BATTERY MODULE

A battery module including a cell assembly having a plurality of secondary batteries stacked in at least one direction and configured so that electrode leads of the secondary batteries protrude in at least one direction of forward direction and a rearward direction thereof, an upper housing disposed at an upper portion of the cell assembly; and a sensing block located at at least one of a front side and a rear side of the cell assembly and having a bus bar made of an electrically conductive material and contacting the electrode leads of the secondary batteries at the corresponding front side or rear side of the cell assembly is provided. The sensing block being slidably coupled to the upper housing.