Patents by Inventor Min-Bum Kim

Min-Bum 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: 20250149720
    Abstract: Discussed is a transfer device for a battery cell assembly. The transfer device may include a jig plate including an opening in a central area of the jig plate, first cross-beam fasteners on the jig plate and configured to be coupled to a first cross-beam of a battery cell assembly, second cross-beam fasteners configured to be coupled to a second cross-beam of the battery cell assembly, and first and second film fasteners on the jig plate and adjacent to the opening of the jig plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 8, 2025
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jong Pil JEON, Min Bum KIM, Ju Hwan SHIN, Jun Yeob SEONG, Hyoung Suk LEE
  • Publication number: 20250141053
    Abstract: Provided is a battery assembly according to example embodiments. The battery assembly includes a cell stack with first to third pouch type battery cells, and a first bus bar assembly. The first bus bar assembly includes a first bus bar, a second bus bar, and a first integrated circuit including a first sensing bar configured to measure electric potentials of a second negative electrode lead of the second pouch type battery cell and a third positive electrode lead of the third pouch type battery cell. A thickness of the first sensing bar is less than a thickness of the first bus bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2023
    Publication date: May 1, 2025
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Min Bum Kim, Jong Pil Jeon, Ju Hwan Shin
  • Publication number: 20250105464
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery module including a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells with electrode leads are stacked, bus bar frame assemblies coupled to the electrode leads, and side frames disposed on opposite sides of the battery cell stack, respectively, and coupled to the bus bar frame assemblies, in which one of the bus bar frame assemblies or the side frames include coupling projections and the other of the bus bar frame assemblies or the side frames may include insertion coupling portions, the bus bar frame assemblies and the side frames are coupled to each other by inserting the coupling projections into the insertion coupling portions, and both an upper surface and a lower surface of the battery cell stack, excluding surfaces thereof to which the side frames and the bus bar frame assemblies are coupled, are open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2023
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Min Bum KIM, Jong Pil JEON, Hyoung Suk LEE, Ju Hwan SHIN
  • Publication number: 20250062446
    Abstract: Disclosed herein relates to a battery pack, wherein the battery pack has an advantage that in the event of thermal runaway in any of a plurality of cell stack assemblies accommodated therein, the propagation of the generated heat or flame to adjacent assemblies can be minimized, thereby improving the safety of the battery pack against ignition or explosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2023
    Publication date: February 20, 2025
    Inventors: Jong Pil JEON, Hyoung Suk LEE, Min Bum KIM, Ju Hwan SHIN
  • Patent number: 8365098
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for displaying key information in a portable terminal. Display of key information is provided such that a user can easily confirm information about a shortcut key set by the user or a function for each key of a key input module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Sang Won, Gwang-Woo Choe, Min-Bum Kim, Jung-Sook Cha
  • Publication number: 20070094616
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are disclosed for displaying key information in a portable terminal. Display of key information is provided such that a user can easily confirm information about a shortcut key set by the user or a function for each key of a key input module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2005
    Publication date: April 26, 2007
    Inventors: Jong-Sang Won, Gwang-Woo Choe, Min-Bum Kim, Jung-Sook Cha