ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,381, issued on April 14, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module and battery pack including the same" was invented by Jonghwa Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Junyeob Seong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Junkyu Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; and a module frame for housing the battery cell stack, wherein a vent is formed on the lower surface of the module frame, wherein the battery cell comprises: a cell main body; electrode leads formed to protrude from both ends of the cell main...