Patents by Inventor Won-tae Lee

Won-tae Lee 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: 20230335791
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for an electrolyte of a lithium secondary battery, a gel polymer electrolyte including a polymerization product thereof, and a lithium secondary battery including the gel polymer electrolyte, the composition including a lithium salt, a polyalkylene carbonate-based first polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 g/mol to 1,500,000 g/mol, a polypropylene carbonate-based second polymer including a unit represented by Formula 2 and having a weight average molecular weight of 200 g/mol to 1,000 g/mol, and an organic solvent, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the second polymer is in a range of 1/3,000 to ? of the weight average molecular weight of the first polymer, and the amount of the first polymer is in a range of 0.1 wt % to 30 wt % based on the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Won Kyung SHIN, Chul Haeng LEE, Kyoung Ho AHN, Min Jung KIM, Won Tae LEE, Su Hyeon JI
  • Publication number: 20230335792
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for an electrolyte of a lithium secondary battery, a gel polymer electrolyte including a polymerization product thereof, and a lithium secondary battery including the gel polymer electrolyte, the composition including a lithium salt, a polyalkylene carbonate-based first polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 g/mol to 1,500,000 g/mol, a polyethylene oxide-based second polymer having a weight average molecular weight of 200 g/mol to 2,000 g/mol, and an organic solvent, wherein the weight average molecular weight of the second polymer is in a range of 1/3,000 to ? of the weight average molecular weight of the first polymer, and the amount of the first polymer is in a range of 0.1 wt % to 30 wt % based on the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: October 19, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Won Kyung SHIN, Chul Haeng LEE, Kyoung Ho AHN, Min Jung KIM, Won Tae LEE, Su Hyeon JI
  • Patent number: 11791706
    Abstract: The present invention relates a low power control device using a sleep timer, and more particularly, to a low power control device using a controllable sleep timer which disables each component of a circuit while discharging an output voltage Vo using a control signal of a sleep timer in which a width of an OFF signal is larger than a width of an ON signal in a light load state and sequentially enables each component of the circuit while charging the output voltage in a predetermined order to minimize power consumption according to a loading level of a load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2023
    Assignee: POWER LSI CO.LTD
    Inventors: Won Tae Lee, Won Ji Lee, Chang Sik Shin, Chuen Sik Jung, Gyu Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20230317392
    Abstract: Provided is a relay switch device including a relay housing, a first upper fixing terminal and a second upper fixing terminal arranged side by side over an inside and an outside of the relay housing, a first lower fixing terminal electrically connected to the first upper fixing terminal and arranged under the first upper fixing terminal to be apart a predetermined distance from the first upper fixing terminal, and a second lower fixing terminal electrically connected to the second upper fixing terminal and arranged under the second upper fixing terminal to be apart a predetermined distance from the second upper fixing terminal, and a circuit mode switch module provided to selectively contact the first and second upper fixing terminals or the first and second lower fixing terminals by moving a predetermined distance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2021
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Won-Tae Lee, Young-Jun Lee, Jae-Hyuk Cha, Sung-Tack Hwang
  • Publication number: 20230299343
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a composition for an electrolyte of a lithium secondary battery, a gel polymer electrolyte including a polymerization product thereof, and a lithium secondary battery including the gel polymer electrolyte, the composition including a lithium salt, a polyalkylene carbonate-based polymer including a unit represented by Formula 1 below and having a weight average molecular weight of 1,000 g/mol to 1,500,000 g/mol, and an organic solvent, wherein the composition either includes lithium difluoro(oxalato)borate and lithium bis(oxalato)borate at a weight ratio of 1:5 to 5:1, or includes a compound represented by Formula 3-1 in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 5 wt % and a compound represented by Formula 3-2 in an amount of 0.01 wt % to 10 wt % based on the total weight of the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2021
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Won Kyung SHIN, Chul Haeng LEE, Kyoung Ho AHN, Min Jung KIM, Sol Ji PARK, Jun Hyeok HAN, Won Tae LEE, Su Hyeon JI
  • Publication number: 20230299352
    Abstract: The present technology relates to a lithium secondary battery. The lithium secondary battery has advantages of excellent high-rate discharge characteristics at room temperature as well as excellent discharge efficiency at low temperature when a coating layer containing specific contents of a lithium element, a sulfur element, and a nitrogen element is provided on a positive electrode mixture layer including a positive electrode active material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: You Kyeong Jeong, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Jun Hyeok Han, Won Kyung Shin, Won Tae Lee, Su Hyeon Ji, Young Ho Oh
  • Publication number: 20230299351
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery includes Li6CoO4 containing excess lithium, or the like as an irreversible additive in a positive electrode, and at the same time, includes an electrolyte additive of Formula 1 having a specific molecular weight in an electrolyte to realize low battery resistance and effectively prevent metal ions from being exsolved from the irreversible additive, and thus has advantages of excellent battery performance and lifespan, wherein R1 to R5, p, q, r, m and n are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Hyeok Han, Su Hyeon Ji, Chul Haeng Lee, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Won Kyung Shin, Won Tae Lee, Young Ho Oh, You Kyeong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230299350
    Abstract: A lithium secondary battery has excellent economic feasibility and safety because an iron phosphate of Formula 2 having an olivine structure is included as a positive electrode active material, and also has advantages of excellent battery performance and lifespan because an electrolyte additive of Formula 1 having a specific molecular weight is included in an electrolyte to improve an increase in internal resistance of the battery during charging and discharging and effectively prevent iron ions from being exsolved from the positive electrode active material, wherein R1to R5, p, q, r, m and n are described herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Publication date: September 21, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Hyeok Han, Su Hyeon Ji, Chul Haeng Lee, Kyoung Ho Ahn, Won Kyung Shin, Won Tae Lee, Young Ho Oh, You Kyeong Jeong
  • Patent number: 11736002
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adaptive soft start and soft stop device for a converter, and more particularly, provides an adaptive soft start and soft stop device for a converter which controls a final output voltage to be increased or decreased with a predetermined gradient by increasing a duty at a predetermined rate or increases a frequency during a start period using an input voltage Vin and an output voltage Vo and decreasing the duty at a predetermined rate or decreases a frequency during a stop period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Power LSI Co. ltd
    Inventors: Won Tae Lee, Won Ji Lee, Chang Sik Shin, Chuen Sik Jung, Gyu Won Lee
  • Patent number: 11736008
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-power supply device capable of controlling a sequence, and more particularly, to a multi-power supply device capable of controlling a sequence for a circuit in which two or more power sources are supplied from the outside and when one of the power sources has a problem so that the power is not supplied to an internal block, an internal voltage is stably supplied from another power source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: Power LSI Co. ltd
    Inventors: Won Tae Lee, Won Ji Lee, Chang Sik Shin, Chuen Sik Jung, Gyu Won Lee
  • Publication number: 20230253682
    Abstract: A bus bar including a bar-shaped conductor for electrically connecting battery modules or electric parts to each other, the bus bar having a three-dimensional lattice structure to allow air ventilation and including a plurality of ventilation holes provided in a body of the bus bar. In detail, the body of the bus bar may be provided in a bar shape having a predetermined length, thickness, and width, and the plurality of ventilation holes may be provided in an upper surface, lower surface, left side surface, right side surface, front surface, and back surface of the body and provided to communicate with each other through an inner portion of the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2021
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Tack Hwang, Won-Tae Lee
  • Publication number: 20230231469
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adaptive soft start and soft stop device for a converter, and more particularly, provides an adaptive soft start and soft stop device for a converter which controls a final output voltage to be increased or decreased with a predetermined gradient by increasing a duty at a predetermined rate or increases a frequency during a start period using an input voltage Vin and an output voltage Vo and decreasing the duty at a predetermined rate or decreases a frequency during a stop period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2021
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Won Tae LEE, Won Ji LEE, Chang Sik SHIN, Chuen Sik JUNG, Gyu Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20230207878
    Abstract: An electrolyte composition and a lithium secondary battery including the same are disclose herein. The electrolyte composition has improved high temperature safety. In some embodiments, the electrolyte composition includes an additive including a compound represented by Formula 1. Each R1 is independently a single bond, an alkylene group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or each R2 is independently a double or triple bond including 2 carbon atoms, each R3 is independently hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 4 carbon atoms, and a is an integer of 1 to 10. The additive may reinforce an SEI layer on the surface of an electrode, thereby having advantages of improved storage and lifetime characteristics at a high temperature and a decreased amount of gas generated in the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2022
    Publication date: June 29, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Ho Ahn, Won Tae Lee, Jun Hyeok Han, Su Hyeon Ji, Chul Haeng Lee, Won Kyung Shin, Young Ho Oh, You Kyeong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20230198391
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a multi-power supply device capable of controlling a sequence, and more particularly, to a multi-power supply device capable of controlling a sequence for a circuit in which two or more power sources are supplied from the outside and when one of the power sources has a problem so that the power is not supplied to an internal block, an internal voltage is stably supplied from another power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Won Tae LEE, Won Ji LEE, Chang Sik SHIN, Chuen Sik JUNG, Gyu Won LEE
  • Publication number: 20230198245
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery disconnect unit including a fuse connected to a battery pack, the fuse being configured to interrupt overcurrent of the battery pack, at least one sensor configured to measure voltage or current of the battery pack, at least one relay configured to connect or disconnect the battery pack and the load to or from each other based on a value of the voltage or the current measured by the sensor, a housing configured to allow the fuse, the sensor, and the relay to be mounted therein, and a moving plate configured to fix the relay and the sensor to the housing, the position of the moving plate being changeable depending on sizes of the relay and the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 17, 2021
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Tack Hwang, Won Tae Lee, Jae Hyuk Cha
  • Publication number: 20230198369
    Abstract: The present invention relates a low power control device using a sleep timer, and more particularly, to a low power control device using a controllable sleep timer which disables each component of a circuit while discharging an output voltage Vo using a control signal of a sleep timer in which a width of an OFF signal is larger than a width of an ON signal in a light load state and sequentially enables each component of the circuit while charging the output voltage in a predetermined order to minimize power consumption according to a loading level of a load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2023
    Publication date: June 22, 2023
    Inventors: Won Tae LEE, Won Ji LEE, Chang Sik SHIN, Chuen Sik JUNG, Gyu Won LEE
  • Patent number: 11641092
    Abstract: In various embodiments, laser devices include a thermal bonding layer featuring an array of carbon nanotubes and at least one metallic thermal bonding material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Panasonic Connect North America, Division of Panasonic Corporation of North America
    Inventors: Won Tae Lee, Michael Deutsch, Zhongyong Liu
  • Publication number: 20220415537
    Abstract: A bus bar, which includes a metal bar made of an electrically conductive metal material; a bandage member configured to surround the metal bar except for both ends of the metal bar; and an insulating tube configured to surround the metal bar and the bandage member together, wherein the bandage member is made of a metal wire having a surface coated with a coating material having insulation and fire resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 24, 2021
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Tack Hwang, Won-Tae Lee
  • Patent number: 11415633
    Abstract: A current measuring apparatus including a switching circuit installed on the charging and discharging path, a current measuring unit having a shunt resistor installed on the charging and discharging path and configured to output a current signal corresponding to a voltage across the shunt resistor, a voltage measuring unit configured to measure the voltage across the switching circuit, a temperature measuring unit configured to measure a temperature of the switching circuit, and a control unit. The control unit determines a first current value indicating a current flowing through the shunt resistor, based on the current signal. The control unit determines a second current value indicating a current flowing through the switching circuit, based on the measured voltage and the measured temperature. The control unit determines whether the shunt resistor is in a normal state, based on the first current value and the second current value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Inventors: Won-Tae Lee, Yang-Lim Choi
  • Publication number: 20220082629
    Abstract: A battery current measuring device includes a switching element configured to control charging and discharging of a battery, an A/D converter configured to convert a voltage value across the switching element into a digital value, a temperature compensation unit having a diode structure capable of compensating for a resistance change according to a change of temperature of the switching element, and a current calculation unit configured to calculate a current flowing through the switching element based on the digital value of the voltage value, and the A/D converter converts the voltage value of the switching element into the digital value using a reference voltage inputted from the temperature compensation unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2020
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicant: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Won Tae Lee, Chang Bok Lee, Sung Tack Hwang