IP Library Patent Application 13362975
Patent Application
App. No. 13/362,975

BATTERY PACK

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App. No.
13/362,975
Abstract

A battery pack includes a plurality of secondary batteries, each of the secondary batteries including: an electrode assembly; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; and a collecting terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly and protruding from the case; a first cover member on a first surface of each of the secondary batteries; and a first elastic member located between the first cover member and the first surface of each of the secondary batteries.

Claims (18)

1 . A battery pack comprising:

a plurality of secondary batteries, each of the secondary batteries including: an electrode assembly; a case accommodating the electrode assembly; and a collecting terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly and protruding from the case;

a first cover member on a first surface of each of the secondary batteries; and

a first elastic member located between the first cover member and the first surface of each of the secondary batteries.

2 . The battery pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first elastic member comprises a coil spring.

3 . The battery pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first cover member comprises:

a first horizontal part having a plurality discharge holes; and

a first sidewall part extending in a first direction from an edge of the first horizontal part.

4 . The battery pack as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first horizontal part comprises a positioning recess that accommodates the first elastic member.

5 . The battery pack as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first horizontal part comprises a first vertical part that protrudes in the first direction such that the first vertical part is located between adjacent ones of the secondary batteries.

6 . The battery pack as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first vertical part is recessed from the first sidewall part.

7 . The battery pack as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the secondary batteries has at least one coupling recess in the first surface.

8 . The battery pack as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the first elastic member is in one of the at least one coupling recess.

9 . The battery pack as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second cover member that has a through hole through which the collecting terminal passes, and that covers a second surface of each of the secondary batteries, wherein the second surface is opposite to the first surface.

10 . The battery pack as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising a second elastic member between the second cover member and the second surface of each of the secondary batteries.

11 . The battery pack as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the second elastic member comprises a leaf spring.

12 . The battery pack as claimed in claim 10 , wherein collecting terminals of adjacent ones of the secondary batteries are electrically connected to each other through a bus bar.

13 . The battery pack as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the bus bar is located between the second surface of the secondary batteries and the second elastic member.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 28, 2012
From: SB LIMOTIVE CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.; ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 029548/0033 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 1, 2012
From: KIM, DUKJUNG
To: SB LIMOTIVE CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027636/0314 →