ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,562,430, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module, and battery pack and automobile including same" was invented by Sang-Woo Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea), Dal-Mo Kang (Daejeon, South Korea) and Yong-Seok Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes at least one battery cell assembly having at least one battery cell; a module case configured to accommodate the at least one battery cell assembly; and an exhaust housing coupled to the module case to cover the at least one battery cell assembly, the exhaust housing having at least one gas discharge ho...