US 12,266,819 B2
Energy storage module including extinguisher sheet
Jin Taek Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Eun Ok Kwak, Yongin-si (KR); Jin Bhum Yun, Yongin-si (KR); Jang Hoon Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Jong Yeol Woo, Yongin-si (KR); Kwang Deuk Lee, Yongin-si (KR); and Woo Sung Choi, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 8, 2020, as Appl. No. 17/014,853.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0110364 (KR), filed on Sep. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0074976 A1, Mar. 11, 2021
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 10/658 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 50/147 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/30 (2021.01); H01M 50/383 (2021.01); H01M 50/40 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/383 (2021.01) [H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/647 (2015.04); H01M 10/658 (2015.04); H01M 50/147 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/394 (2021.01); H01M 50/40 (2021.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An energy storage module comprising:
a cover member comprising an internal receiving space configured to accommodate battery cells arranged along a first direction and each comprising a vent;
a top plate coupled to a top of the cover member and comprising ducts respectively corresponding to the vents of the battery cells, the ducts spaced apart along the first direction and each defining a passage to discharge a gas from the vent of a corresponding battery cell of the battery cells;
a top cover coupled to a top portion of the top plate and comprising discharge holes passing through the top cover, located in an exhaust area, and corresponding to the ducts; and
an extinguisher sheet located between the top cover and the top plate along a height direction, and configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent, the extinguisher sheet comprising opening holes located to respectively correspond to the ducts, such that, in a plan view as viewed along the height direction, the extinguisher sheet is entirely outside peripheries of the ducts,
wherein the top cover comprises protrusion parts located on a bottom surface of the top cover, covering the exhaust area, and each surrounding an exterior of a corresponding duct of the ducts.