US 11,742,547 B2
Battery module and battery pack having the same
Gae Min Lee, Daejeon (KR); Dong Min Kim, Daejeon (KR); Yun Joo Noh, Daejeon (KR); and Jun Hee Jung, Daejeon (KR)
Assigned to SK On Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed by SK On Co., Ltd., Seoul (KR)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/167,173.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2020-0014027 (KR), filed on Feb. 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0249726 A1, Aug. 12, 2021
Int. Cl. H01M 50/256 (2021.01); H01M 50/209 (2021.01)
CPC H01M 50/256 (2021.01) [H01M 50/209 (2021.01); H01M 2220/20 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A battery module comprising:
a cell stack provided by stacking a plurality of battery cells;
a module case accommodating the cell stack;
an end plate disposed on front side and rear side of the module case; and
a lifting support portion disposed on the end plate and having a support surface in surface contact with a lifting device,
wherein the lifting support portion is exposed externally on the battery module,
wherein the lifting support portion comprises a space portion exposed externally on the end plate,
wherein the space portion comprises:
an inner space provided under the support surface and configured to fit a contact portion of the lifting device in the inner space; and
an upper open space provided by penetrating through an outer end of the support surface in a vertical direction and configured to fit a vertical extension portion of the lifting device extending in the vertical direction from one end of the contact portion of the lifting device in the upper open space,
wherein the inner space and the upper open space communicate with each other.