US 12,407,050 B2
Battery module including adhesive member following fluctuating pattern between battery cells and method of manufacturing the same
Youngho Lee, Daejeon (KR); Junyeob Seong, Daejeon (KR); Hun Byung Park, Daejeon (KR); Junkyu Park, Daejeon (KR); and Siwon Jeon, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/640,138
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Dec. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/019286
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 3, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/137576, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 8, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0001004 (KR), filed on Jan. 3, 2020; and application No. 10-2020-0188256 (KR), filed on Dec. 30, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0302538 A1, Sep. 22, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 50/289 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/209 (2021.01) [H01M 50/289 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
a battery cell stack containing a plurality of battery cells stacked along a first direction, and
a module frame for housing the battery cell stack,
wherein the battery cells adjacent to each other in the battery cell stack are coupled together by a first adhesive member including a cured spray adhesive,
wherein the first adhesive member follows at least one fluctuating shape extending along a second direction transverse to the first direction, and
wherein the fluctuating shape of the first adhesive member is maintained when the plurality of battery cells are stacked.