Patent ID: 8808887

Claim:
A battery module, comprising: a plurality of battery cells aligned in one direction, each battery cell having electrode terminals; a bus bar coupling the electrode terminals; a terminal shielding unit covering the bus bar, the terminal shielding unit including: an upper shielding unit above and spaced apart from tops of the electrode terminals, and a lower shielding unit having at least two openings facing each other, at least one of the two openings being in a region between electrode terminals coupled by the bus bar, the two openings defining a fluid communication path from a first exterior side of the terminal shielding unit to a second exterior side of the terminal shielding unit, and the fluid communication path overlapping a center of the bus bar inside the terminal shielding unit; a pair of first and second end plates arranged outside outermost battery cells; and at least one coupling member coupling the first and second end plates.