ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,671,124, issued on June 30, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module including structure for heat exchange and fire prevention" was invented by Jae Hyuk Kang (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Been You (Daejeon, South Korea), Jae Uk Ryu (Daejeon, South Korea), Ho June Chi (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jin Young Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module including a case having an accommodation space accommodating a battery; and a cooling and fire extinguishing module disposed on the case and configured to cool heat generated in the accommodation space and extinguish a fire occur...