ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,489,171, issued on Dec. 2, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module, battery pack comprising same, and automobile" was invented by Ji-Soo Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Young-Su Son (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a plurality of battery cells having electrode terminals respectively at one end and the other end thereof and having a vent unit opened to discharge gas to the outside when an internal pressure increases over a predetermined level; a cell frame having an accommodation space for accommodating the plurality of battery cells and have a plurality of...