Patents by Inventor Seok Je Kim
Seok Je 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).
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Patent number: 11909040Abstract: An electrode assembly comprises: a negative electrode, a separator, and at least two or more positive electrodes which are stacked in the electrode assembly with the negative electrode and the separator, each of the positive electrodes including a positive electrode active material applied to a surface of a positive electrode collector, wherein the positive electrode active material contains nickel, cobalt, and manganese, and a first composition ratio of nickel, cobalt, and manganese in the positive electrode active material applied to a first one of the positive electrodes is different from a second composition ratio of nickel, cobalt, and manganese in the positive electrode active material applied to a second one of the positive electrodes. The first and second positive electrodes may be stacked to adequately improve thermal stability and capacity.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Su Han Park, Seok Je Kim
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Publication number: 20230402675Abstract: A battery cell having an electrode tab with enhanced safety and improved cooling performance, and a battery module, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same is provided. The battery cell includes an electrode assembly including a cell body and an electrode tab provided to at least one side of the cell body, a cell case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly, an electrode lead drawn out of the cell case and connected to the electrode assembly through the electrode tab at a coupling portion, and a tab protection module accommodated in the cell case and covering at least a part of the electrode tab, the tab protection module including a heat dissipating material configured to discharge heat to the outside through at least a part thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Seung-Byung Lee, Ah-Ram Park, Kyoung-Soon Yoon, Seok-Je Kim, Yong-Tae Lee
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Publication number: 20230402702Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell capable of reinforcing safety of an electrode tab and controlling an internal pressure of the battery cell, and a battery module, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. The battery cell includes an electrode assembly including a cell body and an electrode tab coupled to at least one side of the cell body, a cell case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein, an electrode lead coupled to the electrode tab and extending from the cell case, a tab protection module accommodated in the cell case and configured to cover at least a portion of the electrode tab, and a venting module coupled to the tab protection module and configured discharge a venting gas out of the cell case.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2022Publication date: December 14, 2023Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Kyoung-Soon Yoon, Wan-Geun Park, Dong-Il Shin, Seok-Je Kim, Yong-Tae Lee
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Publication number: 20230291041Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell, which includes an electrode assembly including a cell body and an electrode tab provided to at least one side of the cell body, a cell case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein, an electrode lead coupled to the electrode tab and extending from the cell case, and a tab protection module accommodated in the cell case and configured to cover at least a portion of the electrode tab, the tab protection module including a lead positioning guide and a corresponding positioning guide insert portion adapted to receive the positioning guide insert portion, wherein the positioning guide insert portion is configured to couple to the electrode lead to guide a position of the electrode lead relative to the cell case.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Kyoung-Soon Yoon, Seok-Je Kim, Yong-Tae Lee, Hyun-Sang Lee
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Publication number: 20230170590Abstract: Disclosed is a battery cell having an electrode tab with an enhanced safety, and a battery module, a battery pack and a vehicle including the same. The battery cell includes an electrode assembly including a cell body and an electrode tab provided to at least one of both sides of the cell body, a cell case configured to accommodate the electrode assembly therein, an electrode lead drawn out of the cell case by a predetermined length and connected to the electrode assembly through the electrode tab, and a tab protection module accommodated in the cell case and configured to cover at least a part of the electrode tab.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2022Publication date: June 1, 2023Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Kyoung-Soon Yoon, Myung-Hoon Ko, Dong-Myung Kim, Seok-Je Kim, Seung-Byung Lee, Yong-Tae Lee, Hyun-Sang Lee
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Publication number: 20230048711Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery cell with improved safety and a method of manufacturing the same, and more particularly a battery cell configured such that an electrode assembly including a positive electrode (200) and a negative electrode (300) located so as to be opposite each other in the state in which a separator (400) is interposed therebetween is received in a cell case (100), wherein the positive electrode (200) includes a positive electrode plate (210) and a positive electrode active material layer (220) provided on one surface and/or the other surface of the positive electrode plate (210), the negative electrode (300) includes a negative electrode plate (310) and a negative electrode active material layer (320) provided on one surface and/or the other surface of the negative electrode plate (310), the positive electrode active material layer (220) includes a first flat portion (221) and a first inclined portion (222) provided at each of opposite sides of the first flat portion (221), andType: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2021Publication date: February 16, 2023Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Seung Cheol Kim, Seok Je Kim, Ki Woong Kim
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Publication number: 20230008194Abstract: A secondary battery according to the present invention comprises a pouch comprising an accommodation part accommodate the electrode assembly, a gas pocket part collecting a gas generated in the accommodation part, an edge sealing part provided along each of edge surfaces of the accommodation part and the gas pocket part, and a corner sealing part provided on each of both ends of a boundary between the accommodation part and the gas pocket part to support the electrode assembly accommodated in the accommodation part, wherein the corner sealing part comprises a full-width support surface supporting one end in a full-width direction of the electrode assembly, which faces the gas pocket part, and a full-length support surface provided between the full-width support surface and the edge sealing part, having a width greater than that of the full-width support surface, and supporting one end in a full-length direction of the electrode assembly, which faces the edge sealing part, and the full-length support surface,Type: ApplicationFiled: May 12, 2021Publication date: January 12, 2023Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: In Gu An, Ki Woong Kim, Seok Je Kim, Hyoung Sik Choi, Yun Pyo Oh
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Patent number: 11335941Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, wherein a pressing jig provided with a semi-elliptical pressing part presses the battery cell to remove air bubbles from the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2020Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sung Hoon Bae, Seok Je Kim, Dae Sik Chung, Su Han Park
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Publication number: 20200350583Abstract: An electrode assembly comprises: a negative electrode, a separator, and at least two or more positive electrodes which are stacked in the electrode assembly with the negative electrode and the separator, each of the positive electrodes including a positive electrode active material applied to a surface of a positive electrode collector, wherein the positive electrode active material contains nickel, cobalt, and manganese, and a first composition ratio of nickel, cobalt, and manganese in the positive electrode active material applied to a first one of the positive electrodes is different from a second composition ratio of nickel, cobalt, and manganese in the positive electrode active material applied to a second one of the positive electrodes. The first and second positive electrodes may be stacked to adequately improve thermal stability and capacity.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2019Publication date: November 5, 2020Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.Inventors: Su Han Park, Seok Je Kim
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Publication number: 20200266474Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, wherein a pressing jig provided with a semi-elliptical pressing part presses the battery cell to remove air bubbles from the battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 8, 2020Publication date: August 20, 2020Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Sung Hoon BAE, Seok Je KIM, Dae Sik CHUNG, Su Han PARK
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Patent number: 10686208Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, wherein a pressing jig provided with a semi-elliptical pressing part presses the battery cell to remove air bubbles from the battery cell.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: June 16, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Sung Hoon Bae, Seok Je Kim, Dae Sik Chung, Su Han Park
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Patent number: 10680275Abstract: A charge/discharge pressurizing device includes a first pressurizing jig configured to pressurize one surface of an electrode lead of a battery cell, a second pressurizing jig configured to pressurize an other surface of the electrode lead facing the one surface of the electrode lead, a guide configured to be disposed to be spaced apart from the one surface of the first pressurizing jig by a predetermined distance, and a first pressurizing jig controller configured to be connected to the first pressurizing jig and to move the first pressurizing jig toward the one surface of the electrode lead.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2019Date of Patent: June 9, 2020Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Sung Hoon Bae, Seok Je Kim, Dae Sik Chung, Su Han Park, Dae Geun Gu, Seung Cheol Kim
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Publication number: 20200153030Abstract: A charge/discharge pressurizing device includes a first pressurizing jig configured to pressurize one surface of an electrode lead of a battery cell, a second pressurizing jig configured to pressurize an other surface of the electrode lead facing the one surface of the electrode lead, a guide configured to be disposed to be spaced apart from the one surface of the first pressurizing jig by a predetermined distance, and a first pressurizing jig controller configured to be connected to the first pressurizing jig and to move the first pressurizing jig toward the one surface of the electrode lead.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 5, 2019Publication date: May 14, 2020Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.Inventors: Sung Hoon BAE, Seok Je KIM, Dae Sik CHUNG, Su Han PARK, Dae Geun GU, Seung Cheol KIM
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Patent number: 10576021Abstract: A system for medicine management includes: a terminal including an input unit for receiving the input of the types and quantities of medicines, a communication unit for transmitting the inputted information on the types and quantities of medicines to an electronic balance smart safe, a display unit for displaying the information on the types and quantities of medicines, and a control unit for controlling the overall operation; an electronic balance smart safe comprising a plurality of sensor units for sensing the weight of a medicine case, a communication unit for receiving the information on the types and quantities of medicines and transmitting to a server, a display unit for displaying the information on the types and quantities of the medicine cases, a control unit for controlling the opening and closing of the door; and a server for managing the electronic balance smart safe.Type: GrantFiled: November 9, 2018Date of Patent: March 3, 2020Assignee: IDEASTUDIO CO., LTD.Inventors: Yong Seok Hong, Woong Suk Park, Seok Je Kim
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Publication number: 20190183736Abstract: A system for medicine management includes: a terminal including an input unit for receiving the input of the types and quantities of medicines, a communication unit for transmitting the inputted information on the types and quantities of medicines to an electronic balance smart safe, a display unit for displaying the information on the types and quantities of medicines, and a control unit for controlling the overall operation; an electronic balance smart safe comprising a plurality of sensor units for sensing the weight of a medicine case, a communication unit for receiving the information on the types and quantities of medicines and transmitting to a server, a display unit for displaying the information on the types and quantities of the medicine cases, a control unit for controlling the opening and closing of the door; and a server for managing the electronic balance smart safe.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 9, 2018Publication date: June 20, 2019Inventors: Yong Seok HONG, Woong Suk PARK, Seok Je KIM
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Publication number: 20180226673Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, and more particularly, to an apparatus and a method for manufacturing a battery cell, wherein a pressing jig provided with a semi-elliptical pressing part presses the battery cell to remove air bubbles from the battery cell.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 2, 2018Publication date: August 9, 2018Inventors: Sung Hoon Bae, Seok Je Kim, Dae Sik Chung, Su Han Park