Patents by Inventor Hae Kyu Lim

Hae Kyu Lim 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: 20240136674
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Applicant: 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
  • Patent number: 11912120
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Gyung Hoon Shin, Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung
  • Patent number: 11850932
    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: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignees: 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
  • Patent number: 11824217
    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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignees: 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
  • Patent number: 11735793
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a battery pack which has an upper plate configured to have a seating surface, on which battery modules are seated, and a plurality of members configured to separate the seating surface of the upper plate into a plurality of regions. The method includes calculating height tolerances of the seating surface in the respective regions, determining application amounts of the gap filler in the respective regions based on the calculated height tolerances in the respective regions, and applying the determined application amounts of the gap filler in the respective regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Jeong Hun Seo, Yun Ho Kim, Ji Woong Jung, Tae Hyuck Kim, Gyung Hoon Shin, Jong Wook Lee, In Gook Son, Wu Hyun Kim, Jae Hyeon Ju, Kang Won Lee, Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Hwi Moon, Young O Lee, Jae Won Lee, Jae Ho Bae
  • Patent number: 11652249
    Abstract: A battery module for a vehicle includes a cell module in which battery cells are overlapped with each other while having a predetermined directivity, and a cooling channel module directly bonded to at least one surface parallel to an overlap direction of the battery cells of the cell module, the cooling channel module having a refrigerant circulated therein, where a cell bonding surface of the cooling channel module has a wave-shaped cross section curved along a curvature formed by end portions of the overlapped battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Jin Lee, Jae Hoon Choi, Tae Hyuck Kim, Yong Hwan Choi, Yong Jae Kim, Hae Kyu Lim
  • Publication number: 20230043819
    Abstract: A battery module and a battery pack including the same are provided. Battery cells are manufactured in the form of a module, and thus, even when the specifications of the battery pack are changed depending on a vehicle kind, the standardized battery cells are applicable to battery packs having various specifications and a separate design process for disposing the battery cells in the battery pack may be omitted, thereby reducing the development period and costs of a new battery pack. Further, plural temperature sensors configured to measure the temperatures of the battery cells are provided so as to provide the optimum environment to the battery cells, and the respective temperature sensors may not be located inside the battery module so as to be easily managed. Moreover, surface pressure performance due to end plates may be secured even when the temperature sensors are located outside the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Ri OH, Woo Young CHOI, Ji Woong JUNG, Gyung Hoon SHIN, Ju Hyeok PARK, Woo Chan LEE, Hae Kyu LIM, Tae Hyuck KIM
  • Publication number: 20230024740
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of stacked battery cells, a temperature sensor configured to measure the temperature of the battery cells and be coupled to a wire connected to the outside of the battery module, an inner plate configured to be coupled to the outside of the plurality of stacked battery cells in a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells to cover the side surfaces of the plurality of battery cells and having a mounting groove to mount the temperature sensor therein, an outer plate configured to be coupled to the outside of the inner plate to apply a surface pressure to the plurality of stacked battery cells, and a fixing part configured to protrude from the inner plate to fix the wire extending from the temperature sensor, in which the fixing part is disposed to avoid the outer plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Ri Oh, Woo Young Choi, Ji Woong Jung, Gyung Hoon Shin, Ju Hyeok Park, Woo Chan Lee, Hae Kyu Lim, Tae Hyuck Kim
  • Patent number: 11511612
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vehicle body with a battery connected thereto including a lower panel of a vehicle which extends in a horizontal direction, and to which a battery case in which a battery is provided in an upper portion or a lower portion is coupled, a seat cross member configured to extend in a direction parallel to a transverse direction of the vehicle and located on an upper surface or a lower surface of the lower panel, a battery cross member provided in the battery case, configured to extend in the direction parallel to the transverse direction of the vehicle, and located to correspond to the seat cross member in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and a coupling device configured to simultaneously pass through to couple the lower panel, the seat cross member, and the battery cross member in the vertical direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang Un Jeon, Jang Ho Seo, Seung Tae Song, Tae Hyuck Kim, Chan Young Kang, Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung
  • Patent number: 11502364
    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: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: 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: 20220359923
    Abstract: An embodiment battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a cooling channel disposed below the plurality of battery cells, a heat transfer material disposed between the plurality of battery cells and the cooling channel, end plates covering outer surfaces of outermost battery cells of the plurality of battery cells, wherein an installation space is provided at a lower end of each of the end plates, temperature sensors disposed in the installation spaces at the lower ends of the respective end plates, wherein the temperature sensors are configured to measure temperatures of the plurality of battery cells, and sensor covers combined with outer surfaces of the end plates at points respectively provided with the temperature sensors installed therein, wherein the sensor covers include a lower end bent to cover a lower surface of a corresponding one of the temperature sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung, Tae Hyuck Kim, Yu Ri Oh, Ju Hyeok Park, Woo Chan Lee, Woo Young Choi, Gyung Hoon Shin
  • Publication number: 20220359924
    Abstract: An embodiment battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked in a first direction to define a stacked structure, a pair of end plates in surface contact with opposite ends of the stacked structure in the first direction, a plurality of clamps configured to connect the end plates to each other at opposite sides of the battery cells and configured to apply surface pressure between the battery cells, an upper temperature sensor provided at an upper portion of one of the end plates and configured to measure a temperature of the battery cells at a first location between the end plate and the battery cells, and a lower temperature sensor provided at a lower portion of the end plate and configured to measure the temperature of the battery cells at a second location between the end plate and the battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Tae Hyuck Kim, Yu Ri Oh
  • Patent number: 11469468
    Abstract: An apparatus of cooling a vehicle battery is provided. A battery module includes a module housing having an open bottom portion, with an accommodation space for accommodating a plurality of battery cells in the accommodation space, and a plurality of battery cells accommodated in the accommodation space of the module housing, with bottom surfaces of the plurality of battery cells being exposed through the open bottom portion of the module housing. A lower housing has an accommodation space in which the battery module is accommodated. The lower housing includes a cooling unit cooling the battery module and is configured for being attached to a bottom portion of a vehicle floor. Heat-conductive filler is applied on a seating surface of the lower housing, on which the plurality of battery cells are accommodated, to be in contact with the bottom surfaces of the plurality of battery cells exposed externally through the bottom portion of the module housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Yun Ho Kim, Hae Kyu Lim, Gun Goo Lee
  • Publication number: 20220302491
    Abstract: A battery module is disclosed. The battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, which are stacked on one another so as to form a battery cell stack, a pair of end plates, which are respectively in surface contact with two ends of the battery cell stack in a stacking direction in which the plurality of battery cells are stacked on one another, and a first cover, which is disposed above the battery cell stack in a vertical direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells so as to cover one surface of the battery cell stack, wherein first ends of the pair of end plates extend further downwards than lower ends of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon Shin, Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Wu Hyun Kim, Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung
  • Publication number: 20220266671
    Abstract: A vehicle body includes: a vehicle panel spaced apart from a vehicle battery and protecting the vehicle battery; a top support disposed down through the vehicle panel from above and having a top support fixing portion; and a bottom support having a bottom support fixing portion. In particular, the top support connects the vehicle panel and a bush to each other, and the bottom support supports the top support and the bush connected to a cross member of a vehicle with respect to each other through coupling between the top support fixing portion and the bottom support fixing portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon Shin, Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Wu Hyun Kim, Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung
  • Patent number: 11424499
    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: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yong Hwan Choi, Gyung Hoon Shin, Ji Woong Jung, Hae Kyu Lim
  • Publication number: 20220219523
    Abstract: Disclosed is a high voltage battery mounting structure for a vehicle. In particular, the high voltage battery mounting structure includes: a battery case located below a vehicle body panel, a first engagement member fixed to the vehicle body panel, a second engagement member configured to pass through the battery case from a lower side to be coupled to the vehicle body panel by the medium of the first engagement member, and a third engagement member in which a hollow through which the second engagement member passes is provided and which is installed to support between an upper cover of the battery case and the vehicle body panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon Shin, Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Wu Hyun Kim, Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung
  • Publication number: 20220190430
    Abstract: A battery pack includes: a battery module assembly including a plurality of battery modules; and a case in which the battery module assembly is seated, wherein each battery module includes a laminated structure including a plurality of laminated battery cells and a cover disposed on a first side or a second side of the laminated structure and configured to cover the laminated structure, the cover includes a cover surface facing the laminated structure, and a first fastening part and a second fastening part, each the first and second fastening parts projecting in opposite directions and formed to project further than a side surface of the laminated structure from the cover surface in a direction in which the battery cells are laminated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Ri OH, Yong Hwan CHOI, Gyung Hoon SHIN, Hae Kyu LIM, Ji Woong JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220190428
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a battery pack which has an upper plate configured to have a seating surface, on which battery modules are seated, and a plurality of members configured to separate the seating surface of the upper plate into a plurality of regions. The method includes calculating height tolerances of the seating surface in the respective regions, determining application amounts of the gap filler in the respective regions based on the calculated height tolerances in the respective regions, and applying the determined application amounts of the gap filler in the respective regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hae Kyu LIM, Jeong Hun SEO, Yun Ho KIM, Ji Woong JUNG, Tae Hyuck KIM, Gyung Hoon SHIN, Jong Wook LEE, In Gook SON, Wu Hyun KIM, Jae Hyeon JU, Kang Won LEE, Yong Hwan CHOI, Yu Ri OH, Hwi MOON, Young O LEE, Jae Won LEE, Jae Ho BAE
  • 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