Patents by Inventor Hoon Im

Hoon Im 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: 20130341107
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module array, wherein a reinforcement member is coupled to side walls of end plates or sides of main members at an outer side of an outermost battery module of the battery module array to minimize deformation of the battery pack when the battery pack is vibrated in the front and rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yeonseok CHOO, Chae Ho CHUNG, Ye Hoon IM
  • Publication number: 20130319777
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module array having battery modules which are arranged in a lateral direction in two or more rows, each of the battery modules configured with battery cells or unit modules, each of which has two or more battery cells mounted therein, are stacked in a state in which the battery cells or the unit modules are erected vertically, a base plate on which the battery modules are stacked in a vertically erected state, a pair of main members provided at the front and rear of the battery module array, opposite ends of each of the main members being fastened to an external device, a pair of end plates disposed in contact with the front and rear of the battery module array such that the lower end of each of the end plates is fixed to the base plate, and supporting bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon Seok CHOO, Jin Kyu LEE, Bum Hyun LEE, Sang Yoon JEONG, Ye Hoon IM
  • Publication number: 20130323560
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module including a base plate on which unit modules, each with two or more secondary batteries therein, are stacked in a vertically erected state, a pair of end plates disposed in tight contact with outer surfaces of outermost unit modules while bottoms of the end plates are fixed to the base plate, and supporting bars connected between opposite sides of upper or side parts of the end plates so as to support the end plates, wherein each of the end plates includes a main body contacting a corresponding one of the unit modules, and a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls protruding outward from the perimeter of the main body, the thickness of each of the side walls being increased from the top to the bottom wall, thereby dispersing pressure (bending load) from the unit modules and the supporting bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 6, 2013
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: YeonSeok CHOO, Jin Kyu LEE, Ye Hoon IM, Kwanyong KIM
  • Publication number: 20130309532
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’), which can be charged and discharged, mounted in a pack case, wherein the unit cells are stacked in a direction (a Z direction) in which the unit cells are sequentially stacked in parallel to a ground in a state in which a spacing distance for coolant flow is provided between the respective unit cells to constitute a battery module, two or more battery modules are arranged in a horizontal direction (an X direction) on the plane with respect to a coolant introduction direction in which a coolant is introduced through a coolant inlet port in a state in which flow of the coolant between the battery modules is restrained to constitute a battery module group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2013
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chae Ho CHUNG, Jae Hun YANG, Dal Mo KANG, Ye Hoon IM
  • Publication number: 20130288095
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a middle or large-sized battery module having secondary batteries or unit modules, each of which has two or more secondary batteries mounted therein, stacked in a state in which the secondary batteries or the unit modules are erected vertically, the battery module including a base plate on which the secondary batteries or the unit modules are stacked in a vertically erected state, a pair of end plates disposed in tight contact with outer sides of the outermost unit modules or the outermost unit modules in a state in which the bottom of each of the end plates is fixed to the base plate, and supporting bars connected between opposite sides of upper parts or side parts of the end plates so as to interconnect and support the end plates, wherein the base plate is provided at opposite sides thereof with a pair of upward protrusions extending in a longitudinal direction of the base plate to prevent the base plate from being deformed due to vertical vibration and to disperse pressure (load), and o
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: LG chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: YeonSeok Choo, Jin Kyu Lee, Jung Min Park, Ye Hoon Im, Hyun Chul Park
  • Publication number: 20130280566
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’) electrically connected to each other, wherein the unit cells are arranged in a width direction (traverse direction) of the battery pack in an upright fashion in a state in which the unit cells are spaced apart from each other to form coolant flow channels, thereby constituting a battery module layer, and two or more battery module layers are mounted in a pack case such that the battery module layers are stacked in a height direction (vertical direction) of the battery pack, and wherein the battery pack includes a coolant introduction part, through which a coolant is introduced into the two or more battery module layers to simultaneously cool some or all of the unit cells in the two or more battery module layers, and a coolant discharge part, through which the coolant, having passed the unit cells, is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD
    Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, Ye Hoon Im, WonChan Park, DalMo Kang, YongSeok Choi
  • Publication number: 20130189570
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plate-shaped secondary battery configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure is mounted in a battery case in a sealed state by thermal welding, wherein a protuberance is formed at an outer edge sealed portion of an electrode assembly receiving part of the battery case such that the protuberance protrudes upward and downward from the sealed portion, and the protuberance extends along the outer edge of the electrode assembly receiving part continuously in a curved line or in a straight line in a state in which the protuberance is adjacent to the electrode assembly receiving part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: WonChan Park, Min Su Kim, Ye Hoon Im, Seung Jae You, Woo Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20130186700
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module array having battery modules which are arranged in a lateral direction in two or more rows, each of the battery modules configured with battery cells or unit modules, each of which has two or more battery cells mounted therein, are stacked in a state in which the battery cells or the unit modules are erected vertically, a base plate on which the battery modules are stacked in a vertically erected state, a pair of main members provided at the front and rear of the battery module array, opposite ends of each of the main members being fastened to an external device, a pair of end plates disposed in contact with the front and rear of the battery module array such that the lower end of each of the end plates is fixed to the base plate, and supporting bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2011
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon Seok Choo, Jin Kyu Lee, Bum Hyun Lee, Sang Yoon Jeong, Ye Hoon Im
  • Patent number: 8435661
    Abstract: A flux of cooling gas passing between battery cells is kept uniformly, and accordingly a maximum temperature of the battery cells and temperature variation among the battery cells are greatly decreased. Thus, a life span of a battery pack is greatly elongated, and the possibility of explosion of the battery pack is eliminated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chae-Ho Chung, Ye-Hoon Im, Dal-Mo Kang, Jong-Moon Yoon
  • Patent number: 8420245
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a middle- or large-sized battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells, which can be charged and discharged, is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, which are disposed such that a coolant for cooling the battery cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the battery cells, and the battery pack case is further provided with beads formed in a concavo-convex shape for improving the structural stability of the battery pack case against an external force, the beads being constructed in an outwardly-protruding structure to allow the coolant to be uniformly introduced into the battery module from the coolant inlet port in the advancing direction of a fluid in a flow space (“inlet duct”) defined between the coolant inlet port and the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2013
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ye Hoon Im, Dooseong Choi, Jaesung Ahn, Dal Mo Kang, Sang Phil Han, Jongmoon Yoon, Heekook Yang
  • Publication number: 20130071719
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’) is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided at the upper part and the lower part thereof with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, respectively, which are directed in opposite directions such that a coolant to cool the unit cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in a direction perpendicular to a cell stacking direction, the battery pack case is further provided with a flow space (‘coolant introduction part’) extending from the coolant inlet port to the battery module and another flow space (‘coolant discharge part’) extending from the battery module to the coolant outlet port, and the flow channel width of the coolant introduction part and/or the flow channel width of the coolant discharge part is greater than that of each of the unit cells, thereby achieving uniform distribution of the coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, Ye Hoon Im, Jin Kyu Lee, BumHyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20120327740
    Abstract: Provided are an agitator and an agitating hook provided therein. The agitator includes a rotary shaft rotatably installed in a reactor, rotor blades installed at an outer circumference of the rotary shaft and rotated with the rotary shaft to agitate a material therein, and an agitating hook constituted by a pair of members spaced apart from each other at an inner wall of the reactor and through which the rotor blades pass. Here, a gap between the agitating hook is larger at an outlet port through which the rotor blade leaves than at an inlet port through which the rotor blade enters. Since a pressure is uniformly applied from the inlet port through which the rotor blade enters to the outlet port through which the rotor blade leaves, a torsional moment applied to the agitating hook is minimized. Therefore, it is possible to improve durability of the agitating hook and increase reliability of products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD
    Inventors: Yeon Seok Choo, Hyo Sook Cha, Ye Hoon Im, Byung Woo Choi, Jin Hyun Bae
  • Publication number: 20120328925
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module array, wherein a reinforcement member is coupled to side walls of end plates or sides of main members at an outer side of an outermost battery module of the battery module array to minimize deformation of the battery pack when the battery pack is vibrated in the front and rear direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yeonseok Choo, Chae Ho Chung, Ye Hoon Im
  • Patent number: 8298698
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack case in which a battery module (32) having a plurality of stacked unit cells (30) is mounted. The battery pack case is provided at an upper part and a lower part thereof with a coolant inlet port (10?) and a coolant outlet port (20?), respectively. The coolant inlet port (10?) and the coolant outlet port (20?) are directed in opposite directions. The battery pack case is further provided with a coolant introduction part (40?) and a coolant discharge part. An upper end inside part of the coolant introduction part (40?) is configured in a structure in which an incline plane starting from an end opposite to the coolant inlet port (10?) has an inclination increasing toward the coolant inlet port (10?) with respect to the top of the cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, Dal Moh Kang, Ye Hoon Im, Jongmoon Yoon
  • Publication number: 20120237806
    Abstract: A middle- or large-sized battery pack case is provided in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, which are disposed such that a coolant for cooling the battery cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the battery cells. The battery pack case includes beads formed in a concavo-convex shape for improving the structural stability of the battery pack case against an external force, the beads being constructed in a structure in which the beads do not disturb the flow of the coolant from the coolant inlet port along the advancing direction of a fluid in a flow space defined between the coolant inlet port and the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2012
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Inventors: Dooseong CHOI, Ye Hoon Im, Sang Phil Han, Jaesung Ahn, D.M. Kang, Jongmoon Yoon, Heekook Yang
  • Publication number: 20120205971
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module including a base plate on which unit modules, each with two or more secondary batteries therein, are stacked in a vertically erected state, a pair of end plates disposed in tight contact with outer surfaces of outermost unit modules while bottoms of the end plates are fixed to the base plate, and supporting bars connected between opposite sides of upper or side parts of the end plates so as to support the end plates, wherein each of the end plates includes a main body contacting a corresponding one of the unit modules, and a top wall, a bottom wall, and a pair of side walls protruding outward from the perimeter of the main body, the thickness of each of the side walls being increased from the top to the bottom wall, thereby dispersing pressure (bending load) from the unit modules and the supporting bars.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: YeonSeok Choo, Jin Kyu Lee, Ye Hoon Im, Kwanyong Kim
  • Publication number: 20120183822
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’), which can be charged and discharged, mounted in a pack case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Publication date: July 19, 2012
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, Jae Hun Yang, Dal Mo Kang, Ye Hoon Im
  • Patent number: 8211564
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a middle- or large-sized battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells, which can be charged and discharged, is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, which are disposed such that a coolant for cooling the battery cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the battery cells, and the battery pack case is further provided with beads formed in a concavo-convex shape for improving the structural stability of the battery pack case against an external force, the beads being constructed in a structure in which the beads do not disturb the flow of the coolant from the coolant inlet port along the advancing direction of a fluid in a flow space defined between the coolant inlet port and the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Dooseong Choi, Ye Hoon Im, Sang Phil Han, Jaesung Ahn, Dal Mo Kang, Jongmoon Yoon, Heekook Yang
  • Publication number: 20120088131
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a middle or large-sized battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’), which can be charged and discharged, is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided at an upper part and a lower part thereof with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, respectively, which are directed in opposite directions such that a coolant to cool the unit cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the unit cells, the battery pack case is further provided with a flow space (‘coolant introduction part’) extending from the coolant inlet port to the battery module and another flow space (‘coolant discharge part’) extending from the battery module to the coolant outlet port, an upper end inside of the coolant introduction part facing the top of the battery module is configured so that the distance between the upper end inside of the coolant intro
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, Ye Hoon Im, Dal Mo Kang, Jongmoon Yoon
  • Publication number: 20110262791
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a middle- or large-sized battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells, which can be charged and discharged, is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, which are disposed such that a coolant for cooling the battery cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the battery cells, the battery pack case is further provided with a flow space (‘inlet duct’) extending from the coolant inlet port to the battery module and another flow space (‘outlet duct’) extending from the battery module to the coolant outlet port, and one or more guide members are disposed in the inlet duct for guiding the flow of the coolant in the direction parallel to the stacking direction of the battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: October 27, 2011
    Applicant: Lg Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ye Hoon Im, Dooseong Choi, Sang Phil Han, Jongmoon Yoon, Jaesung Ahn, Heekook Yang, Dal Mo Kang