Patents by Inventor Yoo Chae Chung

Yoo Chae Chung 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: 9831689
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for more efficiently performing a balancing operation for a plurality of battery cells of which charges are not equal, in a battery cell balancing circuit using an LC series resonant circuit. The method may include calculating balancing charge for all battery cells of which the charges are not equal, selecting the strongest battery cell storing the highest charge and the weakest battery cell corresponding to the strongest battery cell, among the entire battery cells, and performing a series of balancing operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Bong Koo Kang, Kyung Min Lee, Yoo Chae Chung, Chang Hyeon Sung
  • Patent number: 9793725
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a technology capable of improving the use time of a battery cell by generally or individually controlling charge or discharge with respect to a multi-battery cell by using LC serial resonance in a module with a multi-battery cell structure. To this end, the present invention includes a battery module including a plurality of serially connected battery cells, a serial resonant circuit including serially connected inductor and capacitor and performing a serial resonant function, and first to third switch units that set an electric energy collection path and an electric energy supply path between the battery module and the serial resonant circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Chang Hyeon Sung, Kyung Min Lee, Yoo Chae Chung, Bong Koo Kang
  • Publication number: 20160276847
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for more efficiently performing a balancing operation for a plurality of battery cells of which charges are not equal, in a battery cell balancing circuit using an LC series resonant circuit. The method may include calculating balancing charge for all battery cells of which the charges are not equal, selecting the strongest battery cell storing the highest charge and the weakest battery cell corresponding to the strongest battery cell, among the entire battery cells, and performing a series of balancing operations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Applicant: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Bong Koo KANG, Kyung Min LEE, Yoo Chae CHUNG, Chang Hyeon SUNG
  • Patent number: 9203246
    Abstract: Provided is a battery cell balancing circuit including: a battery cell module including a plurality of battery cells connected in series; a series resonant circuit including an inductor unit and a capacitor unit which are connected in series so as to store electric energy recovered from a corresponding battery cell of the battery cell module and supply the stored electric energy to a corresponding battery cell of the battery cell module; and a switch unit configured to provide an electric energy recovery path for storing the electric energy recovered from the corresponding battery cell of the battery cell module into the capacitor unit of the series resonant circuit and provide an electric energy supply path for supplying the stored electric energy to the corresponding battery cell of the battery cell module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Bong Koo Kang, Chang Hyeon Sung, Hyung Jin Choe, Ho Young Yoon, Min Gi Cho, Yoo Chae Chung, Kyung Min Lee
  • Publication number: 20150340886
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a technology capable of improving the use time of a battery cell by generally or individually controlling charge or discharge with respect to a multi-battery cell by using LC serial resonance in a module with a multi-battery cell structure. To this end, the present invention includes a battery module including a plurality of serially connected battery cells, a serial resonant circuit including serially connected inductor and capacitor and performing a serial resonant function, and first to third switch units that set an electric energy collection path and an electric energy supply path between the battery module and the serial resonant circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2013
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Applicant: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Chang Hyeon SUNG, Kyung Min LEE, Yoo Chae CHUNG, Bong Koo KANG
  • Publication number: 20140340022
    Abstract: Provided is a battery cell balancing circuit including: a battery cell module including a plurality of battery cells connected in series; a series resonant circuit including an inductor unit and a capacitor unit which are connected in series so as to store electric energy recovered from a corresponding battery cell of the battery cell module and supply the stored electric energy to a corresponding battery cell of the battery cell module; and a switch unit configured to provide an electric energy recovery path for storing the electric energy recovered from the corresponding battery cell of the battery cell module into the capacitor unit of the series resonant circuit and provide an electric energy supply path for supplying the stored electric energy to the corresponding battery cell of the battery cell module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: POSTECH ACADEMY-INDUSTRY FOUNDATION
    Inventors: Bong Koo Kang, Chang Hyeon Sung, Hyung Jin Choe, Ho Young Yoon, Min Gi Cho, Yoo Chae Chung, Kyung Min Lee