Patents by Inventor Jun-Yeob Seong

Jun-Yeob Seong 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: 20210151804
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells; a bus bar frame assembly including a bus bar frame covering first and second opposite longitudinal ends of the cell stack and a plurality of bus bars fixed to the bus bar frame and electrically connected to the battery cells; and a FPCB assembly including a first FPCB extending along a longitudinal direction of the cell stack and covering at least a portion of an upper surface of the cell stack, a second FPCB extending from one longitudinal end of the first FPCB and electrically connected to the bus bars, and a connector having a connector pin inserted into a pin insert hole formed in the second FPCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: May 20, 2021
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun You, Jong-Ha Jeong, Young-Ho Lee, Jun-Yeob Seong
  • Patent number: 10971778
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack configured to prevent its components such as a cell assembly from being broken or damaged even though a physical force such as vibrations and impacts is applied to the battery pack. The battery pack includes a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries; an electronic component plate having a plate shape and configured to allow at least one electronic component to be mounted thereon; a lower housing configured to have an inner space with an open top and to accommodate the cell assembly and the electronic component plate therein; and an upper housing configured to cover the open top of the lower housing, wherein coupling members are respectively provided between a lower portion of the cell assembly and the lower housing, between an upper portion of the cell assembly and the electronic component plate, between the electronic component plate and the upper housing, and between the lower housing and the upper housing to couple and fix each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop Eom, Dal-Mo Kang, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu, Ki-Youn Kim
  • Publication number: 20210036295
    Abstract: A battery module including a cell stack structure in which a plurality of battery cells including a first battery cell and a second battery cell neighboring each other are stacked. A bus bar frame assembly includes a plurality of lead drawing holes from which electrode leads included in the plurality of battery cells are drawn out. An electrode lead of a first polarity included in the first battery cell and an electrode lead of the first polarity included in the second battery cell are externally drawn out through a same lead drawing hole. The electrode lead of the first battery cell and the electrode lead of the second battery cell are bent in a same direction at a same location and each includes a first bent portion formed on a terrace portion and a second bent portion formed in a region where a lead film is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Won-Kyoung PARK, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Jung-Min KWAK, Jun-Kyu PARK
  • Patent number: 10910616
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack for a vehicle, which includes a pack case forming an appearance of the battery pack, a static electricity inducing pattern forming a conductor pattern of a predetermined form on a BMS circuit board provided in the pack case and a discharge terminal connected to the static electricity inducing pattern, and a cable connector for both communicating and grounding, which is composed of a pack connector having a first connection portion configured to be connected to a data transmission terminal on the BMS circuit board and a second connection portion configured to be connected to the discharge terminal, and a vehicle connector connected to the pack connector by a harness cable and installed to the pack case to be exposed out through a connector mounting hole formed through the pack case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong-Joon Choi, Do-Hyeon Kim, Hwa-Joong Kim, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu
  • Publication number: 20210028417
    Abstract: A pouch-type secondary battery and a method of manufacturing same are capable of completely protecting a metal layer from moisture or air by forming an insulating coating layer including a conformal coating layer on the metal layer exposed at a cut surface of a battery case. The method includes a first step of preparing a battery case including an upper case and a lower case by cutting a laminate sheet including an outer coating layer, a metal layer, and an inner coating layer; a second step of receiving an electrode assembly between the upper case and the lower case; a third step of forming a sealing portion by contacting outer peripheries of the upper case and the lower case; and a fourth step of forming a conformal coating layer on a side surface of the sealing portion so as to prevent exposure of the metal layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 28, 2021
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sang Wook Yim, Jun Yeob Seong, Jun Kyu Park, Ki Taek Jung
  • Patent number: 10862180
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell stack having a plurality of battery cells stacked; a case configured to accommodate the battery cell stack; and a heat dissipation member inserted into the case and supported in contact with the battery cell stack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Gang-U Lee, Jun-Yeob Seong
  • Publication number: 20200350644
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked on each other, a heatsink configured to cool the plurality of battery cells, a module case having one side to which the heatsink is mounted, the module case being configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells, and a thermal resin disposed inside the module case. The thermal resin is filled in the module case to cover at least a portion of electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells, and the thermal resin extends alongside the heatsink.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jin CHO, Jun-Yeob SEONG
  • Publication number: 20200328396
    Abstract: A battery module including a plurality of battery cells that are sequentially stacked, each of the battery cells including an electrode assembly including a plurality of electrode plates and a plurality of electrode tabs withdrawn from the plurality of electrode plates, a pouch configured to receive the electrode assembly, and an electrode lead connected to the plurality of electrode tabs, the electrode lead extending from an extension part of the pouch so as to be withdrawn to the outside through a withdrawal port is provided. In order to secure the distance between the extension part of the pouch of one battery cell, among a plurality of adjacent battery cells, and the electrode lead of another battery cell, the extension part is provided with a bent part that is bent at a predetermined angle relative to the direction in which the plurality of battery cells are stacked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Jin CHO, Jun Yeob SEONG, Jun Kyu PARK
  • Patent number: 10804561
    Abstract: Disclosed are a clamping device and a battery module comprising the same, the clamping device being suitable for reducing the number of screw coupling portions of long bolts at a lower plate, a battery stack, and an upper plate, and for securing, in a balanced manner, the battery stack, the lower plate and the upper plate by means of the long bolts. The clamping device according to the present invention comprises: a support; and pressing parts respectively protruded from one end and the other end of the support, wherein the support and the pressing parts define a bent part along the central portion of the outer circumference while forming a band shape, and the pressing parts include locking holes which intersect with the bent portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Ho Lee, Seong-Tae Kim, Jun-Yeob Seong, Hyuk An, Sang-Yoon Jeong, Yang-Kyu Choi
  • Patent number: 10790554
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which allows easy assembling and exchange of electrical equipment and has an uncomplicated structure. The battery pack includes at least one battery module, the battery module including a plurality of secondary batteries, and an electrical equipment plate having a plate shape on which at least two of a battery management system (BMS), a current sensor, a relay and a fuse are mounted, the electrical equipment plate being electrically connected to the at least one battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop Eom, Jun-Yeob Seong, Ki-Youn Kim, Sung-Chun Yu, Dal-Mo Kang
  • Patent number: 10763467
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module suitable for minimizing increase in overall volume due to increased capacity and simplifying the connection structure of the battery cells, by surrounding battery cells with a battery receiving unit and a battery cover as substitutes for cartridges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyung-Kyu Kim, Sang-Yoon Jeong, Jun-Yeob Seong
  • Patent number: 10752121
    Abstract: Provided is a battery pack including a pack case configured to form an exterior; a cell assembly accommodated in the pack case, and including a plurality of battery cells respectively including electrode leads; a pack cover configured to cover the pack case so as to package the cell assembly; and a lead connecting substrate provided between the cell assembly and the pack cover, configured to connect the electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells to one another, and including insert-molded terminals penetrating through the pack cover to be connected to an external power supply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Sik Yu, Sung-Jong Kim, Jun-Yeob Seong
  • Publication number: 20200243936
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, and a module case configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells, the module case being filled with an insulating oil therein to a predetermined height. The insulating oil fills the inside of the module case in an amount covering an entire volume of the battery cells and the insulating oil is disposed so as to be spaced apart from an inner wall of one side of the module case by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Jin Cho, Jun-Kyu Park, Jun-Yeob Seong
  • Patent number: 10707456
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery connecting unit which is placed on a lower housing and protruding from an upper housing and thus is suitable for preventing water penetration from the outside of the upper housing, and a battery pack including the same. The battery connecting unit is electrically connected to a battery laminate between a lower housing and an upper housing of a battery pack and includes a plastic member configured to come into contact with the upper housing and a metal terminal inserted into the upper housing, wherein the plastic member partially surrounds the metal terminal, and wherein the metal terminal is made of a circular pillar. In addition, the battery pack includes the battery connecting unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung-Sik Yu, Sung-Jong Kim, Tae-Sung Kim, Jun-Yeob Seong
  • Patent number: 10700396
    Abstract: Disclosed is a heat sink having improved space utilization and a battery module including the same. The heat sink for cooling a cell assembly including at least one unit cell comprises a first heat sink coupled to one side of the cell assembly and having a first cooling channel through which a coolant passes, and a second heat sink coupled to the other side of the cell assembly and having a second cooling channel through which the coolant passes. Since heat sinks are coupled to both sides of a cell assembly, a Z-axial space of a battery pack may be ensured without increasing the height of the battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyuk An, Jun-Kyu Park, Gang-U Lee, Jun-Yeob Seong
  • Publication number: 20200194843
    Abstract: The battery pack includes a cell module assembly that includes battery cells arranged to be stacked, a cell case accommodating the battery cells, and first positive and negative electrode bus bars electrically connected to the battery cells. The battery pack further includes a battery management system (BMS) assembly that includes a BMS circuit board, a current sensor unit vertically disposed at an edge of the BMS circuit board, and a BMS housing that supports the BMS circuit board. Further, the battery pack includes a pack cover that includes positive and negative electrode terminals and second positive and negative electrode bus bars electrically connected to the positive and negative electrode terminals. The pack cover is configured to cover an upper portion of the BMS housing, and the first negative electrode bus bar and the second negative electrode bus bar respectively have one end vertically connected to the current sensor unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Inventors: Hee-Yong Kwon, Jun-Yeob Seong
  • Publication number: 20200176734
    Abstract: Disclosed is a terminal cover, which covers a terminal of a battery pack and is detachably mounted to the battery pack. The terminal cover includes a cover body coupled to a pack case of the battery pack by hook coupling, and a detachment guide unit provided at both side surfaces of the cover body to allow the hook coupling of the cover body to be released based on pressing by a user.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Tae-Young Kang, Do-Hyeon Kim, Jun-Yeob Seong
  • Publication number: 20200168879
    Abstract: An electrical assembly includes a plate unit disposed on a battery module, at least one electrical equipment loaded on the plate unit, and a pack terminal loaded on the plate unit. The pack terminal includes a terminal bolt configured to be contacted and connected to a connector of an external device; and a nut configured to be fastened to the terminal bolt. The electrical assembly further includes at least one bus bar loaded on the plate unit and configured to electrically connect the pack terminal to a module terminal of the battery module. At a side portion of the plate unit, an insert portion that is open to allow the nut to be inserted therein is formed, and a slot portion is formed to fix the nut inserted through the insert portion at a predetermined position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Inventors: Do-Hyeon Kim, Tae-Young Kang, Duck-Hee Moon, Jun-Yeob Seong, Sung-Chun Yu
  • Patent number: D913216
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Inventors: Young-Ho Lee, Jun-Yeob Seong, Jong-Ha Jeong
  • Patent number: D920903
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Inventors: Young-Ho Lee, Do-Hyun Park, Jun-Yeob Seong, Jong-Ha Jeong