ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,240, issued on July 14, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module including gas cutoff structure" was invented by Eun Gyu Shin (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong Oh Moon (Daejeon, South Korea), Yoon Koo Lee (Daejeon, South Korea) and Eun Ah Ju (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module has a structure capable of preventing spread of flames when fire breaks out in the battery module, and more particularly a battery module including a plurality of battery cell module assemblies, each of the battery cell module assemblies including battery cells arranged in tight contact with eac...