US 12,136,722 B2
Battery module
Hae Ryong Jeon, Daejeon (KR); Sun Mo An, Daejeon (KR); and Young Sun Choi, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to SK ON CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed by SK ON CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Nov. 29, 2022, as Appl. No. 18/071,268.
Application 18/071,268 is a continuation of application No. 17/342,227, filed on Jun. 8, 2021, granted, now 11,563,246.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0071607 (KR), filed on Jun. 12, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0102710 A1, Mar. 30, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H01M 10/6556 (2014.01); H01M 10/613 (2014.01); H01M 10/647 (2014.01); H01M 10/653 (2014.01); H01M 10/6568 (2014.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 10/6556 (2015.04) [H01M 10/613 (2015.04); H01M 10/647 (2015.04); H01M 10/653 (2015.04); H01M 10/6568 (2015.04); H01M 50/209 (2021.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
a plurality of battery cells arranged into at least two stacks positioned adjacent to each other;
a heat exchange unit disposed between the at least two stacks, the heat exchange unit including a flow frame and a frame cover coupled to each other to form a flow space through which a coolant flows, and
a module housing configured to form an internal space in which the plurality of the battery cells and the heat exchange unit are mounted;
wherein the frame cover is in contact with the plurality of the battery cells,
wherein the flow frame includes a flow part configured to be covered by the frame cover to form the flow space,
wherein the flow part includes a frame body configured to form a circumference of the flow space,
wherein the frame body and the module housing are coupled with each other.