ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 7 -- United States Patent no. 12,597,660, issued on April 7, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module and method of manufacturing the same" was invented by Changje Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Dae Ji Hong (Daejeon, South Korea), Hanjong Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea), Kangil Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Seung Hwan Bae (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jaehyun Bae (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a first member and a second member that are coupled in directions that cross each other, wherein the first member and the second member are weld-coupled; a welding portion of the first member and the second m...