BATTERY MODULE HAVING SWELLING GAUGE, AND BATTERY PACK COMPRISING SAME

A battery module includes a module housing, a gauge hole formed in the module housing, a plurality of battery cells in the module housing, a cell pressing plate accommodated in the module housing, and a swelling gauge provided to protrude from a surface of the cell pressing plate. The plurality of battery cells have a normal state and a swelling state. An end of the swelling gauge extends outside the module housing when the plurality of battery cells are in the normal state.