Patents by Inventor Yeon-Man Jeong

Yeon-Man Jeong 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: 20250183401
    Abstract: An embodiment battery housing includes a base plate disposed on a lower side of a battery module and configured to support the battery module and a support member supported by the base plate to define an accommodation space for accommodating the battery module and defining a cooling water channel in which cooling water configured to cool the battery module flows in an interior thereof, wherein the cooling water channel includes a first cooling water channel communicated with an introduction hole through which the cooling water flows into the support member and a second cooling water channel communicated with a discharge hole through which the cooling water flowing in the first cooling water channel is discharged from the support member after circulating, wherein the second cooling water channel is disposed on an upper side of the first cooling water channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2024
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventor: Yeon Man Jeong
  • Patent number: 12176558
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: In Gook Son, Yun Ho Kim, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
  • Patent number: 12170384
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yun Ho Kim, In Gook Son, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
  • Patent number: 12009536
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Yun Ho Kim, In Gook Son, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong
  • Publication number: 20240123814
    Abstract: A control valve includes a valve housing, a first inlet port and a second inlet port that are formed on the valve housing and through which a coolant is drawn, a first outlet port and a second outlet port that are formed on the valve housing and through which the coolant is discharged, and a ball valve rotatably disposed within the valve housing, and configured to fluidically communicate the first inlet port and the first outlet port and fluidically communicate the second inlet port and the second outlet port, or fluidically communicate the first inlet port and the second outlet port and fluidically communicate the second inlet port and the first outlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yeon Man Jeong, Kyung-Hwan Kim
  • Publication number: 20240030560
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2023
    Publication date: January 25, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yun Ho Kim, In Gook Son, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
  • Publication number: 20240006698
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2023
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: In Gook Son, Yun Ho Kim, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
  • Patent number: 11817602
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Ho Kim, In Gook Son, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
  • Patent number: 11799160
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: In Gook Son, Yun Ho Kim, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
  • Publication number: 20230182524
    Abstract: Provided is a battery cooling system of a vehicle, the battery cooling system including: a battery, a battery chiller connected to the battery, a first pump mounted such that a refrigerant cooled at the battery chiller is circulated to the battery, a radiator mounted such that the radiator is connected to or disconnected from the battery, a second pump mounted such that the refrigerant cooled at the radiator is circulated to the battery, and a switching valve provided to switch a state in which a refrigerant inlet and a refrigerant outlet of the battery are respectively connected to a refrigerant outlet and a refrigerant inlet of the radiator, and a state in which the battery is disconnected from the radiator and only the refrigerant cooled at the battery chiller is circulated to the battery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Seung Woo Yang, Yeon Man Jeong
  • Patent number: 11331979
    Abstract: A cooling system for an eco-friendly vehicle is provided. The system includes an electronic component cooling device that cools an electronic component of an eco-friendly vehicle and a battery cooling device that cools a battery installed within the eco-friendly vehicle. A connector connects the electronic component cooling device and the battery cooling device with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Yeon Man Jeong
  • Publication number: 20220123400
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hyuck KIM, Yun Ho KIM, In Gook SON, Jong Wook LEE, Yeon Man JEONG
  • Publication number: 20220102798
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: In Gook SON, Yun Ho KIM, Jong Wook LEE, Yeon Man JEONG, Tae Hyuck KIM
  • Publication number: 20220094022
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: March 24, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Yun Ho KIM, In Gook Son, Jong Wook Lee, Yeon Man Jeong, Tae Hyuck Kim
  • Publication number: 20220085447
    Abstract: A battery module and a battery pack including the same are disclosed. The battery module includes a plurality of battery cells, which are stacked in a first direction, and a pair of end plates, which are in contact with two ends of the stacked structure, in which the plurality of battery cells are stacked, in the first direction, wherein at least one end plate is spaced apart from the stacked structure by a predetermined distance to define a fitting space into which a temperature sensor is fitted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: March 17, 2022
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Wook LEE, Yun Ho KIM, In Gook SON, Yeon Man JEONG, Tae Hyuck KIM
  • Patent number: 11247528
    Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system for significantly improving thermal management performance includes a first group including a battery, a second group including one or more power electronics (PE) components, a plurality of cooling lines in thermal communication with an air-cooled radiator, and a six-way valve. The six-way valve includes a housing having a plurality of inlets and a plurality of outlets, a valve member mounted to be rotatable in the housing, and an actuator driving the valve member. The housing has a plurality of passages allowing the plurality of inlets to selectively communicate with the plurality of outlets by rotation of the valve member. In addition, the plurality of passages include a plurality of inner passages formed in an interior space of the housing, and a plurality of outer passages formed in an exterior space of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Wan Han, Joo Yeon Kim, Yeon Man Jeong
  • Patent number: 10818986
    Abstract: A battery-cooling device for a vehicle is provided. The device includes a plurality of frames provided with battery cells mounted thereto and having apertures provided in opposite side surfaces of lower ends of the frames. A pipe is inserted through the apertures. A coolant inlet is mounted on a first side surface of a lower end of each of the plurality of frames and communicates with a first end of the pipe. A coolant is introduced into the coolant inlet. Additionally, a coolant outlet is mounted on a second side surface of the lower end of each of the plurality of frames and communicates with a second end of the pipe. The coolant is then discharged from the coolant outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Tae Hyuck Kim, Hae Kyu Lim, Yong Hwan Choi, Yong Jae Kim, Yeon Man Jeong, Yong Jin Lee
  • Publication number: 20200274214
    Abstract: A cooling system of an electric vehicle includes: an integral valve with one or more coolant inlets and two or more coolant outlets, and which selectively discharges coolant through one of the coolant outlets; coolant paths that are connected with each other such that the coolant discharged through one of the coolant outlets is introduced back into the integral valve through the one or more coolant inlets after being supplied to a portion where coolant circulation is required; and a temperature controller that selectively controls a temperature of the coolant. The integral valve, at least a portion of the plurality of coolant paths, and the temperature controller may form one valve module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventors: Kyeongho Kim, Danghee Park, Jiwoong Jung, Yeon Man Jeong, Seungyeon Han
  • Publication number: 20200180393
    Abstract: A cooling system for an eco-friendly vehicle is provided. The system includes an electronic component cooling device that cools an electronic component of an eco-friendly vehicle and a battery cooling device that cools a battery installed within the eco-friendly vehicle. A connector connects the electronic component cooling device and the battery cooling device with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventor: Yeon Man Jeong
  • Publication number: 20200171914
    Abstract: A vehicle thermal management system for significantly improving thermal management performance includes a first group including a battery, a second group including one or more power electronics (PE) components, a plurality of cooling lines in thermal communication with an air-cooled radiator, and a six-way valve. The six-way valve includes a housing having a plurality of inlets and a plurality of outlets, a valve member mounted to be rotatable in the housing, and an actuator driving the valve member. The housing has a plurality of passages allowing the plurality of inlets to selectively communicate with the plurality of outlets by rotation of the valve member. In addition, the plurality of passages include a plurality of inner passages formed in an interior space of the housing, and a plurality of outer passages formed in an exterior space of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jong Wan Han, Joo Yeon Kim, Yeon Man Jeong