US 12,394,836 B2
Battery pack having cooling unit provided outside case
Ju Hwan Shin, Daejeon (KR); Soon Chang Hong, Daejeon (KR); So Eun Rhim, Daejeon (KR); and Hyoung Suk Lee, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/790,614
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Apr. 26, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/005214
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 1, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/235716, PCT Pub. Date Nov. 25, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0060598 (KR), filed on May 20, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042629 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/653 (2014.01); H01M 10/6551 (2014.01); H01M 10/6556 (2014.01); H01M 10/6568 (2014.01); H01M 10/6569 (2014.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/6556 (2015.04) [H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/653 (2015.04); H01M 10/6551 (2015.04); H01M 10/6569 (2015.04); H01M 50/204 (2021.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack comprising:
a battery module comprising one or more unit cells;
a case including a receiving portion configured to receive the battery module;
a cooling unit disposed on a first outer surface of the case; and
a reinforcement member configured to protect the cooling unit,
wherein the cooling unit comprises a refrigerant circulation pipe disposed outside the reinforcement member, the reinforcement member contacting a pair of opposing surfaces of the case and defining an opening in at least one of the pair of opposing surfaces.
 
12. A device having the battery pack according to claim 1 mounted therein.