ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,770,972, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Pack housing including integrated filter mesh applied to venting hole, and battery pack including the same" was invented by Jae-Bum Lim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Bum-Hyun Lee (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A pack housing includes an internal space capable of accommodating battery cells. The pack housing also includes a venting hole provided in at least one surface of the pack housing to communicate with the internal space; and a hole cover assembly configured to cover the venting hole. The hole cover assembly includes a filte...