IP Library Granted Patent US 10,608,218
Granted Patent B2
US 10,608,218 · App. 15/548,238 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Battery module and battery pack comprising same

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Patent No.
US 10,608,218
App. No.
15/548,238
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A battery module is provided. A battery module according to an embodiment of the present disclosure includes a cartridge assembly including a plurality of cartridges, each cartridge accommodating a battery cell, a casing including an opening formed therein and accommodating the cartridge assembly through the opening and surrounding the cartridge assembly, and a cover coupled to the opening of the casing, in which the cover includes a pressurizing portion pressurizing the battery cell when the battery cell swells.

Claims (14)

1. A battery module comprising:

a cartridge assembly comprising a plurality of cartridges, each cartridge accommodating a battery cell;

a casing comprising an opening formed therein and accommodating the cartridge assembly through the opening and surrounding the cartridge assembly;

a cover coupled to the opening of the casing, the cover including a pressurizing portion pressurizing the battery cell when the battery cell swells; and

a heat management member which contacts the pressurizing portion and radiates heat of the battery cell or transfers heat to the battery cell, the heat management member including:

a first member which contacts the pressurizing portion and is spaced apart from a cooling unit or a heating unit; and

a second member which extends inclinedly from the first member and is disposed alongside the pressurizing portion to contact the cooling unit or the heating unit.

2. The battery module of claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises a hollow portion formed therein, and the pressurizing portion comprises at least one connection bar connecting, to each other, opposite end portions of the cover comprising the hollow portion formed therein.

3. The battery module of claim 2 , wherein the connection bar comprises a steel material.

4. The battery module of claim 1 , wherein the second member and the pressurizing portion are disposed to have different distances from the cooling unit or the heating unit.

5. The battery module of claim 1 , wherein the heating unit comprises a heating film.

6. The battery module of claim 1 , wherein the heat management member comprises an aluminum material.

7. A battery pack comprising the battery module according to claim 1 .

8. A vehicle comprising the battery module according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 4, 2021
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Reel/Frame 058295/0068 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2017
From: KIM, NAM-IN; SEO, JAE-HYUN; EOM, YOUNG-SOP; KIM, BO-HYON; CHO, HYUN-YOUNG
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 043189/0674 →