US 12,327,882 B2
Battery module and battery pack including the same
Changhun Lee, Daejeon (KR); Junyeob Seong, Daejeon (KR); Myungki Park, Daejeon (KR); and Jonghwa Choi, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/612,842
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Feb. 23, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/002256
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Nov. 19, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/221284, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 4, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0050725 (KR), filed on Apr. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0238964 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/503 (2021.01); H01M 50/505 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/503 (2021.01) [H01M 50/505 (2021.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; and
a busbar frame located on a front surface or a rear surface of the battery cell stack,
wherein the busbar frame comprises a support part surrounding at least a portion of a bottom surface of the battery cell stack,
wherein the support part comprises an extension region extending a distance from the busbar frame in a lengthwise direction of a battery cell of the plurality of battery cells, and a protrusion region on the extension region, and
wherein the distance the extension part extends is substantially less than a length of the battery cell stack in the lengthwise direction, and
wherein a thickness of the extension region is smaller than a thickness of a location of the support part at which the protrusion region is disposed.