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).
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Patent number: 12288903Abstract: A battery pack case for a vehicle includes: a lower panel having a battery pack seated to support a lower surface of the battery pack; a recessed part formed on an upper surface of the lower panel and having a groove shape indented downward to extend; and an insulating sheet extending along the recessed part and attached to the recessed part to insulate between the lower panel and the battery pack at a point where the recessed part is formed.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Jae Hyeon Ju, Chang Mo Sung, Mee Sun Oh, Min Seok Seo
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Patent number: 12252001Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 18, 2022Date of Patent: March 18, 2025Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Jong Wook Lee, In Gook Son, Yun Ho Kim, Hyeon Jun Kim
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Patent number: 12176558Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked on one another in a first direction and configured to form a stacked structure. In particular, some battery cells of the plurality of battery cells are coated with hot melt respectively interposed between some battery cells of the plurality of battery cells to fix the battery cells. The battery module further includes a pair of end plates that surface-contact with opposite end battery cells of the stacked structure; and a pair of bus bar assemblies arranged at opposite ends of the stacked structure in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and configured to connect electrodes of the plurality of battery cells located at opposite ends in the second direction to each other.Type: GrantFiled: September 15, 2023Date of Patent: December 24, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: In Gook Son, Yun Ho Kim, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
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Patent number: 12170384Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules, and each battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells mutually laminated in a first direction and forming a laminated structure; a pair of end plates, each end plate of the pair of end plates being in surface contact with a first and a second ends of the laminated structure, respectively, in the first direction; and a pair of busbar assemblies. In particular, each bus bar assembly of the pair of bus bar assemblies is disposed at the first end and the second end of the laminated structure, respectively, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 6, 2023Date of Patent: December 17, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yun Ho Kim, In Gook Son, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
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Publication number: 20240308323Abstract: A battery pack comprises a plurality of battery modules. Each battery module of the plurality of battery modules 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: ApplicationFiled: May 30, 2024Publication date: September 19, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Ji Woong Jung, Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Gyung Hoon Shin, Hae Kyu Lim
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Patent number: 12024006Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 2, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia CorporationInventors: Ji Woong Jung, Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Gyung Hoon Shin, Hae Kyu Lim
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Patent number: 12009536Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 12, 2021Date of Patent: June 11, 2024Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia CorporationInventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Yun Ho Kim, In Gook Son, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong
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Patent number: 11912120Abstract: A battery mounting structure for a vehicle is provided to include a case having a first internal member that is disposed to be spaced parallel to an upper side of a lower panel of the case and a second internal member that is disposed perpendicular to the first internal member, and configured to accommodate a plurality of battery modules therein using the first internal member and the second internal member. An outer side member is provided in a shape protruding toward the outside on an outer side of the case. The battery modules are disposed in a stacking direction of battery cells that is parallel to a longitudinal direction of the first internal member.Type: GrantFiled: September 22, 2020Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors CorporationInventors: Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Gyung Hoon Shin, Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung
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Publication number: 20240030560Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules, and each battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells mutually laminated in a first direction and forming a laminated structure; a pair of end plates, each end plate of the pair of end plates being in surface contact with a first and a second ends of the laminated structure, respectively, in the first direction; and a pair of busbar assemblies. In particular, each bus bar assembly of the pair of bus bar assemblies is disposed at the first end and the second end of the laminated structure, respectively, in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 6, 2023Publication date: January 25, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Yun Ho Kim, In Gook Son, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
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Publication number: 20240006698Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked on one another in a first direction and configured to form a stacked structure. In particular, some battery cells of the plurality of battery cells are coated with hot melt respectively interposed between some battery cells of the plurality of battery cells to fix the battery cells. The battery module further includes a pair of end plates that surface-contact with opposite end battery cells of the stacked structure; and a pair of bus bar assemblies arranged at opposite ends of the stacked structure in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and configured to connect electrodes of the plurality of battery cells located at opposite ends in the second direction to each other.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: January 4, 2024Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: In Gook Son, Yun Ho Kim, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
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Patent number: 11850932Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: July 22, 2021Date of Patent: December 26, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Gyung Hoon Shin, Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Hae Kyu Lim, Ji Woong Jung
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Patent number: 11824217Abstract: The present disclosure includes: a mid-plate configured to support a bottom side of a battery module from a bottom side of a vehicle body; a fastening member fastened through a space in which the mid-plate and the battery module are mounted and configured to fix the mid-plate to the vehicle body; a mounting pipe provided at a top side of the mid-plate and configured to support a pressure applied to the vehicle body from a bottom side of the mid-plate, wherein the fastening member passes through the mounting pipe; a mounting support configured to fix the mounting pipe to the mid-plate, wherein the fastening member passes through the mounting support; and a shield plate coupled to the bottom side of the mid-plate and configured to surround a bottom-side coupling portion of the mounting support while allowing the fastening member to pass therethrough.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATIONInventors: Ji Woong Jung, Yong Hwan Choi, Yu Ri Oh, Tae Hyuck Kim, Gyung Hoon Shin, Hae Kyu Lim
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Patent number: 11817602Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia CorporationInventors: Yun Ho Kim, In Gook Son, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
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Publication number: 20230339303Abstract: An embodiment high-voltage battery pack for mounting under a vehicle body in a vehicle equipped with a sliding door includes a lower casing in which a battery module is mounted, the lower casing defining a rail mounting space to mount a door rail on a lateral side of the battery module, the rail mounting space extending in a front-rear direction, and a bus bar and a sensing wire both mounted in the rail mounting space to electrically connect the battery module and electric components mounted on the lower casingType: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Mee Sun Oh, Jae Hyeon Ju, Chang Mo Sung, Tae Hyuck Kim, Min Seok Seo
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Patent number: 11799160Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 24, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: In Gook Son, Yun Ho Kim, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
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Publication number: 20230280720Abstract: A system and a method for conditioning a vehicle battery are proposed. The system for conditioning a vehicle battery may include a temperature controller configured to adjust a temperature of the vehicle battery, and one or more processors configured to obtain determination factor data. The determination factor data may include vehicle condition data and/or driving information data. The one or more processors may be further configured to determine a target temperature of the battery based on the determination factor data, and control the temperature controller to adjust the vehicle battery to the target temperature.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 14, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Hyun Soo Park
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Patent number: 11735793Abstract: 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: GrantFiled: August 11, 2021Date of Patent: August 22, 2023Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: 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
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Publication number: 20230253681Abstract: A battery system for vehicles has a bus bar or a wire harness, including portions with a high risk of short circuit inside the battery system. The bus bar or the wire harness is covered with an insulator in which a first insulator for the purpose of insulation and a second insulator for the purpose of heat resistance are laminated so that the first insulator is protected by the second insulator to thereby prevent thermal runaway of the battery system.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2022Publication date: August 10, 2023Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Jae Hyeon Ju, Tae Hyuck Kim, Chang Mo Sung, Mee Sun Oh, Min Seok Seo
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Publication number: 20230216110Abstract: A safety structure for a vehicle battery pack includes: a battery module each including a plurality of battery cells stacked between opposite endplates; a lower casing which covers a lower side of the battery modules that are two-dimensionally arrayed; an upper cover coupled to an upper side of the lower casing and covering an upper side of the battery modules; and first cut-off pads, each of which is made of a heat-resistant and insulating material, disposed in a portion where a gap between the endplate of the battery module and the lower casing becomes locally narrow.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia CorporationInventors: Tae Hyuck KIM, Jae Hyeon JU, Chang Mo SUNG, Mee Sun OH, Min Seok SEO
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Publication number: 20230198084Abstract: A battery pack for a vehicle is proposed. The battery pack for a vehicle includes a plurality of battery modules arranged on a flat surface in a battery casing, a plurality of longitudinal members and a plurality of transversal members arranged between the plurality of battery modules, and a venting valve provided at an upper portion of the battery casing and communicating with installation spaces of the plurality of longitudinal members or the plurality of transversal members, and securing a discharge space for gas at an outside space of the battery casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2022Publication date: June 22, 2023Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATIONInventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Jae Hyeon Ju, Chang Mo Sung, Mee Sun Oh, Min Seok Seo