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).

  • Patent number: 11909040
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Han Park, Seok Je Kim
  • Publication number: 20230402675
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Byung Lee, Ah-Ram Park, Kyoung-Soon Yoon, Seok-Je Kim, Yong-Tae Lee
  • Publication number: 20230402702
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: December 14, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Soon Yoon, Wan-Geun Park, Dong-Il Shin, Seok-Je Kim, Yong-Tae Lee
  • Publication number: 20230291041
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Publication date: September 14, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Soon Yoon, Seok-Je Kim, Yong-Tae Lee, Hyun-Sang Lee
  • Publication number: 20230170590
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: 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
  • Publication number: 20230048711
    Abstract: 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), and
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung Cheol Kim, Seok Je Kim, Ki Woong Kim
  • Publication number: 20230008194
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2021
    Publication date: January 12, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: In Gu An, Ki Woong Kim, Seok Je Kim, Hyoung Sik Choi, Yun Pyo Oh
  • Patent number: 11335941
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Bae, Seok Je Kim, Dae Sik Chung, Su Han Park
  • Publication number: 20200350583
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2019
    Publication date: November 5, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Su Han Park, Seok Je Kim
  • Publication number: 20200266474
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2020
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon BAE, Seok Je KIM, Dae Sik CHUNG, Su Han PARK
  • Patent number: 10686208
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Bae, Seok Je Kim, Dae Sik Chung, Su Han Park
  • Patent number: 10680275
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Bae, Seok Je Kim, Dae Sik Chung, Su Han Park, Dae Geun Gu, Seung Cheol Kim
  • Publication number: 20200153030
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 14, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Hoon BAE, Seok Je KIM, Dae Sik CHUNG, Su Han PARK, Dae Geun GU, Seung Cheol KIM
  • Patent number: 10576021
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: IDEASTUDIO CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Yong Seok Hong, Woong Suk Park, Seok Je Kim
  • Publication number: 20190183736
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Inventors: Yong Seok HONG, Woong Suk PARK, Seok Je KIM
  • Publication number: 20180226673
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2018
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Sung Hoon Bae, Seok Je Kim, Dae Sik Chung, Su Han Park