Battery module comprising temperature sensor
AssigneeSK On Co., Ltd.
InventorsSeung Hun Lee, Hyeong Kwan Kang, Kwan Yong Kim, Sang Yeon Kim, Dong Jin Shin, Ung Ho Lee
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Abstract
A battery module includes a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells stacked therein, a bus bar assembly coupled to a side of the cell stack, on which an electrode lead of the battery cell is disposed, and a sensing device coupled to the bus bar assembly and measuring a temperature of the battery cell. The bus bar assembly is coupled to the cell stack in a vertical direction, and the sensing device includes a temperature sensor disposed in close contact with the battery cell, and an elastic bracket pressing the temperature sensor toward the battery cell through elastic force.
Claims20
A battery module comprising:
- a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells stacked therein;
- a bus bar assembly coupled to a side of the cell stack, on which an electrode lead of the battery cell is disposed;
- and
- a sensing device coupled to the bus bar assembly and measuring a temperature of the battery cell,
- wherein
- the sensing device includes a temperature sensor disposed in contact with the battery cell, and an elastic bracket pressing the temperature sensor to contact with the battery cell through elastic force,
- the bus bar assembly is configured to be coupled to the cell stack in a first direction, and
- the elastic bracket is configured to press the temperature sensor in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
A battery module temperature monitor comprising:
- a sensing device configured to be coupled to a bus bar assembly connected to a cell stack including a plurality of battery cells;
- a temperature sensor included with the sensing device;
- and
- an elastic bracket configured to be supported by the bus bar assembly and connected to the temperature sensor,
- wherein
- at least one of the battery cells includes an accommodating portion containing electrolyte, and the temperature sensor when installed is pressed by the elastic member against the accommodating portion,
- the bus bar assembly is configured to be coupled to the cell stack in a first direction, and
- the elastic bracket is configured to press the temperature sensor in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.