US 12,407,042 B2
Battery module and battery pack including the same
Won Kyoung Park, Daejeon (KR); Junyeob Seong, Daejeon (KR); Myungki Park, Daejeon (KR); and Subin Park, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Oct. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/909,748.
Application 18/909,748 is a continuation of application No. 18/030,477, previously published as PCT/KR2022/002995, filed on Mar. 3, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0036923 (KR), filed on Mar. 22, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0038304 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. H01M 10/6568 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/625 (2014.01); H01M 10/6554 (2014.01); H01M 50/204 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/6568 (2015.04) [H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/625 (2015.04); H01M 10/6554 (2015.04); H01M 50/204 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack comprising:
an upper battery cell stack and a lower battery cell stack, wherein each of the upper battery cell stack and the lower battery cell stack comprises a plurality of battery cells;
an upper plate disposed on a lower surface of the upper battery cell stack;
a lower plate disposed on an upper surface of the lower battery cell stack, the upper plate and the lower plate forming a cooling flow path; and,
a lower cover that covers a lower surface of the lower battery cell stack,
an inlet port supplying a coolant to the cooling flow path; and
an outlet port discharging the coolant from the cooling flow path,
wherein the coolant flows from the inlet port to the outlet port in the cooling flow path, and
wherein the lower plate is in contact with the upper surface of the lower battery cell stack directly or via a thermal resin layer,
wherein the lower battery cell stack comprises a first lower battery cell stack and a second lower battery cell stack, and
wherein the first lower battery cell stack and the second lower battery cell stack are spatially separated by a mounting part disposed therebetween and protruding upward from the lower cover, and
wherein the mounting part is mounted to the lower plate.