Patent ID: 8771864
Filing Date: 2014-07-08
Classification: H01M,Y02E

Abstract:
1. A battery module, comprising: a plurality of battery cells arranged in a first direction; a first end plate adjacent to a first outermost battery cell of the plurality of battery cells; a second end plate adjacent to a second outermost battery cell of the plurality of battery cells, the second end plate being spaced apart from the first end plate along the first direction; a connecting member extending along the plurality of battery cells in the first direction, the connecting member having a first end connected to the first end plate and a second end connected to the second end plate, the first end of the connecting member extending in a plane parallel to an exposed surface of the first end plate, the exposed surface of the first end plate being a surface that faces in an opposite direction from a surface of the first end plate adjacent to the first outermost battery cell of the plurality of battery cells, and the first end of the connecting member wraps around the end plate to contact the exposed surface of the first end plate; a first securing portion securing the first end of the connecting member to the first end plate; and a second securing portion securing the second end to the second end plate, the second securing portion having a different configuration from the first securing portion.