US 12,322,826 B2
Battery pack and vehicle comprising same
Ho-June Chi, Daejeon (KR); Jin-Yong Park, Daejeon (KR); Kyung-Mo Kim, Daejeon (KR); Kyung-Woo Kim, Daejeon (KR); Jeong-O Mun, Daejeon (KR); Jhin-Ha Park, Daejeon (KR); and Hee-Jun Jin, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/765,237
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 28, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/009953
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 30, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/071071, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0124812 (KR), filed on Oct. 8, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0352591 A1, Nov. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/26 (2021.01); H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/298 (2021.01); H01M 50/50 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/264 (2021.01) [H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 50/298 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack comprising:
plurality of battery modules, each battery module including:
a battery cell stack including at least one battery cell; and
a pair of end plates abutting opposing sides of the battery cell stack on two sides in a lengthwise direction of the battery cell, and
a pack case for receiving the battery module, the pack case including:
a tray in which the battery module is coupled on an upper surface; and
a top cover having an outer periphery which is coupled with an outer periphery of the tray on the upper surface of the tray when the battery module is received in the pack case,
wherein each of the pair of end plates are monolithic and shared between the plurality of battery modules to integrally connect the plurality of battery modules.