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).

  • Publication number: 20170084969
    Abstract: Disclosed are a battery cooling system simulation device and method, which predict the thermal reaction of a battery cell through a simulation or derive, through the simulation, a design parameter satisfying a targeted thermal reaction of the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Seok CHOI, Dal-Mo KANG, Seung-Hun JUNG, Jin-Moo NAM
  • Patent number: 9583748
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack which improves coupling strength and space utilization of a plurality of battery modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Woon Choi, Jeong-O Mun, Dal-Mo Kang
  • Patent number: 9577240
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module capable of ensuring safety in use by breaking a bus bar when an overcurrent flows at the battery module. The battery module includes at least one unit cell, a case for accommodating the unit cell, and a bus bar electrically connected to the unit cell, wherein the bus bar includes a first metal plate, a second metal plate spaced apart from the first metal plate, and a metal bridge configured to connect the first metal plate and the second metal plate and having a lower melting point than the metal plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Seok Choi, Jin-Kyu Lee, Tae-Hwan Roh, Seung-Don Choi, Seong-Tae Kim, Tae-Hyuck Kim, Jung-Hoon Yang, Min-Chul Jang, In-Cheol Shin, Dal-Mo Kang
  • Publication number: 20170033419
    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: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2015
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop EOM, Ki-Youn KIM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Sung-Chun YU, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Patent number: 9537187
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’), which can be charged and discharged, mounted in a pack case, wherein the unit cells are stacked in a direction (a Z direction) in which the unit cells are sequentially stacked in parallel to a ground in a state in which a spacing distance for coolant flow is provided between the respective unit cells to constitute a battery module, two or more battery modules are arranged in a horizontal direction (an X direction) on the plane with respect to a coolant introduction direction in which a coolant is introduced through a coolant inlet port in a state in which flow of the coolant between the battery modules is restrained to constitute a battery module group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, Jae Hun Yang, Dal Mo Kang, Ye Hoon Im
  • Publication number: 20160372736
    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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Youn KIM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Young-Sop EOM, Sung-Chun YU, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Publication number: 20160351979
    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: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Yeob SEONG, Young-Sop EOM, Ki-Youn KIM, Sung-Chun YU, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Publication number: 20160351868
    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: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop EOM, Dal-Mo KANG, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Sung-Chun YU, Ki-Youn KIM
  • Publication number: 20160336563
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module array which has high space utilization and is easy to fabricate. The battery module array includes a plurality of battery modules, end plates, tension bars, a front sensing unit, a rear sensing unit, an under-base bar, a front cover, and a rear cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Woon CHOI, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Publication number: 20160336577
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack which can be adaptively used even in various approaching and extending directions of a connection wire even while ensuring the safety by minimizing exposure of an electrode terminal. The battery pack according to the present invention comprises: a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries; a pack housing having an internal space to receive the cell assembly; an electrode terminal which is connected to the cell assembly and is formed to protrude to the outside of the pack housing; and a terminal cover which covers the top portion and a part of the sides of the electrode terminal and is configured to be attached/detached to/from different portions of the pack housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop EOM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Ki-Youn KIM, Sung-Chun YU, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Patent number: 9495493
    Abstract: Disclosed is an overcurrent simulation method when a nail penetrates a secondary battery and a recording medium storing the program. The overcurrent simulation method according to the present disclosure constructs a safety device and a secondary battery equivalent circuit, and produces a nail penetration effect by changing a resistance value. In this instance, various current simulations may be obtained by changing a first metal sheet and a second metal sheet included in the safety device, and a resistance value limiting an overcurrent may be calculated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Se-Wook Seo, Dal-Mo Kang, Seung-Hun Jung
  • Publication number: 20160329608
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery module. The battery module includes a battery cell, a module case in which the battery cell is built, and a flame retardant filled in the module case. Thus, when the battery module is damaged, an insulation film is formed on the damaged portion to prevent fire or explosion from occurring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hun JUNG, Dal Mo KANG
  • Patent number: 9484592
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module including a battery cell stack configured to have a rectangular parallelepiped structure in which two or more plate-shaped battery cells, each of which has electrode terminals formed at one side thereof, are stacked and a breadth of one surface of the battery cell stack at which the electrode terminals of the battery cells are disposed is smaller than a width and a height of each major surface of the battery cell stack, a first module case bent to surround two relatively large major surfaces of the battery cell stack and one surface of the battery cell stack opposite to the surface of the battery cell stack at which the electrode terminals of the battery cells are disposed, among six surfaces of the battery cell stack and a surface, the first module case being made of a thermally conductive material that is capable of dissipating heat generated from the battery cells during charge and discharge of the battery cells, and a second module case bent to surround side surfaces o
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hwan Roh, Jong Woon Choi, Jung Oh Moon, Jun Hee Jung, Sooryoung Kim, Dal Mo Kang
  • Publication number: 20160315356
    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: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Oh MOON, Dal Mo KANG, Jong Woon CHOI, Jun Yeob SEONG, Byung O KONG, Youngsop EOM
  • Patent number: 9478778
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a middle- or large-sized battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells, which can be charged and discharged, is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, which are disposed such that a coolant for cooling the battery cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the battery cells, the battery pack case is further provided with a flow space (‘inlet duct’) extending from the coolant inlet port to the battery module and another flow space (‘outlet duct’) extending from the battery module to the coolant outlet port, and one or more guide members are disposed in the inlet duct for guiding the flow of the coolant in the direction parallel to the stacking direction of the battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ye Hoon Im, Doo Seong Choi, Sang Phil Han, Jong Moon Yoon, Jaesung Ahn, Heekook Yang, Dal Mo Kang
  • Patent number: 9461344
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus for cooling a battery pack, having a stack having a plurality of battery pack containers in a multi-layered structure, the battery pack container having an inner space to receive a battery pack and includes a first and second side plate facing each other to form side walls of the inner space; two upper frames for respectively connecting the top corners of the first to the second side plate; and two lower frames for respectively connecting the bottom corners of the first to the second side plate, the two lower frames including a front lower frame, disposed forwardly within the container with an inflow hole for introducing cooling medium, and the two upper frames include a rear upper frame, disposed rearwardly within the container and having an outflow hole for discharging cooling medium after heat exchange occurs; a housing; a circulation driving module; and an exhaust duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum-Hyun Lee, Mi-Jung Park, Dal-Mo Kang
  • Patent number: 9452686
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooling member mounted between battery cells to remove heat generated from the battery cells during charge and discharge of the battery cells, wherein the cooling member includes a plate-shaped cooling fin configured to have a structure in which two battery cell contact portions disposed in tight contact with outer sides of the battery cells in a state in which the cooling fin is disposed between the respective battery cells are continuously formed in a horizontal direction (a lateral direction) and a coolant conduit configured to have a hollow structure in which a coolant flows, the coolant conduit thermally contacting the cooling fin, the coolant conduit being located at the outside of an electrode assembly receiving part of each of the battery cells when the cooling fin is disposed between the battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: JaeHun Yang, Jong Moon Yoon, Dal Mo Kang
  • Publication number: 20160268652
    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: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop EOM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Ki-Youn KIM, Sung-Chun YU, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Publication number: 20160254505
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack allowing easy assembling of a cell assembly and a pack housing and also ensuring reinforced rigidity, and a vehicle comprising the same. The battery pack includes a cell assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries and having outer protrusions formed at an outer side surface thereof to extend vertically; and a pack housing configured to have an inner space in which the cell assembly is accommodated, the pack housing having inner protrusions formed at an inner side surface thereof to extend vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop EOM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Ki-Youn KIM, Sung-Chun YU, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Publication number: 20160254504
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a frame for secondary batteries, which ensures a channel around cooling plates stably to improve cooling efficiency for secondary batteries; and a battery module, a battery pack and a vehicle comprising the same. A frame for secondary batteries according to the present disclosure comprises: an upper cooling plate and a lower cooling plate having a plate shape and arranged to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance from each other facing each other; a main frame having four sides and configured to encompass the outer peripheral portions of the upper cooling plate and the lower cooling plate, to mount the outer peripheral portions of pouch-type secondary batteries thereto, and to enable two or more main frames to be stacked; and a support member arranged between the upper cooling plate and the lower cooling to support both cooling plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Youn KIM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Young-Sop EOM, Sung-Chun YU, Dal-Mo KANG