Patents by Inventor Gun Woo Ko

Gun Woo 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).

  • Patent number: 12365229
    Abstract: A vehicle battery assembly mounting structure includes: a mounting bushing provided in a battery assembly to form a space, the space allowing movement in a vertical direction; a fastening bolt disposed to vertically penetrate the space formed by the mounting bushing; and a sleeve assembly. The sleeve assembly is configured to guide the fastening bolt, to elastically prevent the fastening bolt from being separated from the mounting bushing and to elastically support the fastening bolt with respect to the mounting bushing to allow the fastening bolt to move in the mounting bushing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyeon Su Jin, Gyung Hoon Shin, Gun Woo Ko
  • Publication number: 20250202010
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery sub-pack including a battery stack including a structure in which a plurality of batteries including electrodes and separators is stacked in one direction, and an endplate portion tightly attached to the battery stack, an extension member provided to be tightly attached to the endplate portion, and a tray portion accommodating the battery sub-pack and the extension member, in which the endplate portion, the extension member, and the tray portion are fixedly coupled to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Mo KIM, Jong Gyu PARK, Gun Woo KO, Chan Sol KIM
  • Publication number: 20250202009
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module, an end plate located on one side of the battery module in a first direction, that presses the battery module, and defining an extension space extending a second direction crossing the first direction in an interior thereof, and a reinforcement member extending in the second direction, and into which the extension space is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Mo KIM, Gun Woo Ko
  • Publication number: 20250158159
    Abstract: An embodiment battery system includes a cooling block disposed under a battery pack and a cooling passage that defines a path through which coolant flows by connecting a first passage in the cooling block to second passages in first members disposed on left and right sides of the battery pack and a third passage in a second member disposed at a middle of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon Shin, Jong Gyu Park, Gun Woo Ko, Chan Sol Kim
  • Publication number: 20250149706
    Abstract: A battery pack structure for a vehicle includes a outer member having as elongated shape and positioned along an outer part of a battery casing, the outer member having a hollow cross section, and a member reinforcement part provided at a partial section of the outer member and formed by filling a structural foam into a hollow part in the section of the outer member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon Shin, Jong Gyu Park, Gun Woo Ko, Hae Woong Jung
  • Publication number: 20250149715
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery casing having a bottom surface on which a cooling channel is provided. A plurality of fastening grooves is formed by recessing the bottom surface at a plurality of points thereon. The battery assembly also includes a battery module. A lower surface of the battery module is seated on the bottom surface of the battery casing. A plurality of coupling units is provided on an edge of the lower surface at a plurality of points thereon. The coupling units are positioned to protrude toward the bottom surface in such a manner as to correspond to the plurality of fastening grooves. When the battery module is seated on the battery casing, respective ones of the coupling units are inserted into respective ones of the fastening grooves, thereby being fastened thereto and keeping the lower surface in contact with the cooling channel on the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Mo Kim, Gun Woo Ko
  • Publication number: 20250132447
    Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle includes a lower casing in which a plurality of battery modules is seated, and a crossing member disposed to cross the lower casing along a widthwise direction between the battery modules seated to be adjacent in a lengthwise direction, being in close contact with end plates of the battery modules, lateral sides of which face each other, and being fastened to the lower casing together with a pair of end plates disposed at both lateral sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Kyung Mo KIM, Gun Woo KO
  • Publication number: 20250121889
    Abstract: An electric vehicle structure includes side sills disposed on both sides of a vehicle body, a floor panel fixed at both side ends thereof to the side sills, a battery tray coupled to the lower sides of the side sills to define a battery accommodation space together with the floor panel, an integrated-battery front cross member elongated in the lateral direction of the vehicle body so as to be coupled at both ends thereof to the side sills and to interconnect the front side of the battery tray and the floor panel, and a dash cross member connected to the floor panel and the front upper side of the integrated-battery front cross member and elongated in the lateral direction of the vehicle body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Seung Min Jeong, Gun Woo Ko
  • Publication number: 20250125475
    Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle includes a lower casing in which a terminal part of a battery module and a terminal part of another battery module adjust to each other in a width direction face each other and a plurality of battery modules are placed to be sequential in a longitudinal direction, a first cross member crossing the lower casing in the width direction and inserted between battery modules among the plurality of battery modules, which are placed adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction, and a second cross member crossing the lower casing in the longitudinal direction, fastened to an upper end of the first cross member so as to be provided between battery modules among the plurality of battery modules, which are arranged adjacent to each other in the width direction, and electrically connected to the terminal part of the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Kyung Mo Kim, Gun Woo Ko
  • Publication number: 20250079564
    Abstract: A cooling module includes a fixing plate disposed on a lower side of the battery module, and including a plurality of cooling water channels extending in a first direction, and spaced apart from each other in a second direction, which is perpendicular to the first direction, and a distribution manifold disposed on an outer side of the fixing plate, and communicating the cooling water channels such that the plurality of cooling water channels form flow of cooling water along the first direction and flow of the cooling water along an opposite direction to the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Mo Kim, Gun Woo Ko
  • Patent number: 12198646
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a pixel emitting light, a light blocking layer blocking light, a first pixel row comprising a first pixel group and a second pixel group in a first direction in a plan view, and a second pixel row in a second direction that intersects the first direction and comprising a third pixel group and a fourth pixel group in the first direction. The first pixel group includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel in a third direction from the first sub-pixel, the third direction intersecting the first direction, and a third sub-pixel in the first direction from the first sub-pixel. The third pixel group may include a sixth sub-pixel, a seventh sub-pixel in the third direction from the sixth sub-pixel, and an eighth sub-pixel in the first direction from the sixth sub-pixel. The third pixel group may be surrounded by the light blocking layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Wook Kim, Chi Wook An, Gun Woo Ko, Soon Il Jung, Mi Ran Ji
  • Publication number: 20240387915
    Abstract: A stackable battery includes: a plurality of battery cases, each including a battery module therein, and stacked in a height direction of a vehicle; and a plurality of through-pipes provided in each battery case and configured to pass through the battery case in a vertical direction. The through-pipes are in the shape of pipes extending in the vertical direction and are provided in each battery case arranged together in the vertical direction. The stackable battery further includes at least one support member passing through the plurality of through-pipes in the vertical direction and supporting an upper battery case among the plurality of battery cases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gun Woo Ko, Se Gi Kang, Gyung Hoon Shin, Jong Wook Lee
  • Publication number: 20240387905
    Abstract: An embodiment battery case includes a lower part defining a bottom surface of the battery case, wherein the lower part is configured to have a battery module mounted thereon, is extruded and molded in a width direction of a vehicle, and comprises a cooling channel extending in the width direction of the vehicle, the cooling channel being configured to allow a cooling medium to flow therethrough, and a first side part coupled to an edge of the lower part to define a side of the battery case, wherein the first side part is extruded and molded in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and wherein the first side part includes an inlet/outlet channel extending in the longitudinal direction of the vehicle, the inlet/outlet channel being configured to allow the cooling medium to flow therethrough and a connection channel connecting the inlet/outlet channel and the cooling channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 21, 2024
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon Shin, Gun Woo Ko
  • Publication number: 20240375501
    Abstract: A battery case includes a floor panel of a vehicle, which forms a floor of a body of the vehicle and at the same time, forms an upper panel of a battery case, a side sill positioned at opposite sides of the floor panel, extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle, and extending downwardly from the floor panel in a height direction, and front and rear barriers extending downwardly from a front portion and a rear portion of the floor panel connected to the side sill to form a sidewall portion of the battery case together with the side sill by being connected to the side sill.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2023
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Seung Min JEONG, Gun Woo KO, Joo Nam KIM, Jong Wook LEE
  • Publication number: 20240222553
    Abstract: A display device includes pixel electrodes, a pixel defining film and including pixel openings, an encapsulation layer on the pixel electrodes and the pixel defining film, a sensing electrode on the encapsulation layer, a first insulating layer on the sensing electrode and including openings respectively overlapping the pixel openings, and a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer and having a higher refractive index than the first insulating layer, and each of the openings of the first insulating layer includes a main portion including a side and a chamfer portion and an extension protruding from the main portion, and a value obtained by subtracting a width of the extension from a length of a side of the main portion is 2A, and a length of the chamfer portion is B, has a value of 2A/B in a range of about 1 to about 15.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Gun Woo KO, Changwook KIM, Jung-Hyun CHO, Heung Shik PARK
  • Publication number: 20240059134
    Abstract: A battery assembly mounting structure for a vehicle includes: a through pipe provided in a battery assembly such that a space vertically passing through the battery assembly is formed in an inner portion of the battery assembly, a swappable assembly coupled to an inner portion of the through pipe by an elastic force, and a fastening bolt which passes through an inner portion of the swappable assembly and is coupled to a vehicle body positioned at an upper side of the fastening bolt such that a fastening pressure is applied to a lower end of the through pipe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon Shin, Jong Wook Lee, Gun Woo Ko
  • Publication number: 20240040890
    Abstract: A display device includes pixel electrodes disposed on a substrate; a pixel defining layer disposed on the pixel electrodes that include pixel openings overlapping the pixel electrodes in a plan view, respectively; an encapsulation layer disposed on the pixel electrodes and the pixel defining layer; a sensing electrode disposed on the encapsulation layer; a first insulating layer disposed on the sensing electrode that has openings overlapping the pixel openings in a plan view, respectively; and a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer that has a higher refractive index than a refractive index of the first insulating layer, and each of the openings of the first insulating layer includes at least one protruding extension, and protruding directions of the at least one protruding extension formed in each of the openings include at least eight directions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hyun CHO, Gun Woo KO, Chi Wook AN, Beohm Rock CHOI
  • Publication number: 20230298536
    Abstract: A display device includes a substrate, a pixel emitting light, a light blocking layer blocking light, a first pixel row comprising a first pixel group and a second pixel group in a first direction in a plan view, and a second pixel row in a second direction that intersects the first direction and comprising a third pixel group and a fourth pixel group in the first direction. The first pixel group includes a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel in a third direction from the first sub-pixel, the third direction intersecting the first direction, and a third sub-pixel in the first direction from the first sub-pixel. The third pixel group may include a sixth sub-pixel, a seventh sub-pixel in the third direction from the sixth sub-pixel, and an eighth sub-pixel in the first direction from the sixth sub-pixel. The third pixel group may be surrounded by the light blocking layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: Samsung Display Co., LTD.
    Inventors: Chang Wook KIM, Chi Wook AN, Gun Woo KO, Soon Il JUNG, Mi Ran JI
  • Publication number: 20230249535
    Abstract: A vehicle battery assembly mounting structure includes: a mounting bushing provided in a battery assembly to form a space, the space allowing movement in a vertical direction; a fastening bolt disposed to vertically penetrate the space formed by the mounting bushing; and a sleeve assembly. The sleeve assembly is configured to guide the fastening bolt, to elastically prevent the fastening bolt from being separated from the mounting bushing and to elastically support the fastening bolt with respect to the mounting bushing to allow the fastening bolt to move in the mounting bushing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hyeon Su Jin, Gyung Hoon Shin, Gun Woo Ko
  • Publication number: 20230238634
    Abstract: A battery mounting structure for a vehicle, includes: a mounting bush provided to penetrate a portion of a battery case and including a fastening screw formed on an upper inner circumferential surface of the mounting bush; a hollow bolt coupled to the battery case and the fastening screw from above the battery case; a fastening bolt provided to penetrate inside of the mounting bush and inside of the hollow bolt up and down; and a sleeve assembly provided to guide the fastening bolt and elastically restricting separation of the fastening bolt from the mounting bush.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 27, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon SHIN, Hyeon Su JIN, Gun Woo KO