Abstract: A battery module includes a battery array having a plurality of battery cells each including a terminal surface exposing an electrode terminal and a vent, and a bottom surface generally opposite to the terminal surface, wherein the battery cells are stacked together; end plates adjacent outer ends of the battery array and having electrode openings exposing the electrode terminals; vertical fixing plates having side holders extending along a portion of a side of the battery array; and horizontal insulating members located between adjacent ones of the stacked battery cells.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of batteries stacked together; a plate between adjacent ones of the batteries, the plate comprising a plate body; and a connecting tab extending from an edge of the plate body; and a first connection member extending along the batteries, wherein the first connection member has a coupling portion through which the connecting tab extends.

Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of rechargeable batteries and a housing configured to receive the rechargeable batteries, wherein the housing has a vent opening; and a valve configured to close the vent opening, wherein the valve includes a porous film with pores having a diameter larger than that of gas molecules and smaller than that of water particles.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules, each battery module including a plurality of battery units with positive and negative electrode terminals, and each battery unit including a plurality of battery cells, a plurality of bus bars connecting positive electrode terminals to negative electrode terminals of adjacent battery units, battery modules adjacent to each other in a horizontal direction being electrically connected to each other via the bus bar to form a loop, and a connection member electrically connecting battery modules adjacent to each other in a vertical direction.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules, each of the battery modules having a plurality of secondary batteries stacked together and a housing assembly housing the secondary batteries; and a reinforcement assembly including at least one reinforcement plate extending around the housing assembly of at least one of the battery modules.

Abstract: A battery module for containing a plurality of battery units, the battery module including first and second end plates facing each other; and a side plate, the side plate being for extending across a side of the battery units, and the side plate having a first end coupled to the first end plate and a second end coupled to the second end plate, wherein a work hardening unit is disposed at the second end of the side plate, the work hardening unit being hardened in such a way that the second end of the side plate is bent.

Abstract: A battery module for accommodating a plurality of batteries connected to each other in a battery unit, the battery module including a pair of end plates facing each other; a restrainer coupled to the pair of end plates, the restrainer being configured to restrain expansion of the battery unit; and a coupling unit for coupling the end plates and the restrainer to each other, wherein a portion of the coupling unit that contacts the end plate and the restrainer is free of any screw surface.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules stacked together, at least one of the plurality of battery modules having a plurality of unit battery cells stacked together; and a housing including at least one side support comprising a first support having a longitudinal axis extending in a first direction and a second support having a longitudinal axis extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a pair of end plates coupled to respective longitudinal ends of the first support.

Abstract: A battery module in which a plurality of batteries in a battery unit are connected and a method of fixing a restrainer, the battery module including a pair of end plates facing each other; a restrainer coupled to the pair of end plates, the restrainer being for restraining expansion of the battery unit; and a coupling unit for coupling the end plates and the restrainer to each other, wherein the coupling unit includes a variable position coupling device configured to fix the restrainer and the end plate while varying a coupling location between the restrainer and the end plate.

Abstract: A battery module and battery pack, the battery module including a pair of end plates facing each other; a plurality of battery units arranged in a first direction between the end plates; a first side plate extending along a first side of the plurality of battery units, the first side plate being coupled to the end plates; a second side plate extending along a second side of the plurality of battery units, the second side plate being coupled to the end plates and being disposed opposite to the first side plate; a first coupling member, the first coupling member coupling the end plates to the first side plate; and a second coupling member, the second coupling member coupling the end plates to the second side plate, wherein the first coupling member and the second coupling member are disposed in asymmetrical positions with respect to a central line of the end plates.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a first battery module, the first battery module including first unit batteries arranged side by side in a first direction, a second battery module adjacent to the first battery module, the second battery module including second unit batteries arranged side by side in the first direction, and at least one supporting block in a space between the first unit batteries and the second unit batteries, the at least one supporting block contacting the first and second battery modules.

Abstract: A battery pack includes a first battery module, the first battery module including unit batteries, a first plate, and a second plate, and a second battery module, the second battery module including unit batteries, a first plate, and a second plate. The first battery module may be stacked on the second battery module, the second plate of the first battery module may be between the first battery module and the second battery module, and the second plate of the first battery module may support the unit batteries of the first battery module and contact the first plate of the second battery module.

Abstract: A battery module including a row of batteries; and end plates coupled to ends of the row of batteries, wherein the end plates include a reinforcing portion for increasing strength of the end plates.

Abstract: A bus bar holder for connecting electrode terminals of a plurality of batteries arranged in a lengthwise direction, the bus bar holder including a bus bar holder plate having an opening in a lengthwise direction thereof and configured such that at least some electrode terminals of the plurality of batteries are extendable through the opening and slidable along the opening; and a bus bar for electrically connecting at least two electrode terminals of adjacent batteries, wherein the bus bar holder plate includes a settling groove in which the bus bar is settled, and the bus bar attached to the electrode terminals is slidable when the electrode terminal slides along the opening.

Abstract: A battery module includes a base plate, a plurality of batteries on the base plate, and a reinforcing portion on the base plate for reinforcing the base plate. Therefore, deformation of the base plate is prevented.

Abstract: A battery module includes a first end plate and a second end plate, each of the end plates including at least one flange; a plurality of battery units arranged along a first direction between the end plates; a first guide plate on a first side of the plurality of battery units, extending in the first direction and coupled to the flanges of the first and second end plates; and a second guide plate on a second side of the plurality of battery units opposite the first side, extending in the first direction and coupled to the flanges of the first and second end plates.

Abstract: A plasma display apparatus includes a plasma display panel, a chassis base at the rear of the plasma display panel and having a plurality of channels for guiding heated air to flow upwardly, and a thermal conductive medium between the plasma display panel and the chassis base.

Abstract: A plasma display panel (PDP) is disclosed. In one embodiment, the PDP includes i) a panel assembly comprising a first substrate and a second substrate coupled to the first substrate, ii) a chassis base attached to the panel assembly via a first surface thereof, iii) a plurality of circuit boards which are attached to a second surface of the chassis base and comprise a plurality of circuit elements mounted thereon, wherein the second surface faces away from the first surface and iv) a first graphite layer coated on at least part of the second surface of the chassis base. According to at least one embodiment, a graphite layer having a high thermal conductivity in terms a planar direction is prepared as a powder and is injected and coated onto an external surface of a chassis base in a liquid state, thereby allowing the entire chassis base to act as a heat dissipation plate.

Abstract: Example embodiments may provide a plasma display device, including a plasma display panel (PDP), and a chassis base adapted to support the PDP. The chassis base may be adapted to slidably receive the PDP.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to an interactive marker kit comprised of a case for storing markers. The case has an activity area with the activity area comprised of a marker receptacle for receiving the markers such that when a marker is selected and a base portion of the marker is placed in the marker receptacle, the kit recognizes the marker and provides a response based on the particular marker selected.