Patent ID: 9356262
Filing Date: 2016-05-31
CPC Classification: H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A battery pack comprising: a battery cell including a terrace portion; a protection circuit module electrically connected to the battery cell and placed on the terrace portion; and a frame that houses the battery cell and the protection circuit module and covers at least the protection circuit module, wherein the frame includes an insulating material, and the frame is a hexahedron including an upper surface, a bottom surface, and sides between the upper and bottom surfaces, wherein the frame comprises: an edge frame portion corresponding to the sides and surrounding the battery cell and the protection circuit module, a fixing portion corresponding to the bottom surface and contacts at least a portion of the battery cell to prevent separation of the battery cell from the frame, said fixing portion extends perpendicularly from one side of the edge frame portion and extends in a direction perpendicular to a lengthwise direction of the terrace portion; a first extension portion corresponding to the bottom surface extending from a side of the edge frame portion adjacent to the terrace portion toward the protection circuit module; and a second extension portion corresponding to the upper surface and facing the first extension portion; wherein one of the first and second extension portions is adjacent to the terrace portion toward the protection circuit module, and another of the first and second extension portions covers the terrace portion, wherein the fixing portion is in a same plane and is flush with the first extension portion, and contacts at least a portion of the battery cell, and wherein the upper surface of the frame is open and only includes the second extension portion to prevent separation of the battery cell from the frame, after the battery cell is inserted through the upper surface into the frame between the first and second extensions, a portion of the battery cell makes direct contact with one of the first or second extensions, the protection circuit module is parallel with the first and second extensions, and the portion of the battery cell is between the protection circuit module and the one of the first or second extensions.