Patents by Inventor Sung-Hwan Jang
Sung-Hwan Jang 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).
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Publication number: 20250226484Abstract: A battery pack according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a plurality of batteries; a pack tray having an internal space accommodating the plurality of batteries and an opening communicating with the internal space; a pack lid coupled to the pack tray to cover the opening; and a heat dissipation structure disposed between the plurality of batteries and the pack lid, wherein the heat dissipation structure includes a first contact portion in thermal contact with at least one of the plurality of batteries; and a second contact portion that is spaced apart from the first contact portion at a predetermined distance and is in thermal contact with the pack lid.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 14, 2023Publication date: July 10, 2025Inventors: Sung-Hwan JANG, Hye-Mi JUNG, Jun-Yeob SEONG
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Publication number: 20250192395Abstract: The battery module according to the present disclosure includes: a battery cell assembly in which two or more longitudinal unit cells, each of which is composed of two or more battery cells having leads provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction and arranged in a row in the longitudinal direction, are stacked in a thickness direction of the battery cell; a module case in which the battery cell assembly is accommodated; a sensing line electrically connected to the electrode lead of a battery cell included in the battery cell assembly, and having one end exposed to an outside of the module case; and a sensing plate that is coupled to one end of the sensing line exposed to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 19, 2025Publication date: June 12, 2025Inventors: Sung Hwan JANG, Jun Yeob Seong, Hyoung Suk Lee
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Publication number: 20250174820Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules, each of which includes a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, and a module case configured to accommodate the battery cell stack and having at least one movement hole through which flame and gas move; a pack case configured to accommodate the plurality of battery modules so that an exhaust hole is formed between the battery modules and the pack case; and a flame/gas propagation preventing member disposed between the battery modules and the pack case and configured to prevent flame or gas generated from the battery cell from propagating.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 20, 2023Publication date: May 29, 2025Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sung-Hwan JANG, Kwang-Mo KIM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Hye-Mi JUNG
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Publication number: 20250158215Abstract: A battery module includes a structure so that gas or flame generated inside the battery module may be discharged stably. The battery module includes a cell assembly having at least one battery cell; a module case configured to accommodate the cell assembly in an inner space thereof and have a venting hole formed therein to discharge a venting gas generated from the cell assembly; and a venting unit provided at an outer side of the module case and configured to include an outer housing and an inner housing made of different materials, the venting unit being configured such that the venting gas discharged from the venting hole is introduced therein to flow along a surface of the inner housing and is discharged to the outside.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sung-Hwan JANG, Myung-Ki PARK, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Hyoung-Suk LEE, Hye-Mi JUNG
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Publication number: 20250158219Abstract: A battery module includes a cell assembly including a plurality of battery cells, a module case having an internal space and a venting hole. The cell assembly is received in the internal space, an inner fire resistant sheet interposed between the module case and the cell assembly, and an outer fire resistant sheet configured to cover at least a portion in which the venting hole is formed outside of the module case.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2025Publication date: May 15, 2025Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sung-Hwan JANG, Kwang-Mo KIM, Min-Soo PARK, Jung-Hoon LEE, Hye-Mi JUNG
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Patent number: 12294108Abstract: A battery module ensures safety when a thermal event occurs in the battery module. A battery module includes a cell assembly including one or more battery cells, a module case having an inner space in which the cell assembly is accommodated, the module case including a venting hole through which venting gas generated from the cell assembly is discharged, and a venting unit attached to an outer side of the module case, and configured to allow venting gas discharged from the venting hole to be introduced and discharged to an outside and configured to switch a flow direction of the venting gas to an opposite direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: May 6, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sung-Hwan Jang, Kwang-Mo Kim, Myung-Ki Park, Jun-Yeob Seong, Hye-Mi Jung
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Publication number: 20250142811Abstract: A semiconductor memory device may include bit lines spaced apart from each other in a first direction on a substrate and extending in a second direction, a first active pattern and a second active pattern on the bit lines and are spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and first and second word lines between the first active and second active patterns. The first and second word lines respectively may be adjacent to the first and second active patterns. The first active pattern and/or the second active pattern may include a body portion extending in a third direction and a protruding portion protruding from an upper end of the body portion in the third direction. The protruding portion may have a width in the second direction that is greater than that of the body portion. The third direction may differ from the first and second directions.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 19, 2024Publication date: May 1, 2025Applicant: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.Inventors: Hyojin PARK, Jinbum KIM, Sung-Hwan JANG, Dae-Jin NAM, Sunguk JANG
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Publication number: 20250118833Abstract: A battery assembly according to an aspect of the present disclosure may include a plurality of battery cells and a thermal barrier disposed between two adjacent battery cells among the plurality of battery cells. The thermal barrier may include an elastic accommodation member having an accommodation space, and a thermal expansion material accommodated in the accommodation space and configured to expand at a first threshold temperature or above to increase a gap between the two adjacent battery cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: April 10, 2025Inventors: Sung-Hwan JANG, Hye-Mi JUNG, Jun-Yeob SEONG
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Publication number: 20250105433Abstract: A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure may include: a plurality of battery cells capable of being charged and discharged; a module case having an inner space surrounded by a plurality of surfaces and an opening leading to the inner space, the module case accommodating the plurality of battery cells in the inner space; and an end cover covering the opening of the module case, wherein the module case may include an open portion provided on a first surface among the plurality of surfaces and configured to be opened by gas generated from at least one of the plurality of battery cells accommodated in the inner space and discharge the gas in a direction away from the end cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Inventors: Sung-Hwan JANG, Kwang-Mo KIM, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Jung-Hoon LEE, Hye-Mi JUNG
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Publication number: 20250105440Abstract: There are provided a battery module configured to ensure structural stability in case of a thermal event, and a battery pack and a vehicle comprising the same. The battery pack according to an aspect of the present disclosure includes a battery module having a venting path configured to prevent venting gas or flame from being vented toward a front side where a module terminal is disposed, and guide the venting of the venting gas or flame toward a rear side, wherein the venting path becomes wider as it goes to the rear side; and a pack housing accommodating the battery module.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 12, 2023Publication date: March 27, 2025Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sung-Hwan JANG, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Myung-Ki PARK
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Patent number: 12261328Abstract: The battery module according to the present disclosure includes: a battery cell assembly in which two or more longitudinal unit cells, each of which is composed of two or more battery cells having leads provided at both ends in the longitudinal direction and arranged in a row in the longitudinal direction, are stacked in a thickness direction of the battery cell; a module case in which the battery cell assembly is accommodated; a sensing line electrically connected to the electrode lead of a battery cell included in the battery cell assembly, and having one end exposed to an outside of the module case; and a sensing plate that is coupled to one end of the sensing line exposed to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: October 13, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.Inventors: Sung Hwan Jang, Jun Yeob Seong, Hyoung Suk Lee
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Patent number: 12261320Abstract: A battery module includes a structure so that gas or flame generated inside the battery module may be discharged stably. The battery module includes a cell assembly having at least one battery cell; a module case configured to accommodate the cell assembly in an inner space thereof and have a venting hole formed therein to discharge a venting gas generated from the cell assembly; and a venting unit provided at an outer side of the module case and configured to include an outer housing and an inner housing made of different materials, the venting unit being configured such that the venting gas discharged from the venting hole is introduced therein to flow along a surface of the inner housing and is discharged to the outside.Type: GrantFiled: June 21, 2022Date of Patent: March 25, 2025Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.Inventors: Sung-Hwan Jang, Myung-Ki Park, Jun-Yeob Seong, Hyoung-Suk Lee, Hye-Mi Jung
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Publication number: 20250084532Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a hybrid deposition apparatus for gallium oxide, and a hybrid deposition apparatus for gallium oxide according to a disclosed embodiment of the present disclosure includes a gas supply assembly for supplying a source gas, a reaction gas, and a purge gas, a liquid supply assembly for supplying at least a portion of the source gas, and a chamber unit which is connected to the gas supply assembly and the liquid supply assembly and has a substrate disposed therein.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 21, 2024Publication date: March 13, 2025Applicant: NEXUSBE CO., LTDInventors: Sung Hwan JANG, Sang Hun KIM, Keun Sik KIM, Byeong Yeol JANG, Sang Hee WON, Ho Young PARK, Sang Gyun KIM, Hag Young CHOI
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Publication number: 20250070353Abstract: A battery cell assembly, including: a cell block including a plurality of battery cells; and a side frame disposed on one side surface of the cell block, wherein the side frame includes a side wall portion and a flange portion disposed on the side wall portion on a side opposite the cell block and configured to be fastened to an external support structure, and wherein the side wall portion includes a hollow space formed throughout an inside thereof.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2024Publication date: February 27, 2025Inventors: Jae Wook KIM, Tae Kyeong LEE, Gwan Woo KIM, Sung Hwan JANG, Jee Hoon JEONG, Da Young KIM
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Publication number: 20250056789Abstract: The present disclosure relates to semiconductor memory devices. An example semiconductor memory device comprises a substrate, a structure including word lines and interlayer insulating films alternately stacked on the substrate, a channel region disposed between two adjacent word lines in a vertical direction, a first source/drain region disposed on a first side of the channel region, a second source/drain region disposed on a second side of the channel region, a bit line which extends in the vertical direction on the substrate and is connected to the first source/drain region, a capping insulating film disposed between the bit line and the word lines, and a data storage connected to the second source/drain region. At least a part of the first source/drain region protrudes from a sidewall of the capping insulating film toward the bit line.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2024Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Dae-Jin Nam, Sung-Hwan Jang, Won Hee Choi, Sung Uk Jang
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Publication number: 20250055122Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including a case having an interior space; a battery module accommodated in the interior space; an outer cover covering the battery module; and an inner cover that forms a gap between the battery module and the outer cover and allows the gap to communicate with an exterior of the case.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2023Publication date: February 13, 2025Inventors: Sung-Hwan JANG, Jun-Yeob SEONG, Myung-Ki PARK, Ho-June CHI
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Publication number: 20250040245Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate, a first device region on the substrate, a second device region on the substrate and spaced apart from the first device region in a first direction, a first dummy region between the first device region and the second device region, and an insulating pattern in the first device region, the second device region and the first dummy region, where the first dummy region includes a seed pattern on the insulating pattern, and a seed mask pattern at least partially covering a top surface of the seed pattern and extending from the top surface of the seed pattern along a first sidewall of the seed pattern, where the insulating pattern in the first dummy region is on the substrate, and where the seed pattern includes a transition metal dichalcogenide.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.Inventors: Suk YANG, Sung-Hwan JANG, Jinbum KIM, Sunguk JANG
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Publication number: 20250038351Abstract: A battery pack including a battery cell assembly including a cell block having a plurality of battery cells, and a bottom cover plate under a bottom surface of the cell block, a housing having an opening, and accommodating the battery cell assembly, and a pack cover coupled to the housing and covering the opening, wherein the battery cell assembly and a bottom wall of the housing are spaced apart from each other to form a first space, and wherein the bottom cover plate includes a venting passage in communication with the first space.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2024Publication date: January 30, 2025Inventors: Sung Hwan Jang, Gwan Woo Kim, Jee Hoon Jeong, Da Young Kim, Jae Wook Kim
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Publication number: 20250030098Abstract: A battery assembly includes a first cell block; a first cover coupled to a first side of the first cell block; and a second cover coupled to a second side of the first cell block opposite the first side. The first cover includes a first extending portion extending from the first cover. The first extending portion includes a first plate spaced apart from a surface of the first cover in a first direction. The first extending portion further includes a second plate between the first plate and the first surface of the first cover.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2024Publication date: January 23, 2025Inventors: Sung Hwan JANG, Gwan Woo KIM, Da Young KIM, Jae Wook KIM
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Publication number: 20250016993Abstract: A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a recess region; a bit line contact in the recess region; a bit line on the bit line contact, the bit line extending in a first direction; a first insulating pattern covering side surfaces of the bit line contact and an inner surface of the recess region; and a second insulating pattern on the first insulating pattern, wherein an oxygen density of the first insulating pattern is higher than an oxygen density of the second insulating pattern.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2024Publication date: January 9, 2025Inventors: Sung-Hwan JANG, Guifu YANG, Jinbum KIM, Sunguk JANG