Hyundai Motor Company

Kia Motors Corporation

Kia Corporation

Yoon Cheol Jeon

Hae Kyu Lim

Yong Jin Lee

Hyun Ki Cho

Jun Seok Choi

Min Wook Kim

Jeong Hun Seo

Dal Kim

Woo Suk Jung

Gwi Taek Kim

Beom Joo Kwon

Jin Soo Jang

Suk Hyung Kim

Jeong Hwa Seo

Yeon Man Jeong

Jae Hoon Choi

Jin Ho Park

Dong Gun Kim

Yong Hwan Choi

Jong Pil Kim

Kyung In Min

Yu Seok Kim

Hee Kwang Lee

Hyun Seok Hong

Hyun Woo Jun

Jun Ho Bang

Ji Han Lee

Eun Kyung Kim

Jin Han Ahn

A battery support body may include a bracket extending in a front-rear direction and a shock absorber, which may extend in the front-rear direction and may be coupled to the bracket in a direction crossing the front-rear direction. At least a portion of the shock absorber may be provided in the form of foam.

Battery support body and aircraft including same

The present disclosure relates to a battery pack diagnosis control apparatus, a battery system including the same, and a method thereof. An exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure provides a battery system including: at least one battery pack; a flight control apparatus configured to transmit at least one of a battery discharge mode command or a motor discharge command; a battery control apparatus configured to transmit a relay control command for a relay based on receiving the battery discharge mode command, and transmit a diagnosis command based on receiving the motor discharge command; and at least one battery pack control apparatus configured to control the relay based on receiving the relay control command, and diagnose a failure of the at least one battery pack by measuring a current of the at least one battery pack based on receiving the diagnosis command.

Apparatus for controlling diagnostic of a battery pack, battery system having the same and method thereof

A power supply system of an aircraft includes a fuel cell that generates electrical energy, a converter device including a mode switch device that supplies power to a first motor device through a first output terminal and switches a connection between an output node of the fuel cell and the first output terminal, a first battery device that supplies a voltage from a first battery to a second motor device through a second output terminal and connects the second output terminal with the first output terminal under control of the mode switch device, and a processor that controls the mode switch device to enter an emergency mode when detecting an error in the converter device or the first battery device and connects the first output terminal with the second output terminal.

Power supply system of aircraft and control method thereof

Provided is a method in an electricity-driven apparatus to be driven by receiving power through a plurality of battery packs in a parallel type. The method includes detecting a state of charge (SOC) of each of the plurality of battery packs, calculating a voltage difference between the plurality of battery packs based on the detected SOC, and performing battery pack balancing based on the calculated voltage difference exceeding a threshold value. The battery pack balancing is performed by a pre-charging circuit including a balancing relay.

Method for balancing parallel battery packs using pre-charging circuit and apparatus and system for the same

An auxiliary propulsion apparatus of an air vehicle may include an engine mounted in a fuselage of the air vehicle, a generator configured to be driven using power from the engine, a compressor configured to be driven by the engine or the generator, a battery configured to store electricity generated by the generator, an electricity distributor connected to the generator, the battery and the main propulsion apparatus and configured to distribute electricity generated by the generator to the battery and to a main propulsion apparatus, and at least one nozzle device configured to jet high-pressure gas, supplied from the compressor, to an outside of the fuselage.

Auxiliary propulsion apparatus for air vehicle

An emergency power management system of a mobility, may include a fuse device connected to a battery and including a first circuit and a second circuit in which a first fuse and a second fuse are respectively provided and are connected in parallel, a pyro switch provided between the first circuit and the second circuit, and configured to establish electric connection with the first circuit in ordinary times and to release electric connection with the first circuit and to establish electric connection with the second circuit in a case of emergency, a determiner configured to determine abnormality of the first fuse based on current applied from the high-voltage battery or voltages at opposite end portions of the first fuse, and a controller configured to operate the pyro switch when abnormality occurs in the first fuse.

Emergency power management system of mobility and control method thereof

A battery module having a plurality of stacked battery module units is provided. The battery module unit includes a cooling fin in which an interval between two cooling plates facing each other is expandable and contractible. A battery cell is in contact with each of the two cooling plates and having lead tabs at each end. Protruding steps extend from both ends of the cooling plates to maximize a contact area with the lead tabs of the battery cell. Lead tab fasteners are coupled to the protruding steps to fix the lead tabs of the battery cell to the protruding steps. The lead tap fasteners include connecting grooves and connecting protrusions relative to each other to be coupled by a linear relative movement with lead tap fasteners of an adjacent battery module unit.

Battery module

A battery module for a vehicle includes: a plurality of battery cells which are stacked; a first end plate located on an outer surface of the battery cell located on one outermost side among the plurality of battery cells; a second end plate located on an outer surface of the battery cell located on the other outermost side among the plurality of battery cells; and one or more support bars located between the first and second end plates. The one or more support bars connect the first and second end plates to each other, include an elastic body, and absorb a load generated when the plurality of battery cells is swollen.

Battery module for a vehicle

A battery cooling device for a vehicle is provided. The battery cooling device generates a continuous phase change of the refrigerant within an entire area of a refrigerant channel having a refrigerant flowing for cooling a battery module to maximize a cooling performance of all battery cells of the battery module, and enable even cooling of the battery cells.

Battery cooling device for vehicle

A battery module includes: a cell cover close to a battery cell and having one surface emitting heat of the battery cell; and a cooling channel portion having a cooling channel that a refrigerant flows formed therein and having one surface of the cooling channel close to the one surface of the cell cover to absorb heat of the battery cell. In a contact region of the cell cover and the cooling channel portion, the cell cover has a protrusion portion protruded in the direction of the cooling channel, and the cooling channel has a penetration hole for inserting the protrusion portion into an inner portion that the refrigerant flows.

A battery cooling device for a vehicle is provided. The device repeats phase changes of a refrigerant to cool a battery due to heat of vaporization when a liquid-state refrigerant is vaporized by thermally coming in contact with a battery heat source. The vaporized refrigerant is changed back into a liquid state by thermally coming in contact with a separate coolant. The effect of cooling all battery cells is maximized throughout the entire refrigerant channel for cooling a battery and the battery cells are cooled uniformly.

A battery pack structure of a vehicle, may include a cell module assembly formed by stacking a plurality of cell modules, end plates coupled to both side end portions of the cell module assembly, and support plates coupled to the top and the bottom of the cell module assembly and both side end portions of the end plates to bring the cell modules in contact with each other.

Battery pack structure with support plates

A vehicle battery case is provided. The battery case includes a lower panel and at least one transverse member that is disposed on the lower panel to increase transverse rigidity. Additionally, at least one longitudinal member is disposed on the lower panel to increase longitudinal rigidity, and a sidewall member is attached to an upper surface of the lower panel along a rim of the lower panel.

Vehicle battery case

A cooling device, which cools a battery by effectively dissipating heat generated from the battery, which is used, for example, in eco-friendly vehicles, is provided to increase the rate of battery charging and the reliability of the battery. The cooling device includes a pair of coolant pipes that introduce and discharge a coolant and a cooling channel that connects the coolant pipes to each other to move the coolant from a first coolant pipe to a second coolant pipe. Additionally, a heat transfer plate is coupled to the cooling channel and has a contact surface configured to be in surface contact with a heat-emitting element.

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Gyeonggi-do, South Korea

Yoon Cheol Jeon