US 12,261,326 B2
Battery module, battery pack including same battery module, and automobile including same battery pack
Sung-Won Seo, Daejeon (KR); Dong-Yeon Kim, Daejeon (KR); Ho-June Chi, Daejeon (KR); Dal-Mo Kang, Daejeon (KR); Jin-Hak Kong, Daejeon (KR); Jeong-O Mun, Daejeon (KR); Yoon-Koo Lee, Daejeon (KR); Yong-Seok Choi, Daejeon (KR); Alexander Eichhorn, Bietigheim-Bissingen (DE); and Andreas Track, Sachsenheim (DE)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jan. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/402,240.
Application 18/402,240 is a continuation of application No. 17/978,676, filed on Nov. 1, 2022, granted, now 11,923,562.
Application 17/978,676 is a continuation of application No. 16/629,793, granted, now 11,522,246, issued on Dec. 6, 2022, previously published as PCT/KR2019/001782, filed on Feb. 13, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0026988 (KR), filed on Mar. 7, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0195017 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 10/04 (2006.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/569 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/502 (2021.01) [H01M 10/0481 (2013.01); H01M 10/48 (2013.01); H01M 10/482 (2013.01); H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/569 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module, comprising:
a battery cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells;
a top plate configured to cover an upper side of the battery cell assembly;
a bottom plate disposed opposite to the top plate and configured to cover a lower side of the battery cell assembly;
first and second side plates each coupled to the top plate and the bottom plate and disposed at side surfaces, respectively, of the battery cell assembly, wherein the first side plate has a groove formed along a longitudinal direction thereof, and each of the first and second side plates has a pin insert hole formed therein;
first and second compression pads disposed between the first and second side plates and the battery cell assembly, respectively; and
a bus bar unit disposed at a front side of the battery cell assembly, wherein the bus bar unit includes a bus bar body, a cover frame, and first and second coupling pins,
wherein the first and second coupling pins are inserted into the pin insert holes in the respective first and second side plates to couple the bus bar unit to the first and second side plates.