Patents by Inventor Seon-Kyong Kim

Seon-Kyong 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: 11532798
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, a flexible pad for a display device lamination process includes: a generally straight area having an upper surface defining substantially the same height along a first direction and a generally convex shape along a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction; a first inclined area having a first upper surface inclined along the first direction at a first inclination angle and being generally flat along the second direction; and a second inclined area disposed between the first inclined area and the generally straight area, wherein the second inclined area has a second upper surface inclined along the first direction at a second inclination angle smaller than the first inclination angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyu Sang Yun, Seon-Kyong Kim, Hyoseung Kim
  • Publication number: 20210242413
    Abstract: According to one aspect of the invention, a flexible pad for a display device lamination process includes: a generally straight area having an upper surface defining substantially the same height along a first direction and a generally convex shape along a second direction generally perpendicular to the first direction; a first inclined area having a first upper surface inclined along the first direction at a first inclination angle and being generally flat along the second direction; and a second inclined area disposed between the first inclined area and the generally straight area, wherein the second inclined area has a second upper surface inclined along the first direction at a second inclination angle smaller than the first inclination angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2021
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Kyu Sang YUN, Seon-Kyong KIM, Hyoseung KIM
  • Patent number: 11050056
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery, including: a Si main phase formed of crystalline Si; and a matrix coexisting with the Si main phase, in which at least a part of the matrix has a crystal lattice parameter which is any one among n times, 1/n time, n?2 times, n/?2 times, and n?5 times of a crystal lattice parameter of the Si main phase (n is an integer).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Park, Seon Kyong Kim, Min Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10892478
    Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery, which suppresses a dispersal phenomenon of a negative electrode active material during charging/discharging by controlling a lattice mismatch ratio of an amorphous matrix layer to a silicon layer in a silicon-based negative electrode active material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2021
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Park, Min Hyun Kim, Young Pil Choi, Seon Kyong Kim
  • Patent number: 10734644
    Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery, in which a silicon-based negative electrode active material is formed in a three-layer structure including an amorphous matrix, thereby suppressing a dispersal phenomenon of the negative electrode active material during charging/discharging. The negative electrode active material having a three-layer structure includes: a silicon (Si) layer; an amorphous matrix layer outside the Si layer; and a nano grain matrix layer formed on an interface between the Si layer and the amorphous matrix layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Iljin Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Park, Min Hyun Kim, Young Pil Choi, Seon Kyong Kim
  • Patent number: 10566616
    Abstract: Disclosed is a negative active material having a reduced volume change during charge/discharge. A fine crystalline region exists on a matrix of an alloy, and lithium is easily dispersed due to the fine crystalline region. In the negative active material, a ratio of the fine crystalline region is represented by an amorphization degree, and is optimized in designing a battery through a measurement of an expansion rate after 50 cycles. The negative active material is used for a secondary battery and includes an alloy formed by a chemical formula below: (a ratio of Ti to Fe is 1:1 and a ratio of Si:Ti or Si:Fe has a range of 5:1 to 9:1.) Si—?xTiyFezAlu where x, y, z, and u are at %, x: 1?(y+z+u), y: 0.09 to 0.14, z: 0.09 to 0.14, and u: larger than 0.01 and less than 0.2.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Pil Choi, Cheol Ho Park, Min Hyun Kim, Myeong Han Kim, Seon Kyong Kim
  • Publication number: 20190312271
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a negative active material for a secondary battery, the anode active material comprising: an Si main phase including crystalline Si; and a matrix coexisting with the Si main phase, wherein at least a part of the matrix has a crystal lattice parameter which is one among n times, 1/n times, n?2 times, n/?2 times, and n?5 times (n is an integer) that of the Si main phase.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 10, 2019
    Applicant: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Park, Seon Kyong Kim, Min Hyun Kim
  • Patent number: 10297856
    Abstract: The present disclosure is to provide a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery having high negative electrode efficiency and excellent capacity retention, and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode. In one aspect, there is provided a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, wherein the electrode contains 3 to 9% by weight of a silicon-based negative-electrode active material having a following composition formula (1); and 87.5 to 95.5% by weight of a graphite-based negative-electrode active material: SixTiyFezAlu??(1) where x, y, z and u are atomic %, x: 1?(y+z+u), y: 0.09 to 0.14, z: 0.09 to 0.14, u: 0.01 exclusive to 0.2 exclusive.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Pil Choi, Cheol Ho Park, Min Hyun Kim, Myeong Han Kim, Seon Kyong Kim
  • Patent number: 10283766
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an alloy containing silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), and iron (Fe), wherein the degree of amorphization of the alloy is raised by 40% or more by further adding copper (Cu) to the alloy.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 7, 2019
    Assignee: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Park, Seon Kyong Kim, Seung Chul Lee, Young Pil Choi, Hyang Yeon Kim, Jae Woong Kim, Min Seok Sung
  • Publication number: 20180287149
    Abstract: Disclosed is a negative active material, which has a small change in a volume during charge/discharge, has enhanced initial efficiency and capacity maintenance characteristics. A fine crystalline region exists on a matrix of an alloy, and lithium is more easily dispersed due to the fine crystalline region. The negative active material for a secondary battery has an improved expansion rate, and is formed by a formula below, and its expansion rate after 50 cycles is 70 to 150%, and an amorphization degree on a matrix within an alloy has a range of 25% or more, and Si has a range of 60 to 70%, Ti has a range of 9 to 14%, Fe has a range of 9 to 14%, and Al has a range larger than 1% and less than 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: October 4, 2018
    Applicant: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Pil Choi, Cheol Ho Park, Min Hyun Kim, Myeong Han Kim, Seon Kyong Kim
  • Publication number: 20180190977
    Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery, in which a silicon-based negative electrode active material is formed in a three-layer structure including an amorphous matrix, thereby suppressing a dispersal phenomenon of the negative electrode active material during charging/discharging. The negative electrode active material having a three-layer structure includes: a silicon (Si) layer; an amorphous matrix layer outside the Si layer; and a nano grain matrix layer formed on an interface between the Si layer and the amorphous matrix layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Park, Min Hyun Kim, Young Pil Choi, Seon Kyong Kim
  • Publication number: 20180175380
    Abstract: Provided are a negative electrode active material for a secondary battery, which suppresses a dispersal phenomenon of a negative electrode active material during charging/discharging by controlling a lattice mismatch ratio of an amorphous matrix layer to a silicon layer in a silicon-based negative electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Park, Min Hyun Kim, Young Pil Choi, Seon Kyong Kim
  • Publication number: 20170352911
    Abstract: The present disclosure is to provide a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery having high negative electrode efficiency and excellent capacity retention, and a lithium secondary battery including the negative electrode. In one aspect, there is provided a negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, wherein the electrode contains 3 to 9% by weight of a silicon-based negative-electrode active material having a following composition formula (1); and 87.5 to 95.5% by weight of a graphite-based negative-electrode active material: SixTiyFezAlu??(i) where x, y, z and u are atomic %, x: 1?(y+z+u), y: 0.09 to 0.14, z: 0.09 to 0.14, u: 0.01 exclusive to 0.2 exclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2016
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Pil Choi, Cheol Ho Park, Min Hyun Kim, Myeong Han Kim, Seon Kyong Kim
  • Publication number: 20170331105
    Abstract: Disclosed is a negative active material having a reduced volume change during charge/discharge. A fine crystalline region exists on a matrix of an alloy, and lithium is easily dispersed due to the fine crystalline region. In the negative active material, a ratio of the fine crystalline region is represented by an amorphization degree, and is optimized in designing a battery through a measurement of an expansion rate after 50 cycles. The negative active material is used for a secondary battery and includes an alloy formed by a chemical formula below: (a ratio of Ti to Fe is 1:1 and a ratio of Si:Ti or Si:Fe has a range of 5:1 to 9:1.) Si—?xTiyFezAlu where x, y, z, and u are at %, x: 1?(y+z+u), y: 0.09 to 0.14, z: 0.09 to 0.14, and u: larger than 0.01 and less than 0.2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2015
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Pil Choi, Cheol Ho Park, Min Hyun Kim, Myeong Han Kim, Seon Kyong Kim
  • Patent number: 9722243
    Abstract: The present invention provides a negative active material for a secondary battery with an improved expansion rate, which is formed by a formula below, and in which an expansion rate of the negative active material after 50 cycles is 70 to 150%, and an amorphization degree on a matrix within an alloy has a range of 25% or more, and Si has a range of 60 to 70%, Ti has a range of 9 to 14%, Fe has a range of 9 to 14%, and Al has a range larger than 1% and less than 20%. Formula: SixTiyFezAlu (x, y, z, and u are at %, x: 1?(y+z+u)).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol-Ho Park, Seon-Kyong Kim, Young-Pil Choi, Min-Hyun Kim, Myeong-Han Kim
  • Publication number: 20160372745
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an alloy including silicon (Si), copper (cu), and aluminum (Al) of 40 to 70 at %, wherein the ratio of aluminum (Al) to copper (Cu) included in the alloy is substantailly 10:90 to 30:70, and the alloy further includes iron (Fe), and further includes zirconium (Zr) or titanium (Ti).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2015
    Publication date: December 22, 2016
    Applicant: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Young Pil Choi, Cheol Ho Park, Seon Kyong Kim, Hyang Yeon Kim, Seung Chul Lee, Jae Woong Kim, Min Seok Sung
  • Publication number: 20160365565
    Abstract: A negative plate for a lithium secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: a negative active material including a silicon (Si) alloy; a binder; and a single-walled carbon nano tube (SWCNT) dispersion liquid, the ratio of the SWCNT dispersion liquid to the silicon (Si) alloy included in the negative plate for the lithium secondary battery is 800:3 to 20:1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Park, Seon Kyong Kim
  • Publication number: 20160329561
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes an alloy containing silicon (Si), titanium (Ti), and iron (Fe), wherein the degree of amorphization of the alloy is raised by 40% or more by further adding copper (Cu) to the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Park, Seon Kyong Kim, Seung Chul Lee, Young Pil Choi, Hyang Yeon Kim, Jae Woong Kim, Min Seok Sung
  • Publication number: 20160315318
    Abstract: A negative electrode active material for a lithium secondary battery according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: silicon (Si) of 40 to 60 at %; and an alloy including copper (Cu) and aluminum (Al), in which a ratio of the aluminum (Al) to the copper (Cu) included in the alloy is 30:70 to 65:35, and the silicon (Si) does not substantially form an intermetallic compound within the alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol Ho Park, Seon Kyong Kim, Young Pil Choi, Hyang Yeon Kim, Min Seok Sung, Seung Chul Lee, Jae Woong Kim
  • Publication number: 20160149213
    Abstract: The present invention provides a negative active material for a secondary battery with an improved expansion rate, which is formed by a formula below, and in which an expansion rate of the negative active material after 50 cycles is 70 to 150%, and an amorphization degree on a matrix within an alloy has a range of 25% or more, and Si has a range of 60 to 70%, Ti has a range of 9 to 14%, Fe has a range of 9 to 14%, and Al has a range larger than 1% and less than 20%.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 26, 2016
    Applicant: ILJIN ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Cheol-Ho Park, Seon-Kyong Kim, Young-Pil Choi, Min-Hyun Kim, Myeong-Han Kim