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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 21, 2017
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2013
Lg Chem, Ltd., Seoul, KR;
Jun-Seok Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Jin-Kyu Lee, Daejeon, KR;
Tae-Hwan Roh, Daejeon, KR;
Seung-Don Choi, Daejeon, KR;
Seong-Tae Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Tae-Hyuck Kim, Daejeon, KR;
Jung-Hoon Yang, Daejeon, KR;
Min-Chul Jang, Daejeon, KR;
In-Cheol Shin, Daejeon, KR;
Dal-Mo Kang, Daejeon, KR;
LG CHEM, LTD., Seoul, KR;
Abstract
Disclosed is a battery module capable of ensuring safety in use by breaking a bus bar when an overcurrent flows at the battery module. The battery module includes at least one unit cell, a case for accommodating the unit cell, and a bus bar electrically connected to the unit cell, wherein the bus bar includes a first metal plate, a second metal plate spaced apart from the first metal plate, and a metal bridge configured to connect the first metal plate and the second metal plate and having a lower melting point than the metal plate.