Patents by Inventor Hee-Joon Jin
Hee-Joon Jin 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: 20230057377Abstract: An air-cooled battery pack is provided, including a plurality of battery modules; a pack case including an air inlet and an air outlet and provided to accommodate the plurality of battery modules; a cooling channel formed between the plurality of battery modules and a bottom surface of the pack case; an inlet duct module configured to form an air passage from the air inlet to the cooling channel; and an outlet duct module including at least one exhaust fan installed within the pack case and provided to forcedly exhaust air to outside of the pack case by forming an air passage from the cooling channel to the air outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Seok-Hee Kim, Ki-Young Kang, Byung-Doo Min, Eung-Gyu Lee, Hee-Joon Jin, Hyuk-Ju Kim, Sam-Hoe Heo
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Patent number: 10658712Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of cell barriers. Each cell barrier is between adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells and includes at least one flange. The flange has a first flange portion and a second flange portion. The first flange portion has a first sealing edge extending therefrom and overlapping a first lateral side of one of the adjacent battery cells, and the second flange portion has a second sealing edge extending therefrom and overlapping a second lateral side of another of the adjacent battery cells.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2017Date of Patent: May 19, 2020Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Hee-Joon Jin
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Patent number: 10290852Abstract: A battery pack includes a housing having an opened top and the housing accommodates at least one battery module and a fuse therein, a housing cover that covers the opened top of the housing and the housing cover includes an opening therein that corresponds to a region of the housing that accommodates the fuse, and an opening cover mountable to the opening of the housing cover and a state of the opening cover is changeable between an opened state and a closed state. The opening cover includes an interlock switch on an inner surface of the opening cover and a grip portion on an outer surface of the opening cover, and the grip portion is arranged along a vertical direction with respect to the interlock switch.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: May 14, 2019Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Hee-Joon Jin, Jang-Gun Ahn, Young-Bin Lim
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Publication number: 20180034118Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of cell barriers. Each cell barrier is between adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells and includes at least one flange. The flange has a first flange portion and a second flange portion. The first flange portion has a first sealing edge extending therefrom and overlapping a first lateral side of one of the adjacent battery cells, and the second flange portion has a second sealing edge extending therefrom and overlapping a second lateral side of another of the adjacent battery cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2017Publication date: February 1, 2018Applicant: ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Hee-Joon JIN
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Patent number: 9793584Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells and a plurality of cell barriers. Each cell barrier is between adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells and includes at least one flange. The flange has a first flange portion and a second flange portion. The first flange portion has a first sealing edge extending therefrom and overlapping a first lateral side of one of the adjacent battery cells, and the second flange portion has a second sealing edge extending therefrom and overlapping a second lateral side of another of the adjacent battery cells.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2011Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbHInventor: Hee-Joon Jin
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Patent number: 9553287Abstract: A battery pack including a plurality of bare cells electrically connected to one another; and a housing including a bottom portion accommodating the bare cells therein, a middle portion mounted on the bottom portion, and a top portion on the middle portion, the top portion including a first fastening portion, and the middle portion including a second fastening portion facing the first fastening portion, and at least a portion of the first fastening portion or the second fastening portion is spaced apart from the other of the first fastening portion or the second fastening portion.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2014Date of Patent: January 24, 2017Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Jang-Gun Ahn, Hee-Joon Jin, Young-Bin Lim
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Patent number: 9419261Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules; a housing accommodating the plurality of battery modules therein, and having an opened top; a controller on the plurality of battery modules inside the housing; and an isolation portion located between the plurality of battery modules and the controller.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2014Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Hee-Joon Jin, Jang-Gun Ahn, Young-Bin Lim
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Patent number: 9406916Abstract: A battery module includes first and second plates opposite each other, first and second frames respectively connecting tops and bottoms of the first and second plates to define a casing, the first frame being connected to the second frame and having a shape corresponding to the second frame, and a plurality of battery cells stacked in the casing, each battery cell including a first surface with a terminal portion, the first surface of each battery cell facing the first plate, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a pair of third surfaces spaced part from each other, each third surface connecting the first and second surfaces and being parallel to the second frame.Type: GrantFiled: February 22, 2012Date of Patent: August 2, 2016Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Hee-Joon Jin
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Patent number: 9356268Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module including a plurality of battery cells arranged in one direction, a barrier disposed between the plurality of battery cells; and a housing accommodating the battery cells and the barrier, wherein the barrier includes at least one linear member having a plurality of protrusions, and first and second lateral members respectively connected to one end portion and another end portion of the linear member, and the first and second lateral members include at least one opening.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2011Date of Patent: May 31, 2016Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Hee-Joon Jin
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Patent number: 9240580Abstract: A battery module including a plurality of battery cells; a housing fixing a position of the plurality of battery cells; and a barrier between adjacent ones of the plurality of battery cells, the barrier including a base facing a wide surface of the battery cells, and at least one flange on a periphery of the base, wherein the at least one flange includes at least one flange battery spacer on an inner side thereof and at least one housing spacer on an outer side thereof.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: January 19, 2016Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Hee-Joon Jin, Young-Bin Lim, Jang-Gun Ahn
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Patent number: 9196883Abstract: A battery module including a battery array including: a plurality of battery cells, each including a first surface at a first end of the battery cell; an electrode terminal at the first end; a second surface at a second end of the battery cell opposite the first end; and a side surface extending between the first and second ends, the second surfaces of first and second battery cells of the plurality of battery cells facing each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2011Date of Patent: November 24, 2015Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Hyun-Ye Lee, Hee-Joon Jin, Seung-Woo Yang, Kwon Sohn
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Publication number: 20150064539Abstract: A battery pack including a plurality of bare cells electrically connected to one another; and a housing including a bottom portion accommodating the bare cells therein, a middle portion mounted on the bottom portion, and a top portion on the middle portion, the top portion including a first fastening portion, and the middle portion including a second fastening portion facing the first fastening portion, and at least a portion of the first fastening portion or the second fastening portion is spaced apart from the other of the first fastening portion or the second fastening portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2014Publication date: March 5, 2015Inventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Jang-Gun Ahn, Hee-Joon Jin, Young-Bin Lim
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Patent number: 8911896Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module having at least one battery cell, and at least one heat dissipation plate in contact with the battery cell, the heat dissipation plate having at least one channel configured to include a refrigerant, a rib arranged to define a frame of the heat dissipation plate, and a through-hole between the channel and the rib.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2011Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Hee-Joon Jin
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Publication number: 20140315069Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules; a housing accommodating the plurality of battery modules therein, and having an opened top; a controller on the plurality of battery modules inside the housing; and an isolation portion located between the plurality of battery modules and the controller.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 24, 2014Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Hee-Joon Jin, Jang-Gun Ahn, Young-Bin Lim
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Publication number: 20140308552Abstract: A battery pack includes: at least one battery module having a plurality of battery cells arranged in one direction; and a housing including a module accommodating portion for accommodating the battery module therein and a flange portion coupled to an entrance of the module accommodating portion, and the flange portion includes an inclined surface and a drainage port at the end of the inclined surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2014Publication date: October 16, 2014Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Hee-Joon Jin, Jang-Gun Ahn, Young-Bin Lim
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Patent number: 8642206Abstract: A battery module includes a battery array and an end plate. The battery array includes at least two battery cells that are stacked, the battery cells including a terminal surface where an electrode and a vent are exposed and an opposite bottom side. The end plate is disposed at the terminal surface of the stacked battery cells and includes an electrode hole through which the electrode is exposed. a first coupling unit including an alignment protrusion is disposed on one side of the end plate, and a second coupling unit including an accommodation unit is disposed on an opposite side of the end plate. The accommodation unit of the second coupling unit is configured to be coupled with an alignment protrusion of a first coupling unit of an end plate of an adjacent battery module.Type: GrantFiled: March 21, 2011Date of Patent: February 4, 2014Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Hee-Joon Jin
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Publication number: 20130316211Abstract: A battery module including a plurality of battery cells; a housing fixing a position of the plurality of battery cells; and a barrier between adjacent ones of the plurality of battery cells, the barrier including a base facing a wide surface of the battery cells, and at least one flange on a periphery of the base, wherein the at least one flange includes at least one flange battery spacer on an inner side thereof and at least one housing spacer on an outer side thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: November 28, 2013Applicants: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Myung-Chul KIM, Hee-Joon JIN, Young-Bin LIM, Jang-Gun AHN
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Publication number: 20130288086Abstract: A battery pack includes a housing having an opened top and the housing accommodates at least one battery module and a fuse therein, a housing cover that covers the opened top of the housing and the housing cover includes an opening therein that corresponds to a region of the housing that accommodates the fuse, and an opening cover mountable to the opening of the housing cover and a state of the opening cover is changeable between an opened state and a closed state. The opening cover includes an interlock switch on an inner surface of the opening cover and a grip portion on an outer surface of the opening cover, and the grip portion is arranged along a vertical direction with respect to the interlock switch.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2013Publication date: October 31, 2013Applicants: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Myung-Chul KIM, Hee-Joon JIN, Jang-Gun AHN, Young-Bin LIM
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Publication number: 20130084480Abstract: A battery module includes first and second plates opposite each other, first and second frames respectively connecting tops and bottoms of the first and second plates to define a casing, the first frame being connected to the second frame and having a shape corresponding to the second frame, and a plurality of battery cells stacked in the casing, each battery cell including a first surface with a terminal portion, the first surface of each battery cell facing the first plate, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a pair of third surfaces spaced part from each other, each third surface connecting the first and second surfaces and being parallel to the second frame.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 22, 2012Publication date: April 4, 2013Inventors: Myung-Chul KIM, Hee-Joon JIN
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Publication number: 20120315529Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module having at least one battery cell, and at least one heat dissipation plate in contact with the battery cell, the heat dissipation plate having at least one channel configured to include a refrigerant, a rib arranged to define a frame of the heat dissipation plate, and a through-hole between the channel and the rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 26, 2011Publication date: December 13, 2012Inventor: Hee-Joon JIN