Lg Energy Solution, Ltd.

Soo-Jun Ahn

Bum Suk Choi

Dong-Hwan Shin

Tae-Gyu Lee

Jun-Ho Lee

Dae-Hee Son

A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells respectively having electrode terminals and configured to be erected long in a vertical direction, an upper cover having a plurality of exposing holes to expose the upper portion of each of the plurality of battery cells to the outside at least partially, a lower cover having a plurality of exposing holes to expose the lower portion of each of the plurality of battery cells to the outside at least partially, and a filling member, of an electrically insulating material, in the plurality of exposing holes to seal the plurality of exposing holes formed in at least one of the upper cover and the lower cover.

Battery module, battery pack, and vehicle

A battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells, each having at least two electrode terminals of different polarities at one end portion; an upper case and an lower case including an accommodating portion where a space in which the cylindrical battery cells are inserted and accommodated is formed, a gas discharge path extending in front, back, left, and right directions to externally discharge a gas discharged from the cylindrical battery cells and where an open portion externally exposed is formed, and a gas discharge hole opened such that the gas discharge path is connected to the outside; a cover sheet between the upper case and the lower case to cover the open portion of the gas discharge path; and a plurality of wire type bus bars to electrically contact and connect the electrode terminals of the cylindrical battery cells to each other.

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Daejeon, South Korea

Soo-Jun Ahn