ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,689,078, issued on July 21, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module, battery pack comprising battery module, and vehicle comprising battery pack" was invented by Min-Ho Kwon (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae-Uk Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin-Hak Kong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ja-Eon Gu (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells disposed upright such that a positive electrode faces downward and a negative electrode faces upward; a cell housing configured to accommodate the plurality of battery cells; a top plate configured to ent...