Patents by Inventor Duck-Hee MOON

Duck-Hee MOON 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: 11524394
    Abstract: Disclosed is a disassembling tool for a secondary battery. The disassembling tool includes a first rotation member configured to be rotatable and to allow a nut to be coupled thereto; a connection shaft coupled to the first rotation member; a second rotation member coupled to the connection shaft to transmit a rotational force to the connection shaft; and a housing, in which the connection shaft is disposed. The housing is inclined with respect to a virtual horizontal line parallel to a ground surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTIONS, LTD.
    Inventors: Duck-Hee Moon, Do-Hyeon Kim, Sung-Chun Yu, Tae-Young Kang
  • Patent number: 11374277
    Abstract: A secondary battery pack according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a cell assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries; a pack case having an internal space for accommodating the cell assembly; an electrode terminal connected to the cell assembly and protruding to the outside of the pack case; and a terminal cover configured to cover an upper portion and partial side surfaces of the electrode terminal, and to be detachable from the pack case by including a hooking protrusion that is hook-coupled to and released from a stopper that is provided in the pack case. In particular, the terminal cover further includes a jig hole configured to allow a cover separating jig to be inserted from outside to inside, and the hooking protrusion is provided at an internal area of the terminal cover to be released from the stopper when the cover separating jig inserted through the jig hole pushes the hooking protrusion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Do-Hyeon Kim, Tae-Young Kang, Hwa-Joong Kim, Duck-Hee Moon, Jun-Yeob Seong
  • Patent number: 11367929
    Abstract: An electrical assembly includes a plate unit disposed on a battery module, at least one electrical equipment loaded on the plate unit, and a pack terminal loaded on the plate unit. The pack terminal includes a terminal bolt configured to be contacted and connected to a connector of an external device; and a nut configured to be fastened to the terminal bolt. The electrical assembly further includes at least one bus bar loaded on the plate unit and configured to electrically connect the pack terminal to a module terminal of the battery module. At a side portion of the plate unit, an insert portion that is open to allow the nut to be inserted therein is formed, and a slot portion is formed to fix the nut inserted through the insert portion at a predetermined position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Do-Hyeon Kim, Tae-Young Kang, Duck-Hee Moon, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu
  • Publication number: 20210391632
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module having electrode terminals; a battery module frame accommodating the battery module; an upper housing including at least one through opening and covering an upper portion of the battery module frame; a busbar positioned at an upper portion of the battery module frame and connected to the electrode leads of the battery module; an internal bolt positioned at an upper portion of the battery module frame, protruding upward through the through opening and connected to the busbar; and a terminal passing through the through opening to be connected to the busbar and the internal bolt, wherein the terminal includes a nut-shaped fastening part which is fastened with the internal bolt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Do Hyeon KIM, Duck Hee MOON, Yongjoon CHOI, Subin PARK
  • Publication number: 20200230788
    Abstract: Disclosed is a disassembling tool for a secondary battery. The disassembling tool includes a first rotation member configured to be rotatable and to allow a nut to be coupled thereto; a connection shaft coupled to the first rotation member; a second rotation member coupled to the connection shaft to transmit a rotational force to the connection shaft; and a housing, in which the connection shaft is disposed. The housing is inclined with respect to a virtual horizontal line parallel to a ground surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2018
    Publication date: July 23, 2020
    Inventors: Duck-Hee Moon, Do-Hyeon Kim, Sung-Chun Yu, Tae-Young Kang
  • Publication number: 20200168879
    Abstract: An electrical assembly includes a plate unit disposed on a battery module, at least one electrical equipment loaded on the plate unit, and a pack terminal loaded on the plate unit. The pack terminal includes a terminal bolt configured to be contacted and connected to a connector of an external device; and a nut configured to be fastened to the terminal bolt. The electrical assembly further includes at least one bus bar loaded on the plate unit and configured to electrically connect the pack terminal to a module terminal of the battery module. At a side portion of the plate unit, an insert portion that is open to allow the nut to be inserted therein is formed, and a slot portion is formed to fix the nut inserted through the insert portion at a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Do-Hyeon Kim, Tae-Young Kang, Duck-Hee Moon, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu
  • Patent number: 10644276
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery module capable of stably maintaining contact of electrode leads while having a simple structure and high assemblability.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Joon Choi, Tae-Young Kang, Do-Hyeon Kim, Hwa-Joong Kim, Duck-Hee Moon, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu
  • Patent number: 10637111
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module having improved sealing properties of a cooling duct. The battery module includes a battery stack, in which an inlet of an air flow path is opened at one side and an outlet of the air flow path is opened at another side, and a plurality of cooling ducts combined to two side portions of the battery stack to respectively communicate with the inlet of the air flow path and the outlet of the air flow path. At least one of the plurality of cooling ducts includes a plug accommodating part defining a through hole, and a harness accommodating plug air-tightly inserted into the through hole and having a plurality of wire accommodating holes. The harness accommodating plug passes a wire of the internal harness or a wire of the external harness through the wire accommodating hole. The internal harness and the external harness are electrically combined around the harness accommodating plug.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Joon Choi, Ki-Youn Kim, Duck-Hee Moon, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu, Gang-U Lee, Jung-Hang Lee, Sang-Yoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 10608296
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module suitable for cooling battery cells between battery cartridges within a short period of time by including cooling ducts at side portions of the battery cartridges to restrict inflow of air from the cooling ducts to air paths of the battery cartridges. The battery module includes: a battery stack including battery cartridges having air induction holes protruding from grooves at side surfaces of the battery cartridges and air paths communicating with the air induction holes, at least one battery cell alternately stacked with the battery cartridges; a sealing member including an outer sealing frame and sealing ribs located in the grooves of the battery stack, and middle sealing frames located between the air induction holes; and a cooling duct including a groove portion covering the grooves and accommodating the outer sealing frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Gang-U Lee, Ki-Youn Kim, Duck-Hee Moon, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu, Jung-Hang Lee, Sang-Yoon Jeong, Yong-Joon Choi
  • Patent number: 10461286
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a battery pack suitable for improving cooling efficiency of a cooling duct for battery cells in a battery module by reducing a sealing area between a lower case and an upper case configured to fully surround the battery module. The battery pack according to the present disclosure includes a battery module including battery cells sequentially stacked and a cooling duct located on side of the battery cells; a lower case configured to load the battery module and the cooling duct therein; and an upper case coupled to the lower case so as to cover the battery module and the cooling duct, the upper case having a vent structure on the cooling duct. The vent structure has, on the cooling duct, an inner air passage unit opened at a sidewall of the upper case, and an outer air passage unit inserted into the inner air passage unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Gang-U Lee, Sang-Yoon Jeong, Jun-Yeob Seong, Ki-Youn Kim, Sung-Chun Yu, Duck-Hee Moon, Jung-Hang Lee, Yong-Joon Choi
  • Patent number: 10446812
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery pack having improved assemblability, processability, and durability, and configured to stably maintain a stack of cartridges. According to an aspect of the present disclosure, the battery pack includes: vertically arranged secondary cells each including an electrode assembly, an electrolyte, and a pouch-type case; vertically stacked cartridges accommodating the secondary cells in inner spaces thereof and including coupling holes; a lower end plate including a plate-shaped metallic material and placed on a lower portion of a stack of the secondary cells and the cartridges; a first fastening member fixed to the lower end plate; and a second fastening member having an elongated shape so as to stand on the lower end plate in a direction perpendicular to the lower end plate, a lower end portion of the second fastening member coupled to the first fastening member, the second fastening member being inserted through coupling holes of the cartridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Youn Kim, Duck-Hee Moon, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu, Gang-U Lee, Jung-Hang Lee, Sang-Yoon Jeong, Yong-Joon Choi
  • Patent number: 10403876
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode lead connecting structure capable of simplifying an assembly process of busbars by integrating sensing and electrode busbars, and of minimizing worker's mistakes during the assembly process by almost horizontally arranging busbars on a printed circuit board for each level, a battery module including the electrode lead connecting structure, and a battery pack including the battery module. An electrode lead connecting structure according to the present disclosure includes a printed circuit board, first and second electrode-integrated sensing busbars provided at a lowest level of one side edge of the printed circuit board and at a highest level of an opposite side edge of the printed circuit board, respectively, a first sensing busbar group located on the first L-shaped end strip busbar at the one side edge, and a second sensing busbar group located under the second L-shaped end strip busbar at the opposite side edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Joon Choi, Ki-Youn Kim, Duck-Hee Moon, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu, Gang-U Lee, Jung-Hang Lee, Sang-Yoon Jeong
  • Patent number: 10396325
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module, which includes: a housing including a first housing and a second housing, which are coupled to each other to form a accommodation space; a plurality of secondary batteries accommodated in the accommodation space; a bolt including a screw portion, which has screw threads formed on at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a bolt head arranged at an end of the screw portion, the bolt being configured to fasten the first housing and the second housing to each other by being mounted such that the screw portion penetrates the first housing to be screw-coupled to the second housing, and that the bolt head is caught by the first housing; and an O-ring mounted to be interposed between the first housing and the bolt head, wherein the O-ring includes: a hollow pierced such that the screw portion is inserted therein; and a recognition protrusion formed to protrude in a radial direction of the bolt head as compared with the bolt head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hwa-Joong Kim, Tae-Young Kang, Do-Hyeon Kim, Duck-Hee Moon, Jun-Yeob Seong
  • Publication number: 20190189979
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery module capable of stably maintaining contact of electrode leads while having a simple structure and high assemblability.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2017
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Joon CHOI, Tae-Young KANG, Do-Hyeon KIM, Hwa-Joong KIM, Duck-Hee MOON, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Sung-Chun YU
  • Patent number: 10297801
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery pack having improved assemblability, processability, and productivity, and configured to reduce manufacturing costs and enhance the scalability and durability of a pack case. The battery pack includes: a cell assembly including a plurality of secondary cells and a plurality of cartridges, the cartridges being configured to be stacked on one another and to accommodate the secondary cells while surrounding outer circumferential portions of the secondary cells from outsides of the secondary cells; a lower housing having an empty inner space to accommodate the cell assembly in the inner space, the lower housing being opened on an upper side thereof; a lower end plate including a plate-shaped metallic material and placed in surface contact with a lower surface of the lower housing; and a lower cover placed on a lower portion of the lower end plate to cover the lower end plate, the lower cover being fixedly coupled to the lower housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Youn Kim, Duck-Hee Moon, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu, Gang-U Lee, Jung-Hang Lee, Sang-Yoon Jeong, Yong-Joon Choi
  • Publication number: 20180175342
    Abstract: A secondary battery pack according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes: a cell assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries; a pack case having an internal space for accommodating the cell assembly; an electrode terminal connected to the cell assembly and protruding to the outside of the pack case; and a terminal cover configured to cover an upper portion and partial side surfaces of the electrode terminal, and to be detachable from the pack case by including a hooking protrusion that is hook-coupled to and released from a stopper that is provided in the pack case. In particular, the terminal cover further includes a jig hole configured to allow a cover separating jig to be inserted from outside to inside, and the hooking protrusion is provided at an internal area of the terminal cover to be released from the stopper when the cover separating jig inserted through the jig hole pushes the hooking protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Do-Hyeon KIM, Tae-Young KANG, Hwa-Joong KIM, Duck-Hee MOON, Jun-Yeob SEONG
  • Publication number: 20180175351
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module, which includes: a housing including a first housing and a second housing, which are coupled to each other to form a accommodation space; a plurality of secondary batteries accommodated in the accommodation space; a bolt including a screw portion, which has screw threads formed on at least a portion of an outer circumferential surface thereof, and a bolt head arranged at an end of the screw portion, the bolt being configured to fasten the first housing and the second housing to each other by being mounted such that the screw portion penetrates the first housing to be screw-coupled to the second housing, and that the bolt head is caught by the first housing; and an O-ring mounted to be interposed between the first housing and the bolt head, wherein the O-ring includes: a hollow pierced such that the screw portion is inserted therein; and a recognition protrusion formed to protrude in a radial direction of the bolt head as compared with the bolt head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hwa-Joong KIM, Tae-Young KANG, Do-Hyeon KIM, Duck-Hee MOON, Jun-Yeob SEONG
  • Publication number: 20180175465
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module having improved sealing properties of a cooling duct. The battery module includes a battery stack, in which an inlet of an air flow path is opened at one side and an outlet of the air flow path is opened at another side, and a plurality of cooling ducts combined to two side portions of the battery stack to respectively communicate with the inlet of the air flow path and the outlet of the air flow path. At least one of the plurality of cooling ducts includes a plug accommodating part defining a through hole, and a harness accommodating plug air-tightly inserted into the through hole and having a plurality of wire accommodating holes. The harness accommodating plug passes a wire of the internal harness or a wire of the external harness through the wire accommodating hole. The internal harness and the external harness are electrically combined around the harness accommodating plug.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Joon CHOI, Ki-Youn KIM, Duck-Hee MOON, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Sung-Chun YU, Gang-U LEE, Jung-Hang LEE, Sang-Yoon JEONG
  • Publication number: 20180138562
    Abstract: Provided is a battery module suitable for cooling battery cells between battery cartridges within a short period of time by including cooling ducts at side portions of the battery cartridges to restrict inflow of air from the cooling ducts to air paths of the battery cartridges. The battery module includes: a battery stack including battery cartridges having air induction holes protruding from grooves at side surfaces of the battery cartridges and air paths communicating with the air induction holes, at least one battery cell alternately stacked with the battery cartridges; a sealing member including an outer sealing frame and sealing ribs located in the grooves of the battery stack, and middle sealing frames located between the air induction holes; and a cooling duct including a groove portion covering the grooves and accommodating the outer sealing frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Gang-U LEE, Ki-Youn KIM, Duck-Hee MOON, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Sung-Chun YU, Jung-Hang LEE, Sang-Yoon JEONG, Yong-Joon CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180138484
    Abstract: Disclosed are an electrode lead connecting structure capable of simplifying an assembly process of busbars by integrating sensing and electrode busbars, and of minimizing worker's mistakes during the assembly process by almost horizontally arranging busbars on a printed circuit board for each level, a battery module including the electrode lead connecting structure, and a battery pack including the battery module. An electrode lead connecting structure according to the present disclosure includes a printed circuit board, first and second electrode-integrated sensing busbars provided at a lowest level of one side edge of the printed circuit board and at a highest level of an opposite side edge of the printed circuit board, respectively, a first sensing busbar group located on the first L-shaped end strip busbar at the one side edge, and a second sensing busbar group located under the second L-shaped end strip busbar at the opposite side edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Joon CHOI, Ki-Youn KIM, Duck-Hee MOON, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Sung-Chun YU, Gang-U LEE, Jung-Hang LEE, Sang-Yoon JEONG