provided outside the battery bolt and the first nut, and tightened to the first nut through the external screw thread formed on the first nut.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Hak LEE, Won Hae LEE, Byung Joo CHUNG, Nam Ho KIM, Min Seok KIM
  • Publication number: 20230227105
    Abstract: A frame structure for a purpose built vehicle (PBV) includes: an inner panel connected to the rear of a middle part of a side member to form an inner side of a rear part of the side member, a front outer panel connected to the rear of the middle part of the side member and coupled to an outer side of the inner panel to form a closed cross-section, a center outer panel connected to the rear of the front outer panel and coupled to the outer side of the inner panel to form a space in which a rear suspension member is coupled, and a rear outer panel connected to the rear of the center outer panel and coupled to the outer side of the inner panel to form a closed cross-section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Won Hae Lee, Nam Ho Kim, Byung Joo Chung, Seung Hak Lee, Min Seok Kim
  • Patent number: 10377199
    Abstract: An apparatus for coupling a trailing arm may include a carrier having defining an open space on one side thereof, a trailing arm, one end of which includes an extension inclined at a predetermined angle and inserted into the space, and an assist arm, an end of which is inserted into the space and positioned on one side of the extension, in which the extension and the end of the assist arm inserted into the space may be integrally coupled to the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Byung Joo Chung
  • Patent number: 9893358
    Abstract: A binder composition for a rechargeable lithium battery, a method of preparing the same, and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same. The binder composition includes lithium polyacrylate and a solvent and has a viscosity of about 500 cps to about 5000 cps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chang-Ui Jeong, Byung-Joo Chung, Nam-Seon Kim, Yang-soo Kim, Kwang-Sik Choi
  • Patent number: 9859541
    Abstract: In an aspect, a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode; negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and including a porous substrate and a coating layer formed on at least one side of the porous substrate; and an electrolyte including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae-Hyun Bae, Woo-Cheol Shin, Sang-Il Han, Sang-Hoon Kim, Duck-Hyun Kim, Byung-Joo Chung, Jung-Hyun Nam, Myung-Hwan Jeong, Jung-Yi Yu, Seung-Tae Lee, Mi-Hyun Lee, Eon-Mi Lee, Ha-Rim Lee, Moon-Sung Kim, In-Haeng Cho, E-Rang Cho, Dong-Myung Choi, Vladimir Egorov, Makhmut Khasanov, Pavel Alexandrovich Shatunov, Alexey Tereshchenko, Denis Chernyshov
  • Patent number: 9845522
    Abstract: In an aspect, a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same is provided. The negative electrode for the lithium secondary battery includes a negative active material layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Industry-University Cooperation Foundation Hanyang University (IUCF-HYU)
    Inventors: Un-Gyu Paik, Tae-Seup Song, Ki-Chun Kil, Byung-Joo Chung, Woo-Cheol Shin
  • Patent number: 9847549
    Abstract: An electrolyte for a rechargeable lithium battery including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive, wherein the additive includes a compound represented by Chemical Formula 1 and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Tae Lee, Jung-Yi Yu, Woo-Cheol Shin, Sang-Il Han, Sang-Hoon Kim, Byung-Joo Chung, Duck-Hyun Kim, Myung-Hwan Jeong, Tae-Hyun Bae, Mi-Hyun Lee, Eon-Mi Lee, Ha-Rim Lee, Moon-Sung Kim, In-Haeng Cho, E-Rang Cho, Dong-Myung Choi, Vladimir Egorov, Makhmut Khasanov, Pavel Alexandrovich Shatunov, Alexey Tereshchenko, Denis Chernyshov
  • Publication number: 20170274716
    Abstract: An apparatus for coupling a trailing arm may include a carrier having defining an open space on one side thereof, a trailing arm, one end of which includes an extension inclined at a predetermined angle and inserted into the space, and an assist arm, an end of which is inserted into the space and positioned on one side of the extension, in which the extension and the end of the assist arm inserted into the space may be integrally coupled to the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2016
    Publication date: September 28, 2017
    Applicant: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventor: Byung Joo CHUNG
  • Patent number: 9768448
    Abstract: A binder composition for a rechargeable lithium battery includes: an interpenetrating polymer network (IPN) structure including a cyclic polymer including a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 1 or a structural unit represented by Chemical Formula 2, and polyacrylamide. A method of preparing the same, and an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery and a rechargeable lithium battery including the same are also disclosed. In Chemical Formulae 1 and 2, R1 to R3, R11 to R16, and n and m are the same as defined in the detailed description.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2017
    Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Aekyung Chemical Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Joo Chung, Yeon-Hee Yoon, Nam-Seon Kim, Kwang-Sik Choi, Soo-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 9583787
    Abstract: An additive, the additive being for an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery and represented by Chemical Formula 1: R1 to R4 each independently being hydrogen or a non-polar hydrocarbon group, is disclosed. An electrolyte, the electrolyte being for a lithium secondary battery and including: a non-aqueous organic solvent; a lithium salt; and the additive is also disclosed. A lithium secondary battery including: a positive electrode; a negative electrode facing the positive electrode; and a separator between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, the separator being impregnated with an electrolyte including the additive, is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Haeng Cho, Woo-Cheol Shin, Sang-Il Han, Sang-Hoon Kim, Byung-Joo Chung, Duck-Hyun Kim, Myung-Hwan Jeong, Jung-Yi Yu, Jung-Hyun Nam, Seung-Tae Lee, Tae-Hyun Bae, Mi-Hyun Lee, Eon-Mi Lee, Ha-Rim Lee, Moon-Sung Kim, E-Rang Cho, Dong-Myung Choi, Pavel Alexandrovich Shatunov, Alexey Tereshchenko, Denis Chernyshov, Makhmut Khasanov, Vladimir Egorov
  • Patent number: 9553292
    Abstract: In an aspect, a rechargeable lithium battery that includes a positive electrode; negative electrode; a separator interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode and including a porous substrate and a coating layer formed on at least one side of the porous substrate; and an electrolyte including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Moon-Sung Kim, Woo-Cheol Shin, Sang-Il Han, Sang-Hoon Kim, Byung-Joo Chung, Duck-Hyun Kim, Myung-Hwan Jeong, Jung-Yi Yu, Seung-Tae Lee, Tae-Hyun Bae, Mi-Hyun Lee, Eon-Mi Lee, Ha-Rim Lee, In-Haeng Cho, E-Rang Cho, Dong-Myung Choi, Vladimir Egorov, Pavel Alexandrovich Shatunov, Alexey Tereshchenko, Denis Chernyshov, Makhmut Khasanov, Jung-Hyun Nam