ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,580,261, issued on March 17, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module and battery pack including the same" was invented by Subin Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Junyeob Seong (Daejeon, South Korea), Won Kyoung Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Honggoo Han (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes a battery cell stack containing a plurality of battery cells stacked along a first direction; and an exterior member that wraps the outer surface of the battery cell stack, in which a central portion of the lower surface of the battery cell stack is opened, wherein one end par...