US 12,334,529 B2
Battery module having structure enabling rapid deployment of sprinkler, and ESS including same
Seung-Hyun Kim, Daejeon (KR); Ji-Won Jeong, Daejeon (KR); Kyung-Hyun Bae, Daejeon (KR); Jin-Kyu Shin, Daejeon (KR); and Jin-Kyu Lee, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/626,086
Filed by LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jan. 15, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/000629
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 10, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/172756, PCT Pub. Date Sep. 2, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0024460 (KR), filed on Feb. 27, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0263160 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 10/65 (2014.01); A62C 3/16 (2006.01); A62C 37/14 (2006.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/6567 (2014.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/6567 (2015.04) [A62C 3/16 (2013.01); A62C 37/14 (2013.01); H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 50/507 (2021.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module, comprising:
a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells;
a module housing configured to accommodate the cell stack, the module housing having a pair of base covers configured to cover a lower surface and an upper surface of the cell stack, respectively;
a sprinkler provided through the module housing at one side of the cell stack in a stacking direction and between the pair of base covers; and
at least one guide plate fixed inside the module housing and installed to be inclined relative to the pair of base covers so that a first longitudinal end oriented toward the sprinkler is lower than a second longitudinal end.