US 12,293,892 B2
Battery pack having fuse box bracket for short circuit prevention
Ju Hwan Shin, Daejeon (KR); Hyoung Suk Lee, Daejeon (KR); and Dong Hyun Kim, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/781,120
Filed by LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Apr. 5, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/004185
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 31, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/230497, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0057206 (KR), filed on May 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0392727 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H01H 85/165 (2006.01); H01H 85/055 (2006.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/583 (2021.01)
CPC H01H 85/165 (2013.01) [H01H 85/055 (2013.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/583 (2021.01); H01M 2200/103 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack for electrically connecting two or more unit modules to each other, the battery pack comprising:
a fuse interposed between connection terminals extending from the two or more unit modules;
a fuse box provided at an outer surface of the fuse, the fuse box being made of a nonconductive material; and
a fuse box bracket located under the fuse,
wherein the fuse comprises:
a central portion made of an inner portion formed by a conductor and outer portion formed by a nonconductor and surrounding the inner portion; and
at least one edge portion made of a conductor, the central portion and the at least one edge portion being spaced from each other in an axial direction of the fuse,
wherein the at least one edge portion and the inner portion are electrically connected, and
wherein a width of the inner portion perpendicular to the axial direction of the fuse is less than a width of the at least one edge portion perpendicular to the axial direction of the fuse.