Patents by Inventor Hong-seok Min

Hong-seok Min 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: 20150180014
    Abstract: A high voltage battery for vehicles includes an anode tab that is divided into a first part placed near a battery cell and a second part placed near a terminal. A first part extension extends from the first part and is fixed to a lower pouch. A second part extension extends from the second part, comes into contact with the first part extension, and is fixed at an upper end thereof to an upper pouch. An cathode extension extends from a cathode tab and is spaced apart from the upper end of the second part extension. A cushion is interposed between the second part extension and the cathode extension, with a reference level of pressure formed in the cushion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Hong Seok MIN, Seung Ho AHN, Sung Min CHOI
  • Publication number: 20150180089
    Abstract: A high-voltage battery for a vehicle is provided. The high-voltage battery includes an electrode assembly that includes a cathode plate, an anode plate, and a separator disposed between the cathode plate and the anode plate. A safety member is coupled to an outer surface of the electrode assembly, and includes a first electrically conductive plate electrically connected to the cathode plate, and a second electrically conductive plate that is electrically connected to the anode plate and has an insulation surface on a surface of the safety member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Inventors: Hong Seok Min, Seung Ho Ahn, Sung Min Choi
  • Publication number: 20140127540
    Abstract: A battery module is provided, including: a plurality of battery packs teach being provided with an anode terminal and a cathode terminal; a plurality of coupling units each having ends coupled to the anode terminal and the cathode terminal of an adjacent battery pack, respectively, to couple the plurality of battery packs in series; an operation unit that is provided on one end of the coupling unit and ascends in accordance with an increasing internal pressure of the battery pack to open a coupling between the one end of the coupling unit and the terminals of the battery pack by raising the one end of the coupling unit; and a bypass unit having one end disposed over the one end of the coupling unit and the other end coupled to the other end of an adjacent coupling unit to maintain the other battery packs coupled in series, except for the battery packs the internal pressures of which have increased, when the one end of the coupling unit ascends by the operation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Hong Seok Min
  • Publication number: 20140127544
    Abstract: A rechargeable battery is provided, including: a cabinet provided with two electrode terminals for connecting inner and outer parts thereof, to which an anode and a cathode are connected, respectively, and being formed with a cooling fluid channel on a bottom surface of the cabinet; an electrode plate received in the cabinet together with an electrolyte such that both ends of the electrode plate are connected to the internal electrode terminal; and a cover which covers an opened portion of the cabinet and is wound together with the cabinet while an edge of the cover overlaps with the edge of the cabinet to seal the cabinet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicants: KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY
    Inventor: Hong Seok Min
  • Patent number: 8520367
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a lithium ion capacitor and a lithium ion capacitor manufactured using the same. The method of manufacturing a lithium ion capacitor includes forming a lithium thin film on one surface of a separator; making the lithium thin film in contact with an anode, and alternately disposing the anode and a cathode with the separator interposed therebetween to form an electrode cell; and enclosing the electrode cell and an electrolyte into a housing, and pre-doping lithium ions to the anode from the lithium thin film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Kyun Lee, Ji Sung Cho, Bae Kyun Kim, Hong Seok Min, Dong Hyeok Choi
  • Patent number: 8465554
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a lithium ion capacitor. The method includes the steps of: contacting a lithium supplying source to an anode directly; pre-doping lithium ions into the anode by immerging the anode and the lithium supplying source into a doping electrolyte solution; forming an electrode cell by sequentially stacking the lithium ions on the pre-doped anode and a cathode with placing a separator therebetween; cleaning the doping electrolyte solution absorbed to terminals of the electrode cell; fusing the terminals; and sealing the electrode cell with exposing the fused terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Dong Hyeok Choi, Bae Kyun Kim, Hak Kwan Kim, Ho Jin Yun, Hong Seok Min
  • Patent number: 8410373
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a printed circuit substrate and a method of manufacturing the same. The printed circuit substrate includes an insulating layer, and a circuit layer that includes a circuit pattern disposed on the insulating layer and a barrier layer that is disposed to cover at least one surface of the circuit pattern and suppresses electrochemical migration from the circuit pattern, thereby making it possible to achieve high-density and secure reliability, and the method of manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2013
    Assignees: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd., SNU R&DB Foundation
    Inventors: Hyung Wook Park, Young Chang Joo, Hong Seok Min, Young Gwan Ko, Chang Sup Ryu, Ho Young Lee, Shin Bok Lee, Min Suk Jung
  • Patent number: 8379368
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a lithium ion capacitor, and a lithium ion capacitor manufactured using the method are provided. The method for manufacturing a lithium ion capacitor includes: disposing a lithium metal on a capacitor cell including a cathode, a separation film, and an anode; impregnating the capacitor cell with electrolyte including a lithium salt; changing the cathode and the anode to allow lithium ions within the electrolyte to be occluded into the anode; performing a primary reaction in which the cathode and the lithium metal are short-circuited to emit anions from the cathode and lithium ions from the lithium metal and a secondary reaction that the lithium ions emitted from the lithium metal are occluded into the cathode; and recharging the cathode and the anode to allow the lithium ions, which have been occluded into the cathode and the lithium ions within the electrolyte, to be occluded into the anode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Hong Seok Min, Bae Kyun Kim, Hyun Chul Jung, Dong Hyeok Choi, Hak Kwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20130003261
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a lithium plate, a method for lithiation of an electrode, and an energy storage device. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a lithium plate used for lithium pre-doping of an electrode for an energy storage device, including: a contact area contacting the electrode at the time of the pre-doping; and a plurality of through holes or a plurality of grooves regularly distributed to be adjacent to the contact area so that an electrolytic solution gains easy access to the vicinity of a contact boundary of the contact area and the electrode at the time of the pre-doping. In addition, a method for lithiation of an electrode for an energy storage device using the above-mentioned lithium plate and an energy storage device including a negative electrode (anode) lithiated according to the method have been proposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2012
    Publication date: January 3, 2013
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sergey Remizov, Hong Seok Min, Bae Kyun Kim, Hyun Chul Jung
  • Publication number: 20120313051
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a binder composition for manufacturing an electrode of an energy storage device and a method for manufacturing an electrode of an energy storage device. The binder composition includes galactomannan as a major component and may exhibit sufficient binding force with a considerably small amount, as compared to binders in the related art. When the binder composition disclosed herein is used to manufacture an energy storage device having the same weight as that manufactured using the binder in the related art, the energy storage device may contain a greater amount of active material, compared to the binder in the related art. Consequently, beneficial effects such as improvement in an energy density as well as eco-friendly characteristics may be rendered.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 13, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sergey Remizov, Craig Miesse, Hong Seok Min, Bae Kyun Kim, Hyun Chul Jung
  • Publication number: 20120306447
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an apparatus for stabilizing voltage of an energy storage in which a plurality of unit cells are connected to each other in series, including: a bypass unit that is connected to the unit cell in parallel; and a controller that detects voltage of the unit cell and controls an operation of the bypass unit according to the detected voltage of the unit cell, wherein the bypass unit bypasses current flowing in the unit cell when the detected voltage of the unit cell is larger than predetermined reference voltage to generate the reusing voltage, whereby the voltage of each unit cell is stably equalized and reuses the voltage provided to the bypass path, thereby performing voltage equalization without loss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Inventors: Young Hak Jeong, Hong Seok Min, Bae Kyun Kim, Chan Yoon
  • Publication number: 20120293916
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are an electrolyte solution composition and an energy storage device including the same. The electrolyte solution may include: a solvent including one or more compound selected from one or more cyclic carbonate compound; and additives including one or more selected from a group consisting of catechol carbonate (CC), fluoro ethylene carbonate (FEC), propane sulton (PS), and propene sulton (PST).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Kyun LEE, Hong Seok Min, Bae Kyun Kim, Ji Sung Cho
  • Publication number: 20120286735
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an energy storage module including a first energy container, a second energy container that is connected to the first energy container in parallel, and a switching control unit that senses the energy containers corresponding to predetermined deterioration conditions among the first and second energy containers to selectively open the energy containers corresponding to deterioration conditions so as to selectively charge/discharge the energy containers, whereby the deterioration can be minimized without stopping the overall energy storage module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 15, 2012
    Inventors: Young Hak JEONG, Hong Seok MIN, Bae Kyun KIM, Chan YOON
  • Publication number: 20120055628
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a doping apparatus for manufacturing an electrode of an energy storage device. The doping apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a doping chamber body providing a doping space where a process of doping lithium ions onto an electrode plate is performed; a plurality of doping plates laminated vertically in the doping chamber body and containing lithium; and an electrode plate feeder feeding the electrode plate so that the electrode plate passes through gaps among the doping plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2011
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hong Seok Min, Bae Kyun Kim, Hyun Chul Jung, Dong Hyeok Choi, Hak Kwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20120047720
    Abstract: Provided is a method of manufacturing a lithium ion capacitor. The method includes the steps of: contacting a lithium supplying source to an anode directly; pre-doping lithium ions into the anode by immerging the anode and the lithium supplying source into a doping electrolyte solution; forming an electrode cell by sequentially stacking the lithium ions on the pre-doped anode and a cathode with placing a separator therebetween; cleaning the doping electrolyte solution absorbed to terminals of the electrode cell; fusing the terminals; and sealing the electrode cell with exposing the fused terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Dong Hyeok CHOI, Bae Kyun KIM, Hak Kwan KIM, Ho Jin YUN, Hong Seok MIN
  • Publication number: 20120050953
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing a lithium ion capacitor and a lithium ion capacitor manufactured using the same. The method of manufacturing a lithium ion capacitor includes forming a lithium thin film on one surface of a separator; making the lithium thin film in contact with an anode, and alternately disposing the anode and a cathode with the separator interposed therebetween to form an electrode cell; and enclosing the electrode cell and an electrolyte into a housing, and pre-doping lithium ions to the anode from the lithium thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Sang Kyun LEE, Ji Sung CHO, Bae Kyun KIM, Hong Seok MIN, Dong Hyeok CHOI
  • Publication number: 20120050943
    Abstract: Provided are a method of manufacturing an electrode for an electrochemical capacitor and an electrochemical capacitor manufactured using the same. The method of manufacturing an electrode for an electrochemical capacitor includes immersing a metal foil in an acid solution to form a porous current collector having a skeleton structure with a surface roughness, applying an active material on the porous current collector, and pressing the porous current collector including the active material to distribute the active material into the porous current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Hak Kwan KIM, Bae Kyun Kim, Hong Seok Min, Dong Hyeok Choi
  • Publication number: 20120050951
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion capacitor. The lithium ion capacitor includes an electrode cell having cathodes and anodes alternately stacked with separators interposed therebetween, an electrolyte immerging the electrode cell and a housing to receive the electrode cell immerged into the electrolyte. Here, the electrolyte includes a carbonate group solvent and a viscosity control solvent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hak Kwan Kim, Bae Kyun Kim, Hong Seok Min, Dong Hyeok Choi
  • Publication number: 20120048739
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a doping apparatus for manufacturing an electrode of an energy storage device of the present invention. The doping apparatus according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a doping chamber body providing a inner space in which a process doping an electrode plate with lithium ion is performed; and a plurality of doping rollers provided in the doping chamber body and containing lithium, wherein the doping rollers wind and feed the electrode plate within the doping chamber body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Inventors: Dong Hyeok CHOI, Bae Kyun Kim, Hak Kwan Kim, Ho Jin Yun, Hong Seok Min
  • Publication number: 20120050950
    Abstract: Provided is a lithium ion capacitor. The lithium ion capacitor includes cathodes and anodes alternately disposed with the separators interposed therebetween. The cathode comprises a cathode collector and a cathode active material layer made of a first cathode active material layer disposed on at least one surface of the cathode collector and made of carbon/lithium metal oxide and a second cathode active material made of charcoal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 1, 2012
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hak Kwan Kim, Bae Kyun Kim, Hong Seok Min, Dong Hyeok Choi