Patents by Inventor Jae-Woong Kim

Jae-Woong Kim 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: 20240055738
    Abstract: A fixing structure of an electrode includes a battery housing having a bottom with a perforation hole; an electrode terminal fixed to the bottom; and a terminal gasket interposed between the electrode terminal and the bottom. The electrode terminal includes a neck portion inserted into the perforation hole; a head portion connected to one end of the neck portion and having a cross section larger than the cross section of the perforation hole and extending along one surface of the bottom; a protrusion connected to the other end of the neck portion and extending along an axial direction of the battery housing from the other surface of the bottom; a diameter-enlarged portion configured to extend in a centrifugal direction from the protrusion; and a front end surface at an axial end of the protrusion. The diameter-enlarged portion may be a fastening member at an outer circumference of the protrusion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Geon-Woo MIN, Min-Ki JO, Do-Gyun KIM, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Jae-Woong KIM
  • Publication number: 20240021958
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery that may include an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator wound around a winding axis, wherein the first electrode includes a first active material region coated with a first active material layer and a first uncoated region not coated with the first active material layer, and at least a part of the first uncoated region being an electrode tab; a first current collector coupled to at least a part of the first uncoated region on the electrode assembly; a battery housing to accommodate the electrode assembly and the first current collector; and an insulator interposed between at least one of the first uncoated region and the first current collector and an inner surface of the battery housing facing the at least one of the first uncoated region and the first current collector to block an electrical connection between the battery housing and the at least one of the first uncoated region and the first current collector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 18, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Ki JO, Bo-Hyun KANG, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Hae-Jin LIM, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG, Jae-Woong KIM, Jong-Sik PARK, Yu-Sung CHOE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Pil-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20240013838
    Abstract: There are provided a memory device and an operating method of the memory device. The memory device includes: a memory block including a plurality of pages, each page from the plurality of pages including memory cells, the memory cells configured to be programmed to different program states according to a plurality of target voltages; and a peripheral circuit for performing a program operation of a selected page among the plurality of pages. The peripheral circuit is configured to: decrease at least one target voltage among the plurality of target voltages to a sub-target voltage in the program operation of the selected page; and program memory cells programmed according to the sub-target voltage in the selected page according to a final target voltage corresponding to the sub-target voltage, after a program operation of a page adjacent to the selected page is performed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2022
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jae Woong KIM
  • Publication number: 20240004558
    Abstract: A semiconductor memory device, and a method of operating the same, includes a memory block including a plurality of pages, a read and write circuit configured to apply a first bit line voltage to a selected bit line corresponding to a selected memory cell and apply a second bit line voltage having a potential lower than that of the first bit line voltage to an unselected bit line during detrap operation, a voltage generation circuit configured to generate a first set voltage, a second set voltage, and a pass voltage during the detrap operation, and an address decoder configured to apply the first set voltage to a selected word line corresponding to the selected page and apply the second set voltage having a potential higher than that of the first set voltage to unselected word lines, during the detrap operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Dong Jae JUNG, Jae Woong KIM, Shin Won SEO
  • Publication number: 20230412926
    Abstract: A camera module inspection system and a method for operating the inspection system. More specifically, the inspection system can quickly check and correct the alignment of the camera module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Woong KIM, Jung In PARK, Hyun Wook SHIN, Kyung Sub OH
  • Publication number: 20230366911
    Abstract: An adjustment control device for precise measurement that controls an inspection equipment for inspecting an inspected object to perform precise measurement includes a lowering control unit that lowers the inspection equipment with respect to the inspected object, a rotation control unit that is coupled to the lowering control unit and that controls the lowering control unit to rotate the inspection equipment at a predetermined angle in left and right directions when viewed from a frontal point of view, and a forward and backward control unit that is disposed above the rotation control unit and that transmit a moving force to the rotation control unit to move the inspection equipment forward or forward on the inspected object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2022
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Woong KIM, Jung In PARK, Sung Gu KIM, Hee Tae KIM
  • Patent number: 11794547
    Abstract: An integrated thermal management module for a vehicle may include a chiller; a first reservoir portion through which electric part-cooling water passes, and a second reservoir portion through which high-voltage battery-cooling water passes; a first pump that circulates the electric part-cooling water through an electric portion, and a first valve that controls cooling water that has passed through the chiller or cooling water of the first reservoir portion to be selectively circulated through the electric portion by the first pump; and a second pump that circulates the high-voltage battery-cooling water through a high-voltage battery, and a second valve that controls the cooling water that has passed through the chiller or cooling water of the second reservoir portion to be selectively circulated through the high-voltage battery by the second pump.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Man Ju Oh, So La Chung, Jae Woong Kim, Sang Shin Lee
  • Patent number: 11795973
    Abstract: A deep learning-based cooling system temperature prediction apparatus has an artificial neural network modeled by connecting a plurality of artificial neural network submodels each including an input layer, a hidden layer, and an output layer is used. A pump flow speed, a cooling water flow rate, a battery inlet cooling water temperature, a motor inlet cooling water temperature, a radiator outlet cooling water temperature, a battery temperature, and a motor temperature are predicted by inputting at least one of a predetermined control variable, an environment variable, or a time variable to the plurality of artificial neural network submodels in accordance with a physical causality. A number of the plurality of artificial neural network submodels and the control variables or environment variables that are sequentially input to each submodel depend on divisional control and integral control of the cooling system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Jae Woong Kim, Sang Shin Lee, So La Chung, Man Ju Oh, Young Jin Kim, Jong Hyun Park
  • Publication number: 20230322044
    Abstract: Disclosed are a vehicle air conditioning control system and method, the vehicle air conditioning control system including a controller configured to receive a target temperature and a sensor value and determine an optimal control variable on the basis of a cost function that reflects energy consumption and following-up performance in following up the target temperature received by using a control model, and a plant configured to receive the control variable determined by the controller and operate to cool or heat a vehicle interior on the basis of the received control variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventor: Jae Woong Kim
  • Publication number: 20230291015
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and second electrode, a first portion including an active material extending between a pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator, at least a part of the second portion includes an electrode tab; a battery housing having a first end with a first opening, a second end opposite the first end, and an inner surface, the battery housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including a tab coupling portion coupled to the second portion of the first electrode and a housing coupling portion extending from the tab coupling portion and electrically coupled to the inner surface of the battery housing; and a cap covering the first opening of the battery housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Hae-Jin LIM, Min-Ki JO, Su-Ji CHOI, Jae-Woong KIM, Jong-Sik PARK, Yu-Sung CHOE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Bo-Hyun KANG, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Pil-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20230253058
    Abstract: The present technology relates to an electronic device. According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a memory device may include a plurality of memory cells connected to each word line, a peripheral circuit configured to perform a program operation on memory cells that are connected to a selected word line, and a control logic configured to control the peripheral circuit to perform the program operation on the memory cells that are connected to the selected word line after performing a pre-program operation that increases a threshold voltage of over-erasure cells, among memory cells that are connected to an adjacent word line, having a threshold voltage of an over-erasure state that is lower than a threshold voltage of an erasure state, to the threshold voltage of the erasure state, wherein the adjacent word line is a word line that is next to the selected word line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventor: Jae Woong KIM
  • Publication number: 20230253050
    Abstract: Provided herein is a memory device that may include a plurality of memory cells coupled to a plurality of bit lines and a common source line. The memory device may also include a control circuit configured to control a peripheral circuit to perform a program operation that includes two or more program steps on selected memory cells of a selected word line. The peripheral circuit may be configured to perform a first program step of the two or more program steps on the selected memory cells, then perform a detrap operation that applies a detrap voltage to the plurality of bit lines and the common source line for a predefined time, and thereafter perform a second program step of the two or more program steps on the selected memory cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jae Woong KIM, Shin Won SEO, Dong Jae JUNG
  • Publication number: 20230246222
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery in which an electrode tab is improved in mechanical strength and a method for manufacturing the same. Also, the secondary battery according to the present invention includes: an electrode provided with a coating portion coated with an active material on an electrode collector and a non-coating portion on which the active material is not applied to the electrode collector in a longitudinal direction of the electrode collector and a notching tab part extending from the coating portion in a width direction of the electrode collector without coating with the active material and overlapping each other to form two or more layers when the electrode is wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae Woong Kim, Hyoung Kwon Kim, Sang Uck Kim
  • Publication number: 20230246245
    Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode can have a pair of first sides and a pair of second sides extending between the pair of first sides, a first portion including an active material extending between the pair of first sides, and a second portion extending between the pair of first sides and exposed beyond the separator along a winding direction. The battery can further include a battery housing having a first opening at a first end and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end, a first current collector including a support portion positioned on the electrode assembly, and a housing cover which seals the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG, Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Hae-Jin LIM, Min-Ki JO, Jae-Woong KIM, Jong-Sik PARK, Yu-Sung CHOE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Bo-Hyun KANG, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Pil-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20230246302
    Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly having a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator. The first electrode can include a first active material region coated with an active material layer along a winding direction and a first uncoated region not coated with the active material layer, and at least part of the first uncoated region used as an electrode tab. The battery can further include a first current collector coupled to at least part of the first uncoated region on the electrode assembly, a battery housing to accommodate the electrode assembly and the first current collector, and an insulator between an inner surface of the battery housing facing the first uncoated region or the first current collector and the first uncoated region or the first current collector to block the electrical connection between the first uncoated region and the battery housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 7, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Min-Ki JO, Bo-Hyun KANG, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Hae-Jin LIM, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG, Jae-Woong KIM, Jong-Sik PARK, Yu-Sung CHOE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Pil-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20230246243
    Abstract: A battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode, second electrode, and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode, the first electrode including a first region coated with an active material and a second region at a first side and adjacent to the first region, the second region being exposed beyond the separator, and at least part of the second region is an electrode tab; a housing including a first end with a first opening, the housing accommodating the electrode assembly; a first current collector including an edge portion on the electrode assembly, a second region coupling portion extending from the edge portion and coupled with the second region, and a terminal coupling portion spaced apart from the second region coupling portion; and a terminal coupled with the terminal coupling portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Min-Ki JO, Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG, Hae-Jin LIM, Jae-Woong KIM, Jong-Sik PARK, Yu-Sung CHOE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Bo-Hyun KANG, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Pil-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20230246244
    Abstract: A battery can include an electrode assembly, a battery housing, a terminal and a cap. The electrode assembly can have a first electrode, a second electrode and a separator between the first electrode and the second electrode. Each of the first electrode and the second electrode can have a first portion including an active material corresponding to the separator, and a second portion exposed beyond the separator and not coated with the active material. The battery housing can have a first end with a first opening and a second end with a second opening opposite the first end. The terminal can be electrically connected to the second portion of the first electrode and exposed out of the battery housing through the first opening of the battery housing at the first end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Do-Gyun KIM, Geon-Woo MIN, Hae-Jin LIM, Min-Ki JO, Su-Ji CHOI, Bo-Hyun KANG, Jong-Sik PARK, Jae-Won LIM, Yu-Sung CHOE, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Jae-Woong KIM, Ji-Min JUNG, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Pil-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20230186989
    Abstract: The present discloses provides a memory device and a method of operating the memory device. The memory device includes first main plugs formed in a vertical direction over a substrate and arranged in a first direction, second main plugs, third main plugs arranged between the first and second main plugs, the third main plugs adjacent to the first and second main plugs, and bit lines above the first to third main plugs, wherein each of the first to third main plugs includes first and second sub-plugs facing each other, wherein portions of the first and second sub-plugs included in each of the first and third main plugs are coupled to different select lines, and wherein portions of the first and second sub-plugs included in each of the second and third main plugs are coupled to different select lines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Applicant: SK hynix Inc.
    Inventors: Jung Shik JANG, In Su PARK, Woo Pyo JEONG, Jung Dal CHOI, Jae Woong KIM, Jeong Hwan KIM
  • Patent number: 11648819
    Abstract: An indoor heating line is arranged to pass through a heater core for a coolant heater and indoor air conditioning, and is provided with a first pump so that coolant can flow. A battery heating line is branched from a downstream point of the heater core and connected to an upstream point of the coolant heater after passing through a battery heat exchange part for temperature-raising a high voltage battery, where the battery heating line includes a first heat exchange flow passage that connects a downstream point of the heater core to a first side of the battery heat exchange part, and a second heat exchange flow passage that connects a second side thereof and an upstream point of the coolant heater, where the first heat exchange flow passage and the second heat exchange flow passage are configured to mutually exchange heat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sang Shin Lee, Man Ju Oh, So Yoon Park, Jae Woong Kim
  • Patent number: 11652232
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery in which an electrode tab is improved in mechanical strength and a method for manufacturing the same. Also, the secondary battery according to the present invention includes: an electrode provided with a coating portion coated with an active material on an electrode collector and a non-coating portion on which the active material is not applied to the electrode collector in a longitudinal direction of the electrode collector and a notching tab part extending from the coating portion in a width direction of the electrode collector without coating with the active material and overlapping each other to form two or more layers when the electrode is wound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Inventors: Jae Woong Kim, Hyoung Kwon Kim, Sang Uck Kim