Patent ID: 7687192

Claim:
A connection member for mechanically and electrically connecting two or more battery modules, the connection member comprising: an insulation body having a plurality of coupling holes, a plurality of connection holes, a front surface and an opposite rear surface and a mounting groove, the mounting groove formed at the rear surface of the insulation body; a plate-shaped conductive strip, which connects battery modules, the plate-shaped conductive strip mounted at the rear surface of the insulation body in a diagonal direction of the insulation body and in the mounting groove, wherein the conductive strip is electrically insulated from the front surface of the insulation body, the conductive strip includes connection holes formed at opposite ends thereof, and wherein the connection holes of the conductive strip communicate with the connection holes of the insulation body; and a connecting bar, which can be inserted into a corresponding connection hole of the conductive strip and a corresponding connection hole of the insulation body, wherein the mounting groove has a shape that corresponds to a shape of the conductive strip and the conductive strip is mounted to the insulation body by mechanical coupling.