Patents by Inventor Gyung Hoon Shin

Gyung Hoon Shin 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: 20220144060
    Abstract: A structure for fastening a battery to a vehicle includes: a carrier part including a pair of first members that is disposed at a lower portion of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and bonded to both sides of a vehicle body, respectively, and a plurality of second members the pair of first members in contact with the pair of first members; and a battery having a case that houses a plurality of battery cells, in which a part of the case is connected to the first member, and the other part of the case is connected to the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon SHIN, Yong Hwan CHOI, Yu Ri OH, Tae Hyuck KIM, Hae Kyu LIM, Ji Woong JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220123415
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a battery module includes: forming a stacked structure by stacking a plurality of battery cell assemblies in a first direction; bringing a first end plate in surface contact with a first end of the stacked structure and bringing a second end plate in surface contact with a second of the stacked structure in the first direction; forming electrical connection by bonding electrodes of each battery cells of the plurality of battery cells to each other; and installing a first clamp and a second clamp across the stacked structure in the first direction, fixing first ends of the first clamp and the second clamp to the first end plate, and fixing second ends of the first clamp and the second clamp to the second end plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon SHIN, Yong Hwan CHOI, Wu Hyun KIM, Yu Ri OH, Hae Kyu LIM, Ji Woong JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220118838
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a stacked structure including a plurality of stacked battery cells; and a front cover and a rear cover respectively disposed on a front side and a rear side of the stacked structure, configured to cover the stacked structure, and including a cover surface facing the stacked structure, a first fastening portion laterally protruding from a first side of the stacked structure in a stacking direction of the plurality of stacked battery cells, and a second fastening portion laterally protruding from a second side of the stacked structure in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Woong JUNG, Yong Hwan CHOI, Yu Ri OH, Tae Hyuck KIM, Gyung Hoon SHIN, Hae Kyu LIM
  • Publication number: 20220109179
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells stacked on one another in a first direction and including electrodes arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a pair of end plates that are respectively surface-bonded to opposite ends of a stacked structure of the plurality of battery cells in the first direction, a first clamp including opposite ends that are respectively bonded to the pair of end plates across a surface of the stacked structure, and a second clamp including opposite ends that are respectively bonded to the pair of end plates across a surface of the stacked structure, which faces the surface adjacent to the first clamp.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yong Hwan CHOI, Yu Ri OH, Gyung Hoon SHIN, Hae Kyu LIM, Ji Woong JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220094006
    Abstract: A high-voltage battery pack for a vehicle includes: an upper case; a lower case; a plurality of battery modules mounted on the lower case; a busbar disposed on an upper side of the plurality of battery modules and electrically connecting the plurality of battery modules; and a plurality of first elastic pads coupled to the busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon SHIN, Yong Hwan CHOI, Yu Ri OH, Tae Hyuck KIM, Hae Kyu LIM, Ji Woong JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220069403
    Abstract: A battery casing contains a high-voltage battery. Load paths are formed around a high-voltage connector in the occurrence of collision in order to prevent the high-voltage connector from being damaged. Portions including the surroundings of the high-voltage connector have strength against collision, thereby ensuring reliability against collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung, In Gook Son, Gyung Hoon Shin, Yu Ri Oh, Jong Wook Lee, Yong Hwan Choi, Tae Hyuck Kim
  • Publication number: 20220037731
    Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a mid-plate configured to support a bottom side of a battery module from a bottom side of a vehicle body; a fastening member fastened through a space in which the mid-plate and the battery module are mounted and configured to fix the mid-plate to the vehicle body; a mounting pipe provided at a top side of the mid-plate and configured to support a pressure applied to the vehicle body from a bottom side of the mid-plate, wherein the fastening member passes through the mounting pipe; a mounting support configured to fix the mounting pipe to the mid-plate, wherein the fastening member passes through the mounting support; and a shield plate coupled to the bottom side of the mid-plate and configured to surround a bottom-side coupling portion of the mounting support while allowing the fastening member to pass therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ji Woong Jung, Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Gyung Hoon Shin, Hae Kyu Lim
  • Publication number: 20210331570
    Abstract: A battery mounting structure for a vehicle is provided to include a case having a first internal member that is disposed to be spaced parallel to an upper side of a lower panel of the case and a second internal member that is disposed perpendicular to the first internal member, and configured to accommodate a plurality of battery modules therein using the first internal member and the second internal member. An outer side member is provided in a shape protruding toward the outside on an outer side of the case. The battery modules are disposed in a stacking direction of battery cells that is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the first internal member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Gyung Hoon Shin, Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung
  • Publication number: 20210184194
    Abstract: A battery assembly for a vehicle, may include a battery case including a front wall structure, a rear wall structure, and a pair of side walls connected to the front wall structure and the rear wall structure; and a battery cover with which a top portion of the battery case is covered, wherein the front wall includes a front flat wall and a pair of front inclined walls which are opposite on both sides of the front flat wall, and each front inclined wall is formed to be inclined from the front flat wall to a front end portion of a corresponding side wall among the pair of side walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hae Kyu LIM, Yu Ri OH, Tae Hyuck KIM, Gyung Hoon SHIN, Yong Hwan CHOI, Ji Woong JUNG
  • Publication number: 20200350522
    Abstract: A battery casing for a vehicle includes: a lower panel; a sidewall member provided on an upper surface of the lower panel along a perimeter of the lower panel and configured to house battery modules in an internal space thereof; a cooling unit provided under the lower panel and joined to a lower surface of the lower panel, with a cooling channel provided in the lower panel to cool the battery modules; and a protective panel provided under the cooling unit and configured to protect the battery modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Inventors: Yong Hwan Choi, Gyung Hoon Shin, Ji Woong Jung, Hae Kyu Lim