Patent ID: 8679669
Filing Date: 2014-03-25
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery module comprising: a plurality of battery cells mounted in a module case in a stacked state; and cooling members mounted at interfaces between the battery cells, wherein the module case is configured in a structure in which two opposite sides of the module case are open so that corresponding portions of the battery cell stack are exposed outward through the two open opposite sides of the module case, wherein the cooling members are partially exposed outward through the two open opposite sides of the module case, wherein a coolant flows along the two open opposite sides of the module case while contacting the outwardly exposed portions of the cooling members, wherein at least one of the battery cells is mounted in a battery cartridge, the battery cartridge configured in a frame structure, and wherein the battery cartridge comprises at least one pair of plate-shaped frames to fix an edge of at least one of the battery cells, at least one major surface of the at least one of the battery cells being exposed, and each of the frames being provided at an outside thereof with an elastic pressing member to fix a corresponding one of the cooling members to the exposed major surface of the at least one of the battery cells in a contact manner.