ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,651,801, issued on June 9, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module and battery pack including the same" was invented by Junghoon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Kwangmo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Junyeob Seong (Daejeon, South Korea) and Hyemi Jung (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module including a battery cell stack formed by stacking a plurality of battery cells, and a barrier layer interposed between adjacent battery cells of the plurality of battery cells. The barrier layer includes a body part parallel to the battery cell, and an extension part that is bent at one end o...