Patents by Inventor Yee Gahng SONG

Yee Gahng SONG 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: 11988718
    Abstract: A battery diagnosing apparatus includes: a characteristic value extracting unit for extracting a plurality of characteristic values for each of a plurality of batteries; a dimension reducing unit for reducing a dimension of a characteristic value profile representing a distribution of the plurality of batteries using a predetermined algorithm based on the plurality of characteristic values extracted by the characteristic value extracting unit; and a state diagnosing unit for detecting an outlier in the characteristic value profile whose dimension is reduced by the dimension reducing unit, and diagnosing a state of each of the plurality of batteries based on the detected outlier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventor: Yee-Gahng Song
  • Publication number: 20230253642
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting swelling of a battery cell using a temperature sensor pre-mounted on a battery module without a separate additional device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Yee Gahng SONG, Seung Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20230213589
    Abstract: A battery management apparatus includes a battery information obtaining unit for obtaining a plurality of battery information for a plurality of battery cells; and a control unit for calculating a whisker for the plurality of battery information based on a criterion distribution profile for a population of the plurality of battery cells, generating a box plot for the plurality of battery cells based on the plurality of battery information and the calculated whisker, and determining a state of each of the plurality of battery cells according to whether each of the plurality of battery information is included in a threshold region corresponding to the generated box plot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventor: Yee-Gahng SONG
  • Publication number: 20230176140
    Abstract: An apparatus for diagnosing a state of a battery according to an embodiment of the present disclosure can include a measuring unit for measuring a voltage of each of a plurality of batteries; a profile generating unit for receiving voltage information for the voltage of each of the plurality of batteries measured by the measuring unit, and generating a distribution degree profile for the voltage of each of the plurality of batteries based on the received voltage information; and a control unit for setting a reference voltage for the distribution degree profile based on a criterion profile preset for the plurality of batteries, and diagnosing a state of each of the plurality of batteries by comparing the measured voltage of each of the plurality of batteries with the set reference voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2021
    Publication date: June 8, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventor: Yee-Gahng SONG
  • Publication number: 20230089122
    Abstract: A BMS managing apparatus including a master BMS and a plurality of slave BMSs, and includes: a master BMS for sending an NV (non-volatile) value confirmation request to the plurality of slave BMSs, and sending a uniformization request to the plurality of slave BMSs based on whether a source ID is set, when a response to the NV value confirmation request is received from the plurality of slave BMSs; and a plurality of slave BMSs for sending each NV value to the master BMS when the NV value confirmation request is received from the master BMS, setting a representative BMS and a target BMS based on the plurality of NV values, setting the representative BMS or a slave BMS corresponding to the source ID as a source BMS according to the uniformization request received from the master BMS, and updating an NV value of the target BMS according to an NV value of the source BMS.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: March 23, 2023
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventor: Yee-Gahng SONG
  • Patent number: 11611114
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting swelling of a battery cell using a temperature sensor pre-mounted on a battery module without a separate additional device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Yee Gahng Song, Seung Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20220413057
    Abstract: A battery diagnosing apparatus includes: a characteristic value extracting unit for extracting a plurality of characteristic values for each of a plurality of batteries; a dimension reducing unit for reducing a dimension of a characteristic value profile representing a distribution of the plurality of batteries using a predetermined algorithm based on the plurality of characteristic values extracted by the characteristic value extracting unit; and a state diagnosing unit for detecting an outlier in the characteristic value profile whose dimension is reduced by the dimension reducing unit, and diagnosing a state of each of the plurality of batteries based on the detected outlier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventor: Yee-Gahng SONG
  • Patent number: 11509004
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module that has a filling portion transformed into a structure in which a battery cell is supported such that swelling pressure generated when swelling occurs is offset without an additional control, or a structure in which the battery cell is efficiently cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Keun Kwon, Yee Gahng Song
  • Publication number: 20200343600
    Abstract: A system and method for detecting swelling of a battery cell using a temperature sensor pre-mounted on a battery module without a separate additional device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2019
    Publication date: October 29, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Yee Gahng SONG, Seung Min LEE
  • Publication number: 20200328486
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module that has a filling portion transformed into a structure in which a battery cell is supported such that swelling pressure generated when swelling occurs is offset without an additional control, or a structure in which the battery cell is efficiently cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2019
    Publication date: October 15, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Dong Keun KWON, Yee Gahng SONG