US 12,469,918 B2
Battery pack and vehicle comprising same
Sung-Won Seo, Daejeon (KR); Dal-Mo Kang, Daejeon (KR); Jeong-O Mun, Daejeon (KR); Hyeon-Ki Yun, Daejeon (KR); and Eun-Ah Ju, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/770,480
Filed by LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 20, 2021, PCT No. PCT/KR2021/009360
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/019624, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 27, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0091079 (KR), filed on Jul. 22, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0393290 A1, Dec. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/207 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/249 (2021.01) [H01M 50/207 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack provided in a vehicle, the battery pack comprising:
a pack tray mounted on the vehicle;
a mounting beam having a certain length provided on a top surface of the pack tray,
at least one battery module provided on the pack tray,
wherein the at least one battery module comprises:
at least one battery cell assembly mounted on the pack tray, and comprising at least one battery cell; and
a plurality of side plates provided on opposite side surfaces of the at least one battery cell assembly to support the at least one battery cell assembly, the plurality of side plates being fixed to the pack tray,
wherein each of the plurality of side plates comprises:
a support portion supporting the at least one battery cell assembly; and
a fixed portion extending from the support portion, and fixed to the pack tray,
wherein the fixed portion is fixed to the mounting beam, and
wherein a longest portion of each of the mounting beam, the fixed portion and the support portion extends parallel to a longitudinal direction of the at least one battery cell.