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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 02, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 14, 2012
Battery module with plurality of batteries having bent terminal portions connected with fixing plate
Applicant:
Samsung Sdi Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Giheung-gu, Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/20 (2006.01); H01M 2/22 (2006.01); H01M 2/24 (2006.01); H01M 2/26 (2006.01); H01M 2/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H01M 2/204 (2013.01); H01M 2/206 (2013.01); Y02E 60/12 (2013.01); H01M 2/30 (2013.01); H01M 2/202 (2013.01);
Abstract
A battery module includes a plurality of unit batteries, each including a positive terminal and a negative terminal which protrude outside of each unit battery and which have bent terminal portions, and a connection member which electrically connects the unit batteries with each other and which includes a fixing plate fixed to the bent terminal portions of adjacent unit batteries by welding so as to improve productivity and provide high stability.