Battery module and battery pack including same

• Main Authors: Kim, Yun Ho, Lee, Jong Wook, Jeong, Yeon Man, Kim, Tae Hyuck, Son, In Gook
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 11.06.2024
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

A battery module includes: a plurality of battery cells stacked on each other in a first direction and forming a stacked structure; a pair of end plates in surface contact with a first and a second ends of the stacked structure in the first direction; a pair of bus bar assemblies disposed at the first and second ends of the stacked structure in a second direction and bonding electrodes of the battery cells; a first cover covering a surface of the stacked structure in a third direction; a first clamp including a first and a second ends respectively bonded to the pair of end plates across an outer surface of the first cover; and a second clamp including a first and a second ends respectively bonded to the pair of end plates across a surface, facing a surface on which the first cover is disposed, of the stacked structure.