Battery module and battery pack including the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12418068-B2
Application number	US-202117783389-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 7, 2021
Priority date	Oct 19, 2020
Publication date	Sep 16, 2025
Grant date	Sep 16, 2025

Abstract

A battery module includes a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, a bus bar frame coupled to each of the front and rear ends of the battery cell stack, a frame member that houses a cell block including the battery cell stack and the bus bar frame, a pad part located at one end of the bottom part of the frame member, and a film part connected to the pad part and protruding toward the bus bar frame.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A battery module comprising:
a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked in a first direction,
a bus bar frame coupled to at least one of a front end and a rear end of the battery cell stack, the front end and the rear end of the battery cell stack spaced apart in a second direction,
a frame member that houses a cell block, the cell block including the battery cell stack and the bus bar frame,
a pad part located at one end of a bottom part of the frame member, and
a film part located between the pad part and the bus bar frame in the second direction.

2. The battery module of claim 1 , wherein the bottom part of the frame member comprises a first portion and a second portion, the first portion located at an edge with respect to a longitudinal direction of a battery cell of the plurality of battery cells, the second portion located inside the first portion, and
wherein a thickness of the first portion is less than a thickness of the second portion.

3. The battery module of claim 2 , further comprising a thermal conductive resin layer located between the second portion and the battery cell stack,
wherein the pad part is located between the thermal conductive resin layer and the first portion.

4. The battery module of claim 3 , wherein the pad part is located on the second portion, and the film part is located on the first portion.

5. The battery module of claim 2 , wherein the film part is formed so as to be in contact with a step portion connecting the first portion and the second portion of the bottom part of the frame member.

6. The battery module of claim 2 , wherein the frame member is opened on both sides facing each other with respect to the longitudinal direction of the battery cell, the bus bar frame is connected to the battery cell stack on the opened sides of the frame member,
wherein the bus bar frame comprises a main frame arranged perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the battery cell and a bending part extending from a lower part of the main frame, and
wherein the bending part is located on the first portion of the bottom part of the frame member.

7. The battery module of claim 6 , wherein the film part extends between the bending part of the bus bar frame and the second portion of the bottom part of the frame member in the second direction.

8. The battery module of claim 7 , wherein the film part further comprises a protrusion film part located between the bending part of the bus bar frame and the first portion of the bottom part of the frame member in the second direction.

9. The battery module of claim 6 , wherein a sum of a thickness of the bending part and a thickness of the first portion is less than a thickness of the second portion.

10. The battery module of claim 6 , each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells comprises a protrusion part formed in a width direction, and the protrusion part is located on the bending part.

11. The battery module of claim 1 , wherein the pad part and the film part are formed.

12. The battery module of claim 1 , wherein the film part is attached to a lower end of the pad part.

13. The battery module of claim 1 , further comprising end plates each respectively coupled to opened sides of the frame member, and
wherein the opened sides of the frame member face each other with respect to a longitudinal direction of a battery cell of the plurality of battery cells.

14. The battery module of claim 1 , wherein the frame member comprises a module frame that houses the cell block and has an opened upper part, and an upper plate that covers the cell block on the module frame, and
wherein the module frame comprises a bottom part of the frame member and two side surface parts facing each other.

15. A battery pack comprising the battery module of claim 1 .

16. The battery module of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the pad part is greater than a thickness of the film part.

17. The battery module of claim 1 , wherein the bus bar frame comprises a bus bar, and
wherein electrode leads extend through slits in the bus bar.

18. The battery module of claim 1 , wherein the film part is connected to the pad part.

Assignees

• Lg Energy Solution Ltd

Inventors

• Jang Sunghwan
• Seong Junyeob
• Park Myungki
• Sin Jehwan

Classifications

• H01M2220/20

  Batteries in motive systems, e.g. vehicle, ship, plane · CPC title

• H01M50/204

  Racks, modules or packs for multiple batteries or multiple cells · CPC title

• H01M50/505

  comprising a single busbar · CPC title

• H01M50/289

  characterised by spacing elements or positioning means within frames, racks or packs (spacing elements inside cells other than separators, membranes or diaphragms H01M50/471) · CPC title

• H01M50/247

  specially adapted for portable devices, e.g. mobile phones, computers, hand tools or pacemakers · CPC title