Patents by Inventor Hyun-Ye Lee
Hyun-Ye Lee 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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Patent number: 9761849Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells arranged in one direction, barriers interposed among the plurality of battery cells, a pair of first and second end plates arranged outside the battery cells, and coupling members that couple the first and second end plates, wherein at least one of the barriers includes at least one protrusion that provides a step difference between the protrusion and a surface of the barrier.Type: GrantFiled: May 31, 2011Date of Patent: September 12, 2017Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbHInventors: Young-Bin Lim, Hyun-Ye Lee
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Patent number: 9614208Abstract: A battery pack including at least one battery module including: a plurality of battery cells arranged in a direction, each of the battery cells including a vent; and a cover covering the plurality of battery cells and including a degassing cover covering the vents; and a cover plate on the degassing cover, at least a portion of the degassing cover having a rigidity less than a rigidity of the cover plate.Type: GrantFiled: April 3, 2012Date of Patent: April 4, 2017Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Hyun-Ye Lee
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Patent number: 9478776Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one battery module provided with a plurality of battery cells each having a vent that discharges gas, the battery cells being arranged in one direction, and a housing accommodating the battery module, the housing including an inlet and an outlet for air, and an inlet opening and closing device disposed in the inlet.Type: GrantFiled: April 4, 2012Date of Patent: October 25, 2016Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventor: Hyun-Ye Lee
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Patent number: 9318731Abstract: A battery pack includes a first battery module, the first battery module including unit batteries, a first plate, and a second plate, and a second battery module, the second battery module including unit batteries, a first plate, and a second plate. The first battery module may be stacked on the second battery module, the second plate of the first battery module may be between the first battery module and the second battery module, and the second plate of the first battery module may support the unit batteries of the first battery module and contact the first plate of the second battery module.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: April 19, 2016Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbHInventors: Hyun-Ye Lee, Tae-Young Kim, Myung-Chul Kim, Shi-Dong Park
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Patent number: 9214658Abstract: A battery pack includes a first battery module, the first battery module including first unit batteries arranged side by side in a first direction, a second battery module adjacent to the first battery module, the second battery module including second unit batteries arranged side by side in the first direction, and at least one supporting block in a space between the first unit batteries and the second unit batteries, the at least one supporting block contacting the first and second battery modules.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2010Date of Patent: December 15, 2015Assignees: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GmbHInventors: Hyun-Ye Lee, Tae-Yong Kim, Myung-Chul Kim, Shi-Dong Park
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Patent number: 9203065Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of batteries stacked together; a plate between adjacent ones of the batteries, the plate comprising a plate body; and a connecting tab extending from an edge of the plate body; and a first connection member extending along the batteries, wherein the first connection member has a coupling portion through which the connecting tab extends.Type: GrantFiled: November 17, 2010Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Hyun-Ye Lee
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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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Patent number: 9083029Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules stacked together, at least one of the plurality of battery modules having a plurality of unit battery cells stacked together; and a housing including at least one side support comprising a first support having a longitudinal axis extending in a first direction and a second support having a longitudinal axis extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a pair of end plates coupled to respective longitudinal ends of the first support.Type: GrantFiled: June 16, 2010Date of Patent: July 14, 2015Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hyun-Ye Lee, Tae-Yong Kim, Myung-Chul Kim, Shi-Dong Park
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Patent number: 8883336Abstract: A battery pack includes at least one battery module having a plurality of battery cells; and a housing accommodating the at least one battery module and having an inlet port at a first side thereof and discharging port at a second side thereof opposite to the first side, the housing having a bottom surface that has a slope and a first hole at an end of the slope.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2012Date of Patent: November 11, 2014Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, In-Hwan Cha, Hyun-Ye Lee
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Patent number: 8859131Abstract: A battery module and battery pack, the battery module including a pair of end plates facing each other; a plurality of battery units arranged in a first direction between the end plates; a first side plate extending along a first side of the plurality of battery units, the first side plate being coupled to the end plates; a second side plate extending along a second side of the plurality of battery units, the second side plate being coupled to the end plates and being disposed opposite to the first side plate; a first coupling member, the first coupling member coupling the end plates to the first side plate; and a second coupling member, the second coupling member coupling the end plates to the second side plate, wherein the first coupling member and the second coupling member are disposed in asymmetrical positions with respect to a central line of the end plates.Type: GrantFiled: March 15, 2013Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Tae-Yong Kim, Hyun-Ye Lee, Shi-Dong Park
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Publication number: 20140227569Abstract: A battery module includes a first end plate and a second end plate, each of the end plates including at least one flange; a plurality of battery units arranged along a first direction between the end plates; a first guide plate on a first side of the plurality of battery units, extending in the first direction and coupled to the flanges of the first and second end plates; and a second guide plate on a second side of the plurality of battery units opposite the first side, extending in the first direction and coupled to the flanges of the first and second end plates.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2014Publication date: August 14, 2014Applicants: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., ROBERT BOSCH GMBHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Hyun-Ye Lee
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Patent number: 8802254Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries and a housing configured to receive the rechargeable batteries, wherein the housing has a vent opening; and a valve configured to close the vent opening, wherein the valve includes a porous film with pores having a diameter larger than that of gas molecules and smaller than that of water particles.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2010Date of Patent: August 12, 2014Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventor: Hyun-Ye Lee
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Patent number: 8771862Abstract: A bus bar holder for connecting electrode terminals of a plurality of batteries arranged in a lengthwise direction, the bus bar holder including a bus bar holder plate having an opening in a lengthwise direction thereof and configured such that at least some electrode terminals of the plurality of batteries are extendable through the opening and slidable along the opening; and a bus bar for electrically connecting at least two electrode terminals of adjacent batteries, wherein the bus bar holder plate includes a settling groove in which the bus bar is settled, and the bus bar attached to the electrode terminals is slidable when the electrode terminal slides along the opening.Type: GrantFiled: July 29, 2013Date of Patent: July 8, 2014Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Tae-Yong Kim, Hyun-Ye Lee, Shi-Dong Park
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Patent number: 8734978Abstract: A battery module includes a first end plate and a second end plate, each of the end plates including at least one flange; a plurality of battery units arranged along a first direction between the end plates; a first guide plate on a first side of the plurality of battery units, extending in the first direction and coupled to the flanges of the first and second end plates; and a second guide plate on a second side of the plurality of battery units opposite the first side, extending in the first direction and coupled to the flanges of the first and second end plates.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2010Date of Patent: May 27, 2014Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Hyun-Ye Lee
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Patent number: 8722225Abstract: A battery module includes a base plate, a plurality of batteries on the base plate, and a reinforcing portion on the base plate for reinforcing the base plate. Therefore, deformation of the base plate is prevented.Type: GrantFiled: August 12, 2010Date of Patent: May 13, 2014Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., ROBERT BOSCH GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Tae-Yong Kim, Hyun-Ye Lee, Shi-Dong Park
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Patent number: 8603663Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules, each battery module including a plurality of battery units with positive and negative electrode terminals, and each battery unit including a plurality of battery cells, a plurality of bus bars connecting positive electrode terminals to negative electrode terminals of adjacent battery units, battery modules adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction being electrically connected to each other via the bus bar to form a loop, and a connection member electrically connecting battery modules adjacent to each other in a vertical direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2010Date of Patent: December 10, 2013Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., ROBERT BOSCH GmbHInventors: Shi-Dong Park, Tae-Yong Kim, Charles Kim, Hyun-Ye Lee
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Publication number: 20130309552Abstract: A bus bar holder for connecting electrode terminals of a plurality of batteries arranged in a lengthwise direction, the bus bar holder including a bus bar holder plate having an opening in a lengthwise direction thereof and configured such that at least some electrode terminals of the plurality of batteries are extendable through the opening and slidable along the opening; and a bus bar for electrically connecting at least two electrode terminals of adjacent batteries, wherein the bus bar holder plate includes a settling groove in which the bus bar is settled, and the bus bar attached to the electrode terminals is slidable when the electrode terminal slides along the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 29, 2013Publication date: November 21, 2013Applicants: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH, SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Myung-Chul KIM, Tae-Yong KIM, Hyun-Ye LEE, Shi-Dong PARK
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Patent number: 8563153Abstract: A battery module including a row of batteries; and end plates coupled to ends of the row of batteries, wherein the end plates include a reinforcing portion for increasing strength of the end plates.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2010Date of Patent: October 22, 2013Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Hyun-Ye Lee, Tae-Yong Kim, Myung-Chul Kim, Shi-Dong Park
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Patent number: 8557428Abstract: A battery module for containing a plurality of battery units, the battery module including first and second end plates facing each other; and a side plate, the side plate being for extending across a side of the battery units, and the side plate having a first end coupled to the first end plate and a second end coupled to the second end plate, wherein a work hardening unit is disposed at the second end of the side plate, the work hardening unit being hardened in such a way that the second end of the side plate is bent.Type: GrantFiled: July 30, 2010Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Shi-Dong Park, Tae-Yong Kim, Charles Kim, Hyun-Ye Lee
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Patent number: 8501347Abstract: A bus bar holder for connecting electrode terminals of a plurality of batteries arranged in a lengthwise direction, the bus bar holder including a bus bar holder plate having an opening in a lengthwise direction thereof and configured such that at least some electrode terminals of the plurality of batteries are extendable through the opening and slidable along the opening; and a bus bar for electrically connecting at least two electrode terminals of adjacent batteries, wherein the bus bar holder plate includes a settling groove in which the bus bar is settled, and the bus bar attached to the electrode terminals is slidable when the electrode terminal slides along the opening.Type: GrantFiled: February 25, 2013Date of Patent: August 6, 2013Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Robert Bosch GmbHInventors: Myung-Chul Kim, Tae-Yong Kim, Hyun-Ye Lee, Shi-Dong Park