Patent ID: 11909062
Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC B  H  Y | IPC B  H

Claim 0:
1. A battery pack comprising:
a battery module comprising a plurality of battery cells or comprising a unit module including the plurality of battery cells;
a battery pack frame body comprising a base plate on which the battery module or the unit module is mounted, and a first side plate and a second side plate connected to the base plate and disposed to face each other;
a top frame coupled to an upper portion of the battery pack frame body; and
a first end plate and a second end plate electrically connected to electrode terminals of the battery module or the unit module, each of the first end plate and the second end plate having an inner surface and an outer surface as opposite surfaces,
wherein at least one of the first end plate and the second end plate is configured to include slits that penetrate through the at least one of the first end plate and the second end plate between the inner surface and the outer surface thereof,
wherein some of the slits are formed at corner edge portions of the at least one of the first end plate and the second end plate, and
wherein the some of the slits are formed in a diagonal direction from the corner edges of the first end plate and the second end plate toward a center part thereof.