US 12,255,355 B2
Battery module including bus bar frame with fixing portions covering bus bar and battery pack including the same
Soo Youl Kim, Daejeon (KR); Youngho Lee, Daejeon (KR); and Han Ki Yoon, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/600,724
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jun. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/007515
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Oct. 1, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/262852, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 30, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0075828 (KR), filed on Jun. 25, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0052423 A1, Feb. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/503 (2021.01); H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/516 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/503 (2021.01) [H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/516 (2021.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
a battery cell stacked body where a plurality of battery cells are stacked, wherein the plurality of battery cells include a plurality of electrode leads;
a bus bar frame including a front bus bar frame and a rear bus bar frame, the front bus bar frame formed on a front side of the battery cell stacked body and the rear bus bar frame formed on a rear side of the battery cell stacked body, the front side and the rear side being disposed opposite to one another such that the battery cell stacked body is disposed therebetween; and
a first bus bar formed at an outer side of the bus bar frame with reference to the battery cell stacked body and arranged to be electrically connected with an external power source, the bus bar frame being disposed between the first bus bar and the battery cell stacked body,
wherein the bus bar frame comprises a plurality of fixing portions that protrude from the bus bar frame to cover an end of the first bus bar,
wherein the first bus bar is a flat plate having a slit with one open end, so as to define a u-shape, and
wherein at least one of the plurality of electrode leads extend through the slit.