Patent ID: 9136520
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery module, comprising: a plurality of rechargeable batteries, each comprising a first terminal and a second terminal at a same side of the rechargeable batteries, the first terminal including at least one differentiation portion comprising at least one of an indentation or a protruding portion, to differentiate the first terminal from the second terminal; and connection members electrically connecting the plurality of rechargeable batteries, each of the connection members being fixed to the first terminal of a first one of the plurality of rechargeable batteries and the second terminal of a second one of the plurality of rechargeable batteries adjacent to the first one, the connection members comprising verification portions which fit the differentiation portions, the connection members being configured to be combined with the first terminal of the first one of the plurality of the rechargeable batteries and the second terminal of the second one of the plurality of the rechargeable batteries adjacent to the first one in a direction perpendicular to a top surface of the first terminal of the first one of the plurality of the rechargeable batteries and the second terminal of the second one of the plurality of the rechargeable batteries adjacent to the first one, wherein the first terminal of the first one of the plurality of the rechargeable batteries, the second terminal of the second one of the plurality of the rechargeable batteries adjacent to the first one, and the connection member are configured to space the first one of the plurality of the rechargeable batteries and the second terminal of the second one of the plurality of batteries adjacent to the first one at a set distance, wherein each of the first and second terminals comprises a plate, wherein the at least one of the indentation portions is formed on the plate, or at least one of the protruding portions extends from the plate, and wherein each of the rechargeable batteries comprises: