BATTERY MODULE HAVING REINFORCED SAFETY

Disclosed is a battery module having an improved structure to secure safety. The battery module includes a cell assembly including at least one battery cell; a module case configured to accommodate the cell assembly in an inner space thereof and having a venting hole formed to discharge a gas in the inner space to the outside; a filtering member provided in the venting hole of the module case and configured to filter foreign matter from flowing into the inner space from the outer space through the venting hole; and a plurality of mesh members respectively configured in a mesh form and provided on both sides of the filtering member.