ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,603,351, issued on April 14, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module with improved cooling performance and battery pack including the same" was invented by Jung Hoon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Hun Yang (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang Yoon Jeong (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong Soo Ha (Daejeon, South Korea) and Se Ho Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is a battery module including a heat sink having a predetermined area, the heat sink being horizontally located, a support plate including an upper support plate and a lower support plate located respectively at an upper su...