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: 20160315356
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a voltage sensing assembly including sensing bus bars connected to series connection portions of battery cells for sensing the voltage of the battery cells, a printed circuit board (PCB), to the upper part of which the sensing bus bars are and to the lower part of which a connector is coupled, the connector mounted on the PCB, an insulative mounting member including a receiving part having a shape corresponding to the shape of the PCB such that the PCB is mounted in the receiving part, the receiving part being provided at one side thereof with openings, through which the sensing bus bars extend, and an insulation sheet attached to the front surface of the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Oh MOON, Dal Mo KANG, Jong Woon CHOI, Jun Yeob SEONG, Byung O KONG, Youngsop EOM
  • Publication number: 20160268652
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module having a new voltage detection structure with respect to a plurality of secondary batteries included in a cell assembly. The battery module includes a cell assembly in which a plurality of secondary batteries, each having a plate-shaped electrode lead protruding in a horizontally laid state, are stacked in a vertical direction; and a sensing assembly for sensing voltages of the secondary batteries, the sensing assembly including a plurality of sensing plates made of an electrical conductive material with a horizontally laid plate shape and having one end welded in face-to-face contact with the electrode lead, and a connector electrically connected to the other end of the sensing plates to transmit a sensed voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 15, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop EOM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Ki-Youn KIM, Sung-Chun YU, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Publication number: 20160254505
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack allowing easy assembling of a cell assembly and a pack housing and also ensuring reinforced rigidity, and a vehicle comprising the same. The battery pack includes a cell assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries and having outer protrusions formed at an outer side surface thereof to extend vertically; and a pack housing configured to have an inner space in which the cell assembly is accommodated, the pack housing having inner protrusions formed at an inner side surface thereof to extend vertically.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop EOM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Ki-Youn KIM, Sung-Chun YU, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Publication number: 20160254504
    Abstract: Disclosed are: a frame for secondary batteries, which ensures a channel around cooling plates stably to improve cooling efficiency for secondary batteries; and a battery module, a battery pack and a vehicle comprising the same. A frame for secondary batteries according to the present disclosure comprises: an upper cooling plate and a lower cooling plate having a plate shape and arranged to be spaced apart by a predetermined distance from each other facing each other; a main frame having four sides and configured to encompass the outer peripheral portions of the upper cooling plate and the lower cooling plate, to mount the outer peripheral portions of pouch-type secondary batteries thereto, and to enable two or more main frames to be stacked; and a support member arranged between the upper cooling plate and the lower cooling to support both cooling plates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Youn KIM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Young-Sop EOM, Sung-Chun YU, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Publication number: 20160248135
    Abstract: In the present disclosure, disclosed are a frame for secondary batteries, which prevents gas from flowing into a cooling channel or a duct connected to it, when such gas is generated from secondary batteries; and a battery module comprising the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Youn KIM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Young-Sop EOM, Sung-Chun YU, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Publication number: 20160233465
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module which may have a simple structure, be advantageous in making a small and light design, have excellent assembly and be strong against impact or vibration, by removing or decreasing coupling components for coupling cartridges. The battery module includes a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries arranged in a lateral direction to stand in a vertical direction, a plurality of cartridges configured to accommodate the pouch-type secondary batteries in an inner space thereof, the cartridges being stacked in a lateral direction, and a housing provided to at least one of front and rear ends of the cartridges and coupled and fixed to at least two cartridges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong-Young LEE, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Gang-U LEE, Dal-Mo KANG
  • Patent number: 9412993
    Abstract: A battery module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of cell cartridges including at least one battery cell having an electrode terminal and a molding case to receive the battery cell, the molding case having a plurality of coupling protrusions protruding outward, and a sensing module connected to the coupling protrusions to couple the plurality of cell cartridges, the sensing module having a voltage sensing terminal coming into contact with the electrode terminal by the coupling. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a cost and time taken to manufacture the battery module may reduce by simplifying a connection structure of the plurality of battery cells, and simplifying a coupling structure between the battery cell and the sensing module installed to sense the voltage of the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Dal-Mo Kang, Jong-Woon Choi, Jeong-O Mun, Jun-Yeob Seong, Young-Sop Eom, Ki-Youn Kim, Sun-Mo An, Gang-U Lee
  • Publication number: 20160204398
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module including two or more battery cells, which can be charged and discharged, arranged in a stacked state and cartridges for fixing the battery cells to constitute a battery cell stack, wherein each of the cartridges includes a cooling fin contacting the battery cells and a cartridge frame for fixing the cooling fin, the cooling fin includes two cooling plates, the cooling plates being mounted to the cartridge frame in a state of being spaced apart from each other in order to define a coolant flow channel, the cartridge frame is provided with openings communicating with the coolant flow channel defined between the cooling plates, and one side or opposite sides of each of the battery cells are sealed by a sealing member on an interface between each of the battery cells and the coolant flow channel in order to prevent gases generated in the battery cells from being introduced into the coolant flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Oh MOON, Dal Mo KANG, Jong Woon CHOI, Jun Yeob SEONG, Byung O KONG, Youngsop EOM
  • Publication number: 20160190659
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cell including a battery cell body having an electrode assembly mounted in a cell case, an electrode terminal protruding from at least one end of the battery cell body, and a connection protrusion for voltage sensing formed integrally with the electrode terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Oh MOON, Dal Mo KANG, Jong Woon CHOI, Jun Yeob SEONG, Byung O KONG, Youngsop EOM
  • 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: 20160149277
    Abstract: Disclosed is a frame for a secondary battery, which has an improved structure to prevent a cooling plate from being deformed or distorted due to shrinkage of a main frame. The frame for a secondary battery includes a cooling plate made of a thermally conductive material with a plate shape, and a main frame having a plurality of unit frames spaced apart from each other in a horizontal direction by a predetermined distance, the main frame being configured to surround a rim of the cooling plate and made of a material different from the cooling plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ki-Youn KIM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Young-Sop EOM, Sung-Chun YU, Dal-Mo KANG
  • 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: 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: 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: 20160056515
    Abstract: A secondary battery module according to the present disclosure includes a pouch-type secondary battery including an electrode assembly in which a cathode plate and an anode plate are stacked with a separator interposed between the cathode plate and the anode plate, an electrode tab extending from the electrode assembly, and a pouch case to receive the electrode assembly, including an upper pouch and a lower pouch, and having a coupling hole formed at an outer peripheral area passing through in a vertical direction, and a cooling pin coupled with the pouch-type secondary battery by the coupling hole. According to the present disclosure, there is an effect of fixing a plurality of pouch-type secondary batteries to the cooling pin without a cartridge for holding the pouch-type secondary batteries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2014
    Publication date: February 25, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Moo NAM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Dal-Mo KANG, Seung-Hun JUNG
  • Publication number: 20160036017
    Abstract: A battery module according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes at least one battery cell including a cell body and an electrode lead extending from the cell body, a frame cartridge to receive the battery cell in a manner of surrounding a circumference of the battery cell, the frame cartridge having a cell mounting part where the cell body is mounted, and a cell support member interposed between the cell mounting part and the cell body. According to the present disclosure, damage to components caused by vibration may be prevented by suppressing the movement of the battery cell within the frame cartridge, while maintaining convenient assembling performance of the frame cartridge and the battery cell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2014
    Publication date: February 4, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jun-Yeob SEONG, Bum-Hyun LEE, Dal-Mo KANG, Jung-Min PARK
  • Publication number: 20160028056
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module including a unit module stack configured to have a structure in which two or more unit modules, each of which includes two or more battery cells mounted at a cell cover in a state in which the battery cells are electrically connected to each other, and electrode terminal connection parts of which protrude outward from the cell cover in a state in which the electrode terminal connection parts are vertically bent, are stacked, a module case in which the unit modules of the unit module stack are arranged such that the unit modules are connected in series to each other, and electrode terminals of the unit modules are open, a bus bar assembly mounted at the electrode terminals of the unit modules in the module case, the bus bar assembly including one or more bus bars for connection in series between the unit modules, the bus bars being mounted in an exposed state such that welding is performed from outside, and an electrically insulative cover for covering the bus bar assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2013
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum Hyun LEE, Jun Yeob SEONG, Dal Mo KANG
  • Publication number: 20150380779
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a voltage sensing member for sensing voltage of battery cells constituting a battery module, the voltage sensing member including a plurality of conductive sensing parts connected to electrode terminal connection parts of the battery cells of the battery module, each of the conductive sensing parts having a plate strip shape, a connector for transmitting the voltage sensed by the conductive sensing parts to a battery management system (BMS), and a plurality of wires for electrically connecting the conductive sensing parts to the connector, wherein the conductive sensing parts are coupled to the electrode terminal connection parts in a surface contact manner by welding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Byung O KONG, Jun Yeob SEONG, Dal Mo KANG, Young Sop EOM, Ki Youn KIM
  • Publication number: 20150295283
    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: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Young-Sop Eom, Jun-Yeob Seong, Ki-Youn Kim, Sung-Chun Yu, Dal-Mo Kang
  • 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