US 12,206,082 B2
Battery module and manufacturing method thereof
Jongpil Jeon, Daejeon (KR); Junyeob Seong, Daejeon (KR); Myungki Park, Daejeon (KR); and Jonghwa Choi, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/615,388
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Feb. 4, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/001485
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/210770, PCT Pub. Date Oct. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0044877 (KR), filed on Apr. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0231354 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/6556 (2014.01); H01M 10/60 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); H01M 10/6553 (2014.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01); H01M 10/6568 (2014.01); H01M 10/658 (2014.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/258 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/298 (2021.01); H01M 50/595 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/6556 (2015.04) [H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/6551 (2015.04); H01M 10/658 (2015.04); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 10/60 (2015.04); H01M 10/6553 (2015.04); H01M 10/6567 (2015.04); H01M 10/6568 (2015.04); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/258 (2021.01); H01M 50/298 (2021.01); H01M 50/595 (2021.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked;
a module frame housing the battery cell stack therein;
end plates covering front and rear surfaces of the battery cell stack; and
a cooling port configured to supply a refrigerant to a heat sink formed on a bottom part of the module frame,
wherein the module frame comprises a module frame protrusion part extending from the bottom part of the module frame through an end plate opening of one of the end plates,
wherein the cooling port is disposed at an upper surface part of the module frame protrusion part,
wherein the one of the end plates comprises the end plate opening formed at a portion thereof adjacent to the cooling port, and an insulator covering the end plate opening, and
wherein a periphery of the insulator extends along a boundary surface of the one of the end plates bordering the end plate opening to cover the end plate opening.