Patents by Inventor Hak Gu Kim

Hak Gu 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).

  • Patent number: 12142734
    Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly, a battery housing, a terminal and a cap. The electrode assembly can have a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode can have a first portion including an active material corresponding to the separator, and a second portion exposed beyond the separator and not coated with the active material. The battery housing can have a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end. The terminal can be electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the battery housing through the first opening of the battery housing at the first end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Su Hwangbo, Do-Gyun Kim, Geon-Woo Min, Hae-Jin Lim, Min-Ki Jo, Su-Ji Choi, Bo-Hyun Kang, 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, Jae-Woong Kim, Ji-Min Jung, Jin-Hak Kong, Soon-O Lee, Kyu-Hyun Choi, Pil-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 12136706
    Abstract: A battery, includes an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator, wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode has a first portion including an active material corresponding to the separator, and a second portion exposed beyond the separator and not coated with the active material; a battery housing having a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly through the second opening at the second end and electrically connected to the second portion of the second electrode; a terminal electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the battery housing through the first opening of the battery housing at the first end; and a cap covering and sealing the second opening at the second end of the battery housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Su Hwangbo, Do-Gyun Kim, Geon-Woo Min, Hae-Jin Lim, Min-Ki Jo, Su-Ji Choi, Bo-Hyun Kang, 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, Jae-Woong Kim, Ji-Min Jung, Jin-Hak Kong, Soon-O Lee, Kyu-Hyun Choi, Pil-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 12136707
    Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode can have a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides extending between the pair of first sides, a first portion including an active material extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator along a winding direction. The battery can further include a battery housing having a first opening at a first end and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, a first current collector including a support portion positioned on the electrode assembly, and a housing cover which seals the first opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Won Lim, Hak-Kyun Kim, Je-Jun Lee, Ji-Min Jung, Su-Ji Choi, Kwang-Su Hwangbo, Do-Gyun Kim, Geon-Woo Min, Hae-Jin Lim, Min-Ki Jo, Jae-Woong Kim, Jong-Sik Park, Yu-Sung Choe, Byoung-Gu Lee, Duk-Hyun Ryu, Kwan-Hee Lee, Jae-Eun Lee, Bo-Hyun Kang, Jin-Hak Kong, Soon-O Lee, Kyu-Hyun Choi, Pil-Kyu Park
  • Patent number: 12132175
    Abstract: An electrode assembly includes a first electrode; a second electrode; and a separator, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the separator wound about an axis defining a core and an outer circumference of the electrode assembly. The first electrode has a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides, a first portion extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides, the first portion being coated with an active material, and at least a part of the second portion includes an electrode tab. The second portion includes a first part adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly, a second part adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly, and a third part between the first part and the second part. The first or second part has a smaller height than the third part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2024
    Assignee: 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: 12125986
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a first region coated with an active material and a second region at a first side and adjacent to the first region, the second region being exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second region is an electrode tab; a housing including a first end with a first opening, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including an edge portion on the electrode assembly, a second region coupling portion extending from the edge portion and coupled with the second region, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second region coupling portion; and a terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Ji Choi, Kwang-Su Hwangbo, Do-Gyun Kim, Geon-Woo Min, Min-Ki Jo, Jae-Won Lim, Hak-Kyun Kim, Je-Jun Lee, Ji-Min Jung, Hae-Jin Lim, Jae-Woong Kim, Jong-Sik Park, Yu-Sung Choe, Byoung-Gu Lee, Duk-Hyun Ryu, Kwan-Hee Lee, Jae-Eun Lee, Bo-Hyun Kang, Jin-Hak Kong, Soon-O Lee, Kyu-Hyun Choi, Pil-Kyu Park
  • Publication number: 20240339650
    Abstract: In the electrode assembly, the first uncoated portion provided at a long side end of a first electrode includes a segment region divided into a plurality of independently bendable segments by a plurality of cut grooves provided along a winding direction. The segment region includes a plurality of segment groups disposed with a group separation pitch along the winding direction. The plurality of segment groups constitute at least one segment alignment on one side of the electrode assembly. At least some of central points of winding turn arcs where the p number of segment groups are located are not located on a predetermined alignment line extending in the radial direction from the center of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: October 10, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Eun LEE, Jong-Sik PARK, Je-Jun LEE, Hak-Kyun KIM, Sang-Yeol KIM, Jae-Won LIM, Yu-Sung CHOE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20240322399
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fixing structure of an electrode terminal, and a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. The fixing structure of an electrode terminal includes a battery housing configured to be opened at one side and have a bottom at the other side in which a perforation hole is formed; an electrode terminal installed through the perforation hole not to contact an inner wall of the perforation hole; and a terminal gasket interposed between the electrode terminal and the perforation hole, and the electrode terminal includes a body portion inserted into the perforation hole; an outer flange portion configured to extend along an outer surface of the bottom of the battery housing from a first side of the body portion; an inner flange portion configured to extend toward an inner surface of the bottom of the battery housing from a second side of the body portion; and a flat portion provided to an inner side of the inner flange portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Geon-Woo MIN, Min-Ki JO, Do-Gyun KIM, Jae-Woong KIM, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, 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, Hae-Jin LIM, Su-Ji CHOI, Bo-Hyun KANG, Ji-Min JUNG, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Pil-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20240322215
    Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. In the electrode assembly, the uncoated portion of an electrode includes a segment region divided into a plurality of segments, and the segment region includes a plurality of segment groups separated by a group separation pitch along a winding direction. One end of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of segment alignments. In winding turns corresponding to the plurality of segment alignments, group separation pitches of segment groups disposed in a same winding turn are substantially identical, and separation pitches of the segment groups is greater in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the outer circumference of the electrode assembly than in a winding turn of a region adjacent to the core of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Eun LEE, Jong-Sik PARK, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Jae-Won LIM, Yu-Sung CHOE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE
  • Publication number: 20240304870
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery including an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator wound about an axis, and each of the first electrode and the second electrode has a first portion including an active material corresponding to the separator, and a second portion exposed beyond the separator and not coated with the active material, a housing having a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly, a terminal electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the housing through the first opening of the housing at the first end, a cap at the second end of the housing, and an insulating gasket having an extended shape to cover the outer circumferential surface of the terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 12, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Hae-Jin LIM, Min-Ki JO, Su-Ji CHOI, Bo-Hyun KANG, 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, Jae-Woong KIM, Ji-Min JUNG, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Pil-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20240266583
    Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same are provided. One end of the electrode assembly includes a plurality of segment alignments in which the plurality of segment groups are aligned along a radial direction, and an electrolyte impregnation portion provided between segment alignments adjacent in a circumferential direction, wherein an end of the first active material portion is exposed between winding turns of the separator. The segments included in the segment alignment are bent toward the core to form a bending surface region. An end of the separator is spaced apart from a criterion line extending in a winding axis direction along a location corresponding to the plurality of cut grooves by 30% or less of a minimum height of the segments forming the bending surface region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Sik PARK, Jae-Won LIM, Yu-Sung CHOE, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Jae-Eun LEE
  • Publication number: 20240266611
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery including an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, a battery housing having a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly and electrically connected to the second electrode to have a second polarity, a terminal electrically connected to the first electrode to have a first polarity, the terminal being exposed out of the battery housing through the first opening of the battery housing at the first end, and a cap covering and sealing the second opening at the second end of the battery housing. The cap overlaps the battery housing at the second end and has no polarity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Hae-Jin LIM, Min-Ki JO, Su-Ji CHOI, Bo-Hyun KANG, 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, Jae-Woong KIM, Ji-Min JUNG, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Pil-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20240243393
    Abstract: An electrode assembly, a battery, a battery pack and a vehicle are provided. 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 along a winding direction and a first uncoated portion not coated with an active material layer, the first uncoated portion includes a plurality of independently bendable segments, a cut groove is interposed between adjacent segments along the winding direction, and a lower portion of the cut groove has a round portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 18, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Eun LEE, Jong-Sik PARK, Sang-Yeol KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Hak-Kyun KIM, Jae-Won LIM, Yu-Sung CHOE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE
  • Patent number: 11699072
    Abstract: A virtual reality (VR) sickness assessment method according to an embodiment includes receiving virtual reality content, and quantitatively evaluating virtual reality sickness for the received virtual reality content using a neural network based on a pre-trained neural mismatch model. The evaluating of the virtual reality sickness may include predicting an expected visual signal for an input visual signal of the virtual reality content based on the neural mismatch model, extracting a neural mismatch feature between the predicted expected visual signal based on the neural mismatch model and an input visual signal for a corresponding frame of the virtual reality content corresponding to the expected visual signal, and evaluating a level of the virtual reality sickness based on the neural mismatch model and the extracted neural mismatch feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: YongMan Ro, Hak Gu Kim, Sangmin Lee
  • Patent number: 11658393
    Abstract: A radio-frequency device includes a radio-frequency module. The radio-frequency module includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC), a front-end integrated circuit (FEIC), and a flexible substrate. The RFIC has at least a portion surrounded by a first core member and is configured to input or output a base signal and a first radio-frequency (RF) signal having a frequency higher than a frequency of the base signal. The FEIC has at least a portion surrounded by a second core member and is configured to input or output the first RF signal and a second RF signal having a power different from a power of the first RF signal. The flexible substrate is configured to connect the first and second substrates to each other, provide a transmission path for the first RF signal, and being more flexible than the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hak Gu Kim, Young Sik Hur, Yoo Sam Na, Won Gi Kim, Young Bal Kim, Soo Ki Choi, Ho Kyung Kang, Young Kyoon Im, Seong Jong Cheon
  • Patent number: 11539138
    Abstract: A chip radio frequency package includes a substrate including a first cavity, first and second connection members, a core member, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, and a first front-end integrated circuit (FEIC) disposed in the first cavity. The core member includes a core insulating layer and a core via that penetrates the core insulating layer. The first connection member has a structure in which a first insulating layer and a first wiring layer are stacked. The second connection member has a second structure in which a second insulating layer and a second wiring layer are stacked. The RFIC inputs or outputs a base signal and a first radio frequency (RF) signal having a frequency higher than a frequency of the base signal, and the first FEIC inputs or outputs the first RF signal and a second RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hak Gu Kim, Ho Kyung Kang, Seong Jong Cheon, Young Sik Hur, Jin Seon Park, Yong Duk Lee
  • Patent number: 11335991
    Abstract: A radio-frequency device includes a radio-frequency module. The radio-frequency module includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a radio-frequency integrated circuit (RFIC), a front-end integrated circuit (FEIC), and a flexible substrate. The RFIC has at least a portion surrounded by a first core member and is configured to input or output a base signal and a first radio-frequency (RF) signal having a frequency higher than a frequency of the base signal. The FEIC has at least a portion surrounded by a second core member and is configured to input or output the first RF signal and a second RF signal having a power different from a power of the first RF signal. The flexible substrate is configured to connect the first and second substrates to each other, provide a transmission path for the first RF signal, and being more flexible than the first and second substrates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hak Gu Kim, Young Sik Hur, Yoo Sam Na, Won Gi Kim, Young Bal Kim, Soo Ki Choi, Ho Kyung Kang, Young Kyoon Im, Seong Jong Cheon
  • Patent number: 11264719
    Abstract: A radio frequency module includes an interposer having a stack structure in which at least one insulating layer and at least one wiring layer are alternately stacked; a radio frequency IC disposed on a first surface of the interposer; a front-end IC disposed on a second surface of the interposer opposite to the first surface; and electrical connection structures arranged to surround the front-end IC and having at least a portion electrically connected to the least one wiring layer. The radio frequency IC inputs or outputs a base signal and a first radio frequency signal having a frequency higher than a frequency of the base signal through the at least one wiring layer, and the front-end IC inputs or outputs the first radio frequency signal and a second radio frequency signal having power different from power of the first radio frequency signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shin Haeng Heo, Young Sik Hur, Hak Gu Kim
  • Patent number: 11252371
    Abstract: Disclosed is an apparatus and method for VR sickness reduction based on VR sickness assessment. According to an embodiment of the inventive concept, an apparatus for reducing virtual reality (VR) content cybersickness includes a first module extracting feature information about each of predetermined cybersickness precipitating factors through analysis of VR content, and a second module determining a cybersickness precipitating factor requiring cybersickness reduction among the cybersickness precipitating factors based on the extracted feature information about each of the cybersickness precipitating factors, and generating the VR content as VR content having a cybersickness score not greater than a predetermined reference cybersickness score, by performing the cybersickness reduction on corresponding feature information, using a deep learning neural network pre-learned for each of the respective determined cybersickness precipitating factor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Inventors: YongMan Ro, Hak Gu Kim, Sangmin Lee
  • Publication number: 20220037792
    Abstract: A chip radio frequency package includes a substrate including a first cavity, first and second connection members, a core member, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, and a first front-end integrated circuit (FEIC) disposed in the first cavity. The core member includes a core insulating layer and a core via that penetrates the core insulating layer. The first connection member has a structure in which a first insulating layer and a first wiring layer are stacked. The second connection member has a second structure in which a second insulating layer and a second wiring layer are stacked. The RFIC inputs or outputs a base signal and a first radio frequency (RF) signal having a frequency higher than a frequency of the base signal, and the first FEIC inputs or outputs the first RF signal and a second RF signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hak Gu KIM, Ho Kyung KANG, Seong Jong CHEON, Young Sik HUR, Jin Seon PARK, Yong Duk LEE
  • Patent number: 11183765
    Abstract: A chip radio frequency package includes a substrate including a first cavity, first and second connection members, a core member, a radio frequency integrated circuit (RFIC) disposed on an upper surface of the substrate, and a first front-end integrated circuit (FEIC) disposed in the first cavity. The core member includes a core insulating layer and a core via that penetrates the core insulating layer. The first connection member has a structure in which a first insulating layer and a first wiring layer are stacked. The second connection member has a second structure in which a second insulating layer and a second wiring layer are stacked. The RFIC inputs or outputs a base signal and a first radio frequency (RF) signal having a frequency higher than a frequency of the base signal, and the first FEIC inputs or outputs the first RF signal and a second RF signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hak Gu Kim, Ho Kyung Kang, Seong Jong Cheon, Young Sik Hur, Jin Seon Park, Yong Duk Lee