Patents by Inventor Dong Wan KO

Dong Wan KO 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: 20220102032
    Abstract: A shunt resistor module, which includes a shunt resistor having a resistor unit having a predetermined resistance, plate-shaped terminal units respectively configured to extend at both sides of the resistor unit, and a voltage measurement lead pin configured to protrude perpendicular to the terminal unit and having an end portion bent to be parallel to the terminal unit, and a PCB substrate having an assembly guide portion formed to be cut inward by a predetermined depth from an outermost side thereof. The voltage measurement lead pin is fit into the assembly guide portion so that the resistor unit and the terminal unit are placed on a front surface of the PCB substrate and the end portion of the voltage measurement lead pin is caught at a rear surface of the PCB substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Wan Ko
  • Publication number: 20220094109
    Abstract: A connector integrated with a protection element, which includes a connector housing; first terminals disposed in an inner space of the connector housing; second terminals configured to extend from the inside of the connector housing to the outside of the connector housing in a state of being separated from the first terminals and be soldered to the PCB; and a protection element configured to electrically connect the first terminals and the second terminals and mounted to one side of the connector housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2020
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Wan KO
  • Publication number: 20220037708
    Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one battery cell, an optical fiber sensing unit including a plate-type detection unit made of optical fibers horizontally and vertically arranged in a grid form. The plate-type detection unit is deformed by deformation of the at least one battery cell, a photoresistor to collect light reflected from the optical fiber sensing unit, and a controller configured to determine if swelling occurred in the at least one battery cell based on a resistance value with a change in an amount of light collected by the photoresistor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Young LEE, Dong-Wan KO, Do-Yul KIM
  • Patent number: 11196211
    Abstract: A connector assembly including a plurality of female connectors respectively having a predetermined number of pins, and at least one male connector having a plug terminal contacting the pin and coupled with the plurality of female connectors. The plurality of female connectors are provided to be assembled with each other along one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventor: Dong-Wan Ko
  • Patent number: 11043774
    Abstract: A male connector, which is connected to or disconnected from a female connector, and includes a male connector housing, male connector pins disposed in an inner space of the male connector housing, and a ground connection member having one side connected to the male connector pins and the other side connected to an inner wall of the male connector housing, wherein the ground connection member is provided in plural, and wherein the plurality of ground connection members are respectively connected to the male connector pins in one-to-one relationship and are detachably connected to the male connector pins, respectively, at positions spaced from front ends of the male connector pins by predetermined distances such that the plurality of ground connection members are separated in sequence from the male connector pin by the female connector according to a depth by which the female connector is inserted into the male connector housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Dong-Wan Ko, Ki-Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20210083431
    Abstract: A male connector, which is connected to or disconnected from a female connector, and includes a male connector housing, male connector pins disposed in an inner space of the male connector housing, and a ground connection member having one side connected to the male connector pins and the other side connected to an inner wall of the male connector housing, wherein the ground connection member is provided in plural, and wherein the plurality of ground connection members are respectively connected to the male connector pins in one-to-one relationship and are detachably connected to the male connector pins, respectively, at positions spaced from front ends of the male connector pins by predetermined distances such that the plurality of ground connection members are separated in sequence from the male connector pin by the female connector according to a depth by which the female connector is inserted into the male connector housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2019
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong-Wan Ko, Ki-Young Lee
  • Publication number: 20210033483
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting coolant leakage that can accurately detect the coolant leakage height in the process of detecting coolant leakage in the event of coolant leakage in a battery pack. The apparatus can detect leakage of a coolant flowing through a battery, and includes a detection resistor unit provided in the battery pack and including a resistor, the detection resistor unit configured such that the resistor is disposed at different heights from a lower end of the battery pack toward an upper end of the battery pack and the resistor comes into contact with the coolant, a power supply unit configured to supply power to the detection resistor unit, and a detection unit configured to connect to the detection resistor unit, and detect whether the coolant leaks and the coolant leakage height based on an electrical signal received from the detection resistor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Wan Ko
  • Publication number: 20200266573
    Abstract: A connector assembly including a plurality of female connectors respectively having a predetermined number of pins, and at least one male connector having a plug terminal contacting the pin and coupled with the plurality of female connectors. The plurality of female connectors are provided to be assembled with each other along one direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Wan Ko
  • Publication number: 20200122590
    Abstract: An auxiliary battery storage device stores an auxiliary battery that is used for performing cell balancing to a main battery adopted in an electric vehicle or supplying power to the main battery having low state of charge (SOC). The auxiliary battery storage device includes a case body formed in a box shape with a top portion that is open and an inner space in which the auxiliary battery is stored; a case body cover coupled to the case body to open or close the top portion of the case body; a terminal connection member fixed to an inner surface of the case body cover to contact a power terminal of the auxiliary battery when the top portion of the case body is closed by the case body cover; and a power cable configured to extend from the terminal connection member to the main battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2019
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventor: Dong-Wan KO
  • Publication number: 20190393561
    Abstract: A customized battery management system (BMS) module, in which the BMS is separated into parts based on a function and is designed in advance, and a BMS part is selected and is mounted on a substrate so as to correspond to a separate BMS design request, without differently designing the BMS in accordance with different component specifications each time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2018
    Publication date: December 26, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Wan KO, Ki Young LEE