US 12,327,878 B2
Battery module
Jonghwa Choi, Daejeon (KR); Junyeob Seong, Daejeon (KR); and Myungki Park, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/754,455
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Aug. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/010605
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/075690, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0129949 (KR), filed on Oct. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0344765 A1, Oct. 27, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 50/296 (2021.01); H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/503 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/296 (2021.01) [H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/503 (2021.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
two or more cell blocks, each cell block including a battery cell assembly containing one or more battery cells and a pair of terminal busbars connected to the battery cell assembly to electrically connect the battery cell to an external device; and
a module frame for housing the two or more cell blocks, the module frame defining an enclosed case with an opening to receive the two or more cell blocks, the opening configured to be covered by a flat end plate, the end plate including four or more openings for exposing the terminal busbars extending therethrough,
wherein the two or more cell blocks are not electrically connected to each other within the module frame.