	US 12,255,301 B2
	Battery module having gas venting channel combined with cooling channel, battery pack including the same, and method for manufacturing the battery module
Ju-Hun Park, Daejeon (KR); Kwang-Mo Kim, Daejeon (KR); Jun-Yeob Seong, Daejeon (KR); and Hye-Mi Jung, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 18/712,633
Filed by LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed May 3, 2023, PCT No. PCT/KR2023/006067 § 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 22, 2024, PCT Pub. No. WO2023/229254, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 30, 2023.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0063317 (KR), filed on May 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0332668 A1, Oct. 3, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 10/6556 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/6568 (2014.01); H01M 50/367 (2021.01)

CPC H01M 10/6556 (2015.04) [H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/6568 (2015.04); H01M 50/367 (2021.01)]

19 Claims

1. A battery module, comprising:

a plurality of battery cells;

a module case accommodating the plurality of battery cells and having a gas venting hole on at least one side;

channel plate including a gas venting channel in a first surface and a cooling channel in a second surface opposite the first surface integrally formed in a single body, and disposed on an outer side of the module case, the channel plate having an open bottom below the cooling channel; and

a cover plate coupled to the channel plate,

wherein the gas venting channel forms a movement path of gas in communication with the gas venting hole, and the cooling channel forms a movement path of a cooling medium, and

wherein the module case closes the open bottom in the channel plate.