ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,609,381, issued on April 21, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery cell with folded multilayer gas discharge unit and battery module including the same" was invented by Hun-Hee Lim (Daejeon, South Korea), Sang-Hun Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Min-Hyeong Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Dae-Woong Song (Daejeon, South Korea), Hyung-Kyun Yu (Daejeon, South Korea) and Soo-Ji Hwang (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery cell includes a battery case having an accommodation portion in which an electrode assembly is mounted, and a sealing portion formed by sealing an outer periphery. A gas dis...