Patents by Inventor Dal Mo Kang

Dal Mo Kang 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: 10361410
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack configured to prevent its components such as a cell assembly from being broken or damaged even though a physical force such as vibrations and impacts is applied to the battery pack. The battery pack includes a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries; an electronic component plate having a plate shape and configured to allow at least one electronic component to be mounted thereon; a lower housing configured to have an inner space with an open top and to accommodate the cell assembly and the electronic component plate therein; and an upper housing configured to cover the open top of the lower housing, wherein coupling members are respectively provided between a lower portion of the cell assembly and the lower housing, between an upper portion of the cell assembly and the electronic component plate, between the electronic component plate and the upper housing, and between the lower housing and the upper housing to couple and fix each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop Eom, Dal-Mo Kang, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu, Ki-Youn Kim
  • Publication number: 20190221901
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cell assemblies, each having at least one battery cell; a bottom case configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cell assemblies; an upper case mounted to an upper side of the bottom case to expose a part of an upper side, a part of a front side and a part of a rear side of adjacent battery cell assemblies of the plurality of battery cell assemblies; and a cooling unit configured to cover the exposed parts of the adjacent battery cell assemblies and having a phase change material for cooling the adjacent battery cell assemblies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2018
    Publication date: July 18, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Su YOON, Jae-Uk RYU, 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
  • Patent number: 10320036
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a voltage sensing assembly including sensing bus bars connected to series connection portions of battery cells for sensing the voltage of the battery cells, a printed circuit board (PCB), to the upper part of which the sensing bus bars are and to the lower part of which a connector is coupled, the connector mounted on the PCB, an insulative mounting member including a receiving part having a shape corresponding to the shape of the PCB such that the PCB is mounted in the receiving part, the receiving part being provided at one side thereof with openings, through which the sensing bus bars extend, and an insulation sheet attached to the front surface of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Oh Moon, Dal Mo Kang, Jong Woon Choi, Jun Yeob Seong, Byung O Kong, Youngsop Eom
  • Patent number: 10263303
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module capable of preventing a gas generated from a secondary battery from flowing into a cooling flow path or a duct connected thereto. The battery module includes a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries; a first frame having an upper cooling plate and a lower cooling plate disposed to be spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance in a vertical direction to form a cooling flow path in a space therebetween and configured to accommodate the pouch-type secondary battery in at least one of an upper portion of the upper cooling plate and a lower portion of the lower cooling plate; and a second frame having an upper cooling plate and a lower cooling plate to accommodate the pouch-type secondary battery in a way identical to the first frame, the second frame being stacked on the first frame to form a venting flow path in a space between the first frame and the second frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop Eom, Ki-Youn Kim, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu, Dal-Mo Kang
  • Publication number: 20190109313
    Abstract: Provided is a cylindrical secondary battery module. The cylindrical secondary battery module includes: a cylindrical secondary battery cell including a battery case in which an electrode assembly and an electrolyte are accommodated, and a cell cap combined to a positive electrode terminal of the battery case; a busbar interconnecting a plurality of the cylindrical secondary battery cells and having a hollow; and a cut-off unit combined to the busbar in the hollow of the busbar to be connected to a cylindrical secondary battery, and configured to be separated from the busbar when an abnormality is generated in the cylindrical secondary battery cell, such that electric connections with the other cylindrical secondary battery cells are broken.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2017
    Publication date: April 11, 2019
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk Ryu, Ji-Su Yoon, Dal-Mo Kang, Jeong-O Mun
  • Patent number: 10243193
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack with an improved structure to support a torque applied to a terminal bolt when a nut is coupled to the terminal bolt which is exposed out of the battery pack and serves as a connection terminal. The battery pack includes a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries, a pack housing having an inner space to accommodate the cell assembly therein, a terminal bolt configured to protrude out of the pack housing, a center plate located at an upper portion of the cell assembly in the inner space of the pack housing and having an insert groove formed therein, and a bus bar having one end electrically connected to an electrode terminal of the cell assembly and the other end connected to the terminal bolt by contact, the bus bar being inserted into the insert groove of the center plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Youn Kim, Jun-Yeob Seong, Young-Sop Eom, Sung-Chun Yu, Dal-Mo Kang
  • Patent number: 10236482
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module array constituted by one or more battery modules each including one or more unit modules each configured to have a structure in which a battery cell is surrounded by a cell cover are mounted in a module case in a state in which the unit modules are stacked while being vertically upright, a base plate on which the battery module array is loaded, a pair of end plates to support opposite sides of the array in a state in which a lower end of each of the end plates is fixed to the base plate, and an insulation member disposed between the array and each of the end plates, the insulation member being provided at a surface thereof facing the array with one or more ribs to absorb shock caused by external force and to define a coolant flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun Lee, Jin Kyu Lee, Dal Mo Kang
  • 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
  • Patent number: 10199696
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a module housing of a unit module including battery cells, the module housing including a first cover member and a second cover member coupled to each other for covering entire outer surfaces of the battery cells, mounting grooves formed at an inside end of at least one of the first and second cover members such that the battery cells are mounted in the respective mounting grooves, and an injection port formed at the module housing such that a thermoplastic resin is injected to interfaces between the mounting grooves and the battery cells through the injection port in a state in which the battery cells are mounted in the module housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Oh Moon, Dal Mo Kang
  • Patent number: 10193200
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a cell assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries and having a fluid path formed between the secondary batteries; an inlet duct located at one side surface of the cell assembly so as to cover the one side surface of the cell assembly, and having an inlet port such that the fluid introduced through the inlet port flows into the fluid path; an outlet duct located at the other side surface of the cell assembly so as to cover the other side surface of the cell assembly, and having an outlet port such that the fluid discharged from the fluid path flows out through the outlet port; and an entrance cover installed to at least one of the inlet port and the outlet port, and having a plurality of ribs formed in a plate shape and slantly arranged so that an inner and outer direction of the ribs is inclined with a predetermined angle from a direction parallel to the ground, wherein at least one of inner and outer ends of at least one of the plurality of ribs is ben
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Yeob Seong, Young-Sop Eom, Ki-Youn Kim, Sung-Chun Yu, Dal-Mo Kang
  • Patent number: 10181623
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module having a new voltage detection structure with respect to a plurality of secondary batteries included in a cell assembly. The battery module includes a cell assembly in which a plurality of secondary batteries, each having a plate-shaped electrode lead protruding in a horizontally laid state, are stacked in a vertical direction; and a sensing assembly for sensing voltages of the secondary batteries, the sensing assembly including a plurality of sensing plates made of an electrical conductive material with a horizontally laid plate shape and having one end welded in face-to-face contact with the electrode lead, and a connector electrically connected to the other end of the sensing plates to transmit a sensed voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop Eom, Jun-Yeob Seong, Ki-Youn Kim, Sung-Chun Yu, Dal-Mo Kang
  • Publication number: 20190006647
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery module including: at least one cell; and a fame assembly including a lower plate configured to support a lower end surface of the cell, a side plate extending perpendicularly from any opposite edge ends of the lower plate and placed adjacent to an outermost side of the cell, and an upper plate coupled to an upper end of the side plate to cover an upper portion of the cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk RYU, Dal-Mo KANG, Ji-Su YOON
  • Publication number: 20190001838
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a plurality of battery cells stacked one another and respectively having electrode leads protruding in the front and rear directions of the battery module, and a bus bar unit configured to integrally connect the electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Mi-Geum CHOI, Jeong-O MUN, Yoon-Koo LEE, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Publication number: 20180375077
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module having a simple structure and allowing reduction in weight and size to be facilitated and manufacturing costs to be reduced while securing an efficient cooling capability. The battery module includes: a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries, which each include an electrode assembly, an electrolyte, and a pouch exterior and are arranged in a left-and-right direction while standing in an up-and-down direction; and a cooling plate including a thermally conductive material, arranged under the plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries to lie in a horizontal direction, and having an upper surface to which lower portions of the secondary batteries are attached and fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-Gyu SHIN, Jeong-O MUN, Dal-Mo KANG, Mi-Geum CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180331336
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module having a simple structure, facilitating reduction in weight and size, and saving manufacturing costs while securing an efficient cooling capability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2016
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Mi-Geum CHOI, Jeong-O MUN, Dal-Mo KANG, Eun-Gyu SHIN
  • Publication number: 20180315979
    Abstract: Provided is an electrode lead for a secondary battery that is less susceptible to cracks and has improved insulation, and a pouch type secondary battery and a battery module comprising the same. The electrode lead for a secondary battery according to the present disclosure is an electrode lead electrically connected to an electrode assembly, and the electrode lead includes a flat metal conductor and a coverlay type insulating film having an exposed shape at an electrically connected part of the metal conductor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2018
    Publication date: November 1, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Uk Ryu, Jeong-O Mun, Dal-Mo Kang, Su-Chang Kim, Ji-Su Yoon
  • Publication number: 20180294535
    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 arranged side by side to face each other in at least one direction, a cooling plate located below the plurality of battery cells, and a heat transfer tape adhered to the battery cells to transfer heat of the battery cells to the cooling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Mi-Geum Choi, Dal-Mo Kang, Jeong-O Mun, Yoon-Koo Lee
  • Publication number: 20180261892
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which allows easy assembling and exchange of electrical equipment and has an uncomplicated structure. The battery pack includes at least one battery module, the battery module including a plurality of secondary batteries, and an electrical equipment plate having a plate shape on which at least two of a battery management system (BMS), a current sensor, a relay and a fuse are mounted, the electrical equipment plate being electrically connected to the at least one battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop Eom, Jun-Yeob Seong, Ki-Youn Kim, Sung-Chun Yu, Dal-Mo Kang