Patents by Inventor Jin-Kyu Shin

Jin-Kyu Shin 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: 10481208
    Abstract: Disclosed is a compact secondary battery module, which includes a cartridge assembly having a plurality of cartridges stacked while accommodating cells, respectively, so that a plurality of lead welding portions where a first lead and a second lead of adjacent cells overlap with each other are located at a cartridge sidewall with a predetermined pattern; and a sensing housing having a plurality of bus bars located and welded corresponding to the lead welding portions, respectively, the sensing housing being capable of being arranged at a side of the cartridge assembly, wherein when the sensing housing is coupled to the cartridge assembly, the first lead, the second lead and the bus bar are located in order from the sidewall of the cartridge in an outer direction and welded from the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum-Hyun Lee, Jin-Kyu Shin, Seang-Hee Chae
  • Patent number: 10431790
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module including two or more battery cells, which can be charged and discharged, stacked in a state of being adjacent to each other in a vertical direction or in a horizontal direction, and sheathing members for respectively fixing the battery cells to form a battery cell stack, wherein each of the battery cells has electrode leads electrically connected to an electrode assembly, which is mounted in a battery cell case of each of the battery cells, in a state of protruding outward from the battery cell case, the electrode leads of the battery cells of the battery cell stack are coupled to each other by welding to form a coupled portion of the electrode leads, and the coupled portion of the electrode leads or the remaining portion of the electrode leads excluding the coupled portion of the electrode leads is provided with a damping structure for absorbing or buffering external force applied to the battery module or vibration generated during welding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun Lee, Jin-Kyu Shin
  • Patent number: 10411230
    Abstract: Disclosed is an energy storage system (ESS) battery pack case, which includes a case body having at least two plates assembled to each other by fitting so as to be connected to each other along a circumferential direction thereof to form a hollow therein, the case body having an open top end and an open bottom end; and an upper cover assembly configured to cover the top end of the case body and a lower cover assembly configured to cover the bottom end of the case body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Jae Gang, Ki-Youn Kim, Jin-Kyu Shin, Bum-Hyun Lee, Sang-Hyun Jo
  • Publication number: 20190267590
    Abstract: A battery pack fixing apparatus which may effectively prevent a battery pack from being detached or separated from the fixing apparatus and may ensure easy installation regardless of the place where the battery pack is mounted, including a support unit supporting a lower portion of the battery pack and having a support plate with a coupling structure coupled to the lower portion of the battery pack; and a wall fixing unit including a fixing plate located at the rear of the battery pack loaded on the support unit, formed with a plate shape erecting upward, having a lower portion coupled to one side of the support unit and having a coupling structure coupled to a wall located at the rear.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yeo-Joo CHOI, Bum-Hyun LEE, Jae-Ki LEE, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Publication number: 20190229313
    Abstract: A battery module having a plurality of battery cells and a module case configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells is provided. The module case includes first and second cases coupled to each other by hooking and having shapes corresponding to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Publication date: July 25, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum-Hyun LEE, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Patent number: 10340488
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes a battery module having a plurality of battery cells, a case configured to accommodate a plurality of the battery modules, and a protection cover coupled to the case to be capable of opening or closing, the protection cover being configured to protect an installation member installed at the case, wherein the protection cover is pivotally coupled to the case and is separable from the case depending on a pivoting angle of the protection cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun Jo, In-Jae Gang, Ki-Youn Kim, Jin-Kyu Shin, Bum-Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10312561
    Abstract: A unit cell pack having a first battery module including battery cartridges that are sequentially stacked, a plurality of batteries wherein two batteries are seated on an upper surface of each of the battery cartridges, electrode connection members respectively positioned on both sides of the battery cartridges, and a battery cover covering the battery cartridges, the plurality of batteries, and the electrode connection members; a second battery module being adjacent to the first battery module and including same constituent elements as the first battery module; a battery housing surrounding the first battery module and the second battery module, and including air inflow window covers and air outflow window covers facing each other; and a fan duct disposed on the air outflow window covers of the battery housing is provided. A lower surface of each of the battery cartridges defines air guide grooves with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Chul Park, Kyung-Hyun Bae, Byung-O Kong, Jin-Kyu Shin, Hyung-Jin Hwang
  • Publication number: 20190058173
    Abstract: A jig set for mounting an ESS pack, which is used to mount an ESS pack to a wall or a structure corresponding to the wall, includes: a mounting unit having a partially protruding portion capable of being coupled to one surface of an ESS pack case; and a handle unit including a handlebar to be grasped by an operator, and a locking bar, which is integrally connected to the handlebar and is attachable to and detachable from the protruding portion of the mounting unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2017
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Youn KIM, In-Jae GANG, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Bum-Hyun LEE, Sang-Hyun JO
  • Publication number: 20180331334
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module assembly including unit modules, each unit module comprising unit cells loaded in a cartridge the unit cells being electrically connected to each other via a bus bar, the battery module assembly including two or more sub modules arranged in a lateral direction to each other, each sub module having an external input terminal and an external output terminal, a base plate on which the sub modules are loaded, side cover plates mounted at sides of the sub modules, an upper cover plate loaded on tops of the sub modules, the upper cover plate being fastened and coupled to the sub modules and the side cover plates, a front cover plate mounted at a front of the battery module assembly at which the external input and output terminals of the sub modules are located, the front cover plate being fastened and coupled to the sub modules, the base plate, and the side cover plates, a main bus bar for fixing front ends of the sub modules to each other and connecting the external input and o
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2018
    Publication date: November 15, 2018
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun LEE, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Patent number: 10116009
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack configured to have a structure including at least one battery module having a structure in which a plurality of unit cells or a plurality of unit modules, each of which includes a plurality of unit cells, is electrically connected to each other, a battery pack case in which the battery module is received, an inner cartridge for fixing the battery module in the battery pack case, and a battery management system (BMS) assembly including a BMS circuit board for monitoring and controlling operation of the battery pack and a BMS case in which the a BMS circuit board is mounted, the BMS assembly being mounted in the inner cartridge from outside the battery pack in an inserting fashion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Juhan Kim, Taeyeop Kim, Jin-Kyu Shin, Bum Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 10096867
    Abstract: A compact secondary battery module integrated with BMS is disclosed, which includes a cartridge assembly stacked and coupled with at least two or more cartridges receiving a secondary battery cell therein; and a sensing housing disposed on a side surface of the cartridge assembly, in which two or more bus bars electrically connected with an electrode of a corresponding cell are disposed in a predetermined pattern, and a BMS circuit board that can be connected with each of the bus bars is prepared integrally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum-Hyun Lee, Jee-Ho Kim, Jin-Kyu Shin, Ju-Han Kim
  • Patent number: 10084174
    Abstract: A battery module including unit cells, each of which has electrode terminals formed at one side thereof, cartridges for fixing the unit cells, respectively, and busbars coupled to the electrode terminals for electrically interconnecting the unit cells. The unit cells are mounted at the respective cartridges such that the electrode terminals are opposite to each other, and the electrode terminals are connected in parallel to each other via the busbars such that the cartridges have unit cell parallel connection structures. The cartridges are stacked such that the unit cell parallel connection structures are arranged in a height direction from a ground, and the unit cell parallel connection structures are connected to each other via a series connection member and/or a parallel connection member for connecting the unit cell parallel connection structures in series and/or in parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun Lee, Jin-Kyu Shin
  • Publication number: 20180248239
    Abstract: Disclosed is battery module, which includes a cell assembly having battery cells arranged side by side in one direction and air channels formed at the intervals of the battery cells, and an inlet duct mounted to a front surface of the cell assembly at which the air channels are located to distribute a cooling air to the air channels. The inlet duct includes an air inlet disposed to face air channels, which are located in a central region in the arrangement of the air channels, at a location spaced apart therefrom, a cooling fan being installed at the air inlet to introduce the cooling air; and a guide vane composed of a plurality of plate barriers respectively extending obliquely toward the air channels based on the air inlet at a predetermined acute angle to distribute the flow of air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2018
    Publication date: August 30, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Moo Nam, Jin-Kyu Shin, Jung-Il Park, Jong-Kyu Ahn, Gyung-Soo Kang
  • Patent number: 10062877
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module assembly including unit modules, each unit module comprising unit cells loaded in a cartridge the unit cells being electrically connected to each other via a bus bar, the battery module assembly including two or more sub modules arranged in a lateral direction to each other, each of the sub modules including two or more unit modules stacked in a vertical direction, each sub module having an external input terminal and an external output terminal, a base plate on which the sub modules are loaded, side cover plates mounted at sides of the sub modules, an upper cover plate loaded on tops of the sub modules, the upper cover plate being fastened and coupled to the sub modules and the side cover plates, a front cover plate mounted at a front of the battery module assembly at which the external input and output terminals of the sub modules are located, the front cover plate being fastened and coupled to the sub modules, the base plate, and the side cover plates, a main bus bar fo
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun Lee, Jin-Kyu Shin
  • Patent number: 9997758
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module including a unit module assembly including unit modules, each of which includes a plurality of battery cells or a plurality of cell assemblies, each of which includes two or more battery cells, as unit cells, the unit modules being arranged while being adjacent to each other, each of the unit modules having electrode terminals arranged at one side thereof, a battery disconnect unit (BDU) arranged at one side of the unit module assembly, the battery disconnect unit having terminal connection parts arranged at the same side as the electrode terminals, a module case in which the unit modules of the unit module assembly are mounted, the electrode terminals of the unit modules being exposed through the module case, and a bus bar assembly including a cover plate mounted on the electrode terminals of the unit modules at the module case, the cover plate being formed of an insulative material, and two more bus bars mounted to the cover plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Juhan Kim, Jin-Kyu Shin, Bum Hyun Lee, Taeyeop Kim
  • Publication number: 20180151857
    Abstract: Disclosed is an energy storage system (ESS) battery pack case, which includes a case body having at least two plates assembled to each other by fitting so as to be connected to each other along a circumferential direction thereof to form a hollow therein, the case body having an open top end and an open bottom end; and an upper cover assembly configured to cover the top end of the case body and a lower cover assembly configured to cover the bottom end of the case body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2017
    Publication date: May 31, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: In-Jae Gang, Ki-Youn Kim, Jin-Kyu Shin, Bum-Hyun Lee, Sang-Hyun Jo
  • Publication number: 20180127026
    Abstract: Disclosed is a steering angle detecting apparatus, which detects a rotation angle of a steering wheel, and the apparatus includes a main gear configured to rotate in association with a steering shaft connected to the steering wheel, and a plurality of sub gears respectively having a magnet and configured to rotate in engagement with the main gear, wherein a triangle obtained by connecting centers of the main gear and the plurality of sub gears has an area of 334 mm2 or above and 528 mm2 or below.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2017
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Tae-Woo KIM, Byung-Cheol NA, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Tae-Hong JUNG, Yeon-Muk CHOI
  • Publication number: 20180123097
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes a battery module having a plurality of battery cells, a case configured to accommodate a plurality of the battery modules, and a protection cover coupled to the case to be capable of opening or closing, the protection cover being configured to protect an installation member installed at the case, wherein the protection cover is pivotally coupled to the case and is separable from the case depending on a pivoting angle of the protection cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2017
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang-Hyun Jo, In-Jae Gang, Ki-Youn Kim, Jin-Kyu Shin, Bum-Hyun Lee
  • Patent number: 9876203
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module assembly including two or more battery modules, each of which includes two or more plate-shaped battery cells vertically stacked such that electrode leads of the battery cells are arranged in one direction, each of the battery modules having terminal parts connected to an outside, a base plate including module receiving parts, on tops of which the battery modules are loaded in a state in which electrode terminals of the battery modules are arranged in one direction, the base plate being provided at an outer edge thereof with upwardly bent side walls, an upper cover plate including downwardly bent side walls formed at opposite sides thereof on the basis of the electrode terminals of the battery modules, the upper cover plate being fixed on the base plate to form a top of the battery module assembly, a plate-shaped assembly cover loaded on tops of the battery modules and coupled to the battery modules in a fastening fashion, the assembly cover fixing a cable, and an electric
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Juhan Kim, Jun Yeob Seong, Bum Hyun Lee, Jin-Kyu Shin
  • Patent number: 9876204
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module assembly including two or more battery modules, each of which includes two or more plate-shaped battery cells vertically stacked such that electrode leads of the battery cells are arranged in one direction, a base plate including module receiving parts, on tops of which the battery modules are loaded in a state in which electrode terminals of the battery modules are arranged in one direction, the base plate being provided at an outer edge thereof with upwardly bent side walls, an upper cover plate including downwardly bent side walls formed at opposite sides thereof on the basis of the electrode terminals of the battery modules, the upper cover plate being fixed on the base plate to form a top of the battery module assembly, and a plate-shaped assembly cover loaded on tops of the battery modules and coupled to the battery modules in a fastening fashion, the assembly cover including a cable fixing part for fixing a cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2018
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Juhan Kim, Bum Hyun Lee, Jun Yeob Seong, Jin-Kyu Shin