Patents by Inventor Kum-Yul Hwang
Kum-Yul Hwang 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).
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Publication number: 20250007075Abstract: A battery module includes a cell holder including insertion regions in which battery cells arranged in a plurality of columns are inserted, and a blocking part which covers an insertion region of the insertion regions in which a battery cell is not inserted.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2024Publication date: January 2, 2025Inventors: Dae Yeop PARK, No Hyun KWAG, Min Uk WOO, Jeong Min LEE, Seok Bin YOON, Kum Yul HWANG
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Publication number: 20240291112Abstract: A rechargeable battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells; a lower case accommodating lower ends of the battery cells; a holder case coupled to the lower case and accommodating the battery cells; a plurality of bus bars on the holder case; a plurality of bonding wires connecting the battery cells to the bus bars; and an upper case covering the bus bars and the bonding wires and coupled to the holder case.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2023Publication date: August 29, 2024Inventors: Heonhee KIM, Kum-Yul HWANG, Nohyun KWAG, Kwangsoo BAE
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Publication number: 20230352771Abstract: A battery module, a vehicle, and a method of manufacturing a battery module, the battery module including a housing accommodating a plurality of secondary batteries; and a thermoelectric element assembly on the housing and in contact with the plurality of secondary batteries through at least one contact opening in the housing, the thermoelectric element assembly being configured to heat or cool the plurality of secondary batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: November 2, 2023Inventors: Junseop KIM, Woongbin KIM, Yujeong JEON, Kum-Yul HWANG, Kwan Il OH
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Patent number: 11715851Abstract: A battery module, a vehicle, and a method of manufacturing a battery module, the battery module including a housing accommodating a plurality of secondary batteries; and a thermoelectric element assembly on the housing and in contact with the plurality of secondary batteries through at least one contact opening in the housing, the thermoelectric element assembly being configured to heat or cool the plurality of secondary batteries.Type: GrantFiled: June 14, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Junseop Kim, Woongbin Kim, Yujeong Jeon, Kum-Yul Hwang, Kwan Il Oh
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Publication number: 20230043564Abstract: A battery pack having at least one cell module that is connected between a plurality of pack terminals, the battery pack including: at least one thermoelectric element disposed at each of the at least one cell modules; a thermoelectric element power supply circuit configured to supply a driving voltage to the at least one thermoelectric element; and a controller configured to control the thermoelectric element power supply circuit to transfer a first voltage that is supplied for driving the thermoelectric element from a charger as the driving voltage for the at least one thermoelectric element when a temperature of the at least one cell module is out of a first range in a charging mode, the first voltage being different from a second voltage that is a charging voltage supplied to the battery pack from the charger.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Kum-Yul HWANG, Woongbin KIM, Junseop KIM, Kwan Il OH
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Publication number: 20230039250Abstract: A battery pack having at least one cell module that is connected between a plurality of pack terminals, the battery pack including: at least one thermoelectric element disposed at each of the at least one cell modules; a thermoelectric element power supply circuit configured to supply a driving voltage to the at least one thermoelectric element; and a controller configured to control the thermoelectric element power supply circuit to transfer a first voltage that is supplied for driving the thermoelectric element from a charger as the driving voltage for the at least one thermoelectric element when a temperature of the at least one cell module is out of a first range in a charging mode, the first voltage being different from a second voltage that is a charging voltage supplied to the battery pack from the charger.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: February 9, 2023Inventors: Kum-Yul HWANG, Woongbin KIM, Junseop KIM, Kwan Il OH
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Patent number: 11502351Abstract: A battery pack having at least one cell module that is connected between a plurality of pack terminals, the battery pack including: at least one thermoelectric element disposed at each of the at least one cell modules; a thermoelectric element power supply circuit configured to supply a driving voltage to the at least one thermoelectric element; and a controller configured to control the thermoelectric element power supply circuit to transfer a first voltage that is supplied for driving the thermoelectric element from a charger as the driving voltage for the at least one thermoelectric element when a temperature of the at least one cell module is out of a first range in a charging mode, the first voltage being different from a second voltage that is a charging voltage supplied to the battery pack from the charger.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2020Date of Patent: November 15, 2022Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kum-Yul Hwang, Woongbin Kim, Junseop Kim, Kwan Il Oh
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Publication number: 20210399363Abstract: A battery module, a vehicle, and a method of manufacturing a battery module, the battery module including a housing accommodating a plurality of secondary batteries; and a thermoelectric element assembly on the housing and in contact with the plurality of secondary batteries through at least one contact opening in the housing, the thermoelectric element assembly being configured to heat or cool the plurality of secondary batteries.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2021Publication date: December 23, 2021Inventors: Junseop KIM, Woongbin KIM, Yujeong JEON, Kum-Yul HWANG, Kwan Il OH
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Publication number: 20210135308Abstract: A battery pack having at least one cell module that is connected between a plurality of pack terminals, the battery pack including: at least one thermoelectric element disposed at each of the at least one cell modules; a thermoelectric element power supply circuit configured to supply a driving voltage to the at least one thermoelectric element; and a controller configured to control the thermoelectric element power supply circuit to transfer a first voltage that is supplied for driving the thermoelectric element from a charger as the driving voltage for the at least one thermoelectric element when a temperature of the at least one cell module is out of a first range in a charging mode, the first voltage being different from a second voltage that is a charging voltage supplied to the battery pack from the charger.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2020Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Kum-Yul HWANG, Woongbin KIM, Junseop KIM, Kwan Il OH
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Patent number: 10050243Abstract: A rechargeable battery pack including: a cell holder configured to accommodate unit battery cells; a lower case configured to accommodate the cell holder; an upper case attached to an opening of the lower case and covering the cell holder and the unit battery cells; a tab having an end portion drawn out of a through-hole of the upper case to be on an outer surface of the upper case while coupling the unit battery cells; and a terminal electrically coupled to the end portion of the tab while overlapping therewith and attached to the upper case while covering the through-hole.Type: GrantFiled: November 21, 2014Date of Patent: August 14, 2018Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Man-Sik Cho, Kum-Yul Hwang
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Patent number: 9698452Abstract: A battery pack including a plurality of battery arrays, each battery array including unit batteries that each have a terminal, the plurality of battery arrays being stacked in a first direction; an insulator on at least one side of the battery arrays, terminals of the unit batteries being on the one side; and a sensing bar on the insulator, wherein the insulator includes at least one opening therein, at least one terminal being exposed through the at least one opening, and the sensing bar is electrically connected to the at least one terminal exposed through the at least one opening to sense a state of the battery array.Type: GrantFiled: February 9, 2015Date of Patent: July 4, 2017Assignee: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.Inventors: Man-Sik Cho, Kum-Yul Hwang
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Patent number: 9276250Abstract: A battery array includes: a plurality of batteries arranged into 2N+1 bundles, each of the bundles including M+1 batteries of the batteries arranged in parallel (where N and M are natural numbers); a plurality of connection tabs arranged at a first end of the battery array and at a second end of the battery array, each of the connection tabs being coupled to a corresponding pair of the bundles to electrically couple a first bundle through a 2N+1th bundle of the bundles in series; a first output terminal having a first polarity, and electrically coupled to the first bundle; and a second output terminal having a second polarity, and electrically coupled to the 2N+1th bundle, the second output terminal being adjacent to the first bundle.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2011Date of Patent: March 1, 2016Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventor: Kum-Yul Hwang
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Publication number: 20150263393Abstract: A battery pack including a plurality of battery arrays, each battery array including unit batteries that each have a terminal, the plurality of battery arrays being stacked in a first direction; an insulator on at least one side of the battery arrays, terminals of the unit batteries being on the one side; and a sensing bar on the insulator, wherein the insulator includes at least one opening therein, at least one terminal being exposed through the at least one opening, and the sensing bar is electrically connected to the at least one terminal exposed through the at least one opening to sense a state of the battery array.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 9, 2015Publication date: September 17, 2015Inventors: Man-Sik CHO, Kum-Yul HWANG
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Publication number: 20150207117Abstract: A rechargeable battery pack including: a cell holder configured to accommodate unit battery cells; a lower case configured to accommodate the cell holder; an upper case attached to an opening of the lower case and covering the cell holder and the unit battery cells; a tab having an end portion drawn out of a through-hole of the upper case to be on an outer surface of the upper case while coupling the unit battery cells; and a terminal electrically coupled to the end portion of the tab while overlapping therewith and attached to the upper case while covering the through-hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2014Publication date: July 23, 2015Inventors: Man-Sik Cho, Kum-Yul Hwang
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Patent number: 8859125Abstract: A battery pack frame for accommodating a plurality of secondary cells arranged in parallel with each other, each secondary cell extending axially in a first direction, the battery pack frame including an upper frame for coupling with an upper portion of each of the plurality of secondary cells so as to accommodate the plurality of secondary cells; a lower frame facing the upper frame, the lower frame being for coupling with a lower portion of each of the plurality of secondary cells, the upper and lower frames being spaced from each other in the first direction; and a plurality of elastic members disposed in parallel with each other and extending in the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: February 15, 2011Date of Patent: October 14, 2014Assignee: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kum-Yul Hwang, Andrey Matyushenko
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Publication number: 20120052367Abstract: A battery array includes: a plurality of batteries arranged into 2N+1 bundles, each of the bundles including M+1 batteries of the batteries arranged in parallel (where N and M are natural numbers); a plurality of connection tabs arranged at a first end of the battery array and at a second end of the battery array, each of the connection tabs being coupled to a corresponding pair of the bundles to electrically couple a first bundle through a 2N+1th bundle of the bundles in series; a first output terminal having a first polarity, and electrically coupled to the first bundle; and a second output terminal having a second polarity, and electrically coupled to the 2N+1th bundle, the second output terminal being adjacent to the first bundle.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 3, 2011Publication date: March 1, 2012Inventor: Kum-Yul Hwang
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Publication number: 20120015227Abstract: A battery pack frame for accommodating a plurality of secondary cells arranged in parallel with each other, each secondary cell extending axially in a first direction, the battery pack frame including an upper frame for coupling with an upper portion of each of the plurality of secondary cells so as to accommodate the plurality of secondary cells; a lower frame facing the upper frame, the lower frame being for coupling with a lower portion of each of the plurality of secondary cells, the upper and lower frames being spaced from each other in the first direction; and a plurality of elastic members disposed in parallel with each other and extending in the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 15, 2011Publication date: January 19, 2012Inventors: Kum-Yul Hwang, Andrey Matyushenko