Patents by Inventor Tae Hyuck Kim

Tae Hyuck 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).

  • Publication number: 20230024740
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of stacked battery cells, a temperature sensor configured to measure the temperature of the battery cells and be coupled to a wire connected to the outside of the battery module, an inner plate configured to be coupled to the outside of the plurality of stacked battery cells in a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells to cover the side surfaces of the plurality of battery cells and having a mounting groove to mount the temperature sensor therein, an outer plate configured to be coupled to the outside of the inner plate to apply a surface pressure to the plurality of stacked battery cells, and a fixing part configured to protrude from the inner plate to fix the wire extending from the temperature sensor, in which the fixing part is disposed to avoid the outer plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Ri Oh, Woo Young Choi, Ji Woong Jung, Gyung Hoon Shin, Ju Hyeok Park, Woo Chan Lee, Hae Kyu Lim, Tae Hyuck Kim
  • Publication number: 20230027629
    Abstract: A battery case for an electric vehicle includes a main body in which a loading region is partitioned off for loading a plurality of battery modules, a sidewall frame forming a sidewall edge portion of the main body and extending upwards, the sidewall frame including a curving portion to correspond with a shape of a vehicle body adopting a multi-link trailing-arm suspension structure, and a first support member and a second support member which are configured to extend from the main body in the longitudinal and transverse directions for partitioning of the loading region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hyuck KIM, Jong Wook LEE, In Gook SON, Yun Ho KIM, Hyeon Jun KIM
  • Patent number: 11511612
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vehicle body with a battery connected thereto including a lower panel of a vehicle which extends in a horizontal direction, and to which a battery case in which a battery is provided in an upper portion or a lower portion is coupled, a seat cross member configured to extend in a direction parallel to a transverse direction of the vehicle and located on an upper surface or a lower surface of the lower panel, a battery cross member provided in the battery case, configured to extend in the direction parallel to the transverse direction of the vehicle, and located to correspond to the seat cross member in a vertical direction of the vehicle, and a coupling device configured to simultaneously pass through to couple the lower panel, the seat cross member, and the battery cross member in the vertical direction of the vehicle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Chang Un Jeon, Jang Ho Seo, Seung Tae Song, Tae Hyuck Kim, Chan Young Kang, Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung
  • Patent number: 11505078
    Abstract: An apparatus for controlling optimization of a charging amount of a battery for a vehicle charged with external power includes: a map storage, a position detector, and a controller to control the map storage and the position detector. The controller acquires a current position of the vehicle when a driver's desired charging setting value is input, acquires altitude information of topography corresponding to a driving path, calculates a gain charging amount in an uphill or downhill section on the driving path based on the altitude information, calculates an optimum charging setting value based on the driver's desired charging setting value and the gain charging amount, calculates a final target charging amount based on the optimum charging setting value and a current residual charging amount, and performs optimum charging of the battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Ro Park, Ho Won Seo, Tae Hyuck Kim, Ji Yeol Park
  • Patent number: 11502364
    Abstract: A battery assembly for a vehicle, may include a battery case including a front wall structure, a rear wall structure, and a pair of side walls connected to the front wall structure and the rear wall structure; and a battery cover with which a top portion of the battery case is covered, wherein the front wall includes a front flat wall and a pair of front inclined walls which are opposite on both sides of the front flat wall, and each front inclined wall is formed to be inclined from the front flat wall to a front end portion of a corresponding side wall among the pair of side walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Yu Ri Oh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Gyung Hoon Shin, Yong Hwan Choi, Ji Woong Jung
  • Publication number: 20220359924
    Abstract: An embodiment battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked in a first direction to define a stacked structure, a pair of end plates in surface contact with opposite ends of the stacked structure in the first direction, a plurality of clamps configured to connect the end plates to each other at opposite sides of the battery cells and configured to apply surface pressure between the battery cells, an upper temperature sensor provided at an upper portion of one of the end plates and configured to measure a temperature of the battery cells at a first location between the end plate and the battery cells, and a lower temperature sensor provided at a lower portion of the end plate and configured to measure the temperature of the battery cells at a second location between the end plate and the battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Tae Hyuck Kim, Yu Ri Oh
  • Publication number: 20220359923
    Abstract: An embodiment battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, a cooling channel disposed below the plurality of battery cells, a heat transfer material disposed between the plurality of battery cells and the cooling channel, end plates covering outer surfaces of outermost battery cells of the plurality of battery cells, wherein an installation space is provided at a lower end of each of the end plates, temperature sensors disposed in the installation spaces at the lower ends of the respective end plates, wherein the temperature sensors are configured to measure temperatures of the plurality of battery cells, and sensor covers combined with outer surfaces of the end plates at points respectively provided with the temperature sensors installed therein, wherein the sensor covers include a lower end bent to cover a lower surface of a corresponding one of the temperature sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2022
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung, Tae Hyuck Kim, Yu Ri Oh, Ju Hyeok Park, Woo Chan Lee, Woo Young Choi, Gyung Hoon Shin
  • Patent number: 11469468
    Abstract: An apparatus of cooling a vehicle battery is provided. A battery module includes a module housing having an open bottom portion, with an accommodation space for accommodating a plurality of battery cells in the accommodation space, and a plurality of battery cells accommodated in the accommodation space of the module housing, with bottom surfaces of the plurality of battery cells being exposed through the open bottom portion of the module housing. A lower housing has an accommodation space in which the battery module is accommodated. The lower housing includes a cooling unit cooling the battery module and is configured for being attached to a bottom portion of a vehicle floor. Heat-conductive filler is applied on a seating surface of the lower housing, on which the plurality of battery cells are accommodated, to be in contact with the bottom surfaces of the plurality of battery cells exposed externally through the bottom portion of the module housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Yun Ho Kim, Hae Kyu Lim, Gun Goo Lee
  • Publication number: 20220320668
    Abstract: A vehicle battery case apparatus includes a lower case provided with a high-voltage battery and an electric unit; an upper case coupled to an upper portion of the lower case; a module unit into which the electric unit is built and which is mounted in a front portion of the lower case; and a connector unit electrically connected to the electric unit by being installed in the module unit through the upper case in a state in which the upper case is mounted on the lower case to cover the module unit. Further, the electric unit may be a power relay assembly (PRA) arranged in a front portion of a vehicle body so as to secure an additional rear interior space, where a connector connected to the PRA has a height protruding upwardly with respect to the lower case so as to ensure stability against collisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Hyeon Jun KIM, Hui Tae YANG, Jong Wook LEE, Beom Joo KWON, Tae Hyuck KIM
  • Publication number: 20220285770
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a battery cell stack including a plurality of battery cells stacked on each other in a first direction; a pair of cell covers which is in surface contact with both side surfaces of the battery cell stack; a housing which covers side surfaces of the pair of cell covers in the first direction and top surfaces of the battery cell stack. In particular, a bottom side of the housing is open.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Kyung Mo KIM, Jae Ho CHUN, Tae Hyuck KIM, Hyun Jun YOON, Ho Kyun Ju
  • Patent number: 11378626
    Abstract: A system for managing a battery of a vehicle includes a first controller configured to control a power-on (IG ON) state and a power-off (IG OFF) state of a plurality of controllers in the vehicle and to be periodically woken up in the power-off (IG OFF) state to wake up at least some of the plurality of controllers, and a second controller configured to turn off a main relay connecting a first battery in the vehicle and a vehicle system when the power-off (IG OFF) state begins, to monitor a state of the first battery storing energy for generating power of the vehicle by maintaining power during a preset first reference time, to be woken up at a wake-up period of the first controller when the first reference time elapses, and to monitor the state of the first battery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki Seung Baek, Ik Jun Choi, Do Sung Hwang, Kyung Taek Jung, Chang Yu Kim, Dea Ki Cheong, Tae Hyuck Kim, Han Seung Myoung, Ho Joong Lee, Hye Seung Kim, Byoung Jik Ahn, Kyu Beom Ko, Hyo Sik Moon, Jong Seo Yoon, Sung Il Lee, Hong Min Oh, Jin Woo Cho
  • Publication number: 20220190428
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a battery pack which has an upper plate configured to have a seating surface, on which battery modules are seated, and a plurality of members configured to separate the seating surface of the upper plate into a plurality of regions. The method includes calculating height tolerances of the seating surface in the respective regions, determining application amounts of the gap filler in the respective regions based on the calculated height tolerances in the respective regions, and applying the determined application amounts of the gap filler in the respective regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2021
    Publication date: June 16, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hae Kyu LIM, Jeong Hun SEO, Yun Ho KIM, Ji Woong JUNG, Tae Hyuck KIM, Gyung Hoon SHIN, Jong Wook LEE, In Gook SON, Wu Hyun KIM, Jae Hyeon JU, Kang Won LEE, Yong Hwan CHOI, Yu Ri OH, Hwi MOON, Young O LEE, Jae Won LEE, Jae Ho BAE
  • Patent number: 11342597
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is A battery pack comprising: a pack housing; a base plate; at least two battery modules arranged such that the battery modules are located in a space defined between the pack housing and the base plate, each battery module including a plurality of battery cells or unit modules which can be charged and discharged; a first wall located at a first side of the base plate; a second wall located at a second side of the base plate; an external input terminal and an external output terminal are located at both of the first wall and the second wall, the battery modules being connected to the external input and output terminals in a state in which the battery modules are electrically connected in series or in parallel to each other; and a capacitor is present at the first or second wall adjacent to a corresponding one of the external input and output terminals, the capacitor being electrically connected to said corresponding one of the external input and output terminals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Tae Hwan Roh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Yoonhee Lee, Jin Kyu Lee, Junhee Jung
  • Publication number: 20220144060
    Abstract: A structure for fastening a battery to a vehicle includes: a carrier part including a pair of first members that is disposed at a lower portion of the vehicle in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle and bonded to both sides of a vehicle body, respectively, and a plurality of second members the pair of first members in contact with the pair of first members; and a battery having a case that houses a plurality of battery cells, in which a part of the case is connected to the first member, and the other part of the case is connected to the second member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon SHIN, Yong Hwan CHOI, Yu Ri OH, Tae Hyuck KIM, Hae Kyu LIM, Ji Woong JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220118838
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a stacked structure including a plurality of stacked battery cells; and a front cover and a rear cover respectively disposed on a front side and a rear side of the stacked structure, configured to cover the stacked structure, and including a cover surface facing the stacked structure, a first fastening portion laterally protruding from a first side of the stacked structure in a stacking direction of the plurality of stacked battery cells, and a second fastening portion laterally protruding from a second side of the stacked structure in the stacking direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Ji Woong JUNG, Yong Hwan CHOI, Yu Ri OH, Tae Hyuck KIM, Gyung Hoon SHIN, Hae Kyu LIM
  • Publication number: 20220123403
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a case, a longitudinal member longitudinally disposed within the case, and a plurality of battery modules, which are arranged in the case in a transverse direction of the case so as to define a plurality of rows of battery modules, wherein the longitudinal member divides an area in which the plurality of battery modules included in the plurality of rows are disposed into a first area and a second area, and a number of the battery modules included in the first area of one row among the plurality of rows is different from a number of the battery modules included in the second area in the one row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jong Wook Lee, Tae Hyuck Kim, In Gook Son, Hyeon Jun Kim, Yun Ho Kim
  • Publication number: 20220123400
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells stacked on each other in a first direction and forming a stacked structure; a pair of end plates in surface contact with a first and a second ends of the stacked structure in the first direction; a pair of bus bar assemblies disposed at the first and second ends of the stacked structure in a second direction and bonding electrodes of the battery cells; a first cover covering a surface of the stacked structure in a third direction; a first clamp including a first and a second ends respectively bonded to the pair of end plates across an outer surface of the first cover; and a second clamp including a first and a second ends respectively bonded to the pair of end plates across a surface, facing a surface on which the first cover is disposed, of the stacked structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hyuck KIM, Yun Ho KIM, In Gook SON, Jong Wook LEE, Yeon Man JEONG
  • Publication number: 20220102798
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked on one another in a first direction, hot melt being coated and fixing between at least some battery cells of the plurality of battery cells, and a pair of end plates that surface-contact with opposite end battery cells of a stacked structure in which the plurality of battery cells is stacked and fix a distance therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: In Gook SON, Yun Ho KIM, Jong Wook LEE, Yeon Man JEONG, Tae Hyuck KIM
  • Publication number: 20220094006
    Abstract: A high-voltage battery pack for a vehicle includes: an upper case; a lower case; a plurality of battery modules mounted on the lower case; a busbar disposed on an upper side of the plurality of battery modules and electrically connecting the plurality of battery modules; and a plurality of first elastic pads coupled to the busbar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gyung Hoon SHIN, Yong Hwan CHOI, Yu Ri OH, Tae Hyuck KIM, Hae Kyu LIM, Ji Woong JUNG
  • Publication number: 20220094022
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells mutually laminated in a first direction and forming a laminated structure; a pair of end plates being in surface contact with a first and a second ends of the laminated structure in the first direction; and a pair of busbar assemblies disposed at the first and the second ends of the laminated assembly in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, each bus bar assembly of the pair of bus bar assemblies including a busbar configured to mutually join electrodes of the plurality of battery cells located at the first and the second ends of the laminated structure in the second direction, a circuit board on which an electrical connection to the busbar is formed, and a connector installed on the circuit board and electrically connected to the busbar assembly through the circuit board.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Ho KIM, In Gook Son, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim