Battery module, battery pack comprising same battery module, and vehicle comprising same battery pack
AssigneeLG Energy Solution, Ltd.
InventorsEun-Gyu Shin, Jeong-O Mun, Yoon-Koo Lee
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Abstract
A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells stacked to be electrically connected to each other, each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells having a pair of electrode leads, a plurality of cell cartridges each configured to cover a protruding portion of one of the electrode leads, and a plurality of block bus bars respectively provided to the plurality of cell cartridges and respectively electrically connected to the electrode leads, the plurality of block bus bars each having a guide coupling formed on at least one side thereof to protrude along a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells.
Claims12
A battery module, comprising:
- a plurality of battery cells stacked to be electrically connected to each other, each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells having a pair of electrode leads;
- a plurality of cell cartridges each configured to cover a protruding portion of one of the electrode leads;
- and
- a plurality of block bus bars respectively provided to the plurality of cell cartridges and respectively electrically connected to the electrode leads, the plurality of block bus bars each having a guide coupling formed on at least one side thereof to protrude along a stacking direction of the plurality of battery cells,
- wherein the guide couplings of the plurality of block bus bars include:
- a male coupling configured to protrude to one side in the stacking direction;
- and
- a female coupling configured to protrude to another side in the stacking direction to be coupled to the male coupling;
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- a bi-coupling configured to protrude to both sides in the stacking direction and configured to be connected to an external power source.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.