Patents by Inventor Cha Hun Ku

Cha Hun Ku 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: 20200091550
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium metal secondary battery ensuring electrode-separator adhesive strength and a method for fabricating the same. The lithium metal secondary battery according to the present disclosure includes a negative electrode, a separator and a positive electrode, the negative electrode including a lithium metal foil as a negative electrode material, wherein a nano imprint pattern structure is formed on a lithium metal foil surface which is a surface of the negative electrode facing the separator, and the negative electrode and the separator are adhered to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Baeck-Boem Choi, Cha-Hun Ku, Min-Wook Kim, Sang-Kyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20200075909
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly comprises: a first separator sheet; and first and second electrode sheets respectively adhering to both sides of the first separator sheet, wherein both the surfaces of the first separator sheet have adhesion different from each other, the first electrode sheet adheres to a first surface, which has relatively high adhesion, of both the surfaces, and the second electrode sheet adheres to a second surface, which has relatively low adhesion, of both the surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2019
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Kyun Lee, Cha Hun Ku, Sang Hun Kim, Tae Kyu Kim, Min Cheol Choi
  • Publication number: 20200067068
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for manufacturing an electrode or a solid electrolyte for an all-solid-state battery. The apparatus for manufacturing an electrode or a solid electrolyte for an all-solid-state battery includes a first roller member configured to press an electrode or a solid electrolyte for an all-solid-state battery, and a second roller member located to be spaced apart from the first roller member to press the electrode or the solid electrolyte for an all-solid-state battery. The first roller member and the second roller member are disposed at opposite locations based on the electrode or the solid electrolyte for an all-solid-state battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Kyun Lee, Min-Wook Kim, Baeck-Boem Choi, Cha-Hun Ku
  • Publication number: 20200067034
    Abstract: A sealing block for sealing a pouch-shaped secondary battery includes a main body unit for sealing at least a part of an outer edge of a battery case from which an electrode terminal protrudes by applying heat and/or pressure thereto and a wrinkle prevention unit coupled perpendicularly to one surface of the main body unit, the wrinkle prevention unit including a curved structure that corresponds to a rounded corner of an electrode assembly reception unit of the battery case, wherein the wrinkle prevention unit further includes an extension portion for connecting the curved structure of the wrinkle prevention unit to the main body unit. Sealing may be performed when the wrinkle prevention unit is adjacent to the electrode assembly reception unit via the extension portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Tae Kyu Kim, Byeong Kyu Lee, Cha Hun Ku
  • Publication number: 20200067050
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for manufacturing an electrode assembly. The method for manufacturing the electrode assembly comprises a melting induction process of inducing melting on an outer surface of a separator by a melting induction solvent to increase an adhesion force of an interface between an electrode and the separator and a lamination process of alternately combining and laminating the electrode and the separator, wherein the melting induction process comprises a vaporization process of vaporizing the melting induction solvent to form a space that is humidified by vapor, and the electrode and the separator are disposed in the space that is humidified by the vapor to induce the uniform melting on the outer surface of the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Tae Kyu Kim, Cha Hun Ku, Jung Kwan Pyo
  • Publication number: 20200036054
    Abstract: A jig device for inspecting quality of a secondary battery, which fixes the secondary battery and inspects quality of the secondary battery, is provided in which the jig device includes a jig base having a seating hole, a fixed module mounted on the jig base at one side of the seating hole, a first gliding module mounted on the jig base at a side opposite to the fixed module and glidable toward the fixed module, and a support part extending across the seating hole. A masking block is mounted on one or more portions of the fixed module and the first gliding module, which comes into contact with an edge of the secondary battery to fix the secondary battery. The first gliding module is detachable from the jig base, and the support part is separable from the fixed module and the first gliding module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Jin KIM, Sang Hyun KOO, Cha Hun KU
  • Publication number: 20190386289
    Abstract: Provided are an electrode unit and a method for manufacturing the electrode unit. According to the present invention, after the electrode unit is manufactured by using heat, bending of the electrode unit occurring by cooling the electrode unit may be eliminated or minimized. To achieve the aforementioned object, in the method for manufacturing the electrode unit according to an embodiment of the present invention, stress applied to the inside of each of the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector is calculated to reflect the calculated results, thereby selecting the positive electrode collector and the negative electrode collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 8, 2017
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Kwan Pyo, Sung Jong Kim, Cha Hun Ku, Tae Kyu Kim, Won Nyeon Kim, Gyung Soo Kang
  • Patent number: 10505170
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly. The electrode assembly comprises: a first separator sheet; and first and second electrode sheets respectively adhering to both sides of the first separator sheet, wherein both the surfaces of the first separator sheet have adhesion different from each other, the first electrode sheet adheres to a first surface, which has relatively high adhesion, of both the surfaces, and the second electrode sheet adheres to a second surface, which has relatively low adhesion, of both the surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Kyun Lee, Cha Hun Ku, Sang Hun Kim, Tae Kyu Kim, Min Cheol Choi
  • Publication number: 20190355951
    Abstract: An electrode assembly for a secondary battery having reduced internal resistance while adhesion between a separator and an electrode is maintained and having improved electrolyte impregnation the electrode assembly including a separator having a processed area having undergone a corona discharging process and a non-processed area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Kyun LEE, Ju Hyeon CHO, Cha-Hun KU, Seok Jin KIM, Duck Hoe KIM
  • Patent number: 10476096
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a secondary battery. The method comprises: a first process (S10) of manufacturing an incomplete electrode assembly; a second process (S20) of partially pressing the incomplete electrode assembly to manufacture a complete electrode assembly in which a bonding portion and a nonbonding portion coexist; a third process (S30) of accommodating the complete electrode assembly into a case; a fourth process (S40) of injecting an electrolyte through an opening of the case to impregnate the electrolyte into the electrode assembly; a fifth process (S50) of sealing an unsealed surface in which the opening of the case is formed to manufacture a secondary battery; and a sixth process (S60) of heating and pressing an entire surface of the secondary battery to bond the nonbonding portion of the interface between the electrode and the separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Jong Kim, Tae Kyu Kim, Kyung Taek Kim, Dong Hyun Kim, Kyung Jae Lee, Cha Hun Ku, Eui Kyung Lee
  • Publication number: 20190221811
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a method for manufacturing a unit cell including the steps of: preparing an electrode and a separator individually, wherein the separator includes a porous polymer substrate and a porous coating layer disposed on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate and including a mixture of inorganic particles with a binder polymer; applying a lamination solvent to the surface of the separator to be bound with the electrode; and carrying out lamination of the electrode with the separator before the lamination solvent is dried. The method according to the present disclosure can solve the problem of shrinking of a separator occurring in the conventional lamination process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2017
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Tae-Kyu KIM, Cha-Hun KU, Won-Nyeon KIM
  • Publication number: 20190215944
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a plasma generating apparatus for a secondary battery. The plasma generating apparatus for the secondary battery comprises a roller part comprising a transfer roller that transfers a separator and a metal member built in the transfer roller, and a plasma generating part comprising a main body spaced apart from the transfer roller and a plurality of electrode members disposed on positions that are spaced apart from each other in a direction of both ends of the main body and partially generating a plasma between the metal member and the main body to form a patterned bonding layer on a surface of the separator, wherein the plurality of electrode members are detachably coupled to the main body to adjust a number of the electrode members coupled to the main body based on a size of the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2019
    Publication date: July 11, 2019
    Inventors: Sang Kyun Lee, Sang Ho Bae, Duck Hoe Kim, Cha Hun Ku
  • Publication number: 20190207243
    Abstract: A plasma generating apparatus for a secondary battery, including a roller part having a transfer roller configured to transfer a separator and a metal member built in the transfer roller, and a plasma generating part interacting with the metal member to generate plasma and thereby to form a mask that is patterned on a surface of the separator and has a bonding force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: July 4, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Kyun LEE, Sang Baek RYU, Kieun SUNG, Cha Hun KU, Duck Hoe KIM
  • Publication number: 20190170703
    Abstract: A non-destructive inspection judgment system for inspecting a non-destructive inspection subject using ultrasonic waves, including an ultrasonic wave generator transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals by generating ultrasonic waves to the non-destructive inspection subject placed on an inspection table, an interface transmitting an ultrasonic signal received from the ultrasonic wave generator to an ultrasonic wave generation data controller, the ultrasonic wave generation data controller processing ultrasonic wave data received from the interface, a sealing defect presence judger determining, using the processed ultrasonic wave data, whether a sealing defect is present, and a display displaying a result of the judgment on a monitor to detect an unsealed portion of an aluminum pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hyun KOO, Seok Jin KIM, Cha Hun KU
  • Patent number: 10290903
    Abstract: Disclosed is a jellyroll-type electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed between the electrodes folded together, in which the first electrode has a non-coating part and a first electrode tab attached onto the non-coating part, the non-coating part representing a part of the first electrode not coated with an active material, and the at least double-folded-layer separator is disposed between the first electrode tab and the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Je-Jun Lee, Pil-Kyu Park, Jeong-In Yu, Cha-Hun Ku
  • Publication number: 20190131666
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method for injecting an electrolyte to a pouch secondary battery which includes the steps of: interposing an electrode assembly between a first metal laminate film and a second metal laminate film forming a pouch casing, and sealing the edges of each of the films with an electrolyte inlet left therein, thereby providing a pouch secondary battery; mounting the pouch secondary battery between a first jig and a second jig, which are installed in a jig stand so as to have a controllable interval and form a gap space, with the electrolyte inlet facing up, and injecting an electrolyte through the electrolyte inlet; loading the jig stand to a vacuum chamber; increasing the width of the gap space by moving the first and the second jigs so that the area occupied by the electrolyte may be localized in the lower part of the pouch casing, and then forming vacuum atmosphere; and moving the first and the second jigs while maintaining the vacuum atmosphere so that the width of the gap spa
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Byeong-Kyu LEE, Kyung-Jae LEE, Su-Taek JUNG, Min-Cheol CHOI, Cha-Hun KU
  • Patent number: 10243233
    Abstract: The present invention relates to swelling tape for filling a gap and its use. The swelling tape is, for example, applied between gaps in which a fluid is present, thereby being deformed into a three-dimensional shape to fill the gap and fix an object separated by gaps as needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Soo Park, Byung Kyu Jung, Yoon Tae Hwang, Se Woo Yang, Suk Ky Chang, Sung Jong Kim, Ji Young Hwang, Cha Hun Ku
  • Publication number: 20190051924
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a secondary battery. The method comprises: a first process (S10) of manufacturing an incomplete electrode assembly; a second process (S20) of partially pressing the incomplete electrode assembly to manufacture a complete electrode assembly in which a bonding portion and a nonbonding portion coexist; a third process (S30) of accommodating the complete electrode assembly into a case; a fourth process (S40) of injecting an electrolyte through an opening of the case to impregnate the electrolyte into the electrode assembly; a fifth process (S50) of sealing an unsealed surface in which the opening of the case is formed to manufacture a secondary battery; and a sixth process (S60) of heating and pressing an entire surface of the secondary battery to bond the nonbonding portion of the interface between the electrode and the separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Jong KIM, Tae Kyu KIM, Kyung Taek KIM, Dong Hyun KIM, Kyung Jae LEE, Cha Hun KU, Eui Kyung LEE
  • Publication number: 20190044177
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, to an electrode assembly in which a degree of alignment of cells is improved and a method for manufacturing the same. An electrode assembly according to the present invention comprises a separator sheet folded in a zigzag shape and a unit cell having a structure in which an electrode and a separator are alternately stacked, wherein the unit cell is repeatedly disposed between the separator sheet that is folded in a zigzag shape, and at least a portion of the unit cell and at least a portion of the separator sheet are bonded to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Kyun LEE, Jung Kwan PYO, Cha Hun KU
  • Publication number: 20190027777
    Abstract: A unit cell for a secondary battery includes a central electrode having a first polarity, a pair of separators respectively laminated on both surfaces the central electrode, and an upper electrode and a lower electrode respectively laminated on the pair of separators and having a second polarity, wherein the separator has a patterned adhesive force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang-Kyun LEE, Ju-Hyeon CHO, Duck-Hoe KIM, Cha-Hun KU