Patents by Inventor Geon-Ki Kim
Geon-Ki 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).
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Publication number: 20240154252Abstract: A secondary battery includes a cylindrical case; an electrode assembly accommodated in the case and including a first electrode plate, a second electrode plate, and a separator, the electrode assembly being wound such that the first electrode plate is arranged at an outermost side and is in contact with the case; a cap assembly coupled to the case and electrically connected to the second electrode plate; and a first swelling tape attached to an inner surface of the first electrode plate in a state in which the electrode assembly is wound, the first swelling tape having a multi-layer structure. The swelling tape may be applied to a base material finishing portion of the electrode assembly to improve quality distribution of the base material finishing structure due to long-diameter distribution. In addition, a swelling effect may be improved through the multi-layer swelling tape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2023Publication date: May 9, 2024Inventors: Geon Kyu SUNG, Hyun Ki JUNG, Dae Kyu KIM, Ho Jae LEE, Dong Jin AN, Byoung Hwi LIM
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Publication number: 20240136674Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes a first active material portion coated with an active material layer and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer along a winding direction. At least a part of the first uncoated portion is defined as an electrode tab by itself. The first uncoated portion includes a first portion adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second portion adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third portion interposed between the first portion and the second portion. The first portion or the second portion has a smaller height than the third portion in the winding axis direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Jong-Sik PARK, Jae-Won LIM, Yu-Sung CHOE, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Pil-Kyu PARK, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Hae-Jin LIM, Min-Ki JO, Su-Ji CHOI, Bo-Hyun KANG, Jae-Woong KIM, Ji-Min JUNG, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI
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Publication number: 20240136664Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode, the second electrode and the separator being wound around a winding axis to define a core and an outer peripheral surface. The first electrode and the second electrode include a first uncoated region and a second uncoated region along a winding direction, respectively, and an active material layer coating is absent in the first uncoated region and the second uncoated region. The battery further includes a housing receiving the electrode assembly through an opening formed at a bottom, a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and disposed within the housing, a cap covering the opening, a spacer interposed between the cap and the electrode assembly to fix the electrode assembly and seal the housing, and a terminal electrically connected to the second uncoated region.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Min-Ki JO, Bo-Hyun KANG, Do-Gyun KIM, Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Hae-Jin LIM, Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG, Geon-Woo MIN, Jae-Woong KIM
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Publication number: 20240136650Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly defining a core and an outer circumference by winding a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween around a winding center, each of the first electrode and the second electrode includes a first uncoated portion and a second uncoated portion on which an active material layer is not coated along the winding direction; a battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly through an opening formed on one side thereof; a cap including a venting portion, covering the opening, and electrically connected to the battery housing and the first uncoated portion; and a battery terminal penetrating one surface of the battery housing and electrically connected to the second uncoated portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: April 25, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Min-Ki JO, Bo-Hyun KANG, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Jae-Woong KIM
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Publication number: 20240128605Abstract: Provided are an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and vehicle including the same. An electrode assembly, in which a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound about an axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface. At least one of the first electrode and the second electrode includes, at a long side end portion, an uncoated portion exposed beyond the separator in a direction of the axis. At least a part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to define a bent surface region having overlapping layers of the uncoated portion. The bent surface region includes a welding target region having a number of the overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and the welding target region extends along a radial direction of the electrode assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Min-Woo KIM, Do-Gyun KIM, Kyung-Wook CHO, Geon-Woo MIN, Min-Ki JO, Jae-Woong KIM, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Hae-Jin LIM, Su-Ji CHOI, Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG
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Publication number: 20240128608Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first uncoated region and a second uncoated region; a battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly and electrically connected to the second uncoated region; a cap to cover an open portion on bottom of the battery housing; a first electrode terminal passing through a partially closed portion of the battery housing and being electrically isolated from the battery housing; and a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and connected to the first electrode terminal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Bo-Hyun KANG, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Min-Ki JO, Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Jae-Woong KIM, Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG
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Publication number: 20240128590Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode wound around a winding axis to define a core and an outer circumferential surface, the first electrode including a first uncoated region in which an active material layer is not coated along a winding direction; a housing accommodating the electrode assembly through an open portion at a lower end thereof; a first current collector coupled to the first uncoated region and disposed in the housing; a cap to cover the open portion; and a spacer between the first current collector and the cap and having a height corresponding to a distance between the first current collector and the cap.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 18, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Geon-Woo MIN, Hae-Jin LIM, Do-Gyun KIM, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Min-Ki JO, Bo-Hyun KANG, Su-Ji CHOI, Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG
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Publication number: 20240128517Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: April 18, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Hae-Jin LIM, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Do-Gyun KIM, Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Geon-Woo MIN, Min-Ki JO, Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG, Jae-Woong KIM, Jong-Sik PARK, Yu-Sung CHOE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Bo-Hyun KANG, Pil-Kyu PARK
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Publication number: 20240113402Abstract: A cylindrical battery cell includes a jelly-roll having a first electrode tab protruding upward and a second electrode tab protruding downward, a battery can configured to accommodate the jelly-roll through a top opening and electrically connected to the second electrode tab, a first current collecting plate coupled to the first electrode tab at an upper portion of the jelly-roll, an insulating shrink tube having a first cover portion for covering at least a part of the first current collecting plate and a second cover portion for covering a top end of an outer circumference of the jelly-roll, and a top cap electrically connected to the first current collecting plate and configured to cover the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 8, 2022Publication date: April 4, 2024Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Min-Ki JO, Bo-Hyun KANG, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO
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Patent number: 9835393Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for circulating balls. An embodiment of the present invention includes: a circulation path for circulating balls and fluid, the circulation path comprising a cooling water tube of a heat exchange unit; a pump arranged in the circulation path for pumping the balls and fluid; and a counter for counting the time and the number of the balls in relation to the circulation of the balls.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2013Date of Patent: December 5, 2017Assignee: Jeongwoo Industrial Machine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong-Peel Lim, Sang-Phil Chu, Geon-Ki Kim, Sung-Chul La, Jong-Keun Choi
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Publication number: 20150247687Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus for circulating balls. An embodiment of the present invention includes: a circulation path for circulating balls and fluid, the circulation path comprising a cooling water tube of a heat exchange unit; a pump arranged in the circulation path for pumping the balls and fluid; and a counter for counting the time and the number of the balls in relation to the circulation of the balls.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2013Publication date: September 3, 2015Applicant: Jeongwoo Industrial Machine Co., Ltd.Inventors: Jong-Peel Lim, Sang-Phil Chu, Geon-Ki Kim, Sung-Chul La, Jong-Keun Choi