Patent ID: 8420250
Filing Date: 2013-04-16
Classification: H01M,Y02E,Y02P

Abstract:
1. A battery module, comprising: a pair of end plates facing each other; a plurality of battery units arranged in a first direction between the end plates; a first side plate extending along a first side of the plurality of battery units, the first side plate being coupled to the end plates; a second side plate extending along a second side of the plurality of battery units, the second side plate being coupled to the end plates and being disposed opposite to the first side plate; and a plurality of coupling members, the plurality of coupling members coupling the side plates to at least one of the pair of end plates and including: wherein: the first coupling member and the second coupling member are disposed in asymmetrical positions with respect to a central line of the one end plate, and each coupling member that couples the one end plate to the first side plate is asymmetrically disposed about the central line of the one end plate with respect to every coupling member that couples the one end plate to the second side plate.