US 12,476,329 B2
Battery module and battery pack including the same
Seung Ryul Baek, Daejeon (KR); Jong Min Lim, Daejeon (KR); Junkyu Park, Daejeon (KR); and Soo Youl Kim, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/624,059
Filed by LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 16, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/009392
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 30, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/112364, PCT Pub. Date Jun. 10, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0160899 (KR), filed on Dec. 5, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0359955 A1, Nov. 10, 2022
Int. Cl. H01M 50/507 (2021.01); H01M 50/207 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/258 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/507 (2021.01) [H01M 50/207 (2021.01); H01M 50/249 (2021.01); H01M 50/258 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked;
a lower frame that covers a lower surface and both side surfaces of the battery cell stack;
an upper frame that covers an upper surface of the battery cell stack, the upper frame having a lower surface that faces the upper surface of the battery cell stack and an upper surface that is opposite to the lower surface;
busbar frames that respectively cover front and rear surfaces of the battery cell stack; and
a connector that connects the busbar frame at the front surface with the busbar frame at the rear surface, the connector being directly coupled to the lower surface of the upper frame,
wherein the connector is formed of a flexible flat cable (FFC) and attached to the lower surface of the upper frame.