Patents by Inventor Sung Man Sohn

Sung Man Sohn 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: 20240084967
    Abstract: To improve productivity and sealing performance, the present disclosure provides a pressure vessel including a boss part including a boss extension portion that is provided in a cylindrical shape, a boss flange portion integrally extending from a lower portion of the boss extension portion, and a boss support portion integrally extending from an inner end of the boss flange portion, a fusion-coupling part insert-injected in a form surrounding an outer surface of one side of the boss support portion in the circumferential direction, and a liner part which has an accommodation space for accommodating a fluid therein, extends in a longitudinal direction, and has both open sides, and the liner part is made of the same material as the fusion-coupling part, and both inner circumferences of the liner part are in surface contact with and fusion-coupled to an outer circumference of the fusion-coupling part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2022
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: Jung Han LEE, Sang Eon PARK, Sung Man SOHN
  • Patent number: 11901584
    Abstract: A terminal connection structure of a battery is disclosed. A terminal connection structure of the battery is for electrically connecting positive and negative terminals of battery modules of a first row and battery modules of a second row that is adjacent to the first row in a plurality of rows where battery modules are arranged. The terminal connection structure of the battery may include: a first bus bar module electrically connecting the positive and negative terminals in the first row of battery modules; and a second bus bar module configured to electrically connected to the positive and negative terminals in the battery modules of the second row, stacked vertically on the first bus bar module, to be electrically connected to the first bus bar module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: SUNGWOO HITECH CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hee Kim, Sung Man Sohn
  • Publication number: 20230223577
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system of assembling a cross member for a battery case. The system of assembling a cross member for a battery case laser-welds a part to be assembled to the cross member with a closed section. The system of assembling a cross member may include: a welding jig configured to clamp the cross member; a core configured to be inserted into the closed section of the cross member clamped to the welding jig; and a core supply jig configured to insert the core into the closed section of the cross member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Sung Man Sohn, Dong Hyung Choi
  • Publication number: 20230223632
    Abstract: Disclosed is a core for assembling a cross member of a battery case. A core for assembling a cross member of a battery case is insertable into a closed section in a longitudinal direction of the cross member to laser-weld at least one part to be assembled to the cross member of the battery case with the closed section. The core may include: a first core block made of steel, which includes a first slip surface formed at one side in a width direction to be inclined in a direction toward the other side; a second core block made of the steel, which includes a second slip surface formed to be inclined at the one side in the width direction to slip on the corresponding first slip surface in an upper and lower direction; a plurality of first magnet members installed on one surface of the first core block; and a plurality of second magnet members installed on one surface of the second core block facing the one surface of the first core block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Publication date: July 13, 2023
    Inventors: Sung Man SOHN, Youngrock SONG
  • Publication number: 20230130454
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system and a method of controlling a battery connection of an electric vehicle. The system for controlling a battery connection of an electric vehicle, the system including: a battery unit including a plurality of battery packs; a power relay assembly (PRA) for electrically connecting or disconnecting the battery unit and an inverter, and changing a connection structure of the plurality of battery packs to one of a battery unit serial mode and a battery unit parallel mode through a plurality of relays; and a controller for switching the connection structure to the battery unit serial mode through the PRA in response to a driver's request to increase motor output, and switches the connection structure to the battery unit parallel mode through the PRA in response to a driver's request to increase a cruising distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Sung Man SOHN, Tae Hee KIM
  • Publication number: 20220194197
    Abstract: An assemble structure of a battery case for an electric vehicle is disclosed. The assemble structure of the battery case may include: a lower case configured to include a bottom plate and a wall provided at an edge of the bottom plate, to form an accommodating space with an upper end that is opened through the wall; a plurality of first fastening members fixed to the wall of the lower case along an edge direction; a gasket configured to have a gasket hole into which the first fastening members are fitted, to be elastically and compressively deformable through an upper surface of the wall; a cover configured to have a flange portion for pressing the gasket that is formed at an edge thereof; second fastening members coupled to a coupling hole formed in the flange portion of the cover and fastened to the first fastening members; and a stopper head portion integrally provided with the first fastening members, to limit a compressive deformation amount of the gasket and to fix a position of the gasket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Sungyong PARK, Sung Man Sohn
  • Publication number: 20220149485
    Abstract: A terminal connection structure of a battery is disclosed. A terminal connection structure of the battery is for electrically connecting positive and negative terminals of battery modules of a first row and battery modules of a second row that is adjacent to the first row in a plurality of rows where battery modules are arranged. The terminal connection structure of the battery may include: a first bus bar module electrically connecting the positive and negative terminals in the first row of battery modules; and a second bus bar module configured to electrically connected to the positive and negative terminals in the battery modules of the second row, stacked vertically on the first bus bar module, to be electrically connected to the first bus bar module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Tae Hee Kim, Sung Man Sohn
  • Patent number: 7231793
    Abstract: A warm hydro-forming device comprises: an upper mold and a lower mold respectively mounted to an upper mold die and a lower mold die; a lifting die installed to the lower mold die through a guide unit, an upper portion of the lifting die being connected to the upper mold die through a lifting unit to cooperatively operate in an upward and downward direction with the upper mold die; a pair of hydraulic pressure cylinders for providing an axial compression force to the tube component and supplying a forming hydraulic fluid into the tube component; an ascending and descending unit for ascending or descending the upper mold die; and a heating unit associated with the lifting die such that the heating unit can move toward or away from the tube component. The heating unit heats the tube component and a forming hydraulic fluid through a high frequency induction heating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2007
    Assignee: Sungwoo Hitech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Man Sohn, Mun Yong Lee, Bong Jun Kim, Young Hoon Moon