US 12,230,822 B2
Electric component housing of battery module
Sung-Tack Hwang, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/439,073
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 27, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/009888
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 14, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/029570, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0098993 (KR), filed on Aug. 13, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0158287 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/224 (2021.01); H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); B29C 45/14 (2006.01); B29K 705/00 (2006.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01)
CPC H01M 50/224 (2021.01) [H01M 10/6551 (2015.04); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); B29C 45/14336 (2013.01); B29K 2705/00 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3468 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electric component housing of a battery module, which accommodates electric components, the electric component housing comprising:
a housing body; and
a metal support structure embedded inside the housing body,
wherein the housing body includes a bottom surface portion and a wall along a peripheral edge of the bottom surface portion,
the metal support structure is embedded inside at least one of the bottom surface portion and the wall,
the metal support structure includes at least one bus bar,
the at least one bus bar includes first and second terminal portions and a connection portion configured to form a current path between the terminal portions, each terminal portion including a respective fastening hole, and
the first and second terminal portions of the at least one bus bar are exposed to an inner space of the housing body, and the connection portion of the bus bar is embedded inside at least one of the bottom surface portion and the wall.