Patents by Inventor Sung Pil Yoon

Sung Pil Yoon 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: 20240075798
    Abstract: Disclosed is a vehicle battery case including: a case body in which a vehicle battery is contained; and a side portion extending in a longitudinal direction of a vehicle and coupled to a side of the case body, thereby protecting a side of the vehicle battery. The side portion includes: a lower panel extending outwards from the case body and having multiple first protrusions formed to protrude upwards; an upper panel disposed above the lower panel and extending outwards from the case body so as to form a closed section together with the lower panel; and a reinforcement panel disposed between the upper panel and the lower panel so as to extend outwards from the case body, thereby reinforcing rigidity of the side portion together with the lower panel and the upper panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2023
    Publication date: March 7, 2024
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation, HYUNDAI STEEL COMPANY, SEOJIN INDUSTRIAL Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Ho YOON, Uk HEO, Han Young HWANG, Sang Pil PARK
  • Publication number: 20230001377
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydrogen production reactor comprising a high-efficiency composite having a high thermal conductivity and an antioxidant property. Specifically, the hydrogen production reactor comprises: a first region in which a combustion reaction of fuel occurs; a second region in which a hydrogen extraction reaction occurs; a metal substrate that partitions the first region and the second region; and a coating layer that comprises boron nitride (BN) and is formed on at least one surface of the metal substrate, wherein heat generated in the first region is transferred to the second region through the metal substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 5, 2023
    Inventors: Young Suk JO, Arash BADAKHSH, Jun Young CHA, Young Cheon KIM, Hyang Soo JEONG, Yong Min KIM, Hyun Tae SOHN, Seong Cheol JANG, Sung Pil YOON, Suk Woo NAM, Taik Jin LEE, Chang Won YOON, Jong Hee HAN
  • Publication number: 20220362748
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a catalyst in which a catalytic metal is supported on a support including a single-crystalline hexagonal material, and a preparation method therefor, wherein the catalyst can be effectively used in ammonia dehydrogenation or ammonia synthesis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Young Suk JO, Jun Young CHA, Hyang Soo JEONG, Yong Min KIM, Hyun Tae SOHN, Sung Pil YOON, Suk Woo NAM, Taik Jin LEE, Chang Won YOON, Jong Hee HAN
  • Publication number: 20220173402
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a manufacturing method for an electrode binder, comprising a step of dissolving pelletized polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) in a solvent; and an electrode assembly comprising the electrode binder. The present invention may provide an electrode assembly which has a low content of impurities in a binder solution, is capable of increasing dispersibility of an electrode active material, and exhibits excellent binding force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seong Keun JANG, Woo Ha KIM, Sang Hoon CHOY, In Seong KIM, Sung Pil YOON
  • Publication number: 20220069334
    Abstract: A cylindrical secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having a positive electrode/separator/negative electrode structure positioned in a cylindrical battery can. The cylindrical secondary battery comprises: a first insulating layer mounted at the upper end of the electrode assembly and having a first through hole through which the electrode tab penetrates, and a second insulating layer mounted at the upper end of the first insulating layer and having a second through hole formed to align with a central axis of the electrode assembly. A method of manufacturing the cylindrical secondary battery is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Pil Yoon, Dong Myung Kim, Joo Hwan Sung
  • Patent number: 11043691
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly in which a plurality of electrode units are stacked to improve product stability when manufactured and a method for manufacturing the same. In addition, the present invention is provided to include a plurality of electrode units on which electrode tabs are formed and a full length-side separator member folded in a direction in which the electrode tabs are formed and a direction opposite to the direction in which the electrode tabs are formed while stacking the plurality of electrode units to be separated from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2021
    Inventors: Yu Na Jeong, Jae Han Jung, Sung Pil Yoon, Won Pyo Chae, Da Woon Jeong, Jeong Min Kim, Young San Bae
  • Patent number: 10784494
    Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery including a current blocking device. According to the present invention, the secondary battery in which when the secondary battery increases in volume due to overcharging, current flowing to the secondary battery is interrupted by using expansion force due to the increase in volume to improve safety and reliability may be manufactured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sun Choi, Jin Soo Lee, Sung Pil Yoon
  • Patent number: 10777834
    Abstract: Disclosed are a method for supplying molten carbonate fuel cell with electrolyte and a molten carbonate fuel cell using the same, wherein a molten carbonate electrolyte is generated from a molten carbonate electrolyte precursor compound in a molten carbonate fuel cell and is supplied to the molten carbonate fuel cell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Sung Pil Yoon, Jonghee Han, Hyung Chul Ham, Chang Won Yoon, Sun-Hee Choi, Hyun Seo Park, Yeong Cheon Kim, Chang-Whan Lee, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Tae Hoon Lim, Suk Woo Nam, Seong Cheol Jang
  • Patent number: 10710877
    Abstract: The present invention provides a hydrogen generating apparatus and a hydrogen generating method, wherein the hydrogen generating apparatus generates hydrogen by dehydrating formic acid, and comprises: a reactor for containing water and a heterogeneous catalyst; a formic acid feeder for feeding formic acid into the reactor; and a moisture remover for removing moisture generated from the reactor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2020
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chang Won Yoon, Suk Woo Nam, Yeong Cheon Kim, Jonghee Han, Sung Pil Yoon, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Taekhyun Oh, Tae Hoon Lim, Jin Young Kim, Sun-Hee Choi, Hyung Chul Ham
  • Patent number: 10688474
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing a catalyst for a dehydrogenation reaction of formate and a hydrogenation reaction of bicarbonate, the method including: adding a silica colloid to a polymerization step of polymerizing aniline and reacting the resulting mixture to form a poly(silica-aniline) composite; carbonizing the corresponding poly(silica-aniline) composite under an atmosphere of an inert gas; removing silica particles from the corresponding poly(silica-aniline) composite to form a polyaniline-based porous carbon support; and fixing palladium particles on the corresponding polyaniline-based porous carbon support to prepare the catalyst.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: Korea Institute of Science and Technology, Rutgers University
    Inventors: Chang Won Yoon, Hyung Chul Ham, Suk Woo Nam, Tewodros Asefa, Katherine Koh, Jonghee Han, Sung Pil Yoon, Hyun Seo Park, Mina Jeon
  • Patent number: 10615621
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery cell charging and discharging apparatus configured to charge and discharge a battery cell which is sealed in a state in which an electrode assembly is embedded in a battery case and includes a first die plate having a first charging pin which is connected to a first electrode terminal of the battery cell by being contacted thereto during a charging and discharging process of the battery cell. The first die plate includes an insulation mask of an electrical insulation material formed in a structure covering a remaining part of the battery cell excluding the first electrode terminal at a position corresponding to the first charging pin and mask fixing portions configured to fix both sides of the insulation mask so that a position of the insulation mask is set.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Pil Yoon, Jin Soo Lee
  • Patent number: 10601052
    Abstract: Disclosed are a reversible fuel cell oxygen electrode in which IrO2 is electrodeposited and formed on a porous carbon material and platinum is applied thereon to form a porous platinum layer, a reversible fuel cell including the same, and a method for preparing the same. According to the corresponding reversible fuel cell oxygen electrode, as the loading amounts of IrO2 and platinum used in the reversible fuel cell oxygen electrode can be lowered, it is possible to exhibit excellent reversible fuel cell performances (excellent fuel cell performance and water electrolysis performance) by improving the mass transport of water and oxygen while being capable of reducing the loading amounts of IrO2 and platinum. Further, it is possible to exhibit a good activity of a catalyst when the present disclosure is applied to a reversible fuel cell oxygen electrode and to reduce corrosion of carbon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Korea Institute of Science and Technology
    Inventors: Jong Hyun Jang, Byungseok Lee, Hee-Young Park, Hyoung-Juhn Kim, Dirk Henkensmeier, Sung Jong Yoo, Jin Young Kim, So Young Lee, Jaeyune Ryu, Sung Pil Yoon, Jonghee Han, Suk Woo Nam
  • Publication number: 20200091544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an electrode assembly in which a plurality of electrode units are stacked to improve product stability when manufactured and a method for manufacturing the same. In addition, the present invention is provided to include a plurality of electrode units on which electrode tabs are formed and a full length-side separator member folded in a direction in which the electrode tabs are formed and a direction opposite to the direction in which the electrode tabs are formed while stacking the plurality of electrode units to be separated from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2018
    Publication date: March 19, 2020
    Inventors: Yu Na Jeong, Jae Han Jung, Sung Pil Yoon, Won Pyo Chae, Da Woon Jeong, Jeong Min Kim, Young San Bae
  • Patent number: 10479696
    Abstract: Provided is a method for preparing molybdenum oxide nanoparticles, including (a) preparing a precursor solution by dissolving a molybdenum salt in a first polar solvent, (b) generating an aerosol by applying ultrasonic waves to the precursor solution, and spraying the aerosol to a pre-heated reactor using a carrier gas, (c) obtaining molybdenum oxide micron-sized particles by pyrolyzing the aerosol, and (d) obtaining molybdenum oxide nanoparticles by dispersing the molybdenum oxide micron-sized particles in a second polar solvent and performing a solvothermal reduction reaction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: University-Industry Cooperation Group of Kyung Hee University
    Inventors: Jinsoo Kim, Sang Hyuk Im, Su Ha, Han-Seul Choi, Woo-Sik Kim, Sung Pil Yoon, Jonghee Han
  • Patent number: 10483502
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cell configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly, including positive electrodes and negative electrodes stacked in the state in which separators are disposed respectively between the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes, is mounted in a cell case in the state in which the electrode assembly is impregnated with an electrolyte, wherein the electrode assembly and the cell case are deformable in response to the shape of a device in which the battery cell is mounted, and anti-wrinkle members, for preventing wrinkles from being formed in the cell case when the cell case is deformed, are added to at least portions of the outer surfaces of the electrode assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Pil Yoon, Jin Soo Lee, Joo Hwan Sung, Seong Min Kim, Jung Koo Kang, Ju Bin Kim, Hae Jin Lim, Seunghe Woo
  • Patent number: 10476064
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a jelly-roll type electrode assembly comprising: a sheet-like positive electrode; a sheet-like negative electrode; and a separator which is interposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and which includes a first adhesive coating part and a second adhesive coating part formed on a first surface of a sheet-like porous substrate, and a third adhesive coating part formed on a second surface which is the opposite surface to the first surface, wherein the first adhesive coating part and the second adhesive coating part have different tack strength from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Han Jung, Ki Woong Kim, Sung Pil Yoon
  • Patent number: 10435296
    Abstract: Provided is a liquid hydrogen storage material including 1,1?-biphenyl and 1,1?-methylenedibenzene, the liquid hydrogen storage material including the corresponding 1,1?-biphenyl and 1,1?-methylenedibenzene at a weight ratio of 1:1 to 1:2.5. The corresponding liquid hydrogen storage material has excellent hydrogen storage capacity value by including materials having high hydrogen storage capacity, and is supplied in a liquid state, and as a result, it is possible to minimize initial investment costs and the like required when the corresponding liquid hydrogen storage material is used as a hydrogen storage material in a variety of industries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Chang Won Yoon, Dajung Han, Yeong Cheon Kim, Hyun Seo Park, Hyung Chul Ham, Sung Pil Yoon, Jonghee Han, Tae Hoon Lim, Suk Woo Nam
  • Patent number: 10411266
    Abstract: Provided are: a dry reforming catalyst, in which a noble metal (M) is doped in a nickel yttria stabilized zirconia complex (Ni/YSZ) and an alloy (M-Ni alloy) of the noble metal (M) and nickel is formed at Ni sites on a surface of the nickel yttria stabilized zircona (YSZ); a method for producing the dry reforming catalyst using the noble metal/glucose; and a method for performing dry reforming using the catalyst. The present invention can exhibit a significantly higher dry reforming activity as compared with Ni/YSZ catalysts. Furthermore, the present invention can have an improved long-term performance by suppressing or preventing the deterioration. Furthermore, the preparing method is useful in performing the alloying of noble metal with Ni at Ni sites on the Ni/YSZ surface and can simplify the preparing process, and thus is suitable in mass production.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2019
    Assignee: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Suk Woo Nam, Chang Won Yoon, Yeong Cheon Kim, Yong Min Kim, Jonghee Han, Sung Pil Yoon, Hyung Chul Ham, Jihoon Jeong, Seok-Keun Koh
  • Publication number: 20190267604
    Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery including a current blocking device. According to the present invention, the secondary battery in which when the secondary battery increases in volume due to overcharging, current flowing to the secondary battery is interrupted by using expansion force due to the increase in volume to improve safety and reliability may be manufactured.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Publication date: August 29, 2019
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Eun Sun Choi, Jin Soo Lee, Sung Pil Yoon
  • Patent number: 10276887
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery cell having an electrode assembly including one or more unit cells mounted in a variable cell case in a state in which the electrode assembly is impregnated with an electrolyte, wherein at least one of the unit cells includes a flexible electrode that can be bent or curved, an electrode current collector of the flexible electrode includes a first surface, to which an electrode active material is applied, and a second surface, to which no electrode active material is applied, the second surface being opposite to the first surface, and the second surface is provided with a mesh for improving flexibility of the electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong Min Kim, Jin Soo Lee, Joo Hwan Sung, Sung Pil Yoon, Jung Koo Kang, Ju Bin Kim, Hae Jin Lim, Seunghe Woo