US 12,463,292 B2
Battery module and battery pack including the same
Han Ki Yoon, Daejeon (KR); Junyeob Seong, Daejeon (KR); Seung Ryul Baek, Daejeon (KR); and Jonghwa Choi, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/440,987
Filed by LG Energy Solution, Ltd., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Apr. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/005313
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Sep. 20, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/256271, PCT Pub. Date Dec. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0072499 (KR), filed on Jun. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0173481 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 10/48 (2006.01); H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/284 (2021.01); H01M 50/298 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 50/569 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/507 (2021.01) [H01M 10/486 (2013.01); H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/284 (2021.01); H01M 50/298 (2021.01); H01M 50/502 (2021.01); H01M 50/569 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
a battery cell stacked body in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked;
a module frame receiving the battery cell stacked body and having an opened upper part, the module frame having a bottom wall with two side walls extending therefrom;
an upper plate covering the battery cell stacked body on the opened upper part;
a bus bar frame respectively formed at both ends of the battery cell stacked body;
a signal connection portion disposed between the upper plate and the battery cell stacked body, the signal connection portion connecting the bus bar frames respectively formed at both ends of the battery cell stacked body; and
a bridge adjacent to the signal connection portion and hinged to the bus bar frame by a hinge, the bridge being separate from the signal connection portion and being spaced apart from the signal connection portion,
wherein a temperature sensor is attached to the bridge and separated from the signal connection portion, the temperature sensor configured to rotate about a rotation axis of the hinge.