Patents by Inventor Gee Hwan Kim

Gee Hwan Kim 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: 20240170774
    Abstract: Secondary battery sealing equipment presses and seals a sealing portion of a pouch. The secondary battery sealing equipment including includes: a pair of sealing blocks and a gap adjustment device configured to adjust the gap between the pair of sealing blocks. The gap adjustment device includes: support pieces provided at respective ends of a first sealing block that presses one surface of the sealing portion of the pouch; and gap adjustment pieces rotatably coupled to respective ends of a second sealing block that presses the other surface of the sealing portion of the pouch. Each of the gap adjustment pieces is provided with a plurality of adjustment surfaces having different heights, and at least one of the plurality of adjustment surfaces is configured to engage a respective support pieces to adjust the gap between the pair of sealing blocks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2022
    Publication date: May 23, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eung Hyun Lee, Woong Gun Oh, Gee Hwan Kim, Sang Uk Yeo
  • Patent number: 11876162
    Abstract: A pouch forming method and a pouch forming device are provided. In particular, the pouch forming method for forming an accommodation part that accommodates an electrode assembly in a pouch sheet includes a seating process of seating the pouch sheet on a top surface of a lower die in which a forming groove is formed in an upper portion thereof. In a vacuum elongation process, a lower portion of the pouch sheet, in which the accommodation part is formed, is elongated by vacuum, and in an accommodation part formation process, the portion of the pouch sheet, which is elongated by the vacuum, is pressed by a punch disposed above the pouch sheet in a direction in which the forming groove is formed to form the accommodation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Inventors: Gee Hwan Kim, Sang Don Lee, Min Seung Choi, Sang Uk Yeo
  • Publication number: 20230286205
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a pouch curl prevention apparatus used in a pouch forming process, more particularly to a pouch curl prevention apparatus located at the rear of a pouch film forming apparatus. The pouch curl prevention apparatus includes an upper roller assembly including an upper roller unit having an upper roller and a lower roller assembly including a lower roller unit having a lower roller. The upper roller and the lower roller are located so as to face each other, and at least one of the upper roller and the lower roller is rotatable. The upper roller unit and the lower roller unit being arranged to receive a pouch film supplied from the pouch film forming apparatus therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gee Hwan Kim, Ho Young Park, Woong Gun Oh, Su Ho Jeon, Sang Uk Yeo
  • Publication number: 20230090480
    Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing a pouch-type battery case according to an embodiment may be configured to mold a pouch sheet. The apparatus for manufacturing the pouch-type battery case may include a forming device configured to mold a cup part in the pouch sheet, a first roller disposed behind the forming device in a moving direction of the pouch sheet and rotating in contact with one surface of the pouch sheet, and a second roller disposed to face the first roller with the pouch sheet therebetween and rotating in contact with the other surface opposite to the one surface of the pouch sheet. Any one of the first roller and the second roller may have an outer diameter that gradually decreases inward in a thickness direction, and the other one of the first roller and the second roller may have an outer diameter that gradually increases inward in the thickness direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2022
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Eok Lee, Gee Hwan Kim, Ho Young Park, Dae Kyu Kwak
  • Publication number: 20210242485
    Abstract: A pouch forming method and a pouch forming device are provided. In particular, the pouch forming method for forming an accommodation part that accommodates an electrode assembly in a pouch sheet includes a seating process of seating the pouch sheet on a top surface of a lower die in which a forming groove is formed in an upper portion thereof. In a vacuum elongation process, a lower portion of the pouch sheet, in which the accommodation part is formed, is elongated by vacuum, and in an accommodation part formation process, the portion of the pouch sheet, which is elongated by the vacuum, is pressed by a punch disposed above the pouch sheet in a direction in which the forming groove is formed to form the accommodation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Gee Hwan Kim, Sang Don Lee, Min Seung Choi, Sang Uk Yeo
  • Patent number: 11018368
    Abstract: A pouch forming method and a pouch forming device are provided. In particular, the pouch forming method for forming an accommodation part that accommodates an electrode assembly in a pouch sheet includes a seating process of seating the pouch sheet on a top surface of a lower die in which a forming groove is formed in an upper portion thereof. In a vacuum elongation process, a lower portion of the pouch sheet, in which the accommodation part is formed, is elongated by vacuum, and in an accommodation part formation process, the portion of the pouch sheet, which is elongated by the vacuum, is pressed by a punch disposed above the pouch sheet in a direction in which the forming groove is formed to form the accommodation part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Inventors: Gee Hwan Kim, Sang Don Lee, Min Seung Choi, Sang Uk Yeo
  • Patent number: 10749147
    Abstract: A pouch forming device is provided. The pouch forming device comprises a die member including a die on which a pouch film is disposed on a top surface thereof, in which a forming part is formed, and a die holder to which the die is fixed, a stripper member that presses and fixes the pouch film disposed on the die when descending and a first driving piece to move the stripper vertically, a punch member including a punch plate comprising a punch configured to be inserted into the forming part to form an electrode assembly accommodation part in the pouch film and a second driving piece to move the punch plate vertically, and a control member that controls the first driving piece to allow the stripper to ascend when the punch is inserted into the forming part to decrease a pressing force applied to the pouch film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Gee Hwan Kim, Sang Don Lee, Min Seung Choi, Sang Uk Yeo
  • Publication number: 20200168853
    Abstract: A pouch forming device is provided. The pouch forming device comprises a die member including a die on which a pouch film is disposed on a top surface thereof, in which a forming part is formed, and a die holder to which the die is fixed, a stripper member that presses and fixes the pouch film disposed on the die when descending and a first driving piece to move the stripper vertically, a punch member including a punch plate comprising a punch configured to be inserted into the forming part to form an electrode assembly accommodation part in the pouch film and a second driving piece to move the punch plate vertically, and a control member that controls the first driving piece to allow the stripper to ascend when the punch is inserted into the forming part to decrease a pressing force applied to the pouch film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Gee Hwan Kim, Sang Don Lee, Min Seung Choi, Sang Uk Yeo
  • Publication number: 20200153025
    Abstract: A pouch forming method and a pouch forming device are provided. In particular, the pouch forming method for forming an accommodation part that accommodates an electrode assembly in a pouch sheet includes a seating process of seating the pouch sheet on a top surface of a lower die in which a forming groove is formed in an upper portion thereof. In a vacuum elongation process, a lower portion of the pouch sheet, in which the accommodation part is formed, is elongated by vacuum, and in an accommodation part formation process, the portion of the pouch sheet, which is elongated by the vacuum, is pressed by a punch disposed above the pouch sheet in a direction in which the forming groove is formed to form the accommodation part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Inventors: Gee Hwan Kim, Sang Don Lee, Min Seung Choi, Sang Uk Yeo