Patents by Inventor Seok-Jin Kim

Seok-Jin 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: 11522258
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte removing device. The electrolyte removing device comprises: a jig assembly configured to receive in a seated position a pouch comprising an accommodation part in which an electrode assembly is accommodated, a gas pocket part, and a connection part connecting the accommodation part to the gas pocket part; and an electrolyte removing assembly configured to push an electrolyte remaining on the connection part to the gas pocket part to remove the electrolyte from the connection part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Inventors: Seok Jin Kim, Sang Hyun Koo, Cha Hun Ku
  • Publication number: 20220373493
    Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for inspecting a welding state in a welded portion for an electronic or mechanical coupling in a lithium secondary battery, the apparatus including: a measuring unit configured to obtain data for deriving a resistance value of the welded portion by allowing a resistance measuring probe to contact the welded portion; and a controller configured to communicate with the measuring unit, determine the resistance value of the welded portion by receiving the data obtained from the measuring unit, and determine whether a weak welding was performed by comparing the determined resistance value with a threshold resistance value, in which the measuring unit is configured to allow the resistance measuring probe to contact one end and the other end of the welded portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2021
    Publication date: November 24, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Hoon LEE, Su Taek JUNG, Seok Jin KIM, Ji Hoon LEE, Sang Hyun KOO
  • Publication number: 20220268734
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an eddy current sensor for deriving an eddy current and sensing the derived eddy current in order to detect a crack in a battery cell, the eddy current sensor comprising: a core unit in which a coil is wound around a magnetic member; and a case for accommodating the core unit of which there are at least two, and which are respectively arranged so that the central axis of the coil is oriented in the thickness direction of the battery cell. The eddy current sensor of the present invention enables one-point sensing, thereby improving crack detection capability without a non-inspection area while having high detection resolution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2020
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Jin KIM, Su Taek JUNG, Sang Hyun KOO, Jung Hoon LEE
  • Patent number: 11342576
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an electrode assembly, comprising: interposing a plurality of first electrodes one by one, which are spaced apart from each other, between two separators; stacking a second electrode on each of outer surfaces of the separators on each of both sides of the first electrode at positions that are skipped by one of the plurality of positions on which the first electrodes are disposed to alternately continuously form a bi-cell, in which the second electrode/the separator/the first electrode/the separator/the second electrode are sequentially stacked, and a half-cell, in which the separator/the first electrode/the separator are sequentially stacked; cutting the stack into a unit cell in which one bi-cell and one half-cell are connected to each other; folding the unit cell so that the bi-cell and the half-cell are stacked; and stacking a plurality of folded unit cells to manufacture the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Inventors: Jung Kwan Pyo, Cha Hun Ku, Su Taek Jung, Seok Jin Kim, Tai Jin Jung
  • Publication number: 20220152725
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a method for evaluating resistance welding quality of a battery by using eddy current signal characteristics, wherein high reliability can be provided by preventing an error caused by a variation according to differences in physical properties of individual batteries, and an evaluation process is simple and clear by applying a non-destructive method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 19, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hyun KOO, Seok Jin KIM, Su Taek JUNG, Jung Hoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20220034843
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a device for detecting a crack in a battery cell by using an eddy current, comprising: an inspection unit comprising a first sensor for inducing an eddy current and a second sensor for sensing a signal of the eddy current induced by the first sensor, wherein the inspection unit performs inspection by means of the eddy current while the battery cell is driven; a transfer unit for sequentially transferring a plurality of battery cells from a point where the battery cells are introduced to a point where the battery cells are taken out; and a control unit which is electrically connected to the inspection unit and receives, evaluates, and controls the eddy current signal sensed by the inspection unit. The device for detecting a crack in a battery cell of the present invention can detect the presence and positions of cracks generated on an electrode, an electrode tab, and a welding unit by means of a non-destructive method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: February 3, 2022
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Jin KIM, Sang Hyun KOO, Cha Hun KU, Jung Hoon LEE
  • Publication number: 20210386659
    Abstract: The present invention relates to medical devices in the form of mucoadhesive films for the release of live lactic bacteria and bifidobacteria (probiotics) and/or for the release and maintenance of their pharmacologically useful enzyme activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventor: Seok-Jin KIM
  • Patent number: 11196031
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode, for reducing a difference in ductility between a non-coating portion and a coating portion of the electrode, a method for manufacturing the electrode, and a roller for manufacturing the electrode. Also, the electrode according to the present invention includes an electrode foil, a coating portion coated with an electrode active material on one surface of the electrode foil, and a non-coating portion which is disposed adjacent to the coating portion on the one surface of the electrode foil, and is not coated with the electrode active material and on which a pattern is disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 7, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Kyun Lee, Seok Jin Kim, Cha Hun Ku
  • Patent number: 11078581
    Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst composite including a metal; and a nitrogen-containing porous 2D polymer carrier, and a method of manufacturing the catalyst composite. Accordingly, provided is a high-efficiency catalyst composite that does not depend on pH acid concentration using a nitrogen-containing porous two-dimensional (2D) polymer carrier and a low-cost metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: UNIST (Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology)
    Inventors: Jong Beom Baek, Seok Jin Kim, Javeed Mahmood, Feng Li
  • Patent number: 11065200
    Abstract: The present invention relates to medical devices in the form of mucoadhesive films for the release of live lactic bacteria and bifidobacteria (probiotics) and/or for the release and maintenance of their pharmacologically useful enzyme activities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: MENDES S.R.L.
    Inventor: Seok-Jin Kim
  • Patent number: 10957943
    Abstract: A jig device for inspecting quality of a secondary battery, which fixes the secondary battery and inspects quality of the secondary battery, is provided in which the jig device includes a jig base having a seating hole, a fixed module mounted on the jig base at one side of the seating hole, a first gliding module mounted on the jig base at a side opposite to the fixed module and glidable toward the fixed module, and a support part extending across the seating hole. A masking block is mounted on one or more portions of the fixed module and the first gliding module, which comes into contact with an edge of the secondary battery to fix the secondary battery. The first gliding module is detachable from the jig base, and the support part is separable from the fixed module and the first gliding module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Jin Kim, Sang Hyun Koo, Cha Hun Ku
  • Patent number: 10921294
    Abstract: A non-destructive inspection judgment system for inspecting a non-destructive inspection subject using ultrasonic waves, including an ultrasonic wave generator transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals by generating ultrasonic waves to the non-destructive inspection subject placed on an inspection table, an interface transmitting an ultrasonic signal received from the ultrasonic wave generator to an ultrasonic wave generation data controller, the ultrasonic wave generation data controller processing ultrasonic wave data received from the interface, a sealing defect presence judger determining, using the processed ultrasonic wave data, whether a sealing defect is present, and a display displaying a result of the judgment on a monitor to detect an unsealed portion of an aluminum pouch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Inventors: Sang Hyun Koo, Seok Jin Kim, Cha Hun Ku
  • Publication number: 20210036302
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrolyte removing device. The electrolyte removing device comprises: a jig assembly configured to receive in a seated position a pouch comprising an accommodation part in which an electrode assembly is accommodated, a gas pocket part, and a connection part connecting the accommodation part to the gas pocket part; and an electrolyte removing assembly configured to push an electrolyte remaining on the connection part to the gas pocket part to remove the electrolyte from the connection part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 4, 2021
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Jin KIM, Sang Hyun KOO, Cha Hun KU
  • Patent number: 10826039
    Abstract: An electrode assembly for a secondary battery having reduced internal resistance while adhesion between a separator and an electrode is maintained and having improved electrolyte impregnation the electrode assembly including a separator having a processed area having undergone a corona discharging process and a non-processed area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Kyun Lee, Ju Hyeon Cho, Cha-Hun Ku, Seok Jin Kim, Duck Hoe Kim
  • Publication number: 20200240026
    Abstract: Disclosed are a catalyst composite including a metal; and a nitrogen-containing porous 2D polymer carrier, and a method of manufacturing the catalyst composite. Accordingly, provided is a high-efficiency catalyst composite that does not depend on pH acid concentration using a nitrogen-containing porous two-dimensional (2D) polymer carrier and a low-cost metal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2017
    Publication date: July 30, 2020
    Inventors: Jong Beom Baek, Seok Jin Kim, Javeed Mahmood, Feng Li
  • Publication number: 20200168941
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an electrode assembly, comprising: interposing a plurality of first electrodes one by one, which are spaced apart from each other, between two separators; stacking a second electrode on each of outer surfaces of the separators on each of both sides of the first electrode at positions that are skipped by one of the plurality of positions on which the first electrodes are disposed to alternately continuously form a bi-cell, in which the second electrode/the separator/the first electrode/the separator/the second electrode are sequentially stacked, and a half-cell, in which the separator/the first electrode/the separator are sequentially stacked; cutting the stack into a unit cell in which one bi-cell and one half-cell are connected to each other; folding the unit cell so that the bi-cell and the half-cell are stacked; and stacking a plurality of folded unit cells to manufacture the electrode assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2018
    Publication date: May 28, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jung Kwan Pyo, Cha Hun Ku, Su Taek Jung, Seok Jin Kim, Tai Jin Jung
  • Publication number: 20200078294
    Abstract: The present invention relates to medical devices in the form of mucoadhesive films for the release of live lactic bacteria and bifidobacteria (probiotics) and/or for the release and maintenance of their pharmacologically useful enzyme activities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Seok-Jin KIM
  • Publication number: 20200036054
    Abstract: A jig device for inspecting quality of a secondary battery, which fixes the secondary battery and inspects quality of the secondary battery, is provided in which the jig device includes a jig base having a seating hole, a fixed module mounted on the jig base at one side of the seating hole, a first gliding module mounted on the jig base at a side opposite to the fixed module and glidable toward the fixed module, and a support part extending across the seating hole. A masking block is mounted on one or more portions of the fixed module and the first gliding module, which comes into contact with an edge of the secondary battery to fix the secondary battery. The first gliding module is detachable from the jig base, and the support part is separable from the fixed module and the first gliding module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2018
    Publication date: January 30, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Jin KIM, Sang Hyun KOO, Cha Hun KU
  • Publication number: 20190355951
    Abstract: An electrode assembly for a secondary battery having reduced internal resistance while adhesion between a separator and an electrode is maintained and having improved electrolyte impregnation the electrode assembly including a separator having a processed area having undergone a corona discharging process and a non-processed area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2017
    Publication date: November 21, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Kyun LEE, Ju Hyeon CHO, Cha-Hun KU, Seok Jin KIM, Duck Hoe KIM
  • Publication number: 20190170703
    Abstract: A non-destructive inspection judgment system for inspecting a non-destructive inspection subject using ultrasonic waves, including an ultrasonic wave generator transmitting and receiving ultrasonic signals by generating ultrasonic waves to the non-destructive inspection subject placed on an inspection table, an interface transmitting an ultrasonic signal received from the ultrasonic wave generator to an ultrasonic wave generation data controller, the ultrasonic wave generation data controller processing ultrasonic wave data received from the interface, a sealing defect presence judger determining, using the processed ultrasonic wave data, whether a sealing defect is present, and a display displaying a result of the judgment on a monitor to detect an unsealed portion of an aluminum pouch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2018
    Publication date: June 6, 2019
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sang Hyun KOO, Seok Jin KIM, Cha Hun KU