Patents by Inventor Won Jeung

Won Jeung 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: 20240291114
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery module assembly apparatus with improved productivity and an assembly method using the same, more particularly a battery module assembly apparatus including a transfer unit configured to move a battery module having a cylindrical battery cell received therein in a state of being seated in a module carrier, a vision unit configured to check position information of the battery module and the module carrier, and a bonding unit configured to electrically connect an electrode of the cylindrical battery cell received in the battery module to a busbar, wherein the bonding unit includes one or more bonding units, and the position information checked by the vision unit is transmitted to the bonding unit, and an assembly method using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2022
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Won Jeung, Hyun Min Oh, Geon Tae Park, Choon Kwon Kang
  • Publication number: 20240265522
    Abstract: A non-destructive wire bonding inspection method is provided to inspect whether a wire bonding applied to a battery system is defective. The method includes a) photographing a wire bonding portion using a camera, b) calculating the area of the wire bonding portion, and c) determining whether the wire bonding is defective based on the calculated area of the wire bonding portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2022
    Publication date: August 8, 2024
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seok Won Jeung, Hyun Min Oh, Geon Tae Park, Choon Kwon Kang
  • Patent number: 12046706
    Abstract: A battery pack manufacturing device includes a transferring part for transferring a plurality of unit cells, an adjusting part for adjusting a position of a pack frame in which the unit cells are accommodated, and a vertical pressing part that vertically presses the unit cells accommodated in the pack frame. The transferring part includes a seating part on which the unit cells are seated. The unit cells are vertically dropped and mounted in accommodating parts of the frame when an opening and closing part of each seating part is opened.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Ho Oh, Ju Hwan Baek, Geon Tae Park, Hyeong Min Park, Seok Won Jeung
  • Publication number: 20240210293
    Abstract: Discussed is a bonding state inspection apparatus and a bonding state inspection method using the apparatus, and more particularly to a bonding state inspection apparatus including a transfer unit configured to transfer a battery module having a plurality of battery cells received therein, a thermal image inspection unit configured to scan an upper surface of the battery module, and a shear inspection unit configured to apply a shear force to a bonding ball formed at the battery module and a bonding state inspection method using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Jin JI, Seok Won JEUNG, Hyun Min OH, Geon Tae PARK, Choon Kwon KANG
  • Publication number: 20240151589
    Abstract: Discussed a welding inspection apparatus including a base unit configured to dispose thereon a battery module, as an object to be inspected, a positive electrode connector and a negative electrode connector connected so as to charge and discharge the battery module, a thermal imaging camera configured to photograph a weld portion of the battery module, and a driving unit configured to move the thermal imaging camera, wherein it is possible to determine whether the weld portion is defective using a nondestructive inspection method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: May 9, 2024
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyun Min OH, Seok Won JEUNG, Geon Tae PARK, Choon Kwon KANG
  • Patent number: 11929457
    Abstract: Discussed is a bolting device that effectively protects an internal configuration of a battery pack and increases manufacturing efficiency during a bolting operation. The bolting device for manufacturing a battery pack includes an electric screwdriver provided with a rotation motor; a driver bit connected to the rotation motor to enable a rotation movement and configured to rotate a bolt; a bit guide member provided with a hollow tube such that the driver bit is inserted into an inside of the hollow tube to be movable; and a guide jig provided with a main body configured to be mounted on an upper portion of a pack housing, the main body having a plate shape and having at least one through hole, and a fixing member inserted into the through hole and mounted therein, and having an insertion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong-Min Park, Seok-Won Jeung, Geon-Tae Park, Jung-Ho Oh, Ju-Hwan Baek
  • Patent number: 11843089
    Abstract: Discussed is a manufacturing apparatus including a robot arm, which may increase production efficiency and greatly reduce the size of manufacturing equipment. The manufacturing apparatus includes a robot arm to manufacture a battery module that includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells and a module housing having an upper case and a lower case configured to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cells. The robot arm includes a first gripper configured to hold or release the plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a second gripper configured to hold or release the upper case; and a third gripper configured to hold or release the lower case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-Won Jeung, Geon-Tae Park, Ju-Hwan Baek
  • Patent number: 11804616
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack manufacturing apparatus and method, and more particularly, a battery pack manufacturing apparatus allowing automatic production and having a minimized manufacturing defect rate. The battery pack manufacturing apparatus manufactures a battery pack having a pack housing and a battery module, and includes a lifting mechanism having a frame configured to mount the pack housing and a moving unit configured to move the frame so that the battery module is inserted into an inner space of the pack housing; and a module support configured to support the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-Won Jeung, Hyeong-Min Park, Geon-Tae Park, Jung-Ho Oh, Ju-Hwan Baek
  • Publication number: 20230307686
    Abstract: Disclosed is an assembly line system of a stacked battery module, which includes a first facility line configured to assemble a cell housing and accommodate battery cells in the cell housing; a second facility line configured to assemble an electric connection component and a voltage sensing component; and a third facility line configured to connect the battery cells to each other in series and in parallel and to inspect functional abnormality thereof, wherein the first facility line, the second facility line and the third facility line are arranged to circulate in order based on a predetermined origin, and a first-layer cell module assembly assembled at a first circulation is reversed to change the top and bottom thereof so that a second-layer cell module assembly is assembled on the first-layer cell module assembly at a second circulation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2021
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-Won JEUNG, Choon-Kwon KANG, Geon-Tae PARK
  • Publication number: 20230170569
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack assembly system including a battery cell supplier configured to supply a plurality of battery cells in an aligned state, a robot arm configured to move the plurality of battery cells, a plasma treater configured to treat the plurality of battery cells with plasma, and an assembler in which a battery pack case configured to receive the plurality of battery cells therein is disposed, whereby it is possible to obtain an excellent plasma effect for the plurality of battery cells and to easily assemble a battery pack, and a battery pack assembly method using the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: June 1, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Won JEUNG, Geon Tae PARK, Choon Kwon KANG
  • Publication number: 20230095885
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells each having a positive electrode terminal and a negative electrode terminal on one side of each respective battery cell; a busbar including an electrically conductive material and having a plate shape; and at least two types of connecting members each including an electrically conductive material, and having an elongated body, wherein one end in a direction in which the body extends is joined to the busbar, and the other end is joined to any one of the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal, the at least two types of connecting members having different joined areas depending on a joined terminal among the positive electrode terminal and the negative electrode terminal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Bum-Jick LEE, Young-Su SON, Seok-Won JEUNG
  • Publication number: 20230059357
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery module assembly apparatus using vision, the battery module assembly apparatus including: a transfer unit configured to move in at least one of forwards, rearwards, leftwards and rightwards when a battery module having a battery cell received therein is seated on the transfer unit; a vision unit configured to check a position of the battery module; and a bonding unit configured to electrically connect an electrode of the battery cell and a busbar to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2021
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Won JEUNG, Hyun Min OH, Geon Tae PARK, Soo Jun AHN, Choon Kwon KANG
  • Patent number: 11479382
    Abstract: A battery label attachment apparatus for attaching a label to a battery including a label support on which the label is placed, an alignment check part configured to check whether an alignment state of the label is normal or defective, and a label aligning part configured to align the label when the alignment state determined by the alignment check part is defective is provided. A method for attaching a label to a battery is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Won Jeung, Ju Hwan Baek, Geon Tae Park
  • Patent number: 11258131
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module that reduces damage of internal components during an assembling process and enhances the manufacturing efficiency. The battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells arranged in a horizontal direction and each standing upright in a vertical direction; and a module housing including outer sidewalls configured to form an inner space, a plurality of hollow tubes having inner sidewalls located in the inner space and extending in the vertical direction to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cells therein, and a cavity formed by opening at least a part of vertical central portions of the inner sidewalls of the plurality of hollow tubes to form an empty space therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Geon-Tae Park, Seok-Won Jeung, Ju-Hwan Baek
  • Publication number: 20210257648
    Abstract: Discussed is a manufacturing apparatus including a robot arm, which may increase production efficiency and greatly reduce the size of manufacturing equipment. The manufacturing apparatus includes a robot arm to manufacture a battery module that includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells and a module housing having an upper case and a lower case configured to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cells. The robot arm includes a first gripper configured to hold or release the plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a second gripper configured to hold or release the upper case; and a third gripper configured to hold or release the lower case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-Won JEUNG, Geon-Tae PARK, Ju-Hwan BAEK
  • Publication number: 20210242486
    Abstract: A battery pack manufacturing device includes a transferring part for transferring a plurality of unit cells, an adjusting part for adjusting a position of a pack frame in which the unit cells are accommodated, and a vertical pressing part that vertically presses the unit cells accommodated in the pack frame. The transferring part includes a seating part on which the unit cells are seated. The unit cells are vertically dropped and mounted in accommodating parts of the frame when an opening and closing part of each seating part is opened.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jung Ho OH, Ju Hwan BAEK, Geon Tae PARK, Hyeong Min PARK, Seok Won JEUNG
  • Publication number: 20210167412
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack manufacturing apparatus and method, and more particularly, a battery pack manufacturing apparatus allowing automatic production and having a minimized manufacturing defect rate. The battery pack manufacturing apparatus manufactures a battery pack having a pack housing and a battery module, and includes a lifting mechanism having a frame configured to mount the pack housing and a moving unit configured to move the frame so that the battery module is inserted into an inner space of the pack housing; and a module support configured to support the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2020
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok-Won JEUNG, Hyeong-Min PARK, Geon-Tae PARK, Jung-Ho OH, Ju-Hwan BAEK
  • Publication number: 20210130029
    Abstract: A battery label attachment apparatus for attaching a label to a battery including a label support on which the label is placed, an alignment check part configured to check whether an alignment state of the label is normal or defective, and a label aligning part configured to align the label when the alignment state determined by the alignment check part is defective is provided. A method for attaching a label to a battery is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2018
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Seok Won JEUNG, Ju Hwan BAEK, Geon Tae PARK
  • Publication number: 20210046621
    Abstract: Discussed is a bolting device that effectively protects an internal configuration of a battery pack and increases manufacturing efficiency during a bolting operation. The bolting device for manufacturing a battery pack includes an electric screwdriver provided with a rotation motor; a driver bit connected to the rotation motor to enable a rotation movement and configured to rotate a bolt; a bit guide member provided with a hollow tube such that the driver bit is inserted into an inside of the hollow tube to be movable; and a guide jig provided with a main body configured to be mounted on an upper portion of a pack housing, the main body having a plate shape and having at least one through hole, and a fixing member inserted into the through hole and mounted therein, and having an insertion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Hyeong-Min PARK, Seok-Won JEUNG, Geon-Tae PARK, Jung-Ho OH, Ju-Hwan BAEK
  • Publication number: 20200203686
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module that reduces damage of internal components during an assembling process and enhances the manufacturing efficiency. The battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells arranged in a horizontal direction and each standing upright in a vertical direction; and a module housing including outer sidewalls configured to form an inner space, a plurality of hollow tubes having inner sidewalls located in the inner space and extending in the vertical direction to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cells therein, and a cavity formed by opening at least a part of vertical central portions of the inner sidewalls of the plurality of hollow tubes to form an empty space therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Geon-Tae Park, Seok-Won Jeung, Ju-Hwan Baek