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Granted Patent B2
US 12,494,546 · App. 18/162,500 · Granted Dec 9, 2025

Battery module having wave type gauge bar

Inventor: Sung Su Kim (Suwon, KR)
Assignee: SEOYON E-HWA CO., LTD.
H01M50/383H01M50/242
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Patent No.
US 12,494,546
App. No.
18/162,500
Granted
Dec 9, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed herein is a battery module including a battery pack in which battery cells for an electric vehicle are formed in the form of a bundle, wave type gauge bars which are disposed on both side surfaces of the battery pack and in which a plurality of valleys and ridges are formed, and a fire extinguishing support disposed between the gauge bar and the battery pack.

Claims (15)

1 . A battery module comprising:

a battery pack ( 100 ) in which battery cells for an electric vehicle are formed in a form of a bundle;

wave type gauge bars ( 200 ) which are disposed on both side surfaces of the battery pack ( 100 ) and in which a plurality of valleys and ridges are formed; and

a fire extinguishing support ( 300 ) disposed between each of the gauge bars ( 200 ) and the battery pack ( 100 ).

2 . The battery module of claim 1 , wherein, when each of the gauge bars ( 200 ) expands and comes into contact with the battery pack ( 100 ), each of the gauge bars ( 200 ) is deformed in a straight line form.

3 . The battery module of claim 1 , wherein the fire extinguishing support ( 300 ) includes:

a support side ( 310 ) in contact with and coupled to each of the gauge bars ( 200 ); and

a contact portion ( 320 ) disposed to face the battery pack ( 100 ),

wherein a switch ( 321 ) is formed on an outer surface of the contact portion ( 320 ) facing the battery pack ( 100 ), and

the switch ( 321 ) operates when the switch ( 321 ) comes into contact with one side of the battery pack ( 100 ).

4 . The battery module of claim 3 , wherein the fire extinguishing support ( 300 ) sprays a fire extinguishing medium through the operation of the switch ( 321 ) so that a fire extinguishing atmosphere is formed in the battery pack ( 100 ).

5 . The battery module of claim 3 , wherein the fire extinguishing support ( 300 ) is formed in a T-shaped cross section.

6 . The battery module of claim 1 , wherein each of the gauge bars ( 200 ) is formed in a curved shape such that a plurality of straight paths form the plurality of valleys and ridges.

7 . The battery module of claim 6 , wherein a bent portion formed by the plurality of straight paths of each of the gauge bars ( 200 ) includes an elastic material (E), the elastic material (E) being formed in a spherical shape.

8 . The battery module of claim 1 , wherein each of the gauge bars ( 200 ) is formed as an extension of a general curve.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2023
From: KIM, SUNG SU
To: SEOYON E-HWA CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062552/0738 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0028524 · Mar 7, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230282930A1 · Sep 7, 2023
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