Patent ID: 9716255
Date: 2017-07-25
CPC Classifications: H01M,Y02E

Claim:
1. A battery module comprising: a plurality of aligned battery cells, wherein each battery cell has a terminal and a surface on which the terminal is provided; a cover, which faces the surfaces of the battery cells on which the terminals are provided; a conductor, which is connected to the battery cells and fixed to the cover; a first end plate and a second end plate, which hold the battery cells from opposite ends in an aligning direction of the battery cells; an elastic body, which is arranged between the second end plate and the battery cell that is adjacent to the second end plate; and a fixing plate, which is arranged between the elastic body and the battery cell that is adjacent to the elastic body, wherein the elastic body is configured to be elastically deformed to absorb a load that is applied to the first and second end plates as the battery cells expand, and the fixing plate is fixed to the cover and is configured to move in the aligning direction of the battery cells together with the cover as the battery cells expand.