Patents by Inventor Kyung-Ryun Ka

Kyung-Ryun Ka 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: 12278392
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochemical device separator including a porous polymer substrate and an organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer formed on at least one side of the polymer substrate, wherein the organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer comprises particulate binder resins and first inorganic particles, the particulate binder polymers include hybrid polymer particles of a fluorine-based polymer and an acrylic-based polymer and acrylic-based polymer particles, the acrylic polymer particles have a particle size D50 “a” in a range of 1 to 7 ?m, the first inorganic particles have a particle size D50 “b” in a range of 200 to 800 nm, a/b is 2 to 15, and the hybrid polymer particles have a particle size D50 smaller than that of the acrylic polymer particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Ryun Ka, Min-Ji Kim, Seung-Hyun Lee, Hye-Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20250105447
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochemical device separator and an electrochemical device including the same. The separator includes a porous polymer substrate and a porous organic/inorganic composite coating layer formed on at least one surface of the polymer substrate, in which the porous coating layer includes particulate binder resins and inorganic particles, and [content of binder particles in an upper portion of a porous coating layer before impregnation with electrolyte/content of binder particles in a central portion of a porous coating layer before impregnation with electrolyte]?[content of binder particles in an upper portion of a porous coating layer after impregnation with electrolyte/content of binder particles in a central portion of a porous coating layer after impregnation with electrolyte] is 0.32 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seung Hyun LEE, Min Ji KIM, Hye Won KIM, Dong Wook SUNG, Kyung Ryun KA
  • Patent number: 12261322
    Abstract: An electrochemical device separator including a porous polymer substrate and a porous organic/inorganic composite coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous organic/inorganic composite coating layer includes particulate binder polymers, a non-particulate acrylic-containing polymer, and first inorganic particles. The particulate binder polymers include hybrid polymer particles including a fluorine-containing polymer and an acrylic-containing polymer, and acrylic-containing polymer particles. The acrylic-containing polymer particles have a particle size D50 (a) in a range of 1 ?m to 7 ?m, the first inorganic particles have a particle size D50 (b) in a range of 200 nm to 800 nm, a/b is in a range of 2 to 15, and hybrid polymer particles have a particle size D50 less than 250 nm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2025
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Ryun Ka, Min Ji Kim, Seung Hyun Lee, Dong Wook Sung
  • Patent number: 12255349
    Abstract: A separator for a secondary battery having a separator substrate and a coating layer formed on the separator substrate. The coating layer is on at least one surface of the separator substrate. The coating layer comprises an acrylate-based binder and an additive. The additive is a fluorine-based non-ionic surfactant, and provides a separator for a secondary battery with significantly improved electrolyte impregnation rate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Ryun Ka, Sang Joon Lee, In Hyouk Sung, Je An Lee
  • Publication number: 20250055134
    Abstract: A separator for a secondary battery comprising a porous polymer substrate; a first layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate, wherein the first layer includes inorganic particles and a nonparticulate acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature of 15° C. or less, wherein the nonparticulate acrylic polymer connects and fixes the inorganic particles; and a second layer on an upper surface of the first layer, wherein the second layer includes a particulate acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature of 20°° C. to 50° C. The separator for a secondary battery has good adhesion with the electrode and can solve the resistance problem in the presence of the inorganic particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Ryun KA, Hye-Jin KWON, Seung-Hyun LEE, Je-An LEE
  • Patent number: 12183949
    Abstract: A separator for a secondary battery comprising a porous polymer substrate; a first layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate, wherein the first layer includes inorganic particles and a nonparticulate acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature of 15° C. or less, wherein the nonparticulate acrylic polymer connects and fixes the inorganic particles; and a second layer on an upper surface of the first layer, wherein the second layer includes a particulate acrylic polymer having a glass transition temperature of 20° C. to 50° C. The separator for a secondary battery has good adhesion with the electrode and can solve the resistance problem in the presence of the inorganic particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Ryun Ka, Hye-Jin Kwon, Seung-Hyun Lee, Je-An Lee
  • Publication number: 20240405372
    Abstract: Disclosed is an electrochemical device separator including a porous polymer substrate and an organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer formed on at least one side of the polymer substrate, wherein the organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer comprises particulate binder resins and first inorganic particles, the particulate binder polymers include hybrid polymer particles of a fluorine-based polymer and an acrylic-based polymer and acrylic-based polymer particles, the acrylic polymer particles have a particle size D50 “a” in a range of 1 to 7 ?m, the first inorganic particles have a particle size D50 “b” in a range of 200 to 800 nm, a/b is 2 to 15, and the hybrid polymer particles have a particle size D50 smaller than that of the acrylic polymer particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Ryun KA, Min-Ji KIM, Seung-Hyun LEE, Hye-Won KIM
  • Publication number: 20240405370
    Abstract: Disclosed is a separator for an electrochemical device including a porous polymer substrate and a porous coating layer at least one side of the porous polymer substrate, wherein the porous coating layer includes a water-based polymer binder, an inorganic particle, and an organic filler, and in the organic filler, adhesive strength is generated in the range of the operating temperature of the electrochemical device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: In Hyouk SUNG, Kyung Ryun KA, Hye Won KIM, Ji Hyeon KIM
  • Publication number: 20240396162
    Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical device includes a porous polymer substrate; a coating layer provided on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate and including a first polymer binder and inorganic particles; and an adhesive layer provided on the coating layer and including a second polymer binder, in which the first polymer binder is a solution type binder, and a content of the first polymer binder included in a portion of the coating layer adjacent to the porous polymer substrate is greater than a content of the first polymer binder included in another portion facing away from the porous polymer substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2024
    Publication date: November 28, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Su LEE, Kyung Ryun KA, Hye Won KIM, Dong Wook SUNG
  • Patent number: 12119515
    Abstract: Disclosed is a separator suitable for an electrochemical device a porous including polymer substrate and an organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer on at least one side of the porous polymer substrate. The organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer includes particulate binder polymers and first inorganic particles, the particulate binder polymers include (a) hybrid polymer particles of a fluorine-containing polymer and an acrylic-containing polymer and (b) acrylic-containing polymer particles, the average particle diameter D50 of the acrylic-containing polymer particles “a” is in a range of 1 ?m to 7.5 ?m, the average particle diameter D50 of the inorganic particles “b” is in a range of 200 nm to 800 nm, a/b is in a range of 2 to 15, and the average particle diameter D50 of the hybrid polymer particles is smaller than the average particle diameter D50 of the acrylic-containing polymer particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Ryun Ka, Min-Ji Kim, Seung-Hyun Lee, Hye-Won Kim
  • Publication number: 20240332736
    Abstract: An electrochemical device separator including a porous polymer substrate and a porous organic/inorganic composite coating layer on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate. The porous organic/inorganic composite coating layer includes particulate binder polymers, a non-particulate acrylic-containing polymer, and first inorganic particles. The particulate binder polymers include hybrid polymer particles including a fluorine-containing polymer and an acrylic-containing polymer, and acrylic-containing polymer particles. The acrylic-containing polymer particles have a particle size D50 (a) in a range of 1 ?m to 7 ?m, the first inorganic particles have a particle size D50 (b) in a range of 200 nm to 800 nm, a/b is in a range of 2 to 15, and hybrid polymer particles have a particle size D50 less than 250 nm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung Ryun KA, Min Ji KIM, Seung Hyun LEE, Dong Wook SUNG
  • Publication number: 20240322369
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator for an electrochemical device includes a porous polymer substrate, and a porous coating layer formed on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate, wherein the porous coating layer contains an acrylic acid-based binder, an acrylamide-based binder, and inorganic particles, and wherein the porous coating layer contains about 90% by weight to 96% by weight of the inorganic particles based on the total weight of the porous coating layer, and a weight ratio of the acrylic acid-based binder and the acrylamide-based binder is about 3:7 to 7:3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Yeon KIM, Dong Wook SUNG, Kyung Ryun KA, In Hyouk SUNG, Ji Hyeon KIM
  • Publication number: 20240322364
    Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical device having excellent compression resistance, an electrochemical device including the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. The separator for an electrochemical device includes a polymer layer on at least one surface of a porous polymer substrate. The polymer layer includes a binder polymer having a crosslinked structure including a structure represented by the following Chemical Formula 1: wherein each of R1 and R2 independently represents any one selected from the group consisting of a substituted or non-substituted C1-C10 alkylene group, a substituted or non-substituted C3-C10 cycloalkylene group and a substituted or non-substituted C6-C20 arylene group, and n is an integer ranging from 1 to 200.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2022
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: In-Hyouk SUNG, Kyung-Ryun KA, Ji-Su LEE
  • Publication number: 20240322370
    Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical device includes a porous polymer substrate, and a porous coating layer formed on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate, the porous coating layer includes inorganic particles and a polymer binder, the inorganic particles include, on surfaces thereof, a coating layer of a polymer including an amine group, and at least a portion of the polymer binder is crosslinked with the polymer including the amine group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ji Hyeon Kim, Dong Wook Sung, Kyung Ryun Ka, In Hyouk Sung, Ji Yeon Kim
  • Publication number: 20240313348
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a separator for an electrochemical device includes a porous polymer substrate, and a porous coating layer formed on at least one surface of the porous polymer substrate, wherein the porous coating layer includes an acrylic polymer binder, a copolymer binder, and inorganic particles, and the copolymer binder has a weight average molecular weight of 40,000 to 80,000, and the copolymer binder and the inorganic particles are included in a weight ratio of 1:93 to 1:20.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2024
    Publication date: September 19, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: In Hyouk SUNG, Dong Wook SUNG, Kyung Ryun KA, Ji Hyeon KIM, Ji Yeon KIM
  • Publication number: 20240274979
    Abstract: Disclosed is a separator suitable for an electrochemical device a porous including polymer substrate and an organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer on at least one side of the porous polymer substrate. The organic/inorganic composite porous coating layer includes particulate binder polymers and first inorganic particles, the particulate binder polymers include (a) hybrid polymer particles of a fluorine-containing polymer and an acrylic-containing polymer and (b) acrylic-containing polymer particles, the average particle diameter D50 of the acrylic-containing polymer particles “a” is in a range of 1 ?m to 7.5 ?m, the average particle diameter D50 of the inorganic particles “b” is in a range of 200 nm to 800 nm, a/b is in a range of 2 to 15, and the average particle diameter D50 of the hybrid polymer particles is smaller than the average particle diameter D50 of the acrylic-containing polymer particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2024
    Publication date: August 15, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Kyung-Ryun KA, Min-Ji KIM, Seung-Hyun LEE, Hye-Won KIM
  • Publication number: 20240216946
    Abstract: A coating apparatus for continuously forming a coating layer on each surface of a substrate film includes a water tank located on a movement path of the substrate film, a water tank partition vertically located in the water tank, the water tank partition being configured to partition an inner space of the water tank into two zones, including a first water tank portion and a second water tank portion, a roller unit configured to continuously transfer the substrate film, and a heating unit located outside the water tank. The water tank partition is located spaced apart from an inner bottom surface of the water tank by a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: In Hyouk SUNG, Kyung Ryun KA, Ji Su LEE
  • Publication number: 20240195011
    Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical device including a porous polymer substrate and a porous coating layer on at least one side of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer includes first binder particles, second binder particles, and inorganic particles. The inorganic particles are mostly dispersed in a first surface region of the porous coating layer, and the second binder particles are mostly dispersed in a second surface region of the porous polymer substrate, in which the first surface region faces the porous polymer substrate and the second surface region is an opposite surface region to the first surface region. The inorganic particles have a larger weight per particle than each respective weight per particle of the first and second binder particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2024
    Publication date: June 13, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Min Ji KIM, Seung Hyun LEE, Kyung Ryun KA
  • Patent number: 11949125
    Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical device including a porous polymer substrate and a porous coating layer on at least one side of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer includes first binder particles, second binder particles, and inorganic particles. The inorganic particles are mostly dispersed in a first surface region of the porous coating layer, and the second binder particles are mostly dispersed in a second surface region of the porous polymer substrate, in which the first surface region faces the porous polymer substrate and the second surface region is an opposite surface region to the first surface region. The inorganic particles have a larger weight per particle than each respective weight per particle of the first and second binder particles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Min Ji Kim, Seung Hyun Lee, Kyung Ryun Ka
  • Publication number: 20240079724
    Abstract: A separator for an electrochemical device including a porous polymer substrate and a porous coating layer on at least one side of the porous polymer substrate. The porous coating layer includes first binder particles, second binder particles, and inorganic particles. The inorganic particles are mostly dispersed in a first surface region of the porous coating layer, and the second binder particles are mostly dispersed in a second surface region of the porous polymer substrate, in which the first surface region faces the porous polymer substrate and the second surface region is an opposite surface region to the first surface region. The inorganic particles have a larger weight per particle than each respective weight per particle of the first and second binder particles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Min Ji KIM, Seung Hyun LEE, Kyung Ryun KA