BATTERY MODULE AND BATTERY PACK INCLUDING THE SAME

A battery module has a battery cell stack containing a plurality of battery cells, a busbar frame connected to the battery cell stack and containing a busbar, and a cover plate covering the battery cell stack and the busbar frame, wherein a cooling flow path portion through which an external air for cooling inflows or outflows is formed between the cover plate and the battery cell stack. A thermal expansion member is formed in the cooling flow path portion, and wherein the thermal expansion member includes a first thermal expansion member located on a side opposite to one side where the busbar is located on the basis of the cooling flow path portion.