ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 3 -- United States Patent no. 12,567,654, issued on March 3, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Bus bar having surface pattern and battery module comprising same" was invented by Kyung Mo Kim (Daejeon, South Korea), Jeong Oh Moon (Daejeon, South Korea), Jung Hoon Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Ho June Chi (Daejeon, South Korea), Jin Yong Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Hee Jun Jin (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jhin Ha Park (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a bus bar for connecting an electrode lead and a battery module comprising same. The bus bar has a surface structure having a concavity and convex...