US 12,362,413 B2
Battery cell, and battery module, battery pack and vehicle including the same
Seung-Byung Lee, Daejeon (KR); Ah-Ram Park, Daejeon (KR); Kyoung-Soon Yoon, Daejeon (KR); Seok-Je Kim, Daejeon (KR); and Yong-Tae Lee, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Aug. 31, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/899,858.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0071596 (KR), filed on Jun. 13, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0402675 A1, Dec. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 10/653 (2014.01); H01M 50/105 (2021.01); H01M 50/178 (2021.01); H01M 50/533 (2021.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01)
CPC H01M 10/6551 (2015.04) [H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/647 (2015.04); H01M 10/653 (2015.04); H01M 50/105 (2021.01); H01M 50/178 (2021.01); H01M 50/533 (2021.01); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery cell, comprising:
an electrode assembly including a cell body and an electrode tab provided to at least one side of the cell body;
a cell case accommodating the electrode assembly therein;
an electrode lead drawn out of the cell case by a predetermined length and connected to the electrode assembly through the electrode tab; and
a tab protection module accommodated in the cell case and configured to cover at least a part of the electrode tab, the tab protection module comprising a heat dissipating material configured to discharge heat outside the tab protection module wherein the tab protection module includes: a first portion having an electrically insulating material facing the electrode tab; and a second portion facing an inner surface of the cell case, the second portion comprising the heat dissipating material, wherein the first portion has a recessed seating groove that receives the second portion.
 
9. A battery module, comprising at least one battery cell according to any one of claim 1.
 
10. A battery pack, comprising at least one battery module according to claim 9.
 
11. A vehicle, comprising at least one battery pack according to claim 10.