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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
May. 20, 2014
Samsung Sdi Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;
Minyeol Han, Yongin-si, KR;
Chiyoung Lee, Yongin-si, KR;
Seokyoon Yoo, Yongin-si, KR;
Hyungyu Park, Yongin-si, KR;
Samsung SDI Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Abstract
A secondary battery module includes a plurality of secondary battery units each including at least one secondary battery, each secondary battery including an electrode assembly, a case accommodating the electrode assembly, and first and second electrode terminals electrically connected to the electrode assembly, wherein for at least the first secondary battery unit of the plurality of secondary battery units, each of the corresponding at least one secondary batteries further includes a short-circuit member electrically connected to the corresponding first electrode terminal and protruding to the outside of the case upon the internal pressure of the case reaching a high-pressure condition; at least one fuse connecting at least two of the plurality of secondary battery units to one another in series; and a short circuit connection member having a first side facing each of the short-circuit members of the at least one secondary battery of the first of the plurality of secondary battery units and a second side electrically connected to a second electrode terminal of a secondary batter of another of the plurality of secondary battery units.