US 12,266,823 B2
Battery module and manufacturing method thereof
Ho June Chi, Daejeon (KR); Jeong Oh Moon, Daejeon (KR); Kyung Mo Kim, Daejeon (KR); Heejun Jin, Daejeon (KR); and Jin Yong Park, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/437,697
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Mar. 13, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/003534
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 9, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/189975, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0030176 (KR), filed on Mar. 15, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0158308 A1, May 19, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/505 (2021.01); H01M 50/178 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/516 (2021.01); H01M 50/528 (2021.01); H01M 50/553 (2021.01); H01M 50/567 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/505 (2021.01) [H01M 50/178 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/516 (2021.01); H01M 50/528 (2021.01); H01M 50/553 (2021.01); H01M 50/567 (2021.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
a battery cell stack including a plurality of stacked battery cells;
electrode leads protruding from the battery cell stack;
a busbar electrically connected to the electrode leads; and
a busbar frame, the busbar mounted to the busbar frame,
wherein the busbar includes a tongs part and a fixing part,
wherein the electrode leads are positioned between the tongs part of the busbar, the tongs part includes first and second clip parts extending from the fixing part, and
wherein the busbar frame includes an opening part, a locking part formed on a first side of the opening part to enable a first end of the tongs part to be positioned thereto, and a lower opening part formed at a second side of the opening part to receive and position the fixing part, wherein the fixing part contacts and secures a first end of the electrode leads, a first distance between the electrode leads and the first clip part and a second distance between the electrode leads and the second clip part increase along an extension direction of the electrode leads from the fixing part,
wherein the fixing part is received within a recess of the lower opening part to secure the fixing part to the lower opening part.