US 12,237,522 B2
Battery pack comprising a support frame with an incline surface
Seung Hun Lee, Daejeon (KR); and Tak Kyung Yoo, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to SK On Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by SK On Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/359,040.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0159545 (KR), filed on Nov. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0178496 A1, May 30, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/258 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/204 (2021.01) [H01M 50/258 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack, comprising:
one or more battery modules; and
a support frame opposing the one or more battery modules in a first direction;
the one or more battery modules comprising:
a plurality of battery cells stacked in the first direction to form a cell stack, and a side cover opposing the cell stack in the first direction,
wherein the side cover comprises:
a body portion comprising a first surface opposing the cell stack in the first direction and a second surface separated from the first surface in the first direction;
an extension portion protruding from the second surface of the body portion and coupled to the support frame;
a first inclined surface, the first inclined surface opposing the support frame along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and inclined with respect to the first direction; and
a plurality of insertion grooves disposed apart from each other in the second direction;
wherein the support frame comprises:
a second inclined surface inclined with respect to the first direction; and
a plurality of coupling portions protruding from the second inclined surface of the support frame into the plurality of insertion grooves; and
wherein the first inclined surface is connected to an end of the extension portion and connected to the body portion.