ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,700,640, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module, and battery pack and vehicle comprising same" was invented by Bum Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Jong-Yoon Keum (Daejeon, South Korea), Gae-Sung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Dong-Hwan Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Soo-Jun Ahn (Daejeon, South Korea), Seung-Min Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jong-Chul Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is a battery cell assembly that may include a plurality of battery cells, a bus bar assembly on the battery cell assembly and electrically connected to the plurality of batter...