ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,556, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to LG Energy Solution Ltd. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module and battery pack including the same" was invented by Yongjoon Choi (Daejeon, South Korea), Myungki Park (Daejeon, South Korea) and Jonghwa Choi (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module for enhancing cooling performance, and a battery pack including the same may include a battery cell stack, in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked, a U-shaped frame accommodating the battery cell stack and having an opened upper portion, an upper plate covering the battery cell stack on the opened upper portion ...