US 12,438,223 B2
Battery module, and battery pack and vehicle including battery module
Ja-Eon Gu, Daejeon (KR); and Jae-Uk Ryu, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/637,688
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Oct. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/014196
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 23, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/101075, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0149839 (KR), filed on Nov. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0294059 A1, Sep. 15, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/24 (2021.01); H01M 50/507 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/24 (2021.01) [H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module, comprising:
a module case having an accommodation space therein;
a plurality of battery cells accommodated in the accommodation space;
a plurality of bus bar members disposed at an upper side of the plurality of battery cells and electrically connecting the plurality of battery cells to each other;
a support plate disposed between the plurality of battery cells and the plurality of bus bar members, the support plate supporting the plurality of bus bar members, the support plate includes a plate body coupled to the module case at an upper side of the module case and a plurality of bus bar supports coupled to the plate body and spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance so that the plurality of bus bar members are placed on the plate body; and
a foam member filling the accommodation space between the plurality of battery cells below a bottom surface of the support plate,
wherein the support plate has at least one filling guide insert hole therein and is configured to guide injection of foam that forms the foam member therethrough by a dispenser unit.