US 12,469,925 B2
Battery pack
Jeong Woon Ko, Daejeon (KR); Bon Seok Ku, Daejeon (KR); Ja Sung Yun, Daejeon (KR); Dong Hun Lim, Daejeon (KR); Jun Hee Jung, Daejeon (KR); Sei Hoon Cho, Daejeon (KR); Ha Neul Choi, Daejeon (KR); and Jae Il Hwang, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to SK On Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by SK On Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/673,081.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0021699 (KR), filed on Feb. 18, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0263189 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/342 (2021.01); H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/367 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/3425 (2021.01) [H01M 50/211 (2021.01); H01M 50/367 (2021.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery pack, comprising:
a plurality of cell units including a plurality of secondary battery cells; and
a frame unit including an internal space accommodating the plurality of cell units, a side frame dividing the internal space and forming a plurality of compartments respectively accommodating at least one of the plurality of cell units, and a vent pipe portion configured to discharge flames or gas to outside of the internal space,
wherein the vent pipe portion includes:
a hollow space formed inside the vent pipe portion to provide a path for the flames or gas to discharge;
a first sidewall facing the plurality of compartments and including a plurality of first connection holes communicating with the hollow space and the plurality of compartments;
a second sidewall opposite to the first sidewall and including a plurality of second connection holes communicating with the hollow space and the outside of the internal space; and
a blocking plate disposed to traverse the hollow space at a position corresponding to a location between adjacent plurality of compartments, dividing the hollow space into a plurality of partitioned regions that are separated from each other,
wherein each of the plurality of compartments is in communication with a different region of the plurality of partitioned regions;
wherein at least one of the plurality of first connection holes and at least one of the plurality of second connection holes are disposed between a plurality of blocking plates and provided in each of the partitioned regions of the hollow space; and
wherein each of the plurality of first connection holes is disposed to overlap a respective one of the plurality of cell units.