Patent ID: 7981538

Claim:
A battery module comprising: a plurality of unit cells spaced from one another in a first direction; and a plurality of cell barriers, each of the cell barriers being adjacent to a respective unit cell of the plurality of unit cells, wherein a cell barrier of the cell barriers comprises: a body member having an opening through which a coolant flows to cool the respective unit cell; and a fixing part on at least one edge of the body member, the fixing part comprising a fixing protrusion protruding from the body member in the first direction and a fixing groove in a surface of the body member facing a second direction opposite the first direction, the fixing protrusion being inserted in a corresponding fixing groove of an adjacent cell barrier of the plurality of cell barriers, the respective unit cell being between and contacting the cell barrier and the adjacent cell barrier; wherein the fixing protrusion is press-fitted into the corresponding fixing groove of the adjacent cell barrier, wherein the fixing protrusion includes a support leg for seating the respective unit cell, and wherein the body member comprises a plate.