Motor vehicle traction battery module

A motor vehicle traction battery module comprising:

• a battery housing,
• a plurality of pouch battery cells arranged parallel to one another within the battery housing, each of the pouch battery cells being plate-shaped, and
• a cooling structure for direct cooling of the pouch battery cells by a cooling liquid, the cooling structure being arranged between two pouch battery cells of the plurality of pouch battery cells,
• wherein the cooling structure is plate-shaped and compressible in a transverse direction (Y) that is perpendicular to a plane (XZ) of the cooling structure,
• wherein the cooling structure includes a plurality of trench bodies, each trench body including a trench having a trench opening,
• wherein the trench opening of one of the trench bodies is positioned to face one of the two pouch battery cells, and said one of the two pouch battery cells is configured to be cooled by cooling liquid within said one of the trench bodies,
• wherein the trench opening of another one of the trench bodies is positioned to face the other of the two pouch battery cells, and said other of the two pouch battery cells is configured to be cooled by cooling liquid within said another one of the trench bodies,
• wherein the cooling structure includes a resilient trench body tensioner, which (i) biases said one of the trench bodies in the transverse direction (Y) against said one of the two pouch battery cells and (ii) is supported on said other of the two pouch battery cells, and
• wherein the cooling structure includes a resiliently compressible spacer, which is positioned between and spaces apart in a lateral direction (X), said one of the trench bodies and said another one of the trench bodies.