ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 2 -- United States Patent no. 12,646,778, issued on June 2, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module having plurality of cylindrical battery cells, battery pack comprising same, and automobile" was invented by Hee-Jun Jin (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung-Hoon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Kyung-Mo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong-O Mun (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin-Yong Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Jhin-Ha Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Ho-June Chi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Disclosed is a battery module with improved energy density and cooling efficiency. To achieve the object, the battery module according to the ...