US 12,368,204 B2
Battery pack and method of assembling the same
Seung Hun Lee, Daejeon (KR); and Seo Roh Rhee, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to SK ON CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by SK On Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Jul. 2, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/761,327.
Application 18/761,327 is a continuation of application No. 18/363,743, filed on Aug. 2, 2023, granted, now 12,074,334.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2022-0159270 (KR), filed on Nov. 24, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0356128 A1, Oct. 24, 2024
Int. Cl. H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/209 (2021.01) [H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/647 (2015.04); H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); H01M 50/244 (2021.01); H01M 50/264 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack, comprising:
a plurality of cell assemblies including a plurality of battery cells including an electrode terminal;
a pack housing accommodating the plurality of cell assemblies;
at least one fixing bracket disposed both between the plurality of cell assemblies and the pack housing and between two adjacent cell assemblies of the plurality of cell assemblies;
a fastening member fastening the fixing bracket to the pack housing;
a bus bar assembly including a bus bar electrically connected to the electrode terminal, and a bus bar frame on which the bus bar is disposed; and
a cooling plate disposed opposite to the bus bar assembly respect to the plurality of cell assemblies,
wherein the at least one fixing bracket is disposed to contact the plurality of battery cells on an upper side of the plurality of cell assemblies,
wherein the electrode terminal faces a lower portion of the battery pack, and
wherein the at least one fixing bracket comprises
a first fixing bracket disposed to overlap one of the plurality of cell assemblies; and
a second fixing bracket disposed to overlap the two adjacent cell assemblies.