US Patent Issued to POSCO on Sept. 29 for "Battery case" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,749,755, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to POSCO Co. LTD (Pohang-si, South Korea).

"Battery case" was invented by Dong-Yoon Seok (Yeonsu-gu, South Korea), Hong-Woo Lee (Yeonsu-gu, South Korea) and Jaehyun Kim (Yeonsu-gu, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a battery case that can effectively handle side impacts in, for example, an electric vehicle or the like, and thereby minimize battery deformation. The battery case comprises: a case body for accommodating a battery cell; and a cover coupled to the case body. The case body includes: a bottom plate; a side frame coupled to the bottom plate so a...