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US 12,756,056 B2Granted
Battery pack including a first battery module and a second battery module
AssigneeLG Energy Solution, Ltd.
InventorsJonghwa Choi, Junyeob Seong, Myungki Park
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Abstract
A battery module includes a module frame into which battery cell stack, in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, is inserted; end plates for covering front and rear surfaces of the battery cell stack and coupled to the module frame; and a cell terrace assembly located between the battery cell stack and the end plates, wherein a vent is formed in a side surface part of the module frame, and a part in which the vent is formed is formed to be closer to the cell terrace assembly than to the battery cell stack.
Claims10
A battery pack comprising:
- a first battery module and a second battery module,
- wherein each of the first battery module and the second battery module comprises:
- a battery cell stack having a plurality of stacked battery cells;
- a module frame into which the battery cell stack is inserted;
- end plates comprising a first end plate and a second end plate for covering front and rear surfaces of the battery cell stack respectively and coupled to the module frame;
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- a cell terrace assembly located between the battery cell stack and the end plates,
- wherein a vent is formed in a side surface of the module frame, and a portion in which the vent is formed is formed to be closer to the cell terrace assembly than to the battery cell stack,
- wherein the first end plate of the first battery module and the second end plate of the second battery module each have an opening,
- wherein the first end plate of the first battery module and the second end plate of the second battery module face each other, and
- wherein an outlet of the vent of the first battery module discharges gas in a direction away from the second battery module and towards the second end plate of the first battery module, and an outlet of the vent of the second battery module discharges gas in a direction away from the first battery module and towards the first end plate of the second battery module.
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