US 11,996,571 B2
Battery pack including upper frame having obliquely opened hinge fastened to side frame, and device including the same
Dahoon Kang, Daejeon (KR); Jae Hyeon Ju, Daejeon (KR); Jisu Yoon, Daejeon (KR); and Kyoungho Seo, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/273,452
Filed by LG Chem, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Feb. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/002217
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 4, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/171500, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 27, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0018721 (KR), filed on Feb. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2021/0336307 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/209 (2021.01) [H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/262 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack comprising:
a battery module formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells;
an upper frame positioned on an upper surface of the battery module;
a first side frame positioned on a first side surface of the battery module and having a portion on which a first busbar is disposed, the first side frame including one or more first poles positioned at an upper edge of the first side frame; and
a second side frame positioned on a second side surface of the battery module so as to face the first side frame,
wherein the upper frame includes one or more first hinge parts positioned at one end of the upper frame, the one or more first hinge parts defining a first opening extending along an axis for securing the one or more first poles, the first opening defining a first gap through which the one or more first poles is inserted,
and
wherein the first opening is formed at an oblique angle such that a plane passing through the axis of the first opening and a midpoint of the first gap extends between a direction perpendicular to the upper frame and a direction parallel to the upper frame.