Patents by Inventor Hee-Jun JIN

Hee-Jun 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).

  • Publication number: 20200009975
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery charging system of an electric vehicle charging station, which includes: a charging unit configured to supply a power to charge a battery of an electric vehicle; a charging cable connected to the charging unit and having a connector attached thereto to correspond to an inlet of the electric vehicle; and a cooling unit disposed at a point where the electric vehicle stops in charging to supply a cooling air toward the battery of the electric vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2018
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Woo Ryu, Sung-Won Seo, Jeong-O Mun, Ji-Su Yoon, Yoon-Koo Lee, Hee-Jun Jin, Mi-Geum Choi
  • Patent number: 10516142
    Abstract: Provided are a battery module capable of preventing damage of a battery cell in as case when the battery cell is mounted and accommodated in a cell cartridge, and a battery pack including the battery module. The battery module according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of battery cells, at least one cell cartridge configured to guide stacking of the plurality of battery cells and to mount therein at least one battery cell among the plurality of battery cells, and a sheet member provided between the battery cell and the cell cartridge, and the sheet member is adhered to the battery cell on a surface where the sheet member contacts the battery cell and is adhered to the cell cartridge on a surface where the sheet member contacts the cell cartridge, to fix the battery cell and the cell cartridge to each other via the sheet member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-Jun Jin, Se-Won Kim, Jeong-O Mun
  • Publication number: 20190260099
    Abstract: A battery module including a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries stacked in at least one direction and configured so that electrode leads of the secondary batteries protrude in at least one direction of forward direction and a rearward direction thereof, an upper housing disposed at an upper portion of the cell assembly; and a sensing block located at at least one of a front side and a rear side of the cell assembly and having a bus bar made of an electrically conductive material and contacting the electrode leads of the secondary batteries at the corresponding front side or rear side of the cell assembly is provided. The sensing block being slidably coupled to the upper housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Eun-Ah JU, Sung-Won SEO, Yoon-Koo LEE, Hee-Jun JIN, Jeong-O MUN
  • Publication number: 20190245171
    Abstract: A battery module including a battery cell assembly having at least one battery cell, a module case accommodating the battery cell assembly and including a first cover plate covering a first side of the battery cell assembly and a second cover plate covering a second side of the battery cell assembly, the second side being different from the first side, and at least one bolting member integrally fastened through the first cover plate and the second cover plate of the module case, wherein each bolting member includes a first portion fastened to the first cover plate and a second portion fastened to the second cover plate, the first and second portions of each bolting member have different diameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2018
    Publication date: August 8, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-Jun JIN, Sung-Won SEO, Yoon-Koo LEE, Eun-Ah JU, Jeong-O MUN
  • Publication number: 20190237824
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a pouch-type battery cell; a voltage sensor configured to sense a voltage of the battery cell; and a sensing wire configured to connect the battery cell and the voltage sensor, wherein the battery cell includes a sensing lead connected to an electrode tab, and wherein the sensing lead is exposed to the outside through a sensing hole formed in a sealing portion of the pouch cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 1, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-Jun JIN, Sung-Won SEO, Yoon-Koo LEE, Jeong-O MUN, Eun-Ah JU
  • Publication number: 20180337376
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which comprises a cell assembly including a plurality of battery cell groups, in each of which a plurality of battery cells respectively having protrusions protruding in a left and right direction on at least one of one end and the other end thereof are stacked in an upper and lower direction, wherein the protrusion of any one battery cell group among the plurality of battery cell groups is inserted and coupled between the protrusions of another battery cell group, wherein a step is formed between adjacent battery cell groups in an upper and lower direction; and end plates respectively disposed at upper and lower portions of the cell assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2018
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Jun Jin, Sung-Won Seo, Yoon-Koo Lee, Eun-Ah Ju, Jeong-O Mun, Mi-Geum Choi
  • Publication number: 20180169790
    Abstract: Disclosed is a lead welding apparatus, which is used for welding electrode leads of battery cells facing each other, among battery cells of a battery module, and the lead welding apparatus includes a welding unit configured to weld two electrode leads of the facing battery cells to each other, and a welding jig configured to closely adhere the two electrode leads of the facing battery to each other and press the two electrode leads at one side of the two electrode leads, when welding is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2017
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Jun Jin, Jeong-O Mun, Se-Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20180108881
    Abstract: Provided are a battery module capable of preventing damage of a battery cell in as case when the battery cell is mounted and accommodated in a cell cartridge, and a battery pack including the battery module. The battery module according to the present disclosure includes a plurality of battery cells, at least one cell cartridge configured to guide stacking of the plurality of battery cells and to mount therein at least one battery cell among the plurality of battery cells, and a sheet member provided between the battery cell and the cell cartridge, and the sheet member is adhered to the battery cell on a surface where the sheet member contacts the battery cell and is adhered to the cell cartridge on a surface where the sheet member contacts the cell cartridge, to fix the battery cell and the cell cartridge to each other via the sheet member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2016
    Publication date: April 19, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hee-Jun JIN, Se-Won KIM, Jeong-O MUN
  • Publication number: 20180090799
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a cell assembly composed of a plurality of cells, and a frame assembly having a bottom plate supporting the cell assembly from a lower portion, a side plate perpendicular to the bottom plate and disposed adjacent to an outermost side of the cell assembly, and a top plate covering an upper portion of the cell assembly, wherein a groove forming an external air inflow space between the side plate and the cell assembly is formed at the side plate to elongate in a length direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2017
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Su YOON, Dal-Mo KANG, Jeong-O MUN, Mi-Geum CHOI, Sung-Won SEO, Hee-Jun JIN, Yoon-Koo Lee, Sang-Woo RYU