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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2016
Samsung Sdi Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Abstract
A battery module is disclosed. In one aspect, the battery module includes: a plurality of rechargeable batteries electrically connected to each other, wherein each of the rechargeable batteries comprises a first short-circuit generator configured to be short-circuited based on an increase in battery internal pressure. The battery module also includes a positive electrode and a negative electrode respectively connected to first and second ones of the rechargeable batteries and a first drawn-out tab and a second drawn-out tab respectively connected to the positive and negative electrodes. The battery module further includes a switch configured to electrically connect the negative electrode and the second drawn-out tab and a second short-circuit generator electrically connected to the switch, wherein the second short-circuit generator overlaps, in the height dimension of each of the rechargeable batteries, the first short-circuit generator of the second rechargeable battery.