# US 9,005,800 B2 · Battery module > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,005,800 B2 - Document ID: US9005800B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/077,940 - Filed: 2011-03-31 - Published: 2012-05-10 - Granted: 2015-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2010-11-10 - Assignees: Samsung SDI Co., Ltd.; Robert Bosch GmbH - Applicants: Shi-Dong Park; Tae-Yong Kim; Jang-Wook Lee - Inventors: Shi-Dong Park; Tae-Yong Kim; Jang-Wook Lee - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9005800B2 ## CPC - H01M 50/30: Arrangements for facilitating escape of gases - H01M 10/0413: {Large-sized flat cells or batteries for motive or stationary systems with plate-like electrodes} - H01M 50/209: adapted for prismatic or rectangular cells (H01M50/216 takes precedence) - H01M 50/262: with fastening means, e.g. locks - H01M 50/505: comprising a single busbar - H01M 50/51: Connection only in series - H01M 50/579: in response to shock - Y02E 60/10: Energy storage using batteries - Y02P 70/50: Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product - H01M: PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSION OF CHEMICAL ENERGY INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY - Y02E: REDUCTION OF GREENHOUSE GAS [GHG] EMISSIONS, RELATED TO ENERGY GENERATION, TRANSMISSION OR DISTRIBUTION - Y02P: CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS ## Abstract The described technology relates generally to a high capacity battery module. The battery module according to an exemplary embodiment includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries configured to comprise electrode terminals externally protruded and identification units disposed on the peripheries of the electrode terminals, a bus bar configured to electrically connect the electrode terminals of the plurality of neighboring rechargeable batteries, and a protection member disposed between the plurality of rechargeable batteries and the bus bars. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A battery module comprising: a plurality of rechargeable batteries, each of the rechargeable batteries comprising a case, electrode terminals protruding from the case, and an identification unit extending around a periphery of at least one of the electrode terminals; a bus bar electrically coupling one electrode terminal of a first battery of the rechargeable batteries and one electrode terminal of a second battery of the rechargeable batteries, wherein the first battery and the second battery are adjacent; a protection member located between the rechargeable batteries and the bus bar, wherein the bus bar is on an exterior surface of the protection member; and wherein the protection member further comprises protrusion units, wherein one . protrusion unit of the protrusion units extends around a periphery of at least one bus bar on the support plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The battery module of claim 1, wherein the electrode terminals comprise a positive terminal and a negative terminal, wherein the identification unit comprises a positive identification unit extending around the periphery of the positive terminal and a negative identification unit extending around the periphery of the negative terminal, and wherein the positive identification unit and the negative identification unit are different colors or have different patterns from each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The battery module of claim 1, wherein the electrode terminals comprise a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and the identification unit extends around the periphery of only one of the positive terminal and the negative terminal. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The battery module of claim 1, wherein the identification unit comprises adhesive tape. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The battery module of claim 1, wherein the protection member comprises a support plate covering a face of each of the rechargeable batteries and a plurality of terminal holes, wherein at least one of the electrode terminals penetrates one of the terminal holes. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The battery module of claim 5, wherein the protection member further comprises a reinforcement protrusion extending adjacent an edge of the support plate. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The battery module of claim 5, wherein the support plate has exhaust holes that each communicate with at least one vent member on each of the rechargeable batteries. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The battery module of claim 5, wherein the terminal hole has a greater diameter than a diameter of each of the electrode terminals and a terminal fastening member fastening the electrode terminal to the support plate. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The battery module of claim 5, wherein the support plate has a window adjacent to the terminal holes. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The battery module of claim 9, wherein the window generally corresponds to one of the identification units. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The battery module of claim 1, wherein: the electrode terminals comprise a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and the positive terminal of a first battery of the rechargeable batteries and the negative terminal of a second battery of the rechargeable batteries adjacent to the first battery are adjacent to each other. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The battery module of claim 11, wherein the bus bar electrically connects the positive terminal of the first battery and the negative terminal of the second battery. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The battery module of claim 1, wherein: the electrode terminals comprise a positive terminal and a negative terminal, and wherein the plurality of rechargeable batteries are arranged such that the positive terminal of a first two adjacent ones of the rechargeable batteries are adjacent to each other and the negative terminal of a second two adjacent ones of the rechargeable batteries are adjacent to each other. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The battery module of claim 13, wherein the bus bar electrically connects the positive terminals and the negative terminals of the first two and the second two rechargeable batteries. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The battery module of claim 1, further comprising fastening members fastening the bus bar and the electrode terminals and lead-out terminals electrically coupled to the electrode terminals and configured to draw current out externally. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The battery module of claim 1, further comprising a housing having an opening accommodating the rechargeable batteries therein, wherein the protection member generally covers the opening.