Abstract: Provided are a battery case, a battery module, a battery pack, and a vehicle including the battery case, and a method of manufacturing the battery case. A battery case according to an embodiment includes a lower case in which a plurality of battery cells are accommodated, and an upper case coupled to the lower case, wherein an insert nut is provided in at least one of the upper case and the lower case, a pinhole is formed at a position adjacent to the insert nut of the at least one of the upper case and the lower case, and the pinhole is blocked.

Abstract: A multi-battery pack includes a plurality of stacked battery packs, and a plurality of long bolts to couple the plurality of battery packs to each other and to fix the plurality of battery packs to a device. Each of the battery packs includes a plurality of battery cells and a case to receive the plurality of battery cells therein. The case includes a case frame to receive the battery cells therein and to have a plurality of through-holes through which the long bolts are inserted, a lower cover coupled to a lower part of the case frame; and an upper cover coupled to an upper part of the case frame. The upper cover includes a circular first fastening hole and a second fastening hole having one side open in a C-shape wherein the first and second fastening holes allow the long bolts to be fastened therethrough.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module, which includes cylindrical battery cells erect such that top caps thereof face upward, and a bus bar unit connected to the cylindrical battery cells in series and in parallel. The cylindrical battery cells include a first bank cell group and a second bank cell group arranged in a first direction parallel to the first bank cell group. The bus bar unit includes a first terminal bus bar disposed on the first bank cell group and electrically connected to a positive electrode of each of the first cylindrical battery cells a second terminal bus bar disposed on the second bank cell group and electrically connected to a negative electrode of each of the second cylindrical battery cells, and a fishbone bus bar electrically connected to a negative electrode of the first cylindrical battery cells and a positive electrode of the second cylindrical battery cells.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module and a battery pack including the same, and more particularly, to a battery module and a battery pack having the same, the battery module being formed in a heat transfer structure so that the temperatures of a plurality of battery cells are efficiently adjusted, and formed such that a heat transfer member is formed to have through holes so that the stability of the battery cells increases.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells respectively having electrode terminals formed at an upper portion and a lower portion thereof; a module housing including an accommodation portion having a plurality of hollow structures in which the plurality of cylindrical battery cells are inserted and accommodated; and a module bus bar including a first metal plate having a body portion located at an upper portion or a lower portion of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells to extend in a horizontal direction and a plurality of connection portions configured to extend in a horizontal direction from one side of the body portion to contact the electrode terminals of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells, and a second metal plate bonded to the body portion of the first metal plate and having a metal with a relatively higher electric conductivity than the first metal plate.

Abstract: A heat-radiating structure of a cylindrical battery cell includes a first plate configured to contact an upper partial area of a battery cell and to which a current of the battery cell is discharged, the first plate having an area not contacting the battery cell, a second plate disposed between the first plate and the battery cell, the second plate not contacting the battery cell, and a heat transfer part disposed between the second plate and the battery cell and configured to transfer heat generated in the battery cell to the second plate while contacting the battery cell is provided. The second plate contacts the area of the first plate not contacting the battery cell and a portion of the current discharged from the battery cell to the first plate is discharged from the second plate. A heat-radiating system of a cylindrical battery is also provided.

Abstract: A cap assembly having an improved structure to block or reduce the discharge of heated active material in a situation such as gas release is coupled to an open end of a battery can, and includes a top cap disposed on an uppermost portion of the cap assembly in a protrusive form to form a positive electrode terminal; a safety vent disposed below the top cap to deform a shape when an internal pressure of the battery can increases; a gasket configured to surround edges of the top cap and the safety vent; and a screen member interposed between the top cap and the safety vent and having an edge surrounded by the gasket, the screen member being at least partially configured in a mesh form.

Abstract: A battery module includes cylindrical battery cells, a module housing, and a bus bar. The bus bar includes a main body portion that is positioned at a top or a bottom of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells and has a plate shape having upper and lower surfaces that are broader than a lateral surface of the main body portion in a horizontal direction; and a contact portion that is configured to electrically contact and be connected to an electrode terminal formed in one of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells, extends and protrudes from the main body portion in a horizontal direction, is stepped from the main body portion in a direction toward where the electrode terminal is positioned, and includes a branched structure bifurcated in two directions with respect to a direction in which the contact portion extends and protrudes from the main body portion.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module and a battery pack including the same, and more particularly, to a battery module and a battery pack having the same, the battery module being formed in a heat transfer structure so that the temperatures of a plurality of battery cells are efficiently adjusted, and formed such that a heat transfer member is formed to have through holes so that the stability of the battery cells increases.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack having a mounting structure including: a frame having a body portion with a plate placed horizontally, and sidewalk bent from opposite ends of the body portion and extending upward to form an inner space above the plate, and a battery module accommodated in the inner space of the frame, and including: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a module case having a plurality of hollow tubes into which the plurality of cylindrical battery cells standing upright in an upper and lower direction are inserted; and a connection portion configured to connect the plurality of hollow tubes to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery pack including a plurality of cylindrical battery cells with improved cooling efficiency. The secondary battery pack includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells having electrode terminals formed at both ends thereof; a pack case having an accommodation portion formed to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cells therein and at least one exposing portion perforated from an inside to an outside thereof; at least one heat dissipation plate configured in the form of a metal plate and located at the exposing portion of the pack case so that at least a portion thereof is exposed out through the exposing portion of the pack case; and a heat transfer pad having a thermally conductive material in a solid state and interposed between the plurality of cylindrical battery cells and the heat dissipation plate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack, which includes a plurality of cell assemblies respectively having a cell housing for accommodating battery cells and arranged in a front and rear direction; a first metal plate mounted at a top portion of the cell housing and integrally contacting upper electrode terminals of the battery cells; and a second metal plate mounted at a bottom portion of the cell housing and integrally contacting lower electrode terminals of the battery cells. The cell housing includes a side portion that has a slit forming a gap into which a part of the first metal plate and a part of the second metal plate are bent and inserted in an upper and lower direction and a perforated hole formed in a direction intersecting the slit. The bent part of the first metal plate mounted to any one cell housing is overlapped with the bent part of the second metal plate mounted to another the cell housing adjacent thereto inside the perforated hole.

Abstract: A battery pack has reduced manufacturing cost, improved heat dissipation efficiency, and enhanced product stability. The battery pack includes a cover structure including a first cover frame having a plate shape with both front and rear ends bent leftward to form an inner space and a second cover frame having a portion coupled to the first cover frame and having a plate shape with both front and rear ends bent rightward to form an inner space; a first battery module having a plurality of battery cells; and a second battery module having a plurality of battery cells.

Abstract: Provided is a battery pack capable of preventing an ignition or explosion of a battery cell by including a pack housing having the inside that is in a negative pressure state. The battery pack includes: at least one battery module including a plurality of battery cells and a module case having an accommodating space to accommodate the plurality of battery cells therein; and a pack housing including an upper case that has an internal structure to cover a top portion of the at least one battery module and includes a cover portion having an external structure having a curved surface entirely from one end to the other end, and a lower case that has an internal structure to surround a bottom portion of the at least one battery module and includes a mounting portion having an external structure having a curved surface entirely from one end to the other end, wherein the upper case and the lower case are combined with each other and sealed to maintain an inside of the pack housing in a negative pressure state.

Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a plurality of cylindrical battery cells forming a clamping part by coupling a cap assembly on one opened surface of a cylindrical can and forming a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal on a top surface of the clamping part and a top end central portion of the cap assembly, respectively, and a first electrode terminal connecting plate simultaneously coupled to upper end surfaces of the clamping parts of the battery cells in a state in which cylindrical battery cells are laterally arranged so that the cap assemblies of the cylindrical battery cells head in the same direction.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module and a battery pack including the same, and more particularly, to a battery module and a battery pack having the same, the battery module being formed in a heat transfer structure so that the temperatures of a plurality of battery cells are efficiently adjusted, and formed such that a heat transfer member is formed to have through holes so that the stability of the battery cells increases.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells respectively having electrode terminals formed at an upper portion and a lower portion thereof; a module housing including an accommodation portion having a plurality of hollow structures in which the plurality of cylindrical battery cells are inserted and accommodated; and a module bus bar including a first metal plate having a body portion located at an upper portion or a lower portion of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells to extend in a horizontal direction and a plurality of connection portions configured to extend in a horizontal direction from one side of the body portion to contact the electrode terminals of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells, and a second metal plate bonded to the body portion of the first metal plate and having a metal with a relatively higher electric conductivity than the first metal plate.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack having improved manufacturing efficiency, high energy density and enhanced product stability. The battery pack includes a mounting structure including a first frame formed in a plate shape whose both ends are bent upward to form an inner space and a second frame formed in a plate shape whose both ends are bent downward to form an inner space; a first battery module group accommodated in the inner space of the first frame and including a plurality of battery modules; and a second battery module group accommodated in the inner space of the second frame and including a plurality of battery modules.

Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack having a mounting structure including: a frame having a body portion with a plate placed horizontally, and sidewalk bent from opposite ends of the body portion and extending upward to form an inner space above the plate, and a battery module accommodated in the inner space of the frame, and including: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a module case having a plurality of hollow tubes into which the plurality of cylindrical battery cells standing upright in an upper and lower direction are inserted; and a connection portion configured to connect the plurality of hollow tubes to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery pack including a plurality of cylindrical battery cells with improved cooling efficiency. The secondary battery pack includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells having electrode terminals formed at both ends thereof; a pack case having an accommodation portion formed to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cells therein and at least one exposing portion perforated from an inside to an outside thereof; at least one heat dissipation plate configured in the form of a metal plate and located at the exposing portion of the pack case so that at least a portion thereof is exposed out through the exposing portion of the pack case; and a heat transfer pad having a thermally conductive material in a solid state and interposed between the plurality of cylindrical battery cells and the heat dissipation plate.