Patents by Inventor Yoon-Jun Lee

Yoon-Jun 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).

  • Patent number: 12196816
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for managing a vehicle battery that is chargeable/dischargeable and stores energy for driving a vehicle driving motor. The system for managing the vehicle battery as disclosed includes a controller that measures a polarization voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a vehicle battery after charging of the vehicle battery is terminated, and determines whether each of the plurality of battery cells is abnormal based on the measured polarization voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Gun Jin, Woo Sung Kim, Kyung In Min, Do Sung Hwang, Ki Seung Baek, Dong Il Kim, Yoon Jun Lee, Bo Ram Yang, Ki Chul Hong, Ik Kyu Kim, Sung Il Lee, Jae Shin Yi, Young Woo Lee, Soo Yang Jin, Suk Hyung Kim, Hyun Soo Park
  • Patent number: 12191700
    Abstract: A device and a method for managing batteries of a vehicle are disclosed. The device may include: batteries arranged in a vehicle, a plurality of temperature sensors mounted at different locations of the batteries, and a controller that, when a failure occurs at an arbitrary temperature sensor among the plurality of temperature sensors, estimates a temperature value at the failed temperature sensor using big data, and controls discharge of the batteries based on the estimated temperature value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 12158506
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for managing a vehicle battery that is chargeable/dischargeable and stores energy for driving a vehicle driving motor. The system for managing the vehicle battery as disclosed includes a controller that measures a polarization voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a vehicle battery after charging of the vehicle battery is terminated, and determines whether each of the plurality of battery cells is abnormal based on the measured polarization voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dae Gun Jin, Woo Sung Kim, Kyung In Min, Do Sung Hwang, Ki Seung Baek, Dong Il Kim, Yoon Jun Lee, Bo Ram Yang, Ki Chul Hong, Ik Kyu Kim, Sung Il Lee, Jae Shin Yi, Young Woo Lee, Soo Yang Jin, Suk Hyung Kim, Hyun Soo Park
  • Publication number: 20240123828
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting overheating of a battery module includes a battery pack including a first battery module and a second battery module, a first temperature fuse arranged on the first battery module and having a first resistance value, a second temperature fuse arranged on the second battery module and having a second resistance value, and a controller that detects an overheated battery module based on a total resistance value of the first and second temperature fuses, which are connected in parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Yoon Jun Lee, Jong Hu Yoon
  • Publication number: 20240039323
    Abstract: A device and a method for managing batteries of a vehicle are disclosed. The device may include: batteries arranged in a vehicle, a plurality of temperature sensors mounted at different locations of the batteries, and a controller that, when a failure occurs at an arbitrary temperature sensor among the plurality of temperature sensors, estimates a temperature value at the failed temperature sensor using big data, and controls discharge of the batteries based on the estimated temperature value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2023
    Publication date: February 1, 2024
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11884163
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting overheating of a battery module includes a battery pack including a first battery module and a second battery module, a first temperature fuse arranged on the first battery module and having a first resistance value, a second temperature fuse arranged on the second battery module and having a second resistance value, and a controller that detects an overheated battery module based on a total resistance value of the first and second temperature fuses, which are connected in parallel to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yoon Jun Lee, Jong Hu Yoon
  • Patent number: 11811256
    Abstract: A device and a method for managing batteries of a vehicle are disclosed. The device may include: batteries arranged in a vehicle, a plurality of temperature sensors mounted at different locations of the batteries, and a controller that, when a failure occurs at an arbitrary temperature sensor among the plurality of temperature sensors, estimates a temperature value at the failed temperature sensor using big data, and controls discharge of the batteries based on the estimated temperature value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 11340304
    Abstract: A method for charging a battery may include: obtaining a state of health of the battery and a magnitude of an initial charging current preset for the battery; converting the magnitude of the initial charging current on the basis of the state of health of the battery, thereby generating a charging current command; and providing the charging current command to a charger, and supplying a charging current corresponding to the charging current command to the battery by the charger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignees: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Yoon Jun Lee, Byung Jo Jeong, Jae Hoon Choi
  • Publication number: 20220144128
    Abstract: A system for managing a vehicle battery that is chargeable/dischargeable and stores energy for driving a vehicle driving motor is disclosed. The system for managing a vehicle battery as disclosed includes a controller that receives a voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a vehicle battery, a temperature of the vehicle battery, and an insulation resistance of the vehicle battery, determines a reference value based on a deviation between voltages of the plurality of battery cells and the temperature of the vehicle battery, and determines whether the vehicle battery is abnormal by comparing the determined reference value with the insulation resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Jin PARK, Woo Sung KIM, Kyung In MIN, Do Sung HWANG, Ki Seung BAEK, Dong Il KIM, Dae Gun JIN, Yoon Jun LEE, Bo Ram YANG, Ki Chul HONG, Ik Kyu KIM, Sung Il LEE, Jae Shin YI, Young Woo LEE, Soo Yang JIN, Suk Hyung KIM, Hyun Soo PARK
  • Publication number: 20220144131
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a battery diagnosis system and method, and disclosed is a battery diagnosis system including a receiving unit that receives information on a high voltage battery and charge state information of the high voltage battery of a vehicle being charged; a control unit that controls a current of the high voltage battery; a measurement unit that measures a voltage change amount of the high voltage battery in which the current is controlled; and a determination unit that determines the battery having the voltage change amount of an abnormal battery among the voltage change amounts of the battery measured in the measurement unit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Jae Shin YI, Woo Sung KIM, Kyung In MIN, Do Sung HWANG, Ki Seung BAEK, Dong Il KIM, Dae Gun JIN, Yoon Jun LEE, Bo Ram YANG, Ki Chul HONG, Ik Kyu KIM, Sung Il LEE, Young Woo LEE, Soo Yang JIN, Suk Hyung KIM, Hyun Soo PARK
  • Publication number: 20220144097
    Abstract: A system for managing a vehicle battery that is chargeable/dischargeable and stores energy for driving a vehicle driving motor is disclosed. The system for managing a vehicle battery as disclosed includes a controller that measures a voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a vehicle battery when a voltage applied to the vehicle battery is constant, and determines whether the plurality of battery cells is abnormal based on a deviation between the measured voltages of the plurality of battery cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Sung Il LEE, Woo Sung KIM, Kyung In MIN, Do Sung HWANG, Ki Seung BAEK, Dong Il KIM, Dae Gun JIN, Yoon Jun LEE, Bo Ram YANG, Ki Chul HONG, Ik Kyu KIM, Jae Shin Yi, Young Woo LEE, Soo Yang JIN, Hyun Jin PARK, Suk Hyung KIM, Hyun Soo PARK
  • Publication number: 20220144132
    Abstract: Disclosed is a system for managing a vehicle battery that is chargeable/dischargeable and stores energy for driving a vehicle driving motor. The system for managing the vehicle battery as disclosed includes a controller that measures a polarization voltage of each of a plurality of battery cells in a vehicle battery after charging of the vehicle battery is terminated, and determines whether each of the plurality of battery cells is abnormal based on the measured polarization voltage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2021
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Corporation
    Inventors: Dae Gun JIN, Woo Sung KIM, Kyung In MIN, Do Sung HWANG, Ki Seung BAEK, Dong Il KIM, Yoon Jun LEE, Bo Ram YANG, Ki Chul HONG, Ik Kyu KIM, Sung Il LEE, Jae Shin YI, Young Woo LEE, Soo Yang JIN, Suk Hyung KIM, Hyun Soo PARK
  • Publication number: 20210408819
    Abstract: A device and a method for managing batteries of a vehicle are disclosed. The device may include: batteries arranged in a vehicle, a plurality of temperature sensors mounted at different locations of the batteries, and a controller that, when a failure occurs at an arbitrary temperature sensor among the plurality of temperature sensors, estimates a temperature value at the failed temperature sensor using big data, and controls discharge of the batteries based on the estimated temperature value.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Applicants: HYUNDAI MOTOR COMPANY, KIA MOTORS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoon Jun LEE
  • Publication number: 20210354564
    Abstract: An apparatus for detecting overheating of a battery module includes a battery pack including a first battery module and a second battery module, a first temperature fuse arranged on the first battery module and having a first resistance value, a second temperature fuse arranged on the second battery module and having a second resistance value, and a controller that detects an overheated battery module based on a total resistance value of the first and second temperature fuses, which are connected in parallel to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Yoon Jun Lee, Jong Hu Yoon
  • Publication number: 20200182942
    Abstract: A method for charging a battery may include: obtaining a state of health of the battery and a magnitude of an initial charging current preset for the battery; converting the magnitude of the initial charging current on the basis of the state of health of the battery, thereby generating a charging current command; and providing the charging current command to a charger, and supplying a charging current corresponding to the charging current command to the battery by the charger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2019
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Yoon Jun Lee, Byung Jo Jeong, Jae Hoon Choi
  • Patent number: 10673105
    Abstract: A system for managing the temperature of a battery, may include a battery configured to store electrical energy; a temperature-increase heater configured to convert the electrical energy stored in the battery into thermal energy to increase the temperature of the battery; a temperature-increase heater relay configured to connect or disconnect an electrical energy path provided from the battery to the temperature-increase heater; a thermal fuse configured to disconnect the electrical energy path when the temperature of the battery is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference temperature; and a controller configured to induce disconnection of the thermal fuse by increasing the temperature of the battery to the reference temperature or higher using the thermal energy converted by the temperature-increase heater, when the temperature-increase heater relay is fused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Park, Dong Il Kim, Hee Sung Moon, Bo Ram Yang, Hui Tae Yang, Gun Goo Lee, Yoon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 10491019
    Abstract: A battery management system (BMS) may include a battery, a relay configured to electrically connect and disconnect the battery for supplying a voltage (an electric power) to an electric load to and from the electric load, the electric load configured to receive the voltage (the electric power) from the battery, to compare the received voltage (the electric power) with a reference value and to output a wakeup signal according to the compared result, when the relay is electrically connected, and a controller configured to wake up by the wakeup signal, to monitor a state of the battery and to control a state of the relay. It is possible to prevent overdischarge and overcharge of the battery by monitoring the battery through the electric load in a state in which a vehicle is turned off and switching the BSM to a wakeup state only if necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Hyo Sik Moon, Jun Ho Bang, Woo Sung Kim, Kyung In Min, Jae Hoon Choi, Jin Wook Kim, Dong II Kim, Ji Won Nam, Yong Hwan Choi, Yoon Jun Lee, Jeong Hun Seo, Hui Tae Yang, Jun Seok Choi, Yu Seok Kim, Jung Je Woo, Byung Su Kim, Yong Jae Kim, Kyung Ho Kim, Suk Hyung Kim, Hae Kyu Lim
  • Patent number: 10471839
    Abstract: A method and system for detecting fusion of a relay are provided to more accurately diagnose fusion of a relay by adjusting relay OFF order when a vehicle engine is turned off using data regarding whether fusion of a relay was detected when the vehicle engine was turned on. The method includes detecting whether first and second relays have been fused when a vehicle engine was turned on and adjusting OFF order of the first and second relays when the vehicle engine is turned off based on whether the first and second relays have been fused.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2019
    Assignee: Hyundai Motor Company
    Inventors: Kyung Ho Kim, Kyung In Min, Jae Hoon Choi, Dong Gun Kim, Do Kyoung Lim, Jin Wook Kim, Jun Ho Bang, Yoon Jun Lee, Hee Tae Yang, Yu Seok Kim, Hyo Sik Moon, Kyun Young Ahn, Suk Hyung Kim, Dong Il Kim
  • Publication number: 20190190095
    Abstract: A system for managing the temperature of a battery, may include a battery configured to store electrical energy; a temperature-increase heater configured to convert the electrical energy stored in the battery into thermal energy to increase the temperature of the battery; a temperature-increase heater relay configured to connect or disconnect an electrical energy path provided from the battery to the temperature-increase heater; a thermal fuse configured to disconnect the electrical energy path when the temperature of the battery is equal to or higher than a predetermined reference temperature; and a controller configured to induce disconnection of the thermal fuse by increasing the temperature of the battery to the reference temperature or higher using the thermal energy converted by the temperature-increase heater, when the temperature-increase heater relay is fused.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicants: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Hyun Soo Park, Dong II Kim, Hee Sung Moon, Bo Ram Yang, Hui Tae Yang, Gun Goo Lee, Yoon Jun Lee
  • Patent number: 9991724
    Abstract: A battery management system for a vehicle is provided to prevent current consumption of a battery by operating a relay connected between the battery and electronic loads to prevent an over-discharge of the battery. The battery management system includes a sensing unit that is configured to measure a current and a voltage of a battery for a vehicle and a relay that is connected between the battery for the vehicle and electronic units of the vehicle. Additionally, a controller is configured to receive data from the sensing unit to turn off the relay.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2018
    Assignees: Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation
    Inventors: Yu Seok Kim, Jin Ho Park, Kyung In Min, Jae Hoon Choi, Dong Gun Kim, Do Kyoung Lim, Jun Ho Bang, Dong Il Kim, Yoon Jun Lee, Hee Tae Yang, Kyun Young Ahn, Kyung Ho Kim, Suk Hyung Kim, Jin Wook Kim