Lg Chem, Ltd

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology

Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Seong-Tae Kim

Jun-Yeob Seong

Yang-Kyu Choi

Sang-Yoon Jeong

Jae-Hong Ko

Hyuk An

Kyung-hun Kim

Su-han Choi

Gyo-Eun Lee

Dal-Mo Kang

Jin-Kyu Lee

Young-Ho Lee

Jung-Hoon Yang

Seung-Don Choi

Jun-Kyu Park

Won-Kyoung Park

Tae-Hyuck Kim

Tae-Hwan Roh

Eui-Hoon Myung

Jun-Seok Choi

Woo-sup Han

Dong-Yeon Kim

Min-Chul Jang

Do-kwan Oh

Yong-man Ro

Min-cheol Park

Byeong-won Lee

Choong-hwan Choi

Bo-Sung Kim

Seong-ho Chang

In-Cheol Shin

Hyeong-kyu Lee

Tae-hyeok An

Su-Han Choi

A cartridge including a body having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, the first surface being configured to seat at least a portion of a first battery cell, and a first supporting pattern disposed in a first area along an edge of the first surface of the body and corresponding to a gas pocket of the first battery cell is provided. A battery module having a plurality of such cartridges is also provided.

Cartridge and battery module comprising same

A cell cartridge having a first pouch cell having a first fixing portion extending from a sealing portion thereof, a second pouch cell having a second fixing portion extending from a sealing portion thereof, and a cartridge configured to accommodate a cell stack formed by stacking the first pouch cell and the second pouch cell is provided. The first fixing portion is bent toward the second pouch cell to restrict movement of the second pouch cell. The second fixing portion is bent toward the first pouch cell to restrict movement of the first pouch cell.

Cell cartridge and battery module including the same

Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes: a battery module having at least one battery cell; a pack case having a case body for accommodating the battery module and a case cover configured to be welded to the case body to package the battery module; and at least one weld quality indicator provided on the case body of the pack case to inspect accuracy of welding.

Battery pack and automobile comprising same

Disclosed are a clamping device and a battery module comprising the same, the clamping device being suitable for reducing the number of screw coupling portions of long bolts at a lower plate, a battery stack, and an upper plate, and for securing, in a balanced manner, the battery stack, the lower plate and the upper plate by means of the long bolts. The clamping device according to the present invention comprises: a support; and pressing parts respectively protruded from one end and the other end of the support, wherein the support and the pressing parts define a bent part along the central portion of the outer circumference while forming a band shape, and the pressing parts include locking holes which intersect with the bent portion.

Clamping device, and battery module comprising same

An integrated cartridge, comprising: a main frame composed of a front plate having a plurality of lead passing holes provided in a slit form so that electrode leads of a plurality of layered battery cells pass therethrough, and first and second side plates extending at both edges of the front plate in parallel to each other and having a plurality of cell insert slots provided at inner sides thereof, which face each other, so that the plurality of battery cells are capable of being inserted from a free end to the front plate; a cover plate coupled to the first and second side plates to cover the plurality of battery cells arranged in a layered form between the first and second side plates; and a sensing unit mounted to the front plate and electrically connected to the electrode leads to sense electric characteristics of the plurality of battery cells.

Integrated cartridge and battery pack comprising same

The present disclosure discloses a battery pack suitable for preventing simultaneous separation of both ends of a handle unit from an upper case during transportation of a lower case and the upper case that are laminated sequentially. The battery pack according to the present disclosure includes the lower case and the upper case stacked sequentially to encase a battery module, wherein the upper case includes a housing and a handle unit relatively rotated with respect to the housing to be seated on the housing, and the handle unit has shaft hooks that are penetrated by the rotation supporting shafts of the housing and that are each rotary-coupled to each of the rotation supporting shafts in different angles.

Battery pack

Provided is a battery module including: a battery cell assembly including a plurality of battery cells stacked with one another; end plates configured to cover front and rear portions of the battery cell assembly and to be coupled to the battery cell assembly at a side of each of the end plates; and a fixing holder configured to be mounted to a battery cell assembly at an opposite side of each of the end plates in order to at least partially cover the battery cell assembly, and to protrude from front and rear portions of the end plates.

Battery module, battery pack including battery module, and automobile including battery pack

Provided is a bus bar structure which may be suitable for reducing an occupied area of a printed circuit board (PCB) by removing a fuse from the PCB in an interconnect board (ICB) assembly of a battery pack. According to the present disclosure, the bus bar structure may include: bus bars which face each other and are arranged below the PCB in the ICB assembly of the battery pack; and a fuse case between the bus bars, wherein the fuse case includes a fuse wire therein and is configured to bring the fuse wire into contact with the bus bars via at least one end thereof.

Bus bar structure with fuse case between bus bars

The present disclosure discloses a pack case suitable for preventing vibration or deviation of a battery module on a case during an assembly operation, and a battery pack including the same. The pack case according to the present disclosure includes an align unit and a bus bar disposed at an edge on an inner circumferential surface, and a main case having a connection terminal contacting the bus bar on an outer circumferential surface, and the align unit and the bus bar contact a battery module at a periphery of the battery module seated on the inner circumferential surface of the main case.

Pack case and battery pack comprising same

The present disclosure discloses a battery pack that realizes miniaturization and weight reduction by minimizing the number of components of the structure, and that is suitable for pursuing dispersion of external force and structural rigidity using the shape of the structure. The battery pack according to the present disclosure is characterized to include a lower case including both inclined side walls and fixating members facing each other at the both side walls, a battery cartridge disposed between the fixating members in the lower case, and an upper case covering the lower case and the battery cartridge, wherein the battery cartridge contacts the both side walls and the fixating members in the lower case.

A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cell cartridge assembly including at least one battery cell and a plurality of stacking cartridges configured to respectively accommodate the at least one battery cell and arranged in layers in a height direction; and a sensing assembly mounted on at least one side of the cell cartridge assembly and configured to sense electrical characteristics of the at least one battery cell. Each of the stacking cartridges includes a bolt-assembling finger protruding from at least one corner area beyond other corner areas, and the bolt-assembling finger includes an assembly guide unit provided in a slot form. The sensing assembly includes a sensing assembly body provided in the form of a plate-shaped structure and having a plurality of sensing members mounted thereon, and an assembling plate integrally formed with the sensing assembly body and capable of being inserted into the assembly guide unit of the bolt-assembling finger.

Battery module having improved fastening structure

A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules, each having at least one unit cell, a case for accommodating the unit cell and a bus bar electrically connected to the unit cell, and a connecting bar for connecting battery modules adjacent to each other among the plurality of battery modules, wherein at least one of the connecting bars includes a first metal plate, a second metal plate spaced apart from the first metal plate, and a metal bridge configured to connect the first metal plate and the second metal plate and having a lower melting point than the metal plate. In this configuration, if an overcurrent flows at the battery pack, the connecting bar is easily broken, thereby ensuring safety of the battery pack in use.

Battery pack and connecting bar applied thereto

Disclosed is a battery module capable of ensuring safety in use by breaking a bus bar when an overcurrent flows at the battery module. The battery module includes at least one unit cell, a case for accommodating the unit cell, and a bus bar electrically connected to the unit cell, wherein the bus bar includes a first metal plate, a second metal plate spaced apart from the first metal plate, and a metal bridge configured to connect the first metal plate and the second metal plate and having a lower melting point than the metal plate.

Battery module and bus bar applied to battery module

A method of and apparatus for changing lesion classification data, the method including determining whether at least one mass is included in an image of an object, determining whether the at least one mass corresponds to a lesion by using first data including at least one first information, selecting a false negative (FN) mass which has been determined as not corresponding to the lesion among the at least one mass, based on a first input, and changing the first data to second data by using second information of the selected FN mass.

Lesion classification apparatus, and method of modifying lesion classification data

A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device including a combined stack-trench type capacitor is disclosed. The method comprises the steps of: forming a conductive layer serving as a first electrode of the capacitor both on the inside region of a trench and on a transistor and forming a planarizing layer on the conductive layer; forming a photoresist pattern on the planarizing layer; etching the planarizing layer and the conductive layer; and removing the planarizing layer. The sandwiched planarizing layer between the second conductive layer and the photoresist pattern prevents the exposing of the first electrode pattern during the photoetching, so that uncontaminated uniform dielectric film can be obtained.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Seong-Tae Kim