Patents by Inventor Jake Kim

Jake 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).

  • Patent number: 12618906
    Abstract: A method of estimating a state-of-charge (SOC) of a battery includes: setting an initial SOC value and an initial Kalman error covariance value; receiving an estimated G parameter value, a current current value, and a current voltage value of the battery; updating a current SOC value and a current Kalman error covariance value of the battery by inputting the estimated G parameter value, the current current value, and the current voltage value to an extended Kalman filter; and outputting the current SOC value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2026
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Christober Rayappan, Sungwook Paek, Byeonghui Lim, Yongjun Hwang, Jake Kim, Giheon Kim
  • Publication number: 20250300472
    Abstract: A method of deactivating a secondary battery includes setting discharge conditions for a secondary battery having a positive voltage, connecting a current or voltage adjustable power source to the secondary battery, and overdischarging the secondary battery to a voltage minimum point, which is a negative voltage, by adjusting at least one of current or voltage of the current or voltage adjustable power source based on the discharge conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2024
    Publication date: September 25, 2025
    Applicant: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jake Kim, Hongbeom Kim
  • Publication number: 20250262639
    Abstract: A secondary battery manufacturing device is provided that includes a case portion provided with a nozzle configured to face a base material being moved by a coating roll. A cavity portion is positioned inside the case portion, with the cavity portion forming a conduit for transferring a coating solution to the nozzle. A vent portion is provided that has a first side surrounding an inlet to the cavity portion and a second side extends to the outside of the case portion to form a path for discharging gas. A filtering portion is positioned between the cavity portion and the vent portion, with the filtering portion being configured to direct gas contained in the coating solution in a direction toward the vent portion and prevent liquid of the coating solution from being directed to the vent portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2024
    Publication date: August 21, 2025
    Inventors: Yong Jin KIM, Bo Ra KIM, Jake KIM, Tae Sung AHN, Hee Chan JUNG, Yong Jun HWANG
  • Patent number: 12392835
    Abstract: A method of estimating a state of charge of a battery, includes: generating a present voltage value Vt(k) and a present current value IL(k) by detecting a voltage and a current of the battery; determining a reference open-circuit voltage value VOC,ref(k) based on a state-of-charge estimation value SOC(k); estimating first to third parameter values ?1(k), ?2(k), and ?3(k) from the present voltage value Vt(k), the reference open-circuit voltage value VOC,ref(k), the present current value IL(k), and a previous current value IL(k?1) by using recursive least squares (RLS); and determining, using an extended Kalman filter (EKF), a next state-of-charge estimation value SOC(k+1) of the battery from the state-of-charge estimation value SOC(k), the present voltage value Vt(k), the reference open-circuit voltage value VOC,ref(k), the present current value IL(k), the previous current value IL(k?1), and the first to third parameter values ?1(k), ?2(k), and ?3(k).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2025
    Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., POSTECH Research and Business Development Foundation
    Inventors: Jake Kim, Giheon Kim, Sangwoo Kim, Youngbin Song, Minhwan Seo
  • Publication number: 20250058291
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling viscosity of a slurry includes a mixing module mixing raw materials for a secondary battery, and a processor performing machine learning for prediction of viscosity of the slurry, predicting viscosity of the slurry in real time during a mixing process through machine learning, and adjusting conditions of the mixing process performed by the mixing module such that a predictive viscosity of the slurry meets a target viscosity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Bo Ra KIM, Yong Jin KIM, Jake KIM, Tae Sung AHN, Hee Chan JUNG, Yong Jun HWANG, Jee Hoon HAN, Jong Man KIM, Gi Heon KIM
  • Publication number: 20250012867
    Abstract: A battery system includes: a battery; a detection device to detect a voltage, a current, and a temperature from the battery; and a battery management system (BMS) to: estimate a state of charge (SOC) based on the voltage, the current, and the temperature detected from the detection device; store a profile generated by measuring a physical state of the battery in an event count format based on battery state data including the voltage, the current, and the temperature and the SOC; generate a virtual scenario for driving a representative battery based on the profile; and estimate a life of the battery through the virtual scenario.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2023
    Publication date: January 9, 2025
    Inventors: Taesung AHN, Changhyun LEE, Sunmin LEE, Jake KIM, Gijang AHN
  • Patent number: 12188989
    Abstract: A method for detecting an abnormal battery cell includes periodically generating a voltage value and a current value for each of battery cells, updating, in real time by using an adaptive filter, a G parameter value and an H parameter value of each of battery cells, based on the voltage value and the current value, calculating a representative G parameter value and a representative H parameter value, and determining whether each of the battery cells is an abnormally deteriorated cell based on the G parameter value and the H parameter value of each of the battery cells, the representative G parameter value, and the representative H parameter value. The G parameter indicates sensitivity of voltage with respect to a change in current of the battery cell, and the H parameter indicates an effective potential determined by a local equilibrium potential distribution and a resistance distribution in the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jake Kim, Byeonghui Lim, Yongjun Hwang, Giheon Kim, Christober Rayappan, Sungwook Paek
  • Patent number: 12050251
    Abstract: Provided is a method of estimating the state of health of the battery according to various embodiments. The method of estimating the state of health of the battery comprises: measuring a voltage and current of a battery in use to periodically generate a voltage value and a current value; using an adaptive filter to periodically update a G parameter value and an H parameter value in real time from the voltage value and the current value, said parameters indicating the present state of the battery; and using an initial value and a final value of the G parameter that is preset and a present value of the G parameter to estimate the state of health of the battery in real time. The G parameter is a parameter that represents the sensitivity of the voltage to changes in the current of the battery, and the H parameter is a parameter that represents an effective potential determined by the local equilibrium potential distribution and resistance distribution inside the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2024
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeonghui Lim, Yongjun Hwang, Christober Rayappan, Giheon Kim, Jake Kim, Sungwook Paek
  • Patent number: 11846683
    Abstract: An internal short-circuit cell detection method includes detecting a voltage and current of each of a plurality of battery cells, updating in real time G and H parameter values by using an adaptive filter, calculating a G parameter representative value, and calculating an H parameter representative value, and determining whether a short circuit occurs in each of the plurality of battery cells, based on the G and H parameter value of each of the plurality of battery cells, the G parameter representative value, and the H parameter representative value. The G parameter is a parameter indicating a sensitivity of a voltage to a change in current of each of the plurality of battery cells, and the H parameter is a parameter indicating an effective potential determined by a local equilibrium potential distribution and a resistance distribution in each of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jake Kim, Yongjun Hwang, Giheon Kim, Christober Rayappan, Sungwook Paek, Byeonghui Lim
  • Publication number: 20230384387
    Abstract: A method of estimating a state of charge of a battery, includes: generating a present voltage value Vt(k) and a present current value IL(k) by detecting a voltage and a current of the battery; determining a reference open-circuit voltage value VOC,ref(k) based on a state-of-charge estimation value SOC(k); estimating first to third parameter values ?1(k), ?2(k), and ?3(k) from the present voltage value Vt(k), the reference open-circuit voltage value VOC,ref(k), the present current value IL(k), and a previous current value IL(k?1) by using recursive least squares (RLS); and determining, using an extended Kalman filter (EKF), a next state-of-charge estimation value SOC(k+1) of the battery from the state-of-charge estimation value SOC(k), the present voltage value Vt(k), the reference open-circuit voltage value VOC,ref(k), the present current value IL(k), the previous current value IL(k?1), and the first to third parameter values ?1(k), ?2(k), and ?3(k).
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2023
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Jake Kim, Giheon Kim, Sangwoo Kim, Youngbin Song, Minhwan Seo
  • Publication number: 20230358810
    Abstract: A method of estimating a state-of-charge (SOC) of a battery includes: setting an initial SOC value and an initial Kalman error covariance value; receiving an estimated G parameter value, a current current value, and a current voltage value of the battery; updating a current SOC value and a current Kalman error covariance value of the battery by inputting the estimated G parameter value, the current current value, and the current voltage value to an extended Kalman filter; and outputting the current SOC value. (Representative Drawing: FIG.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2021
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Inventors: Christober Rayappan, Sungwook Paek, Byeonghui Lim, Yongjun Hwang, Jake Kim, Giheon Kim
  • Publication number: 20230259672
    Abstract: Provided is a battery simulation method performed by a computing device including a processor and a memory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2021
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Jake Kim, Hoyul Baek, Yoohong Jang, Yeongbeom Joe, Minjeong Kang, Gijang Ahn, Yongjun Hwang, Byeonghui Lim, Giheon Kim
  • Publication number: 20230176131
    Abstract: A method of simulating a battery pack, the method being performed by a computing device including a processor and a memory, is provided. The method includes: selecting a connection relationship of battery cells included in the battery pack and an equivalent circuit model (ECM) of the battery cells; determining parameter initial values of each of the battery cells, and an initial value of a G parameter and an initial value of an H parameter of the battery pack; receiving one of a pack current value and a pack voltage value of the battery pack; based on the one of the pack current value and the pack voltage value and the initial value of the G parameter and the initial value of the H parameter of the battery pack, determining the other of the pack current value and the pack voltage value of the battery pack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2023
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Inventors: Yongjun Hwang, Giheon Kim, Sungwook Paek, Jake Kim, Christober RAYAPPAN, Byeonghui Lim
  • Publication number: 20220268856
    Abstract: An internal short-circuit cell detection method according to various embodiments includes detecting a voltage and current of each of a plurality of battery cells that are electrically connected to one another between first and second terminals and are being used, to periodically generate a voltage value and a current value of each of the plurality of battery cells, updating in real time a G parameter value and an H parameter value obtained by digitizing a G parameter and an H parameter indicating a present state of each of the plurality of battery cells from the voltage value and the current value of each of the plurality of battery cells, by using an adaptive filter, calculating a G parameter representative value representing the G parameter values of the plurality of battery cells, and calculating an H parameter representative value representing the H parameter values of the plurality of battery cells, and determining whether a short circuit occurs in each of the plurality of battery cells, based on the G p
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Jake Kim, Yongjun Hwang, Giheon Kim, Christober Rayappan, Sungwook Paek, Byeonghui Lim
  • Publication number: 20220196754
    Abstract: A method for detecting an abnormal battery cell includes periodically generating a voltage value and a current value for each of battery cells, updating, in real time by using an adaptive filter, a G parameter value and an H parameter value of each of battery cells, based on the voltage value and the current value, calculating a representative G parameter value and a representative H parameter value, and determining whether each of the battery cells is an abnormally deteriorated cell based on the G parameter value and the H parameter value of each of the battery cells, the representative G parameter value, and the representative H parameter value. The G parameter indicates sensitivity of voltage with respect to a change in current of the battery cell, and the H parameter indicates an effective potential determined by a local equilibrium potential distribution and a resistance distribution in the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Jake Kim, Byeonghui Lim, Yongjun Hwang, Giheon Kim, Christober Rayappan, Sungwook Paek
  • Patent number: 11366171
    Abstract: A battery state estimation method includes: periodically measuring voltage and current of a battery in use to generate a voltage value and a current value; using an adaptive filter to generate a G parameter value for a G parameter and an H parameter value for an H parameter in real time from the voltage value and the current value, the G and H parameters indicating a present state of the battery; and using the G parameter value and the H parameter value to estimate the present state of the battery in real time. The G parameter is a parameter that represents sensitivity of the voltage to changes in the current of the battery, and the H parameter is a parameter that represents an effective potential determined by local equilibrium potential distribution and resistance distribution inside the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 21, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byeonghui Lim, Christober Rayappan, Sungwook Paek, Minjeong Kang, Giheon Kim, Jake Kim, Yongjun Hwang
  • Publication number: 20220082626
    Abstract: Provided is a method of estimating the state of health of the battery according to various embodiments. The method of estimating the state of health of the battery comprises: measuring a voltage and current of a battery in use to periodically generate a voltage value and a current value; using an adaptive filter to periodically update a G parameter value and an H parameter value in real time from the voltage value and the current value, said parameters indicating the present state of the battery; and using an initial value and a final value of the G parameter that is preset and a present value of the G parameter to estimate the state of health of the battery in real time. The G parameter is a parameter that represents the sensitivity of the voltage to changes in the current of the battery, and the H parameter is a parameter that represents an effective potential determined by the local equilibrium potential distribution and resistance distribution inside the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2019
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Inventors: Byeonghui Lim, Yongjun Hwang, Christober Rayappan, Giheon Kim, Jake Kim, Sungwook Paek
  • Publication number: 20210048480
    Abstract: Provided is a battery state estimation method. The battery state estimation method comprises: a step for periodically measuring the voltage and current of a battery in use to generate a voltage value and a current value; a step for using an adaptive filter to generate a G parameter value and an H parameter value in real time from the voltage value and the current value, said parameters indicating the present state of the battery; and a step for using the G parameter value and the H parameter value to estimate the state of the battery in real time. The G parameter is a parameter that represents the sensitivity of the voltage to changes in the current of the battery, and the H parameter is a parameter that represents an effective potential determined by the local equilibrium potential distribution and resistance distribution inside the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Byeonghui LIM, Christober RAYAPPAN, Sungwook PAEK, Minjeong KANG, Giheon KIM, Jake KIM, Yongjun HWANG
  • Patent number: 10566816
    Abstract: A method of charging a battery, wherein the battery comprises a plurality of battery cells, includes charging the battery with a first voltage for a first time period, which charging is first charging, charging the battery with a second voltage for a second time period, which charging is second charging, and charging the battery with a third voltage for a third time period, which charging is third charging, wherein lengths of the first to third time periods are determined in correspondence with a magnitude of charging current of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoohong Jang, Seungyeon Kang, Hoyul Baek, Hyunju Oh, Jake Kim
  • Patent number: 10147917
    Abstract: A secondary battery and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes preparing an electrode assembly comprising a positive electrode plate, a negative electrode plate, and a separator interposed therebetween. The method also includes freezing the electrode assembly after the electrode assembly is filled with an electrolyte solution, dipping the frozen electrode assembly in a liquid polymer material, retrieving the dipped electrode assembly from the liquid polymer material, and curing an external surface of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jee-Won Kang, Byong-Gon Lee, Ki-Soo Lee, Jake Kim, Maeng-Eun Lee, Jee-Hoon Han, Seon-Hong Lee, Jong-Man Kim, Young-Woong Kwon, Hee-Sung Choi