Patent ID: 7976978

Claim:
An electrode terminal connecting member for electrically interconnecting plate-shaped secondary battery cells (‘battery cells’) constituting a battery module, wherein the electrode terminal connecting member includes a monolithic structure comprising plural bent coupling parts, each bent coupling part bent to form a groove at a rear of the electrode terminal connecting member such that a plate-shaped electrode terminal of each battery cell is inserted into the groove, an external input and output terminal protruding toward a front of the electrode terminal connecting member while being bent, and a voltage detection terminal protruding toward the front of the electrode terminal connecting member while being bent, wherein a number of the plural bent coupling parts and a number of the external input and output terminals corresponds to a number of the battery cells such that at least two battery cells are electrically connected to each other and wherein the external input and output terminal and the voltage detection terminal are bent in parallel to the front of the electrode terminal connecting member.