BATTERY MODULE TO WHICH BATTERY CELL PRESSING-TYPE END PLATE AND EXPANDABLE SENSING HOUSING STRUCTURE ARE APPLIED

A battery module includes a cell assembly having a plurality of pouch-type battery cells whose wide surfaces stand to be stacked in one direction. The battery module includes a pair of buffer pads disposed at both side surfaces of the cell assembly, a top plate and a bottom plate configured to cover a top portion and a bottom portion of the cell assembly, respectively, and a pair of side plates coupled to both ends of the top plate and the bottom plate by clinching or fitting so that the pair of buffer pads and the cell assembly are interposed there between.