Patents by Inventor Dong-Keun Kwon
Dong-Keun Kwon 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).
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Patent number: 12282068Abstract: A lithium precipitation detecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a measuring unit configured to calculate a charge amount of a battery in a charging process and calculate a discharge amount of the battery in a discharging process; and a control unit configured to estimate a state of charge (SOC) of the battery in the charging process and the discharging process and determine whether lithium precipitation occurs in the battery based on the estimated SOC, the charge amount and the discharge amount.Type: GrantFiled: April 1, 2022Date of Patent: April 22, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Seung-Hyun Kim, Hyun-Chul Lee, Dong-Keun Kwon, An-Soo Kim, Chae-Bin Shin
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Publication number: 20250044360Abstract: A battery state estimating apparatus and method that adds system noise to a recursive filter and corrects parameters used in an extended Kalman filter in consideration of an offset and variance of a current sensor and a voltage sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2022Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: An-Soo KIM, Dong-Keun KWON, Seung-Hyun KIM, Chae-Bin SHIN, Hyun-Chul LEE
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Publication number: 20250044364Abstract: A battery state of charge estimating apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a charging and discharging unit for receiving a control signal including a C-rate and for charging and discharging a battery at the C-rate included in the control signal; a measuring unit for measuring a voltage of the battery in a charging and discharging process of the battery; and a control unit for transmitting the control signal to the charging and discharging unit, changing the C-rate included in the control signal whenever the voltage value measured by the measuring unit reaches a preset threshold value, and estimating SOC of the battery based on the result of comparing the changed C-rate with a preset cutoff value.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2023Publication date: February 6, 2025Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Seung-Hyun KIM, Hyun-Chul LEE, Dong-Keun KWON, An-Soo KIM, Chae-Bin SHIN
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Patent number: 11965936Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus for diagnosing a battery including battery cells, the apparatus according to an embodiment may include a voltage measurer for measuring the voltage of each battery cell during a preset period of time, a voltage variation calculator for calculating an individual voltage variation of each battery cell during the preset period of time, an average voltage variation calculator for calculating an average voltage variation of the battery cells during the preset period of time, and an abnormality detector for determining that a voltage abnormality has occurred in at least one battery cell among the battery cells when a difference between the voltage variation of the at least one battery cell and the average voltage variation of the at least one battery cell is greater than a threshold value.Type: GrantFiled: July 23, 2020Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hyun Chul Lee, Dong Keun Kwon, Sung Yul Yoon, Seung Hyun Kim, An Soo Kim
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Patent number: 11815559Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a battery cell according to an embodiment may include a voltage measurer that measures a voltage of each battery cell of a battery module in a state of an open circuit voltage of a battery, a memory that stores the measured voltage at predetermined time intervals, and an abnormality detector that compares a current measured voltage with a measured voltage before a preset time for each battery cell and determines that an abnormality has occurred in a first battery cell among the battery cells when a difference between the current measured voltage of the at least one battery cell and the measured voltage of the at least one battery cell before the preset time exceeds a reference value.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sung Yul Yoon, Dong Keun Kwon, Hyun Chul Lee, Seung Hyun Kim, An Soo Kim
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Patent number: 11815558Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery management system and method for diagnosing abnormal deterioration of a battery cell, and provides the battery management system including an SOC calculation unit for calculating a state of charge (SOC) of a plurality of battery cells, a change amount calculation unit for calculating, for each of the plurality of battery cells, an SOC change amount that is a change amount of the calculated SOC during a preset period and an SOC change amount average that is an average of the SOC change amount of all the plurality of battery cells, and an abnormal deterioration diagnosis unit for diagnosing an abnormal deterioration of each of the plurality of battery cells using the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average thereby accurately diagnosing abnormal deterioration of battery cells.Type: GrantFiled: July 24, 2020Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hyun Chul Lee, Dong Keun Kwon, Sung Yul Yoon, Seung Hyun Kim, An Soo Kim, Chae Bin Shin
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Patent number: 11796599Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a voltage measurer for measuring a cell voltage of each of first to nth battery cells and a processor, wherein n is a natural number of 2 or greater. The processor determines an average cell voltage of each battery cell for a first rest period from a first time point to a second time point, based on the cell voltage of each battery cell measured a first number of times for the first rest period, determines an average cell voltage of each battery cell for a second rest period and diagnoses a fault of each battery cell based on the average cell voltage of each battery cell for the first rest period and the average cell voltage of each battery cell for the second rest period.Type: GrantFiled: September 28, 2020Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hyun-Chul Lee, Dong-Keun Kwon, Seung-Hyun Kim, An-Soo Kim, Sung-Yul Yoon
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Publication number: 20230288487Abstract: A lithium precipitation detecting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a measuring unit configured to calculate a charge amount of a battery in a charging process and calculate a discharge amount of the battery in a discharging process; and a control unit configured to estimate a state of charge (SOC) of the battery in the charging process and the discharging process and determine whether lithium precipitation occurs in the battery based on the estimated SOC, the charge amount and the discharge amount.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 1, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Seung-Hyun KIM, Hyun-Chul LEE, Dong-Keun KWON, An-Soo KIM, Chae-Bin SHIN
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Patent number: 11688893Abstract: The present invention includes providing a plurality of batteries connected to a power generation line connected to an external generator, measuring the temperature of a space in which the plurality of batteries are positioned, and controlling charging and discharging between the plurality of batteries according to the measured temperature so as to raise the temperature of the plurality of batteries, and the present invention can prevent a reduction in the temperature of the battery.Type: GrantFiled: November 16, 2018Date of Patent: June 27, 2023Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventor: Dong Keun Kwon
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Publication number: 20230148088Abstract: A battery management apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a state of health (SOH) calculating unit calculating an SOH of each of a plurality of battery cells and a balancing target determining unit selecting, as a second battery cell, a battery cell having a state of charge (SOC) difference from a first battery cell having a lowest SOC among the plurality of battery cells, the SOC difference being greater than or equal to a reference value, and determining a balancing target by comparing an SOH of the first battery cell with an SOH of the second battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2021Publication date: May 11, 2023Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hyun Chul LEE, Dong Keun KWON, Seung Hyun KIM, An Soo KIM, Chae Bin SHIN
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Patent number: 11567141Abstract: A battery pack according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a plurality of battery cells and a BMS for controlling the battery pack. The BMS may include a state-of-charge (SOC) calculation module for calculating a SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells included in the battery pack and a faulty battery cell detection unit for detecting at least one faulty battery cell on the basis of the calculated SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells.Type: GrantFiled: June 19, 2020Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: An Soo Kim, Dong Keun Kwon, Hyun Chul Lee, Sung Yul Yoon, Seung Hyun Kim, Jae Sung Im
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Patent number: 11509004Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module that has a filling portion transformed into a structure in which a battery cell is supported such that swelling pressure generated when swelling occurs is offset without an additional control, or a structure in which the battery cell is efficiently cooled.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: November 22, 2022Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Dong Keun Kwon, Yee Gahng Song
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Publication number: 20220317196Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery management system—and method for diagnosing abnormal deterioration of a battery cell, and provides the battery management system including an SOC calculation unit for calculating a state of charge (SOC) of a plurality of battery cells, a change amount calculation unit for calculating, for each of the plurality of battery cells, an SOC change amount that is a change amount of the calculated SOC during a preset period and an SOC change amount average that is an average of the SOC change amount of all the plurality of battery cells, and an abnormal deterioration diagnosis unit for diagnosing an abnormal deterioration of each of the plurality of battery cells using the SOC change amount and the SOC change amount average thereby accurately diagnosing abnormal deterioration of battery cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 24, 2020Publication date: October 6, 2022Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hyun Chul LEE, Dong Keun KWON, Sung Yul YOON, Seung Hyun KIM, An Soo KIM, Chae Bin SHIN
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Publication number: 20220229122Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus for diagnosing a battery including battery cells, the apparatus according to an embodiment may include a voltage measurer for measuring the voltage of each battery cell during a preset period of time, a voltage variation calculator for calculating an individual voltage variation of each battery cell during the preset period of time, an average voltage variation calculator for calculating an average voltage variation of the battery cells during the preset period of time, and an abnormality detector for determining that a voltage abnormality has occurred in at least one battery cell among the battery cells when a difference between the voltage variation of the at least one battery cell and the average voltage variation of the at least one battery cell is greater than a threshold value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2020Publication date: July 21, 2022Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hyun Chul LEE, Dong Keun KWON, Sung Yul YOON, Seung Hyun KIM, An Soo KIM
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Publication number: 20220221527Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a battery cell according to an embodiment may include a voltage measurer that measures a voltage of each battery cell of a battery module in a state of an open circuit voltage of a battery, a memory that stores the measured voltage at predetermined time intervals, and an abnormality detector that compares a current measured voltage with a measured voltage before a preset time for each battery cell and determines that an abnormality has occurred in a first battery cell among the battery cells when a difference between the current measured voltage of the at least one battery cell and the measured voltage of the at least one battery cell before the preset time exceeds a reference value.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2020Publication date: July 14, 2022Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sung Yul YOON, Dong Keun KWON, Hyun Chul LEE, Seung Hyun KIM, An Soo KIM
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Publication number: 20220196752Abstract: A battery diagnosis apparatus according to the present disclosure includes a voltage measurer for measuring a cell voltage of each of first to nth battery cells and a processor, wherein n is a natural number of 2 or greater. The processor determines an average cell voltage of each battery cell for a first rest period from a first time point to a second time point, based on the cell voltage of each battery cell measured a first number of times for the first rest period, determines an average cell voltage of each battery cell for a second rest period and diagnoses a fault of each battery cell based on the average cell voltage of each battery cell for the first rest period and the average cell voltage of each battery cell for the second rest period.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 28, 2020Publication date: June 23, 2022Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hyun-Chul LEE, Dong-Keun KWON, Seung-Hyun KIM, An-Soo KIM, Sung-Yul YOON
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Patent number: 11296366Abstract: An apparatus, a method and a battery pack for detecting a fault of at least one of first and second electrical conductors connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the battery, respectively. The apparatus includes a current sensor measuring a battery current, a voltage sensor measuring a voltage between the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor as a battery voltage, and a control unit. The control unit determines an idle voltage value indicating the battery voltage measured while charging and discharging of the battery is stopped. The control unit determines a diagnosis voltage value indicating the battery voltage measured while the battery is being charged or discharged. The control unit determines whether at least one of the first and second electrical conductors is faulty based on a difference between the idle voltage value and the diagnosis voltage value.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2020Date of Patent: April 5, 2022Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hyun-Chul Lee, Dong-Keun Kwon
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Publication number: 20200408849Abstract: A battery pack according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include a plurality of battery cells and a BMS for controlling the battery pack. The BMS may include a state-of-charge (SOC) calculation module for calculating a SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells included in the battery pack and a faulty battery cell detection unit for detecting at least one faulty battery cell on the basis of the calculated SOC of each of the plurality of battery cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 19, 2020Publication date: December 31, 2020Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: An Soo KIM, Dong Keun KWON, Hyun Chul LEE, Sung Yul YOON, Seung Hyun KIM, Jae Sung IM
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Publication number: 20200350641Abstract: An apparatus, a method and a battery pack for detecting a fault of at least one of first and second electrical conductors connected to a positive terminal and a negative terminal of the battery, respectively. The apparatus includes a current sensor measuring a battery current, a voltage sensor measuring a voltage between the first electrical conductor and the second electrical conductor as a battery voltage, and a control unit. The control unit determines an idle voltage value indicating the battery voltage measured while charging and discharging of the battery is stopped. The control unit determines a diagnosis voltage value indicating the battery voltage measured while the battery is being charged or discharged. The control unit determines whether at least one of the first and second electrical conductors is faulty based on a difference between the idle voltage value and the diagnosis voltage value.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2020Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Hyun-Chul LEE, Dong-Keun KWON
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Publication number: 20200328486Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module that has a filling portion transformed into a structure in which a battery cell is supported such that swelling pressure generated when swelling occurs is offset without an additional control, or a structure in which the battery cell is efficiently cooled.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2019Publication date: October 15, 2020Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Dong Keun KWON, Yee Gahng SONG