US 12,341,215 B2
Battery module and battery pack including the same
Jonghwa Choi, Daejeon (KR); Junyeob Seong, Daejeon (KR); and Myungki Park, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/623,690
Filed by LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Aug. 11, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/010597
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 29, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/075688, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0129948 (KR), filed on Oct. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0271388 A1, Aug. 25, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/308 (2021.01); H01M 50/271 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/308 (2021.01) [H01M 50/271 (2021.01); H01M 2200/20 (2013.01)] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
a battery cell assembly including one or more battery cells;
a rectangular tube-shaped module frame configured to house the battery cell assembly and having a top surface, a bottom surface, a first side surface and a second side surface to cover four surfaces of the battery cell assembly, the first side surface spaced from the second side surface in a first direction; and
a plurality of first vent holes formed at a corner part where the top surface meets each of the pair of side surfaces, each of the plurality of first vent holes extending into the top surface and a respective one of the pair of side surfaces,
wherein the first vent holes in the first side surface are offset in a second direction from the first vent holes in the second side surface.