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).

  • Publication number: 20170343615
    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: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum-Hyun LEE, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Seang-Hee CHAE
  • Patent number: 9786968
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module assembly including unit modules, each of which includes unit cells mounted to a cartridge in a state of being electrically connected to each other via bus bars, the battery module assembly including two or more sub-modules, each of which includes two or more unit modules vertically stacked from a ground to form a coolant flow channel at an interface therebetween, the sub-modules being arranged in a lateral direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other to provide the coolant flow channel, a base plate, on which the sub-modules are loaded, side cover plates mounted at sides of the sub-modules, each of the side cover plates having at least one coolant inlet port, through which a coolant is introduced, and a bracket for fixing ends of the sub-modules, the bracket having a coolant outlet port communicating with the coolant flow channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 10, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun Lee, Ji Young Choi, Jin-Kyu Shin
  • Publication number: 20170194674
    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: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum-Hyun LEE, Jee-Ho KIM, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Ju-Han KIM
  • Publication number: 20170187084
    Abstract: A unit cell pack according to the present disclosure includes 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, in which the two batteries on the upper surface of each of the battery cartridges are electrically connected in parallel, the battery cartridges are electrically
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: June 29, 2017
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun-Chul PARK, Kyung-Hyun BAE, Byung-O KONG, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Hyung-Jin HWANG
  • Publication number: 20170162841
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a secondary battery module comprising a cartridge assembly in which at least two or more cartridges are stacked and combined, wherein the module comprises one or more fixed members provided on the outer surface thereof in order to configure a battery pack in which one or more modules are mechanically/electrically connected in series or in parallel with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum-Hyun LEE, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Patent number: 9673495
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module assembly including unit modules, each of which includes unit cells mounted to a cartridge in a state of being electrically connected to each other via bus bars, the battery module assembly including two or more sub-modules, each of which includes two or more unit modules vertically stacked from a ground to form a coolant flow channel at an interface therebetween, the unit modules being arranged in a lateral direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other to provide the coolant flow channel, and a module case, in which the sub-modules are received and fixed, the module case having a coolant inlet port, through which a coolant is introduced into the module case, and a cool outlet port, through which the coolant is discharged out of the module case, wherein the coolant flow channel is configured to have a structure in which a vertical sectional area of the coolant flow channel decreases toward the coolant outlet port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun Lee, Jin-Kyu Shin
  • Patent number: 9660233
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a base plate of a battery module assembly, wherein the base plate is made of a metal sheet having module receiving parts, on which one or more battery modules each including battery cells are loaded, formed at a top thereof, the sheet is provided at at least a portion of an outer edge thereof with upwardly bent side walls, and the module receiving parts are provided with reinforcement beads protruding toward the battery modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Juhan Kim, Bum Hyun Lee, Jun Yeob Seong, Jin-Kyu Shin
  • Publication number: 20160226043
    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: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun LEE, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Publication number: 20160226108
    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: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2014
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Juhan KIM, Taeyeop KIM, Jin-Kyu SHIN, Bum Hyun LEE
  • Publication number: 20160197332
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is 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, wherein 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 for parallel connection, which are mounted at the respective cartridges, such that the cartridges have unit cell parallel connection structures, and wherein 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: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun LEE, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Patent number: 9379367
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack including two or more battery modules connected to each other, external input and output terminals being formed at one side of each of the battery modules, each of the battery modules including a plurality of unit cells electrically connected to each other while being stacked, wherein the two or more battery modules are connected in series or in parallel to each other via a connection member such that one of the battery modules is connected to an adjacent one of the battery modules, and the connection member is configured to have a structure in which different kinds of metals having different melting points are coupled to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: BumHyun Lee, Jin-Kyu Shin
  • Publication number: 20160156004
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a base plate of a battery module assembly, wherein the base plate is made of a metal sheet having module receiving parts, on which one or more battery modules each including battery cells are loaded, formed at a top thereof, the sheet is provided at at least a portion of an outer edge thereof with upwardly bent side walls, and the module receiving parts are provided with reinforcement beads protruding toward the battery modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: June 2, 2016
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Juhan KIM, Bum Hyun LEE, Jun Yeob SEONG, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Publication number: 20160133890
    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 ouput 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
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun LEE, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Publication number: 20160134000
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module assembly including unit modules, each of which includes unit cells mounted to a cartridge in a state of being electrically connected to each other via bus bars, the battery module assembly including two or more sub-modules, each of which includes two or more unit modules vertically stacked from a ground to form a coolant flow channel at an interface therebetween, the sub-modules being arranged in a lateral direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other to provide the coolant flow channel, a base plate, on which the sub-modules are loaded, side cover plates mounted at sides of the sub-modules, each of the side cover plates having at least one coolant inlet port, through which a coolant is introduced, and a bracket for fixing ends of the sub-modules, the bracket having a coolant outlet port communicating with the coolant flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun LEE, Ji Young CHOI, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Publication number: 20160133999
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module assembly including unit modules, each of which includes unit cells mounted to a cartridge in a state of being electrically connected to each other via bus bars, the battery module assembly including two or more sub-modules, each of which includes two or more unit modules vertically stacked from a ground to form a coolant flow channel at an interface therebetween, the unit modules being arranged in a lateral direction in a state of being spaced apart from each other to provide the coolant flow channel, and a module case, in which the sub-modules are received and fixed, the module case having a coolant inlet port, through which a coolant is introduced into the module case, and a cool outlet port, through which the coolant is discharged out of the module case, wherein the coolant flow channel is configured to have a structure in which a vertical sectional area of the coolant flow channel decreases toward the coolant outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2014
    Publication date: May 12, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun LEE, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Patent number: 9312574
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module including an LED element on a PCB. More particularly, the battery module including at least two battery cells includes a protective circuit board installed at a side surface of the battery module and electrically connected to the battery module, at least one LED element installed on the protective circuit board and displaying changes in operating states of the battery cells, a cover plate provided with a window for light transmission of the LED element and installed at a side surface of the battery module so as to surround the protective circuit board, and a light-transmissive LED cover installed at an inner side of the cover plate to correspond to the window of the cover plate in order to emit light emitted from the LED element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Juhan Kim, Jun Yeob Seong, Jin-Kyu Shin
  • Publication number: 20160056425
    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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Juhan KIM, Jun Yeob SEONG, Bum Hyun LEE, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Publication number: 20160056427
    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: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2013
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Juhan KIM, Bum Hyun LEE, Jun Yeob SEONG, Jin-Kyu SHIN
  • Publication number: 20150236326
    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: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: August 20, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Juhan Kim, Jin-Kyu Shin, Bum Hyun Lee, Taeyeop Kim
  • Publication number: 20150229007
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module including an LED element on a PCB. More particularly, the battery module including at least two battery cells includes a protective circuit board installed at a side surface of the battery module and electrically connected to the battery module, at least one LED element installed on the protective circuit board and displaying changes in operating states of the battery cells, a cover plate provided with a window for light transmission of the LED element and installed at a side surface of the battery module so as to surround the protective circuit board, and a light-transmissive LED cover installed at an inner side of the cover plate to correspond to the window of the cover plate in order to emit light emitted from the LED element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2013
    Publication date: August 13, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Juhan Kim, Jun Yeob Seong, Jin-Kyu Shin