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).

  • Patent number: 11462784
    Abstract: A battery module, and a battery pack having a module housing capable of effectively increasing an energy density while enhancing the heat dissipation efficiency, includes a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries; and a module housing having at least one sidewall and configured to accommodate the cell assembly in an inner space defined by the sidewall. The sidewall has at least one coolant flow path, and at least one injection hole is formed in an outer surface of the sidewall so as to extend to and communicate with the inner space.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Jin-Yong Park, Kyung-Mo Kim, Seung-Joon Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Eun-Ah Ju, Ho-June Chi, Hee-Jun Jin
  • Publication number: 20220302536
    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: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2022
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Mo Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Ho-June Chi
  • Publication number: 20220297247
    Abstract: Disclosed is a welding jig for welding an electrode lead of a battery cell and a sensing bus bar of a bus bar assembly to each other, and the welding jig includes a jig body disposed above the electrode lead and the sensing bus bar during the welding; and a positioning guide unit coupled to the jig body and configured to make a step correction in at least three directions when the electrode lead and the sensing bus bar are welded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Mo Kim, Ho-June Chi, Kyung-Woo Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Jin-Yong Park, Jhin-Ha Park, Hee-Jun Jin
  • Publication number: 20220285755
    Abstract: According to the present disclosure, there is provided a battery pack. The battery pack may include a pack case having a pack tray configured to support a lower portion of battery modules. A pack cover may be configured to cover the battery modules and contact a top surface of the battery modules. A heatsink may be installed at an upper portion of the pack cover.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20220285770
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell stack including a plurality of battery cells stacked on each other in a first direction; a pair of cell covers which is in surface contact with both side surfaces of the battery cell stack; a housing which covers side surfaces of the pair of cell covers in the first direction and top surfaces of the battery cell stack. In particular, a bottom side of the housing is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Mo KIM, Jae Ho CHUN, Tae Hyuck KIM, Hyun Jun YOON, Ho Kyun Ju
  • Publication number: 20220278389
    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: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: September 1, 2022
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20220263183
    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: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: August 18, 2022
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20220255190
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a bus bar for connecting an electrode lead and a battery module comprising same. The bus bar has a surface structure having a concavity and convexity pattern aligned in one direction on a connection part with an electrode lead, and thus the weldability with the electrode lead can be enhanced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung Mo Kim, Jeong Oh Moon, Jung Hoon Lee, Ho June Chi, Jin Yong Park, Hee Jun Jin, Jhin Ha Park
  • Publication number: 20220255191
    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: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2020
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20220231366
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module having a plurality of battery cells, and a heat dissipation member provided in contact with a bus bar at a side surface of the battery module where electrode leads of the battery cells and the bus bar coupled to the electrode leads are disposed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 21, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyung-Mo Kim, Ho-June Chi, Jeong-O Mun, Jin-Yong Park, Jung-Hoon Lee
  • Patent number: 11394075
    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: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Inventors: Kyung-Mo Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Ho-June Chi
  • Publication number: 20220209282
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery module, including at least one battery cell, a pair of pressing plates respectively disposed at opposite side surfaces of the at least one battery cell, and a module cover coupled to the pair of pressing plates to cover an upper side or a lower side of the at least one battery cell, wherein opposite ends of the module cover overlap an upper end or a lower end of the pair of pressing plates, and have a plurality of welding portions and a plurality of auxiliary welding beads alternately arranged along a longitudinal direction of the module cover, and wherein the opposite ends of the module cover are welded to the pair of pressing plates at the plurality of welding portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2022
    Publication date: June 30, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-June CHI, Kyung-Mo KIM, Jeong-O MUN, Jin-Yong PARK, Jung-Hoon LEE
  • Patent number: 11374282
    Abstract: A battery module which includes a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries; a module housing having at least one side wall and configured to accommodate the cell assembly in an internal space defined by the at least one side wall; and an end frame including: a body frame that includes a main wall and at least one side wall extending from an outer circumference of the main wall in a direction where the module housing is positioned; and a coupling plate that is configured such that one side portion of the coupling plate is combined and fixed to the at least one side wall of the body frame and the other side portion of the coupling plate is combined to a front end portion or a rear end portion of the module housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-Hoon Lee, Hang-June Choi, Dal-Mo Kang, Kyung-Mo Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Jin-Yong Park, Ho-June Chi
  • Patent number: 11374251
    Abstract: An apparatus for mounting a battery cell 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, a roller member around which a film fixed to the support member is wound, and a film guide member configured to move the film into the frame. When the film guide member moves the film into the frame, the support member and the frame move toward each other, and the battery cell stack is movable along the film to be mounted to the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventors: Kyung-Mo Kim, Jeong-O Mun, Ho-June Chi
  • Patent number: 11362391
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module having a plurality of battery cells, and a heat dissipation member provided in contact with a bus bar at a side surface of the battery module where electrode leads of the battery cells and the bus bar coupled to the electrode leads are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Inventors: Kyung-Mo Kim, Ho-June Chi, Jeong-O Mun, Jin-Yong Park, Jung-Hoon Lee
  • Publication number: 20220158308
    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: March 13, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho June Chi, Jeong Oh Moon, Kyung Mo Kim, Heejun Jin, Jin Yong Park
  • Publication number: 20220149469
    Abstract: A mounting structure for a battery pack is provided. The mounting structure includes a battery pack having a plurality of battery modules, a carrier, which is positioned at the battery pack to be partitioned and to allow the battery modules to be mounted therein. A seating portion is formed in a vehicle body to define a pace for accommodating the battery pack therein. A lower cover is positioned on a lower surface of the battery pack, and a heat sink is coupled to the carrier to face lateral side surfaces of the battery modules and to define a flow path through which cooling water flows.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Kyung Mo Kim, Ho Kyun Ju
  • Patent number: 11329340
    Abstract: A battery pack having a bottom connection type tray is provided. The battery pack includes a tray configured to load a plurality of battery modules therein, a plurality of tray terminals provided on a bottom plate of the tray, a connection wire for interconnecting the tray terminals or connecting the tray terminals to an external circuit, and a battery terminal provided in each of the battery modules to be connected to a corresponding one of the tray terminals. Terminal connection is achieved while the battery modules are assembled with the tray, and therefore, an assembly procedure is more easily performed, and the reliability of a terminal connection structure is improved. In addition, automated assembly and production using a robot are possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 4, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Mo Kim, Jeong Oh Moon, Jung Hoon Lee, Ho June Chi, Jin Yong Park
  • Publication number: 20220140428
    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: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ho-June CHI, Kyung-Mo KIM, Jeong-O MUN, Jin-Yong PARK, Hee-Jun JIN
  • Publication number: 20220131229
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell assembly including a plurality of battery cells adjacent to each other and stacked in parallel and a plurality of electrode leads protruded from respective ones of the plurality of battery cells; and a module cover accommodating the battery cell assembly, wherein the module cover includes an upper cover part exposing the plurality of electrode leads while covering an upper surface and a side surface of the battery cell assembly and a bus bar frame part coupled with the upper cover part and integrally formed with the upper cover part at a position corresponding to the plurality of electrode leads exposed by the upper cover part, and wherein the bus bar frame part includes a plurality of bus bars electrically connected to respective ones of the plurality of electrode leads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2020
    Publication date: April 28, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ho June Chi, Jeong Oh Moon, Kyung Mo Kim, Heejun Jin, Jin Yong Park