A battery module prevents heat transfer between cell module assemblies in the battery module and includes a plurality of cell module assemblies and module plates. Each of the cell module assemblies includes a plurality of battery cells and an individual housing configured to receive the plurality of battery cells, the individual housing includes an upper plate located at the upper part of the plurality of battery cells, a lower plate located at the lower part of the plurality of battery cells, and two side plates located at opposite side surfaces of the plurality of battery cells, the two side plates being configured to connect the upper plate and the lower plate to each other, excluding a front and a rear of the plurality of battery cells, from which electrode leads protrude.

Traction battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles may include a vent management system adapted for managing battery cell vent byproducts during battery thermal events. The vent management system includes a multi-layered structure, with each layer of the structure having a unique function related to mitigating thermal propagation. The combined functions of the vent management system may include but are not limited to guiding vent byproducts along a desired path and direction, reducing the internal volume of the traction battery pack, and absorbing/trapping solid particles of the vent byproducts.

Traction battery pack designs for use in electrified vehicles may include a vent management system adapted for managing battery cell vent byproducts during battery thermal events. The vent management system includes a multi-layered structure, with each layer of the structure having a unique function related to mitigating thermal propagation. The combined functions of the vent management system may include but are not limited to guiding vent byproducts along a desired path and direction, reducing the internal volume of the traction battery pack, and absorbing/trapping solid particles of the vent byproducts.

An energy storage module includes: a cover member accommodating a plurality of battery cells in an internal receiving space, each of the battery cells including a vent; a top plate coupled to a top of the cover member and including a duct corresponding to the vent of at least one of the battery cells; a top cover coupled to a top of the top plate and having an exhaust area corresponding to the duct, the exhaust area having a plurality of discharge openings, the top cover including a protrusion protruding from a bottom surface of the top cover, the protrusion extending around a periphery of the exhaust area and around a distal end of the duct; and an extinguisher sheet between the top cover and the top plate, the extinguisher sheet being configured to emit a fire extinguishing agent at a reference temperature.

The present application provides an energy storage system, including a first shell, a battery pack, a sealing member, a first explosion-proof valve and a second explosion-proof valve. The battery pack is arranged inside the first shell and includes a second shell and a battery. The sealing member is arranged between the first shell and the second shell, and a space between the first shell and the second shell is fluidly isolated from an inner space of the sealing member. The first explosion-proof valve is mounted on the second shell to communicate with an inner space of the second shell and the inner space of the sealing member when the first explosion-proof valve is opened. The second explosion-proof valve is mounted on the first shell to communicate with the inner space of the sealing member and an outer space of the first shell when the second explosion-proof valve is opened.

The present application provides an energy storage system, including a first shell, a battery pack, a sealing member, a first explosion-proof valve and a second explosion-proof valve. The battery pack is arranged inside the first shell and includes a second shell and a battery. The sealing member is arranged between the first shell and the second shell, and a space between the first shell and the second shell is fluidly isolated from an inner space of the sealing member. The first explosion-proof valve is mounted on the second shell to communicate with an inner space of the second shell and the inner space of the sealing member when the first explosion-proof valve is opened. The second explosion-proof valve is mounted on the first shell to communicate with the inner space of the sealing member and an outer space of the first shell when the second explosion-proof valve is opened.

A composite panel for a battery pack including a composite panel for a battery pack provided on at least one side of a battery cell, and implemented by comprising: a heat dissipation sheet part; a heating sheet part including a heating circuit pattern formed in a predetermined area; and a sensor unit for detecting any one or more of external temperature and swelling of the battery cell. According to this, the composite panel for the battery pack and the battery pack comprising same can simultaneously express the effects of detecting the temperature and swelling of the battery cell by including the sensor unit, and very easily controlling the temperature of the battery cell by having excellent heat dissipation characteristics by including the heat dissipation sheet part, and predetermined heat generation due to the heating sheet part.

An electric vehicle including a battery assembly with at least two rows of battery cells attached to a battery frame structure. The battery frame structure has a number of accommodating cavities, arranged in a matrix, each battery cell being placed in a respective accommodating cavity and connected to adjacent walls of the respective accommodating cavity via a flowable bonding substance being inserted in a gap between the cells and the walls of the respective cavity.

A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells having electrode terminals respectively at one end and the other end thereof and having a vent unit opened to discharge gas to the outside when an internal pressure increases over a predetermined level; a cell frame having an accommodation space for accommodating the plurality of battery cells and have a plurality of exposure holes opened so that the gas discharged from the battery cell moves to the outside; a screen member fixed to the cell frame to seal the exposure hole and configured to open a region thereof corresponding to the exposure hole by a gas pressure when gas is discharged from the vent unit of the battery cell; and a protection plate configured to fix the screen member to the cell frame and have a plurality of communication holes located corresponding to the exposure holes.

A battery module having a plurality of prismatic battery cells, in particular lithium-ion battery cells, which are arranged next to one another in a longitudinal direction of the battery module and furthermore a first temperature-control element is thermally conductively connected to in each case one side surface of the plurality of battery cells, and wherein the plurality of battery cells are received in an interior of a housing of the battery module and additionally a bottom surface of the housing of the battery module and a bottom surface of the battery cells are respectively cohesively connected to one another, the housing comprises a second temperature-control element directly adjacent to the bottom surfaces of the plurality of battery cells, and a compressing element and/or a supporting element is arranged between the housing and the plurality of battery cells in the longitudinal direction of the battery module.