Patents by Inventor Kyung-Mo Kim

Kyung-Mo Kim 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: 20250206126
    Abstract: An underbody for a vehicle, can include at least one battery module, a tray member fastened to a lower portion of a vehicle body frame and including a receiving portion having a structure with an open lower surface to accommodate the at least one battery module, a cover member to cover the open lower surface of the receiving portion, and a thermal interface material interposed between the at least one battery module and the cover member. The cover member includes a flow path to circulate a refrigerant fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2025
    Publication date: June 26, 2025
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Mo KIM, Ho June CHI, Jeong Oh MOON, Jung Hoon LEE, Jin Yong PARK, Hee Jun JIN, Jhin Ha PARK
  • Patent number: 12341219
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack with increased fabrication efficiency. To achieve the object, the battery pack according to the present disclosure includes at least one battery module including a plurality of secondary batteries placed and arranged in a horizontal direction and electrically connected to each other, and a cell frame having a fixing tube configured to fix the plurality of secondary batteries in a predetermined arrangement, the fixing tube being disposed between the plurality of secondary batteries, extending in the horizontal direction and having two open ends, and a fixing rod extending in a direction and inserted into the fixing tube in the horizontal direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Hee-Jun Jin, Jung-Hoon Lee, Kyung-Mo Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Jin-Yong Park, Jhin-Ha Park, Ho-June Chi
  • Patent number: 12341207
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery module having a plurality of battery cells and a module housing forming an inner space for accommodating the plurality of battery cells, wherein the module housing includes a base plate forming a bottom surface of the module housing; a cover plate integrally forming a top surface and opposite side surfaces of the module housing; and a fastening flange configured to extend in a horizontal direction in a region above the opposite side surfaces of the module housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2025
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-June Chi, Kyung-Mo Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Jin-Yong Park, Hee-Jun Jin
  • Publication number: 20250202010
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery sub-pack including a battery stack including a structure in which a plurality of batteries including electrodes and separators is stacked in one direction, and an endplate portion tightly attached to the battery stack, an extension member provided to be tightly attached to the endplate portion, and a tray portion accommodating the battery sub-pack and the extension member, in which the endplate portion, the extension member, and the tray portion are fixedly coupled to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Mo KIM, Jong Gyu PARK, Gun Woo KO, Chan Sol KIM
  • Publication number: 20250202009
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a battery module, an end plate located on one side of the battery module in a first direction, that presses the battery module, and defining an extension space extending a second direction crossing the first direction in an interior thereof, and a reinforcement member extending in the second direction, and into which the extension space is inserted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Kyung Mo KIM, Gun Woo Ko
  • Patent number: 12334567
    Abstract: An apparatus mounts a battery cell stack to a frame that includes a base cover and a pair of side covers respectively extending from both ends of the base cover. The apparatus includes a support member to support the battery cell stack, and two films, wherein one side of each of the two films is respectively attachable to one of the pair of side covers of the frame, and another side of each of the two films is respectively attachable to one of two side surfaces of the battery cell stack, wherein, when the support member and the frame move toward each other, the two films are movable into the frame, and the battery cell stack is movable along the two films to be mounted to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2023
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Mo Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Ho-June Chi
  • Publication number: 20250192376
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module including a busbar structure for adhesion with an electrode lead. The battery module can include a battery cell stack having a plurality of stacked battery cells, electrode leads protruding from the battery cell stack, a busbar electrically connected to the electrode leads, and a busbar frame on which the busbar is mounted. The busbar can be formed of a tongs part and a fixing part for connecting and fixing the tongs part. The electrode leads can be mounted between the tongs part of the busbar. The battery module can be manufactured through the steps of mounting a busbar in an opening part of a busbar frame, inserting an electrode lead between the tongs part of the busbar, closely adhering the busbar and the electrode lead through a jig, and removing the jig.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho June Chi, Jeong Oh Moon, Kyung Mo Kim, Heejun Jin, Jin Yong Park
  • Publication number: 20250192319
    Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle includes: a lower casing forming a bottom and lateral sides of the battery pack; a plurality of battery modules accommodated in the lower casing; a displacement fastening mechanism fastening a first side of the battery modules to the lower casing by moving the battery modules relative to the lower casing; and a fastening mechanism securing a busbar between the battery module and an adjacent battery module of the plurality of battery modules while fastening a second side of the battery module to the lower casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Kyung Mo Kim
  • Patent number: 12327875
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes a plurality of battery modules and a pack case for fixedly installing the battery modules therein, and the pack case includes a pack tray supporting a lower portion of the battery modules; and a pack cover coupled with the pack tray to cover the battery modules and having a terminal connection unit coupled to at least one side of each battery module and provided to an inner surface of a top thereof to electrically connect electrode terminals of the battery modules.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2025
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-June Chi, Kyung-Mo Kim, Jin-Yong Park, Jhin-Ha Park, Jung-Hoon Lee, Hee-Jun Jin, Jeong-O Mun
  • Patent number: 12322826
    Abstract: Provided are a battery pack with structural stability of battery modules and improved energy density, and a vehicle comprising the same. The battery pack according to the present disclosure includes at least one battery module and a pack case for receiving the battery module, the battery module including a battery cell stack including at least one battery cell, and a pair of end plates provided in close contact with front and rear sides of the battery cell stack on two sides of a lengthwise direction of the battery cell, and the pack case including a tray in which the battery module is mounted on an upper surface, and a top cover of which an outer periphery is coupled in contact with an outer periphery of the tray on the upper surface of the tray when the battery module is received inside, and wherein the end plates provide a mechanical support to protect the battery cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho-June Chi, Jin-Yong Park, Kyung-Mo Kim, Kyung-Woo Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Jhin-Ha Park, Hee-Jun Jin
  • Patent number: 12322833
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a base frame configured to support the plurality of battery cells, a cover frame coupled to the base frame to cover the plurality of battery cells, and a bus bar unit coupled to the cover frame in a tiltable manner so as to be pivotable between a first location fixed to the cover frame and a second location fixed to the base frame, where the first location is oriented at a predetermined angle relative to the second location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Mo Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Jin-Yong Park, Ho-June Chi, Seung-Joon Kim, Hee-Jun Jin
  • Patent number: 12315956
    Abstract: A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a plurality of battery cells and a bus bar assembly configured to electrically connect the electrode leads of the battery cells, and the bus bar assembly includes a bus bar frame configured to cover one side of the battery cells, a plurality of lead slots through which the electrode leads pass, a sensing bus bar connected to the electrode leads, and an elastic guider disposed at both left and right sides of the sensing bus bar in a left and right direction of the bus bar frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Mo Kim, Eun-Gyu Shin, Jae-Min Yoo, Hyeon-Ki Yun, Yoon-Koo Lee, Eun-Ah Ju, Jeong-O Mun
  • Publication number: 20250149715
    Abstract: A battery assembly includes a battery casing having a bottom surface on which a cooling channel is provided. A plurality of fastening grooves is formed by recessing the bottom surface at a plurality of points thereon. The battery assembly also includes a battery module. A lower surface of the battery module is seated on the bottom surface of the battery casing. A plurality of coupling units is provided on an edge of the lower surface at a plurality of points thereon. The coupling units are positioned to protrude toward the bottom surface in such a manner as to correspond to the plurality of fastening grooves. When the battery module is seated on the battery casing, respective ones of the coupling units are inserted into respective ones of the fastening grooves, thereby being fastened thereto and keeping the lower surface in contact with the cooling channel on the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2024
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Mo Kim, Gun Woo Ko
  • Patent number: 12294115
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes a plurality of battery cells having electrode leads protruding thereon, and a bus bar assembly for electrically connecting the electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells. The bus bar assembly includes a bus bar frame, a plurality of lead slots defined by the bus bar frame so that the electrode leads pass therethrough, at least one sensing bus bar disposed between the plurality of lead slots and connected to the electrode leads, and an elastic guider disposed at the rear of the at least one sensing bus bar in a front and rear direction of the bus bar frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Mo Kim, Ho-June Chi, Jeong-O Mun, Jin-Yong Park, Jung-Hoon Lee, Hee-Jun Jin
  • Patent number: 12294071
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes a plurality of battery modules and a pack case in which the battery modules are fixedly installed, the battery case includes a pack tray located at a lower portion of the battery modules, and a pack cover coupled with the pack tray to cover the battery modules, and each of the battery modules is fixedly coupled to the pack cover and includes battery cells arranged in one direction, a module case for accommodating the battery cells in an inner space thereof, and a rigid beam disposed between the battery cells inside the module case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-June Chi, Kyung-Mo Kim, Jin-Yong Park, Jhin-Ha Park, Jung-Hoon Lee, Hee-Jun Jin, Jeong-O Mun
  • Patent number: 12286003
    Abstract: Discussed is an underbody for a vehicle including a tray member fastened to a lower portion of a vehicle body frame and including a receiving portion having a structure with an open lower surface to accommodate a battery module; and a cover member to cover the open lower surface of the receiving portion, wherein the cover member includes a flow path to circulate a refrigerant fluid.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Mo Kim, Ho June Chi, Jeong Oh Moon, Jung Hoon Lee, Jin Yong Park, Hee Jun Jin, Jhin Ha Park
  • Patent number: 12288902
    Abstract: A battery module includes a cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a pair of bus bar frames configured to cover one side and another side, respectively, of the cell stack in a longitudinal direction; a housing configured to accommodate a combined body of the cell stack and the pair of bus bar frames so that the pair of bus bar frames is exposed to an outside of the housing; and an insulation pad interposed between a side surface of the cell stack and an inner surface of the housing and between a side surface of one of the pair of bus bar frames and the inner surface of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2025
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Yong Park, Kyung-Mo Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Jhin-Ha Park, Ho-June Chi, Hee-Jun Jin
  • Publication number: 20250132447
    Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle includes a lower casing in which a plurality of battery modules is seated, and a crossing member disposed to cross the lower casing along a widthwise direction between the battery modules seated to be adjacent in a lengthwise direction, being in close contact with end plates of the battery modules, lateral sides of which face each other, and being fastened to the lower casing together with a pair of end plates disposed at both lateral sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Kyung Mo KIM, Gun Woo KO
  • Publication number: 20250125475
    Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle includes a lower casing in which a terminal part of a battery module and a terminal part of another battery module adjust to each other in a width direction face each other and a plurality of battery modules are placed to be sequential in a longitudinal direction, a first cross member crossing the lower casing in the width direction and inserted between battery modules among the plurality of battery modules, which are placed adjacent to each other in the longitudinal direction, and a second cross member crossing the lower casing in the longitudinal direction, fastened to an upper end of the first cross member so as to be provided between battery modules among the plurality of battery modules, which are arranged adjacent to each other in the width direction, and electrically connected to the terminal part of the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2024
    Publication date: April 17, 2025
    Inventors: Kyung Mo Kim, Gun Woo Ko
  • Patent number: 12266823
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module including a busbar structure for adhesion with an electrode lead. The battery module can include a battery cell stack having a plurality of stacked battery cells, electrode leads protruding from the battery cell stack, a busbar electrically connected to the electrode leads, and a busbar frame on which the busbar is mounted. The busbar can be formed of a tongs part and a fixing part for connecting and fixing the tongs part. The electrode leads can be mounted between the tongs part of the busbar. The battery module can be manufactured through the steps of mounting a busbar in an opening part of a busbar frame, inserting an electrode lead between the tongs part of the busbar, closely adhering the busbar and the electrode lead through a jig, and removing the jig.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 1, 2025
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho June Chi, Jeong Oh Moon, Kyung Mo Kim, Heejun Jin, Jin Yong Park