Patent ID: 9461283
Filing Date: 2016-10-04
CPC Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A battery module comprising: a plurality of battery cells electrically connected to one another; and a heat exchange member at bottom surfaces of the battery cells, wherein the heat exchange member comprises a planar upper surface facing the bottom surfaces of the battery cells and having at least one groove formed therein to a depth below the planar upper surface, the at least one groove extending from a first side of the heat exchange member to a second, side of the heat exchange member and being downwardly inclined such that the depth from the planar upper surface is greater at the second side than at the first side, and wherein the bottom surfaces are bottommost surfaces of respective ones of the battery cells, the bottommost surfaces being supported on the planar upper surface of the heat exchange member outside the at least one groove.