Patent ID: 9419262
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Claim Text:
1. A battery module comprising: a plurality of battery cells; an end plate at a side of the plurality of battery cells; a bottom plate at a bottom of the plurality of battery cells, the bottom plate comprising an indented portion comprising a mounting portion, wherein outer surfaces of the bottom plate outside of the indented portion are coplanar with each other; and a reinforcing member at a first surface of the bottom plate and mounted in the mounting portion of the bottom plate, wherein the mounting portion is indented inward from the outer surfaces of the bottom plate, and wherein the mounting portion has a shape corresponding to a shape of the reinforcing member and an upper surface of the reinforcing member is parallel to a corresponding surface of the mounting portion along the entire length of the reinforcing member, and wherein a bottom surface of the reinforcing member mounted in the mounting portion and the outer surfaces of the bottom plate form a substantially flat surface.