BATTERY MODULE

• Main Authors: SEONG, Jun-Yeob, KANG, Tae-Young, KIM, Hwa-Joong, MOON, Duck-Hee, KIM, Do-Hyeon, YU, Sung-Chun, CHOI, Yong-Joon
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 20.06.2019
• Subjects: BASIC ELECTRIC ELEMENTS; ELECTRICITY; PROCESSES OR MEANS, e.g. BATTERIES, FOR THE DIRECT CONVERSIONOF CHEMICAL INTO ELECTRICAL ENERGY

The present disclosure provides a battery module capable of stably maintaining contact of electrode leads while having a simple structure and high assemblability. The battery module of the present disclosure includes: a cell assembly including a plurality of secondary batteries and a plurality of cartridges, the secondary batteries being vertically arranged and including electrode leads, the cartridges being vertically stacked to accommodate the secondary batteries in an inner space thereof; and a sensing assembly mounted on a front side of the cell assembly and including an insulation housing formed of an electrically insulative material and a sensing bus bar formed of an electrically conductive material, the sensing assembly being coupled to the electrode leads to sense voltages of the secondary batteries, wherein the insulation housing includes a plurality of penetration holes vertically spaced apart from each other to receive the electrode leads therethrough, and a plurality of housing slant portions arranged in the penetration holes and sloped at a predetermined angle from a horizontal direction.