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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 04, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2011
Myung-chul Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hee-joon Jin, Yongin-si, KR;
Myung-Chul Kim, Yongin-si, KR;
Hee-Joon Jin, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si, Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Robert Bosch GmbH, Stuttgart, DE;
Abstract
A battery module includes a battery array and an end plate. The battery array includes at least two battery cells that are stacked, the battery cells including a terminal surface where an electrode and a vent are exposed and an opposite bottom side. The end plate is disposed at the terminal surface of the stacked battery cells and includes an electrode hole through which the electrode is exposed. a first coupling unit including an alignment protrusion is disposed on one side of the end plate, and a second coupling unit including an accommodation unit is disposed on an opposite side of the end plate. The accommodation unit of the second coupling unit is configured to be coupled with an alignment protrusion of a first coupling unit of an end plate of an adjacent battery module.