US Patent 9070926 Battery module with fixing members

Disclosed herein is a battery module including a plurality of battery cells, the battery module including the battery cells being stacked in a state in which electrode terminals are electrically connected to each other, a pair of cell covers coupled to each other to surround the entirety of an outside of a battery cell stack including two or more battery cells excluding the electrode terminals of the battery cells, and fixing members mounted at the cell covers in contact with the outside of the battery cell stack to properly fix the battery cells in the cell covers.