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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 30, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 05, 2019
Lg Chem, Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Eun-Gyu Shin, Daejeon, KR;
Tai-Jin Jung, Daejeon, KR;
Dal-Mo Kang, Daejeon, KR;
Jeong-O Mun, Daejeon, KR;
LG CHEM, LTD., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
A battery module housing having a rectangular tube structure and method for forming the battery module housing is provided. The battery module housing includes a first side plate and a second side plate, the first and second side plates having target portions at upper and lower ends thereof, respectively, and spacers vertically protruding from the target portions; and a top plate and a bottom plate disposed upper and lower portions of the first and second side plates, respectively, each of the top and bottom plates having flyer portions supported on the spacers of the first and second side plates. The flyer portions of the top and bottom plates are joined to the target portions by means of electromagnetic pulse welding such that outer portions of the flyer portions contact the target portions and inner portions of the flyer portions are separated from the target portions by a gap.