Patent ID: 9360529
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: G01R,H01M,Y02E

Claim Text:
1. A battery module comprising; a plurality of rechargeable batteries; a plurality of receiving members, said plurality of rechargeable batteries are inserted into each of the plurality of receiving members, said plurality of receiving members are stacked one on top of another with adjacent receiving members being in physical contact with each other; a single bus bar electrically connecting all rechargeable batteries of the plurality of rechargeable batteries within solely a single receiving member of the plurality of receiving members; a protective circuit module that is affixed to and in physical contact with solely one of the plurality of receiving members and that is electrically connected to the rechargeable batteries contained in each of the plurality of receiving members via the single bus bar; a measurement element that measures a temperature, a voltage, and a current of the plurality of rechargeable batteries is installed and entirely contained within the protective circuit module; a control element that controls charge and discharge of the plurality of rechargeable batteries is installed and entirely contained within the protective circuit module; a molding layer having a rectangular prism shape made of a synthetic resin that fills the circuit mounting unit and entirely encloses the protective circuit module preventing the protective circuit module from being short-circuited or erroneously operating due to an external foreign substance coming in contact with the protective circuit module; a circuit connector that is connected to the protective circuit module and having a plurality of terminals; and a battery connector that is electrically connected to the rechargeable batteries and coupled to the circuit connector.