US Patent Issued to LG Energy Solution on April 21 for "Apparatus and method for detecting swelling of battery module" (South Korean Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,367, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Apparatus and method for detecting swelling of battery module" was invented by Young-Hwan Kim (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An apparatus for detecting swelling of a battery module, which includes a swelling detection panel having an edge in contact with an inner surface of a battery module housing; a slant portion configured to protrude from the inner surface of the battery module housing and having a slant surface extending from a first location adjacent to the edge of the swelling detection panel to a second location whil...