Patents by Inventor Dal Kim

Dal 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).

  • Patent number: 12179551
    Abstract: Provided is a heat management system of a vehicle including: a cooling circuit including a radiator, a first valve, a first pump, and at least one electric part which are connected through a cooling water line; a battery cooling circuit including a second pump and a battery module which are connected through a battery cooling water line; a chiller installed in the battery cooling water line between the second pump and the battery module, and connected to a refrigerant line of an air-conditioning device through a refrigerant connection line; a first cooling water connection line; and a second cooling water connection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ze Wen Shi, Dal Kim
  • Publication number: 20230211643
    Abstract: Provided is a heat management system of a vehicle including: a cooling circuit including a radiator, a first valve, a first pump, and at least one electric part which are connected through a cooling water line; a battery cooling circuit including a second pump and a battery module which are connected through a battery cooling water line; a chiller installed in the battery cooling water line between the second pump and the battery module, and connected to a refrigerant line of an air-conditioning device through a refrigerant connection line; a first cooling water connection line; and a second cooling water connection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Ze Wen Shi, Dal Kim
  • Patent number: 10790558
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a cell cover close to a battery cell and having one surface emitting heat of the battery cell; and a cooling channel portion having a cooling channel that a refrigerant flows formed therein and having one surface of the cooling channel close to the one surface of the cell cover to absorb heat of the battery cell. In a contact region of the cell cover and the cooling channel portion, the cell cover has a protrusion portion protruded in the direction of the cooling channel, and the cooling channel has a penetration hole for inserting the protrusion portion into an inner portion that the refrigerant flows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Jeon, Min Wook Kim, Dal Kim
  • Patent number: 10777862
    Abstract: A battery cooling device for a vehicle is provided. The device repeats phase changes of a refrigerant to cool a battery due to heat of vaporization when a liquid-state refrigerant is vaporized by thermally coming in contact with a battery heat source. The vaporized refrigerant is changed back into a liquid state by thermally coming in contact with a separate coolant. The effect of cooling all battery cells is maximized throughout the entire refrigerant channel for cooling a battery and the battery cells are cooled uniformly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Jeon, Min Wook Kim, Dal Kim
  • Publication number: 20200222735
    Abstract: A system and a controlling method for extinguishing a fire in a battery of a vehicle is provided for preventing the vehicle from being completely burned out and protecting consumer's physical assets by injecting cooling water of a water cooling system when a fire occurs in a battery to extinguish the fire of the battery at an early stage and by supplying an external cooling material from outside of the vehicle to extinguish the fire of the battery when the fire of the battery is not extinguished at the early stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: July 16, 2020
    Inventors: Dal KIM, Yoon Cheol JEON
  • Patent number: 10535905
    Abstract: A cooling device, which cools a battery by effectively dissipating heat generated from the battery, which is used, for example, in eco-friendly vehicles, is provided to increase the rate of battery charging and the reliability of the battery. The cooling device includes a pair of coolant pipes that introduce and discharge a coolant and a cooling channel that connects the coolant pipes to each other to move the coolant from a first coolant pipe to a second coolant pipe. Additionally, a heat transfer plate is coupled to the cooling channel and has a contact surface configured to be in surface contact with a heat-emitting element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Dal Kim, Yoon Cheol Jeon
  • Publication number: 20190312313
    Abstract: A battery apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a basic battery pack that is mounted within the vehicle and an auxiliary battery pack that is selectively mountable within the vehicle. The auxiliary battery pack is connected in series with or in parallel to the basic battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Inventors: Dal Kim, Beom Gyu Kim, Yoon Cheol Jeon, Suk Hyung Kim, Jin Ho Park
  • Publication number: 20190123405
    Abstract: A battery cooling device for a vehicle is provided. The device repeats phase changes of a refrigerant to cool a battery due to heat of vaporization when a liquid-state refrigerant is vaporized by thermally coming in contact with a battery heat source. The vaporized refrigerant is changed back into a liquid state by thermally coming in contact with a separate coolant. The effect of cooling all battery cells is maximized throughout the entire refrigerant channel for cooling a battery and the battery cells are cooled uniformly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Jeon, Min Wook Kim, Dal Kim
  • Publication number: 20190115637
    Abstract: A cooling device, which cools a battery by effectively dissipating heat generated from the battery, which is used, for example, in eco-friendly vehicles, is provided to increase the rate of battery charging and the reliability of the battery. The cooling device includes a pair of coolant pipes that introduce and discharge a coolant and a cooling channel that connects the coolant pipes to each other to move the coolant from a first coolant pipe to a second coolant pipe. Additionally, a heat transfer plate is coupled to the cooling channel and has a contact surface configured to be in surface contact with a heat-emitting element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2017
    Publication date: April 18, 2019
    Inventors: Dal Kim, Yoon Cheol Jeon
  • Publication number: 20190051956
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a cell cover close to a battery cell and having one surface emitting heat of the battery cell; and a cooling channel portion having a cooling channel that a refrigerant flows formed therein and having one surface of the cooling channel close to the one surface of the cell cover to absorb heat of the battery cell. In a contact region of the cell cover and the cooling channel portion, the cell cover has a protrusion portion protruded in the direction of the cooling channel, and the cooling channel has a penetration hole for inserting the protrusion portion into an inner portion that the refrigerant flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol JEON, Min Wook KIM, Dal KIM
  • Publication number: 20180289996
    Abstract: A system and a controlling method for extinguishing a fire in a battery of a vehicle is provided for preventing the vehicle from being completely burned out and protecting consumer's physical assets by injecting cooling water of a water cooling system when a fire occurs in a battery to extinguish the fire of the battery at an early stage and by supplying an external cooling material from outside of the vehicle to extinguish the fire of the battery when the fire of the battery is not extinguished at the early stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Dal KIM, Yoon Cheol JEON
  • Patent number: 10044080
    Abstract: A battery temperature raising system and a control method thereof are provided. The battery temperature raising system includes a power supply that operates a heater attached to a battery module. The heater is configured to increase a battery temperature and a variable resistor mounted on a circuit between the heater and the power supply adjusts a heating value of the heater based on an adjustment state of a resistance value. A heater relay is mounted on the circuit between the heater and the power supply and opens and closes the circuit to selectively turn on/off the heater. A first sensor senses the battery temperature and a second sensor senses a heater temperature. A controller outputs a control signal to operate the heater relay to selectively turn on/off the heater based on temperature information sensed by the sensors and a control signal to adjust the resistance value of the variable resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dal Kim, Shin Hyuk Yoon
  • Publication number: 20180191041
    Abstract: A water-cooled battery module of an electric vehicle is provided. According to the water-cooled battery module, cooling efficiency between a heat exchange pad and battery cells is enhanced since the heat exchange pad through which a cooling medium flows is made of a material having high heat transfer efficiency. Further, since heat dissipation plates with which the battery cells contact are in uniform surface contact with the heat exchange pad, cooling efficiency is enhanced by virtue of the uniform contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2017
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Yoon Cheol Jeon, Dal Kim
  • Patent number: 9711781
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing battery overcharge is provided and includes a plurality of holders interposed between cells stacked within a battery to enclose the cells in a stacking direction. An installation space is formed between outer parts of at least two holders that enclose the cells. In addition, a fluid pouch is disposed within the installation space and adjacent to the cells inside the installation space, and contains a fluid therein. A cutting part is disposed within the installation space and has a first end disposed adjacent to the fluid pouch, and has a cutter edge heading between a lead tab and a bus bar at a second end of the cutting part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Jeong Hun Seo, Yong Jin Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Hae Kyu Lim, Dal Kim, Jun Seok Choi, Yoon Cheol Jeon
  • Publication number: 20170187081
    Abstract: A battery temperature raising system and a control method thereof are provided. The battery temperature raising system includes a power supply that operates a heater attached to a battery module. The heater is configured to increase a battery temperature and a variable resistor mounted on a circuit between the heater and the power supply adjusts a heating value of the heater based on an adjustment state of a resistance value. A heater relay is mounted on the circuit between the heater and the power supply and opens and closes the circuit to selectively turn on/off the heater. A first sensor senses the battery temperature and a second sensor senses a heater temperature. A controller outputs a control signal to operate the heater relay to selectively turn on/off the heater based on temperature information sensed by the sensors and a control signal to adjust the resistance value of the variable resistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2017
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Inventors: Dal Kim, Shin Hyuk Yoon
  • Publication number: 20170133722
    Abstract: A battery apparatus for a vehicle is provided. The apparatus includes a basic battery pack that is mounted within the vehicle and an auxiliary battery pack that is selectively mountable within the vehicle. The auxiliary battery pack is connected in series with or in parallel to the basic battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2016
    Publication date: May 11, 2017
    Inventors: Dal Kim, Beom Gyu Kim, Yoon Cheol Jeon, Suk Hyung Kim, Jin Ho Park
  • Publication number: 20170126034
    Abstract: A battery overcharge safety system of a passive control method is provided which uses a Zener diode and a neutral material to prevent a battery mounted in an eco-friendly vehicle from being overcharged. More particularly, the battery overcharge safety system prevents a battery mounted in an eco-friendly vehicle from being overcharged using a Zener diode which generates heat when the battery is overcharged and a neutral material which is vaporized and expands by the heat generated in the Zener diode to operate an overcharge preventing switch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventor: Dal Kim
  • Patent number: 9614262
    Abstract: A battery temperature raising system and a control method thereof are provided. The battery temperature raising system includes a power supply that operates a heater attached to a battery module. The heater is configured to increase a battery temperature and a variable resistor mounted on a circuit between the heater and the power supply adjusts a heating value of the heater based on an adjustment state of a resistance value. A heater relay is mounted on the circuit between the heater and the power supply and opens and closes the circuit to selectively turn on/off the heater. A first sensor senses the battery temperature and a second sensor senses a heater temperature. A controller outputs a control signal to operate the heater relay to selectively turn on/off the heater based on temperature information sensed by the sensors and a control signal to adjust the resistance value of the variable resistor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2017
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Dal Kim, Shin Hyuk Yoon
  • Patent number: 9070523
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a relay module for a vehicle battery system. The relay module includes a movable unit configured to be moved by a magnetic field generated by a coil and a return spring within a relay. This movable unit controls a state of an electrical connection between relay electrodes. A microsensor installed between the movable unit and a fixed unit maintains a fixed location relative to the movable unit and is configured to induce a variation in an electrical physical quantity depending on a variation in a location of the movable unit relative to the fixed unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2015
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Yong Hwan Choi, Dal Kim, Jun Ho Bang
  • Publication number: 20150171480
    Abstract: An apparatus for preventing battery overcharge is provided and includes a plurality of holders interposed between cells stacked within a battery to enclose the cells in a stacking direction. An installation space is formed between outer parts of at least two holders that enclose the cells. In addition, a fluid pouch is disposed within the installation space and adjacent to the cells inside the installation space, and contains a fluid therein. A cutting part is disposed within the installation space and has a first end disposed adjacent to the fluid pouch, and has a cutter edge heading between a lead tab and a bus bar at a second end of the cutting part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeong Hun Seo, Yong Jin Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Hae Kyu Lim, Dal Kim, Jun Seok Choi, Yoon Cheol Jeon