Patents by Inventor Ye-Hoon Im

Ye-Hoon Im 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).

  • Patent number: 9281546
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’) is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided at the upper part and the lower part thereof with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, respectively, which are directed in opposite directions such that a coolant to cool the unit cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in a direction perpendicular to a cell stacking direction, the battery pack case is further provided with a flow space (‘coolant introduction part’) extending from the coolant inlet port to the battery module and another flow space (‘coolant discharge part’) extending from the battery module to the coolant outlet port, and the flow channel width of the coolant introduction part and/or the flow channel width of the coolant discharge part is greater than that of each of the unit cells, thereby achieving uniform distribution of the coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2016
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, Ye Hoon Im, Jin Kyu Lee, BumHyun Lee
  • Publication number: 20160023937
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides an apparatus for eliminating a heterogeneous glass present in the top surface of a molten glass effectively, and a melting furnace and a glass manufacturing apparatus comprising the same. The apparatus for eliminating a heterogeneous glass according to one aspect of the present disclosure comprises a storage bath having an inlet and an outlet to receive a molten glass fed into the inlet and to discharge the received molten glass through the outlet, and an evacuating opening formed on the top of the storage bath, the evacuating opening allowing the received molten glass to overflow; a first gate being mounted close to the outlet of the storage bath to adjust an open area, thereby controlling the flow rate of the molten glass to be discharged through the outlet; and a second gate being mounted close to the inlet of the storage bath to control the height of the molten glass received in the storage bath at the section in which the evacuating opening is formed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Inventors: Kyoung-Hoon MIN, Ye-Hoon IM, Won-Jae MOON, Ji-Seob LEE
  • Patent number: 9203124
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’) electrically connected to each other, wherein the unit cells are arranged in a width direction (traverse direction) of the battery pack in an upright fashion in a state in which the unit cells are spaced apart from each other to form coolant flow channels, thereby constituting a battery module layer, and two or more battery module layers are mounted in a pack case such that the battery module layers are stacked in a height direction (vertical direction) of the battery pack, and wherein the battery pack includes a coolant introduction part, through which a coolant is introduced into the two or more battery module layers to simultaneously cool some or all of the unit cells in the two or more battery module layers, and a coolant discharge part, through which the coolant, having passed the unit cells, is discharged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, Ye Hoon Im, WonChan Park, DalMo Kang, YongSeok Choi
  • Patent number: 9178253
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’), which can be charged and discharged, mounted in a pack case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, Jae Hun Yang, Dal Mo Kang, Ye Hoon Im
  • Publication number: 20150290603
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stirrer having grooves formed on the inside of a container in order to improve the degree of mixing, and the stirrer which is provided comprises: a plurality of projections formed on the inner surface of a stirrer container; and a plurality of grooves formed between the plurality of projections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Inventors: Young Soo Song, Yu Shik Hong, Jun Won Choi, Ye Hoon Im
  • Publication number: 20150273514
    Abstract: The present application relates to a slot die coating apparatus and, more particularly, to a slot die coating apparatus which can ensure the coating stability of a substrate film by reducing pressure oscillations within a vacuum chamber when slot die coating is carried out. The slot die coating apparatus according to the present application can effectively dampen pressure oscillations within a vacuum chamber by connecting a pressure oscillation reducing tank to the vacuum chamber and thus can ensure the coating stability of a substrate film, resulting in a reduction in the proportion of defective products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Won Chan Park, Jung Hyun Yeo, Ye Hoon Im
  • Publication number: 20150273413
    Abstract: The present application relates to a mixer and a mixing method and, more specifically, to a pipe-type mixer for low-flow dispersion of immiscible liquids. The mixer, according to the present application, comprises: a pump(30) provided in a liquid transport section so as to supplement a deficient flow velocity, when materials to be mixed such as liquids are mixed through a continuous mixing step; and static mixers(22) suitable for the dispersion of the materials to be mixed by increasing a diameter of mixing parts(20) provided in a circulation pipe(10). Thus, a mixing rate of mixed materials can be more efficiently increased when the materials are mixed by using the static mixers(22).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2014
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD
    Inventors: Jun Won Choi, Ye Hoon Im, Yu Shik Hong, Young Soo Song
  • Patent number: 9144776
    Abstract: Provided are an agitator and an agitating hook provided therein. The agitator includes a rotary shaft rotatably installed in a reactor, rotor blades installed at an outer circumference of the rotary shaft and rotated with the rotary shaft to agitate a material therein, and an agitating hook constituted by a pair of members spaced apart from each other at an inner wall of the reactor and through which the rotor blades pass. Here, a gap between the agitating hook is larger at an outlet port through which the rotor blade leaves than at an inlet port through which the rotor blade enters. Since a pressure is uniformly applied from the inlet port through which the rotor blade enters to the outlet port through which the rotor blade leaves, a torsional moment applied to the agitating hook is minimized. Therefore, it is possible to improve durability of the agitating hook and increase reliability of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yeon Seok Choo, Hyo Sook Cha, Ye Hoon Im, Byung Woo Choi, Jin Hyun Bae
  • Patent number: 9139104
    Abstract: A battery pack for an electric vehicle has a cooling structure in which a coolant introduced through a first cooling channel cools cells and is then discharged through a second cooling channel. The cooling structure has a U-type structure in which the coolant is introduced and discharged in opposite directions. An entrance of the first cooling channel and an exit of the second cooling channel satisfy an equation in relation to an entrance flow rate and an exit flow rate. Since the temperature deviation among cells is set very small, the life of a battery pack may be elongated. Also, since a ratio of an exit area to an entrance area of a cooling channel may be quantitatively calculated according to an equation, it becomes very easy to design a battery pack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chae-Ho Chung, Ye-Hoon Im, Dal-Mo Kang, Jong-Moon Yoon
  • Publication number: 20150131407
    Abstract: Provided are an agitator and an agitating hook provided therein. The agitator includes a rotary shaft rotatably installed in a reactor, rotor blades installed at an outer circumference of the rotary shaft and rotated with the rotary shaft to agitate a material therein, and an agitating hook constituted by a pair of members spaced apart from each other at an inner wall of the reactor and through which the rotor blades pass. Here, a gap between the agitating hook is larger at an outlet port through which the rotor blade leaves than at an inlet port through which the rotor blade enters. Since a pressure is uniformly applied from the inlet port through which the rotor blade enters to the outlet port through which the rotor blade leaves, a torsional moment applied to the agitating hook is minimized. Therefore, it is possible to improve durability of the agitating hook and increase reliability of products.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Yeon Seok CHOO, Hyo Sook Cha, Ye Hoon Im, Byung Woo Choi, Jin Hyun Bae
  • Patent number: 9005805
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a plate-shaped secondary battery configured to have a structure in which an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure is mounted in a battery case in a sealed state by thermal welding, wherein a protuberance is formed at an outer edge sealed portion of an electrode assembly receiving part of the battery case such that the protuberance protrudes upward and downward from the sealed portion, and the protuberance extends along the outer edge of the electrode assembly receiving part continuously in a curved line or in a straight line in a state in which the protuberance is adjacent to the electrode assembly receiving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: WonChan Park, Min Su Kim, Ye Hoon Im, Seung Jae You, Woo Yong Lee
  • Publication number: 20150086866
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is an intake air flow control apparatus of an electrode drying oven for manufacturing secondary batteries configured to coat a current collector with an electrode slurry including a solvent and to dry the solvent, the intake air flow control apparatus of the electrode drying oven including at least one electrode drying oven having an intake air duct for supplying external air and an exhaust air duct for discharging a mixed gas containing air and the solvent, a sensor mounted in the exhaust air duct for measuring a concentration of the solvent in the exhaust gas, and a controller for adjusting a supply quantity of air and/or a discharge quantity of gas based on information regarding the concentration of the solvent in the exhaust gas received from the sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2013
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Won Chan Park, Byoung Yook Kang, Kyoung Ho Kim, Ye Hoon Im
  • Publication number: 20150053133
    Abstract: Provided is a slot die coater that applies electrode slurry to metal foil to produce an electrode, the slot die coater including a die part, which includes a body having an inner space receiving the electrode slurry, a supply hole disposed in the body to supply the electrode slurry to the inner space, and a discharge hole disposed in the body to discharge the electrode slurry from the inner space to the metal foil, and a member for the slot die coater, which is removably installed in the inner space to form a slope surface in the inner space, or a movable member for the slot die coater, which selectively forms the slope surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2014
    Publication date: February 26, 2015
    Inventors: Sung Hyun PARK, Chae Gyu LEE, Ye Hoon IM
  • Patent number: 8961001
    Abstract: Provided are an agitator and an agitating hook provided therein. The agitator includes a rotary shaft rotatably installed in a reactor, rotor blades installed at an outer circumference of the rotary shaft and rotated with the rotary shaft to agitate a material therein, and an agitating hook constituted by a pair of members spaced apart from each other at an inner wall of the reactor and through which the rotor blades pass. Here, a gap between the agitating hook is larger at an outlet port through which the rotor blade leaves than at an inlet port through which the rotor blade enters. Since a pressure is uniformly applied from the inlet port through which the rotor blade enters to the outlet port through which the rotor blade leaves, a torsional moment applied to the agitating hook is minimized. Therefore, it is possible to improve durability of the agitating hook and increase reliability of products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeon Seok Choo, Hyo Sook Cha, Ye Hoon Im, Byung Woo Choi, Jin Hyun Bae
  • Patent number: 8951655
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a middle or large-sized battery pack case in which a battery module having a plurality of stacked battery cells or unit modules (‘unit cells’), which can be charged and discharged, is mounted, wherein the battery pack case is provided at an upper part and a lower part thereof with a coolant inlet port and a coolant outlet port, respectively, which are directed in opposite directions such that a coolant to cool the unit cells can flow from one side to the other side of the battery module in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction of the unit cells, the battery pack case is further provided with a flow space (‘coolant introduction part’) extending from the coolant inlet port to the battery module and another flow space (‘coolant discharge part’) extending from the battery module to the coolant outlet port, an upper end inside of the coolant introduction part facing the top of the battery module is configured so that the distance between the upper end inside of the coolant intro
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Chae Ho Chung, Ye Hoon Im, Dal Mo Kang, Jongmoon Yoon
  • Patent number: 8951660
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module array, wherein a reinforcement member is coupled to side walls of end plates or sides of main members at an outer side of an outermost battery module of the battery module array to minimize deformation of the battery pack when the battery pack is vibrated in the front and rear direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Yeonseok Choo, Chae Ho Chung, Ye Hoon Im
  • Publication number: 20150023134
    Abstract: An agitating bar and an agitator including the same are provided. The agitating bar includes a barrier unit in addition to a rotating shaft, and an impeller unit. Therefore, the agitating bar can be useful in preventing the stream of a fluid which flows rapidly toward a fluid outlet port in a state in which the fluid is not mixed uniformly around the rotating shaft, thereby enhancing agitation efficiency and a degree of homogenization for the mixed fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Dae Hun KIM, Kyoung Hoon MIN, Ye Hoon IM
  • Publication number: 20140378293
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a float bath that may enhance spreadability of a poured glass melt when pouring the glass melt, an apparatus for manufacturing a float glass comprising the same, a method for manufacturing a float glass using the float bath, and a float glass produced by the method. The float bath according to the present disclosure receives a metal melt and allows a glass melt poured onto the metal melt to float and move from upstream to downstream, and includes a guiding unit provided at a part where the glass melt is poured, to come into contact with the side of the poured glass melt to guide a sidewise spreading path of the glass melt to expand sidewise spreading of the glass melt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 25, 2014
    Inventors: Kyoung-Hoon MIN, Ye-Hoon IM, Su-Chan PARK
  • Publication number: 20140370339
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a bus bar connected or fastened to a terminal part of a battery pack and fixedly mounted to a battery pack case, the bus bar including a power input part located at one end of the bus bar such that the power input part is connected or fastened to an output terminal part of the battery pack, a power output part located at the other end of the bus bar such that the power output part is connected or fastened to an input terminal part of the battery pack, a plate-shaped main body connected between the power input part and the power output part, the plate-shaped main body including a vapor chamber, and a fastening part formed at the power input part to fix the bus bar to the battery pack case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: December 18, 2014
    Inventors: Kyoung Ho Kim, Chae Ho Chung, Ye Hoon Im, Won Chan Park
  • Patent number: 8888560
    Abstract: Disclosed is a substrate polishing method capable of minimizing a difference of polishing amounts between a center portion and a rim portion of a large scale plate during a plate polishing process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Hoon Min, Ye-Hoon Im, Dae-Yeon Lee, Jae-Ik Song, Su-Chan Park