Patent ID: 7820322
Filing Date: 2010-10-26
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A battery module for battery packs, comprising a plurality of unit cells, wherein the unit cells are generally plate-shaped unit cells, and the unit cells are electrically connected with each other while the unit cells are arranged in a module case so as to constitute at least two rows and at least two columns, and wherein the unit cells arranged in a row direction are electrically connected with each other via at least one connecting member, the unit cells arranged in a column direction are electrically connected with each other by bending electrode taps or electrode leads of the unit cells, and at least two unit cells of the unit cells are constructed in a structure that one terminal is electrically connected to a unit cell arranged in a row direction via the connecting member and the other terminal is electrically connected to a unit cell arranged in a column direction by bending electrode taps or electrode leads.