Lg Chem, Ltd

Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Jong Woon Choi

Jung Oh Moon

Dal Mo Kang

Hyung Ku Yun

Jun Yeob Seong

Ju Hwan Baek

Byung O Kong

Youngsop Eom

Seog Jin Yoon

Sooryoung Kim

Tae Hwan Roh

Jun Hee Jung

Tae Wook Kim

Eun Pyo Hong

Migeum Choi

Dal-Mo Kang

JunYeob Seong

Jae Hun Yang

JaeHun Yang

Junkyu Park

Dong Cheol Lee

Youngho Choi

Hyejin Kim

Mi Geum Choi

Dongcheol Lee

Hyung Gu Yun

Jin Hyun Ryu

Sang Hyuk Park

Doo Han Yoon

Doohan Yoon

Youngjoo Cha

A battery module includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, each battery cell of the plurality of battery cells including a portion of a battery case body extended outward as a cell terrace, a busbar frame connected to the battery cell stack, electrode leads protruding from the cell terraces, respectively, of the plurality of battery cells, and a partition wall disposed between immediately adjacent electrode leads and formed on the busbar frame, the partition wall located between the cell terrace protruding from an outermost battery cell of the plurality of battery cells in the battery cell stack and the cell terrace protruding from the battery cell immediately adjacent to the outermost battery cell.

Battery module

A bus bar assembly includes a frame, a plurality of sensing bus bars integrally provided on the frame, an inter bus bar configured to connect any one pair of sensing bus bars, among the plurality of sensing bus bars, to each other, and a terminal bus bar configured to connect any one of the plurality of sensing bus bars to an external terminal.

Bus bar assembly

Disclosed herein is a battery pack configured to have a structure including a plate-shaped battery cell having electrode terminals formed at one side thereof including a sealed surplus part and a protection circuit module (PCM) mounted at the sealed surplus part, wherein each of the electrode terminals of the battery cell is made of a plate-shaped conductive member, the PCM includes a protection circuit board (PCB), a safety element electrically connected between one of the electrode terminals of the battery cell and the PCB or loaded on the PCB, an external input and output terminal electrically connected to a protection circuit of the PCB, and an electrically insulative module case in which the PCB and the safety element are mounted in a state in which the external input and output terminal extends outside, the module case includes a PCB receiving part open outward at one side thereof and at least one fixing part to mount the module case to the sealed surplus part of the battery cell, and the PCM is loaded on the sealed surplus part of the battery cell while being received in the module case in a state in which the PCM is electrically connected to the electrode terminals of the battery cell.

Battery pack having fixing part for PCM

Disclosed herein is a voltage sensing assembly including sensing bus bars connected to series connection portions of battery cells for sensing the voltage of the battery cells, a printed circuit board (PCB), to the upper part of which the sensing bus bars are and to the lower part of which a connector is coupled, the connector mounted on the PCB, an insulative mounting member including a receiving part having a shape corresponding to the shape of the PCB such that the PCB is mounted in the receiving part, the receiving part being provided at one side thereof with openings, through which the sensing bus bars extend, and an insulation sheet attached to the front surface of the PCB.

Voltage sensing assembly and battery module including the same

Disclosed herein is a method of manufacturing a battery cell having a structure in which an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a separator, and a negative electrode is mounted in a battery case, and the battery case is sealed by thermal welding, the method including (a) mounting the electrode assembly in a receiving part of the battery case and forming sealed portions at an outer edge of the receiving part by thermal welding, (b) perpendicularly bending the sealed portions and bringing the bent sealed portions into contact with an outer side wall of the receiving part, (c) mounting and fixing the battery case processed at step (b) in a jig provided with a depressed part having a size corresponding to that of the battery case, and (d) injecting a curable material into a space defined between the outer side wall of the receiving part of the battery case and an inner side wall of the depressed part of the jig and curing the injected curable material.

Method of manufacturing pouch-shaped battery cell having sealed portion insulated with curable material

Disclosed herein is a battery cell including a battery cell body having an electrode assembly mounted in a cell case, an electrode terminal protruding from at least one end of the battery cell body, and a connection protrusion for voltage sensing formed integrally with the electrode terminal.

Battery cell having connecting protrusion for voltage sensing and battery module comprising the same

Disclosed is a battery module array which has high space utilization and is easy to fabricate. The battery module array includes a plurality of battery modules, end plates, tension bars, a front sensing unit, a rear sensing unit, an under-base bar, a front cover, and a rear cover.

Battery module array comprising under-base bar

Disclosed is a secondary battery pack including a battery cell having an anode and a cathode terminal formed at one face having a sealed surplus portion and a protection circuit module (PCM) electrically connected to the battery cell via the anode and the cathode terminal, wherein the PCM includes a board having a protection circuit formed thereon, the board being provided with an anode terminal connection part and a cathode terminal connection part connected to the anode terminal and the cathode terminal, respectively, the board is coupled to the anode terminal and the cathode terminal of the battery cell via the anode terminal connection part and the cathode terminal connection part and is mounted to the sealed surplus portion of the battery cell, and the secondary battery pack further includes a frame mounted to the PCM and the battery cell so as to surround the PCM and the battery cell.

Secondary battery pack

Disclosed herein is a secondary battery pack including a battery cell having an anode terminal and a cathode terminal formed at one face having a sealed surplus portion and a protection circuit module (PCM) electrically connected to the battery cell via the anode terminal and the cathode terminal, wherein the PCM includes a board having a protection circuit formed thereon, the board being provided with an anode terminal connection part and a cathode terminal connection part connected to the anode terminal and the cathode terminal, respectively, a PCM case configured to receive the board through an open face thereof so that the PCM case surrounds the board, and an electrically insulative lid to close the open face of the PCM case.

A battery pack including a battery cell having an anode and cathode terminal at one face having a sealed surplus portion and a protection circuit module (PCM) connected to the cell via the anode and cathode terminal, the PCM including a board having a protection circuit thereon, the board being provided with an anode and cathode terminal connection part connected to the anode and cathode terminal, respectively, and a PCM case configured to receive the board through an open face thereof so that the PCM case surrounds the board. The board is coupled to the anode and cathode terminal of the cell via the anode and cathode terminal connection part, the board is disposed in the PCM case in a state in which the board is parallel to the cell, and the PCM case, in which the board is disposed, is mounted to the sealed surplus portion of the cell.

Disclosed herein is a battery module including two or more battery cells, which can be charged and discharged, arranged in a stacked state and cartridges for fixing the battery cells to constitute a battery cell stack, wherein each of the cartridges includes a cooling fin contacting the battery cells and a cartridge frame for fixing the cooling fin, the cooling fin includes two cooling plates, the cooling plates being mounted to the cartridge frame in a state of being spaced apart from each other in order to define a coolant flow channel, the cartridge frame is provided with openings communicating with the coolant flow channel defined between the cooling plates, and one side or opposite sides of each of the battery cells are sealed by a sealing member on an interface between each of the battery cells and the coolant flow channel in order to prevent gases generated in the battery cells from being introduced into the coolant flow channel.

Battery module having structure for preventing mixing of coolant and vent gas

Disclosed herein is a battery assembly including at least two battery cells connected in series or in parallel. Each of the battery cells includes an electrode assembly including a cathode, an anode and a separator interposed between the cathode and the anode and a battery case in which the electrode assembly is mounted. An electrode terminal of a first battery cell and an electrode terminal of a second battery cell are formed as a single member at a series or parallel connection portion between the first and second battery cells.

Battery assembly having single electrode terminal connection part

Disclosed herein is a battery module including a battery cell stack configured to have a rectangular parallelepiped structure in which two or more plate-shaped battery cells, each of which has electrode terminals formed at one side thereof, are stacked and a breadth of one surface of the battery cell stack at which the electrode terminals of the battery cells are disposed is smaller than a width and a height of each major surface of the battery cell stack, a first module case bent to surround two relatively large major surfaces of the battery cell stack and one surface of the battery cell stack opposite to the surface of the battery cell stack at which the electrode terminals of the battery cells are disposed, among six surfaces of the battery cell stack and a surface, the first module case being made of a thermally conductive material that is capable of dissipating heat generated from the battery cells during charge and discharge of the battery cells, and a second module case bent to surround side surfaces of the battery cell stack adjacent to the two major surfaces of the battery cell stack and the surface of the battery cell stack at which the electrode terminals of the battery cells are disposed, the second module case being fastened to the first module case, the second module case being provided with through holes, through which the electrode terminals of the battery cells protrude outward, the second module case being made of an electrically insulative material.

Battery module having structure of improved stability and high cooling efficiency

Disclosed is a secondary battery pack including a battery cell having a cathode and anode terminal formed at one face having a sealed surplus portion and a protection circuit module (PCM) electrically connected to the cell via the cathode and anode terminal, wherein the PCM includes a board having a cathode terminal connection part connected to the cathode terminal and an anode terminal connection part connected to the anode terminal and an electrically insulative case configured to receive the board through an open face thereof. The board, connected to the cathode terminal and anode terminal of the battery cell via the cathode terminal connection part and the anode terminal connection part, is mounted to the sealed surplus portion of the cell in a state in which the board is disposed in the case so that the cathode and anode terminal are exposed through the open face of the case.

Disclosed is a secondary battery pack including an anode terminal of a battery cell, the anode terminal being made of a plate-shaped conductive member, the anode terminal being electrically connected to a protection circuit module (PCM) via a safety element, a cathode terminal of the battery cell, the cathode terminal being made of a plate-shaped conductive member, the cathode terminal being directly electrically connected to the PCM, a battery cell having the anode terminal and the cathode terminal formed at one end thereof, the battery cell being provided at the end thereof with a thermally welded surplus portion, and a PCM including a printed circuit board (PCB) having a protection circuit formed thereon.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Jong Woon Choi