ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,738,616, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to LG ENERGY SOLUTION LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Battery module having discharge structure and battery pack including the same" was invented by Jeonghyeon In (Daejeon, South Korea), Youngho Lee (Daejeon, South Korea), Junkyu Park (Daejeon, South Korea), Soo Youl Kim (Daejeon, South Korea) and Han Ki Yoon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A battery module includes: a battery cell stack in which a plurality of battery cells are stacked; a module frame for accommodating the battery cell stack; and an end plate for covering the front and rear surfaces of the battery cell stack, w...