Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module including: an electrode assembly capable of storing and supplying electrical energy; a battery exterior material of a hexahedral shape accommodating the electrode assembly therein; a first tab portion that is electrically connected to the electrode assembly and that protrudes to an outside of the battery exterior material; and a second tab portion that extends in the first direction from a free end of the first tab portion and that is provided with a different length from a predetermined length of the first tab portion, based on a second direction in parallel with a shortest edge of the battery exterior material among direction perpendicular to the first direction; and a bus bar assembly positioned between the battery exterior material and the second tab portion to be electrically connected to the electrode assembly.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module comprising: an electrode assembly capable of storing and supplying electrical energy; a battery exterior material accommodating the electrode assembly therein; a first tab portion electrically connected to the electrode assembly and protruding out of the battery exterior material along a first direction; a second tab portion extending along a first direction in which the first tab portion protrudes from a free end of the first tab portion and provided with a different length from a predetermined length of the first tab portion, based on a second direction perpendicular to a surface provided with the largest area among surfaces of the battery exterior material disposed along the first direction; and a bus bar assembly surrounding the second tab portion and electrically connected to the electrode assembly.

Abstract: A battery module manufacturing method according to an embodiment of the present disclosure comprises a step of inserting each of electrode tabs of a plurality of battery cells into a plurality of holes included in a bus bar; and a step of bonding the electrode tabs to the bus bar by irradiating laser under feeding of a wire, wherein the bus bar may electrically connect the electrode tabs of the plurality of battery cells to each other.

Abstract: Provided is a battery module including: A battery module comprising: a plurality of battery cells; a housing accommodating the plurality of battery cells therein, wherein the housing includes a first base material member and a second base material member, the first base material member and the second base material member are in contact with each other to form a joining region, a weld joint is formed in the joining region by welding, and a surface treatment region is formed in the joining region by laser emission, thus increasing an accuracy of a welding position between the base materials, which results in an increased welding process ability and an improved welding quality of the module.

Abstract: Provided is a fabrication method of a battery module case accommodating a battery cell, the method including: operation (a) of inputting a first base material member and a second base material member included in the case which accommodates the battery cell therein; operation (b) of performing a surface treatment by emitting a laser to a surface region including a joining region formed by contacting the first base material member and the second base material member with each other; and operation (c) of forming a weld joint by emitting the laser to the joining region, thus increasing a recognition rate in operating an auto position alignment (APA) function regardless of a surface condition of the base material of the battery module case.

Abstract: An apparatus for predicting weld quality includes an image sensor acquiring an image of a welding portion of a workpiece, a storage storing a shape detection model, a depth prediction model and a strength prediction model, and a controller configured to acquire shapes of a melt pool and a keyhole by receiving the image and inputting the image to the shape detection model, acquire a penetration depth of the keyhole by inputting the shapes of the melt pool and the keyhole to the depth prediction model, and acquire a tensile strength by inputting one of the shape of the melt pool, the shape of the keyhole and the shapes of the melt pool and the keyhole and the penetration depth of the keyhole to the strength prediction model. The weld quality of all products may be predicted during a welding process.

Abstract: Provided is a laser welding process system including a vision camera for recognizing a welding location of a material deposited on a welding station; a laser scan head for performing a welding process on the material through a laser light source when the welding location of the material is recognized by the vision camera; and a controller for temporarily changing an initial set value of the vision camera to perform the welding process when the welding location of the material is not recognized by the vision camera and next making a return to the initial set value, and for modifying the initial set value of the vision camera when the number of times that the welding location is not recognized exceeds a preset number.

Abstract: Provided is a secondary battery module including: plurality of battery cells including electrode tabs; and bus bar connected to the plurality of electrode tabs so that the plurality of battery cells are electrically connected to each other, wherein the bus bar includes plate having plurality of holes formed therein, each of the electrode tabs is inserted into at least part of the plurality of holes of the plate, the electrode tab inserted into the hole and the plate are joined by a weld bead, one or more of the weld beads are included, and the weld bead has concentration deviation (?C) satisfying the following Equation: Concentration deviation (?C)<5 wt %, (?C) is difference between average copper concentration of left side and average copper concentration of right side based on center line of the hole in a section of the weld bead in a thickness direction of the plate.

Abstract: The busbar assembly of the present disclosure comprises a busbar plate electrically connected to electrode tabs of a plurality of battery cells; a busbar terminal electrically connected to an external device; and a welding portion electrically connecting the busbar plate and the busbar terminal with each other, wherein the welding portion is formed by butt welding between the busbar plate and the busbar terminal.

Abstract: A laser welding apparatus includes a stage on which a first structure and a second structure, targets of a laser welding process, are seated, a vision camera located above the stage and obtaining a sample image indicating a welding target region in which the first structure and the second structure come into contact, and a controller adjusting setting parameters of the vision camera. The controller obtains a sample RGB value from each of a plurality of regions of interest selected from the sample image, compares the sample RGB value with a reference RGB value obtained from each of reference regions of interest defined in the same location as the plurality of regions of interest in a predetermined reference image, to adjust at least one of the setting parameters, and sets the vision camera.

Abstract: A container ship and a layout structure thereof are disclosed. In the layout structure of the container ship of the present invention, an engine room, in which a propulsion engine receiving LNG as fuel is provided, is disposed under a main deck at the stern of the container ship, an LNG storage tank storing the LNG is disposed in a cargo hold adjacent to the engine room, a fuel supply part for receiving the LNG from the LNG storage tank and supplying the LNG to the propulsion engine is disposed right above the LNG storage tank inside the cargo hold, and a void space isolating the LNG storage tank and the fuel supply part from each other is disposed therebetween.

Abstract: A container ship and a layout structure thereof are disclosed. In the layout structure of the container ship of the present invention, an engine room, in which a propulsion engine receiving LNG as fuel is provided, is disposed under a main deck at the stern of the container ship, an LNG storage tank storing the LNG is disposed in a cargo hold adjacent to the engine room, a fuel supply part for receiving the LNG from the LNG storage tank and supplying the LNG to the propulsion engine is disposed right above the LNG storage tank inside the cargo hold, and a void space isolating the LNG storage tank and the fuel supply part from each other is disposed therebetween.