Patents by Inventor Sung-Gyu Kim

Sung-Gyu 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: 12676389
    Abstract: A battery module according to the present disclosure includes: a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells that are stacked in one direction; and a sensing module located on a front portion or a rear portion of the cell stack for voltage sensing and electrical connection of the plurality of battery cells, wherein the sensing module includes: a main frame formed to cover a front surface or a rear surface of the cell stack and including a plurality of lead holes through which electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells are drawn out; a plurality of bus bars located on the main frame to be spaced apart from one another in one direction; and a printed circuit board formed of a rigid material, including a plurality of sensing tips detachably provided on corresponding bus bars, and attached to the main frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2026
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20260081315
    Abstract: A battery module, including battery cells connected in series or connected in series and in parallel, a plurality of bus bars connected to corresponding electrode leads of the battery cells, and a voltage sensing member having sensing parts respectively connected to the bus bars, each of the plurality of bus bars having a pin hole perforated therethrough in a thickness direction, and each of the sensing parts having a solder pin configured to be inserted into and released from the pin hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 26, 2025
    Publication date: March 19, 2026
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 12562441
    Abstract: A battery module, including battery cells connected in series or connected in series and in parallel, a plurality of bus bars connected to corresponding electrode leads of the battery cells, and a voltage sensing member having sensing parts respectively connected to the bus bars, each of the plurality of bus bars having a pin hole perforated therethrough in a thickness direction, and each of the sensing parts having a solder pin configured to be inserted into and released from the pin hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2026
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 12531366
    Abstract: A connector for large current according to the present disclosure includes: a terminal member capable of large current transmission; a connector housing in which the terminal member is accommodated; a temperature sensor attached to the terminal member; a fan unit provided in the connector housing, and configured to operate when a temperature of the terminal member is higher than a preset threshold temperature; and an exhaust cover provided on a side of the connector housing and opened/closed by wind pressure when the fan unit operates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2026
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11996643
    Abstract: A FPCB connector including a first main body to which a first FPCB is coupled, and a second main body to which a second FPCB is coupled, the second main body being coupled to and electrically connected to the first main body. At least one of the first main body and the second main body is coupled to the first FPCB or the second FPCB without soldering.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2024
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20240030568
    Abstract: A battery module according to the present disclosure includes: a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells that are stacked in one direction; and a sensing module located on a front portion or a rear portion of the cell stack for voltage sensing and electrical connection of the plurality of battery cells, wherein the sensing module includes: a main frame formed to cover a front surface or a rear surface of the cell stack and including a plurality of lead holes through which electrode leads of the plurality of battery cells are drawn out; a plurality of bus bars located on the main frame to be spaced apart from one another in one direction; and a printed circuit board formed of a rigid material, including a plurality of sensing tips detachably provided on corresponding bus bars, and attached to the main frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20230318225
    Abstract: A connector for large current according to the present disclosure includes: a terminal member capable of large current transmission; a connector housing in which the terminal member is accommodated; a temperature sensor attached to the terminal member; a fan unit provided in the connector housing, and configured to operate when a temperature of the terminal member is higher than a preset threshold temperature; and an exhaust cover provided on a side of the connector housing and opened/closed by wind pressure when the fan unit operates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11764504
    Abstract: A connector including a housing mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) and including a sidewall having an empty space that is open to one side and a fixing portion extending from an outer surface of the sidewall, the fixing portion passing through the PCB, a connection terminal having a part passing through the sidewall of the housing and the other part passing through the PCB and configured to be electrically connected to the PCB, and a connection unit including a terminal receiving portion and a coupling portion extending from an outer surface of the terminal receiving portion toward a position of the fixing portion to be mechanically coupled with a part of the fixing portion extending out of the PCB.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20230049279
    Abstract: A battery module, including battery cells connected in series or connected in series and in parallel, a plurality of bus bars connected to corresponding electrode leads of the battery cells, and a voltage sensing member having sensing parts respectively connected to the bus bars, each of the plurality of bus bars having a pin hole perforated therethrough in a thickness direction, and each of the sensing parts having a solder pin configured to be inserted into and released from the pin hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: February 16, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20220077613
    Abstract: A connector including a housing mounted on a printed circuit board (PCB) and including a sidewall having an empty space that is open to one side and a fixing portion extending from an outer surface of the sidewall, the fixing portion passing through the PCB, a connection terminal having a part passing through the sidewall of the housing and the other part passing through the PCB and configured to be electrically connected to the PCB, and a connection unit including a terminal receiving portion and a coupling portion extending from an outer surface of the terminal receiving portion toward a position of the fixing portion to be mechanically coupled with a part of the fixing portion extending out of the PCB.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2020
    Publication date: March 10, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20220006220
    Abstract: A FPCB connector including a first main body to which a first FPCB is coupled, and a second main body to which a second FPCB is coupled, the second main body being coupled to and electrically connected to the first main body. At least one of the first main body and the second main body is coupled to the first FPCB or the second FPCB without soldering.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2020
    Publication date: January 6, 2022
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20210343824
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate including a display area and a pad area; a second substrate facing the first substrate, a touch portion on the second substrate, a first flexible circuit board coupled to the first substrate, a second flexible circuit board coupled to the touch portion, a first adhesive layer on the first flexible circuit board, and a second adhesive layer that attaches the first adhesive layer and the second flexible circuit board to each other. The first adhesive layer and the second adhesive layer are formed of different materials from each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: November 4, 2021
    Inventors: Sung-Gyu KIM, Jong Won MOON, Jong Han PARK, Min-Young SONG, Chanyoon WOO, Jungsoo YOUN
  • Patent number: 11114786
    Abstract: A PCB direct connector including terminal members configured to have a pair of contact portions elastically contacting an upper surface and a lower surface of the circuit board and be electrically connected to conductive patterns disposed on at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface, and a connector housing configured to accommodate the terminal members therein and allow a connector connection portion formed at one side of an end of the circuit board to be fitted into and released from the connector housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11114788
    Abstract: A PCB direct connector is directly mounted to a circuit board, and the PCB direct connector includes terminal members arranged in two rows to respectively contact upper conductive patterns and lower conductive patterns provided to an upper surface and a lower surface of the circuit board, and a connector housing configured to accommodate the terminal members therein and allow a connector connection portion formed at one side of an end of the circuit board to be fitted into and released from the connector housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 11056809
    Abstract: A vertical-type direct printed circuit board (PCB) connector including a connector housing directly mounted to one surface of a PCB substrate in a vertical type, and bending terminal members installed inside the connector housing and having one side extending in a first direction corresponding to a direction perpendicular to the one surface of the PCB substrate to be connected to a signal transmission cable and the other side extending in a second direction corresponding to a length direction of contact pads provided to the one surface of the PCB substrate to be connectable to the contact pads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20200313324
    Abstract: A PCB direct connector including terminal members configured to have a pair of contact portions elastically contacting an upper surface and a lower surface of the circuit board and be electrically connected to conductive patterns disposed on at least one of the upper surface and the lower surface, and a connector housing configured to accommodate the terminal members therein and allow a connector connection portion formed at one side of an end of the circuit board to be fitted into and released from the connector housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20200274275
    Abstract: A PCB direct connector is directly mounted to a circuit board, and the PCB direct connector includes terminal members arranged in two rows to respectively contact upper conductive patterns and lower conductive patterns provided to an upper surface and a lower surface of the circuit board, and a connector housing configured to accommodate the terminal members therein and allow a connector connection portion formed at one side of an end of the circuit board to be fitted into and released from the connector housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Publication number: 20200259281
    Abstract: A vertical-type direct printed circuit board (PCB) connector including a connector housing directly mounted to one surface of a PCB substrate in a vertical type, and bending terminal members installed inside the connector housing and having one side extending in a first direction corresponding to a direction perpendicular to the one surface of the PCB substrate to be connected to a signal transmission cable and the other side extending in a second direction corresponding to a length direction of contact pads provided to the one surface of the PCB substrate to be connectable to the contact pads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Applicant: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventor: Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 8941562
    Abstract: A display device which adjusts luminance of a display panel is disclosed. The display device senses light which leaks from a display area to a non-display area and adjusts the luminance of the display panel according to the sensed light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jong-Kwang Hwang, Sung-Gyu Kim
  • Patent number: 8610850
    Abstract: A display device is disclosed. The display device includes: a display panel including a display surface and a peripheral area surrounding the display surface, a transparent plate covering the display surface and the peripheral area, a resin layer disposed between the display panel and the transparent plate, and hardened by light, and a reflective layer provided between the transparent plate and the resin layer, along the peripheral area of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Gyu Kim, Jae-Mo Chung, Hyung-Wook Kim, Sung-Gon Seo, Jong-Kwang Hwang