Battery module and battery pack including the same

Abstract

Disclosed is a battery module, including a cartridge laminate including a plurality of secondary batteries, each having an electrode lead, and a plurality of cartridges configured to respectively accommodate at least one secondary battery among the secondary batteries and stacked at multi stages; an integrated circuit board (ICB) housing having a bus bar connected to the electrode lead at a predetermined connection point and coupled to one surface of the cartridge laminate; and a sensing unit having a connection wire disposed to pass through the ICB housing and connected to the bus bar to allow voltages of the secondary batteries to be sensed, wherein the ICB housing further includes a wire fixing unit having a wire fixing recess formed by indenting an outer surface of the ICB housing toward an inner surface of the ICB housing to be located near the inner surface of the ICB housing in comparison to the connection point, and at least a part of the connection wire is inserted into and fixed in the wire fixing recess.

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