Patents by Inventor Kwan Woo Lee

Kwan Woo Lee 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: 20240128517
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrode assembly, a battery, and a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. In the electrode assembly, a first electrode, a second electrode, and a separator interposed therebetween are wound based on an axis to define a core and an outer circumference. The first electrode includes an uncoated portion at a long side end thereof and exposed out of the separator along a winding axis direction of the electrode assembly. A part of the uncoated portion is bent in a radial direction of the electrode assembly to form a bending surface region that includes overlapping layers of the uncoated portion, and in a partial region of the bending surface region, the number of stacked layers of the uncoated portion is 10 or more in the winding axis direction of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hae-Jin LIM, Jin-Hak KONG, Soon-O LEE, Kyu-Hyun CHOI, Do-Gyun KIM, Su-Ji CHOI, Kwang-Su HWANGBO, Geon-Woo MIN, Min-Ki JO, Jae-Won LIM, Hak-Kyun KIM, Je-Jun LEE, Ji-Min JUNG, Jae-Woong KIM, Jong-Sik PARK, Yu-Sung CHOE, Byoung-Gu LEE, Duk-Hyun RYU, Kwan-Hee LEE, Jae-Eun LEE, Bo-Hyun KANG, Pil-Kyu PARK
  • Publication number: 20240121924
    Abstract: A water-cooled heat dissipation module assembly capable of cooling a power module of a vehicle driving inverter system using a battery or fuel cell. The water-cooled heat dissipation module assembly includes a housing unit provided in the form of a housing having an opening portion at least partially opened at one side thereof. The housing unit and at least a part of a rim region of the cooling unit are made of a plastic material, and the housing unit and the cooling unit are joined to each other by plastic welding using a laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: April 11, 2024
    Inventors: Kwan Ho RYU, Jeong Keun LEE, Min Woo LEE, Ju Hyun SUN, Tae Keun PARK, Kang Wook PARK, Lee Cheol JI, Hyeok Chul YANG, Tae Heon KIM, Keun Jae LEE
  • Patent number: 11932982
    Abstract: A supporting device capable of being easily assembled and commonly supporting a washing machine, a dryer, and the like having different leg sizes and a laundry treating apparatus having the same. The laundry treating apparatus includes a laundry treating apparatus main body, a supporting device main body configured to support the laundry treating apparatus main body, a leg coupled to a bottom of the laundry treating apparatus main body, and a supporter installed in the supporting device main body, wherein the supporter includes a guide member configured to accommodate the leg and including an insertion groove, and a fixing member including a fixing protrusion to be inserted into the insertion groove, the fixing member being coupled to the guide member to fix the leg.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2024
    Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hee Lee, Min Sung Kim, Kwan Woo Hong
  • Patent number: 11929520
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a porous separator for electrochemical devices, configured to guarantee electrical insulation between a positive electrode and a negative electrode, wherein the porous separator includes no polyolefin substrate, and includes inorganic particles, a binder for coupling between the inorganic particles, and a crosslinking agent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyoung Ho Ahn, Kwan Woo Nam, Chul Haeng Lee, Young Duk Kim, Je An Lee
  • Patent number: 11919375
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle door coupling device, and more specifically, to a vehicle door coupling device for mechanically coupling together a first member having a first hole and a second member having a second hole at a position corresponding to the first hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: KWANGJIN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Woo Choi, Kwan Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20240055644
    Abstract: A unit cell inspecting device includes an inspection unit which captures an image of an edge of a unit cell using long-wave infrared rays and measures a position of an edge of an electrode provided in the unit cell. The inspection unit includes: a main heating part configured to heat the edge of the unit cell, thereby raising a temperature of the edge of the electrode provided in the unit cell; and an image capturing part configured to capture the image of the edge of the unit cell by using the long-wave infrared rays, thereby acquiring a thermal image of the edge of the electrode provided in the unit cell; and an inspection part configured to measure the edge of the electrode in the thermal image captured by the image capturing part, thereby measuring the position of the electrode by using the measured edge of the electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2022
    Publication date: February 15, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kwan Woo Lee, Ha Yong Jung, Jong Myung Lee, Hyun Jae Park
  • Publication number: 20230415656
    Abstract: A vehicle storage device includes a rail part, disposed on a floor panel in a passenger seat space, configured to extend into the passenger seat space; a first storage part, comprising a lower housing coupled to the rail part and a storage box, wherein the lower housing is configured to move on the floor panel along the rail part in a first direction, the lower housing comprising an opening opened toward a driver seat, and the storage box is configured to be withdrawn toward the driver seat or received in the lower housing by passing through the opening; and a second storage part comprising an upper housing detachably coupled on the lower housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ik Keun CHOI, Da Som PARK, Kwan Woo LEE
  • Publication number: 20230402803
    Abstract: Provided is a holder device for a power supply rail, the holder device including a main body part positioned inside a power supply rail mounted in a vehicle interior and provided to be slidably movable in a rail direction, a head part rotatably coupled to the main body part, configured to fix a sliding movement position of the main body part inside the power supply rail, and formed to contact a pair of electrodes provided inside the power supply rail, and a fixing part formed to selectively protrude to an outside of the main body part when the head part rotates and provided to support an inner side of the power supply rail in a state in which the sliding movement position of the main body part is fixed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Inventors: Yong Won Choi, Hye Kyung Kim, Dae Hee Lee, Myung Hoe Kim, Yeong Jae Jang, Kwan Woo Lee
  • Publication number: 20230356652
    Abstract: A light-emitting diode (LED) lamp for a vehicle and a method of manufacturing the same use MID and magnetic induction technologies. The LED lamp includes a LED module, a housing accommodating the LED module, and a molded interconnect device (MID) electrode formed on a surface of the housing. The LED module may be mounted on the MID electrode by soldering using magnetic induction heating, the housing may be an injection molded product, and the MID electrode may be formed on the housing using a MID process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2023
    Publication date: November 9, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, BS TECHNICS CO., LTD., NIFCO KOREA INC., HYUNDAI MOBIS CO., LTD., ALPS ELECTRIC KOREA CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jun Sik Kim, Jung Sik Choi, Young Do Kim, Tae Kyoung Jung, Seung-Sik Han, Hong-Sik Chang, Kwang-Pyo Cho, Young-Ju Lee, Jong-Hyun Park, Jin-Won Lee, Jun-Geun Oh, Cheon-Ho Kim, Young-Jai Im, Sun-Mi Oh, Kang-Sun Lee, Sae-Ah Kim, Jong-Eun Park, Kwan-Woo Lee, Jong-Chae Lee, Jun-Hyun Park, Won-Il Lee, Dae-Woo Park
  • Publication number: 20230343585
    Abstract: There is provided a method of processing a substrate that protects the photoresist pattern during the subsequent ion implanting process as well as improve the conformal properties. The method of processing the substrate includes steps of disposing a substrate in a reaction chamber, the substrate on which a photoresist pattern is formed; and forming a CD control film including a nitrogen-doped amorphous carbon on the substrate on which the photoresist pattern is formed, and the step of forming the CD control film may be performed at a temperature of 100° C. or less by a PECVD process.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: October 26, 2023
    Applicant: TES Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Joo-Hyun PARK, Sang-Hak YEO, Jae-Ho LEE, Jae-Young YANG, Kwan-Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 11643020
    Abstract: A glove box for vehicles configured to be inserted into a part of a dashboard and to be withdrawn therefrom includes a housing having a storage space of the glove box, and guide units disposed on two side surfaces of the housing, respectively, and configured to move the housing along the inner surface of the dashboard, and each of the guide units includes a guide part configured to move along a corresponding one of rails located on two inner side surfaces of an opening formed in the part of the dashboard, and a fixing part located on the guide part and inserted into an insertion recess located on one of the rails so as to prevent movement of the housing in a withdrawn state of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jung Hoon Woo, Kwan Woo Lee, Sang Ku Hur, Ik Jin Jung, Jin Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20230119742
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a vehicle cradle assembly including a first support unit disposed on an inner surface of a cabin of a vehicle and configured to support an electronic component, an accessory, and a combination thereof, a cover disposed on an upper portion of the first support unit and configured to selectively open or close a front side of the first support unit, a winding unit disposed on the upper portion of the first support unit, coupled to an end of the cover, and configured to operate the cover to selectively open or close the front side of the first support unit, and a button unit fixed to the inner surface of the cabin of the vehicle and configured to control an operation of the winding unit by applying power to the winding unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kwan Woo LEE
  • Patent number: 11613206
    Abstract: Provided herein is an indoor emotional lighting apparatus for implementing three-dimensional (3D) pattern for a vehicle, the indoor emotional lighting apparatus including a film portion on which a plurality of fine lenses each having a 3D pattern are arranged, a light source configured to emit light in a plurality of directions, and a light source guide portion configured to guide an optical path of the light source to allow the light emitted from the light source to be directed toward the film portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOBIS Co., Ltd., NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Kwan Woo Lee, Jong Chae Lee
  • Publication number: 20230084592
    Abstract: A slidable console box includes a rail frame fixedly coupled between a driver seat and a passenger seat of a vehicle, a rail unit slidably coupled to the rail frame along a length direction, and a movement controller coupled to the rail unit and configured to control a position of the rail unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION, KBI DONGKOOK IND. CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Il Son, Dong Yong Choi, Chang Bok Park, Sun Kyung Kim, Jung-hoon Woo, Hong-sik Chang, Kwan-woo Lee, Jeong-won Seo
  • Publication number: 20230020916
    Abstract: A console apparatus for vehicles, includes a locking unit is additionally provided on a console box in a structure in which a console armrest is open and closed by the frictional force of a frictional hinge unit, wherein the locking unit is not operated in a normal state in which no traffic collision occurs, and thus the console armrest is smoothly open due to the frictional force of the frictional hinge unit, and the locking unit is operated to lock the console armrest at the time of a traffic collision, and thus the console armrest remains closed even at the time of the traffic collision.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Min Woo Kwon, Jung Hoon Woo, Kwan Woo Lee, Sang Ku Hur, Byung Gi Cho, Yang Mook Lim
  • Publication number: 20220289114
    Abstract: A glove box for vehicles configured to be inserted into a part of a dashboard and to be withdrawn therefrom includes a housing having a storage space of the glove box, and guide units disposed on two side surfaces of the housing, respectively, and configured to move the housing along the inner surface of the dashboard, and each of the guide units includes a guide part configured to move along a corresponding one of rails located on two inner side surfaces of an opening formed in the part of the dashboard, and a fixing part located on the guide part and inserted into an insertion recess located on one of the rails so as to prevent movement of the housing in a withdrawn state of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jung Hoon Woo, Kwan Woo Lee, Sang Ku Hur, Ik Jin Jung, Jin Tae Kim
  • Publication number: 20220290472
    Abstract: An opening and closing device, which opens and closes a glove box includes a housing coupled to the glove box, a handle rotatably mounted on the housing, a locking unit mounted so as to be movable in directions of releasing the glove box from the dashboard of a vehicle, a link rod configured to connect the handle and the locking unit to each other and to move in a height direction of the locking unit when a user rotates the handle, and an elastic member configured to apply force to the locking unit so that the locking unit is engaged with engaged parts of the dashboard, and the locking unit is movable in a length direction of the locking unit in a state of being interlocked with the link rod so that the locking unit is released from the engaged parts of the dashboard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jung Hoon Woo, Kwan Woo Lee, Sang Ku Hur, Ik Jin Jung, Jin Tae Kim
  • Patent number: 11390220
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a console tray for a vehicle capable of increasing a capacity of the tray itself by reducing a rotation radius of a cover of the console tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION, NIFCO KOREA INC.
    Inventors: Hyuk-Jae Kwon, Ik-Jin Jung, Sang-Ki Lee, Kwan-Woo Lee, Yong-Dae Kim
  • Patent number: 11273689
    Abstract: An air vent apparatus for a vehicle includes a wing cover mounted at an outlet of an air duct to be movable in a front-rear direction by using a pop-up driving device and angularly adjustable by using a ball joint. The apparatus is configured to simultaneously perform a wind direction adjustment and a damper door function, and can pop-up and then angularly rotate the wing cover around the ball joint in a desired direction, thereby adjusting a wind direction of the air discharged to an interior of the vehicle in the desired direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong Woo Lee, Ran Jeong Park, Kwan Woo Lee, Jong Chae Lee, Kee Jin Sung
  • Patent number: 11225126
    Abstract: A motor driven air vent device for a vehicle can perform not only left/right angular rotation operation of a vertical wing for adjusting a left/right-directional airflow direction of air discharged indoors but also an opening/closing operation of a damper for interrupting or allowing an indoor discharge of air using a link bar for performing a straight line motion to the left or right thereof by driving a motor and a cam plate for angularly rotating by the link bar, etc. in a motor driven manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, NIFCO KOREA Inc., Hyundai Mobis Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young Ju Lee, Pill Yoon Kim, Byung Gyu Choi, Young Rok Lee, Choong Yeul Kim, Seung Hyeok Chang, Jae Seob Choi, Kwan Woo Lee, Won Sik Kim, Ji Hun Lee