ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,141, issued on June 30, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module and battery pack including the same" was invented by Dayoung Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Junghoon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Discussed is battery module that may include a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, a module frame that houses the battery cell stack and including a module frame upper part, and a fire extinguishing member located between the module frame upper part and an upper part of the battery cell stack, wherein the module frame upper part includes a venti...