US 12,283,719 B2
Battery module
Yong Uk Kim, Daejeon (KR); Byung Jun Park, Daejeon (KR); Suk Chul Kim, Daejeon (KR); Yun Hee Kim, Daejeon (KR); Jong Ho Seok, Daejeon (KR); Tae Hyun Chang, Daejeon (KR); and Dong Hwa Han, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to SK ON CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by SK On Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/724,442.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0051304 (KR), filed on Apr. 20, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0336927 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/505 (2021.01); H01M 10/42 (2006.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/505 (2021.01) [H01M 10/425 (2013.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 2010/4271 (2013.01); H01M 2200/103 (2013.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module, comprising:
a plurality of battery sub-modules; and
a front cover part configured to cover an outermost stacking surface of the plurality of stacked battery sub-modules,
wherein the front cover part comprises:
a front plate including a contact terminal electrically connected to an outside, a bus bar electrically connecting the plurality of battery sub-modules to each other, and a disconnection induction bus bar coupled to the contact terminal and spaced apart from the bus bar, and configured to be pressed to be in contact with the bus bar; and
a switching slider configured to slided between the bus bar and the disconnection induction bus bar to open or close a current path between the bus bar and the disconnection induction bus bar.