Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack that may include at least one battery module including at least one battery cell; a case tray configured to support the at least one battery module; a tray cover coupled to the case tray; and at least one bushing gasket configured to connect the case tray and the tray cover and to support the case tray on a plurality of points.

Abstract: A battery pack assembly guide jig for guiding an assembly of a battery pack having a case tray and a case cover is provided. The battery pack assembly jig includes a first guide configured to temporarily fix a first side edge of the case tray and a first side edge of the case cover, and a second guide spaced apart from the first guide by a predetermined distance and configured to temporarily fix a second side edge of the case tray opposite the first side edge of the case tray and a second side edge of the case cover opposite the first side edge of the case cover. The battery pack assembly guide jig is configured to support the case tray and the case cover of the battery pack when the case tray and the case cover are coupled to each other.

Abstract: A coolant port assembly includes a coolant port including a port portion having a pipe shape formed to extend by a predetermined length, and a plate-shaped mounting bracket portion formed at one side of an outer circumference of the port portion to expand in a direction intersecting a longitudinal direction of the port portion; a sealing gasket provided in a ring shape that surrounds a peripheral outer side of the port portion; and a gasket cover configured to be closely coupled to the mounting bracket portion together with the sealing gasket while pressing a part of the sealing gasket.

Abstract: A battery module, a battery pack including the same, and a vehicle including the same are provided. The battery module includes a stack of battery cells; a cover accommodating the stack of battery cells; and a bus bar electrically connecting the battery cells; a relay comprising a connection terminal coupled to the bus bar; and a joint block coupled to the bus bar and the connection terminal of the relay.

Abstract: A battery pack has improved safety against external impacts, and an energy storage system and a vehicle including the same. The battery pack includes a battery module having at least one battery cell; a tray having a plate shape so that the battery module is mounted thereon; a reinforcing member having a plate shape and mounted on the tray, the reinforcing member having at least a portion coupled to the tray and the other portion supporting the battery module upward, the reinforcing member being configured to form a space separated from the tray below the other portion supporting the battery module; and an elastic member constrained in the separated space in an elastically deformed state and configured to press a lower surface of the reinforcing member upward.

Abstract: A battery pack having at least one battery module including at least one battery cell, a case tray configured to support the at least one battery module, a case cover coupled to the case tray such that the at least one battery module is located between the case tray and the case cover, and a sealing gasket disposed between the case tray and the case cover to prevent penetration of moisture or foreign substances into the battery module is provided. The sealing gasket includes at least one position guide configured to guide positioning of the sealing gasket between the case tray and the case cover when the case tray and the case cover are coupled to each other.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack including (a) a module assembly including two or more battery modules, each of which includes a chargeable and dischargeable battery cell, the battery modules being stacked to have a two layer structure including an upper layer and a lower layer while being in contact with each other in a lateral direction, (b) a first upper layer connection member and a second upper layer connection member mounted at the upper layer module assembly, (c) a first lower layer connection member and a second lower layer connection member mounted at the lower layer module assembly, (d) a pair of side support members, (e) insulation members mounted at interfaces between the sides of the upper and lower layer module assemblies and the side support members, and (f) a first lower end support member and a second lower end support member.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module including (a) a battery cell stack including two or more battery cells or unit modules electrically connected to each other in a state in which the battery cells or unit modules are vertically stacked, (b) a first housing to cover the entirety of the end of one side of the battery cell stack and portions of the top and bottom of the battery cell stack and (c) a second housing to cover the entirety of the end of the other side of the battery cell stack and the remainder of the top and bottom of the battery cell stack, wherein the first housing and the second housing are provided with coupling holes formed to couple the first housing and the second housing to each other, the coupling holes being horizontal coupling holes, through which coupling members can be inserted in the lateral direction.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module configured to have a structure in which a plurality of battery cells, each of which includes an electrode assembly of a cathode/separator/anode structure mounted in an electrode assembly receiving part, is mounted in a module case in a state in which the battery cells are arranged in a lateral direction such that the electrode assembly receiving parts of the respective battery cells are adjacent to one another, wherein a plurality of cooling members is disposed between the battery cells, and each of the cooling members includes a heat dissipation fin disposed between adjacent electrode assembly receiving parts in a tight contact state and a coolant conduit configured to have a hollow structure in which a coolant flows and mounted to the heat dissipation fin along outer edges of each of the electrode assembly receiving parts.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a voltage sensing member for sensing the voltage of battery cells constituting a battery module, the voltage sensing member comprising: (a) a pair of supporting parts mounted to the bottom of the battery module at regions (the front and rear parts of the battery module) corresponding to electrode terminal connections of the battery cells; (b) connection parts for electrically connecting the supporting parts to a connector; (c) a plurality of conductive sensing parts protruding upward while one end of each is connected to the corresponding support part and the other end of each is elastically connected to electrode terminals of the battery cells; and (d) the connector mounted on the front part or the rear part of the battery module for transmitting the sensed voltage of the battery cells to a battery management system (BMS).

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module having a plurality of battery cells electrically connected to each other, the battery module including a voltage sensing unit including voltage sensing terminals electrically connected to electrode terminal connection portions of the battery cells and a conduction part connected to the voltage sensing terminals to transmit voltages detected by the voltage sensing terminals to a module control unit and a signal cutoff unit located between the voltage sensing terminals and the conduction part to interrupt transmission of the detected voltages when a short circuit occurs in the conduction part.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack including a battery module having a battery cell stack structure in which at least two electrically connected battery cells or unit modules are stacked, a voltage measuring member that measures voltage at an electrode terminal connection part of the battery cells or the unit modules, a voltage measuring circuit that connects the voltage measuring member to a Battery Management System (BMS), a temperature measuring member that measures temperature of the battery cells or the unit modules, a temperature measuring circuit that connects the temperature measuring member to the BMS and that is separated from the voltage measuring circuit, and the BMS electrically connected to the voltage measuring member to control operation of the battery modules.

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery module having a plurality of battery cells, the battery module including a cell module stack having a structure in which a plurality of cell modules having the battery cells mounted in cartridges is vertically stacked, a lower end plate supporting a lower end of the cell module stack, and an upper end plate fixing an uppermost cartridge of the cell module stack disposed on the lower end plate, wherein the cartridges and the upper and lower end plates are provided with through holes formed such that the through holes communicate with one another, a fixing member is inserted through the through holes and coupled to the upper and lower end plates, and the fixing member and the through holes are configured to have a horizontal sectional structure to restrain rotation of the fixing member when rotational force for fastening is applied to the fixing member.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a cooling member mounted between battery cells to remove heat generated from the battery cells during charge and discharge of the battery cells, wherein the cooling member includes a plate-shaped heat dissipation fin disposed between the battery cells in a state in which opposite main surfaces of the heat dissipation fin are in tight contact with the battery cells and a coolant conduit configured to have a hollow structure through which a coolant flows, the coolant conduit thermally contacting the heat dissipation fin, the coolant conduit being located at an outside of an electrode assembly receiving part of each of the battery cells when the heat dissipation fin is disposed between the battery cells.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a voltage sensing assembly to detect voltages of battery cells having electrode terminals formed at an upper end or a lower end thereof in a state in which the voltage sensing assembly is mounted to a battery module, the voltage sensing assembly including (a) a block case, formed of an electrically insulative material, mounted to a front or rear of the battery module corresponding to electrode terminal connection parts of the battery cells, (b) conductive sensing parts connected to voltage sensing terminals located at one-side ends of bus bars electrically connected to the electrode terminal connection parts of the battery cells, and (c) a connector to transmit voltages sensed by the conductive sensing parts to a controller, wherein the block case includes mounting grooves, opened to a front, formed at positions of the block case corresponding to the voltage sensing terminals of the bus bars such that the conductive sensing parts are mounted in the mounting grooves, and the conductive sens

Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack including a battery module array having battery modules arranged in two or more rows in a state in which the battery modules are erected in an upside-down fashion, each of the battery modules being formed by stacking battery cells or unit modules, each having two or more battery cells mounted therein, in a lateral direction with respect to electrode terminals of the battery cells, a front support member and a rear support member that are a pair of side support members to support the front and rear of the battery module array, respectively, lower end support members coupled to lower ends of the side support members, and mounting members coupled to an upper end of the battery module array and fastened to an external device such that an upper part of the battery pack is mounted to the external device.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array comprising memory cells connected to bit lines and word lines; a word line decoder configured to apply word line voltages to the word lines; a bit line selector configured to select at least one bit line of the bit lines; a control logic configured to control the word line decoder and the bit line selector so that write data is programmed in the memory cell array; and a sudden power off (SPO) detection circuit, wherein the SPO detection circuit comprises: a sensing cell; a first driver configured to provide a first voltage to the sensing cell; and a second driver configured to provide a second voltage to the sensing cell, wherein a program state of the sensing cell becomes different depending on an order or a time difference between the first driver and the second driver being powered off.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery pack including (a) a module assembly including two or more battery modules, each of which includes a chargeable and dischargeable battery cell, the battery modules being stacked to have a two layer structure including an upper layer and a lower layer while being in contact with each other in a lateral direction, (b) a first upper layer connection member and a second upper layer connection member mounted at the upper layer module assembly, (c) a first lower layer connection member and a second lower layer connection member mounted at the lower layer module assembly, (d) a pair of side support members, (e) insulation members mounted at interfaces between the sides of the upper and lower layer module assemblies and the side support members, and (f) a first lower end support member and a second lower end support member.

Abstract: A nonvolatile memory device includes a memory cell array comprising memory cells connected to bit lines and word lines; a word line decoder configured to apply word line voltages to the word lines; a bit line selector configured to select at least one bit line of the bit lines; a control logic configured to control the word line decoder and the bit line selector so that write data is programmed in the memory cell array; and a sudden power off (SPO) detection circuit, wherein the SPO detection circuit comprises: a sensing cell; a first driver configured to provide a first voltage to the sensing cell; and a second driver configured to provide a second voltage to the sensing cell, wherein a program state of the sensing cell becomes different depending on an order or a time difference between the first driver and the second driver being powered off.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a battery module having a plurality of battery cells electrically connected to each other, the battery module including a voltage sensing unit including voltage sensing terminals electrically connected to electrode terminal connection portions of the battery cells and a conduction part connected to the voltage sensing terminals to transmit voltages detected by the voltage sensing terminals to a module control unit and a signal cutoff unit located between the voltage sensing terminals and the conduction part to interrupt transmission of the detected voltages when a short circuit occurs in the conduction part.