Patent attributes
A battery module including a cell assembly having a plurality of battery cells arranged to be stacked on each other; a lower housing having a lower plate provided in a plate form and two vertical plates extending vertically on the lower plate with a predetermined interval, the cell assembly being at least partially inserted into a space between the two vertical plates, so that a plurality of bus bars electrically connected to electrode tabs respectively provided at the battery cells are coupled to the vertical plates; an upper housing coupled to the lower housing to surround an upper portion of the cell assembly; and a sensing unit having a harness wire electrically connected to the plurality of bus bars and provided from a lower portion of the lower housing to an upper portion thereof and a sensing connector connected to an end of the harness wire.