US 11,996,584 B2
ICB assembly, battery module including same and method for manufacturing same
Hee-Jun Jin, Daejeon (KR); Dal-Mo Kang, Daejeon (KR); Kyung-Mo Kim, Daejeon (KR); Seung-Joon Kim, Daejeon (KR); Jin-Yong Park, Daejeon (KR); and Ho-June Chi, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/259,009
Filed by LG Chem, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 4, 2019, PCT No. PCT/KR2019/011426
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 8, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/055038, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2018-0107986 (KR), filed on Sep. 10, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2021/0288385 A1, Sep. 16, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/20 (2021.01); H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/503 (2021.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/503 (2021.01) [H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An ICB assembly comprising:
an ICB frame configured to accommodate cell leads of unidirectional battery cells having the cell leads formed on one side of the unidirectional battery cells such that the cell leads face each other and are placed on the top surface and the bottom surface of the ICB frame; and
a bus bar adapted to electrically connect the cell leads by being assembled to the ICB frame,
wherein the ICB frame is a first ICB frame and coupled to a second ICB frame by a hinge structure in a length direction of the first and second ICB frames such that the first ICB frame and the second ICB frame are configured to be rotated relative to one another about the hinge structure.