US 12,456,779 B2
Battery module, battery pack, and vehicle
Soo-Jun Ahn, Daejeon (KR); Bum Choi, Daejeon (KR); Dae-Hee Son, Daejeon (KR); and Dong-Hwan Shin, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/915,475
Filed by LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Sep. 2, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/011877
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 28, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/050731, PCT Pub. Date Mar. 10, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0113332 (KR), filed on Sep. 4, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0124945 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. H01M 50/383 (2021.01); H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/291 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/383 (2021.01) [H01M 50/213 (2021.01); H01M 50/291 (2021.01)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module, comprising:
a plurality of battery cells respectively having electrode terminals and configured to be erected long in a vertical direction;
an upper cover configured to extend in a horizontal direction to cover an upper portion of the plurality of battery cells and having a plurality of exposing holes to expose the upper portion of the plurality of battery cells to outside at least partially;
a lower cover configured to extend in the horizontal direction to cover a lower portion of the plurality of battery cells and having a plurality of exposing holes to expose the lower portion of the plurality of battery cells to the outside at least partially; and
a filling member, of an electrically insulating material, filled in the plurality of exposing holes of at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover to seal the plurality of exposing holes formed in at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover,
wherein the filling member is coated on at least one of an upper surface of the upper portion of the plurality of battery cells and a lower surface of the lower portion of the plurality of battery cells.