US Patent Issued to Hyundai Motor, Kia on June 2 for "Integrated battery case" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,788, issued on June 2, was assigned to Hyundai Motor Co. (Seoul, South Korea) and Kia Corp. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Integrated battery case" was invented by Yong Hwan Choi (Seoul, South Korea) and Gyung Hoon Shin (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An integrated battery case includes an intermediate panel provided under a plurality of battery cells and configured to cool the battery cells; a cooling channel member provided under the intermediate panel and including channels formed in an internal space of the cooling channel member; and a lower cover provided under the cooling channel member, including a composite materia...